Welsh White fight may be staged soon in title bid
In New York a signed agreement paves the way for Freddie Welsh world lightweight title bout with Charley White of Chicago within six weeks. Weigh in set at 135 pounds and bids due by December 16. Meanwhile Jess Willard to meet Fred Fulton in a March 2 heavyweight title bout in New Orleans after Moran refuses elimination.
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Freddie Welsh
Charley White
Chicago
New York
Harry Pollock
Max Blumenthal
White
Nate Lewis
Welsh
Willard Fulton
New Orleans
Jess Willard
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Willard
Fulton
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Moran
Minnesota
Carpentier Wins Honors in Battle
Paris reports Sergeant Georges Carpentier the European heavyweight champion has been decorated with the military cross for daring reconnaissance in an airplane. He joined the colors at war start, served in signal service, on the firing line as courier, and with the aviation corps since May. His latest pugilist feat was beating Gunboat Smith on a foul in London in six rounds on July 16, 1914. On the Caucasian front, fighting continues under heavy snow ten feet deep and cyclones, delaying operations.
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Associated Press
Paris
Georges Carpentier
Pigilist
Europe
French Aviation Corps
Carpentier
Aviation Corps
Smith
London
Constantinople
Nicholas I
Fifteen Hawkeyes Get Letters in Football Team
Iowa City December 3 The Iowa University Board in Control of Athletics awarded 15 letter awards to Hawkeye football stars for the recent season. Captains Barron Garretson Cross and Kerwick received letters, marking their last game for Iowa against Nebraska November 21. Others earning letters were McKee Davis Donnelly Lam Bowlsby Wilson Holmes Fosdick Jacobsen Grubb and Blackburne. The Iowa Nebraska series remains on, with contract binding. future games with Northwestern Minnesota and Purdue scheduled for 191?.
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Iowa City
Iowa University Board
Athletics Today
Hawkeye
Barron
Garretson
Cross
Kerwick
Iowa
Nebraska
McKee
Davis
Donnelly
Lam
Bowlsby
Wilson
Holmes
Fosdick
Jacobsen
Grubb
Blackburne
Lincoln
Nelson A. Kellogg
Iowa University
Hawkeyes
Cornhuskers
Northwestern
Minnesota
Purdue
Kellogg
Aurora High Team Arrives for New York City Game
The East High School football team of Aurora Illinois, a squad of thirty with first substitutes, arrived in New York for tomorrow's intersectional contest against Hamilton Institute of the city. Coaches report the team in excellent condition and plan a secret practice at a local ballpark.
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Associated Press
New York
N. Y
East High School
Aurora
Ill
Hamilton Institute
Upper Mississippi River Group Adopts La Crosse 1916 Meet
Upper Mississippi River Improvement Association wraps up its Quincy deliberations. La Crosse Wisconsin wins the 1916 convention, Muscatine urged for 1917, and the delegation pledges Muscatine as host in two years. H. W. Metzger James Ryan and B. Layton report a fervent turnout and high hopes for reviving the Mississippi as a trade route.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
Owever
Muscatine
H. W. Metzger
James Ryan
B. Layton
Quincy
Mississippi
Brotherhood Rally Concert by Trained Male Chorus
German Methodist church hosts a Brotherhood rally with the Muscatine YMCA male chorus under Prof. W A McCullough. The program features organ preludes, anthems, choruses, a talk by J B McNiel, offertories, and prayers, plus a Saturday sale at Cohn Mercantile Co.
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Muscating X., M. C. A
W. A. McCullough
Marie “Herwig
Chaplin
Campion
J. B. ‘McNiel
Lynes
McCulloch
Stebbins
van de Water
McGranahan
Buck
Fredonia Church Meetings and Local Social Notes
Rev EB C Brooks from Columbus Junction led meetings in Fredonia with gospel team assistance from J O Hall. Attendance remained strong despite weather. Local residents share visits and social updates including Wes McDaniel and family with L M Dallmyer, Mrs Harnest Luckey, Mrs Frank Orr, Bert Coolage and Irvin, the Pfieffer family, Mrs N Wagner and Charlie Solomon in Eldon, and Crull family gatherings around Thanksgiving. Master Guy Crull’s birthday noted. Nellore Lee and Ima Blake of Columbus Junction visited Fredonia friends. Lila Kemper left for Cedar Rapids to visit relatives.
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Fredonia
EB. C. Brooks
Columbus Junction
J. O. Hall
Wes McDaniel
L. M. Dallmyer
East Concord
Harnest Luckey
Frank Orr
Ray Solomon
Bert Coolage
Irvin
Davenport
H. Wilson
Robert Pfieffer
Nna Wagner
George Solomon
Charlie Solomon
Eldon
Indian Creek
Ernest Luckey
S. A. Crull
George’ ‘Crull
Grandview
Guy Crull
Nellore Lee
Ima Blake
Columbus ‘Junction
Wilton School Plans Short Course for Dropouts
A new Wilton High School program will offer a short course in basic and practical subjects to youths who never finished high school. The plan, pioneering in Iowa, has strong community support and aims to cover fundamentals like arithmetic and reading alongside practical topics such as agriculture civics current events and bookkeeping chosen to fit enrollments.
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Wilton, Fa
Wilton High School
Wilton
Iowa
Iceman Speaks 10 Parents at Library Talk
Irving B. Richman delivered an informal talk to parents and teachers at the P. M. Musser Public Library auditorium. The session aims to encourage better children’s literature and featured a display from the Iowa State Library Commission with about fifty books. Richman stressed age appropriate reading and literature’s role in shaping a child’s character with input from high school faculty.
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Irving B. Richman
P. M. Musser Public Library
Richman
Letts First Court Test Opens Muscatine Basketball Season
The Muscatine high school basketball team travels to Letts for tonight's season opener against Letts high school. Key changes include two players dropping from the squad, with Netchum possibly starting. La Mont may miss the trip, affecting position assignments. Captain Ketchum may sit out unless needed due to a troublesome arm.
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Letts
Letts High School
Muscatine
McGinnis
Feustal
Netchum
Carlisle
Lilly
le Mont
Ziegler
Hudson
la Mont
Ketchum
Travers
Samuels
Ribbink
Poor roads cut seven Illinois families from mail service
Enterprising farmers on rural route 7 push a proposal to improve highways as bridges and fills wash out. Carrier Earl De Camp reports impassable sections despite new road around washed out area. Government requires passable roads for free rural mail delivery, yet action stalls with funds and policy.
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Ilinois
Earl de Camp
United States
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