yesterdaysprint:afroclusterfunk:yesterdaysprint:yesterdaysprint:The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, May
yesterdaysprint:afroclusterfunk:yesterdaysprint:yesterdaysprint:The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, May 2, 1837The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, May 3, 1837..expose the offender, who contrived, by his superior skill in the black art, to convey said ring from the place where the owner had laid it into his shoe..The original call out postSpeaking of call outs..The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, May 7, 1837Wikipedia says that Deaf Burke was “one of England’s earliest boxing champions. He was also deaf.”Oooh, about this particular clipping:“He went to the United States and fought the new Irish champion Sam O'Rourke in New Orleans on 6 May 1837. As the fight progressed, O'Rourke took heavy punishment. In the third round, fearing O'Rourke’s defeat, elements of the crowd rioted and caused the fight to be abandoned. Burke was forced to flee on horseback.” -- source link