Ringweight Limits Up In The Air In Chicago
Chicago dispatch reports weight limits for multiple boxing classes are in dispute as fighters weigh in above or near limits. George Clip plans 168 at ringside despite 158 middleweight cap, Kid Williams weighs 120 to 121, Kilbane weighs at least 127, and Willie Ritchie posts 185, with Mike Gibbons also listed among top lightweights.
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Chicago
George Clip
Kid Willams
Johnny
Kilbane
Willie Ritchie
Mike Gibbons
Welterweight Champion Skips Ringside Weigh-In Plan
The welterweight champion refuses the at ringside weigh in and will weigh in at 2 p.m. for 145 pounds then expect to gain about five pounds before the fight time.
Great French Athlete in Hospital Legless
Jean Caujolle French international football player and track athlete, famed war time charge winner of the military medal, lies in a field hospital with both legs amputated after a shell shattered his bones. He dictated a letter asking to be sent back to the front as a typist.
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Dunkirk
France
Jean Caujolle
Caujolle
Europe
Shrimp Fishing Downplayed at Alabama Oyster Commission
At a January meeting the Dama oyster commission discussed a Maryland bill to protect fish during season. It urged Alabama to adopt concurrent state action with federal law and endorsed banning shrimp seines for cast and scoop nets to spare small fish and oyster beds.
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Dama
Oyster Commission
Craft
House of Congress
Linthicum
Maryland
Alabama
Federal Department
State Commission
Cure a Cold in One Day LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets
An old advertisement promises a one day cure for colds with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Each box bears E W Grove's signature and costs 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Yuletide Greeting From Mulholland To Mobile Rotary
At Mobile Rotary Club, President Seale Harris read a Yuletide Greeting from International President Frank L. Mulholland of Toledo. The message urged smiles and kindness, noting Rotary’s social and personal value, and wished members a year of liveliness and goodwill. It dated December 26, 1914.
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Mulholland
Mobile Rotary Club
Seale Harris
Rotary
Frank L. Mule Olland
International Association of Rotary Clubs
Toledo
Ohio
Lion Escapes Cage Delays Train Crowd in Jersey City
In New York on January 3 a lion on a flat car at Communipaw station broke into an adjacent compartment. Tamer Lloyd Camp calmed the crowd and commanded the lion to retreat. Police, wary of danger, prepared to fire before Camp intervened and guided the animal back to its cage for transit to a wild animal farm.
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New York
Lloyd Camp
Jersey City
Iran
Boyes
Tye
Awit Reptig
Communipawal Farm
Chinaman Wins Stay of Deportation in Atlanta Hearing
Wong Fook Chong known as Sam Long faced a lengthy hearing before Judge Carter to determine if he could remain in the United States. The case centered on his laundry business in Manchester, Georgia, and his family’s emigrant credentials. Wong's fate was reportedly uncertain until a late decision allowed him to stay.
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Carter
Wong Fook Chong
Sam Long
Atlanta
United States
Wong
Manchester
Inspector Worden
Mobile
Low Ching Hung
Low Wing Fook
Howell
West
Mitchell Street
C. C. Boden
Boden
Loo
Hung
Mr. Wong
Carrollton
Loo Wing Fook
Thomas Artindale
Low Kee
Loo Wing
Fook
Loo Yem
Stilts on Chickens Save a Garden in Duluth
In Duluth Minnesota a West Duluth man solves garden damage by placing stilts on his chickens. The devices prevent scratching by forcing the birds to move forward on short steps, protecting the garden while chickens adapt to the unusual apparatus.
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Duluth
Minn
West Duluth
Garen
New Asthma Cure Offered Free Trial Method
A new method claims to cure asthma and offers a free trial at the company’s expense. It targets long standing or recent cases, any climate or age, and especially hopeless cases where inhalers and other treatments failed. No money is required, just mail the coupon today.
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Coffee
Paris
Vienna
Rio de Janiero
Mexico
French Market Mills
New Orleans
New Orleans Coffee Co., Ltd
Props
HE Bank OF Mobile, National
Canxiia
Earth
Sioux City
Daniel Hamtlet
Hamlet
Los Angeles
Lion
Tamer
Chinaman
U.S
Balsam Ieee
Frontier Asthma Co
Niagara & Hudson Sts
Buffalo, N. Y
DeBriere
Debriere’s Cafe
South Royal
City Bank & Trust Co
Buddy
Streb’s . Bakery
N. Royal Street
Save Square
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