Fighters vs Letter Writers Man agrees to meet McAuliffe after Leeds clash
Griffo rails at letters while plotting future bouts with Horace Leeds and Jack McAuliffe. He recalls a disputed decision with McAuliffe at Coney Island, vows to meet Fitzsimmons, and praises Sullivan, Dixon, and Dempsey as true champions.
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Horace Leeds
McAuliffe
Australia
Dan Creedon
Bob Fitzsimmons
New Orleans
George Dixon
Dixon
Tom O’ Rourke
Barkis
Willin
Peggotty
O’ Rourke
James J. Corbett
Peter Jackson
Bob
Dim Hall
Peter Maher
Joe Choynski
For
Charles Mitchell
England
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Chawley
John L. Sullivan
America
Jem Smith
Charlie
Farne Hes
John IL. Sullivan
Chantilly
France
Jack Dempsey
Bob Fitzshamons
Paddy Slavin
Jim Hall
Tommy Ryan
Jon Walcott
Jack McAuliffe
George Dizon
George
Kid) Lavigne
Andy Bowen
Billy Plimmer
Game Joe Choynski
Corbett
James
Joseph
California
A Clever Singer Maude Young Makes Quick Impression
Miss Maude Young, born in Lorey Tennessee and raised in Chicago, gains rapid recognition after early Paris study under Mme Marchesi. She performs in World’s Fair concerts with Max Bendix and Theodore Thomas, then understudies in New York and relieves Miss Corden in Rob Roy after a successful professional debut. Bonnie Wilmore, 2,1434, was sold by mistake for 490 dollars, valued at 10,000 and once defeated Nancy Hanks in a trial heat.
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Lorey
Tls
Chicago
Paris
Mamie. Marchesi
Miss Young
Mme, Marchesi
America
Max Bendix
Theodore Thomas
Fred C. Whitney
Louise Beaudet
Opera Bouffe
Juliette Corden
Janet
Rob Roy
Smith
de Koven
Herald Square Theater
New York
Miss Corden
Bonnie Wilmore
Nancy Hanks
St Louis Martyr Hats for Freedom The Theater Protest
Henry Jost of St Louis wore his hat at a theater as a mild protest against ladies hats obscuring his view. He was fined five dollars, ejected, and arrested, but a penny fund and 500 red coins supported him. Jost, neatly dressed and polite, defended his action as a simple attempt to see the stage.
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Henry Jost
St. Louis
Iman
Jose
Young preacher Wins Oakland with Shakespeare Sermons
Rev Edwards Davis, a 41 year old former lecturer nicknamed the American Oscar Wilde, stirs Oakland crowds by sensational sermons and Shakespearean recitals from the pulpit at Central Christian church in Hamilton Hall. He contrasts his growing congregation with empty pews of his early days and uses dime museum theatrics to attract attention, including a Shakespearean recital and waltz demonstrations, while old line ministers decry his methods.
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Sear Wilde
Oakland
Cal
Edwards Davis
Mr. Davis
Eastern College
Oscar Wilde
Central Christian Church
Hamilton Hall
Otsego Club Stirs Town With Bold Theatrical Row
The Woman's Literary club of Otsego Michigan caused a sensation by donning tights and performing Longfellow's Spanish Student. Three preachers present offered perfunctory disapproval yet admitted the production was well staged. Prominent citizens wore baldheaded wigs and entered with dignity to loud applause. The women are indignant at these gentlemen.
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Woman's Literary Club
Otsego
Mich
Longfellow
Chicago Politicians Scrap At Republican Convention
A violent melee broke out at Central Music hall during the Chicago Republican city convention over credentials. Delegates fought with canes and chairs for about fifteen minutes, leaving many bruised and hats battered before police halted the disturbance. George B. Swift was nominated for mayor by acclamation.
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Chicago
Central Music Hall
George B. Swift
Minister Sent to the Workhouse for Vagrancy
Burrago February 22 Rev. Henry Koehler was sentenced to twenty days in the workhouse for vagrancy by Justice Miller this morning. Educated in a German monastery for priesthood he was ordained in Philadelphia and connected with a Cincinnati monastery. He later became a Baptist proselyte and linked with Glenwood Avenue Baptist Church here. his drinking led to his downfall.
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Burrago
Henry Koehler
Miller
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Glenwood Avenue Baptist Church
Charges Denied in Indiana Election Case
In Blair White and his principal opponent D B Taylor testified. Judge White denied all charges against him. Taylor denied authorizing whisky purchases for election purposes or promising whiskey to any voter.
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Indiana
Blair
White
D. 3
Taylor
Defeated the Amendment on Hawaiian Cable Plan
In Washington on February 22 the House spent most of the day debating the Senate amendment to the consular and diplomatic appropriation bill. The amendment, proposing a $500,000 cable to the Hawaiian Islands, was defeated with a vote of 152 to 16, Democrats supporting the cable.
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Washington
House
Senate
Hawaiian Islands
Litte
Dana's Dosage Praised by Nervous Sufferer
Mrs Elthear Brown of Lawrenceville Tioga Co Pa described in a testimonial that Dana's relieved her nervous and heart troubles. Sleepless nights and illness gave way to restored strength and steady nerves after using the remedy, concluding with thanks and hope others will try it.
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Elthear Brown
Lawrenceville
Tioga Co
Dana
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