The Derby and Grand Prix Across Nations and Eras
The piece surveys the Derby as England’s historic classic begun in 1780 and its international echoes in the United States Futurity and Kentucky Derby. It also covers Royal Ascot, France’s Grand Prix, and the Melbourne Cup as world yearly racing icons with social prestige and royal or colonial pageantry.
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Eprom
France
Austria
Hungary
Germany
Spain
Italy
United States
Spokane
Aristides
Plaudit
Europe
Sheepshead
Prince of Wales
Lord Rosebery
Gladstone
Nicholas I
Racing Fund
Ascot
Windsor
London
Neon 11
Im President
Paris
Australia
Flemington Racecourse
W. Forrester
Melbourne
Ward
Mecca
How We Raised A Church Mortgage
A reader recounts how a Methodist church, starting with $1,000, raised a $1,600 mortgage in a week by turning the trolley receipts over to the church. Women led efforts, using older church assets and a planned outdoor milk stand to cover the remaining debt. Mary Brandow Willis signs the piece.
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Jackson
Board of Trustees
Maney
Smith
Wtte
Brownlow
Mary Brandow Willis
Mississippi
Trifling Acts of Murder and Calamity Across Europe
A compilation of mishaps and murders linked to small errors or accidents. Examples include a coal mine pony pricked by a youth causing a fatal gas explosion, a fire balloon sparking a gunpowder factory disaster killing six, and a chain of parasitic tragedies from Europe to America detailing misfortune and the fall of notable figures.
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San Francisco
Cal
New York
Grint
London
Corman
United States
Newfoundland Dog Soldier's Travel From Spain to New England
A Norwich druggist's Newfoundland named Leon accompanied Spanish forces in Cuba and San Juan before ending with an American master in New England. The dog, born in Barcelona, endured war and longing, then adapted to snow and Yankee life, enjoying New England breezes and fights with no more war in his heart.
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Norwich
Conn
Miles
Spain
New England
Leon
Barcelona
Pope
Cuba
Linares
Santineso
San Juan
Santiago
Arturo Gomes
Gomez
Boeing
Fagdo
Jewel
First Snow and The Elixir Of Youth
A fragment describes a tropics-born dog perplexed by first snow as a symbolic opening to a longer tale about youth and aging. It mentions Goethe and Faust and a London scientist Dr Althaus claiming to rejuvenate aging brains through electrical treatment. The passage shifts to a parliamentary scene where a Friday bill is debated with a left-handed chair and final passage.
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Goethe
Althaus
Tean Tell
Reed Faces Superstition During Key House Debate
Ex Speaker Reed, known for superstition, recalled once yielding to the urge during a crucial House session. As the committee of the whole neared the debate deadline, an important bill loomed, and tensions rose amid the fragmentary proceedings.
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Washington
New York Mall
Iexpress
Reed
House
Youngest US college president Jerome H. Raymond rises from newsboy days
From a 12-year-old in Chicago to private secretary to Pullman and aide to Miss Willard, Jerome H. Raymond advances through ethnography to become sociology chair and president of the University of West Virginia, marrying a clever classmate who now helps run the institution.
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United States
Jerome H. Raymond
Chicago
Pullman
Palace
University of West Virginia
There Are Others Sultors for a Girl's Hand in Borneo
A note says several suitors for a girl in Borneo show generosity with gifts that are never returned. The clever woman delays choosing the favored husband, keeping options open while gifts accumulate.
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Borneo
Japanese Children Wear Identity Labels in Safeguard
In Japan children have name and address tags hung around their necks as a safety measure against getting lost or harmed while traveling.
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Japan
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England
America
Mary Brandon Walls
Starke, Mississippi
Mentone
SAN Jian
Dano Ann Owen
Tropics
Reed Superstitious
Laborde
Jules Laborde
von Mobi Company
Ofncinnati
Ohio
Cincinnati
Sit Sen suMferin mm
von Mogl Company
Fanatl
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