Old fighters keep busy after ring days in Chicago
In New York and Chicago reports note former boxers shift to public service and new careers. Retired pugilists like Duffy Moffat Barry Herman Choynski White Dawson and Santry transition to police work coaching teaching and construction while remaining prominent in local sports culture.
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New York
Chicago
Martin Duffy
Duffy
Packey McFarland
Jock Moffat
Moffat
Tommy Ryan
Tommy
Barry
Jimmy Barry
Jimmy
Herman
Seattle
Wash
Joe Gaus
Joe Choynski
California
Choynski
Millionaire Athletic Club
Pittsburgh
Ilinois Athletic Club
Tommy White
Terry
McGovern
George Dawson
Chicago Athletic Association
Eddie Santry
Eddie
Wisconsin
Baseball Managers Seek an Expert Trainer to Heal Fractured Club
Manager John J. McGraw weighs hiring a dedicated trainer to manage player behavior and fitness. The piece notes pitchers Vean Cowd, Christy Mathewson, and Marty Sallee, plus discarded big leaguers who could form a strong squad. It mentions Red Dooin predicting Phillies glory, Boston’s McAleer limiting payroll, and Cicotte forecasting an AL pennant race between Boston and Detroit.
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Vean Cow
Naps
Arrule
Intde
Guldteib
Christy Mathewson
Marty Sallee
Bresnahan
Cardinals
Suggs
Keefe
Cincinnati
Archer
Thomas
Erwin
Detroit
Daubert
Cleveland
Neal Ball
New York
McBride
Mowrey
Jackson
Cree
Bris Lord
Carrigan
Red Sox
Jimmy McAleer
John IT
Taylor
Boston
Johnny Gonding Confident on Next Season berth
Johnny Gonding, eleven years with the Rourke team, received an offer to manage Victoria in the Western league but did not accept. He has multiple offers, including ten recent bids to play and manage elsewhere, and plans to decide this week. He expects to find a suitable berth without worry.
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Ome2ica
Neb
Johnny Gonding
Rourke
Victoria
Johnny
Omahas
The
Rourkes
Manager of Sioux Signs Speedy Trio
Sioux City Texas Tan 22 reports manager George Andreas of the Packer base ball club signing three players regarded as exceptionally fast. Joe French, a shortstop, is billed as possibly the swiftest man at his position and expected to boost the infield.
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Sioux City
Tan
George Andreas
Packer
Dall Cinh
Joe French
Des Moines Buys Pitcher Red Faber
Des Moines manager Frank Isbell closed a deal to purchase Red Faber from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Faber, a promising young pitcher, played for Pueblo after a Pirates loan and showed sensational form in the Western league. The signing adds a strong trio with Rogge and Hueston, boosting Des Moines’ pitching strength for the season.
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Des Moines
Frank Isbell
Urban C. Faber
Pittsburgh
Faber
Isbell
Pueblo
Fred Clarke
Pirates
Tom Fairweather
Clarke
Dubuque
St. Joseph’s
Rogge
Hueston
Fater
Good Dope in Baseball Magazine Headlines
The February Baseball magazine arrives with a feature on big league magnates and remarks on the American League by Chubby Charles Murphy owner of the Chicago Cubs. It adds boxing notes on Li'l Arthur Johnson, college news, and a new serial detective story.
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Chubby
Charles Murphy
Chicago Cubs
Arthur Johnson
Kate Shelley Heroine of Moingona Bridge Dies at 47
Kate Shelley, famed for warning a Northwestern express during the 1881 Moingona bridge flood, died after a long Brights disease illness. Born in Ireland, she saved a train at dusk, crossing a treacherous Des Moines river bridge to reach Moingona station. A gold medal and $200 were later granted by the legislature.
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Moingona
Kate Shelley
Moingona Bridge
Bright
Tipperary Co
Ireland
Shelley
Miss Shelley
Bath
Des Moines River
Boone County
Northwestern Railroad
Des Moines
Fontanelle Woman Faces Assault Charges in Mayor's Court
Fontanelle Iowa January report shows Mrs Laura Jones charged with assault and battery by Scott Ewing after she allegedly attacked him and W W Stucker. She offered a guilty plea and $10 fine before Mayor Laurder, who did not accept it. Public interest grows as details unfold.
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Fontanelle
Laurder
Laura Jones
Scott Ewing
W. W. Stucker
Jones
Ewing
Stucker
Fairbank Men Bound Over for Assault
Oclwein January 22 two Fairbank men John W gamut and Charles Meatey bound over to grand jury on charge of assault with intent to commit great bodily injury on Barney Dunn. Dunn beaten unconscious for two days. case to come up at next term of court.
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Oclwein
Tohn Wolgamut
Charles Meatey
Fairbank
Barney Dunn
Dunn
Patents Granted to Iowans for Week Ending Jan 16 1912
Patents granted to Iowans for the week ending January 16 1912 are listed from the office of Clarence J Loftus Crocker Building Des Moines. Names include Frank W Crow Clarence nonre fillable bottle Wm Firman Ottumwa drilling machine post Joseph TM Metehoir Des Moines spread roller Charles Robert Cedar Rapids garment hanger Walter WW Rosenan Germania leader Chas H Hackett and T W Morgan Waterloo cream separator.
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Towans
Clarence J. Loftus
Crocker
Des Moines
Frank W. Crow
Clarence
Wm. Firman
Ottumwa
Joseph TM. Metehoir
Charles Robert
Cedar Rapids
Walter WW. Rosenan
Germania
Chas. H. Hackett
T. W. Morgan
Waterloo
Strike settlement wavering as talks continue in Harriman
Reports from Ogden Utah say a settlement meeting may be held soon in Chicago to end the Harriman railroad strike. Local business groups and strikers have negotiated for days with arbitration hoped, while railroad officials still refuse to recognize the strike organization.
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Ogden
Utah
Chicago
Harriman
Julius Kruttschnitt
Greene County News Near Greene Iowa Local Social Notes
Local residents and visitors are mentioned with travel visits to Waterloo Charles City and Greene. Notables include M W Hesalroad visiting son George in Waterloo, Joe Briscoe greeting friends in Greene, Sam and Mrs Anderson visiting relatives in Charles City, and Miss Mary A Faint attending duties. Also cited are health updates on Miss Ethel Huckins, ice house work by O Bunker, and a Greene wedding in Walker Indiana between Letha Babcock and Damon Cheney officiated by Rev. W E B Fisher.
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Joe Briscoe
Clarksville
Sam Anderson
Charles City
BE. B.C. Wright
Julia Newbern
Mary A. Faint
B. N. Mead
Elbow
Saskatchewan
Gan
M. B. Blumer
St. Paul
M. McClure
Council Bluffs
Father Sheely
Vinton
Ethel Huckins
Nevada
O. Bunker
John Marshek
Alden
Greene
GC. A
Buffalo Center
W. H. H. Howe
I. L. Cole
Death notice for Hugh Halley aged 32 at Westfield Iowa
The Plymouth county death notice for Hugh Halley 32 of Westfield Iowa cites a four day illness ending December 21 1971 cerebral meningitis. Born 1889 in Hudson Iowa he lived east of Westfield then ran a story and dry goods business. He married Edna Porterfield in 1901 and left three children Glenn Lucile and Kenneth plus a wife and parents. Funeral at Congregational church Westfield with burial in Riverside Akron. Relatives from Hudson and Hudson Iowa attended.
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Plymouth County
Fiugh Halley
Water- Ino West High School
J. S. Halley
Philip M. Fuller
Lynn Haven
Mla
Hugh
Geo. N. Halley
Los Angeles
Fred
Halley
Waterloo
Mra. G. W. Miler
Hot Springs
Ark
Hugh Halley
Westfield
Mr. Halley
Hudson
Net
Waterloo High School
Story and Druy
Edna May Porterfield
Glenn
Lucile
Kenneth
Congregational Church
J. Nickerson
Akron
Riverside Cemetery
Paul M. Halley
Midnight Talk to Mill Workers in Canton Ohio
Billy Sunday delivers a midnight talk to four hundred Stark mill workers at Canton rolling mill about 11:30 PM. He places Christianity before them as a dollar and cents proposition, addressing grime and heat as the night shift pauses to listen then returns to their tasks.
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Canton, O
Stark
Billy Sunday
Canton
Real estate transfers and notices from Waterloo area
Real estate transfers listed include Samuel A. Oren to Emma M. Myers and back, both for land in 35 87 11 with nominal sums. Water loo Loan & Trust to Fred Chevalier for Lot 4 Block 1 Howrey McWilliams addition. Henry Utley Wilson to Leora B. Burton part of Lot 3 Block 74 Cool ey addition Waterloo. Elizabeth Krueger to B M Storm Lot 3 Block 2 Auditor Rainbow Cedar River park plat. Frank A Stolp to Peter Nelson part of Lot 16 Block 9 Whitney Sedgwick addition. Also a Chamberlain's Cough Remedy advertisement.
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Black Hawk Co. Abstract Co
Samuel A. Oren
Emma M. Myers
Waterloo Loan & Trust Company
Fred Chevalier
Howrey & McWilliams
Henry Utley Wilson
Leora B. Burton
Cooley Addition
Waterloo
Elizabeth Krueger
B. M. Storm
Auditor Rainbow
Cedar River Park
Frank A. Stolp
Peter Nelson
Whitney & Sedgwick’s
Ice harvest and local events in Rockford Jan 19
Miss Maud Bowers underwent an appendicitis operation. Miss Cropper of Waterloo oversees the case. Ice harvest work continues with 24 inch thick ice. Brick and tile plant closed briefly due to coal shortage. W. D. Martin, Rockford veteran, died Jan 13. John Esser injured his arm in a corn shelter. Clyde Clay burned by gasoline while cleaning garments. News from Mrs Minnie Gray, missionary in Shanghai.
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Rockford
Maud Bowers
Clyde Clay
Minnie Gray
Shanghai
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Early 1860s Notes
An 1860s style notice highlights Hoods Sarsaparilla promising cures for humors catarrh and rheumatism with Sareatabs. It also records local tidbits about people traveling to Biloxi and Springfield, a 92 year old Rockford resident's death, and a veteran’s June 1862 letter from Mechanicsville describing battles near Fair Oaks and Richmond with grim battlefield details.
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Mechanicsville
Fair Oaks
Richmond
Olive Tablets Offer Safer Liver Relief Than Calomel
Calomel foes the olive tablet alternative promises liver and bowel support without griping salts or castor oil. Pure vegetable compound with olive oil and sugar coating is easy to take, with a nightly tablet claimed to prevent headaches bad breath pimples and other symptoms. The Olive Tablet Company of Columbus Ohio markets 10c and 25c boxes under Dr F M Edwards as president.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Calomel
The
Olive Tablet Company
Columbus
Ohio
F. M. Edwards
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University of Michigan
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Corbin
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John J. McGraw
McGraw
John
A. J. Busby
Merc
Mermet
Alec Monro
Rushby
Wagenhall & Kemper
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Avery Hopwood
Maesnc
Superior Valveville
Tottie Mayer
Robert Henry Hodge & CO
Bill Blithers
Tom Ripley
Cranvilly, & Mack
Powder & Capman
Klinefelter & Sons
Park Avenue West
Areo
American Drivg and Press Association
Meritol
Merjtol
Henderson Drug Co
Red Cross Drug Co
Daily Courier
Courier
Waterloo, Lows
SIOUX
Speedy Trio
Red
Baseball Magazine
Harriman Railroads
Chamberlain
Twin Cities
M. W. Hesalroad
George
Vi. W. Grove
Evangelist Sunday
Peosta
T. W. Bouldin
M. D
Mabel Ettinger
Mudie
Weet
Fourth Street
C. J. Miller
W. 4Th St
E. C. DeVoe
Bridge Street
Phone Black
WM. A. Conwell
Bath Street
Wilbert Shallenberzer
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