Suicide of Deputy Marshal Jack White at Helena
The northwest boxing figure and former pugilistic champion Jack White, a four year deputy U S marshal, killed himself in Helena Montana using a pistol. The report notes other boxing gossip including Sullivan McGovern plans and bets for a Covington ten round bout amid Bluegrass athletic club opening and law enforcement vigilance.
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Jack White
Northwest
United States
Helena
Mont
James Jeffries
Young Corbert
Louisville
McGovern
Sullivan
Terry
Sam Harris
Dayton
Norwood
Hughey McGovern
Chicago
Ching Fong
Covington
Bluegrass Athletic Club
Ice baseball and postal votes for new park plan
Eli Zaring praises ice baseball for old skates as the Three I league thrives with a scheduled season. Louisville fans cast 650 postal votes to decide the American Association park site, signaling strong interest in the real thing. A Chicago paper jokes that new rules boil to a right-triangle calculation and luck, ending with a gag about fouls.
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Eli Zaring
George’ Tebeau
Louisville
Chicago
Track Talk Headlines From Mempho and Nearby Races
Red Hook Derby candidate arriving in Memphis fills stalls as Oakland meet yields tough track conditions. S S T Riley buys Country Jay at Lig sale in Lexington for 2000 dollars. New horses reach Charleston from New Orleans while Oton.Clay wins as heavy favorite. Sullivan Harris plan 18 horse stable under manager Terry McGovern with Christy Martin as trainer. No early racing until Gravesend meet. Death at New Osteans ends a race.
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Red Hook
Bradley
Memphis
Oakland
Ss. T. Riley
Lexington
Country Jay
Paronella
Parkville
Charleston
New Orleans
Race Crash Ends With Death At Indy Circuit Idea
Sir Florian led the six and a half furlongs dash crossing sharply in front and knocking Death out of the race. Death pursued but Florian kept the lead as spectators weighed the prospect of a new Indianapolis circuit with Terre Haute Danville Anderson and Indianapolis named as stops. The Gentlemen's Driving Club plans an annual meeting the first of March.
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Sir Florian
Death
Florian
Gentlemen's Driving Club of
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Danville
Anderson
Amusements at Grand Park and Empire include Rudolph and Adolph
Fanny Rice headlines the Grand with drawing power this week in Rudolph and Adolph. Park offers Papa's Baby and a new vaudeville revue while Empire features The Merry Maidens burlesque. Lottie Salter and Mrs Nellie Maskell connect the shows with a history of Indianapolis theatre.
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Park
Rudolph
Adolph
Fanny Rice
Melville and
Stetson
Lottie Williams-Salter
Indianapolis
Smith
Miss Salter
Aitress
Miss. Salter
Mrs. Salter
Ed Salter
Weber & Field ‘House
Nichols Sisters
Washington’s
First Visit of Miss Scott at the Grand Thrills Indianapolis
A high soprano from Virginia enchants Indianapolis with refined training and a pure voice. Miss Scott, colored, captivates audiences with simple songs while aiming for a church position. Her career spans New York conservatory scholarships, private musicales, and vaudeville performances. This marks her first Indianapolis appearance.
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Grand
Miss Scott
Scott
New York
New York Conservatory
Helen Gould
Conservatory
Gould, Stuyvesant Fish
Indianapolis
Elevator Car Drops Fourteen Stories in Cleveland Building
Two men, Harry Wilson and Fred Snell, died after an elevator car fell from the Scofield building in Cleveland. The pair were carrying a window frame to the fourteenth floor when the accident occurred. Investigators suspect the car struck top shaft girders and a broken cross bar caused the fall. The engineer heard slack, then the car crashed to the basement with both workers fatally mangled.
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Scofield
Euclidave
Ernest
Harry Wilson
Carpenter
Fred Snell
Springfield man 103 dies at home after fall
James Alexander aged 103 dies at his Springfield home after a fall two weeks earlier. A native of Elount county, Tennessee, he had lived in the city since 183. His health was fair until the accident on icy pavement that broke his arm.
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Springfield
James Alexander
Elount. County
Tessee
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