Broad Sports and Racing Roundup From Early 1900s
Raymond Mayer issues a rolling challenge to roller skate experts while Jockey Notier rides with J M Walden heading to New Orleans. Six day bicycle race set for December 9 to 15 at Madison Square Garden. The Commodore collie dies in Washington. C John M P and Desert Chief return to England entering Sir Charles Nugent's stable. New York lawn tennis stars feud over a pro claim. Wild Mint to race in 1907 for Brooklyn and Saratoga handicaps if wintering well in Kentucky. Florida East Coast Automobile Association issues entry blanks for January Ormond Daytona races. English American university lacrosse match set confirmed by Oxford and Cambridge. Meander trotting sire dies at Great Meadow Farm, NY aged 27. Injunctions against English golf ball makers in NY and other cities. Referee Jim Jeffries to officiate 20 round O Brien Burns match for $1500. NYC police arrest about 516 persons daily.
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Madison Square Garden
New York City
Collie
Commodore
United States
Washington, Bd. C
Wild Mint
Brooklyn
Castleton Stud Farm
Kentucky
Florida East Coast Automobile Association
Ormond-Daytona Beach
Oxford
Cambridge
Meander
New York
Isaac V. Baker, Jr
Great Meadow Farm
Comstocks
N. Y
England
Jim Jeffries
Philadelphia
Jack O'Brien
Tommy Burns
Pacific A. C
Los Angeles
Cal
As Yellow as Gold By Mary E Knowlton
A poem praising the pumpkin as a symbol of autumn and Thanksgiving. It contrasts colonial and holiday imagery with the pumpkin’s enduring yellow glow, noting how festive rooms and seasons are brightened though others fade. The piece ends by highlighting the pumpkin’s autumnal hue for Thanksgiving.
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Mary E.knowlton
Thanksgiving Surrender Turns to Kindness After Pumpkin Plan
Two boys plan a Halloween style scare by lantern pumpkins, but witness a needy family and rethink. They learn of a dying father and hungry children, decide to help instead, and abandon the prank. The tale ends with a new plan to fund a Thanksgiving feast via charity.
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Bob
Bess
Phillips Boys Gift Thanksgiving Trick Lures Family Joy
In a Detroit Free Press fragment, brothers Bob and Roy Phillips raise a plan to trick a poor family by sending pumpkins stuffed with pies cakes and treats as a Thanksgiving gift. The community gesture triggers forgiveness reconciliation and lasting friendship.
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Rob
Mrs. Phillips
Roy
Bob
Phillips
Bob Phillips
Detroit
Free Press
Flirtatious to the Last in Grim Execution Tale
A reporter retells a macabre stage fright after a beheading as Mrs Gobbler laments the doomed man’s fate. She recalls his final taunt and the disturbing claim that he acted playfully a full minute after execution. The excerpt blends dark humor with chilling curiosity.
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Mrs. Gobbler
Public Kissing Law Sees Fines Stated in Journal Note
The article notes Russian public kissing is illegal with fines up to five dollars for street kisses and two dollars fifty for sending a valent postcard. It references the Des Moines style journal, calling the act a punishable offense and reflecting period humor about love and legality.
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Judianapolis News
Doings of the Old Dominion Marked by Rail Rights and Trials
The Winchester and Washington City Electric Railway wins a through right of way from Millville to Winchester after a dispute with farmer Daniel T Wood. Norfolk and Western Railway raises wages for clerks and agents by 10 percent starting December 1. Andrew A Crockett faces a $500 fine for oyster vessel coercion. A pistol-armed shooting kills Newton Moore in Nelson County. Richmond declares the Two-cent Passenger Rate Law unconstitutional, upholding the Corporation Commission’s view on two-cent mileage books. Public health urged to disclose smallpox cases as Richmond forms a new city health board. Dr James W Claiborne dies in Petersburg aged 90. Prof JN Ambler resigns Roanoke College post to become Winston-Salem city engineer. Staunton police justice contest ends with Glasgow restored over Wayt.
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Daniel T. Wood
Frederick County
Winchester and Washington City Electric Railway Company
Millville
Shenandoah River
Jefferson County
W. Va
Charlestown
Berryville
Winchester
Wood
Roanoke
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
M. Parrish
Salem
Norfolk and Western Railway
Washington Southern Railway
Milford
Alice Hall
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Hanover County
Hall
Beaver Dam
Andrew A. Crockett
Tangies Island
United States District Court
Colleens
Nelson County
Newton Moore
John Johnson
Moore
Richmond
Supreme Court
Cardwell
United States
Corporation Commission
Michigan
Levy
Dr. Levy
Norfolk
Alton
Brown
Compeey
J. N. Ambler
Roanoke College
Winston-Salem
N. C
Court of Appeals
Joseph A. Glasgow
Col
H. H. Wayt
Staunton
Glasgow
Wayit
Prominent figures reflect diverse global and national roles
Edison claims an auto will run fifteen years. Sherman Bell names a baby Theodore Roosevelt. Doria declares Canada welcomes Italian immigration. Nye, brother of Bill Nye, elected Minnesota congressman. McIlhenny, new Civil Service Commissioner, from Tabasco family. Ex Mayor Phelan leads California Red Cross. Funston takes charge in Southwest division. Walter Wellman expects airships to reach the North Pole. Emperor William frowns on art exports. Secretary Root urges world peace and tariff cooperation. Hess of California Democrat marks golden jubilee as publisher. Timothy seed prices dip ten to fifteen cents vs last season’s high demand.
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Marquis Doria
Rome
Canada
Frank M. Nye
Bill Nye
Minnesota
Mccilhenney
Civil Service
Louisiana
Tabasco
Phelan
California
Red Cross
San Francisco
Funston
Division of the Southwest
St. Louis
Walter Wellman
America
North Pole
Emperor William
Germany
Root
Commercial Club
Kansas City
Amelia Frederick Hess
San Fra
California Demokrat
New Express Company forms Rock Island Frisco line express
North American Express Company formed to take charge of the system's express service on the Rock Island Frisco railway intersection. Shipping trade notes horses kept steady as prices failed to meet shippers' expectations.
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New Express Company
Rock Island-Frisco
North American Express Company
Ship coal consumption varies by speed and vessel type
Statement notes ships burn 100 to 300 tons of coal per day at moderate speeds, with men-of-war using less coal per distance than fast steamers. Ocean passenger steamers may burn 2500 to 3000 tons in a voyage lasting six to seven days, per London Tit-Bits.
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Europe
America
London
Mumbled Rhyme About A Library Mix Up
A garbled exchange features a speaker claiming to be in the Hibrerry and a correction that it is not a library. The back and forth ends with a playful question about the price of admission.
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Jane
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