Indiana Soldiers To Guard Porter Race Track
Indiana militia will guard the Porter race track after private detectives report gambling at the meet. Governor Marshall, campaigning in California, authorized the deployment if the attorney general confirms law violation and sheriff fails to act. The track, near Chicago, lacks Indiana incorporation and is alleged to serve Chicago horse race followers.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Porter
Marshall
California
Marshal
Generel
Chicago
Indiana
Will Chop Name When Naturalized at Freeport
In Freeport Illinois on October 22 Greek immigrant Mike Papatheodorekonomdropolos applied for citizenship papers. The deputy clerk struggled to record the long name and asked if he would keep it after naturalization. The applicant replied that Pape or Papatheodore would suffice.
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Mike Papatheodorekonomdropolos
Mike
Pape
Papatheodore
Missouri Heavyweight Luther McCarthy Advances in White Hope Race
Luther McCarthy, touted as a white hope, scored a knockout over Al Kaufman to boost his standing. Critics doubted a win, yet he shows rapid progress in the fifth game. Negotiations begin for a bout with Jim Flynn.
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Luther McCarthy
Missouri
al. Kaufman
McCarthy
Kaufman
Jim Flynn
Cruel Separation Is Happily Ended
On her twenty third birthday Miss Knowlton Howard, kidnapped at age three, reunited with her mother Mrs. George Trone of Delmar boulevard, St. Louis. Her father, after a separation, remarried. Miss Howell had lived with grandmother Mrs. Caroline Howell in Mount Vernon, Illinois, who unintentionally revealed the parents’ past. The inquiry traced roots in Mount Vernon and led to the reunion.
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Louis
Knowlton Howard
George Trone
Delmar Boulevard
Sivine
St. Louis
WANTS PENSION LAW FOR GOOD WIDOWS
Albany October 22 The legislature will be asked to pass a bill authorizing localities to grant adequate public relief to dependent widows of good character with young children to care for. The proposal comes from the state board of charities through its secretary Robert W. Hebberd after a New York City charities conference committee investigated the subject and favors the bill.
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Albany
N. Y
Robert W. Hebberd
State Board of Charities
Hebberd
New York City
Two Giants Players Fined For Sunday Game In Gotham
NEW YORK, Oct.21. Captain Larry Doyle of the New York Giants and Tebe Thompson were fined $5 each today for playing ball here on Sunday. The arrest followed a game yesterday at Lenox Oval. It is against the law to charge admission to a Sunday ball game in New York.
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Larry Doyle
New York Giants
Tebe Thompson
Doyle
Lenox Oval
Cubs Fight Over Next Year Manager
Chicago action centers on President Murphy naming a new Cubs manager to replace Frank Chance, a decision he says is made, though no successor is announced. Chance disputes Murphy’s claim and hints he may be retained as a utility player or traded.
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Chicago
Murphy
Chicago National League Baseball Club
Frank Chance
Chance
Cubs
John Evers
Lyric vaudeville opens second month with top aerial acts
The Lyric’s second month of vaudeville features Zeus, Jorden and Zeno in stunning aerial feats, Paul Stephens the limbless wire walker earning hearty applause, Nina Espey on banjo, Valerie Berger and company in What Happened in Room 44, and Cunningham Coveney’s quick comedy. Zeno Jordan and Zeno also thrill crowds with trapeze feats after a New Orleans sensation.
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Zeus
Jorden
Zeno
Jake Wells
Paul Stephens
Mobile
Nina Espey
Valerie Berger
Jordan
New Orleans
Orpheum Theatre
Sheriff Halts Madison Square Garden Boxing Match
New York October 21 Sheriff Harburger stopped the Gunboat Smith vs Jim Stewart bout at Madison Square Garden at the end of round seven. Stewart, outmatched in weight, avoided a knockout through ringcraft while Smith weighed 180 pounds, 26 lighter than Stewart. The sheriff's intervention marked his first ring stoppage of any major bout.
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New York
Sheriff Harburger
Gunboat Smith
California
Jim Stewart
Brooklyn
Madison Square Garden
Stewart
Smith
Dix
Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco Shows Revolutionary Quality
A promotional piece extols Prince Albert tobacco as a revolution in pipe smoking. It credits a unique patent process discovered by a German scientist, perfected by the company over three years, and granted US patent on July 30, 1907. The copy urges men to try the product and experience its flavor, burn, and tongue friendliness.
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Prince Albert
Walter Raleigh
P. A
United States
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