Griffo Reneges On Dixon Bout As O Rourke Plans Upfront Stakes
A long disputed featherweight match plan emerges with George Dison and Tom O Rourke pressing for a Dixon Griffo confrontation while Griffo and his managers resist and seek a match in Griffo’s town. They push for a four to twelve round bout with heavy purses, aiming to settle weight and purse disputes and restore Griffo’s title chances.
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George Dison
Chamylon
Amarion
Albert Griffiths
Apowa
Grifu
Aamin Gissiuction
Ausira
Goifo
Bie Enouge
Stanton Abbot
Morace Lendoo
Billy Myer
Jack McAcliffe
Griffo
Ochoculare
Tom O Rourke
Dixon
O'Rourke
Osly & Battam
Cally bin
Dias Gaan
Ain la Lever
Otourke
Won
Georges Dison
Saelo
Douguets
Oferice
Kiton & Golden Uppor Agnley
Tom Bourke
Megari
British boxer bragging match fuels public feud
George Dizon reports on a heated dispute between Billy Plimmer of England and challenger Griff, accusing Plimmer of dodging a rematch. The writer recalls past Madison Square Garden bouts, weighs in on proposed bets, and seethes at perceived bravado while promising a Boston meeting to settle the clash.
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George Dizon
Billy Plier
England
Aries Mivchell
Rome
Charley Kelly
Ana
Ana Maetiong With Charley Kelly Would Afford. If Beta Siocere
Ope
Lima
Apy
Fummer
Resuroy
London
Laren
Billy Pummer
Dantam
Ree Vivoo
Mir
Pilaemer
Pummer
Griff
Hostoe
Mr. O'Rourke
Walter Edeeruy
Madison Square Garden
Plimmer
Levon
Eichiwen
Wage dispute looms as allies seek amicable settlement
Pirranvuns Pa June 16 The wage enforcement of the Amalgamated Association and from manufacturers is still in session with prospects of an amicable settlement. Forty large firms attended the conference as the hoop scale has been denied after concessions by the workers. The sheet scale is under consideration with no change in bailing firms signing on. Jones & Lavehim Ok Oo Lindsey & McCutch Me others will be operated a
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Pirranvuns
Enoferecen
Awsigamated Association
Froin Mapfacturers
Emal
Wort Jones & Lavehim
Ok Oo
Lindsey & McCutch
Tragic death after trout line mishap and local notices
Twenty year old Thomas Tilton smothered to death in soft mud after a skiff incident while looking a trout line near McCoad's brick yard. He lived with Ebenezer Wise and died en route to medical aid. his father Isaac Tilton resides in Mt Pleasant. Also reported is a child dying from whooping cough, church notices, false fire alarms, local visits, society events, and electoral candidacies in Braxton and Cabell counties with various officials and residents named.
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Thomas Tilton
McCoad
Tilton
Ebenezer Wise
O. Williams
Isaat 'Titon
Mt Pleasant
James Tannehill
James Allen
Wellsburg
A. R. Ong
O. B. Ong
Ata
Jacob Matthews
Riverview
James Bayless
Oscar Wright
Mont
Toutay
St. Mary Abaron
Peter
St. Jubapa de Falcon
St. Silverius
St. Aloysius Gonaig
St. Paulimus
Virgil
St. John
First
Walnut Streets
Bridgeport
Wheeling
Jas, Bayless
Carl Majors
St Columins
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Prosbyterian Church
Sud
Bogie
Will le
Jericho
United Presbyterian
Little
J. Ww. Robins
Baptist Church
W. B. Hadeog
Ciwratoe
Church of Christ
Corners
Gosarty
Davis
Henry Stantue, Jr
Tenth Street
Iastevenise
Ohio City
Smithield
Masonic Lodge
Henry Koebreson
Middlebouron
Sancho
Sistersville
W. V. Barry McCloskey
Alleheny
Jas, Robinson
Balen
Jeft
Grandview
Rosa Sauith
Evening Star
Indiana Breet
Wr Stead
Cannonsburg
Addie
Mary Trusx
Somerton
Almeda Stewart
Littletoe, W. A
Old Wages Restored At Am Rail Union Meet
At the American Railway Union convention the Pullman strike committee reported the company refused to bargain but Wickes signaled possible talks with ex-employees. Debs urged appointing a committee of employees and demanded restoration of the old wages amid broader political racing notes and candidate movements in West Virginia.
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Cuicaso
American Railway Union
Pullman Strike Committee
Wickes
Debs
The Chinese Plague and Its Horrors Across Asia
The article explains a devastating bubonic plague in China tracing to Yunan with a grim sequence of rat die-offs followed by birds, livestock, and finally humans. It details symptoms, rapid fatal decline, and mass flight from villages as corpses accrue in the sun. It notes origins in 1860 during the Muhammedan rebellion and mentions Canton and Hong Kong exposure. Ex-Congressman Bayno’s suicide in Washington is reported, along with a dry shampoo remedy feature.
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Trofven
Muhammedam
Yangtse
Quecho
China
Canton
Hong Kong
Rica
Barayaos
Bayno
Wasuixorox
Thomas M. Bayno
Pittsburg
Massachusetts Avenue
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Ways and Means
Jast Congress
Interestin Newslets. Small Spans From Telegraphic News
June reports describe a Greek bark collision with twenty two crew drowned including officers at Onessa. In Hestreenos Pennsylvania a Miller & Son death follows administration of knockout drops by Edward Couch who robbed him. arrest made at Tyrone. A Lehigh Valley train kills three children near Henrietta at Chapel Crossing with no witnesses. The steamer Ethiopia sails with damaged page in London news.
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Onessa
Goollision
ofScers
Hestreenos
W. R. Miller, Jr
Ormo? G. Ashman Miller & Son
Edward Couch
Couch
Miller
Tyrone
Rocumstas
N. Y
Eddie
Nellin
Bayck
Henrietta
Chapel Crossing
Loxnes
Ethiopia
Ameeroare
Secret Societies Install Officers In Wheeling Lodges
The Wheeling Union Chapter No. 1 conferred and installed officers for the capitular year with Past Grand High Priest Odgi! 8. Long present. Bates Lodge No. 33 also installed officers led by Past Grand Master C. 8 S. Long, while Nelson Lodge No. 30, Charity Chapter No. 1 Rose Croix, and Miriam Chapter of the Order Western Star held meetings and entertainments.
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Wheeling Union Chapter No. 1
J. H. Dehmel
Frank H. Warden
King
Charles P. Wood
Robert Browne
E. W. Danaway
Thomas Carnahan, Jr
H. B Baguley
George M. Ford
R. A. Iain
Thomas B. McLain
H. Exley, Jr
Alex. B. Robb
T. W. Bliss
Tyler
Odgi
Hugh Stern
Bates Lodge No
S. Long
Edw
C. Schoen
W. M
G. B. Peabody
S. W
Dent A. Taylor
J. W
John K. List
W. F. Shaffer
R. R. Swope
R. B. Battile
B. M. Baird
J. D
Jeo
C. Ribeldaffer
N. Watts
H. B. Baguley
Lod
F. C
Nelson Lodge
Charity
Rose Croix
Long
Albert Pike
Boston
Wheeling
Wm. H. Travis
John A. Zora
Work
Fourth Street M. E
Brother Riker
Brethren of the Masonic Lodge
Cameron
St. John's Day
Bro. Riker
Wheeling Commandery
McCahon
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