Gans Beats Anholz in Gripping Ring War of 6 Rounds
In San Francisco May, veteran Yank Gans outboxed and outslugged Unholz through a brutal boxing card. Gans controlled most rounds with sharp lefts and rights, flooring the Boer for a count of nine before the referee stopped the bout, crowning Gans the winner.
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Anholz
Jans
Gans
Gread
Unheelz
Gany
Unholz
Gravis
Unhholz
Easty
Tits Tel
Unholt
Lovee Cols
Unhoe
Cones
Gaus
Bay Vut
Jolis
Iter
W—-Antiolz
Gane
Mle
Runaway Collision Terrifies Belle Fourche Women
In Belle Fourche Sunday evening a buggy collision with loose horses caused severe injuries to three women. Mabel Hanes suffered facial cuts and nose injuries, Carrie Gelvin endured deep barbed wire wounds, and Glen Gelvin reported shoulder injury and other wounds as the wagon toppled into a gutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourche
Glen Gelvin
Carrie
Mabel Hanes
W. Hants
Calliston
Gelvin
Miss Hanes
Insurgent Campaign in South Dakota Wanes Amid Finances
Reports across riverside regions say insurgents lose ground as funds dry up and supporters desert. Stalwarts gain, with daily votes as leaders attack factions. Analysts predict stalwarts will win by about fifteen thousand given current momentum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
Republican Party
Dick Richards
Huron
Texas
Healy
Des Moines Afraid After Series of Outrage Attacks
Des Moines May 14 residents report multiple assaults on society women, including Mary Mann aged 649 who was mutilated by a mysterious assailant. The city buzzes with fear as another prominent woman faced a similar ordeal less than two weeks earlier.
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Des Moines
Mary Mann
Christie's London A Cutting Romance of the Auction House
The piece recalls Christie's storied rooms in Pall Mall and King Street with tales of Gainsborough and Reynolds, famed sales, and dramatic forgeries. It covers patrons like Lord Chesterfield, the Guinean auctions, and the rise of modern collectors amid royal and imperial interest.
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Reynolds
Garrick
Gainsborough
Lord Chesterfield
James Christie
Joshua Reynolds
Dawn Gorick
Thomas Gilnsborough
Lord Chesterfeld
Pall Mall
Meney Coe
Christie
Pretilus
Devonshire
Dudley
Varix
Agnew
Lis
James Christle
David Garrick
Rembrandt
Christ Healing
Duke of Buccleuch
London
Varls
Louis the
Pompadeur
de Barry
Christie’s
Constable
Purner
Chilistie
Art Critica
Moscow
Stockholm
Madrid
Porta
Turner
Polatiige
Parice
Horich
Joseph Gillett
Hirmingham
London National Gallery of Wingofficent
Gillett
Christie's
King Street
St. James
Aristocrithe Cognoscenti
Chesterfield
Dr. Johnson
Europe
Chesterfield Arms
France
Mary
Holland
Adam
Chippendale
Darius
Paul Veronese
Au Ilness
Lael
George Morland
Henry Stachum
J. Per Pont Morgan
Joh Hoppner
Whitechapel
Christio
W. CG. Fitecgerald
New York Tribune
Study at Home and Wedding Plans Mentioned
A Catholic Standard and Times item notes Maud, a graduate of a local cooking school, planning a post graduate course next fall. The piece mentions her return to study and a rumor about her being carried to a young man, reflecting social gossip of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Catholic Standard
Language Barriers At Enchon Shop
A French traveler named Heart arrives in Enchon unable to speak English and struggles to convey needs for luggage and toiletries. A chemist's proprietor, noticing the language gap, uses a megaphone to shout that the French speaking assistant is out to lunch and the customer must wait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heart
Enchon
Flo
London
Swordsmen of the Sea Narwhal Tusks and Tales
The article describes sea predators like sawfish and narwhal in Arctic and warmer seas. It notes the narwhal tusk's hollow spiral groove used for defense and fishing, its length up to15 feet, and tusks six to ten feet. It mentions a Rosenberg throne made from narwhal tusks.
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Arctic
Rosenberg
Denmark
Beavers Train Their Young in Many Trades
Naturalists rank the beaver low among vertebrates yet it rivals humans in occupational diversity. Within a colony, beavers assign roles from civil and marine engineers to carpenters and fishermen, each animal handling a specific task. They build dams rapidly through highly organized labor and modular work.
Marry and Part For a Year Among Central Americans
The article notes a Central American custom where couples part for one year after marriage. No courtship occurs before the wedding and parental consent is required. After marriage, partners visit their respective families across the country to complete the year, and most marriages succeed.
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Central America
A Chance to Spoon at Dulin Pantomonine Tea Room
A young couple visited Dulin to see a pantomime and, while early, entered a tea room that they could have to themselves. The waitress prepared the tea and ingredients and offered a spoon with the room becoming private in a minute or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sulairhs
Dulin
Hind
Liverpool Mereney
Holding His Job
A reader praises the faithful worker across the street noting he never takes holidays and always labors, only to reveal the man is the shop's proprietor, a surprising twist from the Chicago Tribune.
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Scott
Chicago Tribune
The Fireside Diplomat in a Domestic Quip
The exchange features Mrs Marryat who worries about trifles and her husband’s light reply about not lacking decent shoes. The Philadelphiaress interjects with a clipped retort as the scene unfolds.
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Mrs. Marryat
Philadelphia
Homemade Bread Quip Sparks Husband Wife Banter
A brief proverb-like exchange has a young wife urging risk while her husband warns of danger to a vessel and potential wreck. The remark contrasts optimistic bravado with cautionary pragmatism in a domestic moment.
Plant classification debate in park between youth and official
A youth asks if a plant is in the arbutus family. Cirdener curtly replies it does not and says it belongs to the county council, as reported by the London Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotansen
Cirdener
London Globe
Great Fire Engulfs Minneapolis Freight Depot
Immense freight warehouse of the M. St. P. & O. in Minneapolis is on fire. Fire discovered at 1:30 PM, with flames spreading rapidly. City and St Paul engines summoned as the depot and adjoining warehouse district face grave danger of total loss and extended damage to valuable freight.
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Minneapolis
Omaha
City
St. Paul
Debs Nominated for President at contentious convention
Eugene Debs of Kansas was nominated for president and Benjamin Hanford of New York for vice president. The decision came after an uproarious late night session that lasted into the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Eugene Debs
Kansas
Benjamin Hanford
New York
Curvention
Fairbanks Headquarters to Open in Auditor ium Annex
The Fairbanks headquarters in Chicago will be opened in the Auditorium Annex on Monday. Joseph B. Keating United States district attorney will be in charge. May 15.
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Fairbank
Auditorium Annex
June Hope in a Student's Quiet Year
The excerpt notes the approach of June bringing longer days and rising spirits. It reflects students’ homesickness tempered by anticipation of summer, work and study ahead, and a sense of wandering toward a distant Bend as weeks pass slowly.
Doings of Crow Family and Local Happenings
A cluttered clipping reports Mrs. Crow visiting Spokane and John Crow’s Elberton trip. E W Valentine moves to Kane for linotype work, with rising Metropolis crush. A theft of butter, a Methodist preacher note, and a planned Whitman county project loom in Steptoe area notices.
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Crow
Steptoe Standard
I. Ro
Mrs. Crow
Spokane
John Crow
Elberton
E.W. Valentine
Kane
Linotype
Metropolis
Maeline
Blueieg
Whitman County
Lee
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May
Gansenholz
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Debs
Cael
S$ Bend
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