Kid McCoy Ready for Fight at Island Athletic Club
York dispatch notes brisk betting and high interest in Kid McCoy training for a bout with Maher at White Plains. Out-of-town bettors, including Wynn and Roblee, place wagers on Marchday and Indian Bay with odds firm, while large sums circulate on McCoy versus Maher.
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York
Kid McCoy
Uldoon
White Plains Mill
Ting
Tom Wynn
Milton Roblee
Adiana Bay
J. Henson
Pittsburg
McCoy
Sharkey
Jeffries
Island Athletic Club
John Kelly
Louis Wormser
Maher
Hustling Juniors Show Strong Bowling Talent
The Sanford juniors aged 15 to 19, among the top bowlers for OTER, display solid averages in three games. Scores noted include Randall 157 Pritchett 204 Talbert 161 Prahm 223, Emerich 172 and Brinkmeyer 223 with multiple repeats across events. Mention of Billy Mahoney and Mitchell at Sullivan noted in context.
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Sanford
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Pritchett
Talbert
Prahm
RY To Omilinson
Brinkmeyer
Low
Emerich
O. Parttal
No Farming Dictum From President Watkins of Home Team
President Watkins of the Home Team denies Indianapolis will be a farm for Cincinnati players or any other National League club. He states no connection exists between the clubs and that Indianapolis players will have equal opportunity to be picked by any big league club.
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Watkins
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Two Night Omaha Pool Match Seals $500 War of Wits
Fred Peyton and Alfred D Oro drawn for a $500 pool game in Omaha set for February 2 and 3. The event spans two nights and the match is to be decided over 400 points.
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Fred Peyton
Alfred D'Oro
Omaha
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Capt. Sullivan
San Francisco
Iberg
Kansas City
Chicago
Milwaukee Sentinel
Ban Johnson
Kililea
Milwaukee
Lecture ban on trusts spark storm over Monnett
New York December 30 The Standard reports that the action by Standard onf men to block a lecture on trusts by Attorney General Monnett of Ohio drew widespread indignation. Executive committee members of the People's Institute say Monnett will have another chance later. Monnett explains the ban came after objections from the Pratt estate.
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New York
Standard Onf
Monnett
Ohio
People’s Institute
Pratt Estate
Will in two pieces tied together probate held
A will of Mrs Smith, probated Friday, was found in two slips pinned together. Probate commissioner Walker required witnesses to prove authenticity. The $15000 Perry Township estate was left to her son from a former marriage, Clive M Crowell, at her death.
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Bi Smith
Walker
Watermelon Man minstrel J W Andrews dies at 64
J W Andrews known for the water melon song sketch died Friday at the Elgin Illinois asylum at age 64. He gained national fame for the watermelon routine and had not appeared in Indianapolis in several years.
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J. W. Andrews
Elgin, Ill
Andrews
Indianapolis
Mrs Beveridge Ill News From Washington
Mrs Beveridge wife of the senator lies very ill with access limited to the physician the nurse and Senator Beveridge. Authorities fear a lengthy illness will keep her from Washington for several weeks.
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Mrs. Beveridge
Theodore Brown Acquitted in Child Assault Case
The jury found Theodore Brown not guilty of criminally assaulting 11 year old Annie Brennan after deliberating from 3 p.m. Friday to Saturday morning. The case noted the child's story was not wholly consistent.
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Theodore Brown
Annie Brennan
E. V. Smalley Dies at 58 in Minnesota
E V Smalley editor and publisher of Northwestern Magazine and secretary of the National Sound Money League died at midnight after a month's sickness from nervous dyspepsia in St Paul Minnesota. His death closes a noted career in financial reform journalism and public advocacy.
Whiteett Undertaker Listings in Sun Newspaper
The seventh page of The Sun includes notices and listings for Chas T Whiteett and related undertaker services, with contact lines such as 581 Meridian Street and phone number 564, reflecting a mid-century local business directory entry.
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Whiteett
Wife Seeks Relief After Alleged Six Year Abuse
A woman testifies she endured six years of severe mistreatment from her husband including beatings, neglect, and an alleged lockup as insane. She says he earns $12 weekly but gives her nothing, and she cannot pay a grocery bill or church dues. Police doubt she is insane. the husband admits to injuries but claims self defense. He is described as slender but muscular.
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Kording
No Lock-Out Averted in Chicago Building Trade Dispute
Chicago postponed any lock-out on January 1 as the conference committee of the building trades council presented a final report detailing an agreement with the building contractors' council. The plan sets up a permanent arbitration board to end the sympathetic stake causing the trouble, with ratification by several groups taking five to six weeks and no building interruptions meanwhile.
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Chicago
Building Trades
Building Trades Council
Sfriday Night
Building Contractors’ Council
Young Rudd Found After Disappearance
Albert Rudd, 1810 Ingram Street, missing since Thursday noon, was found by police Friday night and returned home. He said his parents threatened to send him to reform school for misbehavior, ran away, slept in a boxcar, and had no food. Workmen rescued him when he fell into Fall Creek near the new Central Arter bridge.
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Albert Rudd
Ingram St
M. E. Rudd
Fall Creek
New Central Are
Bridge
W. B. Davis
MacPherson
Q. T
Chicago coated paper company organized with 500000 capital
A dispatch from Anderson reports a new Chicago coated paper company formed with 500000 capital stock. Officers named are M. R. Williams president, Crawford Fairbank vice president, Bern J. Harter treasurer, John M. Sharter secretary. Headquarters will be in Chicago. The firm will manufacture cardboard and high grade paper. Local papers say it is independent of the paper trust, though Williams also manages the American strawboard company and Harter is a Marion capitalist.
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Anderson
Chicago Coated Paper Company
M. R. Williams
Crawford Fairbank
Terrellxvilte
Bern J. Harter
Marion
John M. Sharter
Chicago
Paper Trust
Williams
American Strawboard Company
Harter
Drummers Banquet Speaks On Traveling Tales
At the commercial travelers banquet and ball John W. Kern recalled hearing stories once told as original by Sol Hathaway when he traveled in the "coon belt" 25 years ago. George W. Geiger presided with speakers including Thomas J. Cook and Rev. Wm. A. Quayle as the association danced until morning.
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John W. Kern
Sol Hathaway
Belle Isle Salt Company Targets Ice Flooded Mine
In Iberia parish Louisiana the Belle Isle salt company plans a bold move after sinking shafts failed and floods trapped in a spring. Stockholders have raised $32,000 to freeze the flooded mine, extract the block, and then seal the spring to prevent further damage to the $400,000 investment.
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New Orleans
Kla
Belle Isle Salt Company
Iberia Parish
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Mitchell At
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Tommy White
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Grand Opera House
Indiana Trust CO
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Grand-Stock Company
D’ennery
Einglish
England
America
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Joenix T. Sullivan
Charles Coghlan
Stuart
Robson
Augustus Thomas
Allstar
Walter Hale
H. A. Weaver
Beaumont Smith
Clifford Leigh
Florence Rockwell
Jeffreys Lewis
Ellen Mortimer
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Henry E. Dixey
Oliver
Ear Sale
Atlas
Johnson & Waltz
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Homestead
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the Sun
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Vonnegut Hardware CO
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