Pinochle Scores Noted In Prolonged 24 Hour Match
In Oak on February 7 a remarkable pinochle game between Gotham sportsmen ran for 24 hours. A large field of players, including A Adams, Gilbert, Neal, Young, Cadwallader, Parry, and Powers, tallied event totals across multiple contests. Indiana and another team contest ended with a narrow win.
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Neal
Tripp
Sconce
Cadwallader
WII
Powie Murchy
Young
Beck
Rike
Dom
Gilbert
Cooper
Bingham
Slow
Clark
Cad
Parry
Budd
Twih
Herkes
Com Paul
Anson
McMurchy
Britton
Adamson
Motler
Bike
Powers
Wood
Meredith
Event TX
Power
Dom Paul
Ngen
Chy
Mol
Heikes
Jamson
Mere
Busses
Soventx
Oom Paul
Weod
Brooklyn and Baltimore Club Face Harsh Action Over McGraw Case
Eyre reports Brooklyn Baltimore association vows strong punishment for McGraw over his attempt to switch control of the Baltimore club. He earned about 3600 dollars last year as manager and could have gained 10,000 from Chicago Philadelphia and New York this year. Brooklyn Baltimore threaten to block sale or force him to return to Brooklyn with a 2000 dollar salary or quit. Prosecution may follow for illicit proceedings regarding Baltimore players and contracts.
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Brooklyn-Baltimore Syn
McGraw
Baltimore
Bastland
Chicago
Philar
Cincinnati
York
Brooklyn-Baltimore Hi
Brooklyn
Tiley the nest avill rbegin Jame and will
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a scheduled start date in July or June with names Jame and others. Details are unreadable. The exact event, location, and participants cannot be confirmed from the readable fragments.
Boxing headlines and fighter notes from Chicago and Cleveland
Boxing news recounts Jean Jenkins and the Turk in Chicago match funds. Jeffries and Tommy Ryan plan corner roles. Spike Sullivan hopes to challenge Joe Gans Friday for lightweight honors. Jeffords to face Dunkhurst in Cleveland on Feb 22. Dixon eyes divorce from wife. Griffo imprisoned in Chicago. Cincinnati mayor blocks boxing license for Feb 24. Fitzsimmons returns to training seeking heavyweight bouts. Jeff Rice and Corbett cited as preferred next rival.
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Jenkins
Santry
Chicago
Jeffries
Tommy Ryan
Spike Sullivan
Joe Gans
Jim Jeffords
California
Ld Dunkhurst
Syracuse
Cleveland
George Dixon
Griffo
Cincinnati
Ohio Athletic Club
Fitzsimmons
Jeffrice-Corbett
Jeff Thorne
Natl skating cup at Clifton pond plus New York cycling meet
A feature at Clifton pond near Paterson New Jersey on February 12 will include a race for the American women's amateur championship once held by Nettie Palister. The National Cycling Association opened its second annual meeting at the Astor House in New York on Tuesday. William Lovell, a famed turfman, died in New York on Sunday. In Boston athletic games Knight and Mulligan of Knickerbocker broke the world record for three standing jumps by two inches, reaching 34 feet 4 1 2 inches. Whippet racing grows popular in New England with J A Boutelle of Providence owning Mary, the current champion, who ran 200 yards in 12 4 2 seconds. A $2,000 offer for a 3-year-old white Plymouth Rock rooster at a New York poultry show was refused. Nearly 10 bicycle tracks and clubs are active or promoting meets under the N C A. A Chicago paper claims Major Taylor bought a house in Columbus Park Boston and that his wife and three children live there, which he denies.
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Clifton Pond
Paterson
N. J
America
Nettie Palister
National Cycling Association
Astor House
New York
Wm. Lovell
Boston Atletic Association
Knight
B. A. Mulligan
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Chicago
Major Taylor
Columbus Park
Boston
Taylor
World amateur billiards record set at Knick event
New York February 7 amateur billiards at the Knick Erbocker club reports Wayman McCreery beat J De Mun Smith 40 to 139 to set a world amateur mark with an average of 14 22 27 in 27 innings. Dr L L Mias defeated Charles F Conklin 400 to 294 Tuesday afternoon in the same tourney.
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New York
Knickerbocker Athletic Club
Wayman C. McCreery
J. de Mun Smith
McCreery
Innnings
L. L. Mias
Charles F. Conklin
Stift Collapses From Ring Punishment After Tattersall Bout
Billy Stift, after his Thursday night bout with Ed Denfass at Tattersall's in Chicago, was confined to bed following a severe beating and subsequent collapse. A high fever developed soon after.
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Chicago
Billy Stift
Ed Denfass
Tattersall’s
Stift
Traveling libraries expand as Indiana program grows
Mrs. Jacob P. Dunn told the Local council of women about traveling libraries. Indiana’s program began six months ago with 1,600 volumes, 280 special books and $1,100 in treasury. A committee including Mrs. Mary Moody and Mrs. Louise Lawrence will draft resolutions to Congress to restrict liquor traffic in new possessions. The Central Christian church ladies aid reports a $4,000 gift to the church last year. A Deaconess hospital room serves old and helpless parish women. one resident near 100 has been cared for two years. Mrs. Moody urged redirected tobacco funds away from the $50 expense, noting there were no old men at the meeting.
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Jacob P. Dunn
Council of Women
Indiana Library
Mary Moody
Drummond
Louise Lawrence
Congress
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Central Christian Church
Mary I. Moody
Pension bills threaten government finances says Gallinger
Washington reports Senator Gallinger, chair of the pensions committee, says the panel is flooded with pension bills that could bankrupt the government if enacted. The latest idea would be to settle all pensions with a lump sum costing billions, a notion Gallinger says is reckless though unlikely to be seriously considered.
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Washington
Gallinger
Senate Committee On Pensions
Car Fire On Illinois Street Sparks Quick Fireman Call
An Illinois street car near Illinois and Market streets caught fire about 8 a.m. Wednesday. Passengers fled as onlookers feared total destruction, but the motorman used a broom to beat out the small blaze while the conductor fetched water. The car, damaged by a blown fuse, was ready to be pushed onward by the next car.
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Illinois-st
Illinois and
Market-sts
Gen Lawtons Body Leaves for the East
Coverage of Gen Henry M Lawtons funeral train departure from Union Station to Arlington National Cemetery Washington with stops at Columbus Pittsburgh Altoona Harrisburg and Baltimore The scene contrasted with the previous days public viewing as tens of thousands filed past the bier and the reception committee attendance waned The events included a large escort march to the station and social gatherings in Washington D C noting Gen Shafters visit to Mrs Jefferson Davis.
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Henry M. Lawton
Arlington Cemetery
Washington
Union Station
Columbus
Pittsburg
Altoona
Harrisburg
Baltimore
State House
Washington-st
Capitol Ave
Fter
Hotel English
Jonny Coburn
Gen. Shafter
Jefferson C. Davis
N. New Jersey-st
Davis
Little Boy Dies In Canal Near Washington Street
Two young boys, Charles Zobeinski and Herman Crabb, fell through thin ice behind Acme Mills and died in eight feet of water. Casper Roman, a boarder, rescued Zobeinski but Crabb could not be saved. Drs. Elsenbeiss and Parson attended both boys.
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Herman Crabb
John Crabb
N. Blackford St
Washington St
Charles Zobeinski
Zobeiski
Casper Roman
Roman
Charles
Little Charley
Crabb
Mop Fire at Illinois Street Photograph Studio
R G Keeter believes spontaneous combustion caused a fire at his photograph studio on Illinois Street near midnight Tuesday. A mop used to oil the floor was left in a back room and the blaze started where the mop hung. Every negative was destroyed and water damage matched the fire’s destruction.
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R. G. Keeter
Illinois St
Nicoll
Keeter
Corry LIFE Duval’s store fire damages at Ohio street
Fire damages Duval’s store at 44 East Ohio Street in Corry costing $10. The body of Ira M. Kelly from the Philippines arrives Friday and burial is planned Sunday at Greenwood. He served in Company K, Fourth Cavalry and was lost in the Pasig River last May. His mother resides at 1621 Spannare Street.
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Duval
Ohio St
Ira M. Kelly
Philippines
Greenwood
Company K
Fourth Cavalry
Pasig River
Spannare
Luther Mitchell
Effie
Crawfordsville Oil Company
Capital
Martinsville Telephone Company
George H. Thomas Post
G A. R
Sons’ of
Indidnapolia Plano College
Myrtles Durigan
Queen
Kinnick
Baldwin Muster House
Building false work on Central avenue bridge progress
Builders place large timbers for false work on the Central avenue bridge with carpenters at the middle span. Beech piles drive deep into the creek bed to support arches while cement hardens. North abutment complete. south excavation incomplete. Doubt remains about finishing by June.
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Ave
Union Board Sets 2 Cents Monthly Assessment
The United Mine Workers of America executive board adjourned to meet in three months and approved a 2 percent monthly assessment on 211 members to support striking miners in the southwest district. The total amounts to about $20,000 per month.
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United Mine Workers of America
Turaday
Convict Warden Shideler Aids Escape Prevention
Readable fragments describe George A H Shideler as warden and reference convicts and punishment ideas. Details are unclear but imply discussions on handling inmates and discipline measures within a prison context.
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H. H. Lee
Gotham Sports
Eole d “A. Adams
Jon-Fred Gilbert
New England
J. A. Boutelle
Providence
R. 1
Mary
Billiards
Mrs. Moody
Council
Senate
Phan
Paiz
Pompadour
Roos Eos Geneern
BBC
Cartauld
H. P. Wasson & CO
H. P. Wasson &Co
Gen. Lawton
East
THE
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Cordova
BI Men’s Congress
Tee Men's Congress
PBC
Dongola Shves
Goodyear
Bryce
Peter F. Bryce
Hoyt
Chinatown
Harry Gilfoil
Williame and Walker
Garrard and
Gebhard
Gerare
Indianapolis
George A. H
When Clothing CO
Pennsylvania St
Corduroy
Tommie
Harry
Tommmie
Grand Stook
Oliver Goldsmith
Lnc
Mr. Eeypolds
Kitchell
All Ladies
Breadhurst
Smith
Imal
Wickhorsetanl Company
Cobbler's
Meridian Dental Parlors
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F. AS
F. Woelz
D. D.S
Mgr
Meridian St
Famal
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