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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
7
A Star correspondent reports a flood of letters from New Ontario old-timers questioning the veracity of a tale where wolves chase a man up a tree and return with a beaver to fell the tree. One writer in Cochrane proposes a deer hide toboggan plan as the wolves’ method.
The Chicago Journal recalls Handel born in Halle February 24 1684 nearly killed by a quarrel with musician Matthewson a duel ensued but a score buttoned under Handel s coat saved him His organ skill harmony and stately style were famed He never married died rich with 100000 bequeathing half to a fund for decayed musicians and half to relatives.
The Chicago Journal recounts Eclipse’s birth during a sun eclipse and his rise to speed exceptional enough to outpace rivals. Bred by the Duke of Cumberland, he later belonged to Dennis O Kelly and was bequeathed to Philip after O Kelly’s death. Eclipse lived retired at Clay Hill near Epsom, drew visitors, and was insured for a large sum. A famed autopsy revealed a heart weighing thirteen pounds.
A historic New York City brewery parade from 1788 celebrated the adoption of the federal constitution. Hogshads and tun cars adorned with hop vines and barley festoons carried banners while a living Bacchus, an eighty year old man in silk, posed atop a car sipping nut brown beer with a goblet.
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