New Swimming Records Signal Northern Championship Debut
Henry Taylor of Chadderton made a striking return in the northern counties quarter mile championship, challenging the Boer War memorial race and the 1903 record by David Billington. Taylor’s performance suggests a new clock standard as English and international marks converge amid Daniels’ influence in England.
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England
Henry Taylor
Chadderton
Daniels
Taylor
South Africa
David Billington
Bacup
Eric Forsyth
Athens
Daniel
Healy
Derbyshire
Richmond
Liverpool
St. Louis
Harry LeMoyne
Squires Set to Fight Heavyweights in America
The Australian heavyweight champion Bill Squires plans to sail for San Francisco to train and challenge top heavies in the United States. He travels with Jack Wren and vows to post forfeits, aiming to mirror past Aussie champions and test Jeffries.
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Bill Squires
Australia
America
Ventura
San Francisco
Jack Wren
Melbourne
Squires
Jeffries
Peter Jackson
Jack Johnsons
Tommy Burnses
When a Man Will Admit His Coffee Is Cold
A terse adage suggests that admitting a lover’s complaint marks the end of honeymoon bliss and signals relationship strain. The saying uses coffee as a domestic symbol for warming affection or cooling interest.
McGinnity Remains With Giants This Season
Rumors claimed Iron Man McGinnity would not join the Giants for the coming season. He notified secretary Fred M. Knowles that he will meet the team en route to California, ensuring his presence and keeping the 1906 pitching corps intact.
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McGinnity
Giants
Iron Man
California
Fred M. Knowles
Puddin McDaniel rises as choice jockey at Ascot Park
A compact feature on young jockey Puddin McDaniel, son of David McDaniel, who races at Ascot Park in Los Angeles. Despite a nervous father’s caution and a small frame, he excels on front-running horses but loses ground on turns and slow starters. His winter season promises future riches, with an estimated fifty thousand dollars saved by adulthood. The piece also recalls Jim Corbett’s training camp anecdote about Jeff and a steak dinner misadventure.
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Cal
McDaniel
Redfern
David McDaniel
Puddin
Puddin” i
Papa McDaniel
Ascot
Man’s Estate
Jeff
Jim Corbett
Billy Delaney
Funny Faces and Gaits Dominate Stage Picutre
A survey of comic performers highlights Eddie Foy Francis Wilson Frank Daniels and others. It notes Foys funny hat and stage technique while praising Lew Dockstader James Thornton Ezra Kendall Charlie Case George Cohan Junie Mc Cree Cecil Lean and Dave Warfield for their distinctive delivery and presence.
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Eddie Foy
Francis Wilson
Frank Daniels
May Robson
Katie Barry
John C. Slavin
de Wolf Hopper
Nat Goodwin
Dave Warfield
New York
Lew Dock- Stader
James Thornton
Ezra Kendall
Charlie Case
George Cohan
Junie McCree
Cohan
Cecil Lean
Lean
Shaw as Play Critic and the Sausage Row
Bernard Shaw wrote while in London about gallery patrons at half price buying sausages to throw at critics. He urged the throwers to instead aim cabbage at him, noting he is a vegetarian and sausages are wasted on him.
Afro Americanism at Morris exchange sparks workplace question
A group of colored workers questioned Charlie Wilshin at Morris' dramatic exchange asking if he would work Sunday. Charlie replied in effect that he would, prompting a follow up line that clarifies the workers’ intent and his stance.
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Charlie Wilshin
Morris’ Dramatic Exchange
It Is Easy to Mistake a Resolution for a Reform
A concise reflection on political change noting how decisions labeled as reforms can resemble mere resolutions that fall short of substantive policy overhaul.
Actor on hand car saves performance for Edeson
Robert Edeson, touring in Strongheart, missed his train after a station mix up near Shreveport. He borrowed a hand-car and ten miles of track to reach the next station, arriving in time to perform at 9 15. He joked about railroading during his act.
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Robert Edeson
Shreveport
Edeson
South
Mandy's Choice
Robert M Edwards recalls a theater scene in the South where a black audience member orders two gallery seats for Othello. He notes the plantation era racial tensions and uses of derogatory language to illustrate perceptions of Shakespeare and race in southern theaters.
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Mandy
Robert M. Edwards
Don Caesar de Bazam
De Wolf Hopper to Open Shubert Theater in Louisville
De Wolf Hopper touring with Wang and Happyland prepares to open the Shubert’s Mary Anderson theater in Louisville Kentucky on March 30. Efforts aim to bring the theater namesake from England for the dedication in the city where she debuted on stage. Mrs Sarah Cowell Le Moyne joins Sothern and Marlowe company for key roles. Nellie Melba receives the Order of Art Music and Literature from Queen Alexandra featuring a crown with diamonds and amethysts.
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de Wolf Hopper
Wang
Happyland
Messrs. Shubert
Mary Anderson
Louisville
England
Sarah Cowell le Moyne
E. H. Sothern
Julia Marlowe
Mme
Nellie Melba
Queen Alexandra of England
Order of Art, Music and Literature
How to Crochet a Flannel Rug on Rope
Instructions describe making a durable home made rug by cutting about 25 pounds of flannel into one inch strips, sewing them into long loops, and crocheting them around a rope from the center. Using a large wooden hook and double crochet stitch, the circle grows with each row, with color changes from pale to dark as the rug expands.
Practical Household Tips From Early Recipes
Salt should be added after meat begins to cook to avoid toughness. Wash undercrusts with raw egg white to prevent sogginess. Rinse and butter a cold saucepan before boiling milk to prevent burning. Use cold water with soda to scrub burnt saucepans. heat slowly and scrape clean. Wood ashes aid cleaning in water. When buying pumice for perfume, choose natural broken lumps rather than finely powdered cakes that block liquid penetration.
Browned Potato Soup Instructions From A Historic Recipe
Large potato soup method browns ten potatoes in butter until deep but not crisped, with sliced onion. Simmer in two quarts of water, then thicken with browned flour rolled in butter. Finish with scalding milk, pinch of soda, and two beaten eggs folded in, served in a tureen. Some omit browned flour for lighter color.
Drawing Room Cushions with Silk and Gold Embroidery
Cushions for drawing-room use feature dull finished silk velvet or satin covered with a gold braid network set in diamond patterns. Each diamond contains a flowering basket or bouquet, sometimes with ribbon work. Bouquets may be arranged with varied blossoms and gold cord tassels.
Breakfast Dishes and Rice Muffins Recipe
A breakfast list includes plain muffins toast pancakes and sems with rice muffins optional. Mix half a teaspoon salt one teaspoon baking powder two cupfuls flour add two beaten eggs one cup sweet milk one teaspoon melted butter and one cup boiled rice stir and bake in buttered pans for 35 minutes and serve with maple syrup.
Drop Cakes Beat Eggs and Sugar into Light Batter
Beat three eggs until light then sift in one cup sugar. Fold in one and one fourth cups flour with cream of tartar and soda. Flavor with oil of anise. Drop spoonfuls on buttered tins two inches apart. Bake quickly and dust warm cakes with confectioners sugar.
Old Fashioned Oatmeal Water Recipe
A simple cold infusion combines one cup oats with one cup sugar and lemon zest in a stone jar. Add three quarts of boiling water, steep until sugar dissolves, strain, and serve over ice.
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Britain
John L
John
Frank Slavin
Peter ‘Skson
Bob Fitzsimmons
Dan Creedon
Jim Hall
Slavin
Billy Murphy
Griffon
Hughey Napier
George McKenzie
Jim Barron
Yale
Samuel F. B. Morse
Lucius Bigslow
Morse
Carl Flanders
Flanders
Carlisle Indians
Harvard
University of Pennsylvania
S.cadery
Lillian Hudson
Alhambra
Charlie
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