London Mirror informs Sharkey plan to Belfast visit
Tom Sharkey states in a London Mirror letter that he will visit Belfast with his partner Bob Armstrong to meet the Albert Club. Billy Madden claims Ruhlin’s rise proves why Fitzsimmons, Sharkey, or Jeffries avoid a match, while noting US boxing laws tightening and officials clamping down on fights.
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London Mirror of Life
Tom Sharkey
Albert Club
Belfast
Aew
Sharkey
Bob Armstrong
Billy Madden
Gus Rublin
Berrybody
Ike Fitxaimmons
Jeffries
Ruhlin
McCoy
Baseball Gossip on Boston Club Roster Prospects for Next Season
The article lists 25 Boston club payroll players including Nichols, Wl dis, Le Meekin, Dineen, and others with 10 pitchers named and notes most will be under Boston club control next season. It quotes the manager and president on pitching plans, changes from last year, and expectations for a stronger Chicago team, plus reaction to Bill Lange’s departure and the impact on fans.
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Boston Baseball Club
Boston Club
Nichols
Widis
Bickswan
Le \Meekin
Dineen
Pulehmer
Bai Itehers
Clarke
Sullivan
Tenne
Lowe
Long
Collins
Duffy
Hamilto Stuhl
Kehns
Rickert
Friebie
Bra ‘Aid
Freeman
Barry
Chicago
Taaid
Shay
de Montreville
Lange
Bill Langs
Centerfield
Windy City
The
Tribune
Fogarty
Cars
St. Louis Horse Market Booms with Record Ye ar Prospects
The article reports a surge in St. Louis stockyards activity, noting the retirement of notable stallions and a potential barnstorming campaign. It highlights top horses such as Seanchlight Joe Patchen Tommy Britton Crescens and Kaiser, and cites 1999 market projections as over 200000 horses and mules to be marketed in St. Louis this year. The piece compares receipts to Chicago’s totals, peaking in a record run for the market.
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Ed Mills
Kenyon
Seanchlight
Joe Patchen
Pacers
Tommy Britton
Crescens
Indias
Kaiser
Stallins
Crescous
Bearchigat
Dan Q. Wil
Thoreman
John S. Bratton
St. Louie
Chicago
Hide Home Department
St. Louis Stock Yards
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Chipea
Powers to Return to Notre Dame March Amid Amateur Status
Captain Powers of the Notre Dame track team, reportedly turning professional, will return to the university mid March while remaining an amateur. Also noted are preparations for Yale-Harvard boat races at New London on June 28 with official selections, plus international and domestic sports figures and events including dog shows, pistol records, relay entries, and racquet champion Miles.
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William Brady
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Sam Austin
Corbett
Saya Uaet
Lisa
Jiddy
Brady la
Captain Powers
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Columbia
Julian W. Curtiss
Yale
Theophilus Marples
New York
Chicago
Liverpool
J. J. Holgate
Metropolis
E. H. Miles
England
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Howton
Ward
Boston Herald
Miles
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American Bicycle Co Relaunches Road Racing Teams
A New York dispatch reports a shift in American cycle racers plans as the American Bicycle Company revives the long-standing practice of fielding road teams. McFarland and Stevens of the Camas team will forgo Paris and instead race the full season on domestic circuits after signing the season’s first contracts.
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Parca
New York
McFarland and Stevens
Camaus
Paris
Fevenae
Judging by Machinery in Sports and Fur Trade Tales
The article discusses an Australian inventor’s automatic judging devices for boxing and cycling races, promising impartial results. It also recounts Pierre Le Count’s fur trading exploits and his dramatic attempt to see John Jacob Astor in New York, ending with a souring of relations over price disputes.
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Wisconsin
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Lfe
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le Count
Fort Dearborn
Chicago
John Jacob Astor
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Astoria
Pacific States
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Astor
Sir George Simpen
Buffalo
Albany
Hudson
Jake
Aoman
Mr. Ashtor
Mr. Astor
Town Watch
Evermore
Ake Astor
Astor and the Trapper in the Western Fur Trade
A fragment about John Jacob Astor and the fur trade era in the western regions appears in Macmian's Magazine. The article hints at the influence of the fur business on western exploration and commerce, tracing key figures and commercial networks.
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Macmian
Fragmented health ad warns of insidious disease dangers
A garbled plea warns readers to take medicine safely against a hidden disease blamed on abuse and overwork. It claims premature loss of strength memory and impotence as outcomes, urging awareness and action despite unclear causation.
Job Seeker Confronts Rules and Washington Persuasion
A young man enters the superintendent’s office seeking work while being grilled on railroad orders and the Book of Rules. He is told to wait for a possible dispatch to the Train Service. The piece then shifts to President Lincoln’s era, noting how Washington letters shape opinions and the president’s habit of reading newspapers and weighing public sentiment.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Witt
Jersey City
Philadelphia
Weill
Washington
White House
Lipon
Mr. Lincoln
Leonard Swett
Swett
The President’s Lincoln Story Opens in Washington
A Washington correspondent notes the capital as a center of news and gossip shaping public sentiment, describing President Lincoln as notably uncertain in that week and reporting on local attitudes toward his leadership.
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Washington
Blander’s Bold Bargain Spares Tenant in House
A humorous Baltimora News blurb recalls Great-tInaonma keeping someone awake all night. The landlord reacts with a sharp retort promising a “buy one, get one” in the house, framing a quirky domestic dispute in lighthearted terms.
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tInaonma
Baltimora News
PRESH TERROR and a Peculiar Exercise Comment
A Cleveland Plaza dealer laments a strange exercise routine associated with a new release. He questions the down portion of the arm and a pump exercise tied to a jeep transport, describing the scene with perplexity.
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