Weekly sports events and boxing bouts listed
A rundown of weekly sport events and upcoming bouts across major cities. Notable items include Kid Williams vs Benny Craver in Kansas City and Young Zulu vs Jimmy Wilde in London, with numerous annual meetings in baseball, golf, and kennel associations surrounding New York New Haven Chicago Nashville and other venues.
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Kid Williams
Benny Craver
Kansas City
Young Zulu
Jimmy Wilde
London
Eddie Melzer
Jimmy Duffy
Cincinnati
Battling Monroe
Christy Wi- Mams
Jackson
O Tuesday
Six Day Bicycle Rate Opens in Madison Square Garden
The article notes rounds at Brooklyn on Sunday marking the start of the annual six day bicycle event in Madison Square Garden New York highlighting the opening rounds and location.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
Phonograph club offer and liver health ad
An old advertisement fragment promotes a phonograph club offer and a health product for liver function. It claims regular use prevents chills and fever and keeps you well, with pricing and a local dealer name included.
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Chase & Collens
New York Officials Warn of Traffic Gridlock if Roads Are Not Opened
New York reports chaotic city traffic as police and highway authorities warn stagnation will worsen through spring. Officials say movement on Manhattan streets is near standstill with speeds of about two miles an hour during peak hours. If extensive new auto routes are not built, congestion will deepen, forcing many drivers to abandon cars or switch to walking or subways.
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New York
Manhattan Island
Whitman poised for White House bid amid party power
Republican leaders in town acknowledge Whitman could secure the presidential nomination if his Albany tenure and luck persist. With three terms as governor and a strong party machine grip, he appears a formidable contender supported by regular Republicans and independents amid a Perkins alliance.
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Whitman
White House
Washington
Albany
George W. Perkins
Fire department predicts replacing horses with gasoline engines citywide
Fire department heads say gasoline motors and engines will within a year replace the old fire horses and steam engines across the city. They have completed plans to modernize equipment, ending the era of the ancient apparatus that once thrilled spectators. Each now takes seven hundred dollars' worth of hay and oats to feed draft animals.
Fire horse system vs modern motors debate in New York
The piece contrasts the old fire chargers with modern motor engines, noting that gasoline costs about thirty dollars per year to run and can flood fires quickly, while steamers cost two hundred dollars to maintain. It claims abolishing the fire horse could save ten million dollars monthly, yet warns New Yorkers would miss the spectacle of daily flashy runs.
Croker Looks to Reclaim Tammany Power in Gotham
Dick Croker, veteran Tammany boss, revisits New York as analysts note the shift away from Irish backing toward Italian and Jewish voters. He warns the clan must mobilize these newer communities to regain influence after recent losses.
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Dave
Ill
Gotham
Dick Croker
Tammany
Neo Man
New Yorkers Brace for Historic Christmas Shopping Crush
Despite appeals for early buying, New York shoppers stay away until the final days before Christmas Eve. Merchants doubt any relief will come this year as health and welfare concerns prompt efforts to ease the traditional belated gift-buying crush.
Rev H W Ledbetter Takes Up Shreveport Pastorate
Newly elected Queensborough Methodist pastor Rev H W Ledbetter relocates from West Monroe to Tetzer Avenue in Shreveport where his daughter will keep house for him. The minister plans to begin duties at once and settle his family in the new home.
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H. W. Ledbetter
Queensborough Methodist Church
West Monroe
Tetzer Avenue
Ladbetter
Pastor Delivers Well‑Received Sermon at Local Church
The reputed able preacher spoke to a large congregation yesterday morning. His sermon pleased the church, and the pastor aims to expand church and Sunday school membership next year with extensive plans outlined. The Shreveport Times notes this as friendly local news.
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Shreveport Times
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H. B.phillips
R. B. Blanks
St. John Street
Monroe
Louisiana
International Baseball League
Kentucky Fox Hunters’ Association
Fisherville
National Baseball League
New Haven Kennel Sub
New
Haven
Metropolitan Golf Association
Jack Sharkey
Gardner Brooks
American Baseball League
Chicago
San Gabriel
Cel
Southern Baseball Association
Nashville
Mel Coogan
Young Murphy
Greenfield
Mass
Tom Lee
Kem Salsbury
Chicopee
Shamus O'Brien
Willie Beecher
Chichester
Jeandd
Brooklyn
Wonderful Phonograph Club
Kaliseti
Manning-Crowley Paint Co
DeSiard Street
Croker
Shreveport
News-Star
Rewaita
Chamberlain
Stradivara
Victor
Columbia
Edison
Kaliski Music Company, Ltd
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