Blacklist controversy surrounds 22 players in baseball
The National League and National Association dispute a reported blacklist of 22 players last fall. Sidney Mercer notes Farrell denies a blacklist while Pulliam seeks proof. The Globe list tied to Tri-State contracts triggers calls for clarity as Burnham and O Rourke provide names. Tommy Leach may meet Cincinnati officials on manager talks.
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Harry Pulliam
National League
National Association
Sid Mercer
New York Globe
Cincinnati
Colonel Puttam
Association
John J. Farrell
Colonel Pulliam
Pulliam
Sporting Life
National Commission
Farrell
New York
Wiltse
O'Dell
Campbell
Globe
Tristate
Mr. Farrell
Burnham
Jim O'Rourke
Mr. Lanigan
Press
O'Rourke
Tri-State
Mercer
Mr. Mercer
Linton Hotel
Messrs. O'Rourke and
Manager Seeks Great Player In Possible Leach Deal
President Herrmann indicated Cincinnati may reach an agreement with Leach and expect him early next week. Clarke’s stance remains unsettled as negotiations hinge on player terms and acceptable compensation for Cincinnati.
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Herrmann
Leach
Fred Clarke
Cincinnati
Clarke
Papke to Meet Young Ketchell in California Showdown
Stanley Ketchell of Grand Rapids signed to fight Billy Papke at Colma California on February 22 for the middleweight title. The bout offers 80 percent of gate receipts with a guarantee. Both camps posted forfeit as Ketchell trains under Roach in Grand Rapids and travels coastward, eyeing a finish fight amid strong public interest.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Stanley Ketchell
Billy Papke
Colma
Cal
Papke
Ketchell
San Francisco
Michigan
Hugo Kelly
Milwaukee
Illinois Thunderbolt
Roach
Colma Club
Kelly
Owever
Papke- Ketchell
Bonhag rises to athletic greatness with four mile record
The article lauds George W. Bonhag for eclipsing Willie Day’s American four mile record in Athens and adopting a front running style learned from English contemporaries. It notes his merciless early pace, leads from the start, and only a rare stumble against Tommy Longboat and Nebrich at national events.
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George W. Bonhag
Willie Day
Bonhag
Athens
Nebrich
Eastern lightweights chase title shot with Packy McFarland
New York reports a lively scramble among East lightweights to fight Packy McFarland after Joe Gans abdicated. Seven contenders emerge Tommy Murphy Matty Baldwin Young Donahue Bert Keyes Battling Hurley Frankie Madden Billy Glover with Hurley pressing for a Murphy clash and a $1000 side bet against Baldwin.
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New York
McFarland
Joe Gans
Nelson
Illinois
Tommy Murphy
Matty Baldwin
Young Donahue
Bert Keyes
Hurley
Frankie Madden
Billy Glover
West
New Jersey
Murphy
Baldwin
Rouse O’brien
McGovern School
Pony Show Opens Tomorrow at Music Hall
The tenth annual Pony Poultry and Pigeon Association exhibit opens tomorrow at Music Hall. Most pet stock has arrived and poultry exhibits vastly exceed expectations with every coop filled. Ponies will be present and the completed show ring was opened yesterday for trick pony rehearsals for many newspaper men.
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Music Hall
Pony, Poultry and Pigeon Association
Spalding Publishes Official Baseball Record
Spalding's New Publication In Athletic Library series issued and edited by Henry Chadwick the Father of Baseball. The book focuses on statistics and records appealing to fans recalling the 1876 National League and 1871 Professional Association.
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Spalding Athletic Library
Spalding
Baseball Record
Henry Chadwick
First Professional Association
Golf Surges as Winter Players Take the Field
Golf stands alone as a healthful winter sport for older adults and sedentary men. Doctors praise its gentle exercise, fresh air and mental diversion from work, with Rockefeller cited as a notable example. In Cincinnati the game draws many winter players who plan to continue into spring.
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John D. Rockefeller
Cincinnati
Philadelphia Catcher Will Be a Minstrel Man
Charlie Dooin of Philadelphia has accepted an offer to perform on the stage. He will join a minstrel troupe and go on the road, leaving baseball duties behind for touring entertainment duties.
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Philadelphia
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Charlie Dooin
Beau Brummel
Dooin
China’s Opium Suppression Efforts Rise in Provinces
Special dispatch from London reports widespread anti opium enforcement in China. Huaianfu and Shaohsing closed dens and burned pipes while Taichow and Hsuchou Prefecture see declines in poppy planting. Yuan Shih k'ai urged officials to quit opium and was named special commissioner to tour abroad.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Society For the Suppression of the
China
Huaianfu
Hsuchou
Shaohsing
Taichow
Chehsien
T’inhai
Yuan Shih-kai
Peking
Jui
Cheung
Teed
Europe
Life of a Cowboy Show Ends with War Whoop Incident
At a Tulsa theater a Native American audience disruption occurred when an Indian in the crowd let out a warwhoop during a performance of Life of a Cowboy. The curtain was lowered and the man was escorted out.
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Commercial Tribune
Tulsa, I. T
Evening basketball schedule with multiple named teams
The notice lists game times and participant groupings: 2 PM with Collins Wright Brown Townsend Vonderahe Koo Schmitt Krollman Pflueger St Diers. 9 PM with Kobald Stautberg Kley man Tranter Applegate Sand ford Bay Steffen. 7 PM Pflueger's Five Granger's Five Vic's Five Collins' Kilis Five Cousins Phoenix. 9 PM Nancy's Five Koehler's Five.
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J. Collins
J. Wright
E. Brown
Townsend
H. Vonderahe
Koo
E. Schmitt
J. Krollman
Jake Pflueger
St. Diers
Kobald
Stautberg
Kleyman
Tranter
Applegate
Sandford
Bay
Steffen
Pflueger
Granger
Vic
Collins
Kilis
Phoenix
Nancy
Koehler
Pumpkin Pie for Huskers in Kansas Harvest
In Topeka Kansas on January 12 farmers seek help from the State Free Employment Bureau for 280 million bushels of corn. Huskers earn five cents per bushel and typical days yield two dollars fifty cents. top earners reach four dollars daily plus board. Dawn to night work with noon luncheons largely provided by farmers wives, featuring abundant pumpkin pie as a staple dessert.
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Commercial Tribune
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Free Employment Bureau
Army of
Repays An Old Kindness In Altoona
Joseph Clayton of Altoona receives a check for a sum from Albert Howell of New York twelve years after Clayton aided him. In 1914 Clayton fed sheltered and helped a cold stranger at a lunchroom by the Pennsylvania railroad station, who vowed to repay when fortunes improved.
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Commercial Tribune
Altoona
Joseph Clayton
Albert Howell
New York
Clayton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Famous Kansas hotel sold for sanitarium use
Kar, Jan. 12. The Planters' Hotel in Leavenworth on the Missouri River has been sold to an Iowa company. The historic hostelry will be used as a sanitarium.
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Commercial Tribune
Leavenworth
Planters
Missouri River
Iowa
Covington and Bar Women From Noaners Contest
The Ohio District Gymnastic Union met in Turner Hall to plan the Covington intellectual tournament on January 26. The committee dropped the ladies Turn Day for the first time in years, with two prize essays on financial relief and injunction misuse on the program. The union includes Turner societies from Cincinnati Covington Newport Norwood and Findlay.
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Ohio District Gymnastic Union
Turner Hall
Pike Street
Covington
Ohio Gymnastic Union
Turner Societies
Cincinnati
Newport
Norwood and
Findlay
Man locks coal in saloon safe. auctioned and opened
Constable Bert King in Covington seized a saloon safe on Washington street after attaching it for nonpayment. The safe owner, a negro, had lost the combination. The safe was sold and later opened in Magistrate McLaughlin's office to reveal three coal lumps, an empty whisky flask, and an old newspaper.
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Bert King
McLaughlin
Covington
King
Washington Street
Cincinnati
Covington Man Arrested for Disorderly Conduct After Hatpin Claim
William Kinsella of Bakewell Street Covington Kentucky was arrested by Patrolmen Brake and Doyle on a drunk and disorderly charge after his wife accused him of striking her. He allegedly told officers while en route to the station that he had once tried to kill himself by sticking hatpins into his brain.
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William Kinsella
Bakewell Street
Covington
Brake
Doyle
Kinsella
New Covington Aldermen President Names Board Committees
W H Ranshaw elected president of the Covington Board of Aldermen announced the standing committee roster. Key posts include Ways and Means Theissen Kruetzkamp Brown, Law Brown Theissen Johnson, Internal Improvements Johnson Kruetzkamp Theissen, and other panels led by Kruetzkamp Theissen Johnson and Brown.
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Covington Board of Aldermen
W. H. Ranshaw
Covington
Kruetzkamp, Theissen and Johnson
Johnson, Kruetzkamp and
Theissen
Kruetzkamp, Johnson and Brown
Johnson, Theissen and Brown
Brown, Kruetzkamp and
Johnson
Theissen, Brown and Kruetzkamp
Johnson, Brown and Theissen
Theiissen, Kruetzkamp and
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Kruetzkamp, Johnson and Theissen
Brown, Theissen and
Johnson, Theissen and
Theissen, Brown and Johnson
Covington Notes Election Results and Local Incident
The St Joseph Men's Society at Mother of God Church elected Rudolf Tensing as president JG Kruse as vice president H Sellmeier as secretary FJ Averdick as treasurer H Lonneman as banner carrier George Zumberge as banner guard and HJ Kroeger as U S banner carrier. The Covington Fire Department responded to 47 East Thomas Street where a chimney burned out with slight damage. Benjamin Davis of Williamsburg Whitely County Ky was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to answer as a witness before the US Court in the Western District of Kentucky.
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St. Joseph Men’s Society
Mother of God Churen
Rudolf Tensing
J. G. Kruse
H. Sellmeier
F. J. Averdick
H. Lonneman
George Zumberge
U. S. Banner Carrier
H. J. Kroeger
Covington
Benjamin Davis
East Thomas Street
Charles Bullock
Williamsburg
Whitely County
United States
G. L. Davis
Bullock
Western District of
Kentucky
Denison Battles Boll Weevil With Truck Crop Push
Denison Texas farmers aim to shift from cotton to truck crops like onions cabbage potatoes cante lope and peanuts. The Board of Trade conducts a campaign to boost acreage and attract national buyers during shipping season. Meetings in country schools urge pledges to secure large volume for dealers.
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Commercial Tribune
Denison
Tex
Board of Trade
Fatally Stabbed in His Own Covington Home
David Hull fifty five a cooper living with Mrs Eugenie Sabie at 52 East Front Covington was fatally stabbed last night by Benjamin Moree during an altercation over Hulls remark about Morees daughter Moree 30 a car builder from Howell Street Covington fled to Cincinnati via the Suspension Bridge after the act and police expected to arrest him today Hull received stab wounds in five places and died after examination by Dr Guy Eckman The eye witnesses say the attack was sudden and none could intervene.
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David Hull
Eugenie Sabie
East Front Street
Covington
Hull
Guy Eckman
Moree
Louisville & Nashville
Howell Street
Cincinnati
Suspension Bridge
Cincinnati Plumber Dies in Covington Office
Edward Fagin aged 35 of West Seventh Street Cincinnati collapsed and died in Dr J J Mulloys Covington office on Madison Avenue after a period of illness. Coroner verdict listed heart failure. Body later taken to Miss Charlotte Fagin at 1418 Garrard Avenue.
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Edward Fagin
West Seventh Street
Cincinnati
J. J. Mulloy
Madison Avenue
Covington
Fagin
Donnelly Prothers
W. W. Tarvin
Charlotte Fagin
Garrard Avenue
Bishop Maes Speaks at Campbell County Federation
Bishop Maes addressed the Campbell County Federation of Catholic Societies at its monthly meeting in St. Anthony's Hall Bellevue. Mayor Joseph Cassidy and other clergy spoke as Gerald J. O'Connelly of Newport read a federation paper. Rev George Taubman held revival services in Bellevue Dayton Christian Church drawing a large crowd.
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Bishop Maes
Campbell County Federation of Catholic Societies
St. Anthony’s Hall
Bellevue
Joseph Cassidy
Francis Kehoe
Father Kroger
Gerald J. O’connelly
Newport
George Taubman
Newport Central Christian Church
After the Judgeship, speculation over courthouse posts
With Yungblatt likely to receive the judgeship, chatter grows about who will fill the Master Commissioner Deiterman, Courthouse Commissioner, and Jury Fund Commissioner roles. Attorney H. S. Anderson could take the Master Commissioner post if he accepts. Several aspirants already eye these appointments and will move quickly after Yungblatt is confirmed.
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Yungblatt
Deiterman
8S. E. Anderson
Newport Vital Statistics List Names With Ages and Ailments
A roster from Newport records multiple deaths with ages and causes. Entries include Mary Gleason 43 tuberculosis John G Finch 28 tuberculosis James Ware 60 arteriosclerosis David Blumenzweig 7 months convulsions Charles Rentz 78 arteriosclerosis Clifford A Weweler 6 months enterocolitis Philadelphia Jane Wright 74 cardiac paralysis Hazel Siedenburg 6 pneumonia Lulu Peck 35 tuberculosis Frederick Walter 44 tuberculosis Elmer W Schwarberg 19 tuberculosis A Berry 73 pneumonia George A Metzel 61 typhoid fever Agnes Stokes 69 valvular heart disease.
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Mary Gleason
John G. Finch
James Ware
David Blumenzweig
Charles Rentz
Clifford A. Weweler
Philadelphia
Jane Wright
Hazel Siedenburg
Lulu Peck
Frederick Walter
Elmer W. Schwarberg
A. Berry
George A. Metzel
Agnes Stokes
Old Carrier Dies in West End Veteran Frederick Seidel
Civil War veteran Captain Frederick Seidel longtime carrier for The Commercial Tribune died after a long illness. He served from private to captain of the Forty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Funeral is tomorrow at 1 30 P M at 2322 Harrison Avenue with interment at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Frederick Seidel
West End
Commercial Tribune
Forty-seventh
Ohio Volunteer Infantry
Murat Halstead
Markbrelit
Harrison Avenue
Spring Grove Cemetery
New Zealand Railways Profit Reported for Last Year
New Zealand's railways earned a net profit of 5,435,070 dollars in the last year. Profit roughly one dollar per mile of 6,765,454 miles run. Passenger traffic totaled 9,600,786, up 174,404 from the prior year.
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Auckland
N. Z
New Zealand
Child Kills Baby Sister in Kolby Siblings Tragedy
Eight year old Kolby boy shot and killed his one year old sister with an old revolver. He found cartridges in a buried teapot and did not know the gun would discharge when he pulled the trigger. No other details on motive or disposition provided.
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Commercial Tribune
Kolby
Kan
A. Hoagland
City Tax Board Dispute Over Payroll Sparks Council Debate
The old Board of Equalization appointed by ex Mayor Helmbold finished its report amid claims the council may face trouble over paying board members. The new board appointed by Mayor Krieger also worked daily, with both sides asserting entitlement to compensation. Some council members favor paying both to avoid court costs, others seek legal resolution.
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Board of Equalization
Peter Gruenholz
James Donovan
C. P. Rieder
Helmbold
Krieger
John Borches
William Englebrook
George Kaufman
City Board of Equalization
Capture of Ald Fath ers Home Suspect in Reidmatter Saloon Shooting
Oscar Arnold, who shot two men in Reidmatter's saloon, was captured at his father's home in Coldspring Kentucky by Highlands police chief Flynn. William Lowney survived bullet injuries and is not seriously hurt. Private Kahn remains hospitalized with a wrist wound. A preliminary hearing for Arnold will be scheduled soon. witnesses note intoxication but no quarrel.
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Oscar Arnold
Reidmatter
Midway
Ft. Thomas
Coldspring
Newport
Flynn
Highlands
William Lowney
Kahn
Arnold
Pioneer blacksmith John Groeschen dies at 78
John Groeschen 78 a Campbell County resident died of paralysis at his home 157 Grand Avenue Highlands. He operated blacksmith shops in Newport and Cincinnati. Survived by widow several children and grandchildren. Funeral Wednesday at St. Thomas Church with interment at St. Stephen Cemetery. Journeymen Horseshoers Union delegates from Cincinnati and Newport will attend and draft resolutions.
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John Groeschen
Campbell County
Grand Avenue
Highlands
Newport
Front Street
Cincinnati
St. Thomas’ Church
St. Stephen's Cemetery
Journeymen Horseshoers’ Union
Await Widow Arrives as Howard Benches In Cincinnati
The body of C. S. Howard, a wealthy Californian, lies in the Betz undertaking parlor awaiting Howard's widow or his son from California. Coroner Digby expected a sister to arrive, but she had not yet appeared. Howard's gasoline launch is valued near $5,000 and he owns significant property in Cincinnati and Pasadena.
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C. S. Howard
Ohio River
William Betz
Howard
California
Digby
Cincinnati
Pasadena
State Grocers Convention Forms Kentucky Association
The State Convention of Retail Grocers of Kentucky meets in Newport at Healy's Hall to form a state organization. Speakers from across the country and hundreds of delegates attend. presiding is President W. H. Horner with Mayor Krieger delivering the welcome. Delegates stay at the Savoy Hotel in Cincinnati and a large banquet closes Wednesday night.
Newport News in Brief and Local Crumbs
Judge Lucius Desha, once confined to Speers Hospital, has recovered enough to return home in Newport. Willenbrink's teen store on Monmouth Street reported a break in and four sacks of oats stolen. Shelby Handley age 25 will be buried at Eyv ergreen Cemetery after services at his home 932 Patterson Street. Ernest Hilker, Campbell County resident, funeral at M E Church in Alexandria today. Nelson Clark 19 was arrested for disorderly conduct by Officer Kearns.
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Lucius Desha
Speers Hospital
Newport
Willenbrink
Monmouth Street
Shelby Handley
Patterson Street
Eyvergreen Cemetery
Ernest Hilker
Campbell County
M.E. Church
Alexandria
Nelson Clark
Kearns
Dayton Council Discusses Kentucky Mayors Conference Actions
The Dayton Committee of the Whole met in the City Building to review work from the Kentucky fourth class mayors convention in Frankfort. Approved changes include rotating half the City Council at each election and allowing the Mayor to appoint or act as Police Judge during absences, replacing the prior requirement to appoint a sitting judge.
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Dayton
Kentucky
Frankfort
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