Fatty’s Fat of London Racing Outlaw and His Feared Fame
A vivid tale profiles a notorious figure known as Fatty who rose from a small east end coffee shop to gambling thousands. The piece paints him as unorthodox, exploitative of others, and with a voracious appetite and appetite for risk, drawing on anecdotes from the racecourse and paddock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatty
Pauy
Binnouyers
Camptown
Ick
Patty
East End
London
Fatty the gambler and the Camptown race scam
A veteran bettor nicknamed Fatty is described as a shrewd, risk loving trainer who made money backing small races. The tale recounts his rise, his trainer Jerry Smigallie, and a Camptown Park dead heat scheme that backfired, leaving Fatty facing losses and wary punters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty
Rourme
Jerry Smbgailie
Wipstiu
Jerry
Tipston
Cere Tainty
Peppin
Jerry Smigeiis
Polk County Printing Feud Ends as Bonds Offered
Teal Competition and Bo Strong draw Polk County Oregon papers into a dispute over public printing. One paper offered 10,000 letter bonds for a cant, while the other paid $2 for the privilege of the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bo Strong
Polk County
Ore
The School of the Revival of the Lost Mysteries
The New York Herald reports plans for a Theosophist founded university near San Diego on Point Loma to study ancient rites. It will open next April with 130 acres, a granite wall, and a slate of occult subjects led by Charley Johnson and scholars from India and Egypt.
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Han
Kiuate
Point Loma
San Diego
Cal
Theosophinia
New York Herald
Madison Square Garden
Hans
Waemyen
Albany
4. D. Thick
Cincinnati
P.M. Pierce
New York
Ir. Augustus Nerosheimer
Trenantier
Clement A. Griscom, Jr
Theosophists
Theosophista
Nerenhvimer
Ferlos
Ireland
Theosophiata
Egypt
Nerenheimer
Opera Bouffe Sketches of Miss Emily Holdene
The piece recounts Miss Emily Holdene later known as Soldene and her rise in operetta and bouffe. It notes her debut about thirty seven years earlier as Miss Fite Henry, key performances including Carmen and La Perichole, and a Dublin anecdote about car drivers praising her Carmen. A backstage tale describes a fox terrier howling during La Perichole rehearsals and a costume mishap at a dress rehearsal 26 years prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emily Holdene
Indy
Fite-Henry
Madame Angot
Carmen
Dublin
Saya
New York Times
Toby
Renearsais
Englnd
French theatre ad lists curiosities for sale long ago
A 100 year old French theater offers a catalog of magical items for sale including twelve waves with the twelfth larger and slightly damaged a dozen clouds edged in black a rainbow faded a snowstorm of auverine paper three bottles of lightning four setting suns a moon Othello's handkerchief a pasha mustache four complete repasts and various novel items like a wax desert oak battles and other peculiarities.
Unclear fragment with scattered names and phrases
Fragmentary OCR text from a Philadelphia North America page mentions names like Ghanedit and Joli, with references to an event or reply. Details are incomplete, local context unreadable, and no clear single outcome or date can be determined from the readable snippet.
Women of Note and Mr McKinley Colors in Wardrobe
A breezy society roundup notes Mrs McKinley favors blue gowns and a bite color in her wardrobe while Mr McKinley shows interest in a green inauguration gown. Anna Katharine Green completes an arrangement for The Bronze Hand serial and That Affair Next Door has reached a fourth edition. G P Putnam’s Song publishers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Chicago
Mra. McKinley
G. P. Putnam
Children’s Corner Tale Shines Through a Gentle Misadventure
A fragment from a children’s corner narrates Ola Witeborn and Samual Smithers in a schoolyard scene and a cottage theft episode. The tale weaves a quiet day of study with a moral touch, ending with Sam discovering his grandpa’s pocketbook after a fall. The New York Ledger framing places the scene in a nostalgic small town setting with a warm domestic ending.
Old Witchers the Goat and Rocky Row Tales
A rustic sketch follows Old Whitehorn the goat owned by Mrs. McMorn and the hardship of Mrs. Smithers and her grandson Sammy in Rocky Row. The tale recalls past comfort, misfortune, and a fearsome goat that terrorizes Sammy as he helps his grandmother amid poverty and a disputed inheritance.
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Old Witchers
Old Whitehorn
Rocky Row
Boone
Mrs. McMorn
Mra
Smithers
Sammy
Mr. Smithers
Burn
Mix
Howe
Grandiushjee
Wil Omy
Ath Mix Watt
Mrs. McMoon
Sam
Ram
Whitehorn
Bertie and the Ball Adventure
The tale follows Bertie Brown who loses a cherished rubber ball after it lands on a porch roof. A snowbird briefly eyes the ball, then causes it to tumble to the yard where Bertie recovers it. The episode is recounted as a true story from Youth's Companion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie
Bertie Brown
Bertle
Sam Clark
Papa
Julia Darraw Cowins
Never tasted strong drink, vow echoes in tavern tale
In a rustic exchange at a restaurant, townsfolk debate tasting a potent beverage. James and Mr Landers voice caution, noting its ruinous effects on Flynn and his family, with one man declaring at sixty he has never drunk strong drink and won’t start. The overheard remarks frame fear of temptation and social ruin.
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Patek
James
Mr Landers
Tan
Flynn
Mr. Landers
Promising Artist W Kreis Wins War Monument Prize
Berlin art circles prize a 23 year old student W Kreis for the plan of a national war monument to be erected in Lalpste. He wins the $1,500 award amid a field of seventy two entrants.
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Berlin
W. Kreis
Lalpste
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Dacklig
Anil
Ely
America
TipplyVes
Sir
Joli
Paw
Etterioo
Dethie-E Ghanedit
Anwar Tive
Muladelphia North
Ola Witeborn
Mertie
Algubra
Nortward
Smithera
White~ Born
Samual Smithers
Grandpa
Mrs. Smithers
New York Ledger
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