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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
11
Races Open As Driving Park Enjoys Favorable Weather
The Driving Park opened with a positive day despite late season conditions. A good crowd gathered as the State Juvenile band provided music and starter Hammer led the field for the free for all pacing event featuring five entries: General Thomas, Henry Clay, Hope, Minnie Dell, Chest Nut, with Hope later withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driving Park Association
Weather Bureau
Hammer
General Thomas
J. D. Fraser
Plankinton
Henry Clay
E. A. Sage
Parker
Hope
M. B. Showers
Mitchell
Minnie Dell
James Lyons
Chestnut
Geo. E. Logan
Driving Park Association Delivers Entertaining Races
The Driving Park Association wrapped up a day of lively events with strong entries and close finishes. Notable results included Logan and Fraser in the free-for-all pace, Fraser taking second in heat two, and Frank Hatch winning the three minute class with a plow-hardened horse in three straight heats. The pony race ended in a late burst from Mernaugh’s pony after a dead heat, while Shelmadine’s chariot team surged ahead in a thrilling three-lap dash, narrowly avoiding accidents as horses circled the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Driving Park Association
Hammer
Henry Clay
Lyons
Logan
Fraser
Tommy
Frank Hatch
Frank
McLaughlin
Johnsaton
McCartney
Shoemaker
Lindsey
Mernaugh
ER. J. Shelmadine
Mitchell
Shelmadine
Thursday Afternoon Races Pull City Crowd
Businessmen closed their shops to let citizens attend. The free-for-all featured horses Belle Embark Queen B and Tomwell with Belle winning the first heat by a nose over Embark and Queen B close behind. time 2 40. In the second heat Tomwell led with Embark close and Queen B finishing first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen B
Morrow
Tomwell
Sage
Embark
Welch
Belle
Queen
Race notes from a late event day at the track
The write up describes quarter and half mile races with horses like Icicle Dan Belle Tovey Topsy and Tanglefoot. Emberk won two heats in the trotting race while Fraser’s General Thomas defeated Logan’s Chestnut in the 2:25 class. The chariot race was won by the Letcher team and the pacing exhibition was canceled due to darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icicle Dan
Tovey
Ivory Teddy
Tanglefoot
Topsy
Teddy
Emberk
Belle
Queen B
Tomwel
Fraser
Thomas
Logan
Fraser Horee
Letcher
Salt Water Bath for Health and Beauty
A bath using salt and cold water is advised for full body cleansing and skin health. It claims to energize the body, prevent colds in winter, and replace cosmetics, recommending sea salt for added medicinal properties. Daily hand baths of cool water are urged, summer or winter, with or without exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward B. Warman
Ladies’ Home Journal
Thackeray and the Cabman and An Inviting Gun
A Reading cabmanstory ends with a sixpence dispute as hackney rules raise fare to eighteenpence. A Texas treasurer William Wortham admires a jewel encrusted revolver in New York and jokingly imagines Texans begging to be killed with it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thackeray
Hackman
Station Hotel
Reading Town Council
William Wortham
Texas
New York
Mr. Wortham
A Sure Cure For Howls
A child asks if placing a crying baby in the bath would drown her. The mother explains water could fill her mouth and drown the infant, while the boy eagerly proposes doing it. The exchange appears in the Providence Telegram.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Charlie
Providence Telegram
Fake Realism and Quaint Medical Tales From Old Times
A satirical piece mocks implausible novel realism and a New Orleans note recalls a protest about fake realism in American literature. Quaint Dr Colles of Dublin recounts candid fees in a 1843 fee book. Japanese dentists in old practice extract multiple teeth rapidly using one hand with quick finger work.
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Mabel
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Collies
Colles
Dublin
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