Pugilist Moves to Refuse Return Fight Rumors
Rumors surface that the pugilist has refused a $25,000 offer to fight again while he remains in strong form. The article discusses Chicago and New York chatter, noting supporters and rivals, with references to Bennett, Fitz, and McNully, and hints at lingering doubts about a comeback.
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Memphis
Tenn
John A. Drake
Chicago
Soreds
Wistard
Sue Representative
Rackmanete
Lanting’ Stame
Cinotpaart
Tatianna
Pontiac
Mas Kell Indians Defeat Topeka Five in Close Basketball Tilt
Lawrence report: the Mas Kell Indians beat Topeka 34 11 as the first half closed 10 38 but rallied after intermission. Hackett five contributed solid teamwork though free throws were scarce with only one made per side. Falls and McCarthy starred for Haskell. Henderson stood out for the visitors.
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Lawrence
Gen
Jane
Mas‘kell
Topeka
Eany Viutime Euime Si & Marke
Hackett
Penmen
Falls
McCarthy
Haskell
Steeves
Henderson
Boston Club Modest Sale Proposal Revealed
A. G. Spalding and the Boston base ball club consider selling for 250000 with 20000 paid by interested buyers. A H Bowen and partners Conant and Billings state the club has no encumbrances and would quit baseball if sold. Directors expect no immediate league disruption despite speculation.
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Boston
Jan
A. G. Spalding
Boston Baseball
A. H. Bowen
Conant and
Billings
Brooklyn Star Rings In Deal With Baltimore Club
Brooklyn star Joseph J. reaches a deal in a high profile sports transaction with Baltimore club executives. The agreement follows months of negotiations, signaling a new chapter for both teams and key players in the league.
Fight Preview and Boxing Row Echo Baltimore Tie
The article notes Kelley’s move from Brooklyn to Baltimore with the local club acting as agent and hints at family ties preferring Baltimore as residence. It details Ryan versus Green set for January 30 at the Third Regiment Armory in Kansas City under gumpires from the Third, with Siter as referee. A prior Carnival week bout ended in Green’s controversial decision after Ryan was disqualified for biting.
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Orate
Dexte
Kelley
Hanson
McG
Fenton
Balimore
Ryan
Green
Kansas City
Jan
Tommy Ryan
George Green
California
Tor
Chicago Jan Salaries Advance Stirring Revelation
A startling report from Chicago reveals advance salaries paid to players amid a damning reveal about financial dealings in the sport. The details point to undisclosed funds and potential conflicts of interest within the club.
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Chicago
Jan
Wobarees Wew Stake For Schley
Memphis Tennessee reports a new spring meet event at the Memphis Jockey Club named to honor Uncle Mirai Schley visit Visby. Money added to draw a high class field of horses for the stakes race. Michigan Starts Track Work
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Wobarees
Schley
Memphis
Tens
Memphis Jockey Club
Schley i
Mirai Sehley
Visby
Oblids Martin Match and Miscellaneous Early 1900s Notes
Chicago reports Frank Childs and Denver Ha Martin, two colored heavyweights, in a match with disputed results. Across Michigan and New Orleans, Nyx the Thomas and associated stakes create betting interest. A January New York supreme court session grants an absolute divorce to Julia, with Daisy named in the decree.
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Martin
Chicago
Frank Childs
Denver Ha" Martin
Nyx
Thomas
New Orleans
Ace
Cinsinnati
Chiscago
Oily Jeale Ch Sells For 5000 Dow Jones Cable Talk
San Francisco January 13. J Gibson bids 5000 dollars for his champion Oily Jeale Ch to be sold. Clarence Mackay seeks carriage for Bere. no telegraphic inquiries received from the east.
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Josie G
San Francisco
J& Gibson
Jeale Ch
Clarence Mackay
Bere
Baseball Players Decline Sunday Ball Signings
Boston reports Roy E. Clark, longtime center at Brown, declined a Chicago National sign offer from Manager Selee due to opposition to Sunday ball. He favors a try with the western team if available. Also noted are club interest and sales talks involving Colt prospects and other baseball actions across Memphis Lexington Kansas City and Milwaukee.
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Boston
Roy E. Clark
Nelder
Brown
Chicago
Selee
City Ticket Office Union Pacific BR 5 Kateas Ave
City ticket office details include Union Pacific Railroad. Address at 5 Kateas Avenue appears in readable OCR fragment with partial contact reference.
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Union Pacific R. BR
Kateas Ave
Largest American cattle ranch bought in Old Mexico
Leavenworth January 12 American ranchmen led by Jeptha Yan Bo Garver and John Hott have purchased from Northwestern Colonization and Improvement Company a cattle ranch of 2 1/2 million acres in Chihuahua and near El Paso. The deal, valued at 700000, aims to fence and improve the land to breed thoroughbred cattle for the market, potentially creating one of the world’s largest breeding operations.
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Leavenworth
Jeptha Yan
Cty
Bo. Garver
Chicago
John Hott
Miles City
Mont
Peimd
Northwestern Colonization and Reprovement Company
Old Mexico
Nev
W. J. Cox
Hi Paso Tex
Cox
Trower Bros. Company
Kansas City
Chihuahua
Hiverake Land and Cattle Company
William Humphrey Wps
el Paso
Tex
Republic
Ryan
Mexico
Iiet
Tarrazes
Tarrases
The
Sale of Kansas Lands Leads County Auction Craze
Abiione Kansas reports an unusual wave of land transfers as county commissioners auction 116 acres. The records show Faumnbaugh, Grant Gillette’s son-in-law, selling 140 acres twelve miles from town for 12400, with plans to move to town funded by this money. A second 176 acre farm southwest of town on the Settome was sold to J Beatty of Heauwant Texas at an investment.
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Abiione
Kas
Faumnbaugh
Grant Gillette
Uler Tarmlie
Settome
Wold
J. Beatty
Heauwant
Tex
Past Masters Banquet Held by Dodge City Masons
Dodge City Kansas January 13 Past Masters No 101 hosted a notable banquet for their ladies at the annual election held Saturday. Attendees included Mr and Mrs W T Ace Mr and Mrs E Smith Mr and Mrs T A Scates Mr and Mrs A Barnett among others.
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Masons
Dodge City
Kas
King Solomom
Jane
Breson
W.T. Ace
E. Smith
T. A. Scatea
A Barnett
Eile
Factional Notes and Local Notices From Lawrence and Wellington
The report covers a diversity of local items: election of officers in a Masonic past masters group, pensions distributed to various named individuals in Kansas towns, a prisoner surrender story involving Jesse M. Springs, and clerical/postal updates. It notes Captain Adna Clarke resigning as clerk of the court, with potential appointment of Adaline Horner, and Colonel Ormaby initiating rural free delivery routes. Also mentioned is an Addlers contest in Douglas County with prizes including a $50 violin and other cash rewards for various fiddling categories.
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Clark
Lawrences
Kas
Adna
Clarke
United States Artillery
Senate
Smart
Mixa Adaline Horner
Mixa Horner
Wellington
Jan
Ormaby
Die Postomce Department
Equare
Mies
Coun
Civil Service
Sinc
Mother and Son Killed In Wagon Train Crash
Mrs Henry Moberly and her 1 year old son died when their farm wagon was hit by a Missouri Pacific passenger train at a crossing east of Garnett Kas. The wagon team became unmanageable and ran in front of the train trapping both occupants.
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Garnett
Kas
Henry Moberly
Missouri Pacific
Man Arrested After Insanity Attempt in Wellsville
Ja-C Pra ther a member of the Twentieth Kansas suddenly became insane Saturday and attempted to kill his mother with a whet he lives. He was taken to Ottawa and will be tried for insanity.
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Isaane
Wellsville
Kus
Jan
C. D. Prather
Kanana
Ottawa
Dyspepsia Cure Promised by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
A reader describes persistent dyspepsia and poor appetite, noting successful relief after taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla which allegedly invigorated the stomach and digestive tract, ending sour stomach and headaches and solving long standing digestion issues.
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Hood
Hood's Sarsaparilia Promises Cure and Delivers
Strong sales pitch promotes Hood's Sarsaparilia as a quick cure. The advertisement urges immediate purchase to prevent worsening health, claiming proven results and urging readers to buy a bottle today.
Supreme Court Opinions From Shawnee to Wyandotte
The session lists reversals and new trials in numerous Shawnee, Wyandotte, Montgomery, Barton and other county errors. Judgments cover affirmations, remands, and in banc decisions with Doster and Greene concurring.
Legal Errors Across Counties Prompt Reversals and New Trials
A string of county level cases including Cherokee, Montgomery, Pratt, Barton and Lyon counties see errors affirmed reversed or new trials ordered. Notable mentions include Alfred Crebbison Jarvis Conklin Co. and others, with judgments affecting receivers, sheriffs and insurers in multiple jurisdictions.
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Tne
I. & Oe Railway Company
Ve. J. PB. Brock
Montgomery County
Ollock
MK & VT
Rly. Co
Allen County
Sears
Virginia M. Johnson
Albert Wynne
Rice County
Acer
Citizens’ National Tank of
Ste
E. Wood
Clek
Bascom O'Huir
Sumner County
Ira Kelley
Ed McHugh
Carlin J. McCrone
Woodmen of America
Shawnee County
Louis A. Poole
Carl J. Moore
Cloud County
Lincoln Center
John Bailey
Lincoln County
Oon Dane
Chasmans
Péter J. Peterson
McPherson Coun
S. A. Daniels
Cowley County
Crane & Co
CL. Bloom
James
D. W. Houston
Pym Alderson County
Macy
Parker Et al
Allen
Irgeecalnas
Columbus State
Nordica Hurt In Night Rail Crash Near Rome
Opera star Mme Lillian Nordica was injured when a passenger train collided with a freight near Reeves Station, Rome. Engineer Frank Tracey died. Nordica’s accompanist Fraine Shannoos was badly hurt. Nordica escaped with a bruised shoulder and neck strain. The private car Brunnehilde remained attached. trains were cleared and traffic resumed.
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Rome
Omar Reeves
Twenty Mile Hart of Rome
Mme
Lillian Nordica
Fraine Shannoos
Iaice
Frank Tracey
Atlanta
Jane Mmne
Nordica
Gay Conrail
Freleht
Freleht. Ys
Bo Town
Fremas
Chattamoorr
Reeves
Tracey
Mme. Nordica
Atlanta Saturdas Nieht
Asc Wis
Nashville
Garlington
Raliwey
Chirlington
Pane Nordica
Simmnunt
Werktgod Haskie
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis
Croker retires as Tammany finance head
New York reports Richard Croker quits as chairman of the Tammany Hall finance committee after a formal year 1902 organizational meeting. Lewis Nixon is chosen as Croker’s successor, a move interpreted as reshaping power following Croker’s public remarks and intra party tensions.
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New York
Richard Croker
Tammany Hall
Lewis Nixon
Nicon
Lase Fieil Niven
Croker
Democratic Club
Devery
Nixon
Embezzled $5,000 Alleged Ex-Treasurer Patterson Case
Star Special from Concordia reports AE Patterson, former city treasurer of Chae, facing district court in Kansas City on embezzlement charges of $5,000. Prosecutors say funds were collected as city money and turned over to Patterson as treasurer, while he argues the city received the money and thus bears accountability.
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Kansas City
Concordia
AE Patterson
Chae
District Court
Clyte
Neeres
Patterson
Michigan Athletics Earned About Five Thousand Dollars
St Paul Minn January 12 The Athletic association of the University of Michigan for the year ending January 1902 shows receipts totaling about five thousand dollars from spring sports baseball and track meets with half of the aggregate turned over to visiting teams. The overall receipts amount to roughly eight thousand dollars in round figures.
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St. Paul Minn
Athletic Association of the
University of Michigan
Roe Ten
England Strikes a Snag Now Terminals at St Paul
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway buys about ten acres on the riverfront at Wet Paul extending from Robert Street bridge to State Street, plans a freight depot and terminals across the river to Union Depot. Survey routes to South St Paul will be devised to secure a right of way. A G Compton resigns as Assistant General Freight Agent and becomes Santa Fe freight chief clerk in Winfield.
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St Paul
St. Paul
Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway
Wet Paul
Robert Street
Paul
A. G. Compton Goss
Winfield
A. G. Compton
F.C. Macgley
Tt Santa Fe
Santa Fe
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