Strong Coast Team for Jamestown Fair
Strong coast team for the Jamestown exposition seeks a dominant showing at the all around world championship athletic meet. California’s Albert Munn, lauded as the west's top all round high school athlete, may wear the Olympic Club insignia and vies in high jump and pole vault with a strong miler role aiding the squad.
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Pacific Coast Clube
Avinmer
Amateur Athletic Union
Portland
Ore
California
Albert Munn
West
Olympic Club of
San Francisco
Munn
Mother Earth
Champion Wrestler Not Proud of Title
Frank Gotch, a famed wrestling champion, laments the sport’s value while revealing personal tours of hardship and wealth. He notes heavy training, parental disappointment, and a warning to aspiring wrestlers that fame comes with a brief window and hard decline after peak success. He also reflects on morals and the lack of long term payoff in wrestling.
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Spee
Frank Gotch
Goteh Ie
Ont
Goteh
Fred Berl
Kansas City
Oteh
Humboldt
Champion
Pus Heaton
Hocampe
Hocaian
Mia
West coast athletes eye Olympic trials and team invites
The article lists Ned by the list potential team members facing hurdles from Johnny Surrell of Michigan and weight throwing by Martin Sheridan of the Tish American Athletic Club. Pacific slope contenders include Ralph Rose noted for shot and hammer, and invitations go to Charles L Parsons of San Francisco and W R Garcia of Friece who won events at recent meets.
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Johnny Surrell
Michigan
Martin Sheridan
Tish American Athletic Club
Pacific Slope
Ralph Rose
Han Mer
Charles L. Parsons
San Francisco
W. R. Garcia
Friece
A. Garner
California
Hofforia Wil
Kelly
Cookson Wins One Mile World Championship Skating Race
Albert Cookson of Bt Leule wins the one mile world championship roller skating race in a tight finish at 2:56 15. Magland's champion beats the former record of 3.7 by four tenths. Marie J Miokine of Midieoo Square New York leads, with Oscar Nawaann of Detroit and Miltve Willems of Chlemea noted in the field.
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Holtatle Dhawpioshiy
Amerie
Miltve Willems
Chlemea Wine
Scored games and doped race horses spark reader outrage
A critique of inflated batting averages driven by biased scorers highlights padding in the National League. The piece argues officials in cities like Chicago and Cincinnati skew hits and errors to favor star players, with Pittsburg noted for leniency. It also touches on doping methods in horse racing and announces Mead Owthorpe's Lexington breeding sale, listing hundreds of horses and livestock to be sold.
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National League
Keererk
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Mins Wagner
Steinfeldt Amd Lumley
Pittsburg
Wagner
Bo! Steinfeldt
Limley
Hin
The Hooped Skirts Parade Through a Country Night
A playful monologue in verse recalls a year of fashion and dance, with vivid dialect describing hoop skirts, dance steps, and memory laden scenes. The speaker notes the era’s attire and shared moments, ending with a vow to remember the style and people despite time.
Intimate Adages and Faded Wisdom From a Curious Page
An OCR laden collage presents moralistic quips on money lending, courtesy, vanity, and social tact. It parrots parables about generosity, prudence, and social behavior with odd spellings and garbled phrases, mentioning personal virtue, poverty, and warnings against self serving speech.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
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Jamestown Fair
Upper Peninsula
Upper Michigan
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Big Hun
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Agate
Tie Hue
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Kamala
Hane Wagner
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Verizon
Rome
Willie
Willi
Yelle
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