Umpire McDermott and Auger Signed for Next Season
President C F Moll of Wisconsin joins with Elliott of the Minny league to obtain Umpire McDermott, praised as a top indicator handler from the previous season. Elliott also signs Frank Auger of St Louis, with three years as an umpire in the Illinois Missouri league and Western Association. Ollie Anderson is expected to complete the officiating trio next year.
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C. F. Moll
Wisconsin-Jl
Elliott
Minny League
McDermott
Moll
Frank Auger
St. Louis
Auger
Ollie Anderson
Lil Arthas Bold On Cop Court Scene In Brooklyn
In Brooklyn Christmas season flair, the boxer known as Lil Arth a appears in Adams Street Police court after a staged taunt claiming he would fight Sam Langford for ten thousand dollars within thirty days. Police escort Johnson to the lockup as Magistrate Dooley addresses the arrest.
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New York
Jack Johnson
Lil Artha
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Dooley
John
Sam Langford
Sir Arthur
Gardiner
New York State
McCormick
Po Brady
Johnson
Michigan Champs Says Walter Camp
Walter Camp, national football authority, concedes the Western championship to the University of Michigan and disputes Notre Dame’s claim. He praises Red Miller, notes Michigan’s season as superior overall, and recalls Yost’s squad overcoming a slump to defeat Penn and Minnesota.
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Detroit
Mich
Walter Camp
University of Michigan
Notre Dame
Camp
Red Miller
Walter Eckersall
Walter Steffen
Michigan
Wolverines
Yale
Minnesota
Chicago
Wisconsin
Yost
Penn
Bulldog
Retinue Invasion Delays Trial At Adams Street Court
A large retinue in a touring car invaded Adams Street court where Jack waited two hours to be tried and was discharged, while Policeman Gardner faced sharp criticism for a misinterpreted law.
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Adams Street Court
Jack
Gardiner
Frenzied Finance Ends with Unpaid Gratitude Harboring Frustration
A brisk social observation notes a type of financier who consumes wealth without gratitude. The piece critiques transactional arrogance and the erosion of courteous exchange in modern money culture.
Shirley Chosen Captain of La Crosse High School Team
Walter Shirley was elected captain of the 1910 La Crosse high school football team at a meeting in the school auditorium. Prospects for next season look strong with many returning players and new talent, though several graduates leave. The association faces a stretched treasury and may rely on local businessmen to hire a coach.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Music Co
Cable Piano Co
Walter Shirley
Shaw
Davis
Schlabach
Brindley
Tiedeman
Shirley
Strum
Sidensol
Walker
Hundredmark
Starrum
Ray Collins
Keeler
Chamberlain
E. Hundredmark
Weimar
8Ellevue
Downward Course of Kidney Ills Warned
La Crosse resident Mrs. Theodore Segler reports relief from kidney trouble using Doan's Kidney Pills from Erhart & Son's Drug Store. She describes dull pains in hips and back improving after starting the remedy. Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo markets Doan's in the United States at nine cents.
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la Crosse
Theodore Segler
Badzer St
Wis
Dean
Erhart & Son
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United
McGovern Named to All American by Washington Herald
Minnesota quarterback McGovern earns a spot on the Herald's All American team as the sole western representative. Analysts note his superior play versus eastern peers and praise his handling of the Minnesota offense amid comparisons to Yale Harvard Princeton peers.
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Washington, D. C
McGovern
Minnesota
Washington Herald
Herod
Howe
Yale
O'Flaherty
Harvard
Bergin
Princeton
Sprackling
Brown
Wooris
Pennsylvania State
Herald
Carroll College football claims state title deserved
A reader from Waukesha Wisconsin writes to defend Carroll College over a Tribune editorial on Carroll's state championship win at Ripon. The account details a fumble recovery by Carroll on a Ripon line plunge, noting officials and players from both sides acted within rules and praising Ripon for fair play.
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Carrol College
Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
Carroll
Riponites
MacDonald
Ward
Carrol
Hassett
Madison Disputes State Champs In Proposed Title Game
Madison high school claims a right to the state title after challenging Chippewa Falls for a match deemed necessary to determine champions. Chippewa Falls counters that Marinette’s defeat secures them northern honors, while Madison cites faculty objections to Thanksgiving games as the reason for not meeting Marinette.
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Madison
Wis
Chippewa Falls
Becaust
Marinette
Capital City
Albert R. Tormey
Milwaukee
Ced Coots Cunningham
Cunningham
Camp Randall
Chippewa Falls Warriors
Chippewa
Capt. Tormey
Jones
Wisconsin
Madman Amuck as Sheriff Arrives in Greenville
Clyde Weaver a 34 year old man who killed his mother and a deputy sheriff wounded two and then killed himself near Gettysburg Darke county on Monday had been confined in the Dayton insane asylum. Physicians say he suffers from a form of mental trouble described as exaggerated ego similar to the Starr Thaw case. Sheriff John F Haber and Deputy W H Farra went to the Weaver home to take him into custody.
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Greenville
Ohio
Clyde Weaver
Isaac Weaver
Gettysburg
Darke County
Dayton Insane Asylum
Starry Thaw
Stanford White
New York City
Weaver
John F. Haber
W. H. Farra
Weaver Guns Down Family as Sheriff Chases
Weaver armed with a revolver fires on officers as his mother is killed while intervening. Sheriff Haber hunts him. deputy Farra is slain. Weaver wounds Levi Minnich and shatters his wife’s arms. Surrounded, the fugitive dies by suicide after firing about twenty rounds. Authorities say he planned to resist arrest.
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Weaver
Sherff
Levi Minnich
Minnich
La Crosse Coach Praises City Before Chicago Move
La Crosse High School football coach Ivan Doseff lauds La Crosse as one of the prettiest and cleanest cities after visiting local factories Friday and Saturday. He departs Monday for Chicago to study at the Art Institute and pursue art career plans.
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la Crosse
Ivan Doseff
Chicago
Doseff
Art Institute At
Marriage Licenses Granted to Two Couples in Holmen and North La Crosse
County Clerk Charles Rawlinson issued licenses to Andrew Bolstad and Olga Rogstad of Holmen and to C. J. Fjelstad and Sarah Halstenrud of North La Crosse.
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Rawlinson
Andrew Bolstad
Olga Rogstad
Holmen
C. J. Fjelstad
Sarah Halstenrud
North la Crosse
Christmas Stamp Campaign Opens in Wisconsin
The 1909 Christmas stamp drive by the Wisconsin Anti Tuberculosis association begins with 250 local campaign managers. About 1.5 million stamps are ordered as towns vie for an Aero cleaning system worth 700 to 1000 dollars, awarded to the city with the best stamp per population ratio.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin
Douglas
Stanley A
Goldsmith Bldg
Mllagers
Air Cleaning Co
Nng
Rockefeller Heir Not Recovering Rapidly From Operation
Greenwich Conn Dec 1 Percy A Rockefeller son of wa Rockefeller and nephew of Jonathan Rockefeller was reported not to be recovering rapidly from an operation performed for appendicitis.
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Greenwich, Conn
Percy A. Rockefeller
Wa Rockefeller
Jona D. Rockefeller
Clever talk nudges a weaker man toward impossible tasks
A fragment hints at manipulation by a clever person who coerces a less powerful man into attempting work he cannot perform. The brief line suggests ethical concerns about deceit and pressure in personal influence.
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Ollie
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Chippewa’ Falls
Madman Amuck
A. G. Delamater and
WM. Norris
Ine
Studebaker Theatre
George Barr M'Cutcheon
Robert M. Baker
Metropolitan
Broadway
George Barr McCutcheon
Beverly
Haber
Farra
Weaver Wis Dee
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