Boxing purse records spark debate over big money bouts
The week witnesses unprecedented purses in boxing with Tiarge and Jack McAuliffe offered 45 000 at Coney Island Athletic Club prompting editors to question sport value and club motives while noting other upcoming matchups and the unresolved Hall versus Fitzsimmons controversy.
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Coney Island Athletic Club
Tiarge
Jack McAuliffe
Burge
England
McAuliffe
Coney Island
Hall
Fitzsimmons Afsir
CL A. C
New Orleans
Comey Island
Tims
Coney Island Club
Australia
Win
Fitzsimmons
Asewery
Fit
The Boxing Weight Question and Local Baseball Matters
A discussion on boxing weight limits decries lax rules and money influence. critics urge uniform classes. Local baseball governance rises under Buckenberger with Temple Kiowell pledging power. debate swirls over management and league prospects. Also reported: sale of trotting stallion Stamboul under $41,000. sculling championship planned for US and Canada with three-mile course. champion pigeon shooting event features Meers Holford and Ellicott with concerns over bird supply and training.
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Buckenberger
Mr. Buckenberger
Mr. Temple
Temple Kiowell
Enberger
Stamboul
Bramboul
United States
Canada
Secuon
Meers
Holford
Ellicott
Fulford
Elliott
Opin
Leon
Falford
Nirem
Prospects Of Yale Crew And Pittsburg Athletics Club
Ambitious amateur sport notes address Yale crew prospects and tomorrow’s football clash between local and Chicago teams. Reports discuss P A C consolidation with Linden Bellefield clubs, building plans, and hopes for stronger East End athletics, plus indoor contests and A A U prospects.
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To Morrow
Chicago
A.’s
East End
Linden
Bellefield
Exposition Park
John Matthews
Western Nia
Matthews
Birmingam
England
Street Cars in Pittsburgh a Daily Parade of Passengers
A 19th century Pittsburgh piece surveys daily street car use, noting about 60 to 150 thousand riders and nearly half of Allegheny's population traveling each day. It observes facial expressions and manners, describes how passengers share space, and ponders safety compared with rail travel. It also highlights the prevalence of women riders and the “pretty girl” presence on lines.
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P. A.C
Pittsburg
Inchia
Pittsberg
United States
Allegheny
Traction Car
Seventh Street
Liberty Avenue
Redding
Wolumann
Rourg
Hove
Penn Avenue
Twentieth Street
Thad
Fifth Avenue
Vanderdecken
Sis
Gilead
Oskisod
Pretty Girls
Athan
Pitteburg
Chartiers Valley History Told by John Younga
The Chartiers valley, earliest settled area of Allegheny and Washington counties, reveals pioneer families from 1760s including McKee and Bell, with missions by Rev. McMillen and the Jefferson Academy origin. The piece notes Fort Pitt era soldiers, early churches, Hawl's Hospital legend, and Washington and Burr’s entertainments at Morganza home.
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Chartiers Valley
Allegheny
Washington
Pennsylvania
James Meclee
McKee
James McKee
Chartiers Creek
Alexander McKee
McKees
Chartiers
Indiana
McKeas
John
James Bell
Neor North Mansfield
Virginia
Augusta County
Richmond J
Monongahela
Redstone Valley
Richmond Land Office
Agillianston
Atent
Morganza
White
McMillen
Carlisle
John Canon
Jefferson Academy
Canonsburg
Jefferson Colege
Cannonsburg
First United Presbyterian Church
Pittsburg
Matthew Henderson
Father Henderson
Fort Pitt
U. P
Pittsboro
CU. P
William J. Reed
Woodville
Lee
Fort Duquesne
Bower's Hill
Aslonel Neville
Colonel Morgan
Aaron Burr
Republic
Steubenville Pike
Hawl
Fall of a Famous Tree
Harper’s Young People reports the felling of the giant sequoia named Mark Twain in California. The tree stood about 300 feet tall with a 30 foot trunk, its branches once high near the Diana statue in New York’s Madison Square. It dates roughly 2,500 years old, having witnessed ancient history since before Christ.
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Harper's Young People
Mark Twain
California
Museum of Natural History
New York City
Diana
Madison Square Tower
New York
Californias
Christ
Alexander the Great
America
The Influence of the Weather on Feelings Studied
A historical note describes how sunny days lift mood and optimism while storms bring gloom. It suggests mental conditions reflect weather, with a crowd feeling buoyant on bright days and dull, damp moods during rain or snow.
Brave 12-Year-Old Uses Quick Thinking to Subdue Aggressive Bull
A West Virginia girl walks with two younger children when a furious bull chases them. She shields the youngsters, then grabs the bull by its nose ring and calmly leads it back toward the farm, staying steady as the animal approaches.
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West Virginia
Los Angeles Times
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Gibbons
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Griffen
William
Eny
Amerea
Hall and
Pitzsimmons
Corbett
Goddard
Dixon
Green
YALE
A.‘s
John O'Brien
Ceton
Keats
Three A
Relstive
Brnnt
Three A's
Three A’s
A. A.U
Philadelphia
Pittabure
Brothers Fleming
Fleming
A.'s
Naval
Join O'Brien
Lancashire
Ardwick
Staffordshire
Rowley
Stoke
Pittsburg Amateur Swimming Association
Natatorium
J. T. Taylor
J. Brady
J. Payton
Fred Hollman
George Baker
Charles Wenskowsky
Charlies Mertz
J.T. Taylor
Bert Price
Pitteburger
Whitten
the Dispatch
Bouguereau
Angela
East Liberty
Fifth Avenue Line
Aron Burr
Hand
Jons H. Youna
Thomas
Cor
Ohio
Sni BE
Diamond
Ani
Emanuel DE Roy’s
Smithfield St
Seventh Av
Cataloguc
Stevens
Itsnone
Jeona
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