Fitzsimmons train camp move stirs boxing hopes
George Dawson reports Fitzsimmons remains in peak condition at Bob Fussimmons camp in Chicago. The ex champion says the giant weighs about 165 pounds and plans to spar with Ruhlin, noting the toughness of training and readiness for a fight likely out west.
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Chicago
George Dawson
Bob Fussimmons
Fitzsimmons
Ruhlin
Bob Armstrong
Fitz
Jather
Éllows
Armstrong
Cway Fitz
Indianapolis Fans Backning Local Baseball Plan Faces Testing
Walter Wilmot of Minneapolis may back his American Association team with a stock company in Indianapolis. Local fans vow support to a high salaried club, despite Sunday ball muddles and past failures. Horace Fogel now manages New York, and plans to bring strong talent, including Amos Rusie, into the league.
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Hickey
Walter Wilmot
American Association
Minneapolis
Cleveland
Ban Johnson
New York
Detroit
Billy Hart
Peoria.j
Indianapolis
Amos Rusie
Rusie
Fogel
Baseball morale and salary tensions in early league era
Warlike chatter marks baseball as factions in the National League raise flaks of truce while players demand high salaries surpassing 2500 dollars. Joe Quinn visits Des Moines as a funeral manager bids to bury the Western league. Syracuse protests John Doyle signing as critics call him a bad actor. Nichols and Manning boast of skeletonizing the American association club at Kansas City amid low moral standards. President Hickey notes Watkins petition with thousands of signatures for Sunday games.
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Joe Quinn
Des Moines
St. Louis
Syracuse
John Doyle
Nichols
Manning
American Association
Kansas City
Hickey
Minneapolis
Watkins
The Importance of Correct Breathing Promoted Balm
An old health notice praises breathing properly to lengthen life and prevent catarrh. It extols Pretzinger's Catarrh Balm for quick relief from nasal inflammation, claiming cures and testimonials from Barkers New York and St. Louis users. The ad notes availability from druggists or by mail for a small price.
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NASA
Pretzinger
Morgan
Barkers
New York
Tito
Plan to count certain fouls as strikes proposed by Blues president
Dale Gear of the Kansas City Blues endorses a rule proposed by Umpire Joe Cantillon. Fouls to the right of a right handed batter and fouls to the left of a right side batter would count as strikes while other fouls would count as nothing. Gear says the rule would curb deliberate fouling and improve fairness and calls for player and umpire input on rule changes.
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Dale Gear
Kansas City Blues
Joe Cantillon
Gear
McGraw
Kid’ Elberfeld
Athletic carnival at Cook's Hall on Morris Street
The Riverside athletic club stages an athletic carnival at Cook's Hall Morris Street on Monday night March 24. The card features Sam Young versus Harry Henderson in six rounds Jack Cullen of New York against Jack Kelly in ten rounds Jack Ryan of New York against Harry Dretz in ten rounds and a grand battle royal to end the program.
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Cook’s Hall
Morris St
Sam Young
Harry Henderson
Jack Cullen
Jack Kelly
New York
Jack Ryan
Harry Dretz
Riverside Athletic Club
English promoters seek OBrien for Ryan clash in England
W A Gavin and G C Lea, English promoters, believe Jack OBrien is not eager to fight Thomas Ryan in England for coronation festivities. They aimed to secure OBrien in Philadelphia but failed to locate him, leaving Quakertown with low hopes. Peter Maher agreed to fight Kid McCoy in England next June, while representatives for Sharkey and Walcott pledged $500 each to back a coronation bout.
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New York
W. A. Gavin
G. C. Lea
England
Jack O’brien
Thomas Ryan
America
Gavin
Lea
Brotherly Love
O’brien
Ryan
Ryan. They Enquired For Mr. O’brien
Quakertown
Tommy Ryan
Peter Maher
Kid" McCoy
Sharkey and Walcott
Doan's Kidney Pills Urge Kidney Health Warning
Doan’s Kidney Pills promote kidney care warning readers to watch for brick dust colored urine frequent painful or irregular urination and back pain as signs of kidney trouble. The ad claims the pills relieve kidneys and cure backache and kidney ills including diabetes dropsy and Bright’s disease, supported by neighbor testimonies.
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Dean
Bright
Doan
Doans Kidney Pills Endorsement From Mrs Hickok
Indianapolis proof recounts how Mrs George E Hickok of 62 Poplar Street Brightwood used Doans Kidney Pills to relieve back pains and a distracting weakness. She notes her husband after an accident also benefited from Doans Kidney Pills with no complaints since. Get Doans not substitutes. no other kidney remedy endorsed by people you know.
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George E. Hickok
Poplar St
Brightwood
Doan
Henry J. Huder
Kidney Pill Testimonial From Local Miller Couple
G T Paulger of 1117 W Thirtieth St described severe pain in the loins and kidneys with dark scanty secretions. After using Dean's Kidney Pills prescribed at Henry J Huder's drug store both he and his wife reported dramatic relief from long standing backache and kidney distress.
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G. T. Paulger
W. Thirtieth St
Cliifford
Ave
Dean
Henry J. Huder
Doan's Kidney Pills Sold Nationwide Ad Scene
All druggists offer Doan's Kidney Pills at 50 cents per box. Foster Milburn Co. based in Buffalo New York is listed as the sole proprietor in this classic medicinal advertisement.
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Doan
Foster
Milburn Co
Bufe
Nation Week Matchups Across Boxing Wrestling and Billiards
The National Sporting Club schedules fights and exhibitions across boxing wrestling and billiards. Denver Ed Martin and Bob Armstrong contend for the negro heavyweight title while Frank Erne and Pat Daley vie for the lightweight crown. Harry Harris faces Andrew Tokell and George Gardner may meet Tommy Ryan. Tom Jenkins may wrestle Bull dog Clayton. Schaefer versus Cure billiards match canceled over hall dispute. Schaefer blamed for backing out citing form and daily Grand Cafe duties. Includes ad copy for Dr Bulle Cough Syrup and Auto Storage and Repair Company.
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National Sporting Club
Denver
Ed Martin
Bob Armstrong
Frank Erne
Pat Daley
Harry Harris
Andrew Tokell
George Gardner
Lowell
Mass
Tommy Ryan
Tom Jenkins
America
Clayton
England
Twins Spark Estate Contention and Local Anecdotes
A $200000 estate probate case hinges on which twin inherits the one fourth share under a mother's will, amid questions of equal division or differing fractions. The piece also recalls a courtroom exchange about bribery and integrity and a New York visitor at a Cripple Creek performance noting West and East music contrasts.
Judge Allen recounts meeting on campaign ethics
Judge H. C. Allen, GOP renomination candidate, tells friends of a colored suburban Christian meeting where a preacher asked for political support and money. The judge says he will not campaign along those lines and has set aside a certain plan.
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H. C. Allen
Allen
Wanted Plasterers Seek Savings at Local Paint Co
Indianapolis buyers seek plasterers to save money by purchasing skimming brushes at the Indianapolis Paint and Color Company located on 240 to 248 Massachusetts Avenue.
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Indianapolis Paint and Color Company
Massachusetts Ave
Photographic Studio Ad Promises Quality Portraits
Platinum Portraits promotes photographic services by Wilhite and Holloway at 237 North Penn Street one block north of Denison Hotel, inviting customers to obtain quality pictures and guaranteed satisfaction.
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Wilhite & Holloway
N. Penn
Denison Hotel
General Worth 5c Cigar Sold At First Class Drug Stores
A high grade General Worth cigar priced at five cents is advertised as on sale at first class drug stores with distribution led by W. Kriel.
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W. Kriel
Indiana Dental College S and S
A fragment notes patients from eight o clock to six, payments covering all kinds of dental work at the Indiana Dental College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana, Dental College
S&s. .W.cor
Delaware and Chiosts
Skyscrapers Could Fall Says Engineer Smith in Chicago
Chicago March 15 Gen William Sooy Smith warned at a Chicago Real Estate Board dinner that many big district steel frameworks are corroding as they lie exposed to air and gases and will topple in a few years. He noted elevated structures would fail within ten years and be out of service in about 20, claiming only oil-coated steel lasts, and that concrete embedded steel may endure 2000 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Sooy Smith
Chicago Real Estate Board
Johnson In A Pretty Pickle At Rockwood Plant Picketers
A policeman is assigned to monitor striking workers at Rockwood Manufacturing Company on English Avenue. Repeated complaints report a picket line, which organizers acknowledge yet describe as quiet and orderly as they seek to regularize their return to work.
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Rockwood Manufacturing Company
Monliers
Unclear Read from Indianapolis Nerve Pills Ad
Fragmentary OCR mentions Dr Nerve Pills and Mr J W Kolger of Washington St Indianapolis. References back pain sluggish kidneys and muscular issues with claims of relief and good kidney function after using the product. Source language is garbled with incomplete sentences.
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Indianapolis
J. W. Kolger
Washington St
Chase
M. D
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National League
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Neys
Falo
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Cure
Grand Cafe
Dr. Bulle
Auto Storage and Repair Company
Ohiost
A. W. and .N. D. Brayton
Newton Claypool
Bid’g
WM. B. Burford
Ind
Washington
Allus
the Park
Cripple Creek
West
Vermont
Heiskell
Bee JonnsTer
M. Young
4Th Ave
THE
Engineer Smith
First Baptist
Central Christian
Plymouth Congreeserve
St. Paul's Episcopal
Central Ave. M. E
Hilogy
Meridian St
M. E
Jook Field
Roberts Park M. E
Cq Nl
First Presbyterian
J. J. Son
Second Presbyterian
Tabernacle Presbyterian
Ming Smith
Christian Catholic Church
Z. A. Jones
Mansur Hall
Alabal Washington Sts
John Fr
Johnson
Rockwood
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