Snapshot of early 20th century boxing and sports notes
The article reviews bantamweight and featherweight contenders, mentions Meehan as a standout, and notes mixed opinions on new pitching deliveries. It recalls golf history at Euclid and Mayfield clubs, cites Chic Harley’s college football dominance, and reports Battling Nelson seeking his missing brother Harry amid his father's death, with efforts centered in Kansas towns.
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Battling Nelson
Hegewind
Til
Harry Nelson
Nels Nelson
Bat
Harry
Waukesha
Kas
Neodesha
Ohio tournament preview hints at team standings
Ambiguous OCR text references a journey to a tournament in a city, with teams including a Mouse team and Willys-Oreiland IM. The fragment mentions multiple teams, competition in October, and aims to determine the best team through match results. The readable lines show rivalry and expectations but lack clear names or dates.
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Alion
Louimuber Af
Chen
Ani
Atu
Willys-Oreiland
Lave
Irish-born boxer Jimmy Wilde in vivid career notes
A fragmented sketch covers Jimmy Wilde’s early life and boxing career. It mentions rich bouts with Jack Sharkey, Pat Moore, and Joe Lynch, including a 1897 victory list and a later no decision and exhibition bouts, with London papers questioning Wilde’s wins.
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Wuv
Jack Sharkey
Wid Willams
Frannie Burne
Fete Herman Fab Aloore
Eddis O'Keefe
Pat Moore
Knething
Willants
Spinladilpina
South
Canta
Joe
Yalgar
Wilde mm Loncon
Lynch
Woine Toet
Jesus
Wilda
Eteen
London
Amherst at Oberlin basketball trip planned
Amherst high school basketball fans prepare about fifty travelers to Oberlin for the Friday game in Warner Gym. A special car is reserved and the team has practiced hard hoping to reverse a January 17 loss.
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Amherst
Oberlin
Warner Gym
Oberlin College
Ridgeville Family and Hired Man Ill This Week
In Ridgeville on Feb 2 a large family and a hired man are ill with flu causing lower church attendance. Despite sickness many expected regulars to attend next Sunday. Mr Miller hosted guests last week. Mrs Palmer of Columbia visited Ridgeville then returned home.
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North Ridgeville
B.miller
Palmer
Columbia
Ridgeville
E. Sragtha
Chidren
M. Keared
Black Jack McDonnell Ranch Taken for Soldier Settlement
Hudson's Bay Company veteran ranch known as Last Chance, near Smithers B C, is now allotted to four returned soldiers. The 640 acre Black Jack McDonnell property sits on the Grand Trunk Pacific line and includes a 300 horsepower potential hydro electric site on Driftwood River. The land, once a supply point on the Telegraph Trail to the Klondike, sits alongside lands opened for farm settlement across Alberta and Saskatchewan.
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Smithers
B. C
Hudson's Bay Company
Hemut
Bulkley Valley
Grand Trunk Pacific
Northwest
Canadian Soldier Settlement Board
Rocky Mountains
Blackwater Country
Quesnel
Klondike
Hudsor’s Bay
Rockies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
North Saskatchewan
McDonnell
Local School Board Raises Pay for Iliary Teachers
A school board meeting approved a five dollar monthly raise for Iliyria teachers. The town notes ongoing illness as Master Russell Johnson fights the flu, while Dr Orkes recovers from a fall and others travel to Cleveland and Columbus for family, medical, and farming events.
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Russell Johnson
Dr Orkes
Ineville
Arthur Thaber
National City Bank of New York offers foreign service scholarships
Oberlin Feb. The National City Bank of New York invites seniors juniors and sophomores from colleges nationwide to apply for its foreign service scholarship program. Scholars train in New York City learning banking through a laboratory style program supervised by the bank’s educational department. After graduation they join one of the bank’s 60 foreign branches in the Americas Europe or the Orient.
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Oberlin
America
National City Bank of New York
Truinors
Sophonares
Forensi
Ten BH
New York City
Wall Street
South
Central America
Europe
International Barking Corporation
Orient
First Grade Glass Moves to New School Building
Oteriin Feb 5 The first grade class once meeting in the high school has been moved to the Pleasant Street school to accommodate about thirty new students from Prospect and Pleasant street eighth grades at the start of the second semester. High school chapel exercises will be held weekly Thursdays at 1 15 in Sturgis hall. on other days school opens at 8 45 with classes starting at 9. The afternoon offers three recitation periods from 1 30 to 3 46. F F Crall is hired to read civic lessons in the big school and is pursuing college work.
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Oteriin
Plearart Street
Prospect
Pleasant Street
Sturgis Hall
F. F. Crall
Oberlin Notables and Local Updates
Oberlin notes report Srs. O and Pen tody were taken to Clifton Springs sanitarium for four weeks of treatment. Prof. and Mrs. W. T. Upton spent several days visiting in Washington. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Steno are in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a visit.
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Oberlin
Srs. O
Pentody
Clifton Springs
Mra
W. T. Upton
Washington
Mra. J. N Steno
Grand Rapids
Hich
Ars
Berlin Glee Club at M E Church Event
Berlin Glee Club performs at M E Church on Wednesday February 11 at 8 p m. Admission is free with a small collection likely. Community residents are invited to enjoy seasonal songs and festive hymns.
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Berlin
Glee Club
M. E
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