Frontier Days Finals Decide Steer Roper Champion
John Murrah captured the world title in steer roping at Frontier park with three steers in 57 35 seconds boosting his three steer average to 47 1 4 seconds. Clay McGonigal placed second amid a six ride contest that extended to today with rough riding titles undecided. The event featured amateur bucking and relay races amid a rain drenched but lively Eighteenth Annual Frontier Days audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Murrah
Frontier Park
Clay McGonigal
Murrah
Texas
Clay
McGonigal
Farlow
Bettween
Billy Killem
Floyd Carroll
Jack Elliott
Jesse Coates
Killem
Macott
Fas
Hudson
Ease Coates
Carroll
Rollins
Dorothy Morrell
Winnipeg
Canada
Ed. Lindsey
Blanche Magahay
Edldie McCarty
Henry Werth
Jack Frits
Mary Harsh
Greeley
Colo
Tax’ Astle
Ruth Fredericks
Miss Fredericks
Mra
Lindsey
Miss Frederick
Man
Beast
C. W. Benson
Bell
Scubey
Willie Allen
Kbit
Migs Harsh
Miss Thompson
Pegoud's plane pierced by German fire in raid
Paris reports aviator Pegoud, famed for looping the loop, returned after a raid 186 miles into German territory. His monoplane was pierced by 97 bullets and struck by shell fragments. he dropped bombs on two German convoys and is praised by the war minister for aerial feats. Captain Fink also destroyed a cargo carrier near Mets. A Zeppelin and three Taube planes were destroyed. A French note says a dirigible launched projectiles on two German camps in Belgium despite heavy enemy fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pegoud
Fink
Mets
Belgium
Foreign exchange market shows easing deadlock in New York
Aug 20 report notes improvement in global markets with smoother movement in most areas except the stock exchange where a deadlock persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Pope Pius Venerated by Bishop McGovern on Rome Trip
Bishop Patrick A. McGovern has returned from Rome after reporting to Pope Pius X. He sailed on the Olympic from Cherbourg as war spread, noting the pope’s democratic nature and his peasant origins. The bishop described European tension, travel detours, and contrasting climates from Rome to New York and Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pius
M’govern
Rome
Patrick A. McGovern
Hig
Pope Pius X
Olympic
Europe
France
Germany
England
McGovern
Pope Pius
Cherbourg
Russia
Meally
New York
Heaton
Halifax
New York Harbor
Italy
Ireland
Omaha
Erroneous report of Pope Pius X sister death corrected
An incorrect London report claimed Anna Sarto, sister of the late Pope Pius X, died in Rome soon after his death. The dispatch was telegraphic error. she is alive, though shaken, and in bed under doctor care after the pontiff's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
Anna Sarto
Pius X
Rome
Pontif
Amiet
Rough Riders Accepted by the French
The French ministry of war accepts the Anglo American Rough Riders corps formed in Paris to serve as scouts and interpreters. Many speak multiple languages and possess actual service and horsemanship, with their own uniforms and mounts provided. A field maintenance fund is public, and five automobiles including a hospital unit car are allocated. Major Charles A. Hodekin sails to Genoa with 100000 for American relief upon instructions from Henry Breckinridge, expected in Holland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Ministry of War
Rough Riders’ Corps
Charles A. Hodekin
Genoa
Henry Breckinridge
Holland
Weather sketch for Washington and Wyoming regions
Mixed forecast with generally fair conditions in Washington and Wyoming. Expect unsettled Sunday after a stable Saturday with possible showers and cooler temperatures across higher elevations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Indictments Expected in Food Price Inquiry
Washington reports Attorney General McReynolds foresees several indictments within days as part of Wilson ordered probe into food and feed price increases since World War I began. Officials would not reveal target cities, and no broad localization planned. McReynolds has kept White House informed and will file a formal report soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McReynolds
Wilson
Europe
McReynolus
White House
France
War Office
Belgium
Alsace
Rhine
French War Office
Lorraine
Germens
Meta
England
General War Bureau
North Sea
Germany
Austria
Ger
Drowning Tragedy Near LeClaire Claims Four in River
Davenport Iowa Aug 21 Four lives were lost in the Mississippi River near LeClaire when Dorothy Thomas 21 stepped into a deep hole while bathing. Sisters Eliga beth 17 and Katherine 11 went to aid her. Their father Thomas Thomas a farmer attempted rescue and all four went under. The bodies were recovered. Two granddaughters watched from a boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Park
Leclaire
Dorothy Thomas
Lert
Eligabeth
Katherine
Thomas Thomas
Littl
Thomas
Farmer killed as runaway team drags man in hay field
Clayton New Mexico Aug 2 A farmer John Tashuer near Hay was killed yesterday when a runaway team dragged him half a mile after he fell from a hay wake. The wagon teeth caught and caused the fatal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton
N. M
John Tashuer
Wobie Peck
German advance through central Belgium reported
Antwerp and London dispatches describe a major German push from Diest to St Trond with Belgian forces retreating in good order. Battles raged along a six mile front near Geet Beetz and Aerachot, with 240 Belgians halting 2,000 Germans outside Bulingen before a gradual retreat toward Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
Reuters
Belgium
Antwerp
Diest
Tirlemont
St. Trond
Ine
Dient
Tursday
Geet Beetz
Budingen
Count Bursel
Bulingen
Plest
Furiounly
Belcian
Aerachot
Hroussela
Pope Pius X Body Placed in St Peter's Chapel
The pope's body in liturgical robes was conveyed to the chapel of the Blessed Sacrament in St Peters for absolution rites. Thousands visited the viewing room before a private burial. Angelo Sarto, the pope's brother, arrived in Rome in grief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Pope Plusx
St Peters
Angelo Sarto
Friday's Early War News From Europe and Asia
Belgium Antwerp is under siege as German advances push southward. France and Britain brace for renewed confrontations while Belgian army endurance weakens after heavy fighting. German successes spark public enthusiasm in Germany as Japan signals readiness to strike before Sunday’s ultimatum expires. Montenegro and Serbia report Austrian losses as Russian operations press German and Austrian frontiers with several German prisoners taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Antwerp
Albert
Brussels
Brelgium
Frederick
Kaiser
Japan
Germany
Premiser
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Buster
Wm. P
Irvine
Ross
Wyo
Henry Webb
Wheatland
Ed Mce-Carty
Goldsmith
Jack Fritz
Newalla
Okla
Hugh Stemler
la Grange
Tommie Grimes
Kaw City
L. Johnson
Douglas
Chub Crandall
Byers
Guy McKim
Brush
D. Wilson
Dan Thompson
Winn
Nada
Skeeter Iy’ Robbins
Mountain Home
Idaho
Chick Bluffs
Billie Killem
Torrington
Ida
Peroud
Napoleon I
San. Francisco
American Beet Sugar Company
United States Grand Jury
Robert Oxnard
Treston
Oxnard
Eastern Seaboard
Fanmer
Hay Hae
Heurera
Malines
Pope
Atlas
Matinee
THE
LAS Theater
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!