League of American Wheelmen Faces Prize Reform Debates
The article outlines shifts after the national assembly reclassifies class B riders, boosting professional events while amateurs gain limits. It notes riders may ride for cash prizes, reduced purses, and limited districts, with calls for stronger professional recognition and a reorganization of committees under President Elliott. The piece cites George D. Gideon and Henry Robinson as potential chair candidates, and highlights cross‑organization cooperation with the cycle board of trade to push cycling’s broader aims.
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Sies
League
Charley M. Murrald
League of American Wheelmen
Elliott
George D. Gideon
Philadelphia
Gideon
A. O. Willison
Henry Robinson
Massachusetts
National Racing Board
Rac
Coleman
Cycle Board of Trade
New York World
Plucky Tacoma Woman Plans Arctic Bakehouse Journey
Mrs Willis of Tacoma the first white woman to attempt a route through Alaska's wildest region sails to Circle City on the Yukon river in a bold trek. She will haul two sleds over a thousand miles by dogs fell trees build two canoes and navigate dangerous rivers to reach Circle City for a bakery venture and financial stake.
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Lake Linderman
Circle City
Narrow Escape Ends Spooner Presidential Boom
Ex Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, touring the east on political business, learned of a backroom plan to nominate him at the St. Louis convention with Wisconsin backing. He rejected the idea, saying his only aim is to succeed Vilas in the Senate, and his boom was sidelined.
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Spooner
Wisconsin
Waldorf Hotel
New York
St. Louis
Vilas
Senate
Trigupe
Wonder Region of Roraima Could Be International Park
The region on the British side of the Schomburgk line known as Roraima comprises isolated tablelands with vertical rocky sides and forested summits. Cascades up to 2000 feet feed rivers to the Amazon Orinoco and Exequibo basins. Potential flora and fauna unique to these plateaus have inspired speculation of a prehistoric ecosystem.
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Schomburgk
Irsbourne Egenestiall
Menage
Yellowstone Park Reservation
Roraima
Hudson River
South America
Amazon
Orinoco
Exsequibo
Cascades
British Guiana
Demerara
Great Britain
New York Sun
Baalbec Ruins Awe: Immense Ancient Temples in East
The Baalbec complex features three grand temples on an artificial platform with massive limestone blocks up to 65 by 15 by 18 feet. The Temple of the Sap, Temple of Jupiter, and the great circular temple dominated the skyline, though earthquakes scattered stones over centuries. The surrounding wall boasted blocks as large as 30 by 15 by 12 feet, underscoring the site’s monumental scale.
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Jupiter
St. Louis Republic
Raleighs Landing Commemoration Bill Introduced
Representative Skinner of North Carolina introduces a measure to commemorate the landing of the first British American colony on Roanoke Island around July 4, 1584. The preamble calls it proper to honor the enterprise and courage of those who achieved this historic event.
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Skinner
North Carolina
United States
Roanoke Island
N. C
New York Mineralogist Finds Giant Tourmaline at Harlem Speedway
Willim Niven, a New York mineralogist, discovered minerals worth thousands along the Harlem river speedway. He unearthed a world class tourmaline crystal bought for 250 dollars by Morris K. Jesup for the American Museum of Natural History and now on display. Niven also found xenotimes valued at 10 to 20 dollars each in the same roadbed.
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Willim Niven
New York
New Speedway
Harlem River
American Museum of Natural History
Morris K. Jesup
Mr. Niven
Speedway
Impossibility of damming Niagara accomplished
A Rochester Democrat and Chronicle report states that nature has dammed Niagara just above the American fall allowing a person to wade the normally immense torrent. The note marks a remarkable feat attributed to natural changes.
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Niagara
Nature
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
That Cherished Delusion in the Presidential Race
A New York Advertiser quips that several candidates are in effect out of the race, noting they may have written letters indicating their withdrawal though others remain unaware. The remark highlights the fragmented field during the presidential contest.
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New York
Marriage in Korea Described by H.8. Saunderson
Popular Science Monthly outlines Korean marriage customs with arranged unions, girls confined to women's quarters until marriage at 16 or 17, boys kept from the brides' side until the wedding. The ceremony features a goose, bowing, and a shared cup, after which the bride moves to her husband’s household under the care of kin. The husband must support and respect his wife, and marriage marks a man’s formal entrance into adulthood.
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Saunderson
Popular Science Monthly
Miss Lucile Eaton Hill Shapes Wellesley Rowing Style
Miss Lucile Eaton Hill guides Wellesley rowing training and gymnastics while traveling to Poughkeepsie and New London to study her craft. She hails from a rowing family with cousin Captain Joanson of Yale, and her work enhances the college crew’s art of rowing.
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Lucile Eaton Hill
Wellesley
Joanson
Yale
Boise City Suffrage Club Organized by Mrs De Voe
Boise City's equal suffrage club organized by Mrs Emma Smith De Voe appoints the chief justice's wife as president and the wife of the congressman elect as secretary. Many women of high social standing join as members. The passage notes rising wealth invested in manufacturing compared with other production.
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Emma Smith de Voe
Boise City
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