White Seeks Shot at Welsh in Madison Square Garden Bout
Charley White of Chicago faces Freddie Welsh in a ten round non decision fight at Madison Square Garden in New York as boxing fans watch for a possible title challenger. Rumors swirl about Kilbane Williams Chaney and other would be successors to the feather and lightweight crowns with May or January card plans in flux.
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Jon Shugrue
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Baltimore
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Athletics claim Midland bowling record and more
Midland Maryland January 26 Athletics defeat the Red Sox on Smoke House Alley as Morgart sets a league record with 281 pins and a team total surpasses 1500. All Stars take two from Wild Cats on Ashland Alleys. The report also notes trades and manager changes across major leagues and a Giants Braves plot.
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Shearer
Fairies Fall to Giants in Daylight League Doubleheader
Frostburg Md Jan 27 The Fairies were swept by the Giants in a two game Daylight League twin bill Brady took captain Hanna’s place in the lineup as a substitute.
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Unemployment of Grenades Sparks Frontline Curiosity
London reports on grenade use in current warfare with focus on German hand grenades. Patterns range from factory made sealed types to improvised field weapons. Description covers a four inch iron globe weighing about one pound and its grooved surface designed to fragment. Powder charges detonate via a friction tube before throwing.
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Port Arthur
Midland Teams Set for Friday Battle with Lonaconing
Midland meets Lonaconing Reserves and Lonaconing Blue Jays in two Friday games. Manager Tennant says Midland, though crippled, will chase the Reserves. New players bolster the lineup with Shultz Bowen forwards Tyler at center and Brophy Shearer as guards.
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Brophy
Shearer
Boxing bouts in Birmingham set eight-round no-decision matches
Eight-round no-decision bouts are planned in Birmingham Alabama. Johnny Love the New York lightweight has dominated recent Windsor and St Louis cards. Promoters seek Kilbane vs Callahan while Rivers seeks a rematch with Callahan, claiming the K Co fight was an accident. A Sullivan Corbett rematch possibility arises after Wolgast and Nelson signing in New York.
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Johnny Love
New York
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St. Louis
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Joe Rivers
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Cleveland Drives Unemployed Aid With Civic Effort
In Cleveland Ohio a citizen commission led by Mayor Baker mobilizes to combat unemployment. House to house canvassing, church driven hire a worker clubs and subcommittees target job matching while a low interest loan fund is raised to spur building. City projects including a bir reservoir commence to create work.
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Frankie Gibbons Seeks A. A. U. 115-Pound Title
Frankie Gibbons from Chicago leads in the Central A. A. U. ring championships in Cleveland after winning the 115-pound tryouts. He is one of several brawny pugilists entering the event.
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Chicago
SAILS TO CONQUER SOUTH AMERICA FOR U S TRADE
The American built and registered steamer Finland begins a 16000 mile voyage to the West Indies and around South America. It will stop at Baltimore on January 29 and return via the Panama canal after 106 days with a cargo stamped Made in U S A and passengers including bankers manufacturers merchants and exporters.
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South America
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Finland
West Indies
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Baltimore
St Paul Cathedral to Open on Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday will mark the formal opening of the $4,500,000 St Paul cathedral. Arch bishop John Ireland has led the project, a life work spanning several years, with the cathedral rising high above downtown and near a street car tunnel that required engineering to prevent tunnel cave-in.
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John Ireland
St Paul Cathedral
Gompers To Have Birthday Dinner
In Washington on January 27 Samuel Gompers the 65 year old president of the American Federation of Labor will be honored at a birthday dinner tonight with speeches by labor leaders and members of Congress. Secretary of Labor Wilson was expected to attend.
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Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Congress
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List of Unclaimed Letters in Cumberland Md Postoffice
Unclaimed letters for the period ending January 25 include Miss Ethel Amos Mrs Ollie Baech Mrs J Fred Boyd Mrs Florence Lrantner Mrs Gee Brinker Carpenter Opera House Mrs Wm Cline Miss Thelma Coombs H B Cooper Edwin B Cromwell Daniel Daniels R T Davis Roy Dean William Dean Frank Fisher Annie Coffen Mrs W Hammond D D Heller Harry Hott Miss Hughes H King J S Klutz Miss Ellen Lee Gust Luvn lian John Mcabee C P Mar pel Ben Mayhew Samuel Metzer Karl Miller Maud Miller Mrs Magdalene Miller Mrs Lena Montin Mrs Anna Morris J L Murphy S B Ogan J Pellerito D F Runkle Lee Shaffer Jennie Smith Edward Sym ons Geo R Tappler A S Matress Factory Lulu Vorhees Miss May Wagus Genevieve Willard Miss Maud Wood Bert Wooden Oysis I Zinn
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Ollie Baech
J. Fred Boyd
Florence Lrantner
Gee
Brinker
Carpenter Opera House
Wm. Cline
Thelma Coombs
H. B. Cooper
Edwin B. Cromwell
Daniel Daniels
R. T. Davis
Roy Dean
William Dean
Frank Fisher
Annie Coffen
W. Hammond
H. Heller
Harry Hott
Miss Hughes
H. King
Klutz
Ellen Lee
Gust Luvnlian
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Mcabee
C. P. Marpel
Ben Mayhew
Samuel Metzer
Karl Miller
Maud Miller
Magalene Miller
Lena Montin
Anna Morris
J. L. Murphy
Ogan
Athletics Beat Giants in Savoy League Action
The Athletics defeated the Giants last night in Savoy League play. Athletics hold a .520 record with 688 runs for and 527-1645 stands for the Giants with a .523 mark and 689 runs for 490-1552. Tonight’s games feature Braves against Naps and Tigers against Reds.
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Giants
Braves
Naps
Tigers
Reds
Bebel's Remarkable War Prophecy
The London Evening Standard recalls a 14 year old warning by Herr von Bebel, the German Socialist leader, on a war between England and Germany. It predicts a British naval victory, loss of German colonies, collapse of Germany’s merchant fleet and markets, and widespread unemployment and poverty at home. If Japan joins, Far East colonies would be lost, and a Franco Russian alliance would doom Germany's power.
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Germany
England
Far East
France
Russia
May Bring Evangelist Here Union Revival Proposal Considered
At the Cumberland Ministerial Association meeting on Sunday afternoon a committee was appointed to report on holding union revival services in the city under the guidance of a noted evangelist. The committee members are Rev. Joseph Dawson Rev. J H Balthis Rev. H M Loonis Rev. Wm Co Hicks and W H Baxley.
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Cumberland Ministerial Association
Joseph Dawson
J.H. Balthis
H. M. Loonis
Wm. Co. Hicks
W. H. Baxley
Angel of Deaf Rights Leads Silent Voice in NYC
Mrs John Peyton Clark heads the Silent Voice Neighborhood clubs and directs the New York League for the Hard of Hearing. The movement aims to reach 5,000,000 deaf persons in the United States.
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John Peyton Clark
Silent Voice
New York League For the Hard of Hearing
United States
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