Willard to face big $100,000 offer in boxing bid
Promoter Tex Rickard announces a landmark offer of $100,000 for Jess Willard regardless of outcome. He plans a $35,000 arena spend and $10,000 to $15,000 in expenses, with a potential $50,000 more added. Dempsey or Carpentier are discussed as possible opponents, with New Orleans or Denver as favored sites.
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Fast Game Tonight Swallows Meet Middletown Y M C A
Watertown Swallows host Middletown Y M C A in their first home basketball game. Local lineup includes Schultze McCabe Spear Murphy Hahn with Barr a Ahlberg ready. Game at 8 15 p m officiated by Dan Ahern.
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Fulton Beats Meehan In Four Round Decision
San Francisco Jan 25 Fred Fulton a Minnesota plasterer won a decisive four round bout last night. Fulton dominated and won all rounds over Willie Meehan at the local arena.
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Minnesota
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Giants to Begin Spring Training in Gainesville
New York Giants plan spring training in Gainesville Florida starting March 23, announced today. In other news from Copenhagen, Ludendorff’s wife left for Germany and General Ludendorff will stay in Sweden for two more weeks to continue his war manuscript.
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Objectors at Army Prisons Face Brutalities Reported
Theodore H. Lunde urges a congressional probe into harsh treatment of conscientious objectors in Fort Leavenworth and other prisons. The claim includes beatings and “strung up” punishments, with one man labeled insane and housed among dangerous inmates. The War Department acknowledges some severe cases and limited punishments.
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American Industrial Company
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Seventy-Year-Old Couple Recovers With Kidney Pills
Mr and Mrs T B Carpenter of Harrisburg report kidney trouble and rheumatic pains. After using Fole Kidney Pills, five bottles cured them. Though in their seventies they feel as vigorous as thirty years ago. Sold everywhere.
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Harrisburg
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