Roosevelt denounces prize fighting while praising boxing
Theodore Roosevelt in The Outlook discusses his boxing-friendly stance and friendships with boxers, yet condemns prize fighting. He recalls laws as governor, noting abuses despite safeguards, urges nationwide end to prize bouts and critiques racing and cinema elements connected to the sport.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Jacob Riis
New York
Crookenness
United States
Daring Swindle Attempt Foiled in Berlin Hotel
In Berlin a prank call by a Crown Prince tested a clerk at a major hotel who was asked to hand over 200 marks to a supposed trustworthy courier. The supposed "reliability test" led to a police summons when a shabby young man arrived to claim goods, revealing a ponzi-like swindle.
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Berlin
Crown Prince
Fredrick William
Germany
Boy fined for picking flowers on railway right of way
In Tunbridge Wells an 11 year old, Benjamin Bridger, was fined for taking wild flowers from a railway right of way to place on his father’s grave. The court noted respect for others’ rights, though the punishment sparked protests by progressive leaders who seek a Home Office inquiry.
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Tunbridge Wells
England
Southeastern Railroad
Secretary of State For Home Affairs
Benjamin Bridger
Home Secretary
Lorimer Issue Dominates Illinois Campaign
The Lorimer scandal will be the primary issue in Illinois politics this summer and fall with voters aiming to oust lawmakers who backed Senator Lorimer. Primaries Sept 15 will test efforts by both parties as reform groups and nonpartisan meetings press to clean state government.
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Illinois
Ilinois
William Lorimer
Republians
Lorimer
Senate
Chicago
Republican Party
Peoria
Democratic County Central Committee
Democratic
Postal Telegraph Case Upholds Board Tax Assessment
Judge Heimster ruled for the State Board of Tax Commissioners in a dispute with the Postal Telegraph Cable Company of Indiana over 1909 assessments. The court found no wrongful principle, rejected claims that property outside the state adds value, and upheld the board’s $424,726 assessment at $45 per mile rather than $15. The ruling allows the board to certify the last year’s assessment.
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Postal Telegraph Cable Company of
Indiana
State Board
Heimster
Hitchcock Faces Scrutiny Over Post Office Expenditures
The article reports that Postmaster-General Hitchcock redirected about 10 million dollars from the post office budget back to the treasury, with nearly a third of that sum intended for rural free delivery routes left unspent. It notes routine unfulfilled route approvals in Democratic and insurgent districts, suggesting political influence and questioning economy claims.
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Washington
Hitchcock
United States Treasury
Congress
Post Office Department
Treasury
Texas
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Rural Free Delivery Abolishment Debate Continues
The Rural Free Delivery News asserts a push to end the rural delivery system, while the Post Office Department denies any plan by the postmaster general to abolish it. The dispute centers on whether reforms would terminate rural routes and impact letter carriers nationwide.
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Rural Free Delivery News
Post Office Department
Postmaster-General
Officers arrest ill woman in obscenity case near Waterloo
A sick Mrs Phila Wolfe wife of a farmer near Waterloo was arrested Wednesday afternoon by Deputy U S Marshal T F Martin on a charge of sending an obscene card to a recipient. The physician had pronounced her too ill to be moved.
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Phila Wolfe
Waterloo
United States
T. F. Martin
Chas. H. Fletcher
Albert W. Kahl
Buffalo
N. Y
Gustave A. Eisengraeber
St. Paul
Minn
E. J. Dennis
St. Louis
8. A. Buchanan
Philadelphia
J. E. Simpson
Chicago
Ill
R. E. Eskildson
Ontalia
Neb
L. R. Robinson
Kansas City
Edwin F. Pardee
New York City
N. B. Sizer
Brooklyn
Miss Glenna Eaton Bound Over For Federal Grand Jury
Mrs Wolfe appeared before United States Commissioner T J Logan at Fort Wayne and was bound over to the November federal grand jury. She furnished bond.
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Glenna Eaton
Kaiser Enters Hotel Business As Adlon Owner
Berlin July 18 Emperor William after raising Prussian salary has branched into hospitality and is now principal owner of Hotel Adlon on the Spree in Berlin. The move makes him a hotel proprietor offering guests a royal stay to those who can pay for the privilege.
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Berlin
William
Prussia
Adlon
Richmond Film Men Ban Fight Pictures
Local moving picture show managers in Richmond decided to exclude fight pictures from their theaters following Indianapolis authorities. Special to The Sus.
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Richmond
Ind
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Indianapolis
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