January boxing month brings wide range of decisive bouts
A dense list of results from January shows bouts across cities. Notable outcomes include Gun boat Smith drawing Battling Levinsky in Waterbury and Jack Dillon drawing Young Ahearn in Philadelphia. Multiple fighters claimed wins or outpointed rivals in New York, Buffalo, Denver, Toronto, and more, with several 10 round decisions and a few stoppages.
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Waterbury Conn
Gunboat Smith
Battling Levinsky
Rochester
Tony Ross
Jim Flynn
Ardmore
Tommy Lowe
K. O. Brown
Philadelphia
Jack Dillon
Young Ahearn
New York
Tom McCarty
Sailor Pritts
Erie
Frankie Dailey
Hugh Mandove
Buffalo
Jimmy Duffy
Sam
Pittsburgh
Eddie Campi
Johnny Kirk
New Orleans
Frankie Burns
Frankie Conway
Willie Beecher
Tommy Murphy
Jack Keating
Windsor
Sammy Taylor
Tommy Houck
Toledo
Johnny Kilbane
Milwaukee
Eddie McGoorty
Billy Murray
Packey Homey
Willie Russell
Montreal
Frankie Fleming
Eddie Morgan
Preston Brown
Joe Jeannette
Lester Johnson
Hirsch
Kid Kansas
K. O. Brennan
al Rogers
Steubenville
Matt Brock
Joe Harang
Altoona
Harry Baker
Jack Blackburn
Banty Lewis
Jimmy McVeigh
Joe Shugrue
Leach Cross
Johnny Dundee
Porky Flynn
Memphis
Frankie Callahan
Joe Rivers
Patsy McMahon
Bridgeport
Sam Robindeau
Gilbert Gallant
Denver
Red” Watson
Joe Azevedo
al Reich
Ard
More
Brennan
Young Miller
Albany
Bob McAlster
George Ashe
Johnny Love
Phil Brock
Vancouver
Charley Burns
Billy Soules
Mike Gibbons
Jimmy Clabby
Joplin
Carl Morris
George Rodel
Jacksonville
Frankie Howard
Jack Sautell
Grover Hayes
Mickey Gallagher
Phil Bloom
al McCoy
Joe Borell
Bill Tate
Freddie Welsh
Fort Wayne
Roger O'Malley
Harry McHenry
Frank Mantell
Zulu Kid
Lansing
Mickey Sheridan
Swats Adamson
Dick Gilbert
Kid George
Santa Fe
N. M
Jack Britton
Kid Graves
War Zone Around England Won’t Halt U S Shipping
Washington reports legal experts study the German proclamation declaring a war zone around England. Officials consider protests through Ambassador Gerard and affirm the United States will not abandon trade with England despite the danger to American ships.
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England
U. S
Washington
Germany
Lansing
State Department
Department
Gerard
Berlin
United States
Plumbers Trust Case Arraignment Set in Des Moines
Thirty six master plumbers indicted last year for Sherman anti trust violations will be arraigned in the Federal court in Des Moines Iowa on Monday. The defendants are officials or members of the National Association of Master Plumbers and come from Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and other Midwest states.
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Des Moines
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinoia
Middle West
National Association of Master Plumbers
World's Fastest Horse Directum II Sold for 45000
Directum II 1:58 the world’s champion pacing stallion sold by James M. Butler to M. E. Sturges of this city. Sturges insured the horse for 35000 and sent him to Poughkeepsie for training next season by Thomas W. Murphy. Directum I, bred by Butler, foaled 1907, had set records on half mile and mile tracks and added to Murphy’s famed stable.
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Directum II
James M. Butler
M. E. Sturges
Sturges
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Thomas W. Murphy
Directum I
Mr. Butler
East View
Directum Kelley
Syracuse
Racing stock held by Sturges includes multiple champions
Besides this one, Sturges owns Frank Bogash Jr at 1.58 percent champion pacing gelding Anna Pradford 2.00 percent champion pacing filly and Peter Volo with two and three year old trotting colt times. Evelyn W 2.00 percent world champion racing mare is in training with Bert Shank in North Randall Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goshen
N. Y
Detroit
Directum
Flower Direct
Syracuse
Frank Bogash, Jr
William
Grand Rapids
Mich
Columbus
Lexington
Tennessee
Anna Pradford
Peter Volo
Sturges
Evelyn W
Bert Shank
North Randall
Ohio
Garrett farmers seek improved phone facilities
The Garrett County Telephone Company seeks better facilities for rural subscribers. President W. A. Smith and directors met with State Senator Harvey J. Speicher and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone officials in Oakland to discuss a traffic agreement to connect rural lines to Bell subscribers and provide long distance access, with no agreement reached yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett County Telephone Company
W. A. Smith
Harvey J. Speicher
Oakland
E. L. Maurice
Mark Meller
J. Brooke Boyle
Cumberland
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Bell
Lutheran Pastor to Be Installed in Oakland Charge
Rev. O. A. Bremer will be installed as pastor of the Oakland charge of the Lutheran Church tomorrow morning. The Deer Park congregation will attend. Rev. F. L. Sigmund, D. D., of the Lutheran Publication Society Philadelphia, will deliver the pastor's charge. Rev. Prof. David H. Banslin, D. D., Dean of Wittenberg Theological Seminary Springfield, Ohio, will address the congregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Bremer
Oakland
Lutheran Church
Deer Park
F. L. Sigmund
D. D
Lutheran Publication Society
Philadelphia
David H. Banslin
Wittenberg Theological Seminary
Springfield
Ohio
Turkey Dinner Specials at Washington Lunch Room
Advertisement notes a turkey dinner for 50 cents at the Washington Lunch Room with a Sunday family invitation and a special turkey course priced as 500 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Roads Commission Sealed Bids for Stone Chip Hauling
The State Roads Commission of Maryland invites sealed proposals to haul about 1148 tons of stone chip for oiling State Roads. Bids due May 12, 1915, at 601 Garrett Building Baltimore. Bond required. bonds and bids per specifications. Commission may reject any bid. January 26, 1915. WM. L. MARCY Secretary and O. E. WELLER Chairman. Jan 30 Feb 6.
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State Roads Commission
Garrett Building
Baltigtore
Maryland
Commissi
General Assembly of Maryland
WM. L. Marcy
Application for Retail Liquor License in Cumberland
Charles F Moats and Milford V Dean filed for a license to sell spirituous and fermented liquors at 73 N Front St Cumberland Allegany County. Remonstrances must be filed within 20 days of February 5 1915. Clerk Lloyd L Shaffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
Allegany Courty
Cit Court
Allegany County
Charles F
Moats
Milford V. Dean
N. Front St
Cumberland
Frank C. Macket
Lloyd L. Shaffer
Reminiscence by a Venerable Meyersdale Pedagogue
In Meyersdale, Rev. Wm. Gerhardt now 98 recalls teaching Cyrus Meyers in the 1830s. He notes Cyrus’s early education in his classroom and the lasting register that records the boy’s name alongside others taught long ago. He reflects on classmates who have since passed away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meyersdale
Wm. Gerhardt
Martinsburg
Meyers Milla
Cyrus Meyers
Somerset
Dor. Gerhardt
Cyrus
Sius
Peter Meyers
Mechanicsburg
Summit Mill
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Loosie
Hun
Gosh
Murphy
Directum L
Garrett
Chickering, Knabe
Hardman
James Bros
Price & Teeple
W. F. Frederick Piano CO
Baltimore Street
Cumberland, Md
State of
the Cumberland Dairy Lunch
J. G. Zilch
Centre St
Lyons
Lazarus Millinery
S. E. Kline
J. E. Harrison
Camberland Aga
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