Boxing through the ages and the origin of gloves
A column reflecting on early boxing and pugilism, noting the shift from ancient to modern forms. It traces boxing references to classical Greece, medieval decline, a revival in the 17th century with the Amateur Athletic Club and Queensberry rules, and Broughton’s early glove use, contrasting ancient Virgilian descriptions of gloves as weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
Amateur Athletic Club
Broughton
Virgil
The Occasion Tiff Ends With Wry Admittance
A brief quarrel between a couple is recounted with wit as he insists he is always in the wrong, she counters calmly, noting that last week he did admit fault, prompting a sharp, humorous response. The exchange captures a domestic vignette from Harper's Weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Weekly
No Mountain Laurel Campaign Echoes Memoriam
A fragmentary note ponders the mountain laurel emblem debate in American symbolism. The text wanders through humor about a moery and a blunted campaign analogy, reflecting a faded, gusty public discourse on national floral symbolism.
Drowning of Commander Brine Aboard St Vincent During Gale
The battleship squadron near Bemerehaven Cork faced hurricane force seas as Commander Frederic G Brine of the St Vincent was washed overboard. Despite swift lifebuoys and lifeboats, Brine died after tearing away his wet garments to aid his escape, with his body recovered too late. The crew mourned a highly respected officer amid the grim sea tragedy.
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Brine
St. Vincent
London
Collingwood
Temeraire
Vanguard
Bemerehaven
County of Cork
Frederic G. Brine
Land’s End
Divorced Wife Is a Widow in California Ruling
San Francisco judge defines widow as a married woman who loses her husband by death or judicial decree, affirming a ruling that Mrs Eugenia Jones, divorced wife of Everett Jones, is entitled to a portion of the estate under the will of S L Jones. The case centers on whether a divorced wife remains a widow if the former husband remarries before his death.
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San Francisco
Thomas F. Graham
District Court of Appeals
Eugenia Jones
Everett Jones
Jones
S. L. Jones
Poison Found In Cigar Trial At Brand Africa Sentence
Charles Maher was found guilty of attempting to murder Johannes de Beer with a poisoned cigar in Africa. He received a year in prison and a £250 fine after the jury, though mercy was recommended, heard proof of strychnine in the cigar and Maher admitting purchase of poison for vermin.
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Johannes de Beer
Ladybrand
Africa
Charles Maher
Johnnie
de Beer
Mercy
Man Who Saw Napoleon Attends Wedding at Astor Hotel
Abraham Hanover a 196 year old Warsaw born businessman living in New York attended a wedding at the Hotel Astor where he led dancing with 20 year old bridesmaids. He recalled seeing Napoleon marching to Moscow a century ago and joked about learning the turkey trot as his next feat.
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New York
Hotel Astor
Napoleon
Moscow
Abraham Hanover
East 110Th Street
Boston
Samuel Steinberg
West 126Th Street
Sadie Frankel
West End Avenue
Hanover
Steinberg
wUntil
Cenfan
Warsaw
Rides Steer to Safety in Wild Corral
St. Joseph report tells of Mc-William Hamilton a Texas panhandle cowboy who fell into a street corral, drew his revolver and fired at oncoming steers wounding one before leaping to safety as the others halted.
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St. Joseph, Mc
William Hamilton
Texas Panhandle
Beggar with $50,000 in Bankbooks Found Dead in SF Hovel
Michael Sullivan, a San Francisco beggar for 35 years, was found dead in his hovel. Bankbooks in a mattress showed deposits over $50,000. He left a will bequeathing $5,000 to his sister Mary A. Sullivan of Utica, New York. Death believed natural. circumstances suggest no foul play.
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San Francisco
Cal
Michael Sullivan
Sullivan
Mary A. Sullivan
Utica
N. Y
Army posts shift as Bisbee plans border patrols emerge
The Second squadron of the Sixth Cavalry returned from Bisbee to Fort Huachuca after mapping the Bisbee border route. Fort Huachuca will not be enlarged and may be abandoned, with a regimental post possibly at Bisbee or Tucson. In El Paso, Fort Bliss converts from infantry to cavalry, replacing the Twenty third Infantry with four cavalry troops, while the Twenty third may move to Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis.
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Bisbee
Ariz
Sixth Cavalry
Fort Huachuca
Tucson
el Paso
Tex
War Department
Fort Bliss
Two Vienna Girls Die After Despair Over Exam
Two fifteen year old schoolgirls Wilhelmina Proksch daughter of a solicitor and Elise Vilmal daughter of a merchant leapt from a school window as they faced a university entrance exam. They were informed there was no chance of passing and chose to die together.
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Vienna
Vienna University
Wilhelmina Proksch
Elise Vilnal
Reactions to Mason and Slidell Exchange and Civil War Actions
The New York Times reports reactions in Canadian press to the Mason Slidell release. It describes U S gunboats under Melancthon Smith seizing Biloxi Puerto and a pine flooring schooner, plus enlistment terms rising to three years with a $50 bounty. Reports detail the Trent affair, Port Royal operations, Fort Pickens actions, and repeated Confederate attacks at Port Royal Ferry Isham.
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New York Times
Datd
Messrs. Mason and Slidell
Globe
Montreal Gazette
United States
Melancthon Smith
Ships Island
Gulf of Mexico
Biloxi
Miss
Smith
Ship Island
New Orleans
Messrs
Mason and
Slidell
Starlight
Fort Warren
Boston Harbor
Providencetown
Cape Cod
Rinaldo
Mason
Trent
Wilkes
C. R. P. Rodgers
Stevens
Port Royal Harbor
S. C
Coosaw River
Port Royal Ferry
United State
New York
Rio Janeiro
Charleston
Columbia
Rodgers
Cockpit Point
Potomac
Ella Warley
Nassau
Bisbie
Virginia
Yancey
Stone
Poolesville
Memphis Argus
Price
Missouri
St. Louis
Jeff Owens
Jones
Richelieu Town Forms Commemorative Monument Committee
Richelieu a small town about 12 miles from Chinon in Indre-et-Loire France forms a committee to honor Cardinal Richelieu. The Academie Francaise and other learned societies back the effort though the monument’s material bronze or stone remains undecided.
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Richelieu
Chinon
Indre-et-Loire
France
Cardinal Richelieu
Academie Francaise
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W. G. Chapman
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