Hotel inspector to be named in January
Madison Wis Dec 26 Although the Rosa law for regulating hotels restaurants and rooming houses will take effect January 1 a hotel inspector will not be chosen until the first week in January Next Saturday no final examination will be held of the top twenty applicants who stood highest in the recent hotel examination and then the civil service commission will certify the three highest names to the state board of health which will meet early in January for the selection.
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Madison
Wis
Civil Service Commission
State Board of Health
Harvard Completes Football Schedule
Harvard's football schedule is listed with games at Cambridge and New Haven. Opponents include Bates Springfield YMC A Washington and Jefferson Taft's Penn State Michigan Princeton Brown Yale, with dates from September 26 to November 21.
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Boston
Mass
Harvard
Bates
Cambridge
Springfield Y. M. C. A
Washington and Jefferson
Taft’s
Penn State
Michigan
Princeton
Brown
Yale
New Haven
Wolgast Brown Bout Called Off Indefinitely
The ten round boxing match between Ad Wolgast and Knockout Brown of New York City, set for New Year’s Day under the Queensbury Athletic Club, was postponed due to Brown’s illness. The bout is rescheduled for the first week of February.
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Ad Wolgast
Knockout Brown
New York City
Queensbury Athletic Club
Danny Morgan
Brown
Christmas Day Celebrates 38th Birthday in Columbus
Christmas Day, junior partner of Lybermer Day commission merchants, marked his 38th birthday and Christmas Day in Columbus. He claims to be the only Christmas Day in the flesh in the country. Born at Kirkersville, Ohio, he is married with two daughters who admire his name.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lybermer & Day
Kirkersville
What Do You Care How Old a Wheeze Is
A cryptic line ponders the value of age in a familiar sound before it is heard anew, suggesting the importance of novelty over familiarity in perception.
Price Hill coach Burckhart leads undefeated season
In Covington Price Hill High School football, Coach Burckhart guided the team to six wins and 161 points while conceding only six. Re-engaged for next year, the 27 year old Vassar graduate plans to organize a girls football team and may face the boys’ squad for practice.
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Covington
Burckhart
Price Hill
Buckhart
Vassar ‘College
Carrie Burckhart
Lee Quillin Demands Lincoln Release in Baseball Standoff
Lincoln reports that Lee Quillin of Denver's Grizzlies issues an ultimatum to President James McGill. If Denver refuses release, Quillin will sign with Chicago or St. Louis Federal league clubs, citing contract dissatisfaction. Also James E. Sullivan plans a seven game coast series for 1915 pennant winners after the world series ends.
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Lincoln
Neb
Lee Quillin
Denver
James McGill
Grizzlies
Quillin
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
James E. Sullivan
San Francisco
Tener and Johnson
Christmas Day Husband Kills Wife then Ends His Life
In Indianapolis Jas. T. Carney 52 fired a double barreled shotgun at his wife as she begged him to quit drinking on Christmas. She died instantly and he killed himself with the second shot. A twelve year old daughter witnessed the tragedy.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Jas. T. Carney
Largest bird show marks New York silver anniversary
New York reports the 26 December opening of the New York poultry and pigeon show at Madison Square Garden with over 8000 entries in tiers. The event runs through 31 December and features a silver anniversary cat show as the final attraction on the last three days.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Funeral arrangements pending for Mrs Adlai E Stevenson
Bloomington Ill Dec 26 Arrangements were not completed today for the funeral of Mrs Adlai E Stevenson widow of the former vice president who died last night after months of illness She was 7 years old and served four terms as president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Bloomington
Ill
Ad_lai E. Stevenson
A Fool’s Idea of a Good Joke
A quip about how a fool’s notion of humor relies on fooling others, suggesting small practical jokes rely on outwitting the next person rather than clever wit.
Rodel Defeats Local Heavyweight in Ten Round Bout
Syracuse the Boer Dec 26 earned another victory in a ten round match against Howard Morrow a local heavyweight in a city ring.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Rodel
Howard Morrow
Levinsky to Box Flynn at National Sporting Club
Battling Levinsky agreed to a ten round bout with Porky Flynn at the National Sporting Club on January 15 after his victory over Jack Driscoll. Also scheduled are ten round bouts for Young Joe Shugrue and Cyclone Smith tonight at the National Athletic Club and a possible middleweight title bout with Jimmy Howard early next month. In Chicago, the first National motorboat show will run February 28 to March 7 at the Chicago Coliseum, backed by the National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers.
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New York
Jack Driscoll
Battling Levinsky
Porky Flynn
National Sporting Club
Joe Shugrue
Cyclone Smith
National Athletic Club
Tom O'Rourke
George Chip
Jimmy Howard
Chicago
America
Chicago Coliseum
National Association of Engine and Boat Manufacturers
Zimerman Could Trade Cub Third Baseman Next Season
Chicago reports Heinie Zim merman, Cub third baseman, may switch teams next season. President Murphy reportedly explored trading his temperamental star for a different player.
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Chicago
Heinie Zimmerman
Cub
Murphy
Zim
Stiehm Named Indiana Athletic Director
Bloomington Indiana reports former Wisconsin star and Nebraska coach Jumbo Stiehm will become Indiana's new athletic director after a successful season.
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Bloomington
Ind
Louis Sockalexis dies in Maine logging incident
Penobscot Indian Louis Sockalexis, famed as a ball player, died of heart disease while working in a logging operation at Burlington Maine. He was 41 and recently based in Old Town. His family, with tribal prominence, included ancestor governors and athlete relatives such as Andrew Sockalexis.
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Louis Sockalexis
Burlington
Old Town
Sockalexis
Penobscots
Louis
Andrew Sockalexis
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