Crescens Trots Mile in 2 02 and Breaks Week-Old Record
Colintbue Ohio August 2 Crescens champion trotting horse set a 2 02 mile beating his week-old 2 02 record by half a second despite a stiff tailwind. More than 12 000 spectators watched at the driving park under overcast skies with rain and a strong south wind. Outdoor odds shifted to 25 to 8 as Crescens and trainer Tim Murphy Bean prepared to race with Dan Laho at the half mile post.
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Colintbue
Ohio
Creacons
Cleveland
Creecens
Tim Murphy Bean
Dan Laho
Ketchum
Crescens
Crescens Sets Unmatched Mile Pace In Ohio Track Meet
Crescens driven by Ketchum races against wind to a sub 30 second quarter, 2:18 pace final, hailed as the most wonderful mile. Crowd erupts, wreath placed, Ketchum thanks Ohio horses as other fast heats follow with prices and entrants including Harold H and Major Marshall.
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Ketchum
Crescens
Ohio
John R. Potts
Captain Potter
Joan
Legal Hal
Be Sure Jr
Harold H
Major Marshall
Billy H
Pussy Willow
Charles Dewey
Rego N
Garnetta
Brighton Beach racing results feature wins by Mystic Shriner and others
New York August 2 Brighton Beach results list six races with winners Mystic Shriner Locket Monarka Ethies Goldilia Intrusive and placegetters Isen Odawaha Candle The Amazon Himself Hard Bhen Dr. Korber McGrathania Prince Fatalist times range from 6:19 1 6 to 1:38 3 5 for distances from two and a half miles to one and one eighth miles.
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New York
Brighton Beach
Mystic Shriner
Isen
Decameron
Locket
Odawaha
Monarka
Candle
Lucent
Thoroughbred race results from Hawthorne and Delmar Park
In Chicago Aug 2 Hawthorne races results list winners Harry Wilson Silurian Detoraine Obia Magic Tammany Chief. Delmar Park St Louis results show Land Ho W George Menace Guite Rock Frank Peace Nearest One as winners with times from 1:04 to 1:48 and multiple place finishes.
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Chicago
Hawthorne
Harry Wilson
Fullen
Huszar
Silurian
Whitfield
Inleven
Detoraine
Hermencia
Chauncey Fisher
Malay
Magic
Doreen
Lord Quex
Tammany Chief
Constellator
Pirate Queen
St. Louis
Delmar Park
Land Ho
Quannah Parker
Intendo
W. L. George
Lillian M
Tenny F
Meddiesome
Frank Peace
Benham
Zaga
Four Leaf
Revoke
Barbary Maid wins Goodwood selling plate in England
London August 2 The Barbary Maid gelding Thorpe won the selling plate at Goodwood. Lilly Palmer Clem Jenkins finished second with Ailmable in third. The Hortensia filly J H Martin won the Molecomb stakes followed by Blaswayne and Allvance filly L Reiff in third.
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England
London
Thorpe
Lilly Palmer
Clem Jenkins
Ailmable
Hortensia
J. H. Martin
Blaswayne
W. C. Whitney
Allvance
L. Reiff
Montana Central to Erect Immense Freight Depot at Great Falls
The Montana Central Railroad will build a brick and stone freight warehouse in Great Falls, about 50 by 300 feet, costing around 25000 dollars. It will house offices and freight records, accommodate 40 carloads, and require 1600 feet of new track. Bids due by August 10. completion expected by October.
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Montana Central
Great Falls
Standard
Montana Central Railroad Company
Fourth Avenue South
No Additional Lynchings Reported in Carrollton
Aug 2 Carrollton Mississippi reports rumors of further lynchings, but authorities say none occurred. A posse searches for suspects in the Tuesday night murder of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro. three Black men were lynched previously. Sheriff Woodall says witnesses freed and town remains quiet.
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Carrollton
Miss
Woodall
Kearsarge Promises Growth Under New Omaha Investor
Virginia City notes the Alder Gulch Mining & Milling Co through Morse B. Davis deepens mining activity. A 12-foot ore body at the Kearsarge mine signals strong development under W. B. Millard with 18 months lease. Road trustees push public works and new teachers join the Virginia City school as renovations proceed.
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Standard
Virginia City
Morse’ B. Davis
Alder Gulch Mining & Milling Company
Chicago
Bell
New York
Grand Union
Lilburn B. Bell
G. B. Carman
Butte
M. A. Bolinger
K. W. Robbins
F. Girtamer
Morse B. Davie
A. M. Balfour
U. S. Grant
John M. King
Virnia City
Kearsarge
W. B. Millard
Madison county real estate assessment shows rise in value
The county wide assessment totals 4 285 810 dollars up from 1900 with improvements, telephone lines and mining ditches contributing. Henry B Gilbert and John Ryan toured Meadow creek and Madison valley mining properties. Lauria citizens donate land for a Northern Pacific depot, the company accepting the gift.
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Madison
Pesta Curie Sidk
Henry
Gilbert
John Ryan
Meadow Creek
Madison Valley
Lauria
Northern Pacific Railroad
Anheuser Busch Reaches Million Barrels Sold
Adolphus Busch cablegram from Largenschalbach Germany expresses gratitude after the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association passes one million barrels sold in the 12 months ending July 31. He credits officers and men and notes international repute and national pride in the achievement.
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St. Louis
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association
Adolphus
Adolphus Busch
Lynching in Smithville over assault case at courthouse
Charley Davis was taken from the Smithville courthouse and hanged by a mob of about 25 people amid a violent clash that injured Sheriff J. T. Odum, Deputy Bob Odum, and Constable Manney Pass. Davis had faced charges of criminal assault on Miss Kate Hues after a court hearing began.
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Smithville
Tenn
Kalb County
Charley Davis
Kate Hues
Miss Hues
Davis
J. T. Odum
Bob Odum
Manney Pass
Milton Hues
London Denounces Boer Atrocities
New York dispatch reports London reaction to General Kitchener reported Boer atrocities. Newspapers urge strong measures and claim harsher punishment under war laws. Critics say British strategy has shown leniency and must protect loyal natives.
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New York
Kitchener
The
Tribune
London
Brutal murderer hanged by mob near Leeds Alabama
In Leeds Stairs county Alabama Charles Bentley a black man confessed to killing Jim Vann alias Williams a white man. A mob hanged him after shooting his body leaving it to hang. The murder happened early as Vann and his wife and child slept in a camp three miles from Leeds. Vann’s skull was crushed and Mrs Williams cried for help before Bentley fled.
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Birmingham
Ala
Charles Bentley
Jim Vann
Williams
Leeds
St.air County
Alabama
Vann
Imports Negroes in Cleveland Steel Strike
Cleveland, Aug 2. The big steel combine uses colored labor to replace white workers at Newburgh mills. Hundreds of black migrants from Pittsburgh and Homestead arrive, housed near the mill. Agents claim Alabama and Tennessee workers move north to join the strike, and the company instructs agents to gather skilled iron workers to concentrate at strike points.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Big Steel Combine
Newbure
Pittsburg
Homestead
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Tennessee
Steel Corporation
Leaders Go to New York For Steel Trouble Talks
Pittsburg August 2 1919 The Amalgamated association leaders depart for New York to resume wage conference discussions after a day of telegrams and secrecy. Officials aim to define goals and participating companies before any renewed talks while Wellsville Ohio reports a tense scene as non union workers enter the plant under guard.
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Pittsburg
New York City
Amalgamated Association
Shaffer
New York
Association
Preston
Henry
Williams
Chappelle
Wellsville
Ohio
American Sheet Steel Company
Steel Trust
Liverpool
Steel Strike Talks Move Ahead as Union Officials Travel East
Reports circulate that more men join the midnight train as Organizer Griffith says AF of L should engage in the strike. United States Steel officials arrange a meeting with the Amalgamated Association executive board in New York after accepting a direct invitation. The board departs for New York on the Pittsburg limited to meet this Saturday morning.
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Griffith
American Federation of Labor
Post
Altoona
Amalgamated Association
United States Steel Corporation
New York
Shaffer
Pittsburg Limited
East
Japanese Join Strikers In San Francisco Labor Stoppage
Conference efforts to settle local strikes progress with Mayor Phelan optimistic a settlement will come within a week. Japanese workers allied with strikers join the waterfront labor action while federal authorities enforce exclusion act limits on the Coptic crew. Eight or nine ships operate today as Pacific Mail transfers cargo and crews prepare vessels including the America Maru and City of Sydney.
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San Francisco
Phelan
Dunn
Taylor
Powderly
Pacific Mail
Sydney
Miners of Ohio Pledge Aid to Labor Groups
In Columbus on August 2, leaders Haskins Sulllivan and Savage of the Ohio Mine Workers association held a session on mining trouble. They stated Ohio miners are ready to assist all classes of organized labor despite a pending agreement with state operators and possible use of injunctions by large corporations.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. W. Haskins
Dennis Sullivan
Savage
Ohio Mine Workers’ Association
Truete
Newark strike ties street railway to Granville road
Newark Ohio August 2 streets railways tied up by a strike seeking higher wages all cars stored in barns no disorder reported in the city as the two lines operated by the same company halt service
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Newark
Ohio
Newark Street Railway
Newark & Granville Road
Governor Proclaims Montana Livestock Quarantine Against South Dakota
Governor Toole issues a Montana quarantine on import of cattle horses sheep and swine from South Dakota amid reports of anthrax. Exemption requires two affidavits from South Dakota citizens and a health certificate from the state vet or US animal industry inspector. Public warning to transporters at state borders.
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Standaer
Helena
J. K. Toole
South Dakota
M. E. Knowles
Montana
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
Northwest
Knowles
Joseph K. Toole
State of
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Madison County Mines
Alder Gulch Company
Omaha
Noad
Hons
Kk. Buford
J. M. Knight
George Gohn
Joseph Smith, Jr
8. R. Buford
Ira H. French
Grace Kimberly
Sheridan
Nellie F. Grimes
Stella Walter
Flora Duncan
Herman Kramer
Alexander N. Winchell
Butte School of Mines
General Shafter
Aldergulch
Ken Bhaffer
Paul Simon
Peter Morrison
Sunnyside
Bald Mountain
Colorado
Lee Williams
Ben “. Williams
Granite County
R. A. White
James B. How
al F E. Gloyd
Mr. Gloyd
G. F. Weeks
J. A. MacDonald
Denver
Butcher Gulch
Joseph Smith
L. B. Bell
County Board of Equalization
Court House
Negro
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