Promoters Plan Conference Over Willard Fulton Bout
Tom Jones and Tom Andrews meet Dominick Tortorich and Tommy Burns in New Orleans to decide the March 4 Willard bout. The promoters will offer Frank Moran if Fulton is not chosen. Willard will box Fulton first before considering other opponents.
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New Orleans
Tom Jones
Jess Willard
Tom Andrews
Milwaukee
Fred Fulton
Willard
Dominick Tortorich
Tommy Burns
Tortorich
Burns
Frank Moran
Chicago
Mike Collins
Fulton
Jones
Collins
Tom Burns
Youngest Six Day Rider Ray Eaton Follows Indoors Legacy
Ray Eaton, 21, emerged as the country’s youngest six day rider after his father Jay Eaton, once the indoor king of high-wheeled bikes, urged him to pursue cycling. The elder Eaton excelled indoors, while Ray began in local events near Elizabethtown New Jersey and joined a six day race in New York with Eddie Madden.
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Ray Eaton
Jay Eaton
Eaton
Elizabethtown
N. J
Chicago
Boston
New York
Eddie Madden
Ray
Old Timers Top Feds Pitching Averages
Veterans Eddie Plank and Miner Brown lead Federal League pitching averages. Plank aged past 40, released by Connie Mack, topped the league with 21 wins and a 2.01 earned run average while with St. Louis. Brown, with Chicago, won 17 and lost 8, posting a 2.12 ERA and finishing fifth.
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Eddie Plank
Miner Brown
Plank
Connie Mack
St. Louis
Brown
Chicago
Velvet Beans and Corn Sales Big at Greenville
Local dealers have been buying many tons of velvet beans and thousands of bushels of corn this week. Merchants say holiday business this year will far exceed last year, putting a notable amount of money in circulation in Greenville Alabama.
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Greenville
Ala
Miss Mackay Smith Denies Boy-Ed Marriage Report
Virginia Mackay Smith rejects rumors she would marry Captain Boy-Ed. The German ambassador recalls him to sail from New York Tuesday, and the article notes a broken heart is rarely fatal to the disappointed worker.
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Miss MacKay- Smith
Washington
Virginia Mackay-Smith
Boy-Ed
Ambassa
Tache
York
Amusements at the Queen Monday Evening
The Queen offers An Innocent Traitor featuring the Fairbanks Twins Marion and , a Thanhouser drama about army life and secrets. Also A Musical Mix-Up a one act novelty. Weekly News and pictures every Monday. Admission always 5c.
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the Queen
Fairbanks
Marion
Army Life
Service
Thanhouser
J. T. Spieth
Secret Service
Fairbanks Twins
Mutual Weekly
Hesle
Sietaseee
World of Admissions
Trinity Rector Recovers and Assists Communion Service
Rev A G Richards rector of Trinity church has recovered from a recent operation and aided the communion service on Sunday. Rev Fauntleroy of New York City conducted services and preached the sermon.
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Trinity
A. G. Richards
Trinity Church
Fauntleroy
New York City
Change in Train Schedule for Mobile York Route
The Alabama Tennessee and Northern Railway announces a December 19 morning start for a northbound passenger train from Mobile Terminal Station at 6 15 A M. It will reach York Alabama at 1 53 PM with connections to Meridian Tuscaloosa Birmingham and East trains. The return from York departs 7 35 AM after Meridian arrivals, reaching Nol at 3 20 PM. Further notices warn of adjustments affecting Calvert T N stations and related routes.
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Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway
Mobile
Terminal Station
York
Ala
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Birmingham
Nelo
Calvert T. & N
Young Murphy Follows Notable Athletic Lineage Toward Yale
Thorne Murphy, son of famed Olympic and college athletic trainer Mike Murphy, heads to Yale after being named one of the East’s top scholastic athletes. He excels in baseball, football, basketball and sprinting, and honors Brink Thorne as his namesake Yale star.
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Thorne Murphy
Yale
Mike Murphy
Olympic
Pennsylvania
Young Murphy
Brink Thorne
Jewish Sunday School Teachers Meet in Selma
The Alabama Jewish Sunday School Teachers Association held its first meeting at Temple Mishkan Israel in Selma with sessions led by Rabbi A. G. Moses and Rabbi B. C. Ehrenreich. City officials welcomed attendees as Dr. George Zepin spoke, and papers on teaching were read. Voting on the Birmingham tax amendment to the Alabama constitution began with expected strong support.
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Selma
Ala
Alabama Jewish Sunday School Teachers Association
Temple Mishkan Israel
Broad Street
A. G. Moses
Mobile
J. Rothchild
Montgomery
George Zepin
Cincinnati
Temple
Zepin
H. W. Feibleman
Birmingham
Alabama
Local Social and Hotel News from Battles
Measrs Powell and Greene of Fairhope stayed with A F Hutchings last week. Guests from Cincinnati Chicago and Atlanta visited the Beach Hotel and Battles area. Inez Jacobs visited relatives Currans and Widneys. James Donahue stayed several days at Battles Hotel. Mrs George Winter returned from Moult after two months away. Irene Case Nell Curran visited in Fairhope. Curran family guests in Mobile. Hutchings began the cement wall in front of the hotel after the storm. The Battles Wharf school Christmas tree event drew a large audience with Holly bamboo and mistletoe decorations. Miss Hess provided gifts for all students and will be credited for managing the event well. The text notes the effort and suggests business activity remains strong. A Quinine rout Won't Make You Nervous FEBRILINE is a trademark name that deodorizes the artificial and only reliable Tasteless Quinine. An adulterated Quinine, if taken, does not cause nervousness or dizziness.
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Battles
Ala
Powell and Greene
Fairhope
A. F. Hutchings
G. Jordan
Cincinnati
R. D. Bogue
Chicago
W. D. Marcuis
Atlanta
Beach Hotel
Inez Jacobs
Currans and
Widneys
James Donahue
Battles Hotel
George Winter
Moule
Irene Case
Nell Curran
Curran
Ennis
Callaghan
Mobile
A. F P. Hutchings
Battles Wharf School
Miss Hess
Aoe
Aera
Athletes Answer Call to Arms Across Nations in War
European military conflict draws athletes from tennis boxing wrestling auto racing and football to service. Notables include Anthony Wilding John Poe Georges Carpentier and Jack Gooch among others while Jess Willard and Fred Fulton prepare for a record height boxing bout in New Orleans.
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Europe
Anthony Wilding
John Prentiss Poe
Poe
Princeton
Georges Carpentier
France
Carpentier
George Hackenschmidt
Jimmy Britt
Australia
Harvard to Sign Percy Haughton as Coach on 10000 Salary
Report says Percy Haughton will earn ten thousand dollars for three months work to coach Harvard football. He arrives at Harvard each fall around September 1 and leaves before November ends. His teams have dominated Yale, scoring 116 points to Yale’s 13 and limiting Yale to three field goals and two safeties.
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Percy Haughton
Harvard
Haughton
Yale
Perverd
Record Load of Pecans Passes Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi December 27 A pecan shipment weighing 2710 pounds carried in a single consignment by C S Bell on a double wagon topped with grafted nuts. The load valued at 1000 dollars, from Bell who raises pecans from 200 trees and expects larger yields after a decade.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Bell
St Marys Choir to Sing Christmas Music Again
St Marys choir plans a repeat Christmas program next Sunday January 2 featuring Proprium Tozier Third Mass in E Flat Offertory and Adeste Fideles. Singers include Mrs F J Washichek Mrs E J Lawler Miss Regina Duggan Miss Leone Ballweg Jamie Cashin and others.
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Alice Cashin
Proprium
Tozier
Rosewig
Alma
Webbe
Adeste
Fideles
F. J. Washichek
E. J. Lawler
Regina Duggan
Leone Ballweg
Jamie Cashin
Leo J. Gaynor
Charles Dolan
J. C. O’connell
L. A. de Ornellas
F. G. Touart
Baptist Pastors Host Quarterly Conference Programs
Baptist pastors from nearby towns and Mobile gather at the Tabernacle for the quarterly conference. The schedule lists devotions, sermons, lectures, and a 20 minute limit on paper readings with brief discussions after each.
Mississippi County Wins South's Model School
Mississippi County wins the South's model school title as Pearl River County prepares to host the new state education experiment. On January 1 the model school starts in Pearl River County to perfect countywide education systems and support development of training programs.
Newest Remedy for Backache and Kidney Trouble
An old medical ad promotes Anuric by Dr. Pierce for kidney related pain and dropsy. It links weak kidneys to systems issues like rheumatism and gout and urges readers to send a water sample to Dr. Pierce in Buffalo, with options for assistance and insurance tests.
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Pierce
Monica Sor
Invalids
Buffalo
N. Y
Adyv
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