Jeffries Nearing Training For Johnson Fight Comeback
The Baltimore American notes Jim Jeffries ends theatrical tour and begins intensive conditioning to face Jack Johnson on the Fourth of July. After five years away, he must regain speed, stamina, and form while reducing weight and facing a tough challenge from the Negro challenger.
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Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Kansas City
Jeffries
Sam Berger
James J
Frank Gotech
Jack Munroe
Speec
Jeff
Safe Deposit Vaults Rise On Lombard Street
William Spedding of Spedding Mortimer & Larach purchases a Lombard street site for £106,000 to build a new safe deposit structure. Plans include a central steel lined pedestal and vaults designed to withstand shocks. The firm’s client, Mr. Potham, intends to operate the bank for ten years or until his death.
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William Spedding
Spedding, Mortimer
City of
London
Mr. Spedding
Potham & Holloway
Spedding
Lombard Street
The Burglar Beale and Jimmy in Beale's London Den
A crafty burglar infiltrates No 43 Terrington Square and disables alarms to raid a house. He encounters Beale the old man, who boasts a vast fortune from the Tiger casino empire and recounts ruined victims, while plotting further schemes with Jimmy in a tense late night exchange.
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Terrington Square
Seymour Street
Paddington
No. 43
London
Jimmy
Connor
Pig Massey
Rease
Beale
Massey
Reale
Temple of Chance
Cairo
Egypt
Alexandria
Port Said
Suez
Chick
The Doctor's Fault in a Witty German Cartoon
A judge questions a prisoner about allegedly stealing a doctor's watch after a prescription. The prisoner explains being in a desperate quandary and lacking a timepiece, claiming the prescription demanded a spoonful every hour and he had no clock.
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Fliegende Blaetter
Saginaw Municipal Theater Sees Early Success
Saginaw built a municipal theater funded by donors and city support. Opened with a Gadski and Damrosch concert, it drew 6000 attendees and hosted over 60 performances in its first year. The city now owns and governs it, with gallery seats capped at 25 cents.
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Saginaw
Collier's
Mich
W. R. Burt
T. E Dorr
Madame Gadski
Walter Damrosch
Corbett praises Jeffries style in Mauretania smoking room
James J. Corbett complimented Jim Jeffries style as neat and quick in the Mauretania smoking room. He compared it to a child asking a minister during a long call if the doctor forgot his amer.
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The
Washington Star
James J. Corbett
Mauretania
Jim Jeffries
The Call of Industry Schools in a Nation’s Progress
In a Senate speech from September 10, 1890, the speaker extols mechanical workshops over classical study, arguing that true universities are found in the shop where Corliss engines, sewing machines, reapers, and dynamos train minds and hands. The argument labels industry as the source of civilization and progress, with tools and invention shaping mankind more than poetry or rhetoric. The piece frames the workshop as the new academy and celebrates engineering feats as the civilization’s greatest works.
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United States Senate
Corliss
Waltham
Academia
Hector
Ajax
Alexander
Caesar
Scott and Burns: Hoar’s tribute to Scotland’s memory
George F. Hoar recalls Burns and Scott at Tremont Temple Boston in 1901. He weaves vivid scenes from Scottish legends and history from Wallace to Bannockburn, praising how Scott and Burns elevated Scotland’s image and bound its landscapes to their enduring fame.
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Burns Memorial Association
Tremont Temple
Boston
Stirling Brig
Wallace
Monteith
Randolph
James of Douglas
the Bruce
Carrick
Robert
Edinburgh Castle
Douglas Castle
Bannockburn
Edward
Henry de Bohun
Douglas
Spain
Bruce
Dunfermline
Henry de Rohun
Jamies
Mary
England
Fotheringay
Bothwell Brig
Claverhouse
John
Duke of Argyle
Caroline
Scotland
Montrose
Scott
Burns
Greece
Athens
Freedom of Worship Speech by Archbishop at Faneuil Hall Banquet
Archbishop O Connell urges tolerance for religious liberty at a 1906 banquet marking a company anniversary in Boston. He links church influence to patriotism, ethics, and civil rights, praising the Catholic churchs role among the poor and in enforcing lawful conduct while urging restraint and understanding among listeners.
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A. and
H. 4. Company
Faneuil Hall
Lowell
Church
Columbus
Catholic Church
Church of God
United States
Commonwealth
Fashion and Beauty by Robert G Ingersoll
Belief in fashion and self enhancement as duties for women and men. Advocates dressing well, jewelry, adornment, and personal beauty as civilized and desirable, urging women to embrace stylish attire for love and admiration.
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Fashion and Beauty
Robert G. Ingersoll
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Drear
Baltimore American
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John P. Jones
Archbishop O'Connell
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