Thompson Signs to Play for Detroit in American League
Veterans and rising stars headline baseball moves across major teams. Sam Thompson signs with Detroit for the season, while Brown University’s 1843 catcher Le State joins the South, and other names like Elmer Flick and Wilber Bissell surface in training reports from Phillies and Bedford camps.
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Sam Thompson
Philadelphia
Thompson
le State
Brown University
Attlebro
Heston
Elmer Flick
Phillies
Bedford
Wilber Bissell
George Teman
Bud Fowler
Findlay
Ohio
Pugilistic Pointers on Horton Law Repeal Response
The Horton boxing law repeal stirs New York fighters into heavy activity with plans for many matches before the ban ends. Promoters aim to maximize public betting and attendance as more than twenty bouts were arranged since the repeal vote.
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New York State
Sharkey Plans Real Estate Buys After Ring Career
Sharkey has saved a substantial sum from boxing and will invest in real estate and securities. He eyes a home at Sheepshead Bay, at one time considered Staten Island or Mount Vernon, and now plans to pay cash with a large bank balance.
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Tattersalla
Terry McGavjern
Dixger Fellows
Tommy White
Chicago
White
Dixon
Eddie Fantry
Terry
Gardner
Tattersalls
Houseman
Mount Clemens
Mich
George Siler
Kim Jeffries
Corbett
Sharkey
McCoye
Dunnec
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Coney Island
Tom Sharkey
Sheepshead Bay
Staten Island
Mount Vernon
Cycle Notes on Wheels and International Racing Trends
Lieutenant Governor Woodruff backs a Brooklyn Bridge wheel way plan. Bicycles use steel balls, costs cited. St Louis Cycle Club seeks two grand circuit dates. NAC permits one unless October supplementary date. Major Taylors France contract scrutinized. Roumania requires rider names on lamps for night ID. Sweden shifts race distances and track standards. France covers bicycle tax plates four years. owners must remove plates when selling or ceasing ownership.
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St. Louis
Motor paced cycling prize chase and racing notes
The piece highlights a $200 cash prize to break Majoc Taylor’s paced mile record, urges prominent riders to secure motor tandems, and notes that season programs include motor cycles. It covers wrecks, duty status of automobiles, and Richardson’s 11 150 mile circumnavigation as dispatch rider.
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Majoc" Taylor
Bord of Control
New York Times
Frisco Bench Show Draws Wide National Interest
The San Francisco Kennel Club plans a major beach show next month as the largest west of Kansas City. Entries close 24th. 238 Montgomery Street office open nightly until 9. Notable participants include J W Burrell with Portland dogs, George Turner with Fox Terriers, and entrants from Seattle Tacoma Los Angeles and Carrnamul Doctor's puppies.
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San Francisco
Oroton
Washington
J. W. Burrell
Got Josefn
Portland
George Turner
Victoria
Pai
Bedlington
Turner
Seattle
Tacoma
George Tinto
Seatte
Alan
Los Angeles
Byron Dikenbircher
Teddy Roosevelt
J. W. Mitchell
Mesmerist Offer Falls To Chicago Owner At $70,000
A. Featherstone of Chicago refused a record bid for the three year old thoroughbred Mesmerist. An English baronet, Sir Richard Mapes Blundell, as agent, raised the offer to 70 000 dollars but Featherstone held firm with a 100 000 dollar asking price.
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A. Featherstone
Chicago
Featherstone
Englahman
Richard Mapes Blundell
Skeets Martin
Richard
England
Sir Richard
America
Foals of Bitter Farm Thoroughbred Yearlings
A partial list of foals to date at Bitter Hoot Stock Farm in Hamilton Montana shows births and sires including Hamburg Imp Garter Cherry Tree and Balwe with dates ranging February through March. Notable entries include British Blue Blood from Imp Contradiction and Hathampton from Belle of Butte with multiple foals recorded.
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Bitter Hoot Stock Farm
Hamilton
Mont
Hamburg
Strup
Imp
Berridale
Red Spinner
Pastorella
Trony
Cherry Tree
Matt Byrnes
Knobkerri
Ee Garter
Imp. Sac
Inyornees
Balwe
Fels
British Blue Blood
Imp. Contradiction
Frantic
Ry Bend 'Or
Mis. Ney
Imp. Hathampton
Belle of Butte
Belinda
From Deep Sorrow to Great Joy in Hood's Sarsaparilla
A Rochester mother recalls her baby's dangerous skin disease and how Hood's Sarsaparilla with Hood's Medicated Soap and Hood's Olive Ointment cured him. The letter praises the remedies for blood diseases and spring humors, claiming a dramatic recovery and gratitude to the makers.
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Hood
Arilla
Hlood
N. Guenvier
Myrtle St
Rochester
N.Y
Atchison Woman Reveals Strain From Social Duties
An Atchison woman who manages all housework for a family of Ave and gives to a party about once a month has fallen ill. Church members say she will not recover unless she retires from society.
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Atchison
Ave
Fis
Globe
If Ever I Get Famous Poem Line Quotation
A Detroit Free Press quote imagines satire about fame and editors. The dialogue contrasts a poet’s rise with editors claiming discovery.
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Detroit Free Press
Independent Spirit and Election Dissent Sparks Grocer Debate
A witty exchange questions party loyalty and voting choices as a resident jokes about changing grocers. The dialogue hints at political tensions and personal branding within a local community.
Three Through Trains Daily to Chicago via Salt Lake
Effective February 25 the Rio Grande Western Railway will inaugurate three daily through trains to the east from Salt Lake via Denver with Pullman Palace sleepers dining cars and reclining chairs. Passengers from Montana require one change to Missouri River points, Chicago and St. Louis, two to New York. Ticket office 47 East Broadway Butte.
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Rio Grande ,Western Railway
Great Salt Lake
Pulman Palace
Chioago
Montana
Missouri River
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
America
Salt Lake City
Glenwood
The People's Favorite Union Pacific
The article extols Union Pacific as a premier railroad famed for its long service history. It highlights the line's enduring reliability, speed, and top-tier track quality claiming the railroad reaches a high degree of perfection in time and service unmatched by competitors.
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Union Pacific
Telegraphic sales pitch for Union Pacific routes from Ogden
The notice promotes Union Pacific lines east from Ogden with luxury cars including Buffet Smoking Library Car Berber Shop Pullman Palace and dining options. Three fast through trains daily the Overland Limited Portland Special and Atlantic Express promise quick journeys via Echo Weber canons and Ames Monument with tickets to Missouri River and beyond.
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Ogden
Chicago
Portland
Echo
Weber Canons
Devil's Slide
Witen Rocks
Ames Monument
Missouri River
Salt Lake
Denver
Butte
le RR
Notice of mining patent application Burney No. 5414
Public notice states John Helehan of Melrose Bow County Montana filed for patent on 20.23 acres of Hibernian Lode Mining Claim Burney No 5414 in Silver Bow County. Location in Little Pine unorganized district described by monument 1584 and coordinates, first published March 3 1900 with attorney Samuel Barker Jr. listed.
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Helena
Montana
John Helehan
Mel Rilver
Bow County
Little Pine
Siiver Bow County
Burney No
Range
Range West
Contal
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League of American Wheelmen
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