Looking Back

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These stories from the past first appeared in The Sidney Telegraph. Original writing is preserved, though some stories were shortened for space reasons.

100 YEARDS AGO

‘Parks Barred’

February 15, 1913

Fred Parks, Sidney’s popular boxer, went to Denver to take part in the tournament held there this week. He went to the ring Monday night and knocked out his opponent with neatness and dispatch. A repetition of the success of the boy was forestalled by the powers that be who ruled him out of the amateur class by alleging professionalism.

75 YEARS AGO

‘Acc...