Automobile and bicycle show to open Monday at Cyclorama
The first annual automobile show opens Monday at 2 p.m. in the Cyclorama building with 15,000 feet of floor space divided among exhibitors. Cars from across the state will be showcased, with tests on an incline and fast runs planned by Union City and Kokomo dealers. Delegations from Kokomo, Anderson, Frankfort, Logansport and others are expected, and enthusiasts anticipate a week of demonstrations and new ideas.
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Union Automobile Company
Union City
Anderson
Indianapolis
Haynes-Apperton Company
Kokomo
New York
Henry Wilkie
Richmond
Targe
Frankfort
Logansport
Baseball Chatter on Matrimony Trades and League Moves
Baseball notes recount Hary Howell wedlock plans and Ma rie Best of Frederick county Maryland. Rube Waddell pursues affidavits over a Los Angeles season claim while Jimmy Ryan backs Comiskey as a strong contender. Fred Abbott to Cincinnati returns to New Orleans uniform. Milwaukee trades council urges boycotts against Quinn linked clubs. Ban Johnson favors home ownership of franchises across most American league cities. Dennis Mack sends pitchers and catchers to Chapel Hill to work arms with college players. Reds plan a southern training trip. Kentucky College offers free transport and board for ten days. Boston owners and stake questions surface as Killilea and Lawson relations are debated. California league to open an eight month season soon, managers shaping rosters. President Lennon of St Paul faces site approval reversals for a New York project. Jack Nelson notes pitchers fooling bats more today. approach is to wait for the plate and swing after weather affects batting. Stroebel pleased with Toledo American association outlook. Omaha and Louisville potentials discussed. Manual training school base ball team shows poor grades prompting calls for stricter athletes standards. Western league trembles over Watkins and James Whitfield influence with Indianapolis notes and league stability.
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Hary Howell
Baltimore
Marie Best
Frederick County
Maryland
Rube Waddell
Los Angeles
Jimmy Ryan
Comiskey
White Stockings
Fred Abbott
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Trades Council
Quinn
American Association
Ban Johnson
Washington
Boston
Dennis Mack
Philadelphia
Chapel Hill
N. C
Collegians
Reds
Kentucky State College
Killilea
Tom Lawson
Copper King
California
Shane
Lennon
St. Paul
York
Jack Nelson
Turf plungers drain 75000 at Hot Springs race rooms
New Orleans races Friday hoisted 75000 from tote boards as turf gamblers swept winnings through three events in Hot Springs. One bettor reportedly departed with 20000 while surrounding rooms echoed with uproar. Burns and Waterhouse quit California racing and shift focus to the east and Midwest. A strong horse string heads to Saratoga before season end. Jockey Qwen Mounce banned indefinitely after riding a horse with no share of the purse. Nas Turner's derby prospects loom as he nears a Whitney contract and San Francisco assignment. Dick Croker pursues a derby winner path after purchasing two yearling colts by St Simon and Florizel for 28000.
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Hot Springs
New Orleans
Burns
Waterhouse
California
East
Middle West
Saratoga
Qwen Mounce
Nash Turner
Nasturtium
Ilis
Whitney
Turner
San Francisco
Dick Croker
Lord Clonmel
St. Simon
Florizel
Boxing scraps and plans from old era boxing scene
Little Ringletts now confined in an asylum after a severe relapse from frozen feet. Tommy Byran doubts Jitz can beat Jeffries in a potential match. Bob Fitzsimmons contemplates teaching boxing by correspondence to earn money. Jim Hall says Fitzsimmons would not have been heard from in Australia if he stayed. Kid Eastin seeks Covington tournament entry. Noted boxers Jeffries, Fitzsimmons, Corbett prosper while others struggle.
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Griffo
Tommy Byran
Jitz
Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Hall
Fitzsimmons
Australia
Kid Eastin
New Orleans
Covington
Hoey Lawler
Corbett
Witz
A Great Invention Moves Rails With Vertical Light Beam
Indianapolis railroad men hail a new headlight tested on the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line. An electric arc headlight with a vertical beam reaching over 700 feet above the track can be seen ten miles away, enabling trains to locate each other and prevent collisions. The system uses a dynamo and steam motor in place of the standard headlight and may convey distress signals via colored glass in the vertical ray.
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Indianapolis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Road
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago
Charles W. Adams
Pennsylvania
Samar massacre described in Letter from Manila Navy Man
A Navy correspondent in Manila reports a ballad like account of the Samar massacre. He cites the 13th Regiment survivors and describes the attack on a mess hall, guns seized, and a church bell signaling Filipinos to charge. He notes mutilation, killings, fires, and insanity among escapees, urging Marion readers to heed the warning.
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Marion
Ind
Harry Shaw
Navy
Yorktown
Manila
P. I
Ballangigi
Samar
Priest Archivist Recalls Coxey's Army Visit to Rome
Rev J E Boniface Franciscan monk and archivist for the apostolic delegation returns from Rome after meeting the pope who questioned him about Coxey's army for two hours. He says the pope wanted to understand the movement and he wished he had learned more.
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Washington, D. C
J. E. Boniface
Apostolic Delegation
Rome
Father Boniface
Holy Father
Coxey
Elevator delays court house upgrade on old design
The court house elevator contract awarded to Vonne gut & Bohn delayed by a design hitch for the bronze cage. The old shaft carries traffic while crews finish groundwork and await a new car. A valentine for the failing elevator mocks its decades of clatter as county officials cite ongoing delays and mounting repairs.
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Court House
Vonnegut & Bohn
Charles Brown
Brown
Tragic hospitalization death of 4 year old McLarnon girl
Madeleine McLarnon, four, died after a button became lodged in her windpipe. Her father Rob ert McLarnon rushed her from a home to a drug store then to a hospital where a doctor could not remove the obstruction. The child died upon arrival at the hospital.
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New York
Madeleine McLarnon
Robert McLarnon
McLarnon
Rumor Claims Cortelyou May Resign as Secretary
Groton Mass Feb 15 Secretary George B Cortelyou reacted with surprise to a circulating rumor that he planned to resign as secretary to the president and enter business in New York. When pressed for comment he said I cannot say anything about that.
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Groton
Mass
George B. Cortelyou
New York
Just What You Ask For Motto and Substitution Dishonesty
A short sermon attacks store substitution at J Milhau's Son No 18 Broadway. It denounces merchants who replace asked for items with inferior or alternative products and urges customers to trust honest retailers who deliver exactly what is requested and respect manufacturers and wholesalers.
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J. Milhau
Broadway
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