Accidents Shape Careers In Early 20th Century Sports
A fractured history notes how accidents altered fortunes in racing and politics. Harry Fleming and William Rice gained chance opportunities after railroad wrecks, with Fleming racing Bourbon Wilkes Jr. to victory, while Taft’s era linked a train mishap to a pivotal political appointment. The report also cites War Department wool stocks and disbursements, highlighting the era’s broader logistics.
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William Howard Taft
William McKinley
Harry Fleming
Will Rice
Canal Devil, O
Bourbon Wilkes, Jr
Columbus
Menning
Dalumbis
Éming
Ourbon Wilkes Jr
Nerpis
Fleming
Igate
Hice
Bourbon Wilkes Jr
Lucille Spier
Hillandale
Gorrells Stock Company to Return for Eleven Nights
Gorrell and his clever company return to the Waterloo theatre for eleven nights starting Sunday evening with The Laws of God and Man as the opening act. The troupe previously delighted local audiences and will present an entirely new line of plays and a stranger show. The Plaza Theatre features The Light with Miss Bara in Parisian styles, and Hitchy Koo at the Waterloo with Al. B. White leading a large cast including Myrtle Young and Vera Grey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorrell
Waterloo Theatre
God
Man
Paris
da Bara
William Fox
Miss Bara
Plaza Theatre
The
Plaza
Hitchy Koo
Hitchy Kog
al. B. White
Metropolitan Theatre
St. Paul
Mr. White
Myrtle Young
Vera Grey
Stan Stanly
Eddie Conrad
Artie
Eddie Cohrad
Geo. Mayo
Stan Stanley
White Kuhns
Artie Leeming
May Shirk
Leeming and the Three White Kubus at the Majestic
Vaudeville at the Majestic in Waterley features Leeming and the Three White Kubus for one day only. Headlining is Jack Goldie in Odds and Kade with Leroy and Dresdner, Ovande on xylophone, Mattie Noate in Outclassed, Theodore Trio, Brown and Wheeler, and Harold Lieyd in Bare My Child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Goldie
Odds and Kade
Leroy
Dresdner
Army of Fun
Ovande
Mattie Noate
Theodore
Brown and Wheeler
Harold Lieyd
the Majestic
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Sam
Washington, D. C
War i Department
Waterloo
Dorothy Gish
Jane
Fatty Arbuckle
Opatty
Pathe News
Billy Burke
And
Patty Arbuckle
Leeming
Vaude‘lle
Majestic
Waterley
Theda Bara
Crystal
Tom
Hell Roarin
Reform
Harold Lloyd
Ana ‘Mutt and
Jeff
Buck Hywe
AL. Gorrell
ATL
Cruegist
the Garden Theatre
Ike and
Mike
Ignats
East Fourth Street
Formen
Sam Frank G
Iowa
N’s
Armory
Peavey
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