Buffalo Bill's Job Offer To Teddy Roosevelt
In New Haven, following the death of James Atlas known as Prof Jim Atlas, memories recount his career training boxing and wrestling stars including Frank Clotelli John Sullivan and Bob Fitzsimmons. Atlas claimed Theodore Roosevelt offered 75000 to become Col Cody’s successor but Roosevelt declined. He also backed chauffeur Frank Paine to fly at Seaside Park drawing a 30000-strong crowd.
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New Havien
Conn
James Meee
Jim Atlas
Frank Clotelli
John S. Sullivan
Robert Fitzsimmons
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Cody Buffalo Billy
Roosevelt
Cody
Col. Roosevelt
Atlas
Frederick Bailey Hutchinson
Africa
Hans
Congress of Rough Riders
Timickinson
Lowill
Rroosevelt
Frank Paine
Seaside Park
Bridgeport
Paine
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Carson City
Nev
Cancer Hope Is Knife Promises New Discoveries
Dr Wilhelm von Brehmer of Berlin argues cancer is caused by a bacillus in the blood and declares that surgical removal of tumors is essential. He expects to announce important discoveries before year’s end in a discussion about his theory. Lamethe, friend of the un friended poor, is quoted from a treat poet.
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Wilhelm von Brehmer
Berlin
Germany
Brehmer
Pendleton Round Up Queen Picked for 1994 Debut
Shirley Thompson a 19 year old rider from Pendleton Oregon was named queen for the 1994 Pendleton Round Up to be held September 13 to 15. Her mother Laura McKee was queen of the first Round Up in 1910 and her father Herb Thompson is livestock director. Shirley lives southeast of Pendleton on Indian reservation land and knows the local Indian community. Her five attendants all live on ranches and are skilled riders.
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Pendleton
Ore
Shirley ‘Thompson
Laura McKee
Herb Thompson
Round Up Association
Shirley
Blue Mountains
St Louis blacksmith marks 50 years in trade
John Knaup of St Louis completes his fiftieth year as a blacksmith at the same shop, the city’s remaining pure blacksmith operation. He handles about one horse a month, with drought boosting plowshare work. His shop sits across from a grade school where teachers often hold classes nearby.
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ST. Louis
John Knaup
Knaup
Independence Day in Chile and World War note
A dated calendar item places September 18 as Chile's Independence Day during the late summer period. The entry also references ongoing World War developments and lists celestial indications for that day including morning stars Venus and Mars and evening stars Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn with the moon at first quarter in Virgo.
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Sumer
Venus
Mars
Chile
War News On Anniversary of Partition Across Europe
Sept 18 1914 marks a partition anniversary amid a widening European struggle. Austria suffers defeates in Russian Poland as Russia gains Lemberg. Russian General Radko Dmitrieff earns praise after Balkan and Serbo Bulgarian War service.
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Lemberg
Austria
Poland
Russia
Prussia
Catherine II
Frederick II
Maria Theresa
Russian
Germany
Manchuria
Radko Dmitrieff
Bulgaria
From Napoleons to Polands Polish Revolution
A sweeping 19th century historical mosaic connects Russian policy with Balkan command, Polish self rule promises, and shifts in allegiance. It recounts military figures Stirling fame, Domitian’s assassination, early American female preaching, Johnson’s cornerstone, and famous names like Greta Garbo and Sir Owen Seaman, bracing a century of dramatic events and emblems.
Inventions and legends from Washington to Nobel
An excerpt traces George Washington era design credits for the Capitol to William Thornton, notes Nobel's accidental discovery of dynamite and wealth building from Russian oil, then comments on common myths about diamonds tomatoes and elephants with reader prompts for submits.
Fisherman Dies at Sea Guides Boat Ashore
In South Bend Washington, John Ramppainen died of a heart attack while fishing. His rigid hand on the tiller apparently steered the trailer through breakers to a high and dry landfall, with no water taken aboard before the vessel landed.
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South Bend, Wash
U.P
John Ramppainen
Dog Bear Attack Teased By Boys At Filling Station
Vincent Hoffman 11 of Wausau was taken to a Wausau hospital with severe lacerations after a year-and-a-half old bear tied at a filling station attacked him. The owner said the bear had not attacked anyone before but had been teased by youngsters recently and he had warned them.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Vincent Hoffman
Wausau
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National Hosiery Repair Co
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John Lersch
Clark Kinnaird
Central Press Association
Clare Kinnaird
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dmitrieff
Napoleon
Austrian Galicia
German Posen
Domitan
Rome
Clodianus
Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
Johnson
Rassolas
Greta Gustafson
Garbo
Hubert Parsons
F. W. Wooworth Co
Clinton Scollard
Sir Owen Seaman
England
Punch
William Penn
City Hall
Philadelphia
George Washington
William Thornton
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Oceanclear Lobster
Stone’s Grill
Broad St
Equity Corporation
Pierre R. Smith
P. S. Bldg
Elyria Belting & Machinery Co
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