Galesburg Fans Fail To Rally For Baseball Franchise
Keokuk Ia Dec 18 The first sign of interest in the Central association in Galesburg was muted with a cautious public mood. Friction over backing a franchise persists as locals demand broader community excitement before committing funds. Other cities consider baseball for 1915 while Galesburg remains largely dormant.
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Keokuk
Central Association
Galesburg
Doc Cook
Rock Island
C. A
Kewanee
Ottumwa
Fifty Deserters Joined Feds In Major League Feud
New York scene reports more than fifty former big league players have joined the Federal League. The piece lists numerous ex-stars such as Walter Johnson, Rube Marquard, Eddie Plank, Cy Falkenberg, Joe Tinker, Tom Seaton, Chief Wilson, Rebel Oakes, Grover Wartley and others. It portrays organized baseball magnates dismissing them while noting the Federals continue to recruit.
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New York
Feds
Federals
Uncle Sam
O. B
Walter Johnson
Rube Marquard
Vin Campbell
Eddie Plank
Cy Falkenberg
Joe Tinker
Tom Seaton
Ranklin Johnson
Chief Johnson
Hal Chase
Trussel Ford
Bill Barlden
Bob Groom
Otis Crandall
A. Marsons
Claud Hendrix
Rollie Zelder
Steve Evans
Bill McKenzie
Otto Kauabe
Mike Doolan
George Stovall
Chief Wilson
Rebel Oakes
Frank LaPorte
Leon Ames
Arthur Hofman
Grover Wartley
al Bridwell
R. 5. Erwin
Rowland Has Great Chance To Lead White Sox
Dubuque native Clarence Rowland has been named manager of the Chicago White Sox after thirteen minor league seasons. He will have full charge, with Goldie Collins as field captain, as Comiskey pursues a championship with new signings and a training trip to California.
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Dubuque, Ta
Clarence Rowland
Dubuqie
Charles A. Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Eddife Collins
Rowland
Tean
Rowsland
Callahan
Eoldie Collins
Athletic
Tam
Chicago
California
Miskey
Clinton Fans Seek Leader in Baseball Drive
Clinton Iowa fans rally to back baseball next season with 2600 dollars or by forming a stock company to fund the forfeit money for the Central Baseball association meeting in Waterloo. A local head is needed by January 11 to organize the effort and decide Clinton's baseball fate.
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Clnton
Santa Claus
Clinton
Waterloo
Central Baseball Association
Hough
W. HR. A McNamara
Dartmouth May Meet Maroons at Chicago Test
Chicago December reports Coach A A Stagg indicated a possible 1915 football game between Dartmouth and the Maroons after Dartmouth Alumni Association offered a date. Stagg forwarded the letter to President Judson, with a board meeting likely after January 1. Students favored the plan amid campus rumors of petitions for the game.
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Chicago
Dartmouth
University of Chicago Athletic Board of Control
A. A. Stagg
Walter McCormack
Dartmouth Alumni Association
Green
McCormack
Midway
Stagg
I T
Harry Pratt Judson
University
Basketball doubleheader at YMCA gym tonight
The Waterloo Savings and the Security Savings quintets of the Commercial league play at 7 45 in the YMCA gymnasium. At 8 40 Waterloo west High meets Manchester on the same floor.
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Waterloo Savings and the Security Savings Quintets
Waterloo West High
Manchester
Dietz to be pardoned by governor before Christmas
Madison Wis Dec 18 A report from a source near the governor says John F Dietz who is serving a life sentence for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Oscar Harp during an attempt to stop seizure of his Cameron Dam home will receive a gubernatorial pardon the night before Christmas.
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Madison
Wis
John F. Dietz
Sherif Oscar Harp
Dietz
Cameron Dam
McGovern
Home for Christmas Instead of the Pen
Dubuque December 18 Leslie Cady a 19 year old Dubuque boy will spend Christmas with his young wife and baby after walking out of the county jail on parole instead of serving a five year sentence for larceny. Judge Kinizinfer granted the parole freeing him from the reformatory at Anamosa pending new life prospects.
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District Court
Cady
Curty
Dubuque
Adventurous life tale ends with Breckenridge identified
Springfield dispatch reports Albert Breckenridge son of the late O C P Breckenridge after 33 years presumed dead reappears in Springfield. Identified by Secretary of State Lewin G Stevenson he vanished in 1591 when a ship bound for Europe wrecked his voyage. Parents had died believing him lost.
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Springfield
Albert Breckenridge
O. C. P. Breckenridge
Congress
Kentucky
Lewin G. Stevenson
Breckenridge
Europe
Stevenson
China
Boera
Africa
Mexico
Australia
Lafayette school Christmas celebration amid tragedy
Dec 18 reports in Washington describe a Lafayette Christmas program at the city schools alongside a traveler recounting adventures from Africa to China. The piece mentions a drowned son and a medical caution about cold remedies from Dr Harvey W Wiley as part of the dramatic event.
Health expert condemns "food ding" in speech on tuberculosis
The Bureau of Chemistry author of a prescription calls for drastic action against tuberculosis. He quotes a health expert saying three quarters of diggers are killed by love and argues love and holocaust ideas would remove disease. He adds that burning barns and homes could end bovine tuberculosis and calls for free heat instead of cough medicine for scolds.
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Bureau of Chemistry
Love
Christmas Program Spreads Joy at Lafayette School
Enrolling 225 pupils, three separate programs were staged in the Lafayette school building with upper and lower grade performances and a kindergarten show. Large decorated trees and gifts preceded by bags from local firms, the children received apples oranges candy and nuts. Parents attended as the community leverages generosity to brighten a poorer district.
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Smith, Lichty & Hillman Company
Fowler Bros
Waterloo Fruit & Commission Company
Black Hawk Fruit & Commission Company
Smenard Bros
Adams Paper Company
Lafayette School
Citd
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Cunningham and
Marion
Cecil Lean
Cleo Mayfield
Dr. Cook
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Banderos
Washington, D. C
Palace Theatre
East Lynne
Henry Woods
José Lovera Banderas
Havana
José
José Lovera
Tampa
Martin Bros
Iowa
Distributors
Artieas
New York Globe
Switzerland
West Fourth Street
Union Depot
Paramount Pictures
Daniel Frohman
Marguerite Clark
Mary. Germaine
The
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Eugene Walters
Lubin All Star
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