Empire Club plans big welterweight double header in April
At Syracuse Nevada March 15 a representative of the Empire Athletic Club has matched George Green Young Corbett and welterweight champion Tommy Ryan for a twenty round bout on April 17. If Green loses to Smith he will still meet Ryan and the club will arrange a Smith versus the winner clash.
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Carson
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Empire Athletic Club
Syracuse
George Green
Young Corbett
Tommy Ryan
Green
Smith
Ryan
Playing Ghost Leads to Fatal Wounding in Brownsburg
Harvey Walker of Brownsburg pretended to be a ghost to scare William Wood in Danville on March 15. Wood, who borrowed a shotgun to shoot a hawk, fired when Walker lunged, hitting him in the abdomen. Walker’s death is expected. Wood regrets the incident and is cleared by the wounded man’s family.
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Danville
Inv
Harvey Walker
Brownsburg
Wm. Wood
Walker
Wood
Strain of Mental Work Linked to Nervous Disturbances
The Academy of Medicine discusses how heavy intellectual strain affects nervous health. M. Magnan and Dr. Toulouse study M. Zola and other eminent figures, concluding genius may reflect a nervous equilibrium issue rather than epilepsy or madness.
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Academy of Medicine
M. Magnan
Dr. Toulouse
Paris
London Standard
M. Zola
Reveille Parise
Moreau
Tours
Lombroso
Toulouse
Natural Philosophy and a Pocket of Courtesy
A comic essay contrasts a boy’s question about natural philosophy with a stern father and ends with a tale of a man asking for fifty one dollar orders, then a courteous remark about timing and civility. The snippets echo 19th century humor and a New York Journal tone.
Yale Exam Pranks and a Boston Hall Sale Headline
Yale students bribed printers to obtain exam proofs until authorities halted the practice. One clever youth hired a summer printer to wear white trousers and sit on the proof form at noon, the inky seat yielding relief. The Boston Music Hall, built in 1863, later sold after decaying in a shed for a decade, was once celebrated as a beacon of art before 1884 reforms.
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Hartford Courant
Yale
Boston Music Hal
Great Music Hall
Boston
James T. Fields
Charlotte Cushman
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