Detroit Tigers plan early training trip to Monroe and Hot Springs
News from 1912 reports the Detroit Tigers organizing spring training with 18 players to report in Monroe, Louisiana on February 26 and eight on March 11. Training will begin with arrivals in Detroit February 24 under veteran catcher Joe Sugden, as Harry Tuthill coordinates preparations.
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Monroe
Cobb
Tigers
Navin
Hot Springs
Detroit
Joe Sugden
Weather Outlook and Detroit Players Set for Spring Training
Weather shows fair conditions with frost and warmer days to follow. Detroit players listed for spring training depart to Mon tre. A large group will travel directly from home stations, while others head to the Springs or Monroe for preseason work under Manager Jennings Bush and trainer Harry Tuthill. Improvements at Monroe hotel facilities greet the Tigers as Navin plans a longer training period and exhibition schedule to sharpen condition and readiness.
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Baum
Perry
Casey
Dubuc
Kocher
Laffton
McCorry
Onslow
Maurer
Monroe
Dr Dowling to Speak on Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Alarm
Dr Oscar Dowling president of the State Board of Health will lecture at the Monroe Auditorium Friday night on cerebro spinal meningitis its cause prevention and treatment. The disease is spreading across Texas Oklahoma Missouri and has reached several Louisiana towns with several deaths reported near Met Rouge Ruston and Shreveport.
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State Board of Health
Monroe
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Louisiana
City Board of Health
Met Rouge
Ruston
Shreveport
Meningitis Status in Shreveport Stressed by Dr Dowling
Dr Dowling said there is no epidemic risk in Shreveport and only one new suspected case since the deaths of three negroes. He warned other towns would have quarantined the city and urged following Von Erdorf recommendations, sanitation, nasal spray use, and clean living quarters, with a Marine Hospital Service report forthcoming.
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Shreveport Times
Dowling
City Board of Health
Monroe
Alexandria
Mansfield
Shreveport
von Erdorf
Marine Hospital Service
Not a Shot Fires Explosives in Opening
Five men robbed Rock Island train No. 33 near Hulbert Arkansas at dawn. They detonated explosives blowing apart the express car and ransacked the mail coach, escaping with plunder after firing no shots. Passengers unharmed. a prior robbery on the same line occurred last November.
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Ecvpress
Memphis
Tenn
Rock Is
Hulbert
Ark
Kentucky Man Seeks Farm Land Near Monroe Immigrant Letter
A Kentucky man selling his home plans to move to Monroe area around February 20 with a family of ten. Secretary E. W. Anderson reports strong inquiries. the letter details Monroe’s population, dairy and corn yields, crops like potatoes, melons, and canners, plus local cattle, land types, and dairying prospects.
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Monroe
E. W. Anderson
Monroe Progressive League
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Jersey
Broussard Seeks Another Term Amid Senate Looming
Washington reports that Representative Broussard hints at seeking another House term despite looming Senate ambitions. He notes his constituents may prefer continued service, while colleagues recall his defiance of Louisiana interests and his past Ways and Means dispute. Greydan also seeks the Senate seat.
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Bob” Broussard
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Thornton
Tam
House
Greydan
Ways and Means
Louisiana
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Victor
Bank Heist Reported Exposes $69,000 Missing
Memphis reports say $69,000 consigned to a bank in Oklahoma was secured from the express company by robbers. The incident ties to a bank freight loss with details limited to the amount and location.
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Memphis
Oklahoma
Express Cay
State Game Commission Letter on Warden Salaries Demands
Baton Rouge dispatch reports the State Game Commission warning wardens that hunting license revenue has plummeted. The letter notes poor season weather and a grinding harvest, cites political criticism, and says salaries depend on license receipts under warden supervision. Continued on page five.
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Baton Rouge
State Game Commission
Telephone Men Meet in Chicago Convention Opens
Chicago hosts the three day fifteenth annual convention of the National Independent Telephone Association. Visitors are welcomed with an exhibit of improved telephone appliances. Business sessions at the Sherman Hotel will cover investment methods regulation interstate accounting and related topics.
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Chicago
National Independent Telephone Association
Hotel
Sherman
Commission
Interstate Commerce
Nomination of Judge Hook Delayed for Supreme Court
A White House delay likely keeps Judge William C. Hook of Kansas from being sent to the Senate for confirmation. The hold follows a day of political maneuvering and reports on the handling of Everglades land investigations and cabinet-level scrutiny.
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Supreme Court
Senate
President Taft
Washington
f@ir
Taft
William CC. Hook
Kansas
Taft Border Protection Plan Heads to House Action
Representative Smith of Texas pushes a foreign affairs resolution to instruct the State Department to press claims for Americans at El Paso and Douglass. The measure seeks authority for the President to fully protect Americans along the Mexican border if future outbreaks occur, referencing injuries from the Juarez and Agua Prieta fighting.
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Taft
House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Smith
Texas
State Department
el Paso
Douglass
Juarez
Agauprita
Miss Arnold Not Mound Report Debunked
New York February 7. The claim that Dorothy Arnold the missing New York heiress was found and en route home from Philadelphia proved false. Francis R. Arnold and two detectives met the train but did not find Miss Arnold.
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New York
Dorothy Arnold
Philadelphia
Francis R. Arnold
Miss Arnold
Convention of Polish Priests in Detroit Leads Polish Catholics Uptick
A historic meeting gathers delegates from across the United States in Detroit on February 7 to discuss concerted action for Polish Catholics. Bishop Rhode of Chicago, noted as the first Polish Catholic bishop in the United States, is prominent among the participants.
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Detroit
Mich
United States
America
Rhode
Chicago
Bickens' Centenary in London Celebrated
All England marks the hundredth birth anniversary of Charles Dickens. In London the Boz Club dinner, presided over by Lord Rosebery, stands out as a key event. Floral tributes from distant lands grace Dickens's Westminster Abbey grave.
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All England
Charles Dickens
Boz’’ Club
Lord Rosebery
Westminister Abbey
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