Things Looking Up for Clinton Fans in 1915
Clinton Iowa December 26 1914 Prospects for Central association baseball in Clinton look brighter after Bert Hough visit and fan interest revival Subscriptions have been offered without solicitation Clinton Street Railway Company again pledges 25 percent of the guarantied fund A league meeting at Waterloo January 13 will settle the circuit Clinton aims to have boosters ready to secure needed support for admission of new cities including Galesburg Mason City and Fort Dodge
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M. E. Justice
Clinton Street Railway Co
League
Waterloo
Galesburg
Mason City
Fort Dodge
Justice
Davenport High Ready to Face Muscatine Boys
Davenport High will oppose Muscatine High School on their home court January 15. Davenport is expected to present the toughest test yet this season. Muscatine coaches emphasize conditioning during vacation with workouts and Signal practices planned to uphold readiness.
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Muscatine High School
Davenport
Davenporters
Grads
Traver
Iowa City
Teddy Jacobs Outpoints Frankie Brown In Ten Rounds
Teddy Jacobs defeated Frankie Brown in ten rounds in the main bout at the Longacre Club yesterday afternoon. The Associated Press leaped the wire report from New York noting Jacobs earned a decisive decision over Brown in the marquee event.
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Associated Press
New York
Teddy Jacobs
Frankie Brown
Longacre Club
Burlington President Talks on Galesburg Berth in Central League
Charles Kaletch, president of the Burlington Baseball Association, visited Galesburg and reported locals favor the Central Association and will attend the Waterloo meeting in January seeking a club. Mason City fans also pursue a franchise with many prominent baseball men backing the bid.
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Charles Kaletch
Burlington Baseball Association
Galesburg
Ill
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Waterloo
Paver
Kaletch
Red” Welsh
Galesbury
Red
Mason City
Mason City Dispatch
Park Inn
Dispatch
Charlie White Trains in Moving Luggage Car Stunts
New York report says lightweight champion Charlie White used a delayed Lake Shore Limited train to transform a baggage car into a traveling gym. He rigged pulleys and weights, shadow boxed in tight spaces, and sparred with a fox terrier before reaching Madison Square Garden to prep for Jon Shugrue.
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New York
Charlie White
Chicago
Lake Shore
White
Jon Shugrue
Madison Square Garden
Nate Lewis
Ike Bernstein
Charlie
Boxing night at Van derbilt A C ends in tight decisions
Jacobs drew cheers as a young girl kissed him in the ring before the mill. Marty Cross defeated Frankie McCann in one round of the semi final. Kig Taylor beat Kid Sullivan in ten fast rounds, landing a hard right to the jaw in round seven but failing to KO.
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Marty Cross
Leach
Frankie McCann
Kig Taylor
Kid Sullivan
Vanderbilt
A. C
Taylor
Kid Williams Is a Real Champion
New York December 26. Kil Names of Baltimore bantamweight champion Kid Williams proved a real title holder against Johnny Daly of New York in a ten round battle at the Pioneer A C yesterday afternoon. Williams won all the way and would have stopped Daly had he not shown iron man endurance.
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New York
A Dollar Down and A Dollara Week Plan
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Installment plan for 1915 hints at savings growth
A reader is advised to start with a First Dollar and add a dollar weekly, promising rapid growth. The plan suggests four percent interest compounded twice a year, totaling to be earned, and invites readers to come in Saturday night.
Williams Dominates Daly In Lopsided Title Bout
Williams controlled the match from start to finish as Daly backed up and guarded. The home lad offered brief resistance only in flashes. In the ninth and tenth periods Williams pressed hard while Daly endured heavy punishment, leaving the ring badly marked. Official weights: Williams 116, Daly 112.
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Daly
Attell Wins Fifteen Round Battle Over Flynn
Abe Attell defeats Joe Flynn in Denver after fifteen rounds of fierce trading in a local arena. The bout opens with Attell driving a solid right to Flynn’s jaw, sending him down early. Flynn fights back with jabs and uppercuts, but Attell’s cleaner punches and agility carry the decision.
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Joe Flynn
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Flynn
Levinsky Wins Ten Round Battle Over Flynn
New York December 26 Battling Levinsky defeated Dan Flynn in a ten round Broadway A. C. bout yesterday afternoon. Levinsky outweighed Flynn by eighteen pounds at 175 to 193 and pressed the attack with cleaner harder blows while Flynn showed clever defense and blocked many leads. No knockdowns occurred and neither fighter neared a count.
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New York
Levinsky
Dan O'Porky
Flynn
Broadway A. GC
Paris Senator Urges France Exhibit for Panama Fair
Paris dispatch reports Senator Pierre Gomat asks Petit Journal to send representatives from Rheims Lille Arras and from Liege and Louvain to the San Francisco Panama exposition. He says they can return with a tale of a great city ruined ten years ago that has rebuilt to prosperity, offering encouragement and hope.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Gomat
Petit Journal
San Francisco
France
Rheims
Lille
Arras
Liege
Louvain
Belgium
Christmas Parcels Arriving At Local Post Office
A large number of Christmas parcels poured into the local post office last night and today. Five wagons and ten men were kept busy delivering parcels from shipments received on the 24th and yesterday. Postmaster McNutt and assistant FL W Walker organized a swift handling through the carriers windows. By evening all parcels previously received had been delivered, though congestion in big city clearing houses delayed some packages. Two wagons started out this morning with fears more would be needed.
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McNutt
FL. W. Walker
80 Carloads of Hogs Sent Out This Week
Muscatine county livestock worth about 30000 dollars shipped from the city this week. Agent C N Nicholson of J P Squires company reports 400 double deck cars sent east from Muscatine, with fifteen carloads from the county. A Illinois counties quarantine limits receipts, but a possible modification next week may allow Mercer and Rock Island county hogs to reach local yards. The coming week is expected to see a substantial increase in hog shipments as nearby towns under quarantine may soon be able to send stock in.
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Muscatine County
C. N. Nicholson
J. P. Squires Company
Muscatine
Ilinois
Nicholson
Mercer
Rock Island County
Quarantine Lifted From Louisa County Iowa
Federal foot and mouth disease quarantine revoked in Blackhawk Buchanan Tama and Louisa counties Iowa enabling shipment of live stock from Clinton and Johnson counties after federal inspection and certification. Maryland and other counties permit cattle movement with certain restrictions and five mile infection zones.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
Blackhawk
Buchanan
Tama
Louisa
Clinton
Johnson
Maryland
Caroline
Queen Anne
Talbot
Washington Counties
Kent County
RUSS ROYALTY QUITS IN MOSCOW FOR FRONT
Moscow dispatch reports the Russian emperor and Empress Alexandria leaving for the battle front and Tsarskoe Selo after visiting hospitals and a military school. Delegations from Orthodox and Jewish groups presented 15,000 roubles for army needs, which the emperor gratefully acknowledged.
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Petrograd
Alexandria
Tsarskoe Selo
Kremlin Palace
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