Harvard Jug and Telegraph of Thoughts Across Time
A clipped collection from SILVER MESSENGER details assorted 1900s era tidbits. It mentions King Howard’s June 26 crowning, influenza in New York, British Empire descent, and seriated musings on politicians, wisdom, and world events. It references Gen Lew Wallace, whisky trusts, wireless telegraphy, and opinions from newspapers like Minneapolis Times. The piece threads humorous quotes with political observations and notes on the Alaskan boundary and bankers’ meeting.
Boxing Title Fight Prospects With Jeffries Sharkey
Reported boxing talks show Jeffries ready to defend his title and Sharkey willing to meet him in a California bout. The plan envisions San Francisco in March or April with possible shifts to other venues if California patrons object. Terry McGovern and Dave Sullivan are also slated to settle their coast dispute as discussions favor the Pacific coast for major bouts.
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Jeffriee
Sharkey
Fitzsimmons
Mitt
Jeffries
San Francisco
California
Fusslimmons
Terry McGovern
Dave Sullivan
Hartford
Denver
Jeffries-Sharkey
Canada
Louisville
St. Louis
Anticipated international yacht race and college sports plans
Captain Nat Herreshoff plans a ninety footer to defend the America's Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II. No decision yet on whether Columbia and Constitution will be set aside for a new sloop. In Chicago a conference netted near full baseball schedules and fall football dates for Chicago, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and Northwestern. Northwestern's big home football opener is October 19, and Michigan visits Northwestern on November 15. Michigan and Chicago schedule four baseball games with two in Chicago on April 14 and May 10 and two at Ann Arbor on May 24 and June 7.
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Ferreador
Nat Herreshoff
Thomas Lipton
Herrenboft
Chicago
Michigan
Illinois
Towa
Northwestern
Maroons
Titnore
Ann Arbor
Minneapolis Whint Clit Wins in Whist League Match
The Minneapolis Whist and Chess Club earned its twelfth victory in the Ameri can Whist League by defeating Horlick Clint of Racine by three tricks. Horlick led early, but a misdeal by Racine on deal 87 cost four tricks and the game.
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Minneapolis
Jockey Tommy O'Brien Joins Tichenor & Co Chicago
Jockey Tommy O'Brien, star rider at St Louis last season, will ride for Tichenor & Co of Chicago this year. O'Brien was under contract with another stable before the move.
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Tichenor
Enenges O'Brien
Tommy O'Brien
St Louis
Tichenor & Co
Chicago
O'Brien
Fizer & Co
St. Lois
Western Canoemen Plan Summer Meeting at Ballast Island
The Western canoeists announce a summer gathering likely in July or August. They have chosen Ballast Island, a twenty acre isle in Lake Erie near Putin-Hay, as the home of the Western Canon association for a ramp. The group has a history of summer camps along Lake Erie shores.
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Ballast Island
Western Canon Association
Lake Erie
Put- in-Hay
Harvard A. Tyng breaks collegiate strength records
Harvard sophomore Arthur Tyng set new Harvard and Intercollegiate Strength marks with 2 226.4 points. His leg, back and upper arm strength outpaced Minnesota’s Allis by about sixty points, eclipsing last year’s intercollegiate leader.
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Arthur Tyng
Harvard
Allis
Minnesota
Miinels College Baseball Sets Major Eastern Tour
Miinels University baseball will embark on its broadest eastern trip this spring. Manager Huff has arranged dates with leading college teams across the Atlantic coast and Midwest. Michigan and Chicago will each play Cornell, with a chance of one or two additional eastern games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miinels University
Huff
Atlantic Coast
Michigan
Chicago
Cornell
John Splan Not Seriously Ill Says Terre Haute Report
John Splan, veteran driver, is not seriously ill despite reports he has pneumonia. A heavy cold has kept him from his usual duties, with 48 people in Terre Haute noting the rumor and awaiting fuller word on his condition.
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John Splan
Terre Haute
Harvard Opens Season with 18 1 Win Over Dorchester Club
Harvard varsity ice hockey opened the season by crushing Dorchester Hockey club 18 to 1 at Holman Field in Cambridge Massachusetts. Dorchester had won the New England Ice Hockey league championship last year.
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Bigital
Harvard
Dorchester Hockey Club
Holman Field
Cambridge
Mass
New England
Revell Named Chairman of IOC Concessions Committee
IL Revell Chairman. Alexander IH Revell has been appointed chairman of the committee on concessions for the International Olympic Games association, to meet in Chicago in 1904. The other committee members will be announced in a few days.
Notes on Various Sports and New Boxing Promoters
Offer of ten thousand dollars for Zoloch declined. Harvard star Jaraman George plans a diamond scull attempt at Henley. Pennsylvania accepts UC dual track meet in Philadelphia this spring. Trinket trotting mare dies at 26 in Milton, Massachusetts. Homer Dolby, brother of Kid McCoy, bankrupt in New York with over $1,500 owed. Jom Williams seeks a bout with Mysterious Smith after eight years, now a fitness instructor at French Lick Springs. American Athletic Promoters Protective Association formed to govern boxing. James Kennedy president. New York headquarters. Western turf war ends with Western Jockey Club control of Southwest tracks by next Monday following Cincinnati meeting.
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Zoloch
California
Jaraman George
Harvard
Henley
Pennsylvania
University of California
Philadelphia
Trinket
Maud
Milton
Mans
Homer Dolby
Kid” McCoy
New York
Jom Williams
Australia
Smith
Coney Inland
Jom Walcott
Williams
French Lick Springs
Tt Ju
American Athletic Promoters’ Protective Association
James Kennedy
Magic Snow Crystals At Harvard Museum Showcase
Harvard Mineralogical Museum adds about 100 photo micrographs of snow crystals by W A Bentley of Nantucket Vermont, detailing diverse crystal forms from storms in 1888 1892 1896 and 1893. The collection highlights the beauty and scientific value of snow crystals, with practical photographing tips and notes on formation through cloud strata and temperature changes.
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Harvard Mineralogical Museu
W. A. Bentley
Nantville
Vermont
New England
Walff
Mineralogical Museum
Aki
Ite
Mareh
Harvard
New York Press
Night Roosting With Rats On Burmese Frontier
A traveler recounts hostile lodging in Kyat pyin Burma with six rats on a bed and raids on boots pillows and matches. A Tibetan frontier stop yields an elderly hen laid on a pillow and an egg the narrator begrudgingly keeps for breakfast.
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Kyatpyin
Burmah
Raf
Pouce
Thaye
Cornhill
Hangwoman and the cruel trades of women in history
A London Chronicle excerpt recalls Lady Betty, a nineteenth century hangwoman in Ireland. Described as stout, dark eyed, and swarthy, she worked unmasked and flogged in the streets for many years. The piece notes the term hangwoman and references Dublin University Magazine of January 1860.
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Billington
Betty
Dublin University
Ireland
London Chronicle
Princeton to Receive Historic Syriac Manuscripts Collection
Promator D Wilson plans to donate a large private collection of Syriac manuscripts to Princeton University. The set is described as the largest and most valuable private collection ever assembled, with many documents dating back to the era of Emperor Constantine.
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Princeton
Princeton University
Promator D. Wilson
Constantine
Increase in British Revenue and Expenditure in 1901
In the fiscal year starting April 1 the British government reports revenue up by 6.4 million pounds versus 1900 while expenditures rise by 10.4 million pounds, outlining a widening deficit.
Annual Catch of Salmon From Columbia River
The annual take of salmon in the Columbia River runs around 1,000,000. About 60,000,000 young fish were released from hatcheries recently.
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Columbia River
Women Donate Millions in Early 1900s Charity Waves
Indianapolis News reports that through 1901 women contributed about 18 million dollars to charitable and religious causes, with 6 million of 15 million for colleges in six months. Notable gifts include Mrs. Indiana Williams endowing a girls school in Virginia, Miss Helen Gould supporting YMCA efforts, and libraries receiving about 1 million dollars. Grace Church and other New York churches benefited from a near half a million during Easter services, with Episcopal missions receiving 100 thousand dollars at a San Francisco convention and gifts toward a hospital for women in San Francisco from Mrs. Collis Huntington.
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Virginia
Indiana Williama
McCormick
Chicago
Helen Gould
Vassar College
New York University
New York
Grace Church
Episcopal Church
San Francisco
China
Collis P. Huntington
Huntingtons
Indianapolis News
Princely Cadets Join New Imperial Cadet Corps
Seventeen young Indian chiefs and nobles have joined the imperial cadet corps formed in India. Four are ruling chiefs, others come from Rajputana, Bombay, Punjab, and Hyderabad. Training begins at Meerut with a winter course, government supplies horses, and discipline will honor caste rules. Cadets wear a plain uniform in duty, a state uniform on ceremonial occasions, and are expected to be inspected by the viceroy at the Delhi durbar on January 1, 1908. The program aims to integrate British and native army elements while preserving Indian gentlemanly bearing.
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Imperial Cadet Corps
Indus
Rajputana
Bombay
Punjab
Hyderabad
Sciona
Meerut
Delhi
New York Post
Foreigners in Boston Reflect Shifting American Identity
Boston's population shift is noted as the city moves away from its distinctively American status. Health board data show 257 deaths in the week, up from 202 last year, with 223 white and four colored. Of the dead, 144 were born in the United States, 85 abroad, and six with unknown nationality, 47 had American parentage. Foreign-born numbers rise mainly from Ireland, Canada, and Russia, while Boston’s German share remains small.
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Boston
United States
Boston Board of Health
Ireland
Canada
Russia
New York
Curious translation anecdote from Tolstoy text
A preface to a new English translation of Tolstoy recounts a German translator’s humorous rendering of the inscription on Anna Karenina. The original Russian phrase Vengeance is mine, I will repay was rendered in ecclesiastical Slavonic, and the translator produced Re vengeance to weet, I will play the ace.
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Tolstoi
Sevastopol
Anna Karenina
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Peking
Santa
Lendon Saturday Review
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Milwaukee
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Great Britain
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Justice Brewer
National Association of Bankers
John J. Dixon
Metropolitan Association of the Amateur Athletic Union
Amateur Athletic Union
Board of Managers
CMAS
Holliter
Tographer
Bentley
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