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The Designing of the Barbell
It is detailing the designing of barbells for competitions
The Club-Swinging Record
The various feats of weightlifters attempting club-swinging
The Claims of Edward Aston
Letter to editor from Edward Aston expressing his surprise that there were no replies to his challenge for the middle-weight championship of Briatin. Aston goes on to consider himself the middle-weight champion of Britain since there were no replies…
The Brothers Attilla (with two photos)
The brothers Oscard and Albert Attilla statistics and impact on the Great Britain professional weightlifting community
The Boy Giant of Aston
Small article about Boy Robottom a young man is who as large portiontions for his age. The article discusses his measurements, a feat of lifting a bicycle over his head with one hand, and what it is like to be a giant size for his age.
The Athlete Resting
Michael Cowan, of Rose Street, Glasgow in a capital pose with a caption about Cowan's love of weight-lifting and sprinting.
The Annectdote of a Weightlifter and his Feat Against Samson
An statement by an unknown wieghtlifter who bested Samson, another weigthlifter and was praised for it.
The Ancient Athlete and What He Can Teach Us
Greek Physical Culture Art: photos and blurbs about Silenus, A Slow Press, Doryphoros, Apoxyomenos, Strangford Apollo, Hermes, Infant Dionyscs, Vatican, Praxiteles, Polycletus, Discobolus, and Apollo Belvedere, containing their relation to Physical…
The 10 Stone Champion Weight-lifter and the Barbell Designing
It is a debate on who is the 10 stone champion weightlifter and the second article detailing the designing of barbells for competitions
