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Newspaper
Warren Ledger
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1895
Page
6
The Nation al league's first month reveals surprise outcomes as top pitchers falter and youths struggle for spots. Colcolough Hawley Brouthers emerge while veterans vanish and teams scramble for able arms amid pivotal early games.
Jabez Spencer Balfour, famed for the Liberator frauds, has been returned to England to stand trial after extradition from Argentina. Once a Radical MP and leading figure in the Lands Allotment and Liberator Building Society schemes, his crash in 1882 collapsed tens of millions and ruined many investors. His partners were jailed, and his own trial is awaited with high interest.
A San Quentin inmate William M Fredericks celebrated Emanuel Church murders by wearing a mask made from a flour sack and parading his cell. He appeared pleased as details emerged and will be hanged after a denied new trial. Other inmates offered little more than vague condemnations of murder. The piece also notes Prague’s Proschaska selling deformed children to a Hamburg firm for display and Croatia’s suppression of a distortions factory, while continental gambling profits exceed 26 million francs.
The Defender will race for the Americas Cup defenses in America with trials off Sandy Hook and a July 4 engagement against Vigilant at Larchmont Yacht Club. Rumors say Ailsa and Valkyrie will join the challenge while English contenders prepare for the voyage. Edith Marianne Aitchison wed Andrew Barclay Walker, linking notable families.
A portrait of Madeline Kilpatrick famed for dangerous bicycle feats. The article recalls her seat stability with one foot on the saddle and steering with the other, plus upside down wheel tricks and riding the rear wheel. It notes her status as wife to one legged trick rider Charles Kilpatrick and cites other dramatic stunts from their duo.
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