Safe Conduct Secured for Johnson Willard Fight in El Paso
Promoters of the Johnson Willard bout announced a committee of El Paso businessmen telegraphed Jack Johnson a guarantee of safe conduct to Juarez and back with a cash bond. Johnsons manager said Willard would not go to Havana without a sufficient cash guarantee from promoters there.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jack Johnson
Juarez
Jerselard
Willard
Havana
Jack Curley
Jess Willard
Mexico
Johnson
Boxer Joe Shugrue Withdraws From Title Bid
New York March 3 Joe Shugrue lightweight boxer canceled all engagements due to blindness in one eye and risk to sight in the other. He will be operated on tonight and had posted a 5000 forfeit for the world lightweight title. He was to box Joe Lin in New Orleans March 22.
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New York
Joe Shugrue
Shugrue
Joe
New Orleans
Landscape Painter Fred Oakes Sylvester Dies in St Louis
Fred Oakes Sylvester, a noted landscape painter, died in St Louis last night at age 55. He gained acclaim for depictions of American seascapes and rural vistas.
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Fred Oakes Sylvester
St. Louis
Land and Development Co acreage for sale in Mobile Alabama
Mobile and Ohio R R lands in Mobile County Alabama lie seven miles west of Chunchula offering 480 acres of pine land with a running stream for farming and stock raising. Parcel prices include 11.50 per acre for the whole tract and 4.00 per acre for smaller tracts up to 10 000 acres. Address Geo Kilborn president Ala Land and Dev Co 409 N Royal St Mobile Alabama Bell Phone 957 J.
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Mobile & Ohio
R. R
Ala
Miss
Chunchula
Mobile County
Alabama
Satsuma
Geo. Kilborn
Ala. Land & Dev. Co
Store Buildings for Rent on Dauphin and Government Streets
W. S. Royal advertises new and modern store at 2 N Government Street with large windows. Listings include 62 Dauphin Street three story brick building to be improved, and 6 Dauphin Street two story brick in good condition suitable for store or warehouse. Attractive prices to desirable tenants.
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W. S. Royal
N. Government Street
Dauphin Street
Lonnie Noojin Named Alabama Assistant Coach Next Year
University of Alabama in Birmingham reports Lonnie Noojin nicknamed Hog Vandegraaf will be assistant coach for next season. Noojin a former Alabama football baseball and track star later served as athletic director at Howard Col lege in Hudson Wisconsin.
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University
Ala
Lonnie Noojin
Hog” Vandegraaf
University of Alabama
Birmingham
Alabama
Howard Colere
Bauman Signs with New York Americans after Providence stint
Indianapolis report notes Charles Bauman, third baseman for the Providence Internationals last season, has signed with the New York Americans. Pinehurst golf results cite Walter J. Travis of Garden City L. F. winning gold in round two of the 11th annual spring tournament with 168, while Robert Hunter, J. P. Guilford, J. Parrish Jr., and I. S. Roberson posted high scores in the qualifying rounds.
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New York
Jack Dillon
Indianapolis
Tom McCarty
Lewiston
Mont
Brooklyn
Dillon
McCarty
Ind
Charles Bauman
Providence Internationals
New York Americans
Pinehurst
N. C
Walter J. Travis
Garden City
L. F
Aecord
Robert Hunter
Weebo
Club
Stamford
I. S. Roberson
Oakhill Club
Rochester
N. Y
Census director chosen by Wilson replaces Harris on trade commission
Samuel L. Rogers of Franklin North Carolina has been selected by President Wilson to head the census. William J. Harris of Cedartown Georgia was confirmed by the Senate last night as a member of the new federal trade commission.
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SW York
International League
Edward Barrow
International
Samuel L. Rogers
Franklin, N. C
Wilson
William J. Harris
Cedartown
Senate
New
Federal Trade Commission
Marshall chess wizard sets new record
Portland Oregon March 3 Frank J Marshall of New York set a new record by playing ninety two games of chess simultaneously losing only four and drawing ten. The contest lasted six hours and forty five minutes with Marshall winning seventy eight games.
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Portland
Oregon
Frank J. Marshall
New York
Campaign promotes prosperity through diversified crops in Alabama
W R Baughman of Mobile Chamber of Commerce outlines a broad campaign with state and national partners to diversify crops, boost farm profits, and keep money in Alabama. He says the movement aims to educate, provide free literature, cover speaker travel, and share costs while urging local merchants and farmers to support multiple crops and better storage and canning.
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W. R. Baughman
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
Alabama
Baughman
State Department of Agriculture
Polytechnic Institute At Auburn
International Harvester Company
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile
Chambers of Commerce
Railroads
South
Anarchist Plot Before Grand Jury in New York
The grand jury considered the cases of Frank Abarno and John Carbone for alleged bombs at St Patrick's Cathedral and planned attacks on homes of Andrew Carnegie John D Rockefeller and other banks. Police say several suspects in bomb making will guard other churches. Abarno and Carbone ended the first detective assignment of Amideo Polignani a patrolman who infiltrated anarchist circles.
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New York
Frank Abarno
John Carbone
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Andrew Carnegie
John D. Rockefeller
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Abarno
Carbone
Amedeo Polignani
Upper East Side
Baldo
Winter league baseball in New York reaches open air field
The New York Interclub League features six clubs of bankers, brokers, judges and lawyers playing winter baseball on a million dollar Fifth Avenue field. Games run December 5 to May 15, two Saturday fixtures, with indoor play and a seven inning format despite severe weather. Ad Wolgast's boxing fortune, built from stage and ring earnings, nears $250,000 amid many injuries.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Seventy-first Street
C. P. Duval
Ad Wolgast
Ad Iasn
Wolgast
C C Kavanaugh Seen Succeed Brother As Southern League Leader
Birmingham report says the Southern League may name C C Kavanaugh to fill the unexpired term of the late W M Kavanaugh. Birmingham, Little Rock, New Orleans, Memphis and Chattanooga named as possible meeting sites with Atlanta supporting Birmingham. A special meeting is planned to confirm the successor.
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Birmingham
Ala
W. T. Crawford
Shreveport
Little Rock
New Orleans
Memphis
Chattanooga
Atlanta
W. M. Kavanaugh
C. C. Kavanaugh
Southern League
Spring Hill College Hosts Petrel Boys Baseball Match
The Spring Hill College team plays a baseball game Thursday against a Petrel crew team from the U S gunboat Petrel. The Petrel team has a 12 win 5 loss 2 tie record. Key Petrel players include McGee Wayte Glover Scroggins Gilroy Kuhn Whitehead Feeney Reade Campbell Shea.
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Petrel Boys
Spring Hill College
United States
Petre
McGee
Wayte
Glover
Scroggins
Gilroy
Kuhn
Whitehead
Feeney
Reade
Campbell
Shea
Petres
Boxer career frailty marked by repeated injuries through 1914
The record details a boxer's long string of injuries from 1906 to 1914. Separately noted are ear damage, broken bones in both hands, nose surgery, arm fractures, and rib injuries. Major fights included bouts against Jack Redmond Tommy McFarland Freddie Welsh and Willie Ritchie with the title change noted in 1911.
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Jack” Redmond
Tommy McFarland
Freddie” Walsh
Willie” Ritchie
Wolgast
Freddie Welsh
Oyster ad at Schimpf Restaurant on North Royal Street
At Charles Schimpf Restaurant 3-5-7 North Royal Street oysters offered fresh opened in a loaf a dozen for 25 cents or 1-2 dozen for 15 cents each toasted 5 cents extra raw at stand plants 20 cents a dozen 1-2 dozen 10 cents per dozen advertisement schedule and prices listed.
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Charles Schimpf
North Royal Street
Old Stars crush varsity 47 to 6 in Y M C A clash
The Old Stars, a fast five from the Y M C A and former Y M C A champions, routed the 1915 varsity team 47 to 6 before a large crowd. Soost scored twice while Penny Courtney Radcliff and others starred, with Baumhauer and Doyle notable in the late minutes. Referee Maiden umpire Ross scorer Haas timer Giblin.
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South
Y. MC. A
Tom Soost
Woodie Penny
Charley Baumhauer
Jack Courtney
Jim Radcliff
Louis Baumhauer
Doyle
Varsity
F.G
MSN
Crawford
Martin
Maiden
Ross
Haas
Giblin
Gull Players Begin Spring Practice in Monroe Park
Manager Charles Schmidt the 1918 Mobile Southern League pilot with Outfielder Northern and Pitcher Leo Townsend led light batting practice at Monroe Park on Tuesday. The field is improving and will be ready soon as grass grows. Daily workouts will continue until the April 13 season opener with the Atlanta team.
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Charles Schmidt
Mobile
Northern
Leo Townsend
Monroe Park
Atlanta
State Supreme Court Strikes Down Oil Inspection Law
The state supreme court yesterday ruled Ohio's oil inspection law unconstitutional, a measure that generated about $100,000 in state revenue annually.
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State Supreme Court
Ohio
Ely's Cream Balm Promises Quick Relief for Colds
An advertisement claims Ely's Cream Balm frees blocked nostrils in one minute, eases head cold symptoms, and clears catarrh. It urges readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores, promising immediate soothing relief and a night of easier breathing.
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Sloan
Ely
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