Tex Rickard Sets Plan for Dempsey Firpo and Wills bouts
Tex Rickard outlines his plans for heavyweight title promotion with Dempsey Gibbons Firpo and Wills. He expects a Dempsey Gibbons bout in New York before the Democratic convention and favors New Jersey for a Firpo Wills July 4 engagement while avoiding New York state due to political opposition.
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N.Y
Lew Raymond
Wills
Raymond
Connecticut
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New York State
New Jersey
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The
Bell Syndicate Inc
Paris in housing crunch for Olympic visitors
Paris plans to house thousands of athletes and visitors for the May opening of the Olympic Games. The American team will stay at a chateau near Columbes Stadium, with huts possible on site. other nations have private houses or villas. A proposed Olympic village may use Parc des Princes, ten kilometers from the stadium, with further arrangements to ease arrivals for the event.
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Parc Des Prince
Canyon Youth Trains for Ring Engagements
Canyon Texas March 3 Homer Anderson known as Young Anderson trains for summer matches to prove his skill to local fans. The 160 pound high school student has trouble finding sparring partners after a November defeat by Red Fitzsimmons of Amarillo. He aims to meet the Amarillo fighter again. Paris A sliced drive killed Robert Jouve a cadet in the French mercantile marine at Biarritz. His golf ball lodged on a hillside and he slipped into a cavern and died from injuries.
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Young Anderson
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Amarillo
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French Mercantile Marine
Biarritz
Plans for League Track Meet in Canyon
Plans rapidly develop for the district one University Interscholastic League track meet at Canyon on April 11 and 12 under Director W. K. Lockhart. County meets must be held by April 5. Anticipation climbs as more than 400 contestants may enter, compared with over 300 last year. The event is hosted by West Texas State Teachers College.
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South Africans Hope to Capture Olympic Events
South Africa aims to shine at Paris 1924 Olympics with sprinter G G Dustin in 100 200 220 yard races and rivals J K A Oosterlaak H P Kinsman. Len Richardson veteran at four miles and L B Betts top half mile contender, plus S J M Atkinson in hurdles.
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British Empire
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England
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H. P. Kinsman
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Neil Mel Innes
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J. C. Brink
Brink
S. J. M. Atkinson
Great Britain
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Chilean Heavy Signs for Three Big Bouts
Buenos Aires reports Quintin Romero-Rojas Chilean heavyweight champion signs for three major bouts as challenger to Luis Firpo for the South American title in a high stakes schedule.
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Carpentier Balances Career Purses Across Demands
Paris report shows Georges Carpentier’s manager Francois Descamps presenting a 1909 telegram offer for a match with a 30 franc win purse and 20 franc loss purse. Descamps says the promoter’s terms reflect balancing the boxer's career finances.
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Georges
France
E Simpson Hired as Bryant Company Salesman in Amarillo
S E Simpson becomes city salesman for J B Bryant Co in Amarillo succeeding John Barton who moved to retail grocery. E Thompson had been Bryant traveler in Dalhart Tucumcari area while E O Nichols will replace Simpson in Dalhart Tucumcari duties moving to Amarillo with family. Amarillo population grows per Dr A H Lindsay with 61 births and 9 deaths this month.
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New City
Amarillo
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Bryant Company
O. Nichols
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Bryant House
Dalhart-Tucumeari Territory
Mr. Nichols
A. H. Lindsay
Board of Health
Horses Decline on U S Farms 1913 to 1924
New York March 8 The number of horses on U S farms fell 15 percent from 21 555 000 in 1918 to 18 263 000 at the start of 1924 While cattle swine and other animals increased The farm value of horses dropped from 110 77 per head in 1918 to 84 41 in 1924 and the mule from 124 31 to 84 20 per head
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United States
National City Bank
Department of Agriculture
Texas Pecan King Visits Amarillo On Company Business
Alex Woldert of Tyler Texas visited Amarillo Saturday as a guest of the J E Bryant Co His firm has offices in Kansas City Chicago and New York with large pecan water melon peach and strawberry interests He was surprised by Amarillos growth and development during his stop here Top executive in the pecan trade across multiple states
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Plainview
Texas
Weldert
Amabillo
Local social and business notes from the week end
Mrs. B T Bowlin spent the week end in Lubbock. Mrs. Charles Walsh travels to Topeka for a month with relatives. Ray Allman heads to Fort Worth for the Tri State Shoe Dealers convention. Coca Cola club discussion mocks hair choices at Charlie Austin's drug store.
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W. 6Th Street
Lubbock
Charles Walsh
Sante Fe
Topeka
Kas
Ray Allman
Moore-Poston Co
Fort Worth
Coca Cola Club
Charlie Austin
Population shifts in early 20th century rural and urban horses
The census tracks changes from 1913 to 1924 noting mule numbers around 22 percent, cattle and sheep rising, swine steady, and urban horses declining. It cites 1910 not on farms horses at 3,182,000 rising to 4,705,000 by 1920, and automobile use leaping from 1,253,000 in 1914 to 12,300,000 in 1923.
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United States
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