Corbett Knocks Out Sullivan in 21st Round Glory
James J. Corbett defeats John L. Sullivan in New Orleans, winning the world heavyweight title in the twenty‑first round. Corbett dominates with precise lefts and body work, Sullivan groggy and unable to answer, crowd erupts as the American champion emerges. Sullivan mulled retirement, while Corbett’s victory cements a new era in boxing.
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John Jr
Corbett
Sullivan
James J
Dixon
McAuliffe
Guillotte
Capt
Barrett
Jack McAuliffe
Phil Casey
Charley Johnson
Joe Lannon
Jim Daly
Mike Donovan
McVey
Kilrasa
Calieigen
Vulcan
America
Charley Mitchell
Madison Square Garden
John
James J. Corbett
San Francisco
Cal
County Mayo
Ireland
Dublin
Young Corbett
Sacred Heart College
Mlood
Bonanza King
Nevada Bank
Olympic Athletic Club
Olympic Club
Jack Burke
England
San Francisco Bay
Jones
McCaffery
Brooklyn
Peter Jackson
Illinois Deaths Reported From Monticello and Elsewhere
Illinois life in a wide set of notices includes John Kusko, a Monticello shoe maker, who died by suicide after drinking and delirium tremens. A Sweden cablegram reports real estate broker Thour Munthe of Rockford killed himself there. Other items note drownings, fatal train and freight accidents, arson losses, a jail sentence for saloon violations, and a dozen more local incidents across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kusko
Monticello
Henry Sackriter
Huske
Ife
Stockholm
Sweden
Thour Munthe
Rockford
Alozo Heffling
Sangamon
Yellow Banks
Nelson L. Humphreys
Leroy
A. M. Catlin
Illinois
Dle
Springfield
Mary Remsburg
Johnnie Baumgardner
Chicago, Burlington & Northern Railroad
Galena
Hanover
George Elineson
Galesburg
Max Eicho
Peter Engelken
Joseph Engelken
Edward Engelken
Bloomington
Hunker Hill
Thomas Baker
Frank Martin
Smithton Township
Order of the Temple of Honor and Temperance
Burlington Road
West Quincy
Moody
Jesse Dunnell
Effingham
Charles Karch
West Mascoutah
Peter Gerry
Nauvoo
W. Fr. Brown
Freeport
Robert Ellmore
John Ellmore
Havana
Gov. Fifer
William H. Napier
Pulaski County
Samuel Paisley
Hillsboro
Paisley
Louis Nagel
Chenoa
Kal McFell
George Whistler
Paul Boyton
Alton
St. Louis
Mississippi River
W. J. Wighton
Decatur
Washington
Gohiggan
Terre Iaute
Ind
Marshall
Mary Sanders
Twain
W. R. Cornwell
Wabash
August Nelson
Awos
Villa Ridge
Wade Hill
Rufus Gillespie
Mattoon
Frank Lindon
Danville
Scandia at New York quarantine amid cholera deaths
The steamship Scandia arrived at lower quarantine from Hamburg with 32 deaths and many sick aboard. Nine hundred forty-one steerage passengers crowded the vessel as guards and doctors moved to isolate cases and transfer seven to Swinburne island. News described panicked passengers and a harsh outbreak across related ships, with governmental steps to reroute passengers to Sandy Hook and tighten harbor entry.
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New York
Hamburg
Scandia
Swinburne Island
Jenkins
Byron
Normannia
Rugia
Moravia
Wyoming
Senator McPherson
New Jersey
Ll. Godkin
A. M. Palmer
Flower
Europe
Watrarowyx
N. Y
Dr. Jenkins
Washineton
New York Harbor
Sandy Hook
Loox Lake
Foster
A Heav enly Mirthday and distant hearts in verse
A patchwork of poems and notices from a 19th century page includes a Louise Chandler Moulton verse on birth and mortality, a Somerville Journal quatrain about a summer girl turned winter girl, plus short snippets on railroad harvest excursions, tonics, cures, and light anecdotes. The collage preserves period voice and named items like Harper's Magazine, Ram's Horn, and Boston Transcript.
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Philadelphde
Philadelphia
Sept
Leech
United States Mints
Bosbyshell
Llinois State
Dicide
Keeling
Canton
Gardiner Campbell
Minwacker
Gardiner Cambell
Bright
Mr. Campbell
Dunfermline
Scotland
Milwaukee
Louise Chandler Moulton
Harper's Magezine
Atd
Somerville
North-Western Line
Great West
Northwest
Finy
W. A. Thrall
Chicago & North. Western Railway
Chicago
Bran
E. A. Roop
Toledo
Ohio
Saya
Druggista
Pelimwuke Beeebasa
Hale
Pike
Boston Transcript
Anoy
Yonkers Gazette
N.Y. Herald
Mario
Pei
Ane
Mnsienl
Jimmioe
Mara
Wrurex
Zeta Whey
Philadelphia Record
Werner
Donuley
S&s. S
C. Ii. McLemore
Henderson, Tex
Seecific Co
Atlanta
Gay
California Fig Syrup Co
Chicago & Eastern
Ilinois R. A
C. &E Lbr
Chicago City
Clark St
Coannes L. Stoxe
General Passenger
Vicket
First National Bank
Mana
Johnny
McVicker's Theater
Misa Julia Marlowe
Sara Bernhardt
Robert G. Ingersoll
Usrgtanen
Texas Sistings. Ed
Wastra
V. F. Smith & CO
Ers
Chao Jacobsow
Tiiohers Ures
W.L. Donagina
L.D
W. i. Douglas
Sid Oo
Bert Las
A . Hing
Dougie
Brockton
Sapolio
ELY
Mall
LLY Buch
Warren St
Ron Yya
The
Times
Standard
Essex County
N. J
Lunatic Asylum Committee
Peorla
Chicago Medical and Surgical Institute
van Buren St
Hhash Ave
Vhpaltm
Hicagd Medical Ako Surgical Institute
F. van Buren Street
A.K. Kevtoen Newsrarea Co
Dearborn St
Ganger
Irs
Gmationy & Nonars
Rim &T
Cincinnati
Ates
Wien
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