Corbett Described By Johnny as a Brilliant but Timid Champion
New York May 4 Johnny Corbett who discovered Young Corbett praises his trainee as one of boxing history’s brainiest fighters. He notes Corbett’s left hand mastery and a right hand punch unmatched among featherweights, while admitting occasional timidity and a tendency to falter under distress.
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New York
Johnny Corbett
Corbett
Terry McGovern
Johnny
Denver
Attell
Mike Sullivan
Yanger
Broad
McGovern
Gardner
Santry
Joe Gans
van Camp’s
Michigan
Jekyll and Hyde burglar linked to diamond theft case
John Frederick Spencer a Sunday school teacher and Leicester business man is implicated as the main suspect in the December diamond heist from Captain Beatty's wife in Brookly Hall London. The arrest would close a string of bold burglaries in the Mellon Mowbray and Leicester districts.
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Spencer
London
David Beatty
Broksly Hall
John Frederick
Jekylland Hyde
Mellon Mowbray
Leicester
England
Mrs McIntyre and daughter return to Texas after property sale
Mrs. M. M. McIntyre and her daughter Janet returned from Texas where Mrs. McIntyre bought property. After selling property in the city, she plans to move back to Texas to establish her future home.
Black Hand threatens Fairmount store owner with tar and feathering
Oscar Prader of Fairmount Indiana received a Black Hand message signed The Bloody Ku Klux demanding $100 and threatening arson and tar and feathering if unpaid. The letter was turned to Marshal Jones as investigators track the writers who claim thirteen members.
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Marshal Jones
Trader
Fairmount
Ellen Yaw and Lady Meux in London Society Scandal
Lady Meux plans to leave her fortune to Ellen Beach Yaw the American opera singer while Lord Essex loses his money and his wife refuses to introduce Lady Meux. Yaw rose as Meux's protegé after a close association in London and Paris and kept back in the Meux orbit as the aunt pursues a new heir. The tale features Meux, Essex, Yaw, and a courtly, moneyed set.
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Lady Meux
Adele Grant
New York
Lord Essex
Lady Essex
Meux
Sir Henry Meux
London
May Yohe
Ellen Beach Yaw
Europe
America
Miss Yaw
Sarah Siddons
Pods Park
Mme
Guy D’hardelot
Mme. D‘hardelot
Paris
Champs Elysees
San Francisco
Miss Yan
Ady Essex
Mary and Her Hat at the Play
A whimsical verse tells of Mary wearing a widow hat with a long brim that disrupted a show and angered patrons. An usher pleads as the hat bobbles through the performance. Also noted: Ben Jenkines and son and the Erwin family visit Monticello for L. W. Sanderson and family.
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Ben Jenkines
Erwin
Family
Monticello
L. W. Sanderson
Idle Rich Like Savages Says This Dean of Women
Chicago May 5 Miss Sophonisba Breckinridge dean of women at the University of Chicago charged that idle rich are a danger to society. She faulted luxurious leisure for fostering ignorance among working girls and urged marriage as a useful institution.
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Sophonisba Breckinridge
University of Chicago
Woman's Club
Ness
Congress Moves to Speed Departure of Guest
Lawmakers edge toward expediting the exit of a guest amid friction over messaging. The push reflects a growing impatience with how the guest has handled communications, amid party tensions and procedural urgency.
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Junging
Congress
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Texas
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Black Hand
Fairmount, Ind
Mr. Oscar Trader
Kentucky
Kin Klux
Sam Trader
Oscar
Sam
Ellen Yaw
IDA
Esse
Ellen Beach
John B. Boestein
Mishawaka
Yortland
Chamberain
W. H. Jorter
Mary and Her
Mary
van Camp
Mps Pork
van Camp Packing Company
Indianapolis
Ind
Chicago
Ls Family Hotels
Harte
the Atlantic
Tels
Bret Harte
Overland Monthly
Mr. Fields
Dééparture
California
Boston
Miss Sophonisba Breckenridge
Fama al Boke
Nepaas
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