Four Grapplers On Friday Card Favorites Here
Friday night’s Armory card features four top grapplers in a double event. Thor Jensen, from Mereford, faces Kaufman in a finish match and has long appeared here. Kaufman impressed fans in two prior bouts. Teddy Waters and Johnny Carlin collide in a one fall time limit match. Carlin, the Swedish champion from Chicago, has wrestled here often. Waters, a Panhandle native from Childress now in Borger, is a strong outsider draw. Dutch Mantell heads to Arkansas, Tennessee, and Mississippi after parting with the local scene.
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Thor Jensen
Kaufman
Mereford
Los Angeles
Carlin
Chicago
Waters
Panhandle
Childress
Borger
Dutch Mantell
Mantel
Dutch
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Sheriff Sale of Oil Lease in Potter County Texas
Potter County sheriff to sell on the first Tuesday in February 1927 the leasehold oil and gas rights covering extensive sections in AMARILLO Texas. The sale enforces a judgment for 4626 dollars plus costs in the case between John Grieneeks et al and Chas C Smith et al. Levy dated January 8 1927.
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State of Texas
Potter
District Court
Potter County
John Grienecks
Chas. C. Smith
Court House
Amarillo
Texas
Lyman Brewer
Chas.e. Smith
Pair of Them
A terse dialog reveals a judge and prisoner debating a long running robbery of a powerful corporation. The prisoner implies the corporation’s own busyness with life protected the crime from detection. The exchange hints at systemic entanglement between crime and corporate activity.
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Strang
Harold Osborn the Champaign High Jumper and All-Around Athlete
Harold Osborn, a 27 year old Champaign school teacher with glasses, is celebrated for remarkable high jumping feats up to 6 feet 7 inches and 6 feet 6 inches numerous times, plus decathlon success at the 124 Olympics. He aims higher and is billed as one of the world’s greatest all around athletes.
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Champaign
Illinois
Harold Osborn
Harold Lloyd
Harold
Tool
Mr. Osborn
Ant
Osborn
Jim Thorpe
Realm of Sports Good Boys in Baseball Tale
The article highlights two players named Good in baseball. Wilbur Good starred in the Atlanta outfield in the Southern League for two seasons and formerly managed Kansas City in the American Association, winning a pennant three years ago. The other Good, Septimus, once belonged to the Detroit Tigers but never pitched in a Major League game, and pitched mainly for Bay City in the Michigan Ontario and later the Michigan State leagues.
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Wilbur Good
Atlanta
Kansas City
Septimus
Detroit Tigers
Bay City
Largest Press Box at Navin Field in Detroit
Navin Field features the major leagues' largest press box, crowning the second grandstand tier and seating 500 writers and telegraphers. Built years ago amid pennant hopes tied to Ty Cobb, President Navin aimed to host a large press corps and remains prepared.
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Navin
Detroit
Ty Cobb
Horse Races on Ice in Minneapolis Winter
The Minneapolis Driving Club sponsors weekly harness races on Lake of the Isles during midwinter. About a dozen top drivers compete Saturdays in temperatures down to 20 below zero, attracting crowds around 5000. The event, in its 40th year, uses half mile ice tracks with cork shoes and is said to be as hard on horses as dirt tracks.
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Minneapolis
Allendorf
Fishing Contests Draw Maui’s Japanese Residents
Fishing contests draw Maui residents of Japanese descent where teams of men fish for a set number of hours and the team that catches the most pounds wins. Silver cups are sometimes offered as trophies.
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Maui
Hawaiian Islands
Earl Sande Tops Race List With 22 Stakes Wins This Year
Earl Sande, top American jockey, won 22 stake races this year across a $3,000 claiming event to the Riggs Memorial Handicap worth $22,450 and the Fairmount Derby at $24,725. His earnings for his employers total $240,275 as Alfred Johnson from Idle Hour Stables earned $203,610 for the year despite not riding in half as many stakes as Sande. Sande rode Crusader to win the Cincinnati Derby, edging to the tape first.
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Earl Sande
America
Alfred Johnson
Eardley
Idle Hour
Sande
Crusader
Weldon Mason Chosen to Lead Waco Tigers in 1927
Texas sports writers name Weldon Mason star halfback of the Waco Tigers as a key figure from the 1926 champions Kitty Kathcart also led the squad to a Texas title among 500 teams. Mason is selected to pilot what appears to be another championship season in 1927.
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Texas
Weldon Mason
Waco High Tigers
Kitty” Kathcart
Waco
Jockeys Score Big Earnings in Derby Trail Sweep
Eric Blind trained Haste wins the Fairmount Derby ahead of Baggenbageage and also takes the Withers Stakes. Johnson rides Bubbling Over to Derby victory and boots Boot to Boot to first in the American and Ohio State Derbies. Bradley earns $186,395 from these three races.
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Ed Eric Blind
Haste
Baggenbageage
Johnson
Boot
Bradley
New British golf hope Jack Smith sets course record
Jack Smith, Britain's longest hitter, emerges as a leading hope for reviving British golf. At Hindhead he carded a 68, four under the previous low mark of Rex Hartley. His 247 yard 13th hole drive left five feet to the cup and his overall play signals a promising future.
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Jack Smith
Great Britain
America
Hindhead
Smith
Rex Hartley
Cambridge University
Bleeding Gums Healed by Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy
Reliable dentists report success with Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy on severe gum cases. If you buy a bottle and use as directed, the druggist will refund your money if it fails at City Drug Store.
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Leto
City Drug Store
Tactful Tack Critiques and Town Notes from Amarillo
Publicly praising the school board for vaccination drive against smallpox. Mentions RE Rasmus Tack and Mayor Lee Bivins with comments on local wells, geologists, and Borger oil fields. Includes letters from Emery Winn and a note from E Rasmus Tack denying fundraising for the Children's Home.
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RE. Rasmus Tack
Lee Bivins
Charley Fisk
J. H. Harris
Tack
Foley's Honey and Tar Endorsed by Ohio Mother
An Ohio Cleveland mother endorses Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for children noting it contains no chloroform or harmful opiates and is not constipating. She says it relieves coughs quickly and comforts feverish colds, especially with croup in her baby, and she feels secure having it in the house. Johnston's drug stores are named to ask for the product.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Foley
Johnston
NYU Tackle T N T Might Turn Pro Boxer
Lassnan, famed NYU grid tackle, has taken up boxing after football season. Known in rings as T N T, he won all his bouts last year and is rumored to turn professional to challenge champion Gene Tunney.
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Lassnan
New York University
Kiyo
Gene Tunney
Boston Schools Use Movies to Teach Day Subjects
International News Service reports Boston public schools use moving pictures in over 60 institutions as part of visual education. A dedicated director oversees the program, with teachers trained to use film properly. all material is censored for advertising and sensational content while news reels support current events classes.
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Boston
International News Service
Center Tenhopen Emerges for Wisconsin Basketball
A rangy 6 foot 4 and a half sophomoric center at the University of Wisconsin draws praise from Coach Meanwell and compares with pivot greats Cunningham of Ohio State Gullion of Purdue and Ely of Michigan. The player from Cleveland enhances the Badgers' interior game as he gains experience.
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Meanwell
University of Wisconsin
Elmer Tenhopen
Cleveland
Cunningham
Ohio State
Gullion
Purdue
Ely
Michigan
Tenhopen
Hankow Riots Spark Evacuations Across Interior China
Foreign dispatches report worsening anti foreign conditions beyond Hankow as Americans and Britons flee. Cai Cantonese regime blamed for January 8 riots after foreign investigation cites instigation and connivance by local authorities.
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Associated Press
Peking
Hankow
Yangtse
Ichang
Hupeh
Hunan
Szechwan
Gov
Tex Rickard Sets Ultimatum to Jack Delaney in Heavyweight Race
New York January 10 Tex Rickard finalizes plans to fix Jo Dempsey and Jack Delaney in his elimination program. Delaney’s manager Peter Reilly refuses bouts with contenders and seeks matches with Dempsey. Rickard warns Delaney he will face his funeral if he ignores other heavyweights while seeking a bout with Dempsey. Rickard also asks Dempsey for return date to arrange a potential match.
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Associated Press
New York
Tex Richard Day
Jo Dempsey
Jack Delaney
Delaney
Thrace
Jack Sharkey
Jimmy Malone
Paulino Uficudum
Paul Berlenba
Gene Tunn
Peter Reilly
Dempsey
Tunney
Richard
Rickard
Disputed Concession tensions marked by nationalist rhetoric
Government reports describe coolie mats harangued by nationalist orator and anti-British posters by the Cantonese propaganda department. Conditions remain unstable with foreigners harassed yet not physically harmed as authorities claim order. British restraint during mob siege sparks labels of paper tigers amid Chinese press warnings.
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Vernment
Bride Laughs Through Weeping Pudding Jokes at Dinner
The new bride cried over a cottage pudding that wouldn’t rise at her first supper for friends. The husband reassures her with a witty line about calling it a fat pudding as faith healer style notes appear.
Divorce suit and custody case in Potter County Texas
Writ summons Tom Hall unknown residence to appear before Potter County District Court in Amarillo on the fourth Monday of January 1927 for a divorce and child custody petition filed September 26, 1926 by Ola Hall. The suit number is 6040 and alleges cruel treatment starting soon after marriage on July 3 1920. Helen Hall is the child. Court clerk J C Skillman signs the notice.
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State OF
Texas
Potter County
Potter
Tom Hall
Amarillo
Ola Hall
Helen Hall
J. C. Skillman
A. D
Creomulsion Promises Relief for Persistent Colds
An ad promotes Creomulsion a creosote based emulsion claimed to soothe inflamed membranes kill germs and stop coughs and colds. It asserts two fold action by easing irritation and delivering creosote to the bloodstream with a money back guarantee if symptoms persist after use.
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Hereford
Ordway-Saunders Insurance
Feg Murray
Harold Osporm
Wong
Metropolitan
His Pace
Oururnay
Erasmus
Johnson Ranch
Santa Claus
Emery Winn
Mr. Winn
A.N. Olver
Mr. Olver
Sixth Street
Dallas
Finance Committee
E. Rasmus Tack
Oo. W
T. N. T. Lassman
SAY
Munn
Wayne Munn
Strangler Lewis
Ivanhoe Masonic
Tex Todeliver
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