Eastern colleges fear exclusive inner circle forms in football
The piece argues Yale Princeton and Harvard will shun outsiders, forming an elite bloc after recent losses to Columbia Cornell and Carlisle. It suggests Penn and Cornell may team up, while Harvard Yale and Princeton push Western teams to visit their fields, maintaining prestige amid waning athletic superiority.
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Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Cornelis
Harvard
Carlisle
Warvard
Cornell
University of Pennsylvania
Shroctin
Stiff Fight Framed as Sharkey Jeffries Clash at Coney Island
Crowds flock to see Shar key versus Jeffries on Friday night at Coney Island. Bets surge with Jeffries favored 100 to 70, and the champion has added 3,000 to reach about 8,000. Tickets sell briskly, with nearly 30,000 in receipts and full boxes and seats sold. Wall Street brokers attend ringside, sharing gossip as the bout is billed the best heavyweight clash in years.
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New York
Sharkey
Jeffries
Coney Island
Maey
Wall-st
Ring- 4
Aces
Gehtzis
J ‘Fries
Eee
Columbia Signals Help Yale In Close Thirteen Match
MOLESKIN ITEMS report Columbia players read signals to meet an attack by Sanford and Yale veterans in a game with Penn. Cunha underperforms while DePauw faces Par. Banner notes isolation among locals as they face the strongest team with a sharp test.
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Columbia
Sanford
Pennsy
Fen
Yale
Cunha
Kle
DePauw
Babe Railsback joins Denver football club
Chester Railsback known as Babe leaves Purdy University mar to play for the Denver athletic club in Colorado. Denver pays him well for risking his bones and he travels to Denver for the football stint.
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University
Mary
Chicago
Chester
Railsback
Babe
Denver
Col
Denver Athletic
Indianapolis Nett Artillery
Bowling list and challenge in Indianapolis league
Wednesday games in the ten pin league feature Blue labels Mer'dian Marion alleys Columbia Standard and Turner alleys Star Lenox Oneida Calumet Nationa Washington alleys. Iee Graff of Stone palace club challenges any man in Indianapolis to a ten game series.
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Indianapolis
Blue
Mer‘dian
Marion
Columbia and
Standard
Turner
Star
Lenox
Oneida
Calumet
Nationa
Washington
Iee Graff
Stone Palace Club
Designer Fife Comments on Colombia Shamrock Race
Queenstown reports designer Fife who arrived on the Majestic says the best boat won in the Colombia Shamrock race. He spoke after arriving Wednesday morning about the event and the competing designs.
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Queenstown
Fife
Majestic
Sporting chatter coverage on early boxing headlines
A roundup of boxing notes features Fitzsimmons, Jeffries, Choynski, Ruhlin, and Maher with plans for upcoming fights in St Louis Chicago and New York. Also notes on Sharkey Jeffries prospects, a Cincinnati gun tournament winner, poolroom bets, and other sports items.
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McGraw
Cross
Wallage
Collins
Williams
Lauder
Casey
Bradley
Irwin
Wagner
Leach
Fitzsimmons
Thorne
Jeffries
Robert
Sharkey-Jeffries
Roughriders
Choynski
Ruhlin
St. Louis
Rota Heikes
Dayton
Cincinnati
Lipton Sails Home After Cup Farewell in New York
Sir Thomas Lipton sailed for England on the steamer St. Louis amid cheers from hundreds of friends. A silver loving cup was presented on the pier by Col. Charles S. Sumner, to be given by the American people at a future date, as Lipton waved goodbye and promised to return.
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New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
England
St. Louis
Sir Thomas
Erin
Charles S. Sumner
Mbride Indicted in Valparaiso Check Forgery Case
Porter county grand jury returns an indictment against Charles H. McBride of Indianapolis for forging three checks on the Indiana National Bank, signing as George K. Meyers and cashing them in Valparaiso. McBride, once a northern Indiana insurance worker, left the country amid Klondike rumors and is now believed to be in the Philippines. A former quartermaster sergeant in the 157th Indiana regiment during the Spanish War, he is the son of ex Judge McBride of Indianapolis.
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Porter County
Charles H.mcbride
Indianapolis
Indiana National Bank
George K. Meyers
Valparaiso
McBride
Klondike
Philippines
157Th Indiana
Italian saloon keeper tied to flag law case
Chicago November 1. An Italian saloon keeper was arrested for violating the flag law by displaying imported liquor with the stars and stripes among national flags on the label. Count Razwadowsky, the Italian consul, represents the saloon keeper and argues enforcement breaches a commerce treaty between Italy and the United States.
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Chicago
Count Razwadowsky
Italy
United States
Premier Mills in Anapolis Heads Toward Opening
Owners of the Premier steel plant still unsettled on whether to reopen the mills after Tuesday discussions. The group aims to settle the matter within a few days, with no definite decision reached yet.
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Anapolis
Trusts Hatching in October New Jersey Corporations
Secretary of State Wurts reports 155 firms chartered in October in New Jersey, collecting 43 577 60 in fees. Major incorporations include Pittsburg Coal Company 364000000, Philadelphia Electric 25000000, Boston Mining and Smelting 15000000, Alaska Industrial 10000000, Federal Telephone 10000000, Havana Traction 19000000, Continental Automobile 8006000, Alaska Copper 5000000, Standard Shoe Machinery 5000000, Atlantic City Realty 5000000, New York and Philadelphia 3000000, Ore Reduction 3000000, New York Shipbuilding 5060000, Daylight Prism America 2750000, Atlantic City and Chelsea Imported 2500000, Sussex Zinc and Franklinite 2000.40, Sherman Worrell Fruit 2000000.
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Trenton
N. J
Wurts
Pittsburg Coal Company
Philadelphia Electric Company
Boston Mining and Smelting Company
Alaska Industrial Company
Federal Telephone Company
Havana Traction Company
Continental Automobile Company
Alaska Copper Company
Standard Shoe Machinery Company
Atlantic City Realty Company
New York and Philadelphia Company
Ore Reduction Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
Daylight Prism Company of America
Atlantic City and Chelsea Imported Company
Sussex Zinc and Franklinite Company
Sherman Worrell Fruit Company
Was Gen Harrison snubbed at London dinner
Smiley Chambers, a friend of Gen Harrison, dismisses a Cincinnati paper report that Ambassador Choate snubbed the ex-president at a London dinner. He calls the claim ludicrous and says McKinley would not deny Harrison honors, noting Mark Hanna might offend but McKinley would not.
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Smiley Chambers
Gen
Harrison
Cincinnati
Choate
London
McKinley
Indianapolis
Gen. Harrison
Mark Hanna
Wisconsin College Strife Over Night Shift Parade Looting
At the University of Wisconsin indignant student factions condemn a Monday night parade and laundry thefts. The faculty moves to expel any student implicated. Women face added humiliation as each linen item is stamped with its owner’s name. Some students later mockingly returned stolen linens to the owners.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Clergy Names Clarified in City Churches
Rev Charles Johnson colored is pastor of Shiloh baptist church and not Antioch as stated by The Sun Elder Morton is pastor of Antioch church.
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Shiloh
Antioch
Charles Johnson
Odier Majors
Shiloh Baptist Church
SUN
Elder Morton
Antioch Church
Drowned Minister in Hawaii After Bath Incident
Honolulu reports James Anderson King Hawaiian minister of the interior attacked with apoplexy while bathing on Oct 16 and drowned in two feet of water. Other dispatches note a 25 000 strong strike by Welsh coal miners potentially affecting coal for the army transport.
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Port Townsend
Wash
James Anderson King
Costello suspended after divorce filing and misconduct claims
The Board of safety suspended John Costello fireman and driver of truck No. 2 after his wife filed for divorce and alleged neglect. Chief Barrett cited long running complaints and a flirtation with another woman. A restraining order blocked salary payments. the board also accepted the resignation of Henry Steinecker, a democratic patrolman.
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Board of Safety
John Costello
Costello
Monfiay
Barrett
Quigley
Henry Steinecker
Old Woman Julia Ann Wilson Confined in Central Insane Hospital
Julia Ann Wilson an eccentric traveler in southern Indiana has been committed from Salem to the Central Insane Hospital. She was first taken to New Albany where a baggage search found papers implying property and bonds worth 3,500,000. Guardian RE W Manaugh of the Democrat was appointed but could not restrain her roaming. Hospital staff know nothing of any wealth. documents suggest her insanity stems from losing a valuable estate in the past.
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Julia Ann Wilson
Indiana
Central Insane Hospital
Salem
Ind
New Albany
RE. W. Manaugh
the Democrat
Battery A Officers Bid Farewell at Armory
Two members of Battery A Twenty-seventh Indiana after a war era unit farewell at the armory in Indianapolis. Capt Curtis departs for New York City and may take indefinite leave. Homer Van Wie gave the farewell. Curtis has not resigned and may be granted leave. if he resigns Callon would become captain and lieutenants promoted.
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Indianapolis
Leutenant
Laycock Company Publishes Factory News Pamphlet
The T. B. Laycock manufacturing company releases Factory News focusing on factory employes salesmen and customers. It details new management ideas including employee clubs practical suggestion prizes and court martial trials for offending staff. Auditor Smith's bond filed signals the start of his second term.
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T. B. Laycock Manufacturing Company
Poor House Inmate Figures Released in Quarterly Report
The county poor house quarterly report shows 235 inmates. The county commissioners received the document after Wednesday and the figures reflect current occupancy.
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County-Poorhouse
Cofpmis
The Choir Invisible on Stage at English’s
Frances Hastings leads a refined dramatization of James Lane Allen novel The Choir Invisible with Henry Jewett and a capable cast. The production highlights period detail, strong performances by John Gray and Mrs. Falconer, memorable scenes like the panther fight, and a two act arc ending twenty years after a pivotal autumn farewell. Wednesday matinee and night repeats promised.
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Frances Hastings
James Lane Allen
Henry Jewett
Miss Hastings
Kentucky
John Gray
Mrs. Falconer
Tell-Tale Wires Inquiries and Rumors Across 1900 Scene
A compilation of quick notes from the era: Senator Lodge predicts the Philippine question will dominate 1900 politics. Gen Tracy appears before the Mazet committee in New York with no new insights on Ramapo water works. internal revenue officials argue that express firms dealing in foreign exchange owe a $50 per office tax. Rumors of a telecom and telegraph trust surface as independent lines may consolidate to lower prices. A dangerous device incident in Waterloo Indiana prompts police to test a faulty mail bomb. Chicago lawyer William G Deale is presumed murdered by gas asphyxiation in his office. In Choctaw land policy, whites married Indian maids after new law upends land entitlements. A sale pitch from J D Bridges of Lancaster NH touts One Minute Cough Cure as remedy for respiratory ailments.
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Lodge
Massachusetts
Tracy
Mazet
New York
Ramapo
Wilson
Internal Revenue Office
Gage
Congress
Chicago
J.W. Hoot
Waterloo
William G. Deale
Independent
Telegraph Companies
United States
Five Atlantic Cable Companies
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H. P. Wasson & CO
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Wales
Central Hospital
Capt
Curtis
Laycock Company
Smith
Harry B. Smith
Shepard
William T. Keay
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Keay
Adam and
Eve
English
J. D. Bridges
Nor ‘‘Democrat
Lancaster, N.H
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Peter F. Bryce
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Little Katie
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