The Tout at the Races and the Innocent Man
A Philadelphia report describes three touts moving through Cincinnati toward St Louis, selling tips at racecourses, exploiting the gullible public. It follows an “innocent” bettor who loses his money on a supposed sure thing after trusting the tout, then vows to quit racing. The piece contrasts the touts with the public’s naivete and ends noting a hat trimming case verdict against the government.
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St. Louie
Indianapolis
Latonia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Tout
Mr. Innocence
Pbookmaker
Danifi
Altho
Uncle
Philadelphia
Meyer and Dickinson
Eupreme Court
Women Fight Turnfest Liquor Sale On Fair Grounds
Women’s Christian Temperance Union petitions the mayor and police chief to ban liquor sales on state fair grounds during the Turnfest. The turner society leaders refuse to comment while officials say enforcement relies on licenses and the city board, with the mayor noncommittal about potential actions.
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
SUN
Bohn
Turner Society
Colbert
Sullivan
New York Executions and Legal News Items
Henry C Fan ning is scheduled for execution at Sing Sing in the week of July 27 following his murder conviction. Anarchist John Most has been sentenced to one year in prison after appellate affirmation of his unlawful assembly conviction. Frank Slavin warns backers of Sullivan to meet him at any venue or at Nibjo's theatre Friday night. A boiler explosion at Benwood furnace near Martinsburg injures several and kills a family member. Sim Johnson, 18, is hanged in Charlestown for criminal assault with aggravated circumstances on Alice Bailey.
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New York News
New York
Henry C. Fanning
Emily Taylor
Sing Sing
John Most
Court of Appeals
Frank Slavin
Sullivan
Nibjo
Charlestown
W. Va
Sim Johnson
Alice Bailey
Johnson
A B Meyer & Co Building Supplies Ad
A B Meyer and Company at 400 North Missourie Street in Louisville advertise lime and cement sewer pine hair pes and fire brick availability for construction projects.
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A. B. Meyer & Co
Miss St
Nine Drunk Sailors Die After Night of Riot at Albertsburg
Detroit June 19 A drunken spree ends in a fatal shootout aboard the lumber barge Jane Cook at Albertsburg. Nine men went ashore to drink. on return two kept watch while others slept. Midnight Vengeful blaze of gunfire mortally wounds Capt Dupont Peter Richelle and Michael O'Reagan with others fatally hurt.
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Detroit
Albertsburg
Jane Cook
Capt. Dupont
Peter Richelle
Michael O’reagan
Dames
New Board Not Wanted by Old Agriculture Knocks Persimmon
The Supreme Court ruled the new state board of agriculture cannot be dissolved and that the old board is a public as well as a private corporate body. The Western payers case against Citizens Street Railway was denied rehearing. An anti Harrison meeting in Huntington cites Blaine support and opposition to Harrison, noting Gresham as a possible alternative.
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Old Board of Agriculture
Supreme Court
New State Board of Agriculture
Citizens Street Railway Company
J. B. Kenner
Huntington
Ind
Huntington Democrat
Indiana
Harrison
Blaine
Russell
Gresham
Allen
Citizens’ Company
Board of Public Works
College-ave
SUN Haa
Massachusette Ave
Plumist
College and Christian-aves
Plum-st
Christian-ave
Tis
Michael Toomey
Couburn St
Robert Martindale
Martindale Are
Jackson Ae
Deere Manufacting Company
Kentucky Ave
Western Paving Company
N. Meridian St
Terre Haute
Grassport
N. Y
Edward Reeve
Reeve
Colored schools picnic at Bethany park Friday
Thirteen coaches carrying over 1,000 young Africans left the station. A new trial motion in the Rein hold case was taken under advisement by Judge Norton with a ruling due Monday. John C. Roberts died of consumption at his home and will be buried by the K of P lodges.
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Bethany Park
Reinhold
Norton
John C. Roberts
W. Markat St
K. of P. Lodges
Randall Abrams
Bud Swift
Court House
Bud
Marco Rhamazetta
Dr. Hays
Cincinnati
Daniel
Sarah Yount
Johannah Haschlacher
Marshal
Gertrude Enoch
Lizzie Day
John
Hannah Markey
Lillian Waineley
Samuel
Mrs. Patton
Mrs. Penrod
Maggie Brown
Deatrus
Nellie Laques
Huron-st
Frank Callon
Pearl Shipley
Win. Kemp
Courtney Clay
Heard on the Corner A Bystander Hears Many Funny Things
A reporter on Washington and Pennsylvania streets overhears brisk street chatter from shoppers, workers, and locals. Amid jokes about politics, real estate, and streetcars, the crowd riffs on fashion, church, romance, and daily city life.
Jealous husband brutal attack shocks Solar refinery area
Er nest Geiser of the Solar oil refinery, living with his wife and four children, becomes enraged after learning they were never legally married. He assaults her, beating and tying her in a stable stall until passersby intervene. He is arrested.
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Swife
Geiser
Codfish Catch Numbers Rise at Lunenburg
Halifax N S June 19 Twenty eight fishing vessels have arrived at Lunenburg with an average of 374 quintals of codfish, 61 quintals more per vessel than the same date in 1939. Despite forecasts, this season’s catch looks set to exceed last year.
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Halifax
N. S
Lunenburg
Bidless electric plant talks stun city board
The Board of Public Works failed to receive any bids for its electric lighting specifications prompting shock and talk of a bidding combine among electric light firms. Edison Gooch offered a private bid plan while Brush and other firms denied plans to build and sell the plant. The board may revise the specifications and await new bids as officials lament the outcome. Senator McDonald rested easily. labor federation attacks Weeks continue.
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Board of Public Works
Conduit
Parker
Mr. Tefrees
Gouch
Edison Company
Edison
Gooch
Conduitt
Sun
Caven
Brush Company
Hoe
Perry
Multiple Sports and Baseball Notes From Chicago to Columbus
Chicago drops to third. Boston signs McGeachy. Columbus releases Jack Sneed. Bloomfield loses 4 to 3 at Linton. Northwestern: Evansville 3, Grand Rapids 1. Dayton 4, Peoria 2. Chicago issues requisition on Rochester for Bowman. Deacon Jim White to manage and catch Elmira N.Y. Winners at Chicago include Carus, Maude Howard, Bankrupt, Red Light, Lizzie Lynn. Herbert Slade to box again after Sullivan victory in Utah. Kilrain defeated. Bets on ten rounds correct. Boston league rumored to want Kelly. Beaneaters deny. St. Louis winners: Jessie McFarland, Nancy Wakes, Adrienne, San Saba, Con tent, Argenta, Texas Girl. Columbus races: Trister 3:00 trot, 2:32 3/4. Snider’s Victory 2:25 pace, 2:35. Brie Sixe 2:29 trot. John Sullivan ready to meet Slavin for 10000. three months away. Association: St. Louis 6, Cincinnati 3. Knell, Dowse. Dwyer, Kelly, Vaughn. Columbus 9, Louisville 2. Knell, Dowse. Bell, Cook. League: Chicago 12, Cleveland 8. Stein, Luby, Bowman. Graber, Zimmer. Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh. Mullane, Harrington. Galvin, Mack. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Merit wins praised as genuine medicine. sold by all druggists.
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Chicago
Boston
McGeachy
Columbus
Jack Sneed
Linton
Bloomfield
Northwestern
Evansville
Grand Rapids
Dayton
Peoria
Rochester
Bowman
Deacon Jim White
Elmira
Carus
Maude Howard
Red Light
Lizzie Lynn
Herbert Slade
Sullivan
Utah
Kilrain
Boston League
Kelly
Beaneaters
St. Louis
Jessie McFarland
Nancy Wakes
Adrienne
San Saba
Content
Argenta
Texas
Trister
Snider
Brie Sixe
John Sullivan
Slavin
Slavia
Association
Cincinnati
Stivetts
Boyle
Dwyer
Vaughn
Louisville
Knell
Dowse
Bell
Cook
Cleveland
Stein Luby
Graber
Zimmer
Pittsburgh
Mullane
Harrington
Galvin
Mack
Turners Begin Arrival in Louisville for Weekend Festivities
Delegations from Louisville and Memphis lead the way into Louisville for the Turner celebrations. The Daytons arrive with a seven-woman class of performers. A German drinking horn acts as the welcome exhibit, and crowds are urged to decorate homes for the torch-light procession and weekend program of speeches concerts and parades.
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Turners
Union Station
Louisville
Memphis
Daytons
Memphis Turner
Turner Hall
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Washington
Tennessee
Pennsylvania
New York
Meridian
St. Clair
Delaware
New Extradition Talks Hinted With Germany
Washington reports Germany may agree to a new extradition treaty after declining to surrender Holt, defaulter of Walesbach gas-light in Philadelphia. Heit’s escape traced to a German captain while at Southampton, with hopes to return him to the US.
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Washington
Holt
Walesbach Incandescent Gas-Light Company
Philadelphia
Germany
Heit
Southampton
England
United States
Local Industry and Capitol Decor Highlight 19th Century Muncie
Incorporated Muncie hospital company with capital of 10000 dollars and Glenn Union glass works of Dunkirk also capitalized at 10000 dollars. D N Barg of the State board of health suffers another asthma attack. Capitol basement and elevator shafts receive a snow white paint job. The state felt premium list due in ten days as a souvenir in beauty. Soldiers monument stands 224 feet high with remaining 87 feet metal clad. Private secretary W Brooks Robarts is a skilled swimmer with Pacific Ocean Gulf of Mexico Fall Creek experience.
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Muncie Hospital Company
Capital
Glenn Union Glass Works
Dunkirk
D. N. Barg
State Board of Health
Capitol
W. Brooks Robarts
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Fall Creek
Pacific
William
Will
Roberts
Earthquake Hits Bengal Province with Widespread Damage
Sixty shocks rattle Bengal province on Thursday causing heavy destruction to many buildings and extensive overall damage.
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Catcurra
Bengal
Sea Monster and Mini Series of Odd Tidbits
The clipping blends stories from Canton Minnesota to Grassport New York including Rev. Foss’s assault after a love triangle, Captain Reeve’s encounter with a sea monster, a rapid divorce in East St. Louis, fears among West Philadelphia African Americans about dissection students in Philadelphia, a complex estate dispute over millionaire Robertson’s will, and Carl Block of Racine receiving a $20 000 gift from Breslau.
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Carl Block
Racine
Wis
Breslau
Germany
Block
Diabolical Plot Threatens Farmer and Neighbors
In Hackstown Maryland near June 19 a farmer John Shiffier finds a sack of flour and a whisky bottle in his field. Neighbors later eat flour contaminated with arsenic, a ten year old boy dies, two other children and Mrs McKeona fall gravely ill. Suspected unknown enemy poisoned horses and burned barns recently. An analysis will test the whisky. no clues yet.
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Hackstown
John Shiffier
Tvriday
Shiffler
Sullivan to duel Slavin for heavyweight title match
New York reports John L. Sullivan agrees to a ten round bout to defend the heavyweight crown against Frank Slavin for a ten thousand dollar purse. Wakely and Johnson back the match and expect Sullivan to win with Slavin signaling acceptance. Both fighters plan training in three months as negotiations heat up.
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New York
John L. Sullivan
America
Slavin
San Jose
Cal
James Wakely
Charley Johnson
Brooklyn
Frank Slavin
Mill
Marquis of Queensbury
Athletic Club
England
Sullivan
Australia
Wakely
Johnson
Bnt
Terrific storm destroys Leechburg area in binge of thunder
A fierce rainstorm with thunder and lightning swept Leechburg causing severe flooding in the town’s lower section. Five tenement houses were destroyed in a ravine on Anderson's Run and a large stone railroad culvert was damaged. One house was struck by lightning. Six people were injured, one seriously. Nearby reports include a Treasury deficit note and various local notices.
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Pittssurg
Leechburg
Anderson’s Run
Pennsylvania Railroad
Port Marie duel threat and Jamaica murder plot
Readable items include a claim of a $20,000 loan in Eresh Foreign Facts and a report of four negroes seeking a duel to the death with knives in Port Marie Jamaica. Other notes mention Sir Henry Parkes elected governor of New South Wales, a Viet Nam lake burst flooding property, Someliera Brothers bankruptcy in Guadala jara, and Liabilities of $1,400,090 in England with seal protection efforts. John McLean & Co. Montreal faced liquidation with $125,000 assigned.
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Chili
Port Marie
Jamaica
Henry Parkes
New South Wales
Vietna
Someliera Brothers
Guadalajara
England
Mexico
Abou Fons
John McLean & Co
Montreal
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Wheeling
Benwood
Martinsburg
Charles Rouse
Taree
Olty Lif
Pennsylvania-sts
Brown
Joe Littler
Grubbs
Briggs
Tront
Fle
Balaam
Haisd
Papas
Tom Sun
State House
Eid
Georgia
F. M.wunder
The
Electric Illuminating Company
Combine
Brush People
Council Light Committee
Baltimore
Federation of Labor Hhere
Labor
Weeks
Federation
Senator McDonald
O. S. Runnels
Weatures OF Sporting News
Hood
Turners Rolling IN
Louisville Club
Buerbel
J. K. Emmett, Jr
Emmett
Young Emmett
O. K
Dustin
Walsh
Parnell
Mataafe
Loxpon
Samna
Mahe
Spenda
Apia
Buenos Arnus
Balmaceda
Chamber of Deputies
Duncan
Carpiry
Wales
Betty Wecold
Zanzibar
French Sheldon
Africa
Madura
Mr. Allen
C. A. Foss
Canton
Minn
Wiscay
East St. Louis
Milton C. Brown
West
Medical College
University of Pennsylvania
EL. A. Robertson
Leavin
West Virginia
Robertson
Warren County
Shiffier
Sullivan and
Hight
Treasury
Miller
Henry Miller
Broad Ripple
Grinstein
Cyclone Mahone
Farmers’ Alliance
Virginia
Gen. Mahone
Sam
Geeral
Trai
Eresh
Fairview Park
Mr. Sherman
Meridian St
Wim. L. Elders
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