Fleet boxing finals to be refereed by Jeffries in Los Angeles
The fleet sails from Hampton Roads with social duties dropping away and eyes on Los Angeles boxing finals. Lieutenant D A Weaver schedules one bout per day across weight classes light, welter, middle, and heavyweight with $50 prizes in each event. Altieri is reigning heavyweight champ, with two or more challengers eyed to dethrone him.
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San Diego
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Hampton Roads
D. A. Weaver
Fleet
Weaver
Los Angeles
Jeffries Wilt
James J. Jeffries
Altieri
Regents Form Three Member Committee To Pick Nichols Successor
Manhattan Kansas March 31 A three member committee of regents from the Kansas State Agricultural College will choose a new president to replace E R Nichols whose resignation takes effect July 1 1909 The board led by Judge Story aims to find the right man for the executive chair and will announce the choice after screening candidates.
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Manhattan
Kas
Board of Regents
Kansas State Agricultural College
E.R. Nichols
Nichols
Judge Story
Eugene Davenport as potential successor to Nichols at agricultural college
The piece notes Eugene Davenport as a possible president candidate for K. A. C. and Nichols later. It states faculty will not be chosen for the vacancy and hints multiple opinions on the college’s goal may influence the selection.
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Eugene Davenport
Nichols
Agricultural College
Beardsley and Three-Cent Fare Question
Beardsley would learn whether three cent fares are possible. The inquiry centers on what could be expected from a Metropolitan elected candidate regarding fare policy and transit finances.
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Beardsley
Navy fleet pools sport and fishing on Texan coast voyage
Semi finals finish soon as Los Angeles bound ships prepare for major events. A boxing carnival aboard the flagship sparked athletic interest while a large sailing regatta is planned with boats from nearly all ships. Fishing dominates free time with yellowtail catches up to 35 pounds and nightly mackerel hauls. Bathing on the beach is popular. uniforms vary with weather and ranges crew dress. Offshore, debate over a new college president continues with Eugene Davenport favored by Secretary Coburn. no decision announced.
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Ter
Los Angeles
Yellowtail
Nichols
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Eugene Davenport
College of Agriculture
University of Illinois
Coburn
Dean Davenport
Preacher Bans Merry Widow Hats in Oklahoma Church Fight
In Muskogee Oklahoma a preacher warns Merry Widow hats threaten church attendance. He cites a dozen hats visible in a Sunday service and says they block view of the minister. Ministers' Alliance plans to urge bareheaded Easter services to avoid alienating male congregants.
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Musxocra
Muskogee
Merry Widow
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with Pazo Ointment
Guarantee promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding hemorrhoids in six to fourteen days or money back. Ad claims effectiveness and refund offer.
Prop Robert Koch to Visit. German Specialist Leaves for Asia
Widely known German physician Robert Koch and his wife departed for Bremen last night. They will sail today on the Kron Prinzessin Cecilie to New York for an eighteen month tour visiting Japan, China and Indo China after a period in the United States. Koch, a leading bacteriologist, is famed for his tuberculosis theory and malaria work and recently returned from Central Africa studying sleeping sickness.
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Bests
Prof
Robert Koch
Bremen
Cecilie
New York
Japan
China
Indo-China
United States
Fire destroys Western Paper Goods plant in Cincinnati
The Western Paper Goods company plant at 942-946 West Sixth Street burned early today destroying a five story building. Loss estimated at 150000 to 175000 dollars. cause believed to be crossed electric wires after an explosion collapsed the rear wall onto the Big Four railroad tracks delaying traffic for hours.
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Cincinnati
Western Paper Goods Company
West Sixth Street
PAPA SHONTS SPEAKS ON DEBT AND MARRIAGE CLARIFICATION
Theodore P. Shonts defends his son in law the Duc de Chaulnes, saying debts may prove worth and a title does not determine character. He forecasts the couple’s honeymoon, then a useful life, with Shonts ready to offer support. He denies objections to the marriage.
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Curiaco
Theodore P. Shonts
Duc de Chaulnes
Mr. Shonts
Roses for political helpers at Indiana GOP convention
An Indiana gubernatorial candidate plans to distribute 10000 American Beauty roses to attendees at the state Republican convention in Indianapolis on March 31. Delegates begin arriving as the convention nears, with platform adoption, ticket nomination, and four at large delegates to the national convention on the agenda.
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Indianapolis
Fairbanks
James E. Watson
Charles Miller
W. §. Taylor
Hugh T. Miller
Jesse Overstreet
Beveridge
Hemenway
Hanley
Conductors Urged to Keep Hands Off Women on Atlanta Cars
In Atlanta on March 31, women petitioned the street car company to order conductors to stop touching riders during reboarding. Maria Sprinkle led the effort citing ruined white lace waists and repeated damage from kindly but indiscreet hands. The group seeks clear rules allowing women in light garments to exit and enter without contact.
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Atlanta
Maria Sprinkle
Sea Serpent Fossil Recovered For Museum Display
A Kansas fossil, platecarpus abruptus, is mounted at the Walker Museum of the University of Chicago. Discovered by Prof. Samuel W. Williston along Smoky Hill river, the 19 foot skeleton has 112 vertebrae and an enormous jaws with two tooth rows and palate teeth. It weighed about one and a half tons and had paddle shaped limbs suggesting land and sea movement.
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Walker Museum
University of Chicago
Platecarpus
Samuel W. Williston
University
Department of
Aleontology
Smokg Hill River
Kansas
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