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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1914
Page
2
Market notes show wheat futures in Chicago slipping after a sharp rise, with large holders and a famed speculator driving a bearish turn. Argentine export estimates and delays in shipments to Britain sparked fresh selling, while corn, oats, and hog futures moved downward on profit taking and ample export sales.
Final decision on creating a cotton exchange clearing house in New York was deferred at a meeting of New York Cotton Exchange members. Most present favored the proposal, but action will wait until all members can express their views.
A dense wrap of Atlanta market data lists vegetables with prices per unit and assorted stock quotations. It covers live stock by grade and weight, provision market items, groceries, flour and feed, and interstate benchmarks, with figures from Atlanta and Chicago exchanges, noting prices for vegetables, meats, canned goods, flour, and feeds alongside market commentary.
New Year celebration at the Y M C A features water sports and gymnastic exhibitions. Highlights include a business men's championship polo ball match led by Rev. C C Smith and George Winship Jr, plus track events, swimming contests, basketball, volley ball, and gymnastic stunts. An orchestra will perform, Latites auxiliary serves a buffet luncheon.
Promoter Rosy Fotts presents four corking bouts at the Columbia Theater in Atlanta. Headliner Battling Kelly battles Brooklyn’s Harry Phillips, rematch from a Bijou show. Co feature Jos Superior vs Kid Brown, eight rounds. Tickets priced 1 dollar ringside, 15 cents orchestra, 50 cents balcony. First bout at 8 40 p.m.
The Atlanta Baseball association secretary B Parker visited The Constitution and said he was cured after treatment in Asheville North Carolina. Captain Welshonce sent regards to Atlanta fans reporting Parker looking better and weighing 177 pounds as he prepares for next season with Greenville club. Conway, formerly with the Senators, now manages the Greenville outfit.
Chicago dispatch reports the heavyweight championship bout between Jack Johnson and Jess Willard will take place on March 17 in Juarez Mexico. The announcement came today from Willard’s business representative noting the date and location for the title clash.
In Louisville Georgia the sporting editor asks which teams will play under class A and which under class B under the new rule. R P Littla notes colleges will decide by a later date and none have stated intentions yet.
Columbia University defeated Yale four games to none in the opening round of the intercollegiate chess tournament. Harvard beat Princeton with a Crimson score of two and a half to one and a half. The second round is scheduled for tomorrow.
A Forsyth bill delivers varied acts with Soretty and Antoinette thrilling by diving from tables while Emma Rayshoesiery, Jed and Ethel Dooley perform dances. The audience boos and cheers mingle as the reviewer notes mixed quality and a lingering grouch.
Baton Rouge December 23 Special LSU announces an eight game 1915 football schedule. The highlight is a October 23 game with Georgia Tech in New Orleans, a top East versus West South showdown. Also listed are Jefferson College October 2 and Mississippi College October 9 at Baton Rouge, Ole Miss in Memphis October 16, Georgia Tech October 28 in New Orleans, Mississippi A. M. November 2, Arkansas November 6 at the State Fair Shreveport, Rice Institute November 11 in Houston, and Tulane November 26 at Baton Rouge.
Frankie Burns and Kid Herman now signed for a ten round bout at the Bijou Theatre in Atlanta on Tuesday January 12 Promoter Mike Saul adds a stunt to a strong card following a recent successful show. Burns had previously announced Burns Conway in New Orleans January 2 and the Atlanta date is moved to avoid risk.
Boston, December 28. The Boston National Grounds in Allston will be the largest in size and seating capacity and will cost more than any baseball plant yet constructed. President James E. B. Gaffney announced after a board discussion that forty thousand two hundred eighty two seats will be provided and the one story grand stand can add a second deck later.
El Paso Texas December 28 Jack Curley promoter of the Jack Johnson Jess Willard heavyweight boxing contest said the date and place had not been selected He denied a report the fight was set for Juarez Mexico March 17 though the Mexican border town might be chosen He thought it probably would be March or 8.
Leon ard I. Ware of New York, broker and former tennis champion, died of pneumonia at his home in Elizabeth New Jersey on December 238. A letter for Al Weinfeld lies in the sporting editor's office and will be mailed to the owner if he sends his address.
New Year’s Eve promises a great night at the Atlanta theater with Potash and Perlmutter opening a five performance engagement. Rotary club and wives attend to boost sales as seats sell quickly. Phil White and Harry Kirst star, with Lottie Kendall in a key role.
Rube Dickinson a vaudeville star known in private life as Walter 5 Dickinson, recently married Miss Laura Grant of Atlanta. He was killed in Kansas City yesterday when a canopy collapsed on a new building. A white man and a black laborer also died. six injured. Dickinson died in hospital. his home was in Lincoln Nebraska. His Forsyth theater engagement in Atlanta ended with a romance culminating in marriage during his stay. Judge J B Ridley performed the ceremony. Mrs Dickinson is visiting her Atlanta parents.
Washington expects to send to the senate this week nominations of five federal trade commissioners. The pool has been narrowed from about 300 to a few. Candidates include Joseph E. Davies Thomas S. Felder Ansel Albert Norton Henry J. Waters George F. Peabody Edward Hurley Governor West Governor Hodges Joseph N. Teal George Robles Harris and other contenders.
Belgium’s government protests Germany’s plan to withhold exequaturs from foreign consuls and notes that sovereignty remains with the occupied territory. Belgian minister M. Javenith outlined that a military occupation does not grant sovereign status, awaiting peace terms to determine occupied area status.
The Salvation Army distributed 2000 toys to 600 poor children at their Marietta Street hall. David Coy, in Santa attire, presided as families and 200 parents attended to receive gifts including balls tops dolls and tea sets while linen donations were also being collected.
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