Memoirs of Famous Fighters From Youth to Pro Debut
The piece recalls early fights of boxing legends including Jim Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, Jack McAuliffe, and George Dixon. It covers boyhood scraps in Bangor Maine and San Francisco, training under sailors, and the first professional bout that set careers in motion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Corbett
Bob Pitzelmmons
Jack McAusltite
George Dixon
Dixon
Snout
Pittsimmons
Herbert Slade
McAuliffe
Tanger
Maine
Tim
Amason
Cam
Cornwall
England
Australia
Our Captain. Words by W Murdoch Lind
A compact attribution noting authorship of a song lyric, credited to W Murdoch Lind, with publication in the New York Musical Record or similar periodical, indicating a creative verse likely tied to a maritime or nautical theme. The item records authorship and source, not a broader feature.
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Kane
Dixon
Iean
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Boston
New York
Thad
Old Jamie the camel and other early US zoo notes
Census style item notes public liars and libraries with figures. Massachusetts leads in free libraries with 212 volumes, Central Park menagerie avatar and a 90 year old camel named Old Jamie. Barnum era counts and New Hampshire library totals appear alongside a garrison commander in Atlanta and a Bohemian church chandelier made of human bones.
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Jamie
United States
Central Park
Massachusetts
Central Asia
P. T. Barnum
United
W. L. Kellogg
Osborne
Atlanta
All Saints’ Church
Sidnitz
Bohemia
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Jack McAdliffe
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New Zealand
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W. Murdoch Lind
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