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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1907
Page
6
A Philadelphia Bulletin quip recalls a naive Scot from Peebles near an iron bridge on a winter day. A skittish crowd asks him to test the ice beneath the bridge, and he answers with a politeness that delays danger. The anecdote ends with a witty retort about ladies first.
The article traces tennis origins to the sixteenth century in England and France, noting wagers, court play, and noble participation. Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII favored the sport, with royal matches and early royal attire evolving as Charles II popularized a tennis costume.
A fragment notes a petty incident where a man finds only bottles of patent medicine inside a lost package provoking anger and mockery in a Harper’s piece.
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