Boxing Night Lifts Lid in Chicago Charity Show
In Chicago on January 21 a charity athletic show for the Seventh Regiment hospital corps featured six boxing matches and six wrestling bouts. The standout was a four round bantam clash between Johnny Conlon and Kid Graves of Brooklyn, with most bouts set for three rounds but extended to four. Rounds lasted one minute each with eight ounce gloves.
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Chicago
Seventh Regiment Hospital Corps
Illinois National Guard
Johnny Conlon
Bantai
Kid Graves
Brooklyn
Winona Prep Plans $5,000 Fund Drive For Club
Winona prep announces a fund drive aiming to raise 5000 dollars for a school club. E. L. King seeks leadership of the club as organizers push community support and sponsorship to meet goals.
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Winona
Winona Plans to Join New Baseball League Network
Winona seeks to form a stock financed league team with E. L. King as a potential manager. South St. Paul and La Crosse are eyed as circuit sites with public funding and strong backing from local business groups. The proposed 666 mile circuit includes Wausau La Crosse Eau Claire Winona Duluth and Superior, impacting travel costs and city populations.
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Winona
Business Men's Association
Lee Brice
St. Paul
Wausau
la Crosse
National Commission
Twin Cities
South St. Paul
A. A
Stillwater
Ashland
Eau Claire
Duluth
Superior
Pyramid Pile Cure Trial Offer Free by Mail
A sensational pitch promises instant relief and a permanent cure for piles. It urges readers to mail name and address for a free trial package labeled Pyramid Pile Cure, then buy two 50 cent boxes from druggists, claiming no operation is needed and that inflammation itching and ulcers will disappear.
Race Track Owners Sell Big Interests
Memphis Tennessee January 21 John Condon Louis Cella and partners Meiers Adler and Teilis Don Stuart and others identified with ownership of race tracks in the Mid west have sold or are about to sell all holdings in that line This information was furnished here by Captain R R Rice Arkansas turfman and politician who was ruled off the western turf for racing also called outlaw tracks and who retaliated by assisting in legislating racing out of a native state
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Memphis
Tenn
John Condon
Louis Cella
Meiers, Adler and Teilis
Don Stuart
Middle West
R. R. Rice
Arkansas
Pyramid Pile Cure Free Trial Coupon Offer
A mail order coupon invites readers to fill in name and address to receive a free Pyramid Pile Cure trial package from Pyramid Drug Company at 154 Pyramid Building in Marshall Michigan. The offer promises delivery by mail in a plain wrapper.
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Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid
Local towns rally around daily baseball games
The passage notes that most towns have hosted daily baseball at some point and that communities were strong supporters of the game.
Marathon duel promises indoor track record in Chicago
Durando and Corey prepare for a decisive indoor marathon in Chicago next Friday night with Corey competing as an American after naturalization. The event attracts out-of-town fans and features starter Wm Hale Thompson and referee Charley Comiskey. Donnelly, the ex Princeton football star, runs the course. Visitors reach the pavilion via Halstead street cars.
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la Crosse
Durando
Alpiano
Corey
Dexter Park Pavilion
Dorando
Wm. Hale Thompson
Charley Comiskey
Chicago
Ben Donnelly
Princeton
Dal
Halstead
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New York
Claude Thomas
Earl Darling
Toland
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Swift & Company
Studebaker Manufacturing Company
Standard Oil Company
Great Northern Rails
Toland School
Wisconsin Business University
Wis
Barnatto
Cemamuat
Rene
Rapa
Hegans
Barnatte Diamond Co
Girard Building
Chiceme
Neme
P. O. Bor
Soris
E. L. King
Sister City
King
W.I. League
Washburn
Crosby's
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WIN Doerflinger CO
S. C. Knudsen
S. 4Th Street
Westby’s
Tindustrial and Orphan’s Home
Con
Fem
O. T. Art
Overland Limited
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
W. G. Neimyer
Jackson Blvd
Chicago, Ill
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