Tex Rickard Promoter Built Boxing empire Through Risk
United Press profile of Tex Rickard details a career built on bold bets and relentless work. From goldfield $30,000 offers to Reno arena bets and Madison Square Garden shows, he faced governors and logistics hurdles, yet kept cash flowing and events thriving in boxing history.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press
New York
Tex Rickard
Richard
King
Gans Nelson
Gans
Nelson
Goldfield
Nevada
Rickard
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
California
Reno
Willard-Moran
Madison Square Garden
Exacee
Ansan
Toledo
Buckeye
Jersey City Prepares for 90000 at Rickard Fight Arena
Jersey City readies for ninety thousand spectators as Tex Rickard’s arena nears completion. Carpenters strike delayed work and security measures include over a thousand police, two fire companies, mounted patrols, and circus style ticket wagons to manage crowd flow.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press
Jersey City
N. J
Tex Rickard
Big Pine Arena
New Jersey
John Ringling
Millfield F. O. E. seeks games for July dates
The Millfield F O E team needs opponents for July 2 3 and 4. Clubs ready to play should contact George Kulik Jr Millfield Ohio or call McDaniels store Millfield Deanville Athens Pirates Floodwood Guys ville Haydenville.
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Millfield
Millfield F. O. E
George Kulik Jr
Ohio
McDaniel's
Deanville
Athens Pirates
Floodwood
Uille
Haydenville
Scoreboard recap with slayers, hits and injuries
Yesterday's action saw the Car Mal slayers beat Reds 7 to 3 as Smith and McHeary powered runs. The Bronx tallied 17 hits off Covel eskie but fell to the Indians 12 to 4. Cubs swept Pirates 2 to 1 and 8 to 6. Holicher left with a broken nose and Freeman retired after being struck on the head. Three Athletic pitchers were hit by the Red Sox in a loss.
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Smith
McHeary
Mal Slayers
Reds
Bronx
Coveleskie
Indians
Cubs
Pirates
Holicher
Freeman
Red Sox
Standings Update for American and National Leagues
The latest standings show the American League led by Cleveland at 48 wins and 24 losses, with New York at 39 and 28, and Washington 38 33. In the National League, Pittsburgh leads at 40 6 with Boston and St. Louis nearby, while Philadelphia sits at 19 48. American Association shows Louisville 39 27 and Minneapolis 38 27 as top teams.
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Cleveland
Pittsburg
New
Tote Os Cevice
Bostes Cissoceersse
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chickeo
Ivesccses Dors
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
American Association Club
Louisville Weeneeee
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Neee
Columbus
Baseball scores yesterday from major league games
Cleveland defeated St. Louis 12 to 4. Boston beat Philadelphia 8 to 1. Washington at New York was rained out.
Football scores and weather mix from weekend games
Chicago beat Pittsburg 28 to 16 and Minneapolis defeated Kansas City 13 to 8. Milwaukee won 12 to 6 over St. Louis. St. Louis 7, Cincinnati 3. New York at Philadelphia played on wet grounds. Louisville and Columbus faced rain while Indianapolis and Toledo also endured rain.
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Chicago
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Philadelphia
American Association
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Toledo
Millfield Father Fined for Cruelty to 11 Year Old Son
Hoy Patterson pleaded guilty to extreme cruelty charged by the humane society. A whip was used on his 11 year old son. He was fined 5 dollars and costs with a suspended 60 day workhouse sentence if offense repeats. he could not pay and signed to pay.
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Hoy Patterson
Millfield
Ielwig
A.C. Roach
The
Humane Society
Paterson
Patterzon
Will go Ahead on the Stadium
Ohio State University stadium committee met in Columbus to decide how to adjust plans after bids exceeded the pledged amount by nearly 300000. The panel weighed delaying some work or awarding low bids to separate firms with only a temporary delay anticipated.
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Columbus
United Press
Ohio State University
City Judge to rule on stained glass sign legality
Buffalo awaits ruling by City Judge Waltz on whether stained glass signs in soft drink parlors violate the law. A police captain observed a sign reading Wines and Liquors in a former saloon window and the proprietor pleaded guilty to possessing art glass bearing such legends. If ruled unlawful, hundreds of decorative signs in similar venues must be destroyed.
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Buffalo
Waltz
America
Young People Given Advice at General M E Church
A June 26 address at General M E church Buchtel by Marianna Young of Nagasaki inspired a large crowd. Sunday school talk led to 50 children joining the Kings Heralds. Little Light Bearers organized with 15 members. Standard Bearers also 15. Women’s Foreign Missionary Society led by Mrs. Wade invites all ages to join.
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Anice Whitmore
Hester Bartoe
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Della Wade
Local Notices From Wrightstown Weekly Family Visits
Families in Wrightstown and nearby towns spent weekends with relatives. Mrs Elsie Williamson and Wandyl of Parkersburg visited her parents the Dulaneys.George Swart family from Federal visited Athens area. Lawrence Allen Hamber born to Mr and Mrs George Hamber. Rev Arza Ball to fill appointment on Sunday July 3.
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Elsie Williamson
Wandyl
Parkersburg
W. Va
M. L. Dulaney
G. M. June
Junction City
Silas Ahle
George Swart
Federal
Athens
Dan Budsworth
Sharpsburg
Aaron Ball
William Triplett
Guy
Lewis Triplett
This Place
Roy
Henry Swart
Chauncey
Weart Morris
Akron
D. W. Morris
Elsie Mills
A. F. Archer
Arza Ball
George Hamber
Lawrence Allen
Warren Lyman
G. W. Swart
Naomi
Akron doctor named director of public welfare in Ohio reforms
Dr Howard Macayeal of Akron was appointed director of public welfare under the re organization bill and will travel to Columbus to meet with the state's board and heads of 21 institutions. A Monday meeting with superintendents was postponed due to his absence. Discussions covered a new salary schedule and plans for the coming year, with ins titution heads also debating segregation of chronic insanity from curable patients and new treatments.
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Columbus, CO
Howard Macayeal
Akron
Columbus
Board of Administration
Macaveal
Swiss Move Here in Large Numbers
Swiss emigration has resumed on an increasing scale after wartime decline. In the last year a record 7,988 Swiss and 1,288 foreigners left Switzerland. The United States is the top destination, followed by Argentina, Brazil, Africa, and Asia.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Federal Council
United States
Argentine
Brazil
Africa
Asia
Phone Service Expanded With New Cable Network
The Home Phone Company is laying multiple new cables across Athens to meet rising demand in the Richland district. Several gangs are at work as a large cable is installed and more lines are planned for other sections. The company is spending thousands of dollars to stay ahead of growing service needs.
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Richland
Athens
Price of Food Down Overseas
Berlin reports a fall in prices for key foods with the exception of bread. Since the start of the year the in demand basics have dropped about 15 percent, while bread and coal edge up slightly. Butter released from price control lowers store prices, and milk rationing restrictions ease to protect the poor and ensure milk for children.
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Berlin
Guns Delivered to Irish Rebels Reported by U S Vessels
A June 29 dispatch states two U S merchant ships delivered guns for the Irish republican army. A third ship, the East Side, was raided in Hoboken amid smuggling accusations. Sinn Fein suspects messages are intercepted and may reach British authorities. Federal officials say they have no record of gun bearing ships reaching Ireland.
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Washington
Irish Republican Army
Donal O’callaghan
Cork
Europe
East Side
Hoboken
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Maternity Bill Seen Having Strong Support
Washington June 29 The Sheppard maternity bill faced swift passage predictions by its advocates when taken up Tuesday. The proposal would grant $10 000 to each state for instruction in maternity hygiene infancy and childhood, with administration through the Labor Department's Children's Bureau and backed by numerous women's groups.
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Washington
United Press
Children’s Bureau
Labor Department
Left Ear Better Than Right Due to Phone Use
Thousands of people hear better with their left ear than their right. Researchers attribute the difference to the constant use of the telephone, which exercises the left ear more over time.
Uncle Sam to Take Big Cut in Dempsey Carpentier Fight Profits
New York report details federal and state taxes on the Dempsey Carpentier fight gate. With a $1 million receipts estimate, Uncle Sam would net about $500,000 from the bout, plus a $100,000 New Jersey boxing tax, while Dempsey and Carpentier face large tax withholds. Tex Rickard and others stand to earn substantial nets as well.
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Uncle Sam
Dempsey- Carpentier
Tex Rickard
Dempsey
Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Sam
New Jersey
Richard
Divorce hearings set for James Stillman in secret sessions
Two hundred questions prepared for James A. Stillman as he appears tomorrow at the secret hearings in his divorce suit, announced by John E. Mack shortly before today’s resumed proceedings in Poughkeepsie New York.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James A. Stillman
John E. Mack
Padley Divorce Case Hears Matrimony Critique
Martha A. Padley sues for divorce from Benjamin W. Padley in Judge J. Perry Wood's court. The couple, previously divorced, remarried after his brokerage office was raided. She accuses him of misdirected publicity and reveals his remarks on their marriage.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Martha A. Padley
Benjamin W. Padley
Martha
Benjamin
J. Perry Wood
Padley
Local Social Roundup From Athens Weekend Visits
Mrs. Jess Henderson and relatives from Athens visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Donaldson. Miss Hazel O Neal of Hebbardsville visits grandparents Mrs. John Hixson for a weekend. Mrs. Hixson injured in automobile wreck Saturday. Charley Swartz guests of Raymond Maipas Sunday. Warren North injures his leg with a pitchfork last week. Frank Cone visits Athens Saturday. Virgil Junod improves after illness. Ice cream supper draws large crowd Saturday night.
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Jess Henderson
Gen
Athens
Bruce Donaldson
Hazel O'Neal
Hebbardsville
John Hixson
Charley Swartz
Raymond Maipas
Warren North
Frank Cone
Virgil Junod
Hermit John Seeman Finds Small Comfort in Isolation
NORTH BALTIMORE O June 29 Hermit John Seeman who fled Prussia to dodge conscription has lived in a seven by nine by six foot shack built from packing boxes and scrap timber for over 20 years. His income comes from selling vegetables and strawberries while townspeople donate food. He wears a straw hat in winter and a ragged stocking cap in heat, and his modest ward-robe is replenished by his garden profits.
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Baltimore
John Seeman
Prussia
Seeman
Ohio Notables and Events From Yesterday's In Ohio
Yesterday's In Ohio notes Col Donn Pratt born in Cincinnati and died in Cleveland on November 12 1891. It also recalls George W Hulick born in Batavia and served in the 53rd and 64th Congresses. The Epworth League held its first international conference in Cleveland. State railroad traffic was hampered by a great strike.
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Col
Donn Pratt
Cincinnati
Cleveland
George W. Hulick
Batavia
Epworth League
Prohibition Bureau to Reorganize After Egan Bribe Arrest
Washington reports a complete reorganization planned after the arrest of William P. Egan, former assistant chief of the legal division, on bribery charges for issuing permits. EB L Ivy led the arrest as part of a broader probe with suspicions aimed at other former enforcement division staff. Prohibition commissioner Haynes said resignations have been submitted and corruption will be wiped out of the service.
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Washington
Prohibition Enforcement Bureau
William P. Egan
Bureau
Egan
EB. L. Ivy
Prohibition
Haynes
Young People Are Organized Sunday at Buchtel Church
Akron Ohio June 29. Rev L N D Wells of the High Street Church of Christ delivered his annual sermon on matrimony to about 1900 couples in the audience. He urged couples to live in one room if needed and to value equality, individual growth, and the idea that home needs children.
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Akron. O
L. N. D. Wells
High Street Church
Hell
Chinese Sacking Moscow Timelines in Medieval Drama
Readable text notes two Mongol incursions on Moscow. first in 1137 and a second in 1293 8, implying repetition of sack events across medieval periods. The fragment references Chinese involvement in sackings rather than direct historical consensus.
School Repair Work Delays New High School Plans
Superintendent Stailey says no new high school buildings are definite, as 400 seats will replace 200 with larger chairs and a removed wall to ease movement during repairs. Roof considerations and fall reopening loom. Board meeting moved to Tuesday for July 4 planning and teacher pay. Stailey to deliver annual report.
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C. E. Stailey
Board of Education
C. BR. Stailey
Railroad official calls for modest dress by women in Chicago offices
L R Troll, vice president of the American Railroad Bureau, urged female office workers in Chicago to abandon cabaret styles. He said railroads ban stockings rolled below the knee, opaque waists and skirts, no rouge, and require clothing that keeps focus on figures and work.
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Chicago
Femal
Casey Jones
Chica
L. R. Troll
American Railr Bureau
Troll
Miss Marguerite Sherar Achieves Perfect Attendance
Miss Marguerite Sherar of Topeka has completed sixteen years of schooling and college with a flawless record free of absences or tardies, a notable achievement noted in local circles.
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Marguerite Sherar
Topeka
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