Lee Caldwell Captures World Bucking Championship
Lee Caldwell, traveling from Salt Lake to California, is hailed in Elko for winning the Pendleton Round-Up world bucking championship. He rode four great horses including Long Tom, earning the all around title and the Police Gazette gold belt, with Canutt and Sundown finishing second and third. The sixth annual Round-Up drew eighteen thousand spectators.
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Lee Caldwell
Elko
Salt Lake
California
Caldwell
Pendleton
East Oregorian
Long Tom
Police Gazette
Buffalo Vernon
Allen Drumheller
Miss Hewlty- Hon
Culdesac
Long ‘Tom
Canut
Sundown
Nixon Estate Seizes Majestic Theater Reno
The Nixon estate has taken over Reno's Majestic Theater from the Hurst brothers after three years of ownership. Road shows and possibly vaudeville from the Orpheum circuit will continue. Ray Crows becomes theater manager. he was with Reno National Bank. Colonel Goethals withdraws resignation as Canal Zone governor.
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Nixon
Majestic Theater
Reno
Hurst Brothers
Orpheum
Ray Crows
Reno National Bank
Goethals
Canal Zone
President Wilson to Marry Again
Descendant of Pocahontas Mrs Norman Galt will wed President Woodrow Wilson bringing Indian royal blood to the White House A December wedding is planned at the bride's Pocahontas home The couple may cruise on the presidential yacht and honeymoon in California. Wilson will buy an engagement ring in New York with aid from his fiancée.
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United Preec
Washington
Norman Galt
Woodrow Wilson
John Rolfe
Wilson-Galt
White House
Pocahontas
John Smith
Ort
Davidson
San Diego
Wilson
California
New York
Tomoly
Misa Helen Bones
Col. House
Tident Wilson
Constantine Names New Greek Cabinet Amid Parliament Vote
London Oct 7 United Press reports the personnel of the new cabinet under King Constantine is due tonight. The monarch seeks the Greek parliament's approval for the ministry as the reshuffle unfolds.
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United Press
London
Seakmis
Constantine
Bulgaria Entrance Not Long Delayed
United Press reports from Berlin that Bulgaria’s entry into the wave will not be long delayed, with the information issued to the public by a Bulgarian government organ.
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Bulgaria
United Press
Berlin
Munitions explosion at Aetna plant kills and injures
An explosion at the Aetna Explosive company plant in Imporium Pennsylvania killed four people and injured about a dozen. The 2000 pounds of powder for the Allies was valued at $300,000 and the blast is widely believed accidental.
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United Pre Imporium
Aetna
Fans Stay All Night For Opening at Phillion Park
In Philadelphia, Jone slept in line outside Phillion Park amid a long wait with soap boxes for a baseball game. Fred Wagner and 26 others claimed spots as the first in the bleachers.
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Philadelphia
Jone
Phillion Park
Fred Wagner
Invasion Opens Teuton Drive Toward Constantinople
United Press reports Austro German forces cross the Danube and seize footholds on the Drina and Save in Serbia. London dispatches confirm the crossing and signal a Teuton drive toward Constantinople with Bulgaria expected to join and quick victory hoped by Berlin.
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Pres. Berdlin
Serbia
Danube
Dring
Bulgaria
London
Drina
Save
Constantinople
New York
Herthi
Semenoria
van Mackensen
Traier
Berlin
Balkans
Four German Attacks Repulsed Along Front in France
Paris reports four successive German assaults west of the Souchez Antres road repulsed with heavy bombardment continuing south of the Somme and north of the Aisne near Tracy Levalle St Marc Forest In the Andechy Banacourt Canet sector. Counter attacks around Tabure were stopped.
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United Press
Paris
Souchez-Antres Road
Somme
Aisne
Defeat of Germans Officially Admitted
Berlin reports that French attacks in Champagne drove Germans from positions around Tabure. Other fronts are said to have repulsed French advances. United Press notes the admission of German setback amid mixed gains elsewhere.
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Prego
Berlin
Champagne
Tabure
Chamber of Deputies Ratify Allies Loan in Paris
United Press reports Paris deputies unanimously ratified the loan to the allies negotiated in America. The item mentions Colonel D F McLaughlin of Richmond California, a notable real estate dealer, who died by suicide in a city park. Reference to Mrs Lou Eastman of Mountain City in Biko context unclear.
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Chamber OF Deputies
United Press
Paris
America
California
Richmond
Cal
Reno
Lou Eastman
Mountain City
Biko
Enver Pasha Boasts of Armenian Killings Claim
New York reports quote Miss Emily Wheeler of the National Armenian Indian relief association claiming Enver Pasha boasted of killing more Armenians in thirty days than Abdul Hamid did in thirty years. The article notes the sensational allegation amid early 20th century dispatches.
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United Press
New York
Enver Pasha
Abdulamid
Emily Wheeler
National Armenian-Indian Relief Association
Moran the Miracle Man of Philadelphia Baseball
J Patrick Moran, Phlllies manager, is hailed for building a pennantcontending team by shuffling players such as Magee Lobert Dooin Niehoff Bancroft Stock and Whitty while aligning Moranville Schmidt Rives Merkle Doyle Fletcher and Lobert in the infield. Moran inherits Paskett Cravath Becker and Whitted in the outfield and faces the challenge of replacing Sherry with a steady core as he steers the club toward success.
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George A. Holmes
United Press Star
New York
George Stallings
George Cohan
Stallings
Miracle Man
John Patrick Moran
Patrick
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Philadelphia
Moran
Alex
Beirlooms
Mifia
Magee
Philly
Hans Lobert
Charl Dooin
Toston
Lobert
Dooin
Cincinnati
George Whitty
Orcar Dagey
Miehoff
Mickey Doolan
Pacific Coast
Bancroft
Toda
Byrne
Fred Clarke
Milton Stock
Schmidt-rivers-Moranville
Smith
Merkle-Doyle- Fletcher
Jens Willard
Percy Haughton
Leland Standford
Bil Jomeson
Bob Gardner
Pat
Dade Paskett
Cactua Cravath
Beale Becker
Becker
Whitted
Sherry
Pat Moran
Allied diplomats quit Sofia amid looming Balkan crisis
Athens reports that allied diplomats have left Sofia as tensions rise on the Serbo Hungarian border. Simultaneous moves indicate an Austro German offensive against northern Serbia, with German officers en route from Constantinople to bolster the invasion.
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United Press
London
Athens
Sofia
Serbia
Bulgari
Constantinople
Earthquake Triggers Spring Creek Side Slide in Ten Mile Region
Tremor Saturday night caused a massive rock and soil slide along Spring Creek near Ten Mile. John Henderson and Chauncey Griswold observed a mountain face moving, tearing trees, and uprooting a barbed wire fence. Sam Cook's family noticed the event the following day. Bystanders report unusually severe quake oscillations with no explosion or gas release. Henderson and relatives plan another visit for photography.
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John Henderson
Henderson Banking Company
Chauncey Griswold
Ten Mile
Spring Creek
Cock Place
Fenderson
Sam Cook
Spring Creek Canyon
Cook
Henderson
Miss Majoria
Snetson
Italy Sends Home Bulgarian Minister
London reports the Bulgarian minister was given passports and will depart Italy tonight. The fragmentary text then shifts to recollections of a baseball career, noting Pat as a catcher by trade who played for Lyons, Cortland, Montreal, the Braves, and Johnny Kling's Chicago teams before focusing on building a championship squad.
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London
Italy
Atarago
John Patrick
Fitchburg
Mass
Lyons
New York
Pata Ted
Cortland
Montreal
Braves
Weverl
Tub
Chicago
Johnny Kling
Phita
Pat
German Resistance Crumbling in France
Paris dispatches report Allied artillery wear down German resistance in Champagne. Indications suggest Germans prepared to retire on a wide front as second lines crumble.
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United Press
Paris
Champagne
Allies threaten seizure of contraband goods via Greece
Athens Oct 7 reporting that allies notify Greece merchandise sent to Bulgaria via Greek territory is contraband of war and will be confiscated. The British minister says a blockade against Bulgaria is in effect though no formal war declaration has occurred.
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United Press
Athens
Greece
Bulgaria
Wheat crop estimated at over a billion bushels in 1915
The Department of Agriculture estimates the 1915 wheat crop will total 1,002,029,000 bushels. The report notes the large harvest ahead as the year progresses, with regional projections and expected yield.
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United Prec
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Governor Boyle and Foster Visit Elko Industry School
Governor Emmet D. Boyle and Sydney D. Foster of Reno arrived by train and spent the day in Elko touring the Elko School of Industry with Superintendent Kyle. They planned to inspect the experimental dry farm in Pleasant Valley later this afternoon.
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Emmet D. Boyle
Sydney D. Foster
Reno
Elko
Elko School of Industry
Kyle
Boyle
Pleasant Valley
Copies Sought of Monday Independent for Mountain Slide Story
The Independent urges readers to return or leave extra copies of Mondays issue at the office. People seeking the Spring Creek mountain slide report and Mrs. Phillips death notice request copies for family and friends.
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The
Independent
Spring Creek
Phillips
John Lawson to be pardoned or sentence reversed
Denver news reports the highest authority indicates John Lawson will ultimately go free either by a governor pardon or reversal of his life sentence. The item notes the death of Richard R. Morse and a funeral planned from Mrs. Pratt's residence on Railroad Street, while Henry Smith and J. R. McMillan conduct county business in the county seat.
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United Press
Denver
Colo
John Lawson
Richard R. Morse
North Fork
Pratt
Railroad Street
Henry Smith
J. R. McMillan
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King Constantine
Allies
United Vrews
Teuton
Ger
Mans
Enver
Abdul Hamid
J. Patrick Moran
Garian
John Henderson and
Chauncey Gris
France
Ted
Rank Wiggins and
James Holland
Vent
Lameille
Top
Manmmer
R. Plummer
Mineral Hill
John Laval
North Park
Monday Independent
State of
Nevada
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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