Presidents' Graves Resting Places of Lincoln and Others
Reader survey of burial sites for U S presidents including Lincoln Grant McKinley Cleveland Garfield Adams Johnson Harrison Harrison Adams and others. Details locations such as Mount Vernon Arlington and Springfield Woodward and Raleigh cemeteries and notable burial canopies and tombs cited with dates from the era.
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Lincoln
Grant
McKinley
Cleveland
Garfield
John Quine
Adams
Lindsey Defies Women’s Protective League Recall
Denver judge HB B Lindsey issues a defiant pamphlet called Sex and Sin, challenging the Woman's Protective League to proceed with the recall. The document closes with strong endorsements of Lindsey and his police system.
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Denver
Colo
HB. B. Lindsey
Woman's Protective League
Lindsey
Reproduced Fight for Film of Wounded Knee
The Wounded Knee battle of December 28, 1890, near Pine Ridge is reenacted for a film in Valentine Nebraska with Col. W F Cody directing. Indians who fought the original clash return to play their roles while Fort Robinson troops participate. Generals Miles King and Maj. Lee reenact their historical positions as the war department archives the film.
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Lee
War Department
Gold Rush Goose Death in Marion Highlights 1849 Journey
Marion Ohio’s oldest goose, taken to California in 1849 by Wesley H Gouldin and family, died after 50 years of laying eggs. The white goose survived the trek, remained a household pet, and continued to lay until its final spring when only a small egg was produced.
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Marion, O
Ohio
Marion
Wesley H. Gouldin
California
Wesley Gouldin
Marion County
Pacific Coast
Woman Saves Boy With Bible Throw In West Orange
In West Orange New Jersey Mrs John F Kent used a Bible as a missile to knock a bottle of carbolic acid from her son Albert twenty nine before he drank it The boy was saved by the study throw and the quick action of his mother
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West Orange
N. J
John F. Kent
Albert
Freshmen Forced to Dance on Sticky Fly Paper at Goucher
Baltimore Maryland two freshman girls at Goucher College were compelled by sophomores to perform a "tangiefoot tune" dance on several yards of sticky fly paper in a bare tent, authorities report.
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Baltimore
Goucher College
Tsophomores
Would Serve on Jury Sorrow Over Exclusion in New York
Morris Samuels of the Hotel Majestic expressed sorrow at not being allowed jury service, saying the courtroom atmosphere was fine for his nerves.
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New York
Morris Samuels
Hotel Majestic
Modern Boxing Bags and the Body Blow Debate
The article argues that modern boxers focus on head punches using air filled bags, neglectting body blows which are longer lasting and more damaging. It notes historic techniques like Fitzsimmons and Conlon, contrasts old sand bags with air bags, and questions whether current training develops true power and knockout potential.
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Fitzsimmons
Corbett
Sharkey
Johnny Conlon
Jack Britton
Leah Cross
Eddie McGoorty
Gunboat Smith
Seeks to abolish baseball spikes in league talks
The Toronto International League reports a rash of player accidents this season prompting President MicCaffery to propose drastic changes. He urges clubs to hold meetings and appoint delegates to Barrow's offices to discuss adopting different spikes than those now used on players' shoes.
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MicCaffery
Barrow
Lands With Winner
Joe Wood brothers Fete and Lowell finish season as pennant winners in the New England league after a drifting campaign.
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Joe Wood
Fete
Lowell
Building Yacht Is Big Job For Lipton Cup Bid
The cost of building and maintaining a defending yacht for the America's Cup, to meet Sir Thomas Lipton next year, runs around 1 million dollars. Expenses cover designer fees, materials, keel work with 90 tons of lead, robin bronze plates, deck, masts, spars, and housing for about 60 crew. New York Yacht Club members share the cost as the challenge moves forward.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
New York
New York Yacht Club
West Point Urges Abolition of Football
Colonel Townsley, superintendent of West Point, urges eliminating football from the academy athletics. He cites 75 percent of surgical cases last year as football related and questions the training value. He also proposes ending the appointment system for cadets in favor of a national competitive examination.
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West Point
Townsley
West Point Military Academy
Carpentier to Fight Wells in London Rematch
Georges Carpentier the French heavyweight champion and Bombardier Wells the English champ are set to meet again at the National Sporting Club London on December 8 for a 2500 dollar side stake and the club purse of 15029 dollars.
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Carpentier
Wells
Georges Carpentier
Bombardier Wells
National Sporting Club
London
Schang Mirrors Early Young Catchers in World Series
Walter Schang faces a lineage of youthful catchers in world series play. Forest Cady of the Red Sox earned the role last year catching Joe Wood, with superior receiving to the manager Carrigan’s choice. Jack Lapp appeared in 1910 as a first year Athletic but only in part of the final game, with Thomas handling the rest.
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Walter Schang
Forest Cady
Red Sox
Cady
Joe Wood
Giants
Carrigan
Jack Lapp
Thomas
Lapp
Coombs
New York Americans Plan Stadium with Brick Stands
The New York Americans announce a new grounds plan in Manhattan at Broadway and Exterior streets. A grand stand 665 feet long on 225th street and 595 feet on 227th street will enclose the block, with a 52 foot depth, plus a 264 by 54 1 2 foot field stand at Exterior street. Estimated costs total 37000 dollars for brick and terra cotta structures.
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New York Americans
New York American League
Broadway
No Bar at Reds Park ends liquor sales next year
President Herrmann of the Cincinnati Exhibition company told the Hamilton county liquor license committee that the club directors decided to withdraw the application for a park bar under the new state license law.
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Reds’ Park
Cincinnati
Herrmann
Cincinnati Exhibition Company
Hamilton County Liquor License Committee
Shaw Touted as Next Walter Johnson by Griffith
Griff ith praises Jim Shaw as the best young pitcher he has seen breaking into fast company and compares him to Walter Johnson noting his potential greatness.
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Walter Johnson
Jim Shaw
Griffth
Griffith
Shaw
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