Weather Bureau Crop Report Notes Mixed Conditions Across Regions
The weekly weather bureau crop report shows cool growing conditions in the northern states and favorable warmth in the south. Rain from the central and west gulf regions disrupted cultivation in places, while drought relief in Missouri aided crops. Wheat harvest is well advanced in the north, with rain injuring grain in Texas Tennessee and Kentucky. Corn and oats show promising growth though some districts report delays and hay damage in Iowa Nebraska and Tennessee. Boll weevils and other pests are active in Texas and Louisiana.
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Weather Bureau
Central
West Gulf
Missouri
Atlantic
Pacific
Mississippi
Ohio
Illinois
Kansas
Texas
Tennesee
Kentucky
Minnesota
Williamette Valley
Stern
Louisiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
New England
Base Ball Notes From Peoria and Regional Games
Baseball notes detail players moving between Peoria teams. box scores obscure team identity. Leland Giants post 41st straight win 7 0 over Aurora, Freeport 3 1 over Wausau, with Easton Kannell and Garlie O'Brien as battery picks. Wausau beat Freeport 3 2 in a Saturday pitcher duel. Scott and Gasper opposed. Burlington Iowa League reports Krick Sneaks battery. Beloit seeks to move home games to Rockford amid attendance concerns. Pecatonica Maroons slump loss to Galena and Freeport and lose star Palmer to La Crosse. Local Knights of Columbus organize a ball team. Y M C A travels to Cuba City to face new salaried squad with Frank Herberger pitching.
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Peoria
Rock Island News
Leland Giants
Aurora
Freeport
Wausau
Easton
Kannell
Garlie
O’brien
Scott
Freport
Gasper
Burlington
Krick
Knights of Columbus
Cuba City
Frank Herberger
Beloit Baseball Club
Rockford
Pecatonica Maroons
Galena
Union Giants
Palmer
la Crosse
District Deputy McCarthy Resigns From K of C
George G. McCarthy of Freeport resigns as district deputy for the twelfth district of the Knights of Columbus. County Judge A J Clavity of Lena will succeed him, with State Deputy J J Thompson ready to announce new appointees. McCarthy plans to retire from active K of C work to focus on business.
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Order of Knights of Columbus
Freeport Standard
George G. McCarthy
J. J. Thompson
Bloomington
McCarthy
A. J. Clavity
Lena
K. of C
Order
Illinois
Thompson
Galena
Dixon
Aurora
Freeport Council
Clarity
Clarity, Who Succeeds Mr. McCarthy
Short News Items Of The State
Horse thieves plague Joliet as a detective pursues suspects. A strike looms at Selz Schaub Shoe factory in Elgin over pay for blacker shoes after two girls are discharged. Deere and Co plans a modern office building at Fifth Avenue and Fourteenth Street in Moline. Emery Vandeventer was found dead in Aurora city jail after drinking, with suspender ends tied to cell door. Murphysboro jail riot ends with Robbers recaptured. nitroglycerin blast fails escape. Jubilee College in Peoria to reopen in September after 20 years, founded 1837 by Bishop Philander Chase, set on 500 acres near Peoria.
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Selz Schaub
Elgin
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Moline
Deere and Co
Emery Vandeventer
Aurora City
Vandeventer
Root Street
Aurora
Murphysboro
John R. Thorpe
Jubilee College
Peoria
Philander Chase
Episcopal Church
Cement Walks Delay On Main Street
Several Main Street property owners resist laying cement sidewalks. Contractors must remove or cut away portions of old walks to fit curbing. Work proceeds despite protests, with owners lacking civic pride in replacing wooden walks with durable cement.
Wednesday Visitors Day at Camp Runner YMCA
On Wednesday July 12 visitors day will be held at Camp Runner near Tuttles Mill, a few miles north of Freeport. Drainers from the Freeport YMCA camp will welcome friends for the day as a party from Freeport travels to the site.
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Runner
Freeport Y.M.C.A
Tuttles Mill
Freeport
River on the Rise report from Savanna Journal
Captain Michael Murphy of the steamer St. Paul says northern floods are incoming and high water is not finished. He notes the river over 11 feet above low water, still rising when he left St. Paul, and expects another rise within a few days.
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Savanna Journal
Michael Murphy
St. Paul
Green Bay Team to Meet Locals Tomorrow at Park
Green Bay of the Wisconsin League will play the locals at the ball park tomorrow afternoon. Green Bay has a good team and no debt. a strong showing is urged to swell attendance and gate receipts. Miss Mattie McGee of Chicago spites the Misses McCafferty.
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Green Bay
Ball Park
Mattie McGee
Chicago
Me Cafferty
Joplin Ore Market Sees High Prices and Shipments
Ore prices in Joplin show zinc and lead at strong levels with zinc ore up to 46 per ton for a choice bin and 45.50 to 45 per ton for other bins. Assays run 41 to 43 per ton for 60 percent zinc. Year over year, zinc and lead shipments rise while values climb, with upcoming holidays likely trimming output. A Sunday note mentions school children day at the Tri State Fair in Dubuque and pigeons racing from Wisconsin to Missouri with a long 900 mile journey at high speed.
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Joplin
Dubuque
Jo Daviess County
J.W. Wilcox County Superintendent of Schools
East Dubuque
Selegmian
Wis
R. Q O. Nye
Evergreen Avenue
Missouri
Local and General Clippings From Galena City
Furnished rooms for rent at 221 Main St. John Uchren of Savanna visited Galena relatives Sunday. Ads tout Lead Mine cigars and Prairie Queen flour. Numerous visitors and registrations noted at City Hotel and De Soto. Nerve Tablets advertised at Siniger's Drug Store. Knights of Columbus loss to East Siders 18 to 10 at ball park. A broken collarbone for Mrs. Simonds after a fall. A two thousand pound wheel for Galena Tron Works arrived in Livingston with $52.78 in express charges.
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Main St
John Uchren
Savanna
Galena
Vincent Crumbacker
Shullsburg
Co Charles
Frank Strong
Platteville
Ki. W. Carron
Linden
T. H. Bainbridge
Benton
Harriette Montgomery
Dubuque
C. Casey
Hazel Green
de Soto
James Campbell
Rice
Edward Hoch
Duluth
M. Richardson
New Diggins
City
Siniger’s
W. J. Finke
German Presbyterian Church
Charles City
W. G. Campbell
A. G. Barnes
Cassville
James Kane
Third Street
Blanche Marfield
Sinnger’s
John Cloran
Knights of Columbus
East Siders
Livingston
Wis
Galena Tron Works
Dayton
Ohio
Wisconsin Man Denied License Under New Marriage Law
Alfred Schneider of Madison and Sussette Wenger visited Freeport seeking a license but were refused as Schneider had been divorced within two years. The law, effective July 1, bars licenses where either party has a recent divorce. Schneider, 37, said he believed the rule did not apply to out of state residents. The bride is 39.
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Alfred Schneider
Sussette Wenger
Madison
Wis
Freeport
Court House
Sehneider
Galena Drops Two In Clinton Series
Galena traveled to Clinton for a two game set against the Independent club. The first game ended 6 to 1 with Parish in Galena’s box and Enl for Clinton. Clinton won again 6 to 5 on Sunday as Lakoff pitched and Parish again starred for Galena. Manager O Day fell ill Saturday and sat out Sunday. Clinton filled his position. Smith of Clinton was injured with a split left hand.
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Galena
Clinton
Parish
Galenas
Eul
Clintons
Basses
Enl
Parrish
Lakoff
O'Day
Smith
Death of Katharine Cummings in Galena city
Katharine Cummings died after several months illness at age forty one in Galena. She worked as forelady at Peikenbrock Shoe Factory in Dubuque and at Moore Shoe Factory in town. Funeral to St Michaels church with high mass, interment East Side Cemetery. Survived by father, sister Lizzie, brother Andrew. Various local notices follow about visits, picnics, travelers, and Civil War veteran Capt. M W Murphy.
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Thomas Cummings
Jackson Street
Katharine
Peikenbrock
Dubuque
Moore Shoe
Lizzie
Andrew
St. Michaels Church
Father Shannahan
East Side
Will Improve Camp Lincoln For 1905 Illinois Guard Encampment
Adjutant General Scott leads Illinois National Guard efforts to strengthen Camp Lincoln. He seeks assembly aid, new ground, a cement parade area, a permanent guard house, tar get butt repairs, and 8000 overcoats. The 1905 encampment aims for top performance with officer schools and extended order drilling. Byron Hewit and J M Nack report a burned barn loss adjusted in the city.
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Scott
Illinois National Guard
General Assembly
State Guards
Camp Lincoln
Illinois
State Guard
Not a Bleached Blonde Hair Woes of a Typewriter Applicant
A Philadelphia press tale recalls a stenographer with straw colored hair who struggles to find work. She explains men think she is bleached and fear a frivolous image, while bachelors hire her after a candid offer to wear a wig. The boss later regrets the jokes from friends.
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Ninth Street
Deception In Textiles Prompts Concerns In London Laundry Record
The London Laundry Record warns that deception in textile manufacture is widespread with heavy woolens often tainted by substances like rhoddy or cotton. Rhoddy adds weight and warmth cheaply, while cotton allows finer threads for lighter garments, masking true quality.
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Yost
London
Idea of a Yankee Drummer
Lynn Massachusetts article notes sandals rise from health culture to mainstream fashion in the twentieth century. It credits a Yankee drummer who, after a European voyage, popularized leather children’s sandals in Lynn and beyond. Ancient examples include papyrus, wood, metal, and straw sandals across civilizations.
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Lynn
Mass
Boston
New England
Atlantic
Pacific
John Burroughs debunks robin intelligence claims
The text argues that robins are adaptive but not highly intelligent, criticizing popular natural history beliefs. It cites examples of mistaken observations, such as robins making mud without water and a nestling mother exposing young to teach wing use, and suggests some people see what they want to see or falsify it.
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John Burroughs
John. Burroughs
School of Natural Study
Pugilist Defends Honor In Courtroom Exchange
Former Judge Mayer recalls lawyers pressuring witnesses and recounts a street fight case where a prizefighter on the stand denied being described as anything but a fighter. The attorney asked if he was a pugilist or other terms, and the witness bristled before saying he is a fighter, not one of those pretentious types. The judge had the question dropped and the case continued.
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Mayer Wos
Doughty
Philadelphia Ledger
Pleads for Lotteries in Westminster Review
Evelyn Adlyne argues for state lotteries in the Westminster Review, starting from an assumed irreducible gambling instinct. He proposes a recognized rent or tax-like revenue similar to Germany to fund public needs.
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Evelyn Adlyne
Westminster Review
Great Britain
Germany
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Frank Pierce
G. W. Makmno
Holland, Mich
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Christian Endeavor Society of the South Presbyterian Church
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