Sporting Notes and Racing Rumors Across the Era
A sprawling wrap of sporting items from cycling to boxing highlights: Zimmerman’s return and rival buzz for Terry McGovern, boxing repeal hopes in New York, and bicycle progress including coaster brakes and speed attempts. Mentions Bidwell as potential LA W president, Grand American Handicap aims for 300 entries, and plans for an intercontinental circuit.
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Tre High
New York
Barnusa
Buffalo Bill
George R. Bidwell
National Assembly
Bidwell
Interstate Park
Fa Island
Hollis
Queens
Maine
California
Texas
Dakotas
Monte Carlo
London
Directum
J. Malcolm Forbes
Bingen
Peter the Great
Crescens
Tommy Britton
Alix
Hard-Hitting Featherweight Kid Broad Tops Bernstein
Geland fighter Kid Broad, known for power, faced Joe Bernstein in New York in a twenty pound bout. Broad pressed throughout and floored Bernstein in round one, but Bernstein clung to survive the round and finish the match.
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Lovera
Origin of Sterling Name Derived from Eastern Germany Dwellers
The term Sterling stems from how Eastern German dwellers in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries were known as easterlings. Their money and silver were famed for purity, attracting coiners and silversmiths to improve local manufactures.
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Germany
Willful Princess of Romonfort Faces Court and Crown Conflicts
The willful princess of Romonfort, beloved by Russia for her beauty and temper, presses engagement to Prince Max of Baden amid royal scrutiny. Analysts doubt parental consent or dispensation, while past incidents show her volatile temper. the dynasty resists challenges to its laws.
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Michael
Czar
George
Helene
Russia
Bo |Cer
Carlsruhe
Baden
Prince Max
Vladimir
Rursia
Chrolen
St. Pesternburg
Throushout
Europe
Max
M Fiure
Saturn
Parents Freeze Their Child in Fanatical Sacrifice
Mr and Mrs Charles Spencer, two miles northwest of Lovilla, Monroe County, Iowa, faced religious frenzy as they exposed their naked infant outside to die, claiming God commanded the act. The father froze as he sheltered the child, the tragic scene ending in the infant's death from exposure.
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Spencer
Charles Spencer
Lovilla
Monroe County
Towa
Lawsuit Over a Century Ends in Ireland
A century long legal dispute in Ireland ends after a dividend failed to realise 20s to the pound. An initial small sum invested by the court accumulated through compound interest into four figures, enough to pay all debts and leave a substantial balance for costs. A claimant exists for every penny due in 17 percent.
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Ireland
Robert Smyth
Smeckalley
Doudlin
Legal
Unusual Feat by Hussars Captures Dutch Brig in 1787
Kaiser Wilbolm presented a Dutch naval flag to the Zie then Hussare as a New Year gift. The Hussars then accomplished their annual feat by boarding a ten-gun Dutch brig that ran ashore while trying to breach dikes. The vessel was captured by the regiment according to New York San records.
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Kaiser Wilbolm
Ziethen Hussare
Hussars
New York San
The Man with the Wooden Leg and a Soldier's Tale
A snowy Saturday leads Danny to meet a cheery man with a wooden leg outside a grocery store. The stranger, recently moved to town, shares warm talk and an offer to reveal war memories if Danny helps haul packages home.
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Danny
Mr. Johnson
Oess
Antietam
Sitle
Fragmented political protest lines in early crowd footage
A cryptic OCR fragment hints at public reaction described as hissing and spitting by young citizens before visible events. The disjointed text suggests an initial attempt at disruption or expression within a crowd setting, but lacks clear names, dates, or places to specify who or when.
Length of daylight across the world described
The article lists how long the longest day lasts in many places from New York to Spitzbergen. It notes New York about fifteen hours, Stockholm about eighteen and a half, St Petersburg and Tobolsk nineteen, Torneo near twenty-two, and Wadburg nearly continuous daylight from May to July, with Spitzbergen exceeding that by about three months.
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Ives
United States
Canada
New York
Montreal
London
Bremen
Hamburg
Dantzig
Stockholm
St Petersburg
Tobolsk
Siberia
Torneo
Finland
Tornea
Wadburg
Norway
Spitzbergen
Monkeys At Sacred Temple In Benares Charm Tour Group
An American party visits a sacred monkey temple in Benares. They share snacks but monkeys grab items including a red scarf and a handkerchief, mock the visitors, and steal parts of clothing as a guide explains the monkeys’ fondness for scarves and their thieving on the riverside pilgrimage site.
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Benares
India
Teer
Birds Barbed-Wire Pences Nest In Central Amelia
A strange little wren builds a remarkable six by two foot platform nest on roadside trees. The structure uses sticks tied with fiber to form a dam nest with thorn walls and a crooked tunnel to a guarded exit. Thorn barriers seal the gateway, protecting eggs and young. Paddle your own canoe, and don't borrow a paddle.
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Amelia
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Fail Sporting
Warton Lawret
Agety
Zimmerman
Harry Bikes
Tot Coop- Kier
Arthur Rosa
France
Igor
Zimmerbean
Mikes
Oerlaad
Representa Rho
Gimin
Afisfortune
Gimm
Pittsbut
Francisco
Dave Sullivan
Jack Hamilton
Oscar Garn Ber
Terry McGovern
Lrond
Terry
Richard Ik
Fos
Gangy
Roby Ax
Rugged
Butcher
Scientific American
Helene OF
Hest
Hoyal
Tay Bay
Exar
Tome Czar
Heould
Imperial House of Homanoft
Princess Helene OF
Mies
Cate
Hias
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