Plungers of the bygone days in horse racing lore
The piece recalls the Chesarewitch era and big stakes ploys at Newmarket with figures like Rosebery Lecturer and Lioness. It recounts behind the scenes tactics, bets, and quarrels among Lord Hastings Admiral Rous and James Merry, ending with club politics and blackballing in the Jockey Club era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Truth
Rosebery
F. Swindell
Truth
Fr. Swindell
Dulcibella
Lecturer
Lord Hastings
Admiral Rous
Peter Wilkingon
Lioness
Ouseley Higgins
Jockey Club
James Merry
Mr. Merry
Colonel Higgins
Merry
Higgins
Newmarket
Lord Stamford
Ananias
Barabbas
Lord Bramford
Lord Breyne
Wenham
Rawdon Crawley
George Payne
Lord Beacons- Held
Eople
George Manners
Admiral Roan
Duke of Hamilton
Welkin
Lord Glasgow
Colonel Forester
The Lament for a Lost Lover
The speaker laments a slain lover, describing long vigils by his side and the coldness of his lips. She recalls their bond and asks if Molina is truly lost, grieving a love that was once bright and now remains forever absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molina
Obscure wartime memory crops up in odd local note
A fragmentary item recalls a boy sent by his mother for rock and rye to a drugstore, the clerk surprised by the request. Other garbled lines hint at a car near-miss and a stray motorist anecdote. the text is incomplete and hard to decipher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lappinecott’s
New Yorks East River Bridge Opens to Mass Traffic
The Queensboro bridge linking Manhattan and Queens opens with Mayor McClellan declaring traffic free across the 7,636 foot cantilever span. The cost totals 20 million dollars with six years of work and 66 workers killed in construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Queens
Union
Queensboro
Manhattan
East River
McClellan
Harrigan
East Fiftyninth Street
Jackson and Jane
East Fifty-ninth Street
Blackwell'i Island
Long Island
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Gustave Lindenthal
The Poem and Portraits of a Turbulent Era
A collage of verse and prose fragmentary in tone, recalling Theodosia Garrison and satirical clippings from Appleton's and Success Magazine. Included are reflections on a lost song and a humorous anecdote about Senator Tillman, a city editor memory, and a lawyer’s sharp reply to a debtor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodosia Garrison
March Appleton
Law
Success Magazine
Notable Cold Spells Through History and Polar Expeditions
The article surveys extreme European winters from 1709 to 1836 including Le Grand Hiver and Napoleon’s retreat frost records. It then discusses polar exploration data from Nansen, the Duc d Abruzzi, and Peary, noting temperatures near the pole, gear hardship, and extended cold durations faced by explorers.
Meeting with Lincoln and Booth at Ford's theater visit
The narrator recalls a visit to Ford's theater inviting Lincoln and Booth. J Wilkes Booth appears with a striking theatrical presence and dark eyes. The party contemplates attending a Shik play and Walldck and Dav enpo. They tour the White House area and consider a call to the conservatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.helen Palmer Mose
Warloosh Theater
M. J. Heas
J. Wilkes Booth
Atvie
Wits
Rede
Walldck
Gene
Ford's
Booth
White House
Sud
A New Industry. Nene Go Blind or Not
A quirky exchange about vision arises in a church setting as one character questions the other’s eye health after a past collection plate moment. The dialogue centers on whether there is a serious eye issue.
Remarkable Winters Through History and Global Cold Spells
The article recounts historic frigid periods in Europe and Asia, noting 25 C below zero and 13 F on December 8 1812, 0 C in Paris on January 20 1608, and Siberian markets freezing goods. It covers river Thames freezes, the Texel fleet capture by Hussars, and extreme expeditions by Peary with temperatures as low as -66 to -93 C. It discusses uses of cold in industry and medicine and cites scientific observations of high altitude cold and polar records.
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New York Herald
Philippe de Comines
Paris
France
Russia
Beresina
Fcy
Europe
Moscow
le Grand Hiver
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Napoleon
Pierre Mathieu
Henry of Navarre
Paria
Siberia
England
Thames
Texel
Americare
Tropics
London Daily Graphic
Oanard
Robert Peary
Arctic
Nares
Peary
Verkhoyansk
Cilder
Gmelin
Houth Pole
Compromise tale of a sea painter and a student
Alexander Harrison described art students at a tea in his Concaravan Stubio. A protege from Pont Aven visits Paris and an elderly Rue Vaugirard shoemaker offers a kitchen painting job for three francs. The student proposes the uncle pay the commissionaire three francs while he keeps two francs as profit.
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Alexander Harrison
Harrison
Pont Aven
Parle
Vaugirard
Absence and longing in a faded reminiscence
The fragment speaks of distant kin and a journey felt through absence. A voice recalls vows and a longing for understanding, with cryptic phrases about time, a bell, and a line from a poet named Algnao L. Rive in a historic transcript.
Meeting the President in the White House Corridor
A visitor recalls meeting President Lincoln in a White House corridor and the emotional moment after receiving word that Lincoln had been shot at Ford's Theatre. The account notes Mrs Hess, a gardener, and the lemon keepsake tied to the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Hess
Reques
National Theater
Tad
President Lincoln
Hesse
A Constant Motte from Harper's Weekly
A house decorater visits a suburban home of an eccentric father with eight daughters. He notices a mantle legend reading Learn to way to and asks its meaning. The daughter explains it is one of dad’s ideas and the eight girls are part of the family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Houehold Decoratora
Germany Sees Decline in Marree-ae and Population Rates
Official statistics show a drop in marree-ae in Germany with figures shrinking from 1 060 to 402 000 in 1908, while other empire states report similar declines as population growth slows. The Woman's Medical school at Shanghai diploma list notes few graduates, though it was founded three years ago. The principal Chinese woman leader has emphasized advanced education in Canton and Hong Kong, with zero students listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Pru
Empire
Woman's Metical School
Shanghai
Princippal Chines Woman Wises
Canton
Hongkong
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
Washington
Lunkly
Bud
J. Snippem
Blackstone
Bey Lear
Tam
Mos
Barclay B. Coke
Arctic Lexplorera
Nansen
Fram
du d'Abruzal
Marat
Johansen
Duc d'Abruzzi
Cagni
Lincoln
Botham
The
Ans
Heston
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