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April 19, 1897
Today in Boston, the world-famous Boston Marathon is being run. What do you know about the FIRST Boston Marathon back in 1897? What else was being reported in newspapers on that exact same day?
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SOURCES
“Advertisement: The Elixir of Life (Page 4) .” The Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), April 19, 1897.
“B. A. A. Road Race (Page 5).” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), April 19, 1897.
“Boston Marathon Bombing - Victims, Suspects & Facts.” History.com. A&E Television Networks. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/boston-marathon-bombings.
“A Contract with the Devil.” Murder by Gaslight. Accessed April 7, 2023. http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2013/02/a-contract-with-devil.html.
“Gen. Grant's Body Removed.” The Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), December 19, 1897.
“Grant's Resting Place.” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/grant-s-resting-place.htm#:~:text=On%20July%2023%2C%201885%2C%20President,could%20not%20be%20buried%20there.
Hevesi, Dennis. “No One in Grant's Tomb Unless It's Fixed, Family Warns.” The New York Times. The New York Times, October 16, 1994. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/16/nyregion/no-one-in-grant-s-tomb-unless-it-s-fixed-family-warns.html#:~:text=The%20answer%20to%20Groucho%20Marx's,great%20grandson%20of%20Ulysses%20S.
“History of the Boston Marathon.” History | Boston Athletic Association. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/history.
“Is the Suicide Ernest Markham.” Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, New York), April 19, 1897.
Kotecha, Tejas. “Kathrine Switzer: First Woman to Officially Run Boston Marathon on the Iconic Moment She Was Attacked by the Race Organiser.” Sky Sports. Sky Sports. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/12475824/kathrine-switzer-first-woman-to-officially-run-boston-marathon-on-the-iconic-moment-she-was-attacked-by-the-race-organiser#:~:text=Switzer%20did%20finish%20the%20race,for%20the%20girl%20to%20finish.
“A Man Hunt.” Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine), April 19, 1897.
“Markham Committed Suicide.” Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts), April 20, 1897.
“May Be A Boston Man and Markham Missing Since Friday.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), April 19, 1897.
“Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?” Coldwell Banker Warburg, December 2, 2016. https://cbwarburg.com/nabes/whos-buried-in-grants-tomb/.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.
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Today in Boston, the world-famous Boston Marathon is being run. What do you know about the FIRST Boston Marathon back in 1897? What else was being reported in newspapers on that exact same day?
_____
SOURCES
“Advertisement: The Elixir of Life (Page 4) .” The Emporia Gazette (Emporia, Kansas), April 19, 1897.
“B. A. A. Road Race (Page 5).” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), April 19, 1897.
“Boston Marathon Bombing - Victims, Suspects & Facts.” History.com. A&E Television Networks. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.history.com/topics/21st-century/boston-marathon-bombings.
“A Contract with the Devil.” Murder by Gaslight. Accessed April 7, 2023. http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2013/02/a-contract-with-devil.html.
“Gen. Grant's Body Removed.” The Daily Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), December 19, 1897.
“Grant's Resting Place.” National Parks Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/grant-s-resting-place.htm#:~:text=On%20July%2023%2C%201885%2C%20President,could%20not%20be%20buried%20there.
Hevesi, Dennis. “No One in Grant's Tomb Unless It's Fixed, Family Warns.” The New York Times. The New York Times, October 16, 1994. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/16/nyregion/no-one-in-grant-s-tomb-unless-it-s-fixed-family-warns.html#:~:text=The%20answer%20to%20Groucho%20Marx's,great%20grandson%20of%20Ulysses%20S.
“History of the Boston Marathon.” History | Boston Athletic Association. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.baa.org/races/boston-marathon/history.
“Is the Suicide Ernest Markham.” Buffalo Courier (Buffalo, New York), April 19, 1897.
Kotecha, Tejas. “Kathrine Switzer: First Woman to Officially Run Boston Marathon on the Iconic Moment She Was Attacked by the Race Organiser.” Sky Sports. Sky Sports. Accessed April 7, 2023. https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/athletics/news/29175/12475824/kathrine-switzer-first-woman-to-officially-run-boston-marathon-on-the-iconic-moment-she-was-attacked-by-the-race-organiser#:~:text=Switzer%20did%20finish%20the%20race,for%20the%20girl%20to%20finish.
“A Man Hunt.” Daily Kennebec Journal (Augusta, Maine), April 19, 1897.
“Markham Committed Suicide.” Fall River Daily Evening News (Fall River, Massachusetts), April 20, 1897.
“May Be A Boston Man and Markham Missing Since Friday.” The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts), April 19, 1897.
“Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?” Coldwell Banker Warburg, December 2, 2016. https://cbwarburg.com/nabes/whos-buried-in-grants-tomb/.
SOUND SOURCES
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.