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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1895
Page
6
A feature on the race track touts the novice and the better, detailing how a tout ingratiates with owners trainers and jockeys to extract bets. It describes the social dynamics at the track learning the game through a sample encounter ending with a shared windfall and an uneasy victory.
A racetrack tale exposes legitimate yet deceitful touting as beardless youths lure bettors. They pose as insiders, claim stakes on a horse, and push a “stable secret” to steal money. The sweep includes the “rush act” and forged tickets, with authorities using such schemes as case evidence.
The report notes J H Taylor capturing the English golf championship for a second time. It also mentions British yachtsmen confident Valkyrie NT will win the America’s Cup, and references various sporting items including Philip Richmond’s gold medal, a planned boxing bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and James J Corbett, and the Amateur Athletic Union all round championships at Bergen Point with events listed.
Henry R Nash of Tufts is hailed as the strongest college man after surpassing Tufts and Harvard lifters. His total strength reached 3 547 76 pounds under Dr Sargents system, narrowly exceeding rival marks. Nash, 21, from Haverhill Mass, played football and trained with broadax work prior to college, aiming to pursue special engineering studies.
The article traces Kathrine Clemmons, once Viola Dayan, now reportedly engaged to Haw Gould. It notes her prior fame as an actress linked to Buffalo Bill Cody headlines and her early life with Frank P. Sherman of San Francisco. Her career path includes study in London, a New York debut, and a trial as Jay Gould’s son’s engagement may end her stage prospects.
Captain Joan F. Taylor, age 41, of the steamship Colima, went down with the vessel off the Mertain coast May 27 after saving others. He blew three long blasts from the ship’s whistle as the Colima sank, giving a final salute to those left aboard and to death. A braverman respected from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, Taylor’s heroism is praised by friends and the New York Sun. He had risen from boyhood seaman in Massachusetts to command, rejoining Pacific Mail Service after a stint in private business. His salute is said to echo across the Pacific for years.
A missionary, Peter Z. Easton of 12 Perry Street New York, deplores the woman’s movement calling it the devil's work. He claims pantheism dominates modern thought, denounces emancipation as immoral, and warns of dangers to American society in a confrontation to be faced by the ladies’ committee.
The piece compares English and American attitudes toward spats in marriage. It notes that in England couples frequently joke about quarrels, while in the United States a stronger stigma remains against domestic discord. It mentions a British couple who sent a telegram declaring themselves “The rappers.”
Rev T E Richards who led Cane May Court House Baptist church formed a band that gained fame in south Jersey. He sought new fields and to rest in the Pennsylvania mountains. Three young ladies Josephine Young Hannah Hildreth Jennie Thompson joined him leaving home despite family protests. Richards family remains in Cape May Court House.
Armenian girls reaching seventeen must fast three days and live on salt fish for a fourth day without water to prompt marriage. This ancient rite prescribes strict regimen aimed at securing a suitor through ritual discipline and social expectation.
An English captain reports observing a scorpion confined within a circle of fire raise its tail and commit death by its own action by stinging itself in the back. The claim presents a dramatic self-inflicted death within a ritual or experimental setting.
Southward trains depart Sheffield at 7 15 p m with stops at Gilson Barnes Movers Donaldson Maruti Hammond Brookston and others. No 4 departs Sheffield 10 45 am and returns to Howland via Sheffield Junction with mixed arrivals. Evening and early morning services connect at Sheffield and Howland. superintendent Terrigraay notes consistent connections.
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