New Trotting Records as York Boy Sets 2:08 Mile at Brighton
A huge Brighton Beach crowd witnessed the Grand Circuit finale with York Boy breaking the amateur wagon trot world record by 2:08% and Lord Derby following in 2:04% in heat action. The card featured 2:12 pacers won by Pinchell Wilkes and Pauline G, plus The Monk and Anzella battling to necks and margins as Anzella claimed the final heat. Lord Derby, driven by E E Smathers, and Laure Jefferson also contended, with York Boy later posting 2:08% in a wagon race before Lord Derby beat 2:06 in a professional mark.
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New York
Brighton Beach
C. E. Bedford
York
Lauree Jefferson
Carl Wilkes
Pauline G
Pinchell Wilkes
Rosebud
Monk
Angella
Anzella
Pools
Anzelia
Kingmond
Wazer
Geers
Lord Derby
York Boy
Alice Barnes
Mr. Bedford
Ike
Louise Jefferson
E. E. Smathers
C. K. Billings
B. Ashland Wilkes
Minnie Walker
Ie Ee Wilkes Lema
Acare 1
Wilkes
Wilkes A Wood
McDonel
Pauline
St. Riga
B. G
A. P. teDanaidi
Reareialin
Nichols
Ch. G
Dickerson
Hubbard
B. m
Grant
Walker
McGuire
Antrimt
Ald
Minemoss
E. E Pavel Eerie
Mr. Jones
Book
Br. x
Mr. Billings
Mambrino King
Evis
Jefferson
Wee Eee
Wee Eee Jlh
Gambetta Sae Jack
Ee Gil
Kings of the Queensberry Realm by W W Naughton
Boxing writer W W Naughton presents a comprehensive history of American heavyweight championship contests under Queensberry rules. The work includes profiles of all contestants, coverage of Australian boxers, defenses of boxing, rules from past to present, and explanations of terms like knocked out. It also analyzes prize fights versus boxing and reflects on the Jeffries versus Fitzsimmons championship.
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W. W. Naughton
America
Mr. Naughton
London
Queensberry
Mary
Jeffries
Fissimmons
De Pauw picks James K. Henry as football coach
Grancastle Ind Aug 16 The board of control of the Athletic Association of De Pauw University selects James K. Henry of Chicago as coach for the coming season with Joseph Pearson captain Henry trained under Coach Stage at Chicago University and played for four years on Englewood and Chicago teams He was unanimously named half on the all Western team Pearson a junior Sigma Chi Skull is praised as one of De Pauw’s best football men and becomes captain. he started on the gridiron in 8 and last year excelled at tackle.
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Indianapolis Journal
Greencastle
Ind
Board of Control
The
Athletic Association of de Pauw University
James K. Henry
Chicago
Joseph Pearson
Henry
Stage
Chicago University
Englewood
Illinois
University of Michigan
University
Don Whitney
Whitney
Pearson
Sigma Chi
Murray wins 10 yard handicap at Cliftonville meet
Dublin sprinter Murray takes the 10 yard handicap in ten seconds at Cliftonville athletic sports. American A F Duffy and Westney place second and third. In the 12 yard hurdles handicap S S Jones of the New York Athletic Club wins with three yards handicap. Allen of Pennsylvania is runner up. Time noted as 16.25 seconds.
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London
Cliftonville
Murray
Dublin
A. F. Duffy
Westney
S. S. Jones
New York Athletic Club
Allen
Pennsylvania
Young Men in the Navy Recruit Training Path
Leslie's Weekly outlines enlistment in the naval service for farm boys and others with no prior training. Recruits pass medical checks, receive clothing and schooling, and advance from jandaman to yeoman and machinist tracks with pay ranging from 9 to 60 dollars monthly, plus eventual officer roles at higher salaries.
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Leslie’s Weekly
Naval Service
Naval Station
Department of the Navy
New York Navy Yard
Yeomen
Navy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
John E. Tremere
John F. Flynn
Yeoman Service
Ives
Hermit Thomas Whaley Found To Be English Heiress Heir
Florence Colo Aug 16 The funeral undertaker for Thomas Whaley who died in a dugout near Williamsburg reveals Whaley was an heir to a large English fortune. Whaley had left Northwest Durham twenty years ago due to a love affair and his sister Mrs R Wilson of Annesfield Durham England has long searched for him without success. Remarks before his death sparked the discovery of his relatives.
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Florence
Col
Thomas Whaley
Williamsburg
Whaley
England
Durham
R. Wilson
Annesfield
Durham County
Republican state convention set for Saratoga on Sept 23
New York reports the Republican state convention will convene at Saratoga on September 23, with confirmation of the early fall gathering and party proceedings planned in advance.
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New York
Saratoga
Cresceus to Race in Indianapolis Time Trials Next Week
Champion trotter Cresceus, owned and driven by George H. Ketcham, prepares at the Cleveland track for a trial against time at Indianapolis next week. The horse, foaled on the Ketcham farm near Toledo, has recently surfaced from a shaky start to post workouts in 2:00% with a 30 second last quarter.
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Cresceus
Indianapolis
George H. Ketcham
Crescens
Fair Grounds
Ketcham Farm
Toledo
McKinney Insurance Sparks Indiana Breeding Plans
H B Gentry of Bloomington owns McKinney 2 11 the famed race horse. He paid 25 for the horse but can only get 2500 life insurance and would risk the amount to insure. Gentry’s next year fee is 200 and his stud book fills. he plans to breed more mares and expand his operation.
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H. B. Gentry
Bloomington
Ind
McKinney
Mr. Gentry
State Fair Races and Horse Show Plans
Charles Downing secretary of the State Board of Agriculture attended Lexingtons Elks carnival to promote the Jubilee State fair horse show as a featured event. He aims to attract Kentucky horsemen and entries for the Indiana State fair racing days September 16 17 18 and 19. Entries close September 8.
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Charles Downing
State Board of Agriculture
Lexington
Downing
Indianapolis
Kentucky
Racing Entries Indicate Full Fields Across Events
Entries received suggest all events will be well filled. Scott Hudson has won $25,000 in purses this season while Prince Alert makes his first Providence start. A 41 pound wagon was built for Sam Patch. Seventeen nominations total for the $15,000 Readville stake. Dave Raybould moves Gaylord string to Cleveland to await Indiana state fair. Todd, Boston colt, suffers temper and training downtime while Little Helen, sold at Lackey sale, posts a 2:15 at Poughkeepsie. Dr P O ORear ships McKinney stallion stock from California with foal and filly in tow.
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Nahal Richmond
Scott Hudson
Prince Alert
Providence
Sam Patch
Massachusetts
Readville
Dave Raybould
Gaylord
Cleveland
Indiana
Little Helen
M. H. Reardon
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Todd
Boston
P. O. O'Rear
H. B. Gentry
California
McKinney
Mr. Gentry
San Jose
Nearest
Nutwood Wilkes
John A. McKerron
Anteco
Electioneer
The Passing of Lignous Lo and the Wooden Indian
A Boston Daily Advertiser piece laments the decline of the wooden Indian tobacco sign once common across streets. It traces the icon’s origin with Sir Walter Raleigh, its cultural symbolism, and how modernization and city ordinances threaten its extinction, though tiny towns may keep it alive.
The Weight of Your Brains Reveals Disease Effect
The article reports on brain weight in 1 173 individuals studied after death. It notes diphtheria increasing weight, newborn male brains averaging 371 grams, growth to triple by age three, peak weights around age nineteen for men and seventeen for women, and adult averages of 140 grams for men and 127 grams for women. It compares with Tourgenieff and Gambetta brains and discusses brain weight as one factor in comparing people.
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New York Commercial
M. Marchand Hes
Tourgenieff
Gambetta
Train holdup attempt near Washburn ends with arrests
Waterloo Iowa dispatch reports two men, Joe Powell of Kentucky and Frank Russell of Dixon Illinois, arrested for attempting to rob a Rock Island passenger train near Washburn. They flagged the train but could not board as the engine wasn’t at full steam. Powell claimed motive to overtake a brother. both were armed.
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Waterloo
Joe Powell
Kentucky
Frank Russell
Dixon
Rockleland
Washburn
Frida
Powell
Ten Girls to Every Man in Gloversville Town
Martha Watson appeals in Hoboken for a husband as Gloversville New York shows a sex ratio of ten women per man. The town's boom in glove making after McKinley tariff drew men west, leaving a female-dominated workforce of skilled stitchers in 125 factories amid bustling noon-hour crowds and a parade of eligible maidens.
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New York
St. Louis Republic
Hoboken
Martha Watson
Gloversville
N. Y
Martha
Sherlock Holmes
Miss Watson
Tag
Mamie
Lulu
Ella
Jennie
Sara
Mary
Annie
McKintey
Indiana
Mohawk Valley
Greversville
Boston
Congress
India
Glovereville
Benold
Losales
Portraits on West Broadway Speak of Fortunes and Fate
A New York Telegram essayed portraiture as social spectacle, describing junk-shop oils of a Parisian couple and a bustling East Side bargain. Two dollar bargains spark reflections on class, history, and domestic memory amid economic strain.
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New York Telegram
West Broadway
Monsieur
Madame
The Brethren of the Coast Mystery Society
A London observer exposes the Freres de la Cote, claiming 2.5 million boys aged 14 to 20 in Catholic France form a secret atheistic order. It allegedly aims to destroy the church, discipline via punishments, disguises its operations, and reports a Paris-based head chief and local chiefs enforcing secret rules and fees.
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Ralph W. Maude
London
France
Les Freres de
Ls Cote
the Brothers of the Coast
Pepal Church
Brethren of the Coast
Sta
F. D
Coast
Paris
Handa
America
Freres de la Cote
Romania
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Allen County Fair
Fort Wayne
Allen County Pair Association
Kings of the
Queensberry Realm
Continental Publishing Company
de Pauw
Duffy
Odell
Xyondek
Otto Wonderley
Odum and
Shaw
Trotter
M'Kinney
Ligneous LO
Boston Daily Advertiser
Sir Walter Raleigh
Europe
Sir Walter
Chelsea Square
Strange Secret Order
F. DL. C
Society IN Europe
Olic Church
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