A Man Fit to Fight Radical Shift in Boxing Training Methods
The article contrasts old and new boxing training. It notes drastic changes over 25 years toward medically guided regimens, milder purgatives, diversified exercise, and modern diets. Old fighters endured harsh purges, limited foods, long runs, and “red rags” beef, while today’s boxers eat broadly with proper cooking, drink water modestly, and spar less. John L. Sullivan’s era began the shift toward practicality and safety in training.
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Cribb
John L. Sullivan
I’ Wu
New York Sun
Ex Vice President Wheeler’s Prophecies Recalled
In his obituary style notes, Wheeler, famed ex vice president, is credited with prophesying the 1873 panic and detailing events later borne out. He allegedly predicted the 1876 nominations of Tuden and Hayes and, to Blaine before the Cincinnati convention, warned that the Republican candidate would be the Ohio governor.
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Wheeler
Wh Cir
Tuden
Hayes
Blakre
Cincinnati
Blaine
Republican Party
Ohio
Chicago Tribune
A Plausible Theory About a Missing Umbrella
A waiter reports a guest’s $10 silk umbrella with a silver handle vanished after entering. The waiter suspects a German soldier may have taken the item, though certainty is lacking.
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New ‘York Sun
Misprized Pearl and Turkish Food Reflections
A reflective poem on a lost cherished pearl and the radiance it reveals now that it rests with another. The Cosmopolitan excerpt then reviews Turkish cuisine, noting kebab roasting, vegetarian leanings, abundant sweets, and raki, with cultural dining customs and flavors described in vivid detail.
Peculiarities of Word Deafness and Related Conditions
A Saint Louis Globe-Democrat summary notes how memory loss can affect language learned late in life and may be temporary or permanent. It outlines asphasia word deafness and word blindness, where understanding or producing language falters due to brain injury or disease, with post mortem evidence linking deficits to specific brain areas.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Moody the Fighting Parson Moody in Civil War battles and revival aims
The Rev Granville Moody known as the Fighting Parson led a Methodist group in Ohio before the Civil War. He became colonel of the Seventy fourth Ohio after volunteering for the Union, directing his men at Stone River and other actions. He urged his troops with religious fervor and morale, famously praying for mercy on the enemy and shouting for Columbia as he charged.
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Moody
Granville Moody
Parsons
Ohio
Seventy-fourth Ohio Regiment
Stone River
Breckinridge
Rosecrans
Columbia
Chicago
Inter Ocean
By the Lakeside Miss Breezy Reads Old Sleuth
A Chicago young man teasingly complimented Miss Breezy at an evening parlor call for her evident devotion to literature. She affirmed she reads everything, and when asked what she is reading now she replies Old Sleuth the Detective from the New York Sun.
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Lakeside
Chicago
Old Sleuth
New York Sun
Yale Crew Foretells Victory By Rodgers Roster
A Yale superstition holds that if any rower is named Rodgers the crew will win. This year the boat includes four Rodgers, suggesting a favorable result for the Yale crew.
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Yale
Rodgers
Smuggling Opals From Paso Del Norte A Hoax Unfolds
A Houston Cor. report details visitors from abroad being duped by counterfeit opals sold in Paso Del Norte. A Southern Pacific railroad man bought four stones for a fraction of real value, discovering they were glass when set in New Orleans. The counterfeit opals are allegedly produced in Paso Del Norte, with locals cashing in on tourists while avoiding established shops.
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Paso del Norte
United States
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
el Paso
Houston Cor. Jewelers
Kaiser Escapes Attacks in Berlin Remarkably
The essay recounts two assassination attempts on the German emperor and a vivid memory of the emperor inspecting his dented helmet after the shooting by Nobling and Hoedle. The narration notes the crowd’s unfamiliar dress and the emperor’s remark about the shah of Persia. It closes with a tale of the Prince of Wales hiring young men as waiters at Sandown fair.
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Berlin
Hoedle
Unter den Linden
Thiergarten
Persia
Nobling
Blackwood Magazine
Prince
Prince of Wales
Sandown
The Best Age Yet for Humanity and Progress
A reflection on living in the best age so far evolved with quick notes on machines from steam engines to telegraphs. It argues progress brings comforts and health, though it shifts labor and risks discontent, urging better teaching as machines rise toward human intellect.
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Dickens
Lowell
Harper’s Bazar
Anecdote of Gen Jackson and the branding fire
A Louisiana Courier Journal correspondent recalls an 1814 New Orleans episode involving General Andrew Jackson. Russell Bean refuses to surrender, Jackson confronts him on a hill, the sheriff jokes about summoning the general, Bean is wounded by a pistol shot, and after trial he is branded on the hand with the letter M and bites off the burnt flesh.
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Gen. Jackson
Old Hickory
New Orleans
Jonesboro
Russell Bean
Jackson
Bean
Kang
Pri
Tennessee
Yap Tie
Cor LouissiNe Courier-Journal
Manuscript Price Sets Record for Lincoln Life Serial
The Century company agreed to publish Nicolay and Hay’s Life of Lincoln as a serial. Roswell Smith filled the price blank with a record 350,000 dollars, described as the largest sum ever paid by any periodical for a serial. Col. Hay and Nicolay welcomed the arrangement after a formal interview at The Century offices.
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Nicolay and Hay
Lincoln
Gilder
Col. Hay
Century Company
Wille
Roswell Smith
Mr. Nicolay
Wilie
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Mexicans and a Patent Truss At a Mexican Ball
A street scene in El Paso described by the El Paso Inter-Republican notes a passerby wearing a patent truss, mistaken for a belt by Officer Blacker. The man, believing it a girdle, was seen dancing at a Mexican ball with a humorous inscription on his back.
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Blacker
el Paso Inter-Republican
English spavin remedy sold in Warren drugstore
Old time advertisement promotes English spavin imment to remove lumps and blemishes in horses with savings of 50 cents per bottle. It lists L. G. Noye in Warren Pa and describes numerous railroad schedules and through Pullman cars on Erie system with connections to Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. Includes multiple trains, accommodations, and express services with stops at Kane Ridgway Erie and other intermediate stations.
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L. G. Noye
Warren, Padrug
Warren
Saltward
Sheffield Express
Sheffield
Ridgway Express
Ridgei
Oil Express
Shefield
Erie Meil
Sunbury
Warrisburg
Lancaster
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Erie
Williamsport
Kane
N Yorks
Gueltimore
Waite Toh
Prollman
P.hiladelphis
Kris
Galtimore
Ene
Kaie
Willion
Warren Express
Suefich
Ou Express
Waren
Eric & Press
Ridgway
Cilas. Pucal
Man'gr
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Stamboul
Mohammed
Kentucky
Chicago Herald
Acker
L. G. Noyes
Warren, Pa
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Walter
Philadelphia & Erie
R. R
Pennsylvania Railroad
Peotos
Glade
Conenango Bridge
Co. LL. Dalrymple
Dotable Accident Association
John Anderson
J.B. Arnold
Chas, Davis
F. E
D.G. Beers & CO
Newtown, Conn
Hwaver & Son Advertising Agents
Payer & Soas Malu
PY Abren Savings Bank
Warren, PE
L. F. Watson
B. Neamith
A. J. Hazeltine
Cashier
O. H. Hunter
M. A Dusham
Jas. Clark, Jr
B. Nesmith
A. J. Hasetine
L. R. Freeman
Base National Bank
Myron Waters
Francis Henry
D. L. Gerould
Capital
H. A. Jamieson
W. Davis
S.P. Johnson
A. Hertzel
W.D. Brown
G.N. Parmlee
A. T. Scofield
Transavis
RST National Bank
Penn’a
L. D. Wetmore
Pres
M. Beecher, Cash
Warren County
England
Ireland
Scotland
Europe
Chamberlain Institute
Randolpil
N.Y
Kilwards
General Agency
John Sill
Adam
Meldrum
Main Street
Buffalo
N.S
Raglans
Newmarkets
Mein St
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