Converted Ball Player Billy Sunday Owns Up to Backers
Lindsay Dennison recounts Billy Sunday’s confession to American Magazine about a $500 stake backed by Anson and others for a 100 yard race against Arlie Latham. Sunday faced pressure to honor the bet, opted to race first, then sought forgiveness from the church in Chicago. He later remained an elder for many years.
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Lindsay Dennison
American Magazine
Billy
Chicago Baseball Club
Bill
St. Louis
God
Chicago
Boston breakman surrenders over Jersey murder charge
Frederick W. Elliott 22 of Auburndale Massachusetts boarded with Whitmore family in Boston and is wanted as an accessory after the fact in the murder of Mrs Helena Whitmore. The nude body was found in Lamp Black Swamp Harrison New Jersey on December 26. Elliott gave himself up at police headquarters, was examined by Boston and Newark officers, and committed to the Tombs as a fugitive from justice. Prosecutor George E. Vickers of Hudson County telegraphed the arrest and Elliott said he will likely go to New Jersey without warrants tomorrow. He declined further comment.
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Boston
Mass
Frederick W. Elliott
Boston and Albany
Auburndale
Helena Whitmore
Harrison
N. J
Newark
George E. Vickers
Hudson County
Elliott
New Jersey
Whitmore debt dispute linked to Interborough worker
Witness testifies to knowing Whitmore and lending a gold locket as debt security in 1905. He states no recent contact until the day after Christmas when visiting Whitmore, finding the motorman at home and noting no unusual behavior. When asked about his wife, Whitmore allegedly said she had left.
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Vickers
Whitmores
Whitmore
Whitmore’s
Interborough Railway
Tariff graft costs the consumer, says Miles
In a trade journal, H. E. Miles, president of the National Association of Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers, denounces tariff profits as robbing consumers. He cites profits, price markups, and a push to consolidate into a trust, arguing 45 percent protection funds price hikes that ultimately crush the consumer. He calls on the multitude to resist plunder by a few trust magnates.
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American Industries
H. E. Miles
National Association of Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers
Congress
Louisville Courier-Journal
Cousin Shoots Cousin in Jacksonville Burglary Night
Pearl Moody twenty is shot and killed at 10 30 by his cousin Augustus Poppell at their Jacksonville home. Both men woke by a back noise and Moody, on the porch with a revolver, was mistaken for a burglar when Poppell fired into his back. Moody dies instantly.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Pearl Moody
Augustus Poppell
Poppell
Moody
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Carolina Hardware Co
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Easton
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