Kilrain and Smith The Foes of Fabled Boxing Belt
The piece profiles Jem Smith and Jake Kilrain as rival claims to the American and English boxing crowns. It details their heights, weights, and measurements, notes Smith's London start in 1882, and mentions Kilrain's alias and origins. It also includes a Paris business day sketch from The Parisian press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jem Smith
Jake Kilrain
Richard E. Fox
New York
Jer Smith
Wis
London
Bob Beston
Wong
Liddard
Bill Davis
H. Arnold
Wolff Bendoin
Jack Davis
Jake Nilraing
Allerg
Hort
Columbia County
Aigat
Jillion
Milrain
Paris
Cercle
Ile Des Depeches
Cafe Amd
The
Bois
Cascade
Boulevards
Avenue Des Champs Elysees
New York World
Mitchell
Davison
Frank Weller
Kilrain and Smith in Pugilist Colors and Gown Tale
Kilrain’s colors described with white silts bordered by red and blue stripes appear beside Smith’s royal banners in a boxing note. A tale of Kilrain’s early mill fights, later successes, and a Confederate era gown made from salvaged fabrics reflects mixed sports and domestic history pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Great Britain
Dangers of the Boxing Glove and Fashionable Peacock Feathers
A discussion on the hazards of boxing gloves versus bare fists, noting gloves can stun and injure without breaking skin and criticizing exhibition matches. It also describes the ban on peacock feathers due to rumored bad luck and recounts a detailed method of hunting seabirds on Queen Charlotte Island with a walrus tusk harpoon and paddle gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Hawthorne
The
Cosmopolitan
Woodruff Hotel
Chicago Tribune
Cyprus
New York Mail and Express
Belgium Reports 4227 Miles Of Highways With Plantings
An official report from Belgium notes 4227 miles of highways, over half planted (2417 miles) with 264 miles remaining to plant. The trees are worth over 2 million dollars, now four times their original cost, dominated by elms, oaks, and poplars, with smaller numbers of ash beech maples Norway spruce and larch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Chicago Times
Palmer Urges Prohibition Leadership in Republican Party
The Advance discusses Senator Palmer of Michigan urging Republicans to adopt a national prohibition stance. It cites Frye of Maine and Senator Manderson on Dakota division, warning that party unity hinges on a strong alcohol policy and opposing renaming North Dakota to Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Michigan
Ile
Republican Party
Temperance
Valmer
Republician Party
Frye
Maine
Nhat
Happy
Omaha
Manderson
Dakota
North
South Dakota
Carolinas
Lincoln
North Dakota
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Kilrain and Smith
John L. Sullivan
Thay Wither
Kilrain
Killian
Somerville
Mass
Dennis
Roach
Wilrain
Miken
Itrain
Harry Allen
George Godfrey
Jim Goode
Charlie Mitchell
Mike Cleary
Jerry Murphy
William Sheriff
George Frye
Jimlynn
New Bedford
Theatre Comique
Philadelphia
Joe Lannon
Naud
Jennifer
Judson
Porter
Alaska
Wyduhs
Queen Charlotte’s Island
England
Live Stock Journal
Timin
Tam
Gilderoy
Globe- Democrat
Zace
Hood
Tocu
C. J. Wood & Co
Lowell
Dakota University
Mitchell, Dakota
Territorial Board of Education
P. A. Reno
Dakota Farm Lands
Northwest
Lynn & Letcher
WOL Ann Co. T. Let. IE
Temple Court
Minneapolis, Minn
Mt. Vernon
James River
Main Street
Woonsocket
M. M. Hitchcock
J Kk. Smith
R. N Mimillen & CO
Lovell
Keystone
Lovell Washer
Erie
Randall & Logan
Mitchell National Bank
United States
W.G. Davison
L. N. Seaman
J. S. Terwilliger
NX. L. Davison
Cashier
H. G. Chandler
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