Gold Heels Sets New World Record at Brighton Handicap
Crowd of 25,000 watches Gold Heels win Brighton handicap in 2:63 4-5 on a circular track carrying 126 pounds. Blues and Morning Side finish strong as Port Royal falters. Odom rides a stellar favorite. Six Shooter wins Derby route lead for 1902. LaRita takes Lipton cup race amid accidents, securing clear title.
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New York
Gold
Brighton
Brighton Beach
Jack Point
Banquet
Monmouth Park
Gold Heels
Odom
Port Royal
Blues
Northern Star
Herert
Smith Blues
Herbert
Argregor
Chicago Great Western
Six Shooter
Flying Torpedo
Egan Wins Exmoor Final In Golf Clash
In Chicago on July 3 H Chandler Egan defeated Bruce D. Smith in the Exmoor tournament finals by 8 up 7 to play. The Peoria races on July 5 featured Riley B. sweeping three heats and best time 2 10 in the free for all. Major Miuscovite won a heat in 2 19 1 2 with Newton Boy also racing. Silver Sue won the 2 17 1 4 trot alongside Hall Frey Jubilee Poindexter F A Russell and King Clero in attendance.
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Chicago
H. Chandler Egan
Exmoor
Bruce D. Smith
Peoria
Ill
Pekin
Riley B
Major Miuscovite
Newton Boy
Silver Sue
Hall Frey
Jubilee
Poindexter
F. A. Russell
King Clero
Detroit Driving Club Race Entries Reach 321 Tallied
Detroit entries for the July 14 to 18 driving club meet total 321 with an average of 15 per class. The Historic Merchants and Manufacturers $10,000 stake for 2 24 class trotters draws 19 entries, all with 2:10 mile marks or better.
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Detroit
Detroit Driving Club
Santry Earns Decision Over Howatt in Chicago Bout
Indianapolis July 5 Eddie Santry won a decision after ten rounds against Young Howatt of Chicago in a boxing match held tonight. The bout went the distance with Santry securing the win on points.
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Santry
Indianapolis
Ind
Eddie Santry
Young” Howatt
Chicago
Readville Harness Meet Closes With Close Finishes
Readville hosted a bustling trotting meeting with a 2:10 pace and a 2710 trot setting near record pace at 2:08 1-2. Dolly Bidwell won both races by a nose, Terrell S held off Cinch in the pace, Mars won the trot in 2:13 3-4 with subsequent pace 2:14 3-4.
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Boston
Readville
Dolly Bidwell
Terrell S
Cinch
Mars
World’s Fair appropriation bill for 1904 exposition
The sundry civil appropriation bill approved by President Roosevelt provides 6.308 million dollars in federal appropriations for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. It dedicates grounds and buildings by April 30, 1903, with additional funds for government exhibits, the government building, an Indian exhibit, life saving service displays, and a one dollar gold piece striking plan. Local territories will bear costs for Philippine Hawaiian Alaskan and Porto Rico exhibits.
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St. Louis
Roosevelt
Congress
Mint
United States
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Alaska
Porto Rico
Treasuries
Thrashers Form A Combine In Nebraska
In Fremont Nebraska on July 5 farmers report thrashing machine owners forming a union to raise rates for wheat and oats. Most farmers refuse higher charges and some order own machines while nonunion crews remain in use. Renters and low income growers face pressure to convert grain to cash as harvest nears.
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Fremont, Neb
National Saengerfest to Draw Hundred Thousand to Exposition
In St Louis on July 5 1903 arrangements are made for the national Saengerfest at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition grounds from July 17 to 20. A chorus of five thousand singers and a one hundred piece band will perform. Evening concert tickets grant free grounds access. daytime patrons pay 25 cents. The Saengerfest spans from the Alleghanies to the Rockies and from the Georgia to the Gulf.
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St. Louis
National Saengerfect
Alleghanies
Rockies
Geor Lakes
Gulf
Thirty brigands killed in Bulgarian band roundup
Constantinople July 5 a Turkish detachment surrounded a band of Bulgarian brigands at Patili Vilayet of Monastir. Thirty Bulgarians were killed and the rest captured. Monastir reports fear and Bulgarian complications threaten over the forcible removal of the flag and coat of arms from the Bulgarian agency at Serres Rumelia. Bulgaria demands satisfaction within three days.
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Constantinople
Patili
New College President Chosen at State College
Ypsilanti Michigan July 5. Prof L H H Jones of Cleveland was today chosen president of the State erran college here. Salary 6000 dollars a year.
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Ypsilanti, Mich
L. HH. Jones
Cleveland
State
Erran College
Haunting on Outhwaite Street Sparks Taubert Vacate
A Cleveland tale recounts Mrs Taubert and family leaving 237 Outhwaite Street after nightly rappings and a brown dressed woman figure appearing in their parlor. Neighbors confirm sightings while Psychical Society reports add corroborated and eerie anecdotes from diverse cases as ghosts intrigue the city.
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Cleveland
Taubert
Outhwaite Avenue
Outhwaite Street
William Taubert
Minor
Society of Psychical Research of London
Prison barbers face license rule at Stillwater
St Paul Minn July 5 a legal complication grows from assigning convicts to barbering duties at the state prison The barbers board requires a state license and moral examination a convict could hardly prove good character Attorney General Douglass says the prison barber must be licensed like others and the prison may need civilian barbers The issue was raised by Stillwater union barbers who referred it to the state barbers board and consulted the attorney general
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St. Paul, Minn
Barbers’ Board
Douglass
Union Barbers of
Stillwater
State Barbers' Board
Martin
Prince Tuan In Favor Reported In Beijing Link
London July 4 The Standard publishes a dispatch from Tien Tsin noting reports that Prince Tuan linked to the Boxer crimes is in frequent contact with the imperial government at Pekin and that his son has been secretly named deputy lieutenant colonel of Chinese forces at Pekin.
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London
The
Standard This
Tien Tsin
Prince Tuan
Pekin
Leutenant
New York Governor Names State Commission for Exposition
Governor Benjamin B. Owell of New York has appointed the state commission to the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The list includes Edward H. Harriman and Louis Stern of New York City, Lewis Nixon, Wm. Berri of Brooklyn, Frank S. Magraw and Mrs. Norman E. Mack of Buffalo, Edward Lyman Bill of New Rochelle, Cyrus E. Jones of Jamestown, John C. Woodbury of Rochester, John K. Stewart of Amsterdam, Jas. H. Callahan of Schenectady, and John Young of Geneseo.
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New York
St. Louis
Benjamin B. Owell
Edward H. Harriman
Louis Stern
Lewis Nixon
New York City
Wm. Berri
Brooklyn
Frank S. Magraw
Norman E. Mack
Buffalo
Edward Lyman Bill
Neew Rochelle
Cyrus E. Jones
Jamestown
John C. Woodbury
Rochester
John K. Stewart
Amsterdam
Strike Declared Off In Providence
A city street and railway strike was called off tonight in Providence Rhode Island. The Pawtucket strike continues with no resolution yet.
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Providence
R.I
Pawtucket
Prostrations Reported From Extreme Heat in Milwaukee
Milwaukee on July 5 reported three heat prostrations with no fatalities.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Peruna Promised Cure from Hartman Sanitarium Ad
Dr Hartman offers summer free correspondence treatment for female diseases. Patients submit age life history and symptoms. medicines supplied by drug stores. Claims thousands helped last year with Peruna as principal remedy. Includes testimonial notes from Ida Green and Theresa Keller about recovery and health benefits.
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Hartman
Hartman Sanitarium
Ida Green
Heresa Keller
Fremont, Wash
Theresa Keller
Dr. Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Will Regulate Trusts Forerunner Speech Puts Pressure On Congress
Oyster Bay July 5 The presidents Pittsburg speech on trusts signals a determined push to secure congressional action. President and Attorney General met with Rep Littlefield of Maine who will draft a regulation and control bill to be presented at the next session. Frequent conferences will refine details as Mr Littlefield travels in the fall to press the issue.
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Pittsburg
Congress
Littlefield
Maine
Oyster Bay
L. I
Forty-First NEA Convention Opens in Minneapolis
The National Educational association begins its forty first annual convention in Minneapolis on Monday. President Beard shear of Ames Iowa required medical attention on arrival. The event is expected to attract about five thousand attendees.
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Minneapolis
Minn
National Educational Association
Beardshear
Ames
Iowa
Xray Use Burn Prevention With Paraffin Coating
Dr J Mount Sicyer of New Orleans announces a discovery that paraffin coating the irradiated area prevents burns from x rays. He endorses it as protection against injury from prolonged exposure, addressing prior theory that burns arose from airborne inoculation.
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J. Mount Sicyer
New Orleans
Reyer
Tax protest funds paid by Miss Mary Anthony in Rochester
Miss Mary Anthony paid city tax of 71.67 to City Treasurer Samuel B. Williams in Rochester, with a protest filed in the name of 10 000 other taxpaying Rochester women. The women say lawmakers deem them capable of earning money but not of deciding how government funds are spent.
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Mary
Anthony
Samuel B. Williams
Rochester
Endowment Fund Gift Completes Oberlin Goal
Oberlin Ohio reports John D Rockefeller sent a check for 92064 toward the 200000 pledge to Oberlin College endowment fund. The payment completes the 5 million endowment goal.
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Oberlin’ College
John D. Rockefeller
Oberlin, O
Oberlin ‘College
Dry Dock Project at the Soo by Clergue Interest
Detroit July 5 announcement states Clergue interests plan a 500 foot dry dock at the Soo. The project aims to boost shipping capacity and vessel maintenance on the inland waterway system.
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The
Soo
Detroit
Clergue
Andre and Men Murdered Near Arctic Outpost
Rev Dr Ferris reports from York Factory that explorer Andre and his companions were massacred by Eskimos two years after their balloon landed north of York Factory. Three men emerged, a gun fired, and the natives seized the party’s equipment for their homes near the Arctic border.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Winnipeg
Ferliss
York Factory
British Territory
Andre
York
Fort Churchill
Arctic
Ferries
President Prohibits the Pull in Civil Service
The president issued an order banning outside influence in obtaining promotion within the classified civil service, effective immediately. The move targets improper pressure or interference in personnel advancement and aims to preserve merit based advancement across agencies.
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Washington
Interesting incident surrounds Bussche army appointment
Washington July 6 an unusual incident arose with the promotion of Juient Carl Ff Bussche from the ranks to an officer in the U S army His father Baron RBussche of Berlin asks Secretary Root to provide properly attested evidence of his sons appointment so the Bussche estate may pay him 1000 for equipment legacy dating back 200 years to a military loving ancestor Bussche serves in the Philippines
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Washington
Juient
Carl Ff. Bussche
Bussche
Baron Rbussche
Berlin
Root
United States Army
Philippines
Prominent Citizen Shot by Teamster Sparks Lynch Threats
May be a lynching in the city as Milton Gunsanlusman, a prominent resident, was shot in the back by Bert Linney, a teamster. Threats of lynching mounted and officers hurried to Pierre with Linney to face potential mob action.
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Blunt
S. D
Milton Gunsanlusman
Bert Linney
Pierre
Linney
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Malta
Sis
Mr. Abbott
Edward Moore
Barbers
Minnesota
Perumna
America
F Hartman
Tler
Yartr
Beardshear IL
Church of England
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Far Northwest
Carl F. Bussche
Walsh
Davenport
Nature
McCullough
West Third Street
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