GIRGUS GRAND PAGEANT Dazzles Gilena Crowds
Wallace displays a grand pageant with golden carriages, wild animal dens, equestriennes, and a two hour outdoor show. The parade and performance drew crowds along Main Street, with bronson’s band opening the event. The troupe offered thrills, laughs, and innovations while keeping a high moral standard and orderly police presence.
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Wallace
Galena
Gilena
Jungies
Bronson
Wagner
C. J. Livering
Equestran
Rumor of Davenport Franchise Loss Prompts Fan Awakening
A widespread rumor claimed Davenport would lose its Three T league franchise to Clinton, prompting fans to question attendance and support. The reports were unverified as James T. Hayes and Manager B D Webster were out of town, yet many feared a transfer. With weak turnout at recent games, locals fear continued apathy could end Davenport's club status.
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Davenport Times
Davenport
Clinton
James T. Hayes
B.D. Webster
Upper River City
West End
Dress Goods and Ready to Wear Offers Sparkle in Fourth of July Shopping
Barry Bros. and William C. Kern of Waddams Grove advertise a large Dry Goods stock with ready to wear shirts waist suits skirts coats belts handbags collars and more at low prices. Kern, age 34, just filed a license to marry 22 year old Mitchell Parbeck after winning $10,000 damages from Illinois Central in court for his wife’s death. Also, in Davenport, Rusty Owens dominated Springfield with eight strikeouts as Dubuque scored four runs in a pitching gem.
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Barry Bros
William C.D. Kern
Waddams Grove
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Mtchel Parbeck
Kerr
Freeport. Standard
What Amused Him Reading Room Gaffe on East Side
An attendant recalls a regular visiting boy, a small Black child, who always asked for the same book and turned to a specific page with a picture of a bull. The reader hid a smile, following the boy one night and discovering the comic scene as the child laughed at the bull image, grinning at the attendant.
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New York
East Side
New York Tribune
Likely to Be Expensive He Don’t You Think You Could Learn
A humorous exchange from the Boston Globe where a woman questions a man about paying for her education, suggesting the man lacks funds while the man retorts with the idea of possible future expenses. The dialogue reflects courting era attitudes and financial expectations.
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Hoston Globe
Marriage license leads to unlawful nuptials scandal at Lancaster
Lancaster Wis June report details Miss Whitish and Mr Molroff bonded for $50 to appear in October circuit court after a wedding performed by a county clerk without disclosure of relation. They were warned of illegality, arrested, and barred from living together until trial. Notes on a baseball game follow, mentioning Parrish, Barnett, Coover, and the Giants tour, with a jokey aside about a cherry tree, and a tainted confession that the entire item is fabrications.
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Lancaster
Wis
Whitish
Molroff
Circuit Court
Parrish
Robert
Barnett
Coover
Bone
Giants
Clinton
Minnesota
Washington
Representative Hitt Now a Grandfather
Washington reports Rep Hitt of Illinois and his wife Mrs Rit Hitt welcomed a baby boy in Rome on June 20. The couple, describing joy from friends, expect to meet their grandson but may wait some time. The piece also touches on Hitt's career and a separate case involving W H Dufree and alleged bigamy with a lingering legal matter.
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Washington
Rit Hitt
Illinois
Rome
Robert
Hitt
Hitt, Jr
Sith Gray
New
Horace Porter
United States
Paris
Brunettes Before Blondes in City Hiring Preference
A typist employment bureau manager says most city men prefer dark-haired women as typewriters, believing brunettes are more energetic and diligent than blondes. The remark reflects hiring stereotypes in a historic urban setting.
Muddy Field Heroics by Union Giants and Local Team
The Union Giants dominated a mud drenched game, while locals battled slush and misplays in the sawdust lanes. Cannon Ball Miller dazzled with twists, shouts, and a glass-arm display, while Parvish excelled on the mound. Coover made a star catch, and Jones slipped but delivered, with the scoreline ending in a fast, low-scoring game that saw Galena Giants take U2 in the first inning and several near-misses by both sides.
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Union Giants
Cannon Ball Miller
Miller
Parvish
Coover
Jones
Darkies
Roberts
O'Day
Grandpa Hyde
Cahill
Johnson
Galena
Hyde
Equestrienne Injured in Circus Accident at Oyster Bay
Miss Annette Faber, an expert with the Wallace circus, was thrown from a buggy during a spirited horse act. She lay unconscious for 15 minutes and was taken to the dressing room, with physicians unsure about spinal injury. Spectators narrowly avoided injury as the horse bolted, then was captured amid the scare.
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Annette Faber
Wallace Circus
Rockford
Miss Faber
Wether
Watetown
Local Latheman Clash Reports Unclear Outcome
It A. Shepard of Platteville faced W. A. Lersch of Woodbine in an event described as a city Friday clash. Details remain fragmentary in the readable text.
Circus Visitors From New Diggings and Nearby Towns
A Galena Gazette item notes Francis Thompson and Lewis Richardson from New Diggings along with Lewis Peacock of Benton and Ived Jones of Woodbine visiting the circus Friday. Charles Keller and others from Guilford, Norris brothers, Miller and Hurst from Hanover, J.T. Peacock family of Council Hill attended. Arch Parish spent Monday and Tuesday at home as Galena pendents perform. A stunt involves a dog and a man named Digger Lidian and a Filipino creature. the dog is not eaten and no Humane Society call was made. Mayor McClellan shares a quip about a doctor missing a meeting due to his wife keeping him at home.
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Francis Thompson
New Diggins
Lewis Richardson
New Diggings
Lewis Peacock
Benton
Ived Jones
Woodbine
Charles Keller
Guilford
Messrs
Ig) Norris
Hl. Robertson
Platteville
Grant
CG. W. Miller
Hanover Twas
Galena
Fh. Hurst
Hanover
J.T. Peacock
Parish
Montfort
Zola
Fair Grounds
Lidian
Humane Society
Simple Advice on Wealth from Historical Figures
The text presents basic guidance on becoming rich, highlighting Benjamin Franklin and others. It echoes the idea to save more than you spend and to plan as a road to wealth. It suggests self-control and prudent consumption as paths to financial success.
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Barhim
Benjamin Franklin
Russell Sage
Fang
Cab Owners of London and the Small Proprietor Trade
The piece notes 2,711 cab proprietors in London with 2,224 owning fewer than five vehicles. It highlights the small proprietor, the Mush, who owns a few cabs and drives one himself, as the controlling force in this "poor man's industry" beyond one large company, the London Cab Company, which owns 500 cabs.
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London
Brakeman Killed On Bridge Over Sinsinawa River
George Lodge of Dubuque was killed when struck by a bridge while on a Great Western freight train. His body was found suspended over a stringer and brains dashed out. Coroner Woirech impaneled a jury for an inquest in Galena. Lodge, a Dubuque resident and O R T member, leaves a wife and child. He worked on the Dubuque to Chicago line.
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Great Western
George Lodge
Dubuque
Sinsinauwa River
Menominee Township
George Wickman
Wickman
Menominee
Galena
Sullivan and Caille’s
Woirech
Gaona
Edward Clark
Chicago Great Western
Chicago
O. R.T. of
Sinsinawa River
Burlington, Great Western
Ilinois Central
Markit
Too Fond of Operations Debate Sparks Surgical Rift
A New Zealand surgeon prompts a heated international discussion on modern operative methods. Critics accuse frequent appendix removal of being done to satisfy a surgical impulse, while a London specialist likens abdominal operations to burglary, sparking debates over necessity and fees.
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New Zealand
London
Automobiles in Antarctic Expedition Plans
Belgium joins a planned expedition to Antarctica with Dr Henryk Arktowski as a member. He envisions a specially built automobile capable of withstanding extreme cold and disassembly for travel on ice. The theory claims the southern ice cap is smooth enough to let a vehicle race toward its destination like a car on a Long Island road.
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Belgium
Henryk Arktowski
Arktowski
Ialand
Snap Mours Act Powers Local Closing Rules
The shop hours act passed by Parliament lets cities enforce earlier closing times not before 7 p.m and on one weekday 1 p.m upon petition of two thirds of employers in a trade. The rules bind the remaining third, with exceptions for medicines intoxicants refreshments tobacco and newspapers.
Legal Costs Hover Over New Menat Bridge Pier
Mr Lloyd George stated the 70000 pier cost, with 12500 spent on legal fees. He warned that before the local authority could seek Parliament approval, lawyers must be engaged and then he cautioned that heaven help the authorities.
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Menat Bridge
Lloyd-George
California Dominates St Louis Exposition Prizes
California leads all states at the St Louis exposition with 20 grand prizes 140 gold medals 1100 silver medals and 40 bronze medals as the event concludes.
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California
San Franz
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