Winter horse racing across nations boosts holiday circuits
Winter racing expands from Oakland to Havana and Tampa with plans for New Orleans, City Park meetings, and rich purses. California's Santa Anita opens Nov 14, with rapid records expected. Havana hosts 50 racing days from December to March, plus a $10,000 feature purse. Intercollegiate cross country runs at Princeton set for Nov 21 with seven starters per team and five to qualify. A Moro outlaw gang is killed by Mindanao police after raiding plantations in Misamis.
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Thomas F. Clark
Havang
Cuba
Tanyana
California
Thomas Wiliams
Oakland
Santa Anita
New Orleans
City Park
Louisiana
Crescent City
Cella
Corrigan
Ti Ia
Havana
Wec
Aas
North American
Df Reefer
Tampa
Mla
Lawrence
Jacksonville
Pennsylvania
Yale
Tarvard
Mrnneeton
Michigan
Cornell
Syracuse
Columbia
Princeton
Scarlet fever and election fraud in early 1900s notes
The article mentions scarlet fever as a persistent childhood eruption and contrasts ancient and modern treatment while noting declining death rates. It also reports that receivers were appointed for the Hudson River Electric Power company in Norwich New York and that St Louis issued bench warrants for alleged election registration fraud.
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Thuerdides
Tila
Delingator
St. Louis
Allen
Circuit Court
Woman Discovers Telescope Creates Village Gaze
The piece recalls Ancle Silas describing a homemade telescope by a north window that let Hester peer into neighbors kitchens and rooms. She finds others’ affairs exposed by the view, remarking on the wide sky and the town’s private details. It ends noting many similar prying neighbors both with and without scopes.
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Tory Bie
Silas
Hester
John Pritchart
Chrlaiin
With the Minstrels and The Unmaking Exchange Quote
A fragmentary dialogue contrasts pastry conk and UI sticker with a joke about difference. A quoted exchange from Chicago News includes a remark on generations to make and unmake a gentleman and a Milton line about truth and outward touch.
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Chicago News
Simple Home Rheumatism Remedy Promoted for Kidneys
A home preparation claimed to ease rheumatism kidney and bladder troubles is described. Ingredients include Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Kargon and Compound Soup of Garan parila. Doses follow meals and bedtime. The ad urges readers to obtain ingredients from druggists and notes claimed kidney cleansing benefits.
Fiddled into Office in 1848 Oswego Tale of Cochran
In Oswego New York Major Cochran aged about eighty recalled his election to Congress during Adams presidency. A lake vessel launch drew visitors and dancing. a fiddler entertained the party and Cochran’s amateur skill prompted praise. A guest called him fit for congress and he was later nominated to represent the eastern New York district.
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Oswego
N.Y
Major Cochran
Philip Schuyler
Congress
Adams
New York
Cochran
Schenemandy
Chicago Aspirant Plans Novel Similar to Les Miserables
An ambitious Chicago youth told a publisher he planned to write a book and offered him the chance to publish it. He hinted the work would mirror the tone of Les Miserables, with a provocative aside about Hoeller, and the publisher questioned the nature of the project.
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Hoeller
Lippincott's
Apt Pupil Captain Jones Lecture at Publo House
A London Pick-Me-Up item describes Captain Jones addressing recruits on public demeanor and handling trouble. He instructs a well behaved soldier to drink his beer and walk away after a civilian provokes a quarrel. The audience is questioned for comprehension with a sample exchange involving Private Jenkins.
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Captain Jones
Tra Vivian
London
Diamond Tents to Be in Vogue for Baseball Diamonds
Diamond tents become league standard as clubs buy canvas coverings to protect fields. Fred Clarke, Pittsburgh manager, championed the scheme stating the tent paid for itself by enabling three scheduled games to be played instead of doubled up.
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Fred Clarke
Pittsburg
New Diamond Fields At Luderitz Bay Draw Heavy Prospecting
The Lu deritz Bay region in German southwest Africa reports a diamond fever as surface finds lure hundreds of miners. Prospectors push across sand and granite near Elizabeth Bay Navtina Hill and coastal belts, with some thousands of diamonds recovered and a 75 square mile main area under company development.
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Aderity Bay
Africa
Hew
Luderitz Bay
Keetmanshoop
Atlantic
Colmmanshoop
New York Sun
Kinderfey
Luderita Bay
Rehin
Miort
Tost
Luderitg Bay
Elizabeth Bay
Do Repers Company
Kimberler
Xcen
Wiantonds
Kimberley
Ciboon
Ile Votony
Taly Dast
Sworld
Skin Disease Cure Promoted Over Blood Treatment
A based pamphlet argues eczema is a skin issue not a blood disease and promotes a topical remedy called greep as compounded in D. I, 1. Pre svgnniion. The text claims skin cure by cleansing and healing the skin with this remedy and notes the product is sold by J. A. Williamson. A New Help Want Ad is mentioned.
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J. A. Willamson
Sleepy Clock Delivers Nightly Cuckoo Disturbance
Wertz receives an old fashioned cuckoo clock that goes off at 2 a m while he sleeps. He agrees to let his son wind it daily in exchange for keeping it in his room. The boy later confesses fatigue from the nocturnal racket.
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Wertz
Werts
Werts Junior
Werts Senior
Wertz Junior
House of Werts
Fragmented Tale of Rescue and Island Conflict
A survivor recounts saving a girl on a Solomon Island beach during wartime. The rescue leads to a tense standoff with villagers over the child amid threats of punishment, while a bold defense and quick action avert worse violence. Also noted is a Chicago Unity temple built from a single reinforced concrete piece.
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Solomon Island
Gannibala
Solomon Beach
Lawore
John
Can
Walla
Lakes Atreetaint Forent Avenue
Oak Park
Chicago
Edison
Unity Congressthen
Petting a Horse and Other Curiosities From The Century
A collection of notes on horse petting from a trainer advising proper strokes between the ears and eyelids, plus a feature on the Century plant detailing its bloom cycles, origins, and uses in Mexico. The piece closes with a note on umpire O Day and Penn swimming captain Dalrymple.
Queer Old Book Titles From Cromwellian Era
A collection of odd English book titles from Cromwell’s time includes plays on religion and salvation. Phrases mock solemnity with bizarre wording and unusual spellings, reflecting early modern tastes and religious zeal.
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Alon
Raxe
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