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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
9
Syracuse reports Bil J Horr, former Syracuse University football and track star and season coach at Pur University, has turned to boxing under Tommy Ryan. He is said to be earnest in becoming a forcible opponent to Johnson, after the football season ended last fall.
Darnbrough, a former Bloom man, involved in a banking incident reported from Bloomington Illinois on December 23. Details indicate a financial irregularity tied to Clark and local institutions. Further facts remain unclear in the fragment.
Dispatches from the gambling hub report Griffiths, a warm protege of the Cincinnati manager, is trending as Monte Carlo odds bend over his baseball prospects. Darnbrough has a history of win and loss fortunes at Monte Carlo and other European resorts, recently among top continent players and credited with a $100,000 win a year ago.
John F. Mahan, former Georgia coach and eastern athletics figure, has been engaged as director of track athletics by the Illinois Athletic Club. Mahan is known as a trainer at Dartmouth Massachusetts Tech and the University of Maine.
Wendell Phillips Debating Society wins over Lincoln Douglas in a closely fought high school declamatory contest. Gardner Withrow takes first for The First Piano in Camp, Guy Jollivette earns third for The Gentleman, while Ed Mabie places second with The Boy Orator of Zeppida City. Judges faced a difficult choice as 650 contestants were evenly matched.
Charles F. Murphy of Tammany Hall deviates from his habit and gives a young admirer advice, presenting the Star Spangled Banner with words and music as a guide.
A roundup of residents traveling for holidays and visits plus local civic changes. Mrs Jerre Richards and children head to Chicago after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs C D Williams. Gen FE Rogers and J W Gilman were named aids at a G A R anniversary in Milwaukee. Sheriff Martin Root to move into new jail. Christmas leave for academy cadets extended to eight days.
Christmas holidays bring little cheer for the West Point Academy senior class as of December 23.
Clarence Nelson a civil engineer from the United States Geological Survey returns from Alaska and is detailed by Washington to act as chief topographer for Argentina. He will map a Pacific to Andes railroad at southern latitude 41 and locate artesian wells for water in the arid route. Nelson departs January 7 for Buenos Aires via London and will be away two years. Washington will also send a geologist to South America on request.
A reflective line notes the irony of those who cheat death by lying, questioning virtue as mortality looms and suggesting truth fades under pressure. The quote casts doubt on motives and exposes the contrast between survival tactics and moral cost.
The steamer Hornet departed New Orleans on an unknown mission to Central America after a protest by the resident Honduran minister. Locals suspect the former U S gunboat may pick up men and supplies to aid a revolution in Honduras.
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