Fron tier Park Rodeo Delivers World Record Flair and Follies
Johnny Judd failed to back up a near world record as a steer busting tied with fast routines at Fronter park. The event featured blazing bucking horses and a packed crowd with Ed Eddy's clowning keeping spectators laughing. Races drove crowd energy as Judd and others achieved tight finishes while a half mile cowponies and mounted quad rille showcased early in the program.
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Frontier Park
Johnny Judd
Judd
Johhny
Today’s Western Program Features Races and Roping Events
The bill lists a full day program starting at 1 pm with exhibitions in burro riding and trick roping, multiple cowpony and bucking contests, relay races, steer roping, a stage coach holdup, and a wild west parade. In Washington, Senator Hitchcock introduced a measure to ban sale of foreign war bonds.
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Washington
Hitchcock Today
Frontier Essay Winner Ferree Marks Hurt in Streetcar Accident
Ferree Marks, winner of the Frontier Days essay contest, was crushed when a street car ran over his right leg during the Frontier parade. The 14 year old was taken to St John’s hospital where surgeons attended to a crushed leg and a scalp wound.
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Ferree Marks
Frontier
Ferree
Seee
John N. Marke
Union Pacific
St. John’s Hospital
Comway
Thirty-third
Boulevard
Marks Home Tun Park Addition
Smuggling of Chinese Students Ties to Hearing Revealed
Evidence of wholesale smuggling of adult Chinese into the United States under guise of student status emerged at federal hearings. Witnesses admitted big fees for bringing Chinese to the country and some “students” vanished after being placed in schools. Twenty Chinese were moved to Cush ing academy in Ashburnham Mass by Mrs Sarah Hing, who claimed to organize for the A M C A and the A W C A, though she said she had no such appointment.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Cushing Academcy
Ashburnham
Mass
Sarah Hing
Wilensburg
Coal Miners Strike To Spread From Ohio Westward
Indianapolis Aug 19 The executive board of the United Mine Workers of America says the coal miners strike in eastern Ohio will spread to western Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Operators in Ohio refused the new wage scale and the move aims to pressure Ohio firms to accept it.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Volted Mine Workers of America
Basin Republicans Repudiate Ridgley With Kendrick Votes
In Basin Wyoming on August 19 Republicans refused to back H B Ridgley for governor. Of 14 Republican ballots Ridgley was scratched and 37 wrote in John B Kendrick. Longtime Republicans signaled votes for Kendrick, showing Ridgley’s unpopularity in the town.
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Kendrick
Ridgley Teally
Basin
Indians vote unanimously for woman suffrage at Bad River council
At Bad River, the Chippewa pewa Indians held the largest council in years and voted unanimously in favor of woman suffrage, marking a decisive stance by the tribe on the issue.
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Abhland
Wit
Bad River
Pope Pius Dies After Brief Illness in Rome
Pope Pius is reported dead after a brief illness in Rome. Doctors fought to revive him with oxygen and other measures as his condition deteriorated with signs of suffocation and diffuse bronchial inflammation.
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Pope Pius
Rome
Pius
Germany Plans 10 Quit China and Press Japan
Aug 19 report from The Hague says Germany may concede Shantung to China and abandon leased territories. A German diplomat hints negotiations to return to China the leased areas while asserting Germany as an economic force in the Orient. Also noted is Belgian Lt Deseller de Moranville’s capture and German prisoners held near Amsterdam.
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Japan
Germany
China
Shantung Peninsula
Kieo- Chow
Kaiser
Orient
Oriental Republic
Great Britain
England
Deseller de Moranville
Amsterdam
London
Larchel
Preas Bureau
Berlin
Sallopohnen
French Advance Continues Into Alsace Lorraine
Paris reports the French advance into Alsace Lorraine continues with German forces reportedly falling back to Strassburg. French troops move north from the Swiss border entering Alsace near Belfort and east through the Vosges passes. The German defense is stubborn though losses favor the French and hundreds of prisoners are said to be taken.
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Paris
Alsace-Lorraine
Strassburg
Swiss
Alsace
Belfort
Nancy
Vosgee
Boarburg
Smith Ahearn bout canceled after delays
London Aug 19 The scheduled heavyweight fight between Gunboat Smith and Young Ahearn of New York has been cancelled. Smith sails for America tomorrow.
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London
Gunboat Smith
Pugilist
Young Ahearn
New York
Smith
America
Governor Requisitions Return of Innes Couple
Governor Colquitt issued a requisition to the Oregon governor for the return of Mr. and Mrs. Victory Innes. They are charged with murder in the Eloise Nelme-Dennis disappearance case, tied to Beatrice Nelms of Atlanta.
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Austin
Texan
Aus
Colquitt
Oregon
Victory Innes
Eloise Nelme-Dennis
Beatrice Nelms
Atlanta
General battle rages along Belgian front as war widens
Reports from Brussels to London detail a broad engagement along the Belgian front with intensified fighting since dawn. Dispatches note German moves toward Brussels and Antwerp, heavy shelling near Diest, and mass troop movements in Galicia and Bukovina.
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Brussels
Meuse
Moselle
Pope Pius X Dies After Illness and Strenuous Life
Pope Pius X died in Rome at about 2:20 am on August 20 after bronchitis and heat weakened his aging body. The pope, a noted world peace advocate, had faced major religious and governmental challenges during his reign. Born Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto in 1636 in the Venetian province, he rose from village priest to cardinal and then pope, guiding reforms and influencing the church into the modern era. Continued on Page 8.
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Marchiafava
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Wmalehlorre Sarto
Mine X
Pope Pius
Riese
Jan Hottiat Barto
Maregheritta
Ghusaype
Catefranco
Castdfranco
Padua
Tombolo
Salsano
Sarto
Tor
Treviso
Mantua
Leo XI
Jane
San Bernardo
Cardinal Rampolla
Leo Xiiii
Puagna
Austria
Cardinal Sarto
Pere Mius X
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Brad” Farlow
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Indiana
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New Currency Reserve Board
Charles 8. Hamlin
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
Fredri. A. Delano
Paul M. Warburg
John 8. Williams
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W. P. Harding
Adolph G. Miller
Ridgley
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Corriere d'Italia
Vladimir
Volhynia
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Galicia
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Eral
Czernowiltz
Antwerp
Reuter
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Diest
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Tirlemont
Copenhagen
Borslin
Baasador
Polles
Exchange
R. Garibaldi
Guiseppi Garibaldi
France
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