Missouri's Great Wit and the Mighty Champ Clark
James A. Edgerton profiles Champ Clark of Missouri, titled minority leader in the House. The piece highlights Clark’s popularity across parties, his memory and rhetoric, early career as a lawyer and local official, his hard campaigns including the bloody Ninth, and his rise to House leadership aided by his wife Mrs Clark. It notes Clark’s birth in March 1850, adoption of his surname Beauchamp, and his long tenure in Congress with a reputation for humor, fact, and scriptural allusions.
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Champ Clark as Orator and Scholar in National Spotlight
The piece portrays Champ Clark as a dynamic speaker and formidable intellect. It recounts his rambling yet forceful parliamentary style, vast reading habit, memory for details, and rapid shifts in tone. Clark’s early life is sketched from Kentucky schools to Bethany College and Marshall College.
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Five Fouls End Basketball Player's Intercollegiate Games
The Western Intercollegiate Basketball Association adopts a rule forcing a player to leave the game after five fouls. The season outlook remains strong as Western teams add Indiana and Northwestern, while Eastern power Georgetown shows dominance. The article notes differences in Western play, schedules, and evolving rules on dribbling and fouls.
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Sculler May Go Abroad in Search of Matches
Frank B Greer, national amateur rowing champion, contemplates a trip to England or Australia to seek professional bouts. He has trained against the clock at various distances and records, claiming no fear of defeat by any rower. Tickets for Harvard games will be sold by application next year after public sale. Jack Leyburn reported fractional race times this week: 2044, 200%, 800%, 208y, 200%.
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Fitz Plans Return to Ring in Europe Ambitious
Former heavyweight Bob Fitz reenters boxing abroad with a London offer to fight four English and Irish heavies including Gunther Moir and Jem Roche. He aims for a year in Europe, then possibly return to America if the purse calls.
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Faber cracks Italian road race then gears up for six day ride
Francois Faber the famed French cyclist has won the Tour de Lonhardia in Milan defeating top European rivals and setting a new course record of 7 hours 18 minutes 36 seconds for 181 miles. He will race in the International Six Days at Madison Square Garden December 6 to 13 alongside Lefourcnde.
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Remarkable gridiron play by Mount Pleasant star
Dickinson defeated Mount St. Marys 29 to 0 in Carlisle Pennsylvania. Mount Pleasant blocked a punt from midfield in the first half, caught the ball in midair, and carried it into the end zone for a touchdown and kick.
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Ohio state bowling tournament opens at Goodale alleys
Northwest colleges plan wrestling championships mirrors eastern Barneys. Scalling Champion Frank 4. Greer of Boston may race in England or Australia. Wisconsin skating association to hold distance and fancy skating races in Milwaukee. University of Washington Seattle introduces modern rowing methods into Japan.
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Pennsylvania Steel Train Coaches Strengthen Safety Asbestos Like
The article describes steel framed railway coaches with fireproof interiors and cement floors, designed to resist collision and heat. These battleshiplike cars, longer and heavier, seat 60 to 90 passengers and are illuminated with electricity, ventilated in all seasons, and used on major routes such as New York to Philadelphia and Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.
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Washington auditorium project eyed for national conventions
A plan to build a 12 000 seat national auditorium in Washington seeks a 1 500 000 capital company. Robert Bacon leads the projector list with Secretary Root and J B R McLean among possible later contributors. A 50 member committee aims to have the hall ready by March 4 for inaugural balls and large functions.
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No Tip Club Opens at Plaza Hotel in New York
The Plaza Hotel opened a new clubroom with a strict rule prohibiting any gratuity to staff. Frederick Sterry, the hotel’s managing director, ordered that no servant in this room may accept tips from patrons.
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No Tip Club Emerges in Hotel Lobby Clubroom
Patrons form a No Tip club occupying a room described as a lobby area between the grill and stairs to the basement. The space resembles a men’s club with lounges desks and furnishings. Servants in the room reportedly receive better wages, though attendants grumbled at warning signs against accepting tips.
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Fragmented verse hints at social roles and urban life
In a garbled verse sequence a butcher boy a grocer boy a janitor and others navigate social worth. Hinted themes include health ambition respect and a dawning realization of talent amid urban bustle and personal connections.
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