Circus Cage Tricks for Tigers and Other Beasts in Singapore
A Chicago Inter Ocean report details a proposed American circus expedition to Singapore to obtain wild animals. Trainers J. B. Gaylord and George Arstingstall describe tiger traps, elephant corrals, and methods to capture lions, rhinoceroses, orangutans, pythons, monkeys, and other species. The piece outlines pit and basket traps for tigers, ked dah corrals for elephants, and capture tactics using lime, pepper, nets, and ropes, as part of a comprehensive hunt for diverse wildlife.
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J. B. Gaylord
George Arstingstall
Singapore
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Gaylord
Philippine Islands
Heiress in Eccentric Race At Nogent Sur Marne
An heiress named Mlle Collet drew unexpected fortune from an eccentric race at Nogent sur Marne. A Toulon notary, seeking the missing Mlle Collet who had a leg lost, read the report and wrote the Tage committee seeking details.
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Collet
Nogent-sur- Marne
Toulon
Tage Committee
Ils
Mustache Fades from Anson as Baseball News Tops
The column reviews the removal of Anson's upper lip mustache and notes its impact on baseball culture, calls the replaced star the lone exemplar of his era, and traces related shifts in umpiring, team fortunes, and 1893 season expectations. It discusses Lynch's resignation as NL umpire chief, Rusie and Meekin's form, and the broader Eastern vs Western strength.
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Anson
Lynch
Young
Davis
Doyle
Baltimore
Brooklyn
W. H. Long
New England
Tebeau
Cuppy
Yale
Shay
Carter
Trudeau
Yule
Brown
Harvard
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
Hugh Duffy
Rusie
Duffy
Rosie
Smithsonian Institution
Guitean
Adrian Constantinople Anson
Adrian
George Wright
Red Stockings
Harry Wright
New York
Prince Bismarck
Gladstone
Bis
Pittsburgs
Moechin
German
Stivetts
Boston
Fettle
Meekin
South
Nichols
National League
Marion Lea Returns Home to American Stage Spotlight
Celebrated American born actress Marion Lea resettles in the United States after eight seasons in England. She performs with the Kendals in New Yorks Abbeys theatre, then plans exclusive American engagements. Lea known off stage as Mrs Langdon Mitchell, hails from Quaker stock and will act only in America.
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Heath
Kendal
America
Marion Lea
England
Lea
Abbey's
New York
The
Kendals
Marion Leaformances
Ibsen
London
Hedda Gabler
Miss Lea
Langdon Mitchell
Mitchell
Weir Mitchell
Philadelphia
London Athletic Club siege lines up Irish stars for tour
The Sun reports London Athletic Club sent 15 names to New York Athletic Club for a visit, leaving two blanks. If Denis Hogan the Irish shot putter and J M Ryan the high jumper join, the meet could be a tough clash. Hogan, Cork man, holds the European shot put record around 46 feet 74 inches, with a best 47 feet 2 inches on a foul. Ryan has cleared about 6 feet 2 inches high. English sail from Southampton aboard Normannia Aug 30.
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Wil Gorgan
Ryan
London Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
The
Sun
Denis Hogan
J. M. Ryan
N. Y.A. GC
Horgan
George Gray
George
Sweeney
Southampton
Mrs Kendal's Coolness in Near Theatrical Crisis
The farewell engagement of Mrs. Kendal at Henry B Abbeys theater in New York featured a near catastrophe when a new drop curtain stuck three times during the final moments of Act III. Miss Marion Lea played the sobbing wife as the villain pressed her, and Kendal guided the scene to its boudoir exit with a calm pivotal gesture.
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Mrs. Kendal
Henry B. Abbey
New York
Tionesta Valley Railroad Time Table 1894
The Tionesta Valley Railroad announces a January 5 1894 timetable with southward trains from Sheffield and connections at Sheffield with PRE and at Sheffield Junction with P W. Train numbers and departure times include No 2 at 7 15 am and No 4 at 10 45 pm with multiple stops. departures and arrivals at Howland Brookston Barnes and Sheffield Junction are listed and the schedule notes key staff at Buffalo offices.
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Pittsburgh Railroad
BB. CO
Lessee
New York
Albany
Utica
Hendees Jp
M & Mis m Syracus
Nists
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Dunkirk A
Fredonia
Ily Dal
Assadaga
Sinclairville
Erry
Falconer
Jameston
Jatestown
eBalognen Junction
Jewsbury
Assel
Warren
Laure ‘Ana Fourth Streets
Retcham
William Sba
Sheffield
Gilson
Barnes
Hovers
Donaldson
Martin
Hammond's
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
PRE
Jerry Crary
Irvinton
Tidioute
Tionesta
Oil City
Pittsburgh
Buffalo
WS. Lefard Agan
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India
Ceylon
Nooser
Taylor
Fenner
Dr. Fenner
DR. Theel
Arch St. Philadelphia
Speciaus
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Dev
Duddin's Alley
Arch
Genis
Ackley & Wheelock
Pennsylvania
Water Street
Rogers Block
Dunkirt
Allegheny Valley
Tionesta Valley Railroad
K.P
Waren
Kingua
Bradford
Salamanca
Lean
R. Bell
Sup’t
J. A. Fellows
Exchange St
Buffalo, N
Cincinnati
St. Louis
F. H. Garrizzo
Janestown
N.Y
J. A. Beatty
Gity
Pennsylvania Railroad
P. & E. Division
Warren EastWarp
Harrisburg
Philadelphhia
Sunbury
Lancaster
Washington
Pullman
Eric
Williamsport
Erie
Kane
Travn Lt
Renovo
Ridgway
Sandss
Panday
Prevost
Wood
Leffard
Ticke
Citizens’ National Bank
M. Waters
E. T. Hazeltine
D.L. Group
L.W. Dennison
Ass't
John M. Siegfried
O. F. Hofman
P. J. Bayer
CG. A. Corwen
LW. Dennison
Jas. O. Parmice
E.W. Parshall
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