Baseball Briefs Reflect Ongoing League Wrestles And Plans
The National league case remains unresolved in New York courts while Shortridge pushes to field strong baseball and track teams next season. Ban Johnson’s American league salary rises to seven thousand dollars and no expansion is planned. Milwaukee’s fight between the American association and the Western league draws interest as newspapers mostly side with the American association. Harry Quinn questions a two thousand dollar park check, then the sum is deposited, and Quinn vows to build a twelve thousand dollar stand and resist removal.
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Shortridge
Ban Johnson
American Association
Milwaukee Journal
Harry Quinn
Quinn
Yale and Purdue to meet on western basketball trip
Yale and Purdue schedule a western trip for a basketball confrontation. The Y M C A second team defeated Shortridge second team at the Y M C A gymnasium by a score of 11 to an unclear number.
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Yale
Purdue
Shortridge
Quiet at home with Chamberlain Cough Remedy claim
An ad extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grip recovery and preventing pneumonia. It asserts countless users have all recovered and requests readers to obtain it from any druggist.
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Chamberlain
West Baden Race Track Gossip and Big Stakes
Guests at the famous water at West Baden discuss a party near collapse while chatter centers on a track gossip. Three favorites win at New Orleans as Anna Hanspring bolts through a fence injuring her shoulder and Bill Nixon wins the Premier stakes worth 1120 dollars.
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West Baden
New Orleans
Anna Hanspring
Bill Nixon
England Champion O'Brien to Fight Ryan in Kansas City
Middleweight champion Jack O'Brien will weigh in at 3 pm Thursday in Kansas City for a bout against Tommy Ryan with a $2,500 side bet. The event, marketed as a grand blowout by the "Big Four," will take place Thursday night at Oddfellows' hall on Indiana avenue, with the main bout around 10:50 and promises from the colored fraternity for notable sport.
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Jack O’brien
England
Tommy Ryan
Kansas City
O'Brien
Oddfellows’ Hall
Indiana Ave
Helena
Butte
Ogden
Spokane
Portland
Tatoma
Seattle
Northwest
No Fight Between Smith and Lieber Over Plainfield Line
Charles Finley Smith president of the Indianapolis & Western traction company says there is no fight with Albert Lieber over a proposed line to Plainfield. He notes both have private rights of way and that his road runs along the national road, while Lieber will build his own. The dispute is tied to broader tensions with the Indianapolis interurban terminal company led by Smith.
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Indianapolis & Western Traction Company
Plainfield
Dariville
Albert Lieber
Lieber
Indianapolis
Oliver Ave
Lieber-Plainfield
Indianapolis Interurban Terminal Company
Smith
Man in Passaic Kills Butcher Over Food Shortage
Peter Hermia, a laborer, is jailed in Passaic New Jersey after shooting Bernard Canter, a butcher, who could not provide meat for Hermia and his starving family. The family faced four days of flood hunger before the incident while Hermia showed signs of insanity in custody.
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New York
Peter Hermia
Passaic
N. J
Bernard Canter
Hermia
Canter
Last Visiting Day Set For Hohenzollern Pass Holders
New York reports Thursday as the final day for visitors with German consul passes to view the Hohenzollern. Prince Henry is expected back on the yacht at 5 30 pm Friday, with the day devoted to preparations for him. Yacht officers were entertained by the Deutscher Verein on Wednesday night.
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New York
Hohenzollern
Prince Henry
Deutscherverein
Noted Southwest Outlaw Musgrove Captured in El Paso
George Musgrove leader of the Musgrove gang and outlaw on the Fort Sumner robbery case was arrested by Postoffice inspector Boran of Denver. The gang killed a 12 year old boy and plotted marriage with a Oklahoma girl. Other gang members Wit Neill J Cook and Joe Roberts were captured on Blue River 40 miles above Clifton.
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Musgrove
Postoffice
Boran
Denver
Fort Sumner
N. M
Oklahoma
Mescolro
Tom Ketchum
Black Jack
Clayton
Wit Neill
J. Cook
Joe Roberts
Blue River
Clifton
Musgrove Band
Amusements Tonight at Grand Empire and City Club
The Grand offers Vaudeville at 2:15 and 8:15 p m with A Stranger in a Stranger Land at 2 and 8 p m The Empire presents City club burlesquers at 2 and 8 p m All shows run today with multiple performances across venues.
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PARK
Empire—City Club
Mayor Orders Exercise For Fort Wayne Police
In Fort Wayne on March 6 Mayor Berghoff ordered a dozen police officers to exercise to lose weight or depart the payroll. He said the force is short winded and not up to a thief in a foot race after a late Wednesday night lecture for the good of the order. In Huntington on March 6 W H Baker, a prominent businessman, has disappeared prompting a Saturday assignment asking that funds after creditors are paid be given to his wife.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Berghoff
Force
Huntington
W. H. Baker
S Sturday
Wrestling bout set with Shelbyville interurban and works board
Ed K Adams fears a contract clash as the Shelbyville interurban lines and the works board plan a March 15 wrestling of terms. The board seeks city revenue of five cents per round trip for ten years, fifteen cents for the next ten, and twenty five cents thereafter, while the company offers five, ten, and fifteen cents respectively. Adams says the board aims to tax his line as heavily as the Union traction firm, despite serving less populated routes.
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Ed K. Adams
Works Board
The
Adams
Union ‘Traction Company
Social Notices Include Travel And Weddings Across Cities
Mrs. George A. Gay and Mrs. Charles Merrill travel plans list New York and California while Mrs. J A Milburn returns to Chicago. The Review circle met at Mrs L C Cline s home and invitations went out for a March 17 card party honoring Mrs C F Daly. Rev H C Meserve hosted a University club luncheon for Rev Dr Philip Moxom of Springfield Mass amid state wedding reports for Evarsville and Richmond featuring Elizabeth Fares Frederick Lauenstein Jr Caroline Primrose and Charles Lemley.
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J. A. Milburn
Chicago
L. C. Cline
H. C. Meserve
Funcheon
Philip Moxom
Springfield
Mass
Evarsville
Elizabeth Fares
Frederick Lauenstein, Jr
Richmond
Caroline Primrose
Charles Lemley
Miranda at the Park and a Gala Vaudeville Week
Mrs. Fiske brings Miranda in a bold stage adaptation at the Park on March 12 with a fresh strong central character. The Grand bill features Helene Mora and Kilpatrick the one legged bicycle rider, Hal Merritt, and Corbett appearing in a strange land farce. The Empire hosts two burlesques with the Lans sisters Ferguson Watson and Grace Leonard later in the week.
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Miranda
Helene Mora
Kilpatrick
Hal Merritt
the Empire
En Ono
Lans Sisters
Ferguson and Watson
Grace Leonard
Clark University to Receive Carnegie Grant for Research
Worcester March 6 Clark university is slated to receive a portion of Andrew Carnegie final fund totaling 10 million dollars for scientific research. President Hall filed the application early and President Gilman of the Carnegie Institution will visit Clark to determine the grant amount and allocation.
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Worcester
Mass
Clark University
Andrew Carnegie
Hall
Gilman
Carnegie Institution
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