Old Time Pugs May Take a Tour to the South
Frank Hall, manager of John L. Sullivan and Jake Kilrain, plans a spring tour starting in Havana for four weeks, then Porto Rico and the isthmus, with stops along the canal route. The party of five includes Hall, Sullivan, Kilrain, Kid Cutler, and press agent Joseph Dorney. Hall reports many offers and expects strong financial success.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Havana
Porto Rico
Panama
California
Frank Hall
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Hall
United States
Isthmus
Pacific Coast
Mr. Hall
Sullivan
Kilrain
Kid Cutler
Joseph Dorney
Elks Club Billiard Handicap Setup For Winter Tourney
The Elks club billiard committee fixed handicaps for a winter tournament starting Saturday evening at the BPOE club. Forty three players entered with prizes for three fancy cues. Scratches set at 150 and various players listed with handicap values ranging from 150 to 60.
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Elks Club
Scratch
Irvine
Gotterdam
Burns
Brayton
la Chapelle
John Kroner
Joe Skinner
Nick Graff
C. A. Worth
Lister Kane
E. C. Raymond
Tom Farlan
Frank Frye
Henry Gund
Tom Lyons
J. P. Salzer
L. B. Raymond
Wm. Meyer
H. C. Evenson
R. T. Case
D. S. Fairbairn
Geo. E. Taylor
Henry Neidbuhr
Bert Spence
A. F
La Crosse Hereford wins first prize at Chicago cattle show
At the Chicago livestock show judges awarded prizes across fat Hereford and Aberdeen Angus classes. Fair Lad L., a two year old Hereford owned by Cargill & McMillan of La Crosse Wisconsin, won the fat Hereford class with Disclosure of the Minnesota Agricultural College second. In yearling Herefords Fulfiller VI. owned by Cargill & McMillan took first, with Lucky Strike of Danville second and Defender, last year's grand champion, third. Judge James Durno of Edinburg Scotland will announce the grand champion steer today.
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Chicago
Aberdeen-Angus
la Crosse
Fair Lad L
Cargill & McMillan
Wis
Disclosure
Minnesota Agricultural College
Lucky Strike
W. G. Hadley
Danville
Defender
James Durno
Edinburg
Scotland
Schaefer Retains The Billiard World Title
In Chicago at Orchestra Hall on December 4 Jacob Schaefer defeated George Sutton 500 to 486 to retain the world 18.1 balk line billiards championship in a second challenge match. Sutton faded near the end as Schaefer regained form while Sutton struggled with a return to his pencil tipped cue.
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Chicago
Jacob Schaefer
George Sutton
Orchestra Hall
Schaefer
Sutton
Wizard
Ask for Sox Try-Out at Los Angeles
Los Angeles cal December 4 The Chicago White Sox may train in Los Angeles next spring if Henry Berry succeeds He plans a 5000 guarantee to establish Los Angeles as the spring training point this year The Sox have not chosen a spot nor have the Cubs Manager Frank Chance aids Berry in the effort Failure to secure the Sox or Cubs could leave no major league ball on the coast with Giants reluctant after a financial loss last year in San Francisco and a northern trip that failed financially
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Los Angeles
Cal
Chicago White Sox
Henry Berry
Sox
Cubs
Berry
Nationals
Frank Chance
Giants
San Francisco
Will Not Form New Jockey Club In Lexington
At a meeting of Kentucky breeders in Lexington on December 4 1924 they decided not to form a new jockey club to govern western racing. Kentucky already has a legally constituted racing association and officials favored coordinating with state racing commissions. A ten breeder committee was appointed to pursue the collaboration. Breeding bureaus of several states were praised and a recommendation urged crossbreeding thoroughbreds with common mares.
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Lexington
Jockey Club
Kentucky
Western Jockey Club Holds Quiet Annual Meeting
CHICAGO December 4 The Western Jockey Club held its annual meeting at the club offices in the First National Bank building. Secretary Woodruff said no business of consequence was accomplished.
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Chicago
Western Jockey Club
First National Bank
Woodruff
Headaches and Neuralgia from Colds Remedy Ad
LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine the world wide Cold and Grip remedy removes cause. Call for full name. Look for signature E. W. Grove. 25c. the beauty about borrowing trouble is that you don't have to pay it back.
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E. W. Grove
Muscatine Tourists Win First Stop Game
The Muscatine tourists beat Morrison 45 to 37 before about 1,000 fans in the opening game of a 15,000 mile tour.
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Morrison
Lill
Dac
Chicago Auto Show Opens in Coliseum This Day
Chicago opens its annual auto show from November 30 to December 7 at the Coliseum under the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Thirty two companies exhibit commercial and other vehicles plus farm implements and fire wagons. A new feature is 142 oil paintings showing scenes from car events. The show claims to be the nation’s premier auto exposition with large floor space and separation of commercial and non commercial vehicles. The Coliseum stands on former Libby prison and Seventh Regiment Armory sites.
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Chicago
Exposition Arena
National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Inc
Great Coliseum
Coliseum
Seventh Regiment Armory
Libby Prison
Criminal stock jugglers in Wall Street
Philadelphia North American cautions that a small New York gambling coterie has exploited banks while asserting most American banks, including Philadelphia and New York institutions, remain honest. It notes a harmful Wall Street trend where a group controls multiple banks, using the assets for speculative gains despite legal loan limits. Gotch returns to Chicago.
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Philadelphia
New York
Gotch
Chicago
Gotch Arrives in Chicago for War Eagle Bout
Frank Gotch the champion wrestler arrived in Chicago from Montreal where he defeated Yan kee Rogers. He visited the auto show and ordered a car. He plans to resume training today for his match with Chief War Eagle.
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Chicago
Frank Gotch
Gotch
Montreal
Yankee Rogers
Chief War Eagle
Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Better Digestion at Lunch Counters
An advertisement warns about fast eating at lunch counters and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims the tablets aid digestion after overeating, boosting health, mood, and brain function. The ad invites readers to send name and address for a free sample and lists 50 cent price per package from F A Stuart Co Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Marshall, Mich
Open Secrets of Dr Pierce Medicines Revealed
Dr R V Pierce of Buffalo N Y published a full list of ingredients for his domestic medicines to dispel objections to secret compounds. He positions his remedies as known composition products and claims transparency separates them from dubious nostrums.
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R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Dr Pierce claims his medicines prove themselves by scrutiny
The text extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription, boasting full ingredient lists on wrappers and a compiled booklet of medical endorsements. It highlights no alcohol or minerals, cites Native remedies like Squaw-Weed, and promotes Helonias as a key ingredient with physician endorsements. It urges readers to request The Eclectic Review notes and to buy Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
John Fyfe
Saugatuck
Conn
Department of Therapeutics
Eclectic Review
Helonias Divica
Helenias
People’s Common Sense
M. D
R. V. Pierce
Pins to the world the pin way and back
The New York Sun notes census figures for 1905 showing 1325 632,232 gross pins produced in the year. Values reach about 1 million dollars with 19 billion pins totaling vast measures of length and distance. The piece calls the pin output a “deuce of a lot of pins.”
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New York Sun
Census Bureau
New York
Liverpool
Reading Tribune Want Ads Joke Line
A brief humorous exchange about an unusual wreath for a grave sparks a chuckle. The quote features a man explaining he will place the wreath on his wife’s first husband’s grave, apologizing for the death.
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Halloa
Judy
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