Great Fourth of July Bunting as Johnson Jeffries Fight Draws Crowd
Reno fans fill arena as Johnson defends heavyweight title against Jeffries with fierce exchanges. Spectators witness Langford and Sullivan among ringside figures. purse reportedly over six figures, crowd roars as blood shows on both fighters and Johnson dominates early rounds.
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Abe Attell
Joe Choynski
Bob Armstrong
Eugene Vancourt
Farmer Burns
Roger Cornell
Sam Berger
Billy Gallagher
Tom Sharkey
Johnson retains heavyweight title in Reno knockout
Jack Johnson remains the world heavyweight champion after a fifteenth round knockout of James J. Jeffries in Reno. Johnson dominated from the start, scoring multiple knockdowns and finishing Jeffries with a series of lefts to the jaw as Jeffries fell to the ropes.
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al Ways
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Officials of the big fight event listed with referees and staff
The text lists officials including Referees Rickard of Nevada and Charles White of New York, Timekeeper George Tartig of San Francisco, Announcer Dilly Jordan of San Francisco, Stakeholder Senator Big Tm Sullivan of New York, and a match noted involving Pittsburgh.
Fort Collins Boys Defeated by Cheyenne Indians 6 to 2
Cheyenne Indians defeated the Fort Collins Lamb Feeders in the afternoon by a score of 6 to 2.
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Fort Collinge
Rough Riders Celebrate Return From San Juan Hill
New York reports a group of veteran Rough Riders, about twenty strong, lingering in town to celebrate the return of their colonel Theodore Roosevelt. They follow him as he moves into magazine work, renewing ties at reunions, and planning future involvement in national affairs.
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San Juan Hill
Roosevelt
Sagamore Hill
Champ Clark Sees Himself as Next Speaker
New York July 4 Champ Clark minority leader of the House spoke at Second Church of the Disciples of Christ on The United States of America In the Twentieth Century and predicted the Democrats will win and he will be speaker. He quipped about blowing his own horn and said the presidency must take its chances.
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Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Mystery Package At Pueblo Post Office Reveals Pork
Pueblo Colorado July 4 report says postal workers found a strange unaddressed package in the mall collection. Upon inspection the box contained three pork chops likely placed there by mistake.
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Railway files router of line to Wyoming
The Denver Laramie and Northwestern Railway filed a declaration of intent to build extensions from Greeley Colorado through Severance Wellington Fish Creek and on to the Colorado Wyoming boundary.
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Greeley
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Denver, Laramie & Northwestern RailWay Company
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Wellington
Fish Creek
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Wyomins
Jolting of runaway makes fine butter
Steamboat Springs Colorado July 4 a milk wagon ran away on Oak street. A seven-year-old girl riding with her father escaped injury as the wagon toppled and milk and cream spilled, damaging the ice and scattering churned butter on nearby streets near the Hartz hotel.
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