TORIES RACE TRACKS BRIGHTON TALES OF LUCK AND LOSS
A Park Row observer recalls sensational wins and sudden losses at Brighton races. Tales include Andronicus and Margraviate paying 2 to 1 and 24 to 1, a $4,040 swing wiped to zero after disqualification, and a broker who narrowly misses Lady Holyrood only to see Radnor win at 18 to 1.
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Brighton
Gravesend
Ming
Andronicus
Janice
Dactyl
Margraviate
Park Row
New York
Lady Holyrood
Champion Steak Eater at Palm Garden Dinner
Michael Schmidt and Herman Hochwart competed in a steak eating contest at Palm Garden. Referee Frank Ross announced Schmidt the winner after Hochwart quit at seven and a half pounds while Schmidt had reached eight pounds. An umbrella was awarded amid applause as contestants drank ale.
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Palm Garden
Greene
Hamburg Avenues
Michael Schmidt
Herman Hochwart
the Garden
Brooklyn ‘Times
Frank Ross
Hochwart
Schmidt
Wu Ting-fang reflects on Bret Harte line in lecture
In a lecture, Wu Ting-fang criticized the saying The heathen Chinee is peculiar. He contrasted Chinese trust in written agreements with Western reliance on word, noting merchants now demand writings from foreigners while respecting age, and quipped on valued traits in cross culture commerce.
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Wu Ie
Wu Ting-fang
Bret Harto
China
Ching
Doctor with a Long Head in France Uses Pigeons for Quick Care
A French physician at Eviantes Balnes makes rounds carrying a basket of homing pigeons. Before leaving he writes a prescription and sends it to the patient via a pigeon wing, assembled by an assistant and delivered by cyclist, completing treatment in a single visit.
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Eviantes Balnes
France
Eithe
Automobile Tragedy Claims Charles L Fair and Wife in France
Mr and Mrs Charles L Fair son of late Senator James G Fair of California die in a high speed crash near Evreux on a 45 horsepower Mercedes. Chauffeur Broty injured. Charles Fair born April 21 1867 in Virginia City Nevada left an estate valued between 12 and 30 million dollars with $1 million from his mother’s share.
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Charles L. Fair
Senator Fair
California
Trouville
Paris
France
Charles L. Falr
Paria
Evreaux
M. Berton
Mr. Fair
Mrs. Fair
Brotey
Charles Fair
Virginia
W. K. Vanderbilt
Virginia City
Nev
Pacific Coast
Maude Nelson
Charles
Immenne
Remington Suicide Shocks Newport Society
Robert R. Remington of New York killed himself at a Newport club after breaking engagement to Misa May Van Alen granddaughter of Mrs Astor and daughter of Jamoa J Van Alen. Financial troubles and alleged mental imbalance cited by Van Alen family as reasons for the breakup and tragedy.
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Robert R. Remington
New York
Newport
Misa May van Alen
Jamoa J. van Alen
Mrs. Astor
van Alen
Remington
Death of Rev Nathan H Downing in Lake Harbor Mich
The Rev Nathan H Downing who died a few days ago was for twelve years head of Presbyterian church work among the freedmen of the South. After the Civil War he and his wife joined the home missions to establish schools with a large corps of teachers. He organized schools in the South and served pastorates in Iowa and Clarence, Barnum's Genius for Advertising.
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Remington
Howard Remington
Philadelphia
Remington Bros
Miss van Alen
Europe
Nathan H. Downing
Lake Harbor, Mich
Presbyterian Church
South
N. H. Downing
Board of Home Missions
Patriot’s Fife Placed With Family War Relic
Mr Palmer, a former Civil War soldier from Joplin Missouri, plays a fife used by his grandfather in the War of 1812. He expresses hope that his grandson may one day play it to symbolize a united country.
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Palmer
Drum Corpa
Joplin
To a Friend on Sailing and Parting
A poetic farewell urging steadiness and courage for a friend at sea. The verse reassures the voyager that home will be held by loving hearts and faithful memories, and that noble deeds done for love endure beyond absence.
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Poe
Blalj
Labor laws of two countries spark arbitration debate
The piece contrasts U S judges jailing organizers for inflammatory speeches with British courts holding unions liable for damages from strikes. It notes mine owners suing the Miners Federation, disputes over union funds, and judges labeling organizers as vampires. It discusses potential shifts toward compulsory arbitration and warns of funds being seized for employer damages, derailing worker protections. It ends by noting coeducation turning colleges into match factories.
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Jackson
United States District Court
Parkersburg
W. Va
Isbor
England
Miners’ Federation
Judge Jackson
Oigan
W. Gates
Ines
The Infamy of Child Labor in the South
The Chicago Tribune argues against southern cotton mill child labor, calling Alabama’s age rules woefully inadequate. It condemns the lack of compulsory education, citing “pinched faces” and “prison pallor” as the price of industrial growth. It pins responsibility on northern capitalists and southern legislators.
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Nouth
Mammon
Carlyle
Irene Ashby McFadyen
BE. J. Lister
Lster
South
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Chicago Tribune
Eight-Hour Day Debate Sparks Broad Questioning
A University of Minnesota professor argues over the eight hour day, weighing feasibility and societal impact. He asks if stricter limits on work time should be paired with equal partnership between employers and workers. The piece notes growing attention to shorter days and contrasts productivity with fairness. A humorous aside mentions prizefighters and paper mills, reflecting public interest in labor reform.
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Wales
Mam A. Schapes
University of Minnesota
Meat Cutters Leader Sees Demand Drop Hit Packers
Michael Donnelly head of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butchers Union claims over 1,000 Swift payroll cuts in Chicago in six weeks as public meat demand falls due to high prices. He asserts Armour plants run shortened weeks and predicts price drops within a month as packing-house business stabilizes.
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Michael Donnelly
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of America
The
Meat Trust
Swift
Chicago
Armours
Bia
Compulsory Arbitration Debate on Labor Rights
A Railroad Trainmen's Journal editorial argues compulsory arbitration is a misnomer that would strip personal constitutional rights. It contends labor agreements bind workers beyond voluntary limits, touching on the fourteenth amendment and the delivery of goods.
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D. TL. Conse
Railroad Trainmen's Journal
Cleveland
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