State fair races praised by expert
Patrons of the Michigan state fair will see top light harness racing on the mile track during the first week of September. The card totals about $30,000 in purses with Peter Manning set to challenge the Michigan record, under master driver Thomas W. Murphy. Harry S. German, Northville, secretary of races, notes strong entries and a sizeable field through August 20 nominations, with stakes across 2.08 to 2:18 trotters and related pacers.
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Detroit
Peter Manning
Michigan
Kalamazoo
Peter the Great
Azoff
Pilot Medium
Battle Creek
Thomas W. Murphy
Harry
German
Fair Grounds
Fort Shelby
Board of Commerce
Wolverine
Harry S. German
Northville
Races
Golden Girdle for the Earth and the Hair-Spring Tale
A string of small-scale comparisons on material thickness contrasts sap the value of size and weight. The piece explores hair width versus gold sheet thinness and even soap bubble films, then pivots to a mirrored moral from Arthur Train novel about Rufus Kayne and balance amid financial peril.
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Rufus Kayne
Arthur Train
New York
Maitland
Kayne
Boland suspected in Albany to Sing Sing arrest
A faulty check scheme tied to Boland alias Gardner and his network led to a bet by Pinkerton officers tracking a series of mail burglary and check washing. Boland was captured after attempting to cash a $211 Bearer check in Brooklyn and sentenced to Sing Sing.
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Hyman
Hess
State Street
Albany
N. Y
Reis
Biun
Garmest
New York City
America
New York
Jim
National Commercial Bank
George A. Fuller
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Boland
Fuller
Gardner
Traius Beys
Hesscheck
New York State
Pinkerton
Boston
Dano
Devine
Tacedunt
New York Police
George S. Dougherty
William
Pinkertons
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Poisoned gloves blamed in Queen Jane of Navarre death
A sensational tale notes a pair of poisoned gloves as the alleged method in the death of Jane, queen of Navarre, while in Paris for her son’s wedding ceremonies. The chronicle mentions a perfumer named Rane from Florence and public boasts of the crime, amid fever and five days of illness.
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Catherine de Medici
Wraxwel
Davilla
Navarre
Jane
D’aubigne
Europe
Notre Dame
Margaret of Navarre
Margaret of
Valois
Borgias
Paris
Prince of
Margaret
Nathaniel Wraxwell
France
Rane
Florence
Not Bigger, but Higher
A three year old girl named Geneva describes a creek near her home. During a family trip to a town by the Ohio River she answers a relative’s question about size by noting the river is not much bigger but it is higher.
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Geneva
Ohio River
Weill
This Story Will Be Continued Mrs Dawkins Rumor Lie
Mrs A and Mr A discuss rumors about Mrs Dawkins. They claim the gossip was proved a lie, though Mrs A remains doubtful about the truth. The dialogue hints at social suspicion and possible scandal within the community.
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Mrs. A
Mrs. Dawkins
Mr. A
English Language Puzzies and Ocean Radio Quirks
A humorous Radio News fragment describes misunderstandings between American and Japanese wireless operators aboard an Alaskan steamer. Examples include misinterpreted position inquiries, a boast about a typhoon, and a remark about a supposed Chinese boycott.
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Taki
Interview with Cactus Joe in Crimson Gulch poker tale
In Crimson Gulch a wary gambler asks who is the best poker player. Cactus Joe replies he is not the best but the gentlest and kindest, presenting a humble frontier persona.
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Crimson Gulch
Cactus Joe
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Frank S. Cooke
India
Boland, Alias
Ae Etentesten En
Gegeng
the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc
Dr. Miles
Nels Walstrom
Michigan Cope
Wakefield Store Company
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