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...anchored the horrific hippogriff close to the path which Col. Mann's boat would have to take. . . . [When the boat passed near by] I released the monster. It came up nobly. . . . Mr. Davies [Acton Davies, onetime dramatic critic of the New York Sun] who had a rather high pitched voice, uttered a scream that must have been heard as far as Burlington, Vt. Mrs. Bates [mother of Actress Blanche Bates], a very intrepid lady of Milesian extraction, stood on the seat in the boat and beat the water with her parasol. . . . Colonel Mann shouted, 'Good God, what...
Died. Jem Smith. 68, oldtime bare-knuckle prizefighter who was twice heavyweight champion of England; at Acton. London suburb. He once fought Jake Kilrain for 106 rounds, for a $10,000 purse and the heavyweight championship of the world, to a draw...
...Every once in a while Harry Acton, shipnews reporter for the New York American, fills his column with sundry information under the title DID YOU KNOW? Last week he asked if his readers knew: "That the pure-blooded dogs brought out by the French colonials to French Indo-China are often garbed in stout canvas pants to assure their offspring against mixture with the local mongrel breed...
...Harry Acton, American...
...have attained a ripe age. My children number three. And I see no reason why a gentleman should take other than Acton's view...