Hallman Quits Baseball Dims Monroe Club Prospects
Red Hallman has decided to quit organized baseball, blocking his return to the 1925 Drillers. Feazel reports Hallman cited a steady job and a Water Valley Mississippi base as reasons. Landis says Hallman’s 1920 Terre Haute retirement places him on a different basis from other free agents linked to the Joe Jackson affair. Secretary Farrell has refused rein statement. Feazel plans to drop the matter.
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Hallman
Landis
New Orleans
Feazel
Water Valley
Miss
Terre Haute
Wingard
Joe Jackson
St. Louis Browns
Jackson
Farrell
Sale of Scout Shoes and Louisiana Highway Contract
Advertises men and boys leather scout shoes at 198 dollars during Smith Bros Sale 24-2. Also details sealed bids for State Project 436 A Ouachita Parish contract and gravel surfacing work in Monroe Jonsboro area with bid deadline February 10 1925 in Baton Rouge. Includes plan specs and inspection info. Also sheriff sale of land in Ouachita Parish to satisfy court writ with sale February 14 1925.
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Smith Bros
Louisiana Highway Commission
Reymond
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Ouachita Parish
Monroe-Jonsboro
Eros
Ouachita-Jackson Parish
Cade Ville
Reymond Building
Commission
W. E. Atkinson
Football Destined to Be Greatest Sport Says Griffith
Chicago report quotes Major John L. Griffith, commissioner of the western conference, predicting football will become America's national sport. He says stadiums built for crowds of 125000 or more may host grid games, with interest growing beyond colleges to students and alumni due to star players and new combinations.
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Chicago
John L. Griffith
Griffith
Western Association leader elected Southwestern League president
Dale Gear of Topeka, vice-president of the Western Association, was elected president of the Southwestern League. The vote confirms Gear as head of the regional league.
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Southwestern
Wichita
Kansas
Dale Gear
Topeka
Western Association
Southwestern League
Shoe stock clearout at Smith Bros sale
Storewide shoe stock reduced with many children high top and low quarter leather pairs priced as low as 48 cents. Bargain counter set at Smith Bros with values up to 2 dollars 50 cents.
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Smith Bros
Foreclosure Sale Of Property In Ouachita Parish Louisiana
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company sues Carl H. McHenry and Mrs Boyce S Briggs in Ouachita Fourth District Court to satisfy a writ of fieri facias. The sale at the Monroe courthouse on January 31, 1925 will offer two properties totaling 18.70 acres with improvements, cash terms with appraisement. Sheriff, Monroe Louisiana, December 29 1924.
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State of Louisiana
Parish of Ouachita
Fourth District Court
Millsaps Company, Inc
J. S. Reeves
Fourth Judicial District Court
Parish of
Ouachita
Monroe
Louisiana
Lucinda Walker
Fife
Milton Coverdale
Onroe
Section Nineteen
Township Seventeen
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Lot Ten
Ouachita Parish
Leonard Retains Title In Milwaukee Boxing thriller
In Milwaukee Leonard defends his crown against Mitchell. A fast start sees Mitchell drop Leonard twice early, but Leonard fights back. The champion steadies, lands decisive blows and wins by stoppage in the sixth round to preserve the title.
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Milwaukee
Mitchell
Leonard
Big Moments in Sport at a Charity Prize Fight
At Madison Square Garden in mid winter 1921 a charity prize fight drew blue bloods and aristocrats to witness Benny Leonard, lightweight champion, lose in the first round to Richie Mitchell in a cosmopolitan charity event for Devastated France. Leonard had previously defeated Mitchell in seven rounds four years earlier.
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Anne Morgan
Benny Leonard
Ritchie Mitchell
France
Madison Square Garden
Leonard
Mitchell
Tired After Eating Quick Help Advised by Local Pharmacies
Advice on easing post meal fatigue cites gas and undigested material in the stomach with Adlerika a simple mixture including buckthorn bark magnesium sulph glycerine. Quick action aims at constipation, often within an hour, with no gripes. Collens Pharmacy and Calvert's Drug Store advertise this remedy.
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Collens
West Monroe
Calvert's Drug Store
Gladys V. Breaks Maiden Win in New Orleans Claiming Race
After fifty six starts Gladys V. finally wins a race in a New Orleans claiming event. The mare had run in Louisiana Maryland Kentucky and New York without a victory over three years. Previous Empire City win last fall was disqualified. Total earnings reach 1890 dollars.
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A. P
Gladys V
Louisiana
Maryland
Kentucky
New York
New Orleans
Empire City
Gibbons Seeks Dempsey Bout Before Retirement
St Paul boxer Tommy Gibbons said he prefers a title fight with Jack Dempsey before the champion retires possibly after marrying Estelle Taylor. Gibbons to confer with manager Eddie Kane in Chicago Tuesday about the bout while he fights Tiny Herman in Detroit Friday night.
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ST. Paul
Miss
Tommy Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Estelle Taylor
Moving Picture
Gibbons
Eddie Kane
Chicago
Tiny Herman
Detroit
Mich
Paris lifter Rigoulat breaks world records in two lifts
Charles Rigoulat Olympic light heavyweight champion set two world records in the same event by lifting 265.1 pounds in two hand snatch and 342.1 pounds in shouldering and lifting, showcasing record breaking strength.
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Paris
Charles Rigoulat
Races Cancelled in Havana for Col Manuel Sanguilly Funeral
Havana Oriental park races were cancelled due to the funeral of Col Manuel Sanguilly a Cuban patriot and statesman.
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Havana
Oriental Park
Col
Manuel Sanguilly
John Day Dies in Cliffside New Jersey
John B Day famed as father of the New York Giants died at Cliffside Hospital in New Jersey. He was a pioneer figure in early professional football and helped establish the Giants organization. Day's legacy includes mentoring players and shaping club traditions.
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Beverly Bayne
Hollywood
Cal
Francis 9. Bushman
Joab B. Banton
Jimmy O’connell
Cory Dolan
New York Giants
Heinie Sand
Philadelphia
S. Pearl Tinsler
California
San Francisco
Cliffside
N. J
John B. Day
The
American Trojan R. E. MacGregor Wins Paris Trotting Stakes
American-bred trotter R. E. MacGregor captured the prestigious America Stakes in Paris, taking 125,000 francs in added prize money, the season’s top fixture in French trotting.
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U. S
Paris
R. E. MacGregor
America
France
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Leo Vandegaer
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P. L. Perot
DRS, Bennett & Perot
J. P. Brown
Chase-Amman
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Philip M. Gayle
Ouachita National Bank Building
Monroe Abstract CO
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