German Influence Felt In Athletics
Former Y M C A physical director and Davenport resident reports on German physical training influence. The article traces Jahn, Guts Muth, and Spies, noting Turners promoting universal suffrage and civic reforms. It links German gymnastic methods to American schools, colleges, clubs, and Y M C A programs, with 232 societies and 38 751 members cited.
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E. Johnson
Y. M
Davenport
Davenport Times
Frederick Ludwig Jahn
Guts Muth
John
Spies
Furnvereins
Fatherland
Turners of
America
Turners
Lincoln
Perritt Stays With Pittsburgh Fed Club Despite Offer
Polly Perritt will remain with the Pittsburgh Federal league club and receive a salary boost. A friend explained Perritt was lured with a Cardinals offer, and Chicago trip arranged by Oakes with league head's backing for higher pay. Miller Huggins quits pursuit, saying he needs Perritt but won’t raise the bid.
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St. Louis
Polly
Perritt
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Cardinals
Oakes
League
Mc Goorty to Meet Murray on January 8 in Milwaukee
Oshkosh boxer Eddie Mc Goorty and San Francisco fighter Billy Murray will box ten rounds at middleweight 160 pounds in Milwaukee on January 8. The announcement was made today by the Associated Press Leased Wire from Chicago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Eaddie Mc Goorty
Oshkosh
Wis
Billy Murray
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Iowa Team Recaptures Edge in Hard Fought Big Ten Tilt
In Iowa City on December 29, the Hawkeye basketball squad from the University of Iowa regained momentum with a strong performance. Details are limited in the fragment, but the game showcased a return to form as the team pressed the pace and challenged opponents throughout.
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Hawkeye
Iowa City
Towa University
Keep Untrained Out Then Football Safe
Denial Is Made to Charge That Foot ball Is Brutal t Urge Need of Well Trained Men in Play. Dr. George W. Ehler led a National Collegiate Athletic Association committee report urging physical exams and strict supervision to keep unfit players out and to reduce dangers in football. The report argues sensationalism over the sport’s brutality should end and notes most deaths in 1914 were among noncollege players under twenty, not varsity athletes, with one case due to a scratch causing blood poisoning. A pre season medical check is urged for all participants to protect against hidden weaknesses.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Collegiate Athletic Association
George W. Ehler
University of Wisconsin
Ehler
Exhibition at YMCA gym planned for New Year night
Physical Director J B Farwell announced an exhibition in the YMCA gym as part of open house on New Year’s night. The program, led by Farwell, features stunts by Stanley Hudson Harry Hudson Patrick Herget Clyde Rabedeaux and Wilmer Bloom with Farwell also performing. Junior drills and a broadsword contest will be shown and the public is invited. Team returns to Iowa City for practice. annual state tour canceled to avoid early season strain.
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J. B. Farwell
Association
Farwell
Stanley Hudson
Harry Hudson
Patrick Herget
Clyde Rabedeaux
Wilmer Bloom
Mr. Farwell
Turn Verein
Iowa City
Kent
Local Cleaners Advertise Careful Garment Cleaning
The shop pledges meticulous care in cleaning and pressing all garments, cleaning each piece separately to avoid fabric damage and charging moderate rates. Customers are said to be pleased with the thoroughness and fair prices.
Tariff Board Bill Opens 1916 Campaign in Congress
Washington December 29 Republicans launch 1916 campaign with Mann of Chicago introducing a tariff bill creating a five member tariff board to study costs of labor and materials in U S and abroad. Democrats oppose fearing executive overreach while board operates independently with power to summon witnesses and protect confidential data.
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Washington,d. C
Repubblicans
Representative Mann
Chicago
Mann
Congress
House
Senate Finance Committee
Ways and Means
Big Crowds Expected for Shugrue White Bout at MSG
New York December 29 betting favors even money for Chicago’s Charlie White and New Jersey’s Young Shugrue in a ten round Madison Square Garden clash. White once favored 6 to 4 but Shugrue money shifted prices. White supporters bet on knockout. Both fighters weigh about 123 pounds and have beaten Freddie Welsh. Most seats are sold, with $2 to $10 reserved seats and thousands more seeking bleacher entry tonight.
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New York
Charlie White
Chicago
Young Shugrue
New Jersey
Madison Square Garden
White
Shugrue
Freddie Welsh
America
Welsh
Sunday Evangelistic Meetings Form Stock Company
A Chicago plan to fund Billy Sunday revival will form a stock company with church members taking shares at one dollar each. Ministers and laymen from West Side churches met at the Central YMCA to back the campaign, aiming to raise about $33,000 in stock and notes accepted as payment.
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Chicago
Chicago Herald
West Side
Central Y.M.C. A
Billy
Sunday
Commercial club to hold public meeting on World War topic
The Commercial club schedules an open Monday evening meeting with Attorney E. M. Warner addressing members and friends on the social aspects of World War. Warner is billed as the speaker for an engaging session expected to draw a large turnout.
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E. M. Warner
Cone
Warner
Cold Wave Expected After Blizzard Sno w Storm
Weather Bureau warns of a ten hour snow storm followed by a cold wave sweeping Iowa tonight. A sharp temperature drop will worsen day hardship and rail telegraph service, with wires coated and communications strained.
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United States Weather Bureau
Lowa
Rural Schools as Stepping Stones to State Universities
Des Moines Ia Dec 29 Gov Clarke tightens focus on a rural education policy as he drafts a legislative message and maneuvers to appoint a new public instruction head. Candidates A M Deyoe and P E McClenahan clash over rural school goals while insurance commissioner Emory H English may return.
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Des Moines
George W. Clarke
Senate
A. M. Deyoe
Garner
P. E. McClenahan
Iowa City
McClenahan
State Board of Education
Deyoe
Ship Losses Mount as Mines Strike Scandinavian Fleet
Stockholm reports up to mid December total Scandinavian losses: Sweden eight ships sixty lives, Denmark six vessels six lives, Norway five vessels six lives, plus Holland three vessels fifteen lives. Total ships and cargo valued near ten million dollars. London figures show fifty four British foreign going ships valued at 11.4 million dollars with cargo worth 18.31 million destroyed or captured in four months.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Holland
London
Liverpool and London War Risks Insurance Association
Bread Shortage in Belgium Persists Amid Rationed Supply
Paris dispatch reports a Belgian foreign office attache escaped from Brussels describes life as tolerable due to American influence, yet bread remains rationed at 300 grams per person daily. He calls the bread dark, tough, and indigestible, affecting the frail and prompting concern over hunger.
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Paris
Associated Press
Foreign Office
Henry Eckhardt Mother Dies at Home in Brook Street
Mrs. Henry Eckhardt dies after a six month illness at 8231 Brook Street in Bloomington township. Born Johannah Rustow near Berlin November 19 1848 she came to the U S as a child and lived near the city most of her life. Survived by husband five children including Charles and Henry Eckhardt Jr and two daughters. Funeral arrangements not yet announced.
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Henry Eckhardt
Brook Street
Sweetland Township
Eckhardt
Henry Eeckhardt
Bloomington Township
Henry Albright
William Scott
76 Township
Ela Eckhardt
Uncle Sam to Edit Papers for Foreign Trade Daily
Washington December 29 The government plans a daily Commercial Report starting January 2 to promote U S foreign commerce It will publish important cablegrams from ambassadors and consuls plus abstracts of departmental investigations The effort led by Dr B E Pratt aims to replace the daily consular report and offer business daily summaries by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce Eg Brand reports eight new branch offices operating at full capacity in cooperation with merchants and manufacturers
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Washington, D. C
United States
Business
Daily Commercial Report
Department of Commerce
YF Jous
Department
BE. E. Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Eg. A. Brand
Bureau
Bread and fuel woes as civilians suffer in occupied city
The report laments bread made from soaked dough unfit for young children causing intestinal diseases. It notes severe fuel shortages as coal from Charleroi is seized by Germans for benzene and auto production, plus heavy war levies and prohibitive passport controls trapping inhabitants. One refugee fled dusk crossings to reach a Dutch frontier safe house.
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Charleroi
Brussels
County Medical Society Annual Banquet At Geneva Club
The Musicaline County Medical Society held its annual meeting at the Geneva Golf and Country Club with Dr. C P Howard of the University of Iowa presenting a paper on The Diagnosis and Treatment of Articular Rheumatism. A banquet by Abrams preceded the business session which elected Dr A J Weaver as president and named officers including F L Appel and Dr W A Cooling. Mr and Mrs William Milder, guests at John Rinisland’s home on Lucas Street, departed for Lone Tree after a brief visit.
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Musicaline County .Medical Society
Geneva Golf
C. P. Howard
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Abrams
A. J. Weaver
F. L. Appel
W. A. Cooling
Wilton
William Milder
John Rinisland
Lucas Street
Lone Tree
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House of Congress
Gotham
Battlers
Weather Bureau
Princess
William Shay
Ford Sterling
Vivian Martin
Iowa
Universities of
Emory H. English
English
Scandinavian Shipping
Belgium
Germany
East Hill
Uncle Sam
Merce
The
County Society
Geneva Golf,and Country Club
Muscatine
State Bank
Tri-City Loan Co
Brady
St. Davenport
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