Havana Jai Alai Declares City a Gambler Paradise
In Havana gamblers flock from dawn to night to bet on Jai Alai alongside races and games. A pelotari whips the ball down a city block long court with a curved device, as bookmakers shout odds and crowds surge in a frenzied, noisy betting scene.
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Jni Alai
United States
Jai Alai
Hundres
Geome
Spain
America
Afl
Tseir
Yal Grac
Addion
Grancsiane
Funcounter
Babel
S Eldom
Cuban Gambling Ethic Versus American Prudence in Baseball
The Cuban player reacts openly to losses while Americans hide disappointment. Gambling frames Cuban life as hazard driven, risk accepting, with loyalty to revolution and life as a constant gamble. The Yankee seeks safety, preparation, and stable work, viewing risk as to be avoided.
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Peloteri
Maeterlinck
Yankee
Global and National Notes for March 6 Featured Events
A roundup of events for March 6 highlights Horatio Wright’s centenary and Missouri’s statehood enabling act anniversary. Also opening notices for the Manufacturers' Aircraft Association show in New York and the Southwestern Exposition in Fort Worth. International items include a Zurich world Jewish conference and Winnipeg labor talks.
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Missouri
Manufacturers’ Aircraft Association
New York City
Fort Worth
Texas
United Mine Workers
Champ Clark
U. S. House of Representatives
Francis Wharton
Pennsylvania
Zurich
Switzerland
Canada
Winnipeg
Colleges plan chairs of citizenship in Shaw memory
Barnard Bryn Mawr and other women's colleges in the United States propose to establish Chairs of Citizenship in memory of Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, the celebrated suffrage leader.
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Barnard
Bryn Mawr
Women's Colleges
United States
Anna Howard Shaw
Notice To Contractors And Builders
Unloading today one car load of Huttig Satin Brand Mill Work including cash and doors offered by Parlor City Lumber Co. Central Savings Bank Building. Phone 44. 6-31.
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Huttig
Parlor City Lumber Company
Central Savings Bank
Shrine Club Members Invited to Monday Smoker
Monroe Shrine Club invites all members to a smoker Monday evening at 7 30 at the Std Masonic Temple Henry Haas secretary confirms the details.
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Monroe Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
Henry Haas
Notice of Bank Stockholders Meeting in Monroe
Pursuant to a February 10 1920 board resolution Central Savings Bank and Trust Co will hold a general stockholders meeting in Monroe Louisiana at 2 pm on April 8 1920. Items include increasing capital stock to 500000 and a 50 percent surplus and amending charter articles five and six, plus expanding the board from thirteen to fifteen and amending article seven. Stockholders may attend in person or by proxy. February 28 1920. SAM SMITH cashier and ex officio secretary. 28-1m
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Central Savings Bank & Trust Company
Monroe
Louisiana
Sam Smith
Central Savings Bank & Trust Co
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Frederic J. Haskin
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Horatio G. Wright
Washington
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Institute of American Meat Packers
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Peggy Hyland
Australia
Enid Bennett
Annette Kellerman
Mary Pickford
Hunt
Reuter
Sherman, Temes
Willard
S. Grand
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro, North Carolina
C. D. Covington
Monroe, la
News-Star
Dixie Bedding Co., Ltd
Milner Motor Company, Inc
Wane
Ouachita
Bottling Co
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