20th Century Newspaper Articles

[Max C.]

A couple of Newspaper articles showing martial arts techniques. As my interest is mainly cane you will see lots of it . (If you want to find some I suggest the Library of congress newspaper archives: Chronicling America (much better system), or the databank of genealogybank.com (paying but 1 free month)).

Cane:

Proper thing to do when you are being held up
The San Francisco call., May 27, 1900, Image 3
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=0

The footpad and the cane
The San Francisco call., August 20, 1905, Page 4, Image 4
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=1

New-York tribune., August 30, 1903, Page 4, Image 32
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=9

Old Game of Single Stick That President Roosevelt Likes
(News Article)
Date: 1903-03-08;
Paper: Boston Journal
http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action ... 6706048b1a

Hatpin Supplanted As Weapon Of Defense "Alice Roosevelt Cane" Serves Chicago Woman to Beat Off a bold highwayman
(News Article)
Date: 1903-09-10;
Paper: Salt Lake Telegram
http://imgcache.newsbank.com/cache/ean/ ... 146_71.pdf

Explanation: Alice Roosevelt (daughter of Teddy) became a fashion icon and was known for carrying a cane around, as was Sarah Bernardth who played in "La Tosca" and sported a shoulder height long cane.

(Vigny's wife on the umbrella defense)
The San Francisco call., November 08, 1903, Image 41
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=5


Boxing

Physical Culture and Self-Defense
(News Article)
Date: 1903-12-13;
Paper: Morning Herald
http://imgcache.newsbank.com/cache/ean/ ... 86_209.pdf

Savate:

If A Footpad Attacks You Use The Foot Defense
(News Article)
Date: 1908-06-20;
Paper: Grand Rapids Press
http://imgcache.newsbank.com/cache/ean/ ... 96_844.pdf

General self-defense:

While the World Is Fighting With Death Dealing Machines, Writer Tells How to Protect Self
(News Article)
Date: 1917-05-27;
Paper: Salt Lake Telegram
http://imgcache.newsbank.com/cache/ean/ ... 41_759.pdf

How to defend yourself
The San Francisco call., August 21, 1904, Image 11
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=8

Woman Repels Ruffian (Boston Globe, 1904)
http://www.pdfhost.net/index.php?Action ... 4558e3809a

[Max C.]

Savate

Use you feet when attacked by thugs
The Seattle star., December 02, 1908
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=9

Boxing

Becoming handy with the gloves
The Minneapolis journal., January 25, 1902
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 3&index=17

Corbett on the art of self defense
The Washington times., July 22, 1917
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 20&index=2


The modern maid must learn to box
Los Angeles herald., February 05, 1905
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... =4&index=3

Boxing that can't hurt (interesting protective equipment there)
The San Francisco call., May 18, 1913
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... =4&index=6

How to box by world's greatest boxer
The Tacoma times., December 27, 1911
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 6&index=18

How to box the finer points
The Tacoma times., December 30, 1911
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... date2=1922

Self defense

Jiu jitsu girl tells American women how to handle masher or street thug
The evening world., November 21, 1913, Final Edition, Page 5, Image 5
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 2&index=15

The art of self-defense by Robert Fitzsimmons
The times dispatch., December 06, 1903
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 2&index=18

Physical culture and self-defense by Robert Fitzsimmons
Pat 2 art 3
The Logan Republican., March 16, 1904, Image 7
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 8&index=13

How the president is taught Jiu jitsu
The evening world., March 20, 1902
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 14&index=0

Darcy tells how to whip an armed thug
The Tacoma times., January 23, 1917
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 17&index=3

Subduing the most dangerous criminals with a twist of the wrist
The Ogden standard., November 08, 1913
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... =2&index=2

Wrestling

The best kind of wrestling for fat men (!)
The times dispatch., May 31, 1903
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... 2&index=18

Cavalry

Feats of cavalrymen
New-York tribune., February 26, 1905
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/ ... ge&index=2

[benmiller]

Adding a few here (moved from the 19th century section, where I had first posted them, not realizing they were actually early 20th):

Cane and Umbrella Self-Defense, by the Marquis of Queensberry:

https://martialartsnewyork.org/2016/05/ ... eensberry/

Cornish Wrestling and Grappling in America, by a New York City Professor:

https://martialartsnewyork.org/2015/02/ ... professor/

[Mikarmatura]

My ccompilations of French Newspaper Articles:

About Boxing:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fnb17hqV5iLfP0Ll-dSdZ8Wa5ukxTjiJEtKLChsCS8M/edit?usp=sharing

About Wrestling:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QjEcdGshUqsa7C7_qd1nusHfsComROhHMQ7loNCDjIk/edit?usp=sharing

And others, about various weapons:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WaQCIQ103fmbahUh9BqewhR-TdfDNpiHpHU2LsP8sFs/edit?usp=sharing