Diverse notes on early 20th century sports actions and plans
The piece surveys various sports topics from boxing to rugby and rowing. It notes Nelson Moran's anti prize fight agitation in California and a legal challenge to a recent bout, Harvard’s season unbeaten, and a proposal for Northwestern conference schedules. It recalls a 25 year old mile record, rugby’s English roots, and British criticism of American football. It reports Winnipeg funding a Stewards cup trophy, Ottawa Hockey’s bid for Ernie Johnson, a turfman’s death, Winnipeg hosting a career tournament, and Keogh versus De Oro for a New York pool title scheduled November 28.
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Nelson-Moringo
California
San Francisco Church Federation
Fickert
Gillette
Jerome Keogh
Alfredo de Oro
New York City
Keogh
de Oros
Lafe Young Sews Up English Language
Washington report recounts Colonel Lafe Young new Senator from Town succeeding Dolliver. In a senate press gallery encounter with James Preston Young is mistaken for a newspaper man and invited to enter, prompting a quip about saving the English language for a future editorial.
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Lafe Young
Washington
Jonathan P. Dolliver
James Preston
Senate
Young
Iowa
House
Capitol
Preston
Colonel Young
Des Moines Capitol
Gee
Wyoming Cowboy Meets Owen Wister In Philadelphia
A Wyoming cowboy visits Owen Wister in Philadelphia and is allowed to inspect the author’s city outfit. He casually opens an opera hat that springs open and exclaims, A self cocking hat. Now don’t that beat hell.
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Wyoming
Owen Wister
Philadelphia
Local high school basketball aims for strong season start
As football fades, local high school players gear up for basketball with about 16 boys practicing daily. Key returnees include Devine Kimball Cliff Jordan and Art Jordan. Rader and Sturdivant depart. Girls team centers on Ella Lazinka Sybil Cole and Grace Finnell with many freshmen vying for spots. Indoor carnival likely to open the athletic season next week.
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Rader Sisters
Devine
Kimball
Cliff Jordan
Art Jordan
Donald Rader
Ivan Sturdivant
Ella Lazinka
Sybil Cole
Grace Finnell
Cocaine takes mind of candidate in Rhode Island
Nathaniel C. Green of Hillsgrove, a prohibition candidate for governor, was found in a stupefied state after visiting a dentist. Doctors say cocaine poisoning caused a blank mind for 24 hours. He wandered home drenched, unsure how he got out of the office, and his watch contained water. The dentist reportedly pulled a tooth the day before.
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Providence
Nathaniel C. Green
Hillsgrove
Prohibition
Green
Pawtucket
New York Democrats wrestle with senate successor choices
New York politics center on who replaces Chauncey M. Depew as U S senator as Edward Shepard garners mayor and state chair endorsements but lacks Tammany backing. Other states debate successors including West Virginia for Nathan Ray Scott and Kentucky for Thomas Painter. Champ Clark urges pledges for speakership while Indiana eyes Shively and Kern after last year’s attacks. Roger C Sullivan regains control in Chicago for the next national convention.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
United States Senate
Edward Shepard
Grynor
Hupuch
Tammany
West Virginia
Nathan Ray Scott
Ollie M. James
Kentucky
Bryan
Congress
Coneremamin Champ Clark
House of Representatives
House
Fife
Shively
Kern
Indiana
Roger C. Sullivan
Tlinois
Chicago
Cement Trust Loses Out At Roosevelt Dam Project
The U S Reclamation Service saved settlers on the Salt River Irrigation project about 600000 by making cement for its own use at Roosevelt Arizona and then shutting down the five year old cement mill near the dam. Public sentiment can raise a man to fame and cast him down quickly.
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Reclamation Service
Roosevelt Dam
Arizona
Washington
Cement Trust
Arizona Desert
United States Reclamation Service
Roosevelt
Ariz
Threatens Girl He Loved After Jilt, Augustine Borden Charged
Jilted by Marin Storey who had promised to marry him after he brought her from Australia, Augustine Borden, 22, faces charges for threatening to shoot her when she married another man in New York. The case arose after he spent his savings on the wedding, now in default. Also noted is a census taker exchange about children, and a cluttered ad-like snippet from December listings.
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Bogden
New York
Rogdon
Parisian Sage Hair Restorer Promises Youthful Hair
Tallman & Co promotes Parisian Sage as the great hair restorer for women, claiming rapid dandruff cure and scalp relief in two weeks. The product supposedly makes hair soft, luxurious, and attractive, with a large bottle priced at 50 cents per bottle and a model girl with auburn hair depicted on the label.
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America
Tallman & Co
Avery Bottle
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