Senator Bailey the railbird at Kentucky trotters
At Lexington's track Senator Bailey of Texas is the season’s focal figure among breeders. He and trainer Joe Fea oversee Prodigal 2:16 and about 30 brood mares at Todhunter farm with Ernest Featherstone managing. Bailey watches workouts from a fence plank, calling times and evaluating youngsters between training sessions.
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United States Senate
Lexington
Kentucky
Joe Fea
Bitter Root
Marcus Daly
Prince Albert
Joe
Rea
Eittle Baron
Reo
Mr. Bailey
Red Chute
Senator Bailey
Todhunter Farm
Ernest Featherstone
Sanger Promoted Brigadier General as Ward Retires
Brig. Gen. Thomas Ward, long adjutant general to Gen. Miles, retires at his request after 43 years of service. Col. Joseph P. Sanger, from the inspector general's department, is elevated to brigadier general. Sanger born in Michigan served in the Civil War and later held key artillery and staff roles, including inspector general, military secretary, and chief assistant in the Philippines. He commanded troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War and directed census work in Cuba and Puerto Rico before further duty in the Philippines under Maj. Gen. Davis.
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Thomas Ward
Miles
Army
Joseph P. Sanger
Inspector General
Sanger
Michigan
Michigan Volunteers
Alexandria
Bull Run
First
United States Artillery
Department of the South
United States Army
Bermuda Hundred
Deep Bottom
Artilley School
Bowdoin Callece
Japan
China
India
Turkey
France
Germany
Austria
Russia
England
Schofield
Volunters
Matanzas
Cuba
Volunteer Service
Philippines
Davis
Chaffee
Lively Old Man From Albania Said to Be 169 Years
The Tribune de Geneve reports the death in Albania of a man named Hudge born in 1741 who allegedly lived to 169. It claims he remained lucid and vigorous to the end, even walking 11 miles at age 159 and retained a full set of teeth, presenting as a healthy middle aged man.
Horsefiesh in Bix Demand Vienna Compels 23 Butcher Shops
Horsefiesh sales rise steadily as 23 butcher shops in Bix Demand Vienna offer the product. The sustained growth reflects growing consumer demand and wider availability across the city.
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Vienna
Cardinal Gotti Named Head of Propaganda Office
Cardinal Jerome Maria Gotti has been appointed to lead the propaganda prefecture succeeding Cardinal Ledochowski. A favorite of Pope Leo, Gotti rose from modest beginnings with the barefoot Carmelites and has served under Pius IX and Leo in major diplomatic missions. He is renowned for scientific interest and deep learning at age 66. Irish horses dominate much of England’s steeplechase scene, with about three quarters of wins by horses bred in Ireland.
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Jerome Maria Gotti
Prefecture of the Propaganda In
Cardinal Ledochowski
Leo
Order of the
Barefoot Carmelites
Cardinal Gotti
Pius IX
Iriah
England
Ireland
Labor Indignation Over West Virginia Judge's Ruling on Miners Strike
The Parkersburg court sentenced six trades unionists for violating an injunction. The decision calls labor leaders rats and vampires, drawing swift criticism from labor allies who say the ruling curbs free speech and worker rights. The case prompts appeals to the Supreme Court and presidential intervention.
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Jackson
United States District Court
Parkersburg
W. Va
Judge Jackson
President Roosevelt
Congress
No Mustaches in Alaska
In Alaska men reject mustaches due to severe winters. They grow full beards to protect the throat and face while keeping the upper lips clean shaved. Breath moisture freezes quickly, turning a mustache into an ice cake and freezing the face in a short time.
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Alaska
Kitchens on Top Finers Tt to the custom in Sydney
Fragmentary text notes kitchens on upper floors in Sydney Anstrasia style homes. Mentions top floor layouts and clothes drying on the roof with unclear specifics. The passage seems to describe housing preferences and daily routines in a historical context.
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Sydney
Eloquent preacher Rev F B Meyer to visit America
London pastor Rev. F B Meyer and wife travel to New York then Northfield Massachusetts for devotional services and a month of sermons at Moody's auditorium before a journey to Norway Sweden Finland and the West Indies. He is noted as a hard worker and has aided 4000 prisoners to reform. Dr. Pierken fills his pulpit in his absence.
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F. B. Meyer
Christ's Church
London
America
United States
Marcell
Meyer
New York
Sweden
Finland
West Indies
Atlantic
Christ’s Church
England
Colonies
Pierken
Spurgeon
September wedding of Secretary Hay's daughter Alice Hay
Miss Alice Hay, daughter of Secretary Hay, will wed James W. Wadsworth Jr. of New York on September 30 at Secretary Hay’s New Hampshire country home. A 22 year old noted for literature and horse sense, she met her fiancé through her brother.
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Alice Hay
Secretary Hay
James W. Wadsworth
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
New York
New Hampshire
Hay
Washington
Miss Hay
Destruction of St Pierre Described in Journal Letter
A journal style letter by Vicar General Pure recounts the May 8 disaster at St Pierre Martinique. It describes a violent storm followed by fiery destruction as a column of fire ascends from the volcano city. The narrator recalls the panic in churches, the sea retreating, hail of stones, and the sight of ships burning along the harbor, leaving St Pierre a desolate, smoke-filled ruin with 35,000 victims.
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Martinique
Pure
Chaplain MacGrall
The
Dixie
Fort de France
St. Pierre
St. Terre
Dante
Jeremiah
Republic
Riviere Blanche
Fonds Cove
Rare Musk Ox Comes to New York Zoo Exhibit
The only live musk ox ever shown in North America is now at the New York Zoological Park and will remain there as long as it agrees to live. After lengthy talks from San Francisco across the continent, Hon William C Whitney purchased it for 1600 dollars and donated it to the park. Only three live musk oxen have ever reached civilization, the others taken from Greenland in 1899 by a Swedish expedition.
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Zontogien
New York Zoological Park
San Francisco
William C. Whitney
Zoological Pars
Greenland
Zoological Park
Queer Things by Mail and Odd Postal Tricks Across England
A survey of bizarre mail practices, from ping pong ball post cards in Liverpool to stamped letters with addresses on stamps. It notes governing crackdowns, peculiar notes on banknotes, improvised writing materials by soldiers in South Africa, bamboo tubes in the Philippines, and a landlady using a ceiling as a rent record.
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Liverpool
England
Hearst
Chicago
London
Hampstead
South Africa
Colenso
Philippines
Acrobatic Pianist Banda Sets Time Record in Venice
A Milan correspondent reports pianist Banda in Venice attempted to break the 40 hour piano time record by playing for 50 consecutive hours with three ten minute rests. After two days two nights and two hours, he played Italy’s national anthem to an enthusiastic crowd. All receipts went to aid West Indies volcanic disaster survivors.
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Milan
Banda
Venice
West Indies
London News
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Texas Statesman
Prodigal
Col. Sanger
Popular Army Oficer
Pope
Cardinal J. M. Gottt
Prefecture of the Propaganda
John Jay Jackson
West Virginia
F. D. Meyer
Moody
Mount Pelee
QUEER
Fia Faentity
Bunco Steerer
Farmer Mossbacker
Goshkonong
Farmer Broadhead
Nick Sleuth
Puck
Barkley
Toynter
Barker
Ladies’ Humane Society
Poynter
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