The Man Who Bought a Horse for $10,000 to Save His Reputation
In the high-stakes world of early 20th-century horse racing, Chicago financier William A. Bradley paid a fortune for a mare named Willieette, not just for speed, but to settle a public feud with Jack Curley.
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NEW YORK, March 1.—William A. Bradley, manager of the Jersey City Hotel, has bought Jim Curlett in his own name (for Curlett fight) from Charles E. Hughes, Jr., in Utica, from the West. He says he is bound to beat him in the train to New York and also to answer what he fears against 'sink this' on June 6th. Bradley does not say that he fears Jim Curlett will make it great show as an announcement, and that he would not be surprised to see the champion knocked out inside if one round.
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HOTEL FOR SKAGWAY; Alaska Man Will Build a 150 Room House.
A MAN'S MIND ARRIVES
Mr. Manning, proprietor of the Oriental hotel at Skagway, arrived this morning on the City of Seattle. Mr. Manning proposes to build further, he says that there is not a real first-class hotel in Skagway, as the rooms are small and without any means of heating. The hotel today is the finest man guest among their former company to camp in Skagway. Manning intends to form a company to erect a 150 room hotel, with all modern improvements.
COTTLE CITY SAILS. Steamers from Cattle City sailed this afternoon for Alaskan ports, with bad weather following. Passengers: Mrs. R. W. Louis, T. D. Stratton, A. H. Robb, Mrs. V. Stevens, Mrs. B. L. Parsons, P. E. Locke, W. Winner, M. Tracy, Mrs. Hoyne, Henry Brown, Frank M. Berry, N. Brown, J. Melvin, Miss G. Wallace, Mrs. Nelson, Miss Geraldine, J. P. Jerresen, Mr. Jerresen, Mr. Hurdle, F. Hell, Mrs. W. Nelson, H. C. Ellis, V. Bryant, J. D. Bryant, A. Stevens, S. J. Collier, W. A. Clark, O. W. Ken, A. M. Anderson, Mrs. Thomas P. Frank Bell, J. W. Moss, H. Pearson, J. Barker, J. B. Dunn, L. Carlen, J. M. Johnson, F. Peterson, J. Heesly, O. Hayton, J. Burden, W. Watts, J. P. Whitney, Tim Lennan, J. D. Thompson, June Pearson, Miss T. Tater, Miss Spetionally, J. McDonald, J. H. Bell, Cha. J. Johnson, X. Lee, D. H. Denton, R. B. Rees, C. P. Cavie, H. A. Haas, H. Heeb, M. Titus, Bettis, J. O. Dunton Jr., M. Marsham, J. Smith, L. Mont, I. U. Miner, Mrs. Mary C. D. Miner, T. M. Reebe, J. A. Williams, Mrs. Williams, Miss J. Williams, Fred W. Brost, and steersmen.
This snippet captures the intersection of sports, finance, and civic infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest during the Klondike Gold Rush era. While Bradley's horse purchase is a New York story, the adjacent article about Skagway highlights Seattle's role as the logistical gateway to Alaska, where local businessmen were investing heavily in hotels to serve the influx of prospectors—a precursor to the city's later boom-and-bust cycles.
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