Willard Dempsey training notes reveal tense camp mood
Herbert Corey reports from Toledo on a chaotic boxing camp as Jess Willard and Jack Dempsey push toward the July Fourth showdown. Willard displays limited appetite for training yet grows faster and more precise, while Dempsey endures hard sessions with Jamaica Kid and Steamboat Bill Scott. Tex Rickard comments on referee choice. crowds flood the training area as anticipation builds for the title fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Demipsest
Dempsey
Willard
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Toledo Boxing Commission
Ollie Pecord
Pecord
Local residents noted in town and travel updates
Attorney L T Graham spent days transacting bus iness in St Louis and bought a new car there. Mrs John IX Gicker was seriously ill but improving. Carroll McGary visiting from Shreveport with his parents. Mrs Hurley Cooper and her Fargo, North Dakota family visiting. Capt Daniel B Carroll teaching in Indianapolis on vacation with parents. Mr and Mrs James Graham moved from Pleasant Hill to reside here. Miss Gertrude Dillon hired to teach Pleasant Grove school. Prof J TR Grage assisting County Supt John N Clark. Miss Olive Hendrick to Evanston for summer study at Northwestern. Melvin Brati planning a new building for his east side lunch room business. Melvin Tinford resigns as local Supt Central Illinois Fire service. to join Mississippi Power at Keokuk. C W Bristow of Sullivan to succeed him. Stis Miller at Wesleyan University home for summer. Mrs Edna Murphy Fiscus elected high school principal at Barry. Miss Grace Flood to Quincy for mimeograph operator post. Nellie A Moore, Minna Bauch, Amelia Gesendorfer, Ruth Heck to Champaign for summer at state university. Miss Clara Hannon visiting sister Mrs T Donnell and family in Springfield.
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L. T. Graham
St. Louis
John IX Gicker
Carroll McGary
Shreveport
P. T. McGary
Hurley Cooper
Little Son
Fargo
N. D
J. TR. Grage Ie
John N. Clark
Olive Hendrick
Evanston
Northwestern University
Melvin Brati
Melvin Tinford
Central Illinois Fbire Service Company
Mississippi Power Company
Keokuk
C. W. Bristow
Sullivan
Stis Miller
Wesleyan University
Bloomington
Edna Murphy Fiscus
Plymouth News Notes and Local Moves
Plymouth Illinois records show Mrs. Wm Copeland attending a funeral in Colchester for Mrs. Sam Copeland. Glen Brough returns from Champaign after university study. Carrol Johnson takes a position with Talbech and Wood Motor Co in Watseka. Harold Wright, elder son of Mrs Julia Wright of Omaha, has married and will relocate to Idaho. Mrs Walter Duncan reports Bentley Ballard arrived from overseas and expects to return soon. Wm Robinson sells 160 acres east of Plymouth to Wm Holstine Jr near Tennessee, 25 acres to John Robinson, 40 acres to John B Wear. Robinsons plan to move to Plymouth. Mrs I P Dunsworth sells residence southwest of square to James Majors and sister Tillie. Mr H Rutherford dies after long illness. funeral next Wednesday. Mrs Pearl Cox and children visit relatives in the country. Higa Roberts of near Holland Colo visits Plymouth. his father was the late Flem Roberts. Mr and Mrs Lige Burner visit Dr W Irwin. Mr and Mrs Dallas Tuttle of Good Hope visit Thomas Atyeo. Mrs Twila Drew goes to Mendon for care duties and returns home. Mrs Wm Copeland and family were movers on Thursday. Whipple, George Lawton, Mr and Mrs Denver Lawton and Byron Lawton attend a Birmingham outing. Miss Marthe Hedgcock returns from Minnesota where she taught Domestic Science to resume work with her parents. Dr Laurence Frasse and family of Carthage spend Sunday with his mother Mrs Belle Frase and with Dr and Mrs Wia.
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Plymouth
Ill
Wm. Copeland
Colchester
Sam Copeland
Glen Brough
Champaign
Carrol Johnson
Talbech and Wood Motor Co
Watseka
Harold Wright
Julia Wright
Omaha
Lve
Idaho
Walter Duncan
Bentley Ballard
Wm. Robinson
Wm. Holstine,Jr
Tennessee
John Robinson
John B. Wear
Robinsons
I. P. Dunsworth
James Majors
Tillie
Hutherford
Pearl Cox
Higa Roberts
Near Holland
Colo
Flem Roberts
Lige Burner
Dallas Tuttle
Good Hope
Thomas Atyeo
Twila Drew
Mendon
Lo Frank
HO. Whipple
George Lawton
Denver Lawton
Byron
Birmingham
Marthe Fredgcock
Minnesota
Latcolin Hedgcock
Lotwrence Frasse
Carthage
Belle Fragee
W,ia
Local residents visit relatives across towns and states
Mrs G A Wilkey and sons Harry and Keith and daughter Mary Kath erine are visiting relatives in Pontiac. Mrs Palmer Weberg visits with friends before moving to Montana. Mrs Verne Evang and children motored from Mendon to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Silas Morton. Misses Gladys and Rose Davis of El Dara stay with their uncle Ellis Hosking and family for a few days.
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G. A. Wilkey
Harry and
Keith
Mary Katherine
Pontiac
Palmer Weberg
Montana
Verne Evang
Mendon
Silas Morton
Gladys
Rose Davis
el Dara
Ellis Hosking
Miss Clark Has a Novel Experience on Film Studio Visit
Miss Clark arrives at Fifty-sixth Street New York studio with six ragged children for the role of Lovey Mary in Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. A gate attendant mistakes the group for slum denizens, telling them to stay away as Mar guerite Tugging at the gate draws attention.
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Mrs. Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Paramount
Dainty Marthe Princess
Miss Clark
Fifty-sixth Street
New York
Lovey Mary
Marguerite
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Dempsey Homestead
Jess
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Hempel
Chip
Dempsey Emporium
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Jack
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Green City
Macon
Albert Hook
Cherotee
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Ewing
J. J. McColm
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Kirksville
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Kansas City
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Freeman Land
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Gary
G. J Fery
Raison
Chicago
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Wye
J. H. Young
Frank Stout
Frank Nelson
Clarence
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Ind
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el Paso
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Hattie Short
Marian
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Henry
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Pete Graham
Coataburg Wednesay
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Weilers
Home Builders
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West Side Square
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Henry and
S. G. Lindeman
Melodigrand Piano
Goez
Chickering
Kimball
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Evans
Kruff
Boston
Quick Gale
Pruvicus
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East Side Square
Steger
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