Walcott Wins Welterweight Title at Fort Erie
Joe Walcott defeats Reub Ferns at the International Club of Fort Erie on Wednesday night in a fast five round bout. Ferns lands to Walcott’s midsection but shows little effect as Walcott begins to surge in the third. They clinch in the fourth and hit the floor, with Walcott nearly sending Ferns over the ropes before referee McBride stops the action. Walcott, the reigning champion, now issues a world challenge.
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Reub Ferns
Waterloo
International Club of
Fort Erie
Joe Walcott
Ferns
Walcott
McBride
Lou Gordwén Opens Pool and Bowling Room in Town
Lou Gordwén starts a new pool and bowling room at 504 W Washington St. He will organize a bicycle riders bowling team with local gear and facilities.
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Lou Gordwén
Washington St
Baseball Briefs Settle Ownership And Management Moves
Tebeau sold his stake in the Denver Western league team to D C Packard. Billy Clingman the Washington shortstop will manage the Milwaukee club of the American Association. An American Association meeting is planned in Kansas City. Ransford Pulliam and Sam Bridgewater will wrestle for 250 purse before the Avenue Republican Athletic Club in Boston. Pulliam challenges any man in the world at 125 pounds in catch as catch can.
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Tebeau
Denver
D. C. Packard
Billy Clingman
Washington
Milwaukee Club
American Association
The
Kansas City
Ransford Pulliam
Sam Bridgewater
Avenue Republican Athletic Club
Massachusetts
Pulliam
Primary dates set for Republican district conventions
Date set for the GOP primaries to select delegates on January 10 and 11. Delegates will pick district chairmen at the conventions on January 15. District chairmen meet in Indianapolis on January 21 to reorganize the state committee, choosing a chairman and secretary and forming subcommittees.
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Indianapolis
Benny Younger Wins Ring Decision in Chicago Show
Three thousand spectators watched Benny Younger defeat Joe Bernstein by decision in Chicago Wednesday night. The New Olympic club physician refused Benny Younger Griffo entry due to heart trouble. Mackey and Bezenah fought to a draw in Findlay. Sharkey Maher purse set at 1000 dollars sparks Philadelphia defiance of mayor. Jim Jeffries injured in a Denver train wreck but helped rescue passengers and refused credit.
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Benny Younger
Joe Bernstein
Chicago
New Olympic Club
Young Griffo
Mackey
Bezenah
Findlay
Philadelphia
Sharkey and Maher
Jim Jeffries
Denver
Fire at Lincoln school destroys building in Anderson
Lincoln school in Anderson, Ind, was wrecked by a Wednesday afternoon fire. All 609 pupils were dismissed and escaped. the loss totals 25000 with 15000 insured. Firemen saved the nearby high school three feet from the ruins. Harley Spencer lumber dealers in Marion, Ind, suffered 6000 in a gas explosion. Shelbyville Democrat office in Shelbyville, Ind, reported 1000 damage.
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Lincoln
Marion
Ind
Harley & Spencer
Shelbyville
England Beats Nicholas at Oakland in California Record
Old track report notes England defeating Jan Nicholas at Oakland to break the California four and a half furlongs record with a 53 time. A dispute over the horses led to a Saturday match race for a $1000 purse. An attempted theft targeted Ozar, a Frankfort Indiana trotter valued at 10609. Missle was the sole winning favorite at New Orleans. Favorites won at Charleston’s Exhibition park.
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Jan Nicholas
Oakland
California
Ozar
Trotter
Frankfort
Ind
Missle
New Orleans
Exhibition Park
Charleston
Miss Lucille Goldsmith Awarded Damages in Skirt Accident
In St Louis on December 19 a jury awarded Miss Lucille Goldsmith seven thousand five hundred dollars for injuries when the Holland building machinery caught her skirt on April 26. The verdict turned on skirt length and the jurors measured the dress before them to confirm its length.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Lucille Goldsmith
Holland
Durbin backs Crumpacker bill for Tippecanoe monument
Gov. Durbin writes to senators and congressmen urging support for Crumpacker’s bill to build a monument on the Tippecanoe battlefield near Lafayette. The site honors Gen. William Henry Harrison’s 1811 victory over Native American forces, with 37 of Harrison’s soldiers buried there.
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Gov. Durbin
United States
Crumpacker
District 10
Tippecanoe Battle Ground
Lafayette
William Henry Harrison
Harrison
Republican Love Feast Invites Sent For Indianapolis Event
Chairman Goodrich of the state committee issues invitations for a Republican love feast in Indianapolis on December 31. U S senators congressmen and Governor Durbin will deliver brief addresses.
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Goodrich
Republican State Committee
Indianapolis
United States
Durbin
Hoosier Accidents Report Across Several Communities
Summary of local mishaps including farmer Harrison Burton Sullivan badly injured by a son incident and John Shuler a prominent farmer killed by a train at South Whitley. Another incident mentions William Pruitt’s young son playing by a grate with clothing igniting and burning. A wagon at Peru was struck by a engine injuring driver John Rowe and companion George Miller.
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Harrison Burton
Sullivan
John Shuler
South Whitley
William Pruitt
Jasonville
Peru
John Rowe
George Miller
Obituary Notes From Indiana And Nearby Towns
Local notices list the deaths and dignitaries including H. E. Bellmer Vincennes J W Runcie Fort Branch and Samuel Crandell Huntington County aged 73. Maj Hugh R Belknap son in law of Congressman Steele of Indiana died in Manila his body to be brought east. Robert Gaddis Jr son of farmer Robert Gaddis of Bartholomew County disappeared four years ago and is now reported dead.
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Hugh R. Belknap
Manila
San Francisco
Congressman Steele
Indiana
Robert Gaddis, Jr
Robert Gaddis
Bartholomew County
Theern
Reno
Grand holiday run may exceed ticket supply at shows
Amusements note strong demand for visiting the Grand during the holiday week with tickets expected to sell out before week’s end. The Empire switches to Rose Hill company midweek, Across the Desert opens at the Park Thursday for three days, with Frank James part of the show.
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Empire
Rose Hill Company
Desert
Frank James
Desertion in a Partnership Suspected in Lafayette Firm
Samuel C. Moore of Moore and Jackson asks a receiver to intervene as Amos A. Jackson vanishes after arriving in the city with 1100 dollars worth of hogs. Partners say the firm is sound financially, but Jackson’s sudden disappearance puzzles friends and colleagues.
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Samuel C. Moore
Moore & Jackson
Lafayette
Amos A. Jackson
Jackson
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