McGovern Crowned Champion in Three Classes and Big NYC Fights
Brooklyn lightweight Terry McGovern, at 20, has won bantamweight, featherweight and lightweight titles after defeating Frank Erne. The era of prizefighting in New York faces legal changes with Roosevelt’s law, while Corbett and McCoy loom as the sport’s biggest draw in Madison Square Garden. Other billed bouts feature Jim Corbett vs McCoy and Gus Rubini versus Tom Sharkey, with Lou Houseman promoting Termity Ryan vs Jack Root in Chicago.
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Gireles
Erne
Terry McGovern
Jarne
Mrne
Oehter
Oa Tever
Brne
Brooklyn
Sullivans
Dempseys
Dixons
Firesummons
Lttle
Aibernian
McGovern
Frank Erne
Madison Square Garden
Verry
Little Man
Terry
New York State
Madison Square Caveden
New York
Paulr
Corbett
McCoy
Irite- Mimmons
Ohio
Gus Rublin
Tom Sharkey
Rublin
Mitestl
Lou Houseman
Tattersalle
Chicago
Termitny
Ryan
Jack Root
Saengerbund Picnic Admits All Ages at Dyersville
A Saengerbund event in Dyersville sun July 29 charges 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. The gathering is linked to the Chicago Great Western Railway and promises family entertainment.
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Saengerbund
Dyersville
Chicago Great Western Railway
Albany Water Works Filtration Demonstrates Sand Filtration
The Albany water system, serving about 105 000 residents, demonstrates sand filtration using Hudson River supply. The complete plant cost under 3 dollars per capita, with filters totaling around 45 dollars per person.
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Albany
Hudson River
Real estate transfers for week ending July 21 1900
Transfers compiled by Geo Sulot show J I Mullany referee selling to At Baldwin lot 63, 13 M, City for 973000. Linehan conveys part of lot 306 City to J J Linehan. Wanger sells to I Richard sections 14 and 7 in E Lange Worthy. Altman to Wy Shaune lot 2 4 in Stines Sub. Smock to KE Wates lots 25 26 in Prospect EM. Conlin sheriff to CG L Wales lots 26 26 in Pres- NEC. Shields to W Goodman lots 88 69 and part 68 in Rey West. Bade to S V Rueb S 4 of Mineral and 1 5 of our MGENIY. Spahn to Spahn lot 1 west of MS in L If Daangeworthy’s Add acre. Lueck to Luck 43 48-100 acres in Sec 7 New Witte. Jaeger to N Schtick et al two acres in Sec 6 Cascade. Kelly to Burke lot 30 of Min lot 88 City. Tfr to McQuillan lot 161 in Union Add Suscade and other prop. Luthmer to Schindler land in Sees 22 26 New Wine Two. Melis guardian to Schindler land in Sees 22 26 New Wine. Johnston et al to Zimmmerman part of lot 41 City 1076000. Kenkel to McQuillen 40 acres in Sec 23 Whitewater. Wyman et al lots 11 15 in South Bark Add. Farmers and Merchants’ State Bank to Atchison land in Sections 23 24 Cas— total 48495 60.
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Shaune
Stines Sub
KE. Wates
J. Conlin
Sheriff
Wales
W. Shields
W. Goodman
Rey Westiccecess Eeseaseues II
B. V. Rueb
Daangeworthy
Acre
J. J
Essee W. Tfintrager
T. H. McQuillan
Union Add
WH. Schindler
Sees
Melis Guardian
EH. Schindler
J. Johnston
J. Zimmerman
J. J. Kenkel
H. McQuillen
M. HH
Loretto
O. W
State Bank
A. W
Atchison
Lund
PASSENGERS WHO WON'T PAY AND TRAIN CONDUCT RULES
A printed rule outlines conductor authority over fare dodgers. Any passenger found on a train without proper transport must pay fare. if refusing, they may be asked to leave. If not leaving peacefully, conductors may eject using only necessary force within station limits and not at dangerous hours or places.
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Trunkines
The Chinese Wall: World’s Largest Fortification
The Chinese wall is the most extensive fortification, about 1 728 miles long, running over mountains, gorges, rivers, and plains. It is 25 feet thick at the base, 16 feet at the top, and 25 to 80 feet high with towers every few hundred yards, built of granite blocks exterior and earth and stone interior. Begun before Christ, it protected China’s northern frontier from Siberian tribes and may be needed by future revolutionists.
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Delght
B.C
China
Siberia
Dubuque Band and Saongorbund Chorus Join Great Western Train Trip
The Dubuque Military Band and Saongorbund Chorus accompany Great Western trains to Dyersville on Sunday July 29. Event highlights a community musical excursion with local ensembles aboard a rail departure to the Iowa town.
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Dubuque
Saongorbund Chorus
Great Western
Dyersville
National Republican League Meeting Excursion Offer
The Chicago Great Western railroad offers a two dollar round trip excursion to St. Paul for July 17 to 19 1900 with return by July 21. Tickets are priced at one fare plus two dollars and are available from city ticket agent F B Ross at 6096 Main Street Dubuque.
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National Republican League OF United States
ST. Paul
Minn
Chicago Great Western Railway
F. B. Ross
Main Street
Dubuque
Talk Slated For Dubuque Cable System Expansion
The Standard Telephone company in Dubuque plans a large scale cable network with nearly six miles of cable costing about $12 000 as it aims to have 2 000 telephones in service by October. The project includes twenty switch boards and twenty hello girls, with cables laid in alleys and poles at block centers. Investment projected at $50 000 to reach 1 000 phones, then $25 000 more for the remaining 1 000. cables may reach over 15 000 feet.
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Dubuque
Mrs. Johnson
Standard Telephone Company
Standard Company
Johnson
Exchange 8
Main
Seventh Streets
Locust
Clay
Herald
Bargains on Household Items This Week
This week’s sale lists 6 inch Ple Plates, Tin Wash Roilers, Rice Pots, Dish Pans, Refrigerators in several numbers, knives and forks, clothes racks, full size rugs, window shades and screens, et cetera. Also offered are steam mops, meat cutters, whetstones and a match holder. Prices show cents and dollars with many under a dollar.
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Issseseyovens
Fron
Wrame Clothes
Teaeer
Tenreeven
Sewing Machine Bargain and Various Farm Bargains
Advertises a sewing machine claim of 19 dollars with a 10 year factory guarantee and installment plan. Promotes low bicycle prices this week. Notes five farm workers, six cots, a 14 by 16 tent, a 283 foot boat with a gasoline engine, a flat above a store for rent, and thousands of other bargains with telephone number 301.
Little Bobs Up in War News From Pretoria
Lord Roberts dispatch reports on July 19 near Lindley Little temporarily commands the Third brigade in contact with Dewet’s force. The engagement lasts until dusk with Dewet’s party repulsed and split. Little’s casualties are slight and five Boers are buried. Hamilton and Mahon push eastward toward Pole-Carew near Ersten Fabriken. A hostile unit wrecks a train carrying the sick between Krugersdorp and Potchefstroom on July 19.
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London
War Office
Lord Roberts
Pretoria
Little
Lindley
Dewet
Hunter
Dewett
Pole-Carew
Ersten Fabriken Station
Krugersdorp and
Potchenstrom
Judge Philipps Sues City Officials for 30600 Damages
Judge John F. Philipps files a $30,600 damages suit for false arrest against Mayor Jas L Reed Robert L Gregory Hugh Ward John Hayes and Patrick Bray. The action follows a May factional clash that led to arrests of several election judges and forcible expulsion from booths.
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Kansas City
John F. Philipps
United States District Court
Jas. L. Reed
Robert L. Gregory
Hugh Ward
John Hayes
Patrick Bray
Philipps
Street Car Crash Injures Forty on Mineral Ridge Line
A Mineral Ridge to Niles street car with forty riders jumped the track and rolled over at Mineral Ridge. All passengers were injured and several were listed in serious condition, including Howell Williams, Watkin Williams, Will Newby, John Ryan, and Sam Shaw. Cause unavailable.
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Niles, O
Mineral Ridge and Niles
Mineral Ridge
Howell Williams
Watkin Williams
Niles
Will Newby
John Ryan
Sam Shaw
Chinese Threat Demands Immediate Congressional Action
The Atlanta Constitution warns of a renewed Chinese peril and urges immediate full mobilization of government power. It calls for convening Congress, unifying national effort, and resisting aggression without partisanship as American lives are at stake.
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Pekin
Relief Corps
United States
Pacific
Congress
Atlanta Constitution
Adrift La Guna Drifts Off Coast Near Crescent City
The La Guna schooner, ashore at Tillamook last April, now drifts between San Francisco and Crescent City, posing a navigation hazard. The W. H. Kruger, bound for San Pedro, towed without the vessel’s crew after a gale and dense fog dispersed the line. Kruger then continued to her destination.
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San Francisco
la Guna
Tillamook
Here
Crescent City
W. H. Kruger
San Pedro
Hauser
Kruger
Powers at cuts show Japan leads as China crisis grows
London dispatch says foreign offices seek closer coalitions to curb China. England favors granting Japan mandatory power, while Russia objects and Germany resists. United States aligns with England as diplomacy shifts amid Pekin crisis.
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Russia
Germany
Japan
England
New York
Journal and Advertiser
London
China
United States
Hay
Salisbury
Pekin
Conger Telegram Stuns Europe Over Hidden Passage Claim
London dispatch quotes a veteran observer who notes Conger s message as proof ministers live and suggests the defense of an inclosure behind a palisade. the analyst speculates military guards seized a commanding position and hints at a secret passage used to move ministers and women.
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New York
Tribune
London
Conger
State Department
Europe
Peruna Promoted By Doctors and Patients Across Regions
Rabbi David Klein of Columbus testifies to Pe-ru-na’s curative merits especially for stomach catarrh and others. A Missouri man recounts long dyspepsia relief after two Pe-ru-na bottles and four Manalin, after failing with physicians and hospitals. Summer Catarrh claims offered free by Pe-ru-oa Drug Mfg Co in Columbus Ohio.
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David Klein
E. Mainstreet
Columbus
Hartman
Alex. Carter
van Buren, Carte, Co. Mo
Mullanphy Hospital
St. Louis
West Baden
Ind
Las Vegas
Hot Springs
New Mexico
Sweet Springs
Manitou
Col
Perana
Central Baptist
M’f’g Co
Columbus, O
Military siege and fall of foreign embassy in imperial city
An unnamed veteran reports a weak defense of the British embassy in the palace area held under siege for weeks by artillery. He questions the American minister’s message and fears ministers and refugees perished in the harbor and palace clashes.
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Imperial City
China
Forest Fire in Cape Cod District Contained
The great forest fire sweeping through Sandwich and surrounding area for two days was brought under control at midnight. Back firing and favorable winds halted the blaze which consumed about thirty square miles. Losses have not yet been estimated.
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Sandwich
Miss
Cape Cod
Canadians Dominate Bisley Queen's Prize Duel
The National Association annual meeting at Bisley ends with the final stage of the Queen's Prize. Four Canadian marksmen competed and Sergeant Car ruthers placed third in the strong challenge vase competition.
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London
National Association
Bisley
Sergeant Carruthers
Canada
Canadian rifle winners and Queen's Prize noted
Sergeant Carruthers earned a bronze cross and £20 from a 113 score, two behind the winner. Munroe received an NRA badge and £8, Morse £5, Lieut. Smith £4. Private W. T. Ward of the First Division won the Queen's prize with 341. Star Brewery faces Cascade in a key baseball clash with a $50 side bet. 15 cent admissions, free for ladies.
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Carruthers
Munroe
Morse
Lieut. Smith
W. T. Ward
Star Brewery
Cascade
Brewers
National Encampment and Conclave Excursions Announced
Chicago hosts the National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic from August 27 to September 1 with rates to be announced. Jevroeit Biennial Conclave of Phythias in Seg starts August 27 and runs to September 1 with rates later. Illinois Central Ticket Agents or J. F. Merry in Dubuque Iowa provide information or applications.
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Chicago
Ill
Grand Army of the Republic
Jevroeit
Mich
Phythias
Illinois Central
J. F. Merry
Pass. Agt
Dubuque
Iowa
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Terry M
Littleo
Curbett U Clover
George S. Alley
Albany Waterworks
Wien
Glenn
Hill
New Royal
Clay St
Philips
Sinots Central Railroad
Reliable
Omaha
Denver
Great Britain
Powers
Gatarah
Rabbi David Klein
Evening Herald
Chickering, Lindeman
Chase Bros
Hackley and Carlisle
Lyon-Barnard Co
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