Keegan Challenges Wrestlers in Cheyenne Tour
Walter Keagan, 125 to 128 pound champion wrestler, issues a challenge to any ground Cheyenne wrestler up to 14 pounds for a best two in three falls match. He holds the Police Gazette belt and has defeated noted rivals in the east. Keegan, with manager Herb Twist, plans matches across the West including Chicago Sioux City Omaha Cody Billings Deer Lodge Sheridan Powell Lovell and Burwell.
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Cadder
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America
Cheyenne
Keegan
Police Gazette
H.C. Twist
Herb Twist
Weber
Chicago
Sioux City
Iowa
Omaha
Cody
Billings
Deer Lodge
Sheridan
Powell, Lovell
Burwll
Keegan Plans Westward Title Defense On Cross-Country Run
Walter Keegan, holder of the Police Gazette belt, leaves Rochester for sixteen matches across Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Denver. In Casper, Wyoming he meets Hank Weber, state lightweight champion and noted tough foe who once claimed the Northwest lightweights crown. Weber long resided in Cody, Wyoming, home of Buffalo Bill, as a renowned grappler.
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Walter Keegan
America
Police Gazette
Keegan
Herb Twin
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Lows
Nebraska
Wyoming
Denver
Casper
Wyo
Hank Weber
Weber
Northwest
Bates Army
New York
Cody
Buffalo Bus
Frank Gotch
Roller
Polish Wrestler Zbysco Quits America Over Gotch
Stanislaus Clenkiewicz known as Zbysco leaves Buffalo en route to Krakow after accusing Frank Gotch of avoiding a match. Zbysco says Gotch fears defeat and will not wrestle him, leaving trainers behind as he prepares to depart in two days.
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N. Y
Stanislaus Clenkiewicz
Gotch
Zbyech
America
Tas Goteh
Dig Pole
Western League releases for Topeka players prompt Ealing tryouts
Topeka Kansas May 7 Walter Kryan infielder and Burns outfielder received unconditional release from the Topeka club of the Western League. They will be tried out by the Ealing Kansas club in the Central Kansas League. The State Leader Want Ade serves as intermediary.
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Kans
Walter Kryan
Burns
Topeka Rub
Ealing
Kansas
Battling Nelson says he is all in and out of title chase
New York May 7 Battling Nelson former world lightweight champion admits he is all in and cannot meet Ad Wolgast for the title. He plans to retire to the veterans ring after breaking his hands in a recent bout and receiving a verdict that his days as a great fighter are over. Nelson accepted the setback calmly and awaits a quiet return to steady fighting.
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Battling Nelson
Dane
Ad Wolgast
Nelson
Bonesetter Reese
Youngstown
Ohio
Reese
Battier
Ew ing Plans to Settle Class A Championship
Cal Ewing, owner of the San Francisco Coast league club, invites NL AL and AA heads to agree to end their seasons with a postwar series to crown a single Class A champion from the four leagues. The plan proposes interleague games after each league finishes.
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Cal Ewing
American Association
Inneot
California
Milwaukee Signs Two Baseball Players for 1925 Season
Milwaukee gains Bruce Noel pitcher and Capson outfielder from the Pittsburgh Nationals as additions to the American Association squad. The two players were announced on May 7 in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee American Association Baseball Club
Bruce Noel
Capson
Pittsburgh Nationals
Gotch Signs for Heavyweight Title Bout With Americus
Frank Gotch world champion wrestler signs to meet Gus Schoenlin known as Americus in Baltimore for the heavyweight title on Decoration Day May 30. Bids from major cities invited. finish match best two of three. strangle prohibited. toe hold allowed. Americus begins training and vows to challenge Gotch's long record.
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Gus" Schoenlin
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Chicago
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Let Us Yawn Tribune Printing News Old Stories
The piece criticizes the Tribune for reprinting delayed news from two to six months prior. It cites a virus discovery for sheep printed three months ago and references Mrs. Francis E. Warren’s incident from last June, claiming it was copied from an eastern exchange.
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Francis E. Warren
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Methodists to Establish Episcopal Residences
Minneapolis May 7 report on Episcopal residences to be presented at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church cites Helena Montana Los Angeles California Pittsburg Detroit and Kansas City as likely locations. Delegates high in church councils support the plan as debated by the committee on Episcopal residences.
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City Council Tries New Measures At Busy Meeting
City council last night approved finance bills and bonds for cement workers. The Cheyenne Light company lighting proposal was taken under advisement. Scavenger contract awarded to John Pierce at 549.50. Decoration Day funds, street lamp demonstrations, and a north pump house re designation were discussed. An ordinance on sanitary regulations for stables and livestock was presented.
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American Surety Company
Fire Department
F. L. Woods
A. A. Mahar
G. A. Rh. Memorial Committee
Sweet
Ordinance Orders Premises Cleansing and Penalty
An ordinance requires these premises be cleaned at least twice weekly with a penalty from five to fifty dollars for noncompliance. The text also lists batters and games, including Philadelphia references and multiple baseball matchups with rain delays and various team lineups.
Stakeholder Declines Soft Role in Cash Handling
In Cleveland on May 17 a promoter asked Bob Bodkran to hold ten thousand dollars in puree and four thousand in forfeita in cash for the Wells Packey Mafar land fight. Bodkran refused noting his preference for certified checks after a prior incident in Waterbury where an attempt to seize funds led him to compete in the ring.
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Ohio
Bob Bodkran
Bob
Wal Edgren
C A C Challenges Cheyenne High in Saturday Basketball Game
The second team of the C A C challenges Cheyenne High School to a basketball game set for Saturday May 11 in the gymnasium. See manager C A O for details.
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Cheyenne High School
C. A
Cartoonist Alton Packard Delights Packed Church Audience
Alton Packard, the cartoonist, gave a chalk talk titled Funny Folks at the Methodist church last night. W. C. Hosking introduced Packard who held the audience from beginning to end.
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Alton Packard
W. C. Hosking
Mr. Packard
Hash House Jokes and Vengeful Dining Fantasies
A fragment from a poem or satire laments dining humiliation at a hash house. The speaker vents anger at a cruel waitress and imagines revenge, contrasting desire for comfort with contemptuous laughter from staff. The piece closes with a stray reference to Dr Wu Tiengfang returning to the United States.
Unclear Public Notice Fragment Heads to Context
Fragmentary OCR text shows a perilous statement urging immediate departure from a house. No clear event, names, or location are readable to establish a full report or identify subjects.
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