Boxing and a Changing World View in a Melting Pot
A narrator recounts discussions with O A Boyd a Black leader about jobs in the incoming administration and social mobility. The piece shifts to tales of Uncle Eph a former slave who gains wealth but rejects old masters gifts, and a Japanese student aiming for Amherst Law School highlighting immigrant ambition. It then pivots to reflections on prizefighting praising its global influence led by Dempsey Gibbons Leonard and the American boxing system shaping youth and culture worldwide.
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Beise
Eph
Kentucky
Nere Eph
Old Massa
Missus
Uncle Eph
Massus
Boyd
America
Tokio
Amherst
Princeton
Theodore Turner
Rome
Jack Dempsey
Tom Gibbons
Benny Leonard
South America
Dundee
Wilson
Stilletto
Italy
Dempsey’saurels
Japan
Horne Ball
Pancho Vila
Wren
Big Prises
Ocean
Spoyers
Bac
Wales
Y M C A Officials Visit Pocatello for Permanent Secretary
Y M C A officials Goodwin and Dillon arrive in Pocatello to discuss appointing a permanent general secretary. Walter S Hopkins, Missouri Y M C A secretary, is also invited for consideration, with further candidates to be interviewed as the board seeks stronger local leadership for expanding service.
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Scream. Goodwin
W. W. Dillon
Idaho-Oregon Young Men’s Christian Associations
Goodwin
Boise
Pocatello
Y. M
Walter S. Hopkins
Missouri Y. M
Colorado
Hopkins
Wool Growers to Convene in San Francisco in January
San Francisco January 3 AP reports the sixtieth annual convention of the National Association of Wool Growers will run January 21 to 23. About one thousand delegates from across the United States will discuss predatory animals and industry losses, with Western states pushing coastward wool manufacturing expansion. California ranked as a major wool producer. past funding to combat predators included 1924 state and regional appropriations totaling about 300,000 dollars.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
National Association of Wool Growers
California
Nevada
West
Smuggling Ring Probed by Quebec Liquor Police
Montreal special police of the Quebec liquor commission probe a vast smuggling ring moving millions in liquor over the last year. A barge on the St Lawrence carried thousands of cases of Scotch whiskey valued at 500000 dollars, with lorries diverting cargo to dodge duties and implicating harbor officials. A key witness, whose wife banned liquor from his home, exposed the scheme triggering wider inquiries potentially reaching New York and the theatrical world.
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M. 8
Newton
Montreal
Quebec
Quebec Liquor Commission
New York
St. Lawrence River
Liquor Commission
Cap
Naval officers named in North Sea torpedo boat command
Captain Simons led a fleet of torpedo boats in the North Sea during the war with Captain Perrault as deputy and chief of the customs preventive police. J. L. Bisaillon and others are mentioned in the fleet's leadership context.
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Ptain Simons
R. N
North Sea
Perrault
Provincial liquor raid nets dozen arrests with impending inquiries
A dozen suspects were arrested in a heavy liquor raid and released on high bail. Investigators plan a Friday session to uncover connections with the harbor and the liquor staff as officials vow to reach the bottom of cross border liquor activity.
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W. Center
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N. Main
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Blackfeet
Twin Falls
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Lynn Brothers Hospital
Julius Henry Hartmas
Vienna
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T. B. Smith Co
Gram
Tribune
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N. Arthur Ava
Idaho
Sam P. Smith
Ever & Inches
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American Medical Association
Pocatello Tribune
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