American Jockeys and English Turf Link Sparks and Scandals
The article surveys American jockeys like Sloan and Reiff who sought rides in England for 1901, amid rumors of royal retainers and betting charges. It notes Sloan’s return amid controversy, Reiff’s license prospects, and contrasts English turf reformers led by Lord Durham with other riders such as Danny Maher and Skeets Martin pursuing opportunities abroad.
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Ted Sloan
Prince of Wales
Royal Stable
England
United States
Sloan
Saratoga
London
The
Jockey Club
Fred Archer
Jouker
Edward
Stoan
Indiana
New Orleans
Lester Reiff
Lord Durham
Reiff
Richard Croker
Lord William Beresford
Johnny Reiff
Lord Durhan
Sir George Chetwynd
George
Mr. Croker
Danny Maher
Sloda
Fear of River Tunnels Haunts Chicago Leader
A prominent Chicago figure, aged 86, endures a persistent fear of river tunnels. He has never entered one, preferring to ride the Clark Street cable and cross by bridge. Doctors deem it a mental derangement, but he fears the tunnel collapse and drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
The
Chronicle
Clark Street
Amn
Miss Jessie Ackerman Tours World for Temperance Cause
Miss Jessie Ackerman world organizer for the W C T U has traveled twice around the globe for Christ and temperance. She organized societies, spoke in Gospel and temperance meetings, and wrote The World Through a Woman's Eyes after ill health halted her travels in Africa. She began in Alaska and led the Australian provinces W C T U presidency, now en route to China to aid the Boxer war effort repair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Ackerman
Christ
Temperance
Miss Ackerman
New Zealand
Tasmania
Australia
Japan
China
Philippines
Siam
Malay
India
Transvaal
Iceland
Palestine
Egypt
Java
Africa
America
Sloan Brothers Stir Racing Rumors Across Europe
The piece follows Cash Sloan, brother of Ted Sloan, as he shifts from American circuits to riding for a French condiment rider and possibly in England. It notes Paris crowds cheering him, Patsy Freeman’s jockey career, and a London doping debate with no concrete evidence. The tone laments anti American bias in turf circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Sloan
Cash
Ted
England
Paris
Patsy Freeman
New Orleans
Chicago
Freeman
London
Former Citizen Declares Not Dead After Topeka Paper
Dr. W. H. Ridgeway, once a resident, arrived home in Topeka to Read his obituary in the Independent. He wrote to the editor claiming he is not dead and that his wife, upon reading the notice, doubted the paper yet showed resolve by making him haul coal and water, declaring he is mad rather than dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Kan
W. H. Ridgeway
Topeka
Hundred Year Club in New York Promotes Self Confidence
The Hundred Year Club in New York gathers two or three scores of members who believe longevity depends on self confidence and that life is unsatisfactory without it. The group’s work includes experiments with various foods as part of club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New
Prairie Dog War Aims to Save Grazing Lands
Secretary Wilson prepares to drive prairie dogs from grazing lands in Nebraska and Colorado where they have damaged grasses. The small animals are expected to resist efforts to remove them and defend their burrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Nebraska
Colorado
Insurance Oddities Highlighting Widespread Policies
The piece notes varied insurances from a prima donna’s voice to Jubilee stamps at Lloyds and a London underwriter backing twins. It mentions a sultan’s glass bed risk, a London tradesman fearing a falling monument, regular elephant policies, Jumbo the elephant’s voyage, and a singer insuring Queen Victoria’s life to protect her own contract and avoid mourning closures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd’s
London
Ainslee’s
New York
Monarch Line
Lloyd's
Queen Victoria
England
Indian poets statesmen soldiers and rivalry among white men
A compact discussion highlights diverse Indian figures from poets to soldiers while noting growing white men rivalry to marry Indian women in a sweeping social snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rica
Flings at the Fair Sex in Humorous Exchanges
A collage of witty exchanges mocks social views on nerves marriages and manners. Dialogues feature reactions to engagements kisses against consent and a joke about perpetual motion and women facing rearward on streetcars.
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Doub Shah Wage
Mao
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Buffalo Enquirer
the Hundred Year Club
Henry J. Piel
Columbus, Lif
Mowrs Mhavarine
Sigo Per
Ibaan Wilds
Bolaby
NEW York Weekly Tribune
Income Illustrated
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the Tribune
Tribun
Philadelphia
Youth’s Companion
Hoston
Mai
New England Homestead
Good Housekeeping
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Mass Farm
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Orange Judd Farmer
Kil
Hostomist
Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio Farmer
Cleveland
Ohio
Michigan Farmer
Detroit
Wich
Farm News
Home and Farm
Louisville
Farmer
St. Paul
Minn
Tribune Almanac
Tribune
Th Weel Tribune
v-Yo
Atchison Globe
Lucy
Clara
Alice
Brooklyn
Somerville Journal
Lucille
Crump's Theatre
Phil L. Tippett
Miss Eloise French
Ceses
Widow Brown
Otto's
Arthur Mason
Frank
Express
J. Moon
A. Kiefer
T. E. Otto
Pennsylvania
Penn
W. H
Columbus
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