Packey McFarland Dominates Moran In 10 Round Bout
New York report notes Packey McFarland outpoints Owen Moran in every stage of ten rounds. McFarland lands clean punches and controls the action, Moran unable to land effectively. Result solidifies McFarland as a top championship contender. Crowd of enthusiastic fans witnesses the fight.
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New York
Mar
Packey McFarland
Owen Moran
McFarland
Moran
Packey
Glock
Strongest Woman Is A Great Athlete
Boston report profiles Margaret Graham as America’s stronger woman with remarkable athletic feats. The piece notes her clear-eyed, crimson-cheeked appearance, 10 shoes, 314 inches high and 100 pounds, and mentions she continues to grow while throwing a baseball 45 feet.
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Boston
Margaret Graham
America
The Ludlow Amazon Who Shaped Her Strength
A Ludlow Massachusetts mill worker known as a young Amazon is described in her own words. She lives in Ludlow, works in a mill, joined the Ludlow Health Society at seven, and credits early clubs and breathing training for remarkable feats.
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Ludlow
Mase
Ludlow Then
Milla
Yale Pays Out Great Sums For Athletics
Cambridge March 14 A comparison shows Yale spends about a third more than Harvard on major sports each year. Cambridge University costs total 127045 with football 51000, track 9000, baseball 117000 and rowing 15500. Yale football about 40000, baseball 23000, track 15500, rowing uncharged yet funded over 20000.
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Cambridge
Mass
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge University
Princeton
New Haven
Yale May Abolish Basketball and Hockey Over Rough Tactics
Yale faces probation for basketball and hockey as rough play prompts a push to abolish both sports. Yale gym head Dr. William G. Anderson notes committees have investigated the season and punished the captain, manager, and players, with the team potentially ending after 1912 if conduct does not improve.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
William G. Anderson
Yale Gymnasium
Miniger
Columbia
One-Legged Man Issuers Challenge
Harry Meyers of Minneapolis issues a challenge to all one legged men to endurance race from Minneapolis to St Louis starting April 2. He trains with a new artificial racing leg and aims to inspire many to attempt the feat. Participants must deposit a $1000 side bet, with at least twenty contestants hoped for.
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Minneapolis
St. Louis
Harry Meyers
Meyers
Japan May Get Coal Station
Report notes official circles discussing a potential coal station for Japan and cites London Standard notes. U S warships lie off San Diego ready to move on three hours notice with supplies for months aboard. Officers doubt immediate orders to move despite readiness. Millinery sales promoted at New Idee Millinery Parlors Capitol Ave.
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London Standard
Ban Drews
Cal
United States
San Diego
Washington
Reasonaire
New Idea
Capitol Ave
Australia Adopts Wyoming Dry Parving System
Adelaide dispatch reports the Dry Forming congress in Australia adopting a Wyoming derived system. Australian experts attended and will tabulate results for comparison. Experts present described exhaustive discussions and plans for standardization across regions.
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Adelade
Australia
Wyoming
Heoulie
Progress on New Railroad Construction
Construction for the Cheyenne to Wellington railroad shows extensive activity. Thirty contractors, three steam shovels, thirty graders and hundreds of men work along a 32 mile grade rising several feet. A major highlight is the overpass where new tracks cross the Union Pacific lines forty three feet above the old rails. The pace accelerates after January 1 1911 with Charles Sprager the lone pre year worker having completed 1200 dollars of work during Christmas.
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Twenty-Second Street
Robert Boyd
Denver
Frm
Hinghman-Renton Company
Cheyenne
Wellington
Union Pacific
Laramie County
Union’ Pacific
Charles Sprager
Life Guards of the British Household Troops
The piece praises the Life Guards as brave segments of cavalry and urges every household to support them. It argues March weather and illnesses like colds flu and pneumonia threaten health and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as strongest guard to strengthen the system and improve vitality.
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Hood
Abnormal Cat Mortality Surges in Kent Farm
London reports a sharp rise in cat deaths across southern England with six on a Kent farm. Veterinary experts describe a feline influenza-like illness spreading rapidly among both domestic and wild cats, fatal if not treated early.
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London
Mar
England
Kent
Timi
Shooting near Queen and Present route arrest in Danville
In Danville Kentucky, Urahoman Alvey Cundiff was arrested for shooting Fireman Call Om Bunds on the Queen and Present route. The day’s only disturbance occurred in Sivarne Kentucky where Detective Charles Bdhwartate reported a shot and possibly fatal wound.
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Citcinnai
Mar
Queen & Prescent
Danville
Jail sentences handed to seven on liquor and disturbance charges
Judge Welns Liarrat presided as seven prisoners faced jail terms from 10 to 30 days for disturbances or liquor involvement. James Foley Fred Sweeney John Bell and Charles Donahue received 30 days each while George Clarke and George Kemp drew 10 days. Leonard Jones avoided serving all 10 days by agreeing to immediate cityward travel.
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Fred Sweeney
John Bell
Charles Donahue
George Clarke
George Kemp
Leonard Jones
Mother Delivers Son to Police in Denver
Mrs Rebecca Witkin 18 year old Maurice surrendered him at police headquarters after promising three weeks earlier to turn him in. She seeks leniency while Maurice faces petit larceny charges and is placed under care as he may help support his mother.
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Denver
Mar
Maurice
Rebecca Witkin
Jewells
Third
Larimer Streets
Captain Lee
Witkin
Pueblo
Calpain Lee
Miss Elkins Shoots Large Alligator in Louisiana Bayou
Miss Katherine Elkins guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter on the Anna Russell ascended a bayou in New Iberia and shot a huge alligator with a double barreled shotgun. She ordered the hide stuffed by a taxidermist and the party also bagged many ducks at sunset while thousands fed.
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New Yberia
Katherine Elkins
Joseph Leiter
Washington
Chicago
Anna Russell
Miss Elkins
Tragic Scalding Fatality Near Weasington
Huron South Dakota March 14 The four year old daughter of Marcus tox and wife residing near Weasington was accidentally scalded to death. The mother placed a kettle of boiling water on the floor for scrubbing and the child overturned it upon herself. The injury proved fatal within hours as the Cox family prepared to move to another state and had sold part of their belongings.
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Huron
S. D
Marcus Tox
Weasington
Cox
Peoria Catholics Granted Meat Eaters Permission on St Patrick Day
The Peoria diocese receives a papal dispensation allowing Catholics to eat meat on Friday March 17 St Patrick's Day after a request by Bishop Dunne. No other American bishop is known to have sought the exemption.
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Peoria
ePoria
Dunne
Rome
Bank Robbery Shootout Causes Wife's Death in Rushville
A night blast at the Rushville Banking Company bank west of Geneva blew the safe open and thieves escaped with about $5,000. Mrs. W. J. Jones, wife of the bank cashier, died from shock after learning of the robbery. A local observer reported three men with a bag fleeing the scene.
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Rochester
Rushville Banking Company
Rushville
Geneva
W. J. Jones
Chinese slave girls rescued in Chinatown raid
A dramatic Chinatown raid freed six Chinese girls reportedly imported and sold for 25000 dollars. Police and immigration officials took the captives to Angel Island awaiting government action. Authorities believe the women were smuggled into the port in the past six months.
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San Francisco
Mar
Chinatown
Angel Island
Hidden chamber with portrait hid girls from discovery
Police found the girls by breaking through seven blind doors and uncovering a secret chamber. A panel concealed a portrait of the Chinese emperor, guarding their hiding place.
Mexican Rebels Destroy Railroad Across Mexico Border
Reports from Mexico City say 200 rebels driven from Santa Eulalia by 100 federals after insurrectos captured the town. Fifteen rebels killed. one federal dead. U S patrols along the Rio Grande to be increased by six or seven cavalry.
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Mexico City
Mar
Santa Eulalia
Washington
United States
Rio Grande
Blanco
Casas Grandes
Hodse
Madero
Presidio
Tex
Marfa
Sanchez
Ojinaga
Rilo Grande
Ojingga
Americans Watch Battle From Roof During Tea Party
A woman hosted a battle tea for friends on a flat roof while Americans viewed the fighting from their homes. The scene captured the home front’s casual morale amid conflict.
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