State Leader to Publish Early Photos of Johnston Jeffries Fight
Through a New York Herald arrangement the State Leader will run photographs of the Reno fight at the earliest moment. Wires rushed to Salt Lake City for etchings and matrices to Cheyenne for publication tomorrow or the next day. The paper claims fastest rounds telegraph reports, first pictures, and special editions to beat rivals. Watch for the images.
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New York Herald
Reno
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
California
Nevada
Carey
State Leader
State Leader Extra
Ballinger Denies Quitting Taft Cabinet
Beverly Mass July 5 Secretary of the Interior Ballinger rejects departure rumors saying he has no resignation and plans to discuss a government reorganization with President Taft. He arrived early for sightseeing and met with Taft about bonds and reclamation projects amid talks of personnel shifts in the reclamation and Indian offices.
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Beverly
Mass
Oine
Ballinger
Taft
Land Office
Reclamation Service
Indian Office
Patent Office
Taft Totlige
F. Hy. Newell
Hrevker
Wis
Piurhot
Methodist Sunday School Picnic Today
The primary class teachers and mothers plan a picnic in the city park at 3 o'clock this afternoon. An entertainment will be held at the church after the outing.
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Methodiat
Barrow Ride Bet Staged After Jeffries Johnson Fight
A Capital avenue barber regaled a crowd by wheeling William Gauff around the block in a wheelbarrow. The stunt followed a bet tied to the Jeffries Johnson fight with Jack Johnson victorious.
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Jack Johnson
James J. Jeffries
Reno
Carey
Sixteenth
Gauff
Jeffries-Johnson
Martin
Great sport at Rawlins Fourth of July show
Rawlins Wyoming July 5 The third day of the WIM West Fourth of July show featured a twenty five round bout between the Michigan Kid and local fighter Young Blinkfelt Blinkfeldt was knocked out in the eleventh round The finals in riding and roping contests and a grand rally are set to conclude the four day show tomorrow
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Rawlins
Wyo
Michigan Kid
Young Blinkfelt
Blinkfeldt
Schoolgirl Dies by Suicide Over Jealousy at Lancaster
Lancaster authorities report Eva Smith a 16 year old from Quincy hanged herself in her room amid alleged unrequited affection for a female classmate from near Boston. The superintendent says the girl’s shift of tuition and jealousy likely caused the act. notes resemble the Lyman school case with harsh discipline.
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Lancaster
Eva Smith
Quincy
Eva
Boston
Alp
Byarill
Tecause
Muother
Lyman School
Westboro
Johnnie Newman
Lancaster School
Nevada boxing spirit alive as governor comments on recent fight
Governor Dickerson says Nevada’s fighting game remains active following yesterday’s bout in Reno. He notes Billy Muldoon’s praise of Nevadans’ sporting spirit and predicts agitation against boxing but believes the contest was on the level and expects no move to limit rounds before the legislature convenes.
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Reno
Nev
Nevada
Dickerson
Billy Muldoon
Sam Berger
Medna Springs
Norve
Jeffries
Moana Springs
Anter
Tex Rickard
Vile epithet sparks row as train departs. champion seeks seclusion
The article reports a heated dispute over a racial epithet directed at a Black boxing champion before a match. The incident is followed by a sudden departure of a train and the champion’s decision to withdraw from public view. Separately, Richard and Gleason realize a clean profit of $120,000 from their ventures.
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Jeffries
Richard
Gleason
Midshipman Thompson Messages From England
Mrs J C Thompson received a letter yesterday from her son Midshipman B M Thompson aboard the battleship Massachusetts. The vessel and two other ships are escorting cadets from the Annapolis naval school on a practice voyage through Durogan waters. the letter was mailed at Plymouth England.
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Oweyenne
England
J. C. Thompson
B. M. Thompson
Massachusetts
Annapolis Naval School
Duroogan Waters
Mr. Thompson
Plymouth
Jordan Attacks Football as Brutality and Pugilism
Boston July 6. David Starr Jordan delivered a bitter denunciation of football calling it brutal and pugilistic. He urged that the game appeal only to those who love the sport for its violence and combat.
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Jordan
Boston
Wor
David Starr Jordan
Johnson Invited to Visit Negro Cavalry Here
Ogden July 5 crowds greet Jack Johnson as his train arrives. A short speech, then a disturbance as three youths hurl vile epithet at him. He stood, then was pulled back. guards and trainers intervene. doors locked and train signaled to depart.
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Johnson
Ogden
Jack Johnson
Mena
Jamen J. Jeffries
West
Moisco
California
Jeffries
Ana
Train Crash at Middletown Dooms Big Four Wreck
A deadly wreck on the Big Four Twentieth Century Limited in Middletown Ohio leaves twenty one dead with rescue crews continuing to comb charred debris for more victims. An unidentified man’s body was recovered from the mangled wreckage as authorities warn of further fatalities.
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Middletown
Ohio
Roosevelt backs Poindexter in Washington senate race
Theodore Roosevelt endorses Miles Poindexter, opposing Miles against Richard Ballinger in the Pinchot Ballinger dispute. Roosevelt meets Poindexter at Sagamore Hill, signaling support for the insurgent candidate and conservation aligned stance, with more conferences planned.
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Ballinger
Poindexter
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
George Gregory Near Death Amidill In Wyoming
George Gregory, longtime Riverton resident and Republican hopeful, was critically ill after an appendicitis operation. A Cheyenne doctor planned to visit at his bedside as his condition worsened on the return trip from Cheyenne to Riverton where he had been ill for ten days.
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Wyoming
George Gregory
Riverton
Heine
Gregory
Rom Chayenne
Gheenne
Former Sheriff Smalley Named and Confirmed Chief of Police
At a City Council meeting with Mayor Cook presiding, J Smalley former sheriff of Laramie County was appointed and confirmed as chief of police and will assume duties immediately. The action followed a communication from contractor McGarvey about arbitration to settle city and county issues over water works classifications and excavation material.
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Smalley
Cook
Louis Mabonal
Heas
Ektengon
J. Smalley
Laramie County
Wasuime
McGarvey
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