Johnson Burns Heavyweight Title Fight Report
Loganport readers learn the outcome of the Johnson vs Burns heavyweight title bout via Tribune AP service. The article notes the fight scheduled for December 26 at 1 PM local time and explains the Logansport timing differs from Sydney by seventeen hours.
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Sydney
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Johnson Wins World Heavyweight Title in Fourteen Rounds
Associated Press reports Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns in Sydney New South Wales to take the heavyweight championship on points after fourteen rounds. Burns earned 30000 of the purse 35000 with Johnson receiving 5000. Police halted the bout as Johnson dominated from the start with Burns staggered and swollen.
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Galveston
Tex
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Burns
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Hanover
Ontario
Sydney
New South Wales
Logansport
Taft Golf Outing and Long Ride Reported
Taft played golf and took a long ride in August at an event reported by Associated Press. The fragment mentions President Taft in Georgia and hints at political context during December.
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Police Officer Killed Responding to Family Disturbance
Columbus police officer Harry F. Campbell aged 34 was shot and killed last evening while responding to a call that 18 year old Harry Hilliard was assaulting his mother Hilliard shot Campbell as the officer mounted the steps. Campbell died at the scene.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry FE. Campbell
Harry Hilliard
Campbell
Hilliard
Robbers Burn Victim Feet to Force Safe Opening
In Toledo on December 25 two masked robbers bound and gagged H A Schadow of Curtice Ohio and forced him to open a farmhouse safe taking 180 dollars. They then stole a horse and buggy, torched part of the house with a heated substance and fled. Schadow, a country agent for a Toledo insurance company, is wounded but recovering.
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Schabow
Toledo
Ghostly tram car on Queensboro Bridge electrified by snow
New York December 25 reports say watchmen on the Queensboro Bridge chased a white apparition moving over Blackwell's Island span. Engineers traced the phenomenon to an electric tram car on a temporary track that was energized by contact between a hook and the trolley rail, with snow aiding the ignition. The car reversed at ends by striking a beam and continued to shuttle during the night.
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New York
Blackwell’s Island
Queensboro Bridge
Sinclair
Construction Corps
Baby killed in family fight reported
A violent incident in a family dispute ends with the death of a infant. The Associated Press reports from Philadelphia dated December 25 with names including Alfred Tur.
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Philadelphia
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Alfred Tur
Great Family Reunion as Agar Returns Home in Christmas Surprise
Henry E. Agar, long presumed dead after disappearing from the Lafayette, is arrested near Brownsville, Texas, brought to Princeton, Indiana, and released on a $1,100 bond backed by ten Gibson county citizens. He reunites with his wife and family on West State street, offers no details of his disappearance, and plans to discuss it later.
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American National Bank
Justice Sprow
Agar
Gibson County
Henry E. Agar
Ralph A. Conner
San Benito
Tex
Lafayette
West State Street
Princeton
S. A. Stewart
Harmon
Texa Rangers
Texas and Princeton Friends Rally for Man’s Return Prospects
Health fears and uncertain prospects surround a man facing troubles. Friends believe plentiful money could help him adjust, but many fear there is little to offer. Texas and Princeton connections reportedly prepare to raise funds while wishing him a chance, not condoning past actions.
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Princeton
Fire in Schwalm hardware store stopped by nightwatchman
A small blaze found at 1 15 am in the Schwalm hardware store was extinguished by Nightwatchman Ed Wecht after he secured a key from the Schwalm home. A cigar stub set fire to a paper mache cuspidere, burning a hole 1 1/2 to 2 feet square in the floor and threatening joists and adjacent property.
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Schwalm Hardware
Schwalm
Two Factions Clash at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
In Chicago on Christmas Day supporters and rebels battled over Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Police cleared the building as revolvers and knives were displayed by rebels who barred the regulars led by Rev. A Mandelares. Seven arrests followed the fracas.
Christmas Glum for Warsaw Folks
Special to The Tribune Warsaw Indiana December 25 Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were not celebrated in Warsaw and area due to a scarlet fever epidemic. Mayor Rigdon and Dr Shackelford urged no entertainments and no Sunday schools. Public schools closed early. eight city cases and many rural cases. Syracuse Mentone and other towns alarmed by spread. One death this month. Quarantine in place. weather may aid spread. Doctors say outbreak is under control and unlikely to spread further locally.
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Mentone
Deputy Sheriff Killed and Four Asphyxiated in Three Cities
Deputy Sheriff Nicholas Mitchell was shot and killed at Hogan Oklahoma while trying to quiet a disturbance at a Christmas celebration. In Chicago four people were found dead from gas asphyxiation at 168 Lastings Street, including Morris Wakeman, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Annie and William. In Detroit Leo Wagner died from burns suffered while playing Santa at a family reunion after his cotton whiskers caught fire.
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Takeman
Detroit
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Burns
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Russia Praises Japan Treaty in Duma Address
Foreign Minister Iswolsky told the Duma that the Japanese American agreement maintains the territorial status quo, the open door in the Far East, and China's integrity and independence, a policy Russia communicated before the treaty was signed.
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Duma
Russia
Far East
China
Why Socialism Grows Conference in New York
Clergymen and laymen gathered in the Astor Hotel ballroom for a public conference on The Church and the Social Awakening under the Ethical Social League. Principal speaker was Prof. Rauschenbusch of Rochester Theological Seminary. Other brief speakers included Rev. Dr. Leighton Williams Prof. John B. Clarke and Dr. Henry S. Coffin.
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Tribune
New York
Hotel Astor
Ethical Social League
Rauschenbusch
Rochester Theological Seminary
Leighton ‘Williams
John B. Clarke
Henry S. Coffin
General Marble Dead Veteran patent official dies
Washington reports General Al gar Marble former patent commissioner and Army figure dies in New York City. Marble headed the patent office under Hayes and later served as assistant attorney general in a long public career.
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Associated Press
Washington
Postmasters Barred From Soliciting Mail at Their Offices
Washington December 25. Postmasters will not be allowed to solicit the mailing of matter at their offices by persons living or doing business within the delivery area of another post office. An order from the postmaster general amends postal regulations. Fourth class postmasters are instructed not to claim credit for canceling postage stamps on matter diverted from other offices for mailing.
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Dying of hiccoughs in Chester man faces death
George Sampsel a 45 year old resident of 1017 West Third street Chester Pennsylvania is slowly dying from persistent hiccoughs after a recent illness of erysipelas in his arm. The hiccoughs occur every few seconds and he continues to waste away. Sampsel was a strong man weighing nearly 200 pounds.
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Chester
George Sampsell
West Third
Sampsell
Huntington Bar Guests for Watsons Speech Dedication Day
Lawyers from Indiana counties will visit Huntington for the December 29 dedication of the new courthouse. A large delegation and citizens will attend with excursions organized to bring crowds. James E Watson will deliver the address from a central stand with a souvenir program and elaborate decorations planned.
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Dedi
Bowers & Feightner
James E. “Watson
Warner
Sixty Councilmen Divided the Boodle
Pittsburg reports a graft hearing where sixty city councilmen testified about a $45,000 payoff connected to the city's funds. Officials described a depositor role and involved testimonies shed light on municipal corruption.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
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