Stecher dominates Chevalier in heavyweight wrestling clash
In Kanbas City Joe Stecher, reigning heavyweight champion, overpowered Salya Jore Chevalier with a 24 minute 40 second first fall using a head hold and a 7 minute 40 second second fall. Strangler Lewis defeated Raymond Casena in straight falls, 22 minutes 10 seconds and 7 minutes 35 seconds, with headlock and arm holds.
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Kanbas City
Salya
Jore Chevalier
Joe Stecher
Stecher
Strangler Lewis
Raymond Cazena
Death Suit Sought Over Childs Playground Swing
Dr. Joseph M. Ramirez seeks 10000 damages in Wyoming district court over the death of his son Clarence Ramirez who was injured when a Cheyenne City park swing overturned on July 17 1920. The suit alleges the swing was unsafe due to loose anchorage and that the city failed to restore it to a safe condition.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Cheyenne Corporation
Childrn
City Ark
Joseph M. Ramirez
Clarence Ramirez
District Court
Laramie County
Ramirez
Clarence
Albert D. Walton
Emergency Bill Drafted to Halt Immigration for Six Months
Washington Dec. 1 reports a plan to suspend immigration for six months while Congress drafts a general law. Senator King of Utah, Democrat on the immigration committee, prepares to introduce the measure after the next session begins. Also advertised are a 20 percent shoe sale from Richards and Cunning at the Douds Olliver Store.
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Washington
Congress
Hi Whief
King
Utah
Senate Immigration Committee
Many Old Casper Players Back For 1921 Football Season
Many Casper high school football players plan to return for next fall’s team including Scott Groves Lester McGrath Blanchard DeWoody Reeder Quinlan and Keer Litherage. Graduating seniors include Kocher Post Vandaveer Sproul. Coach Morgan will shape a stronger line with heavier players and new weight for 1921 while evaluating backfield positions for Scott at quarterback and Lester or McGrath at fullback or backfield.
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Casper
Scott
Groves
Lester
McGrath
Blanchard
DeWoody
Reeder
Quinlan
Keer
Mauk
Kocher
Post
Vandaveer
Sproul
de Woody
Dean Morgan
Oklahoma Versus Ohio State Hailed as Top Grid Clash
The article lauds Oklahoma’s 44 to 7 win over Drake and discusses the era’s strong teams including Missouri, the Jayhawk era, and the potential Oklahoma versus Ohio State matchup. It surveys opinions on the greatest wrestler, noting wrestlers Yussif Mahmount Neurasm Stecher Hackenschmidt and others as contenders.
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Woason
Drake
Missouri
Jayhawk
Oklahoma
Ohio State
George Bothner
Yussif
Yussif Mahmount
Yusaif Neurala
America
Leo Pardello
Joe Stecher
Haiti Death Toll Rises From Bandit Campaign
The naval court inquiry in Port au Prince reported 1,142 Haitians killed since the anti bandit campaign began two years ago. The figure includes ten natives allegedly slain by Ex Corporal Freeman Lang and Sergt Dorcas Williams during the action by American marines in Haiti.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Naval Court
Freeman Lang
Sergt. Dorcas Williams
Hearse Burned Trying to Break Snow Trail to Cemetery
Lander Wyoming December 1 Claude Simpson attempted to use an automobile hearse worth about 4000 dollars to break a road through deep snow between town and the cemetery. The hearse caught fire and quickly burned mortuary conveyance to ashes.
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Lander
Wyo
Claude Simpson
Hair length varies with moisture in air instruments
The article notes that human hair length changes with ambient moisture and describes delicate apparatus using hair fibers to measure humidity in gases. It mentions pocket knives priced from ten to six dollars at the Douds Oliver Store.
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Doudsolliver
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