Fairman's Bid for Fame in Chicago Road Race
Homer Fairman, a 19 year old plumber from Rockford now living in Chicago, stunned the Chicago Cycling Club road race field to win with a 54 minute 36 second time after a three week training build. He started strong, kept steady pace, and finished first despite a five minute forty five second handicap. The article also discusses Francis Wilson and an interview in Music magazine about Strauss and opera ambitions.
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Chicago
Irvington-Millburn
Homer Fairman
Homer
Chicago Cycling Club
Homer Fairmon
Rockford
Francis Wilson
Music
Wilson
de Koven
Harry Smith
Dion
Strauss
Mr. Wilson
Henry E Dixey Plans and Theater Speculation
Henry B Dixey is negotiating for The Pacific Mail but no deal yet. His plans are chaotic with a chance he leads A Lot tery of Love under Daly or cuts ties if The Pacific Mail is secured. Star status limits his 다른 capacity and he declined a $500 weekly ten minute Svengali role in Thrily.
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Henry E. Dizey
Henry B. Dixey
Pacific Mail
Mr. Disey
Mr. Daly
Mr. Dixey
Svengali
Alix the Queen of Trotters Captures Hearts in Outing
The two year old mare Alix stands 15 hands high and weighs 950 pounds. Described as blood like, with a bright intelligent eye, she ignores the opposite sex and welcomes bonbons from visiting ladies. Her fondness for sugar and luxuries, bold campaigner spirit, and fearless, game nature mark her as a perfect American trotter.
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Aus
Alix
Difference in Audiences at Grand Opera House
The Grand Opera House in New York drew sharp audience reactions as Bellew’s portrayal of Marat provoked humor from upper galleries. Viewers mocked the death scene and the mirror moment, with some insisting Kyrle Bellew outshines Francis Wilson. An actress noted the need to exaggerate to hold attention in certain venues.
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Grand Opera House
New York
Bellew
Kyrle
Francis Wilson
A Sprig of Nobility Ends Sporty Career of Lord Sholto Douglas
Lord Sholto Douglas son of the Marquis of Queensberry wed Loretta Addis in San Jose California amid reports she worked in Bakersfield. He once fired on a theater crowd and hurled soda water corks at the orchestra, drawing arrest and a court martial style probe ending his musketry duties with the Northamptonshire regiment.
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Sholte Douglas
Lord Sholte Douglas
Marquis of Queensberry
Lord Shelte
San Jose
Cal
Loretta Addis
Bee
Bakersfield
Wattre
Lord Shelton
Hythe
Lord Sholto Douglas
England
Lord Sholto
Northamptonshire
Sholto
Thoughts While Falling From Pittsburg Smokestack
Seth Harrington, who fell 11¢ foot smokestack in Pittsburg, describes his sensations during the fall. He recounts fearing death yet staying calm, recalling his life, family, and friends as he imagined his last moments and the news of his death spreading among acquaintances. His account emphasizes the vivid, time-dilated thoughts of a survivor in a perilous escape.
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Seth Harrington
Pittsburg
Quuch
Breakfast Awakened Sleepwalking Servant In West Atles Home
A West Atles couple woke at 2 AM to a prepared breakfast as their sleeping servant, undressed and unawake, had started the fire and cooked the meal. The girl awoke after cold water was sprinkled on her face, frightened but unharmed, and has not since shown similar somnambulistic activity.
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West Atles
Hotel Clerk Recites Superstition About Registers
A hotel clerk warns a visitor about a superstition that shutting a hotel register and not reopening it invites bad luck. He claims the next registrant will be a deadbeat and describes his habit of preventing others from closing the book. The tale underscores common hotel lore and clerks’ creeds.
The Twig Diviner of Bath England Tells How He Finds Water
An English water diviner, Leicester Gataker, explains to London Black and White how he discovers running water. He describes sensations in his arms, the guiding use of a forked twig or wire, and says he can locate water with or without the twig, estimating depth and flow while noting occasional misplacements.
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London
Leicester Gataker
Bath College
Price On His Head: Chinese Reformist Targeted by Gamblers
Quan Yick Nam, a young Chinese reformer in New York's Chinatown, faces a $1,000 bounty on his throat from gamblers. He exposed 14 regular fantan games, 20 lotteries, and 3 policy shops with police help. He aims to purify Chinatown, fearing the danger may spread.
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Quan Yick Nam
Parkhurst
New York
Chinatown
New York Herald
Quan
United States
Quan Vick
Canton
American Baptist Trme Mission Society
San Francisco
J.B. Hartwell
James Gillin
Ile
Death threats to cats spark anti katten club in Münster
A Westphalian society named Antikatzen Verein in Münster vows to kill stray cats. Members bring tails as evidence to the society rooms, with 1,222 tails reported last year.
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Antikatzen Verein
Munster
Westphalia
Iceberg Calamity Near Hoonia Ends With Rescue
Captain Chester of the schooner Elwood recounts a perilous voyage in Bering Sea near Hoonia. The ice mountain rolled and gouged the vessel, but the anchor chain finally gave way to save the ship as it slipped from the iceberg and escaped to sea. A similar Portia incident in the Atlantic is detailed by Captain Ash, describing multiple bergs detaching, a lifting wave, and a red-streaked retreat past the ice dock.
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Chester
Elwood
San Francisco
Bering Sea
Hoonia
Herg
Portia
Atlantic
Ash
Escaped convict returns to Kansas to be sent back
An escaped burglar, Elijah Brown also known as 7. W. U Howard, who fled Kansas State Prison three years ago after eight long years, appears in Seattle at Salvation Army barracks and informs the Kansas governor and Leavenworth warden that he is ready to return to expiate his crime whenever summoned.
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Elijah Brown
W. U Howard
Kansas State Prison
Seattle
Salvation Army
Kansas
Leavenworth
Three Divorces in Twenty Minutes in New York
Judge McAdam swiftly presided over three divorce cases in New York, granting decrees to Ida Chavitz Flora J. Bradbury and Julia R. McKee in under 26 minutes.
Sale Notes Report Shows No Charges Made
Readable lines indicate nothing charged during the sale. The fragment mentions 850 yards Charlies as a detail, but no further action or charges are documented.
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