Zylesco May Come Over For Big Purse Wrestling
Galician giant Zylesco is courted by the Missouri Athletic Club in Kansas City to wrestle in a winter tour. Kansas City offers expenses and match setups against top western heavies, with a possible March showdown against Frank Gotch if he resumes wrestling after his theater tour.
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Kasces
Goteh Fackenschntdt
Chicago
Missouri Athletic Club
Kansas City
Zytiaco
Bie
London
Thia
Kaneas
Charles Olsen
Zylesco
Prank Goteh
Prank
Goter
Twi City Hockey Plans Discussed For New Minneapolis Rink
At a recent meeting of the Twi City Hockey association in Minneapolis the amateur standard was reviewed and a Minneapolis Amateur Hockey association request was read. It asks that St Paul teams play all games in Minneapolis at the new covered rink, with future facilities to include electricity lighting, spectator seating, and a clubhouse with dressing rooms. Prominent Minneapolis business men back the project.
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Western Hockey
Twi City Hockey Association
Minneapolis
Jonzne
Minneapolis Amateur Hockey Association
St Paul
Jeffries Seeks 5000 Refereeing Fee for Burns Johnson Fight
Jeffries demands 5000 dollars plus travel expenses to referee the Burns Johnson bout in Sydney. He has consistently charged 1000 dollars for bouts at his Los Angeles club and is rarely refused. The promoters offer 35000 dollar purse and about 6000 dollars more for his services, making the deal doubtful.
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Jeffries
Jim Jertes Hae
Los Angeles
Cal
Sporting Men
Tommy Burns
Jack Johnson
Sydney
Australia
Deff
Jeff
Sheridan Sets New Discus Mark at Pastime Oval
Martin J. Sheridan, famed American athlete, shattered the world discus record with a 140 foot throw at a testimonial meet for trainer Walter J. Grady. The event took place at Pastime Oval in New York, surpassing the previous best of 199 feet 11 inches set by A I K Dearborn at Franklin Field last May.
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Martin Sheridan
Martin J. Sheridan
Pasttme Athletic Club
Walter J. Grady
Pastime Oval
New York
A. I K. Dearborn
N.Y
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Princeton Punting Woes Highlight Returning Team Weakness
Princeton football notes punting struggles as coach Roper lacks a clear standout punter. Several candidates were tested after the graduations of Tibbet McCreahan and Reed, with Tibbet seen as the strongest option among the lot.
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Princeton
Roper
Winter Home for Ball Players at Union City
Ground was broken for a planned winter home near Union City Ten o. The project, led by Joe Cantillion manager of the Washington Base ball club, aims to be the greatest winter home for tired ball players. Major and minor league players will gather there in cold months.
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Joe Cantilion
Washington Baseball Club
Union City
Teno
Sunken Lands
Royal Canadian Yacht Club lodges Canada Cup challenge
The Royal Canadian Yacht Club has challenged for the Canada’s Cup. The Rochester Yacht Club must race next summer or forfeit the cup and is seeking funds from the chamber of commerce to raise between $5,000 and $8,000 for constructing a defender.
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Royal Canadian Yacht Club
Rochester (N
Chamber of Commerce
Middies Lose Spencer From Navy Football
Spencer will not play football for the navy this year after returning to the academy. He stated he would not join the middies eleven as promised to the congressman who helped him.
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Middies
Spencer
Navy
Many Old Timers on Navy Team
Annapolis shows a veteran Navy squad with eight returning starters from last year, one player who appeared in two West Point games, and two others who played in several important contests last season.
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Navy
Annapolis
Professionals Face Slim Revival Odds This Year
Professional football shows a small chance of return this season with strongholds cited in Anton Ohio Pittsburg and Homestead Pa indicating where professionals historically held power.
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Anton
Pittsburg
Homesiead
A Humble Dinner Tale Of General Lee And A Borrowed Bite
A wartime anecdote recounts General Robert E. Lee sharing a frugal meal with visiting corps and division generals. The spread consisted of rolled cabbage and corn bread with a small piece of meat, which none would eat, as a cook explains the meat was borrowed from a courtier to season the cabbage.
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Robert DB. Lee
Tie
Booth
Charles Morris
Lee
Darky
Marie Robert
A SHREWD LAWYER AND A WITNESS PAPER
A Chicago Record Herald wit recounts how Jeremiah Mason, famed American lawyer, exposed a witness by prompting him to repeat a statement verbatim and revealing a hidden document in the witness’s waistcoat pocket. The courtroom silence followed as the paper confirmed the words matched the counsel’s notes.
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Jeremiah Ma
Jeremiah Magon
Llews
Ayord
Mason
Ine
Tet
Chicago
Baffling Old Age Talk From London World
In a London World quotation, the idea that in a hundred years fine people will suffer old age as today we suffer bronchitis or tonsillitis. The imagined response: grandsons ask about a man at the Twenty-first Century club, who replies he had a bout of old age and returned from an aeroplane trip to shake it off.
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Twenty-first Century Club
London World
Narrowest Street Kitten Witches Row in Great Yarmouth
The Westminster Gazette notes Kitty Witches row in Great Yar mouth as possibly the world's narrowest built up street. It measures up to fifty six inches at its greatest width and only twenty nine inches wall to wall at the entrance, hindering a stout passerby.
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Great Yarmouth
Westminster Gazette
Remarkable Braina Fipps and her hat spending
The London Globe notes Braina Fipps as the most remarkable girl, praised for never spending more on a hat than she set out to spend, a humorous remark on frugal millinery manners.
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Braina Fipps
London Globe
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A Baltimore American quip notes a mother’s pride in her son underachieving in studies as teachers praise him. The odd exchange highlights humor about academic neglect and parental approval.
Alpine guides specialize in snow ice work and rock climbing
The article describes Alpine guides skilled in snow and ice work such as cornices and glaciers and those who specialize in rock work. It compares ice axe use, foothold carving, and the demanding ascent of sheer rock faces, noting climbers' reliance on strength and agility.
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St. Nicholas
Mansfield Failure at London Debut Sparks Laughs and Loss
The Famous Actor fainted from hunger before his debut at St George's Hall in London. He was dismissed by Corney Grain's German Reed company after a nervous mid performance beadle role, having gone three days without food. The incident later fed his own writing for Scribner's.
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London
Mansfield
Savage Club
Corney Grain
3 Angels
Tie
Beadle
Corney Gratin
St. George's Hall
Paul Wilstach
Scribner's
Iodine and Light for Skin Treatment
The article notes that iodine paint on skin should be applied in darkness or red light, such as photography lighting, to avoid blistering or staining even with repeated applications. It also mentions deer care, highlighting their diet, water needs, fencing costs, and typical fawn births.
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New York Sun
Army order lists occasions for flying the union jack
British Army Intelligence notes an army order outlining when the union jack is to be flown. It specifies occasions such as anniversaries and saluting needs, with additional references to Sundays and regular daily practice noted in Punch.
Not Like Father Nickels and a Baby Cough Up Joke
A Washington Star quip jokes about a baby not resembling its father as bystanders recall a moment when the infant coughed up a swallowed nickel. The cartoonish line plays on parental expectations and a comical image of a baby displaying thrift or mischief.
No man has ever by complaining of his luck
A brief Chicago Record-Herald quotation notes that lamenting bad luck fails to earn others’ confidence, implying that attitude toward misfortune shapes reputation and trust.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Love of the Beautiful and Civic Improvement
An essay urges awakening interest in beauty and civic improvement. It argues that business people may develop appreciation only after distraction ends or travel exposes them to nature. With examples from poetry and public action, it encourages practical steps to beautify premises and inspire community effort.
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Byres
Chillon
Hin
Beautifying Farms Leaders Park Idea in New Jersey
Progressive farmer Fleury I. Albertson of Green Till dairy farm near Burlington advocates park style beautification of farm landscapes. He removed road fences and planted maples and hedges to create a seen as a park like setting. others in Grange circles pledge to follow.
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Fleury I. Albertson
Green Till
Burlington
N. J
Oxmead
Albertson
Make Your Village Known and Lake Plan Considered
Travelers seek place names on routes and villages should display clear railroad name plates. Le Roy New York held a board of trade meeting to discuss raising Main street dam to create a village lake in the Oaltsu river with the water right owner agreeing to the raise.
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Board of Trade of
le Roy
N. Y
Main Street
School Grounds Need Better Plant Growth
The article urges improving school grounds with more vegetation to match interior attractiveness, noting the current season highlights outdoor defects and the opportunity for a broad education through a well kept exterior.
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WEBER
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Bush & Lane
POOLE
Harvard
Sterling
Laffargue
Dayton
Stodart
Singer
Thomas & Barton Co
Broadway
Georgia
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