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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1925
Page
8
Canton California not. Oscar edits city league champions of Canton seek games with top state teams after finishing 2-? season. The 1925 lineup features McKinley Wigh stars including Raymond Carl captain, Charles Miller forward, Fred Piersen, Myron Robinson center, Walter Reth guard, Joe Mebillot guard, and Will Hears.
Boxers Sydney Coan Manchester England defeated Frankie Daston in eight decisive rounds. Wockle Richards edged Copper Pence in ten rounds. Bud Gor uroof from Kenosha beat Bob Lawson in twelve rounds. Charlie York earned a decision over Charles in ten rounds in Brooklyn.
The readable fragment notes a Kentucky Lexington racing club event opening at a meeting. Details are sparse but indicate a local sports or club gathering to begin activities.
A fragmentary summary citing sport notes across various venues and eras. Mentions include New-York notes on playgrounds and jockeys, Philadelphia expectations, a major international chess event in Moscow, and a season schedule for hockey in Canada. It also references baseball arbiter Kenesaw M. Landis, collegiate football games on October 24, Yale vs Army history, and DartmouthPennsylvania ties.
An old advertisement fragment touts a hair grooming product promising a lasting glossy, well groomed look for business and social occasions. It mentions combing and grooming options and references a publicized term Half-Groom as a brand hook.
Wellington Hush has schedule news with Oberiin for a Wednesday contest on November 25 at 3 p.m. The previous game was canceled due to an injury. The season opens with Madison Indies at 29 to BD.
Night Hawks led in bowling with Kesenich posting 698 across three games while Night Eagles trailed the field. In baseball history notes, Giants manager John McGraw tops with ten pennants, Connie Mack follows with six. Football mentions Cornell and Columbia’s long drought and Harold Grange’s noted physique receive brief treatment.
In Mexico City Nov, Jimi Fitten, ex coast featherweight, says Jack Dempsey left Monterey under duress after contract tensions with Monterey interests. Fitten claims a failed shake down attempt near a cash stash. Dempsey reportedly planned to stop Wills in five rounds before retiring. The article notes the monitor Camanche, first Pacific coast government vessel, built in 1392.
The report outlines a long running Princeton Yale football feud with mentions of prior meetings, scores, and key moments. It notes Yale’s strong season including a win over Army and a close loss to Penn State, while Princeton cites past success against Yale and a notable game vs Navy.
The report notes Germans as the largest grower and consumer of potatoes with Britain coming second, highlighting the global potato trade and market positions amid rising production and consumption patterns.
Two Cleveland former newsboys faced the Interstate Commerce Commission over a proposal to issue 245,009,000 dollars in capital stock. The plan includes 155 million dollars in preferred shares and 139.95 million dollars in common stock to finance a highway and canal system spanning 237 miles into Canada. The transaction would exchange 325,865,666 offered shares and 50,405,152 common shares, with 129,116,5592 preferred and 155 in common in exchange for issued stock on the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Fzre.
An English notice describes an original wood carving by Herr Wilhelm Leehner from Oberammergau exhibited for one week at Ostar W Heserod Broad Street. The piece is praised for grace and expression as a fine example of peasant folk carving amid Easter themes in wood.
A partial statement notes that two pounds of baked potatoes equal one pound of chicken and seven ounces of meat, and claims this could be derived from clay deposits in the Hurssa River valley.
The program highlights speakers including James Atkin and Dr. Langdale with missions spanning Asia Africa Europe and India. The Board of Foreiza Miss oversees stations in 18 countries with 1 287 missionaries 7 900 ordained pastors and 3 669 national teachers.
The Delaware Wesleyan hosts the Annual Meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Church with bishops ministers and laymen from across the nation. Sessions in Ohio and at Ohio Wesleyan University include three public forums on mission work in China Latin America and Europe with leaders such as Bishops Wilson McConnell Oldham Blake Shepard Nuelsen Miller and others. Dr R E Didendorfer will speak on missionary contributions and Ohio Wes University will host sessions on November 15 to 18.
In a Federal Court session Charles R. Forbes former head of Veterans No. 1 and John W. Thompson of St. Louis faced conspiracy to defraud charges. The defense challenged government witness credibility and seizure details while the court weighed alleged errors. Neither defendant was acquitted.
Former U S Senator and Supreme Court Justice James A O Gorman delivered a lengthy opinion in New York stating that trustees under the late Jay Gould will face all charges in a dispute over the Gould fortune. The action, brought by executors and beneficiaries led by Edwin Howard Gould and Helen Gould Shepard, centers on alleged fraud in the handling of the estate.
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