YACHT CUP DEFENSE TO FEATURE SIX 7-FOOTERS
Plans for 1901 include Lipton and a German challenger with six new 70-footers built by the Herreshoffs. Trials, prizes, and bids to host events will precede the defense as American organizers seek to keep the cup on this side of the Atlantic amid high costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
Kaiger
Herreshoffs
Amers
Lipton
Harmsworth
August Belmont
New York Yacht
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Rainbow
E. D. Morgan
Public Eye and Feats What Pleases Amusement Halls
A review of the evolving acts in circuses and amusement halls, noting how performers push boundaries with stomach stunts contortionists sword walkers and aerial tricks. It highlights the public’s hunger for novelty the dangers involved and the enduring appeal of daring feats from Japanese and Chinese troupes to fearless acrobats.
Millionaires Ready to Sail 65 to 90 Foot Cup Race
The deed of gift allows a single masted yacht 65 to 90 feet on the road water line to compete for the cup with preference for near maximum length. The race will be notable as the first sailed in American waters with many millionaires competing. Each participant will spend a large fortune, exemplified by the pageant of the tank lady and the growing entertainment world linked to vaudeville, circus, and dime museums.
Those Who Sell Oddities For Bread and Butter
The text surveys a range of unusual human curiosities offered for hire. It notes a successor waiting to replace him and describes freaks big and small, long haired and bald, all turning natural quirks into income. The piece highlights how people exploit strangeness for money.
Vaudevillian Vignette of Rainy Banter
A playful exchange begins with The Gentleman with the Bald Wig talking with a wife about rain and being invited indoors. The humor centers on mismatched outerwear, a banana peel mishap, and a tease about who kept dry in the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rink
Indianapolis Journal
Sleepless Seven Describe Juror Dissent in Trial
A discharged juror recalls seven of twelve refusing sleep during deliberations, with two rousing and hollow-eyed jurors attempting facetious remarks. The account notes constant interruptions as fellow jurors shook awake others and forced submission to the majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ribune, Ffl
Apropos of the Eclipse Photograph Sparked by Banter
A playful exchange accompanies a solar corona photograph captioned in a staged observation. Miss Myrtila and Miss Myrtilla counter with light quips about a ragged batter cake while artfully debating a theatre scene and a kiss, reflecting light, humorous chatter in a social page snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtila
Myrtilla
Indianapolis Journal
Mabel
Elsie
Philadelphia Bulletin
Looks Against Him Driven by Economy Not Taste
A Life magazine quote recalls a man who stops drinking not for self restraint but to save money. He explains he appeared too well fed to be invited to drink and refused others' offers, choosing to abstain to avoid cost.
Rope Ends With Smith Pipe Quip In Humorous Note
A terse cartoonish line notes Smith smoking a pipe as if reaching the end of his rope. The remark uses a common phrase to imply fatigue or exasperation with a light touch. It reflects a moment of everyday humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Ila
Also Mentioned on This Page
New York Yacht Club
Larchmont
Seawanhaka
Atlantic
Circus of
Dime Museum
Virginia
Tors
W. K. V.ndereit, JR
Liebig World Dispensary
West Broadway
Butte, Mont
Butte
Pacific Coast
Stoddart
diMcult
Lierig World Dispensary
Main Street
Anaconda
Park Hotel
Great Falls
W. Broadway
Columbia Block
Mont
Vaudevilliany
Montana Hardware Co
North Main St
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