Cresceus and The Abbott To Race For $20,000 Purse
Boston on September 11 reports Cresceus and The Abbott are matched to race at Readville on September 19 for a winner take all $20,000 purse offered by Thomas W. Lawcon. Receipts on the day will benefit the West-end nursery. Lora Derby and Boralma race during the meet for a $10,000 purse offered by the association.
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Boston
Cresceus
Abbott
Readville
Thomas W
Lawcon
West-end
Lora Derby
Boralma
Nicholls Wins Course Record Over Collis in Match Play
Bernard Nicholls Eastern expert defeats Harry Collis at the Country Club in a disputed match. Nicholls drives 24 yards and sets a new course record as Collis, hindered by a previous leg injury, struggles with putting though his approaches shine.
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Harry Collis
Collis
Nicholls
Terre Haute Beats Evansville In Exhibition Benefit Game
Terre Haute defeated Evansville 14 to 5 in an exhibition benefit game Tuesday. The Anderson Elks won 10 to 7 over the Indianapolis team in the Elks ball game at Anderson attended by about 2,000. Mayor Taggart and W H Watkins umpired the game as commercial travelers plan big events for the Saturday ball game.
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Terre Haute
Evansville
Elks
Anderson
Taggart
W. H. Watkins
Suffolk County Fair Highlights and Record Trot Breaks
At Montgomery county fair the half mile and mile events feature Rothanna with Frank B Neva Simmons winning the Woodruff stakes at Syracuse in a tight finish against Eleata and Country Jay. Marion driving association set new track records in the 2:14 trot with Sag B and Gold Standard posting 2:18 2:16 and 2:17 after delays due to darkness. winners include Charlie Cecil 2:25 trot and Red Patchen 2:22 pace.
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Montgomery County Fair
Rothanna
Frank B. Neva Simmons
Rich Woodruff
Syracuse
Eleata
Country Jay
Marion Driving Association
Sag B
Gold Standard
Charlie Cecil
Red Patchen
Trust Tries the Starving Plan at Monongahela Tube Works
In Mckeesport Pennsylvania on September 11 the National Tube Company did not restart the Monongahela steel department. The trust aims to starve workers into submission, with strikers present but no entry attempts. A Tuesday night melee saw a striker kneeing a worker who attempted to report for duty, ending with the assailant jailed after police intervention.
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Cool Heads
Lottery ballot order sparks bid for reform in elections
The article argues legislators should vary ballot name order in school board and council races to curb the top‑of‑list advantage. It notes no salary for school commissioner reduces canvassing, risking a capable candidate near the end winning over a less deserving top name. It proposes different orders on ballots to reduce bias.
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School Board
Fatally Burned Woman Dies After Oil Can Explosion
Mrs. Christopher Pierson, 19, of the W. V. Rooker farm near Millersville, was fatally burned Tuesday when an oil can exploded as she poured oil into a cook stove. Her clothing burned away and it is believed she inhaled flame.
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W. V. Rooker
Millersville
Factories Eyes Local Site for 2500 Jobs
The Board of Trade and Commercial Club discussed a proposal from ten eastern and midwest factories seeking a local site. Subcommittees will report in a few days and potential action will follow. The plan would employ about 2,500 workers.
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Board of Trade
Commercial Club
Wall Street Notes and Two Boys Hurt in Crash
The report outlines stock market fluctuations and optimism from the president’s news, with mentions of Broad Street brokers pushing shares and bears on grangers. It also notes a mild recovery prior to a treasury aid concern and a failed general strike. Two youths Elmer Maley and Claude Van Horn were injured when a horse ran wild, crashing a buggy at Washington and Pennsylvania streets. both were hospitalized with Van Horn later discharged.
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New York
St. Paul
London
Congress
Big Four
Secretary of the Treasury
Elmer EB
Maley
Seventeenth St
Claude van Horn
Virginia Ave
Washington and
Pennsylvania-sts
Illinois St
van Horn
Kaley
City Council Weighs Higher Tax Levy Power Usurped
Finance committee weighs increasing the levy amid charter rules and mayoral veto risk. Republicans argue council may set a higher rate than the mayor and controller advise, citing Section 29 authorizing up to 90 cents per $100. Nominee Bookwalter faces funds concerns. council holds a bare majority and a veto hurdle, with a meeting slated this week to resolve the puzzle.
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Council
Bookwalter
Finance Committee
British Win in Great Marie Valley Distinct Defeat
Gen Kitchener reports a decisive British victory under Gen Methuen over Van Tonder and Delarey in the Great Maries valley on Sept 6 and 8. Boers suffered 18 dead, 41 taken prisoner with wagons and stock left on the field.
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London
Kitchener
Methuen
Great Maries Valley
Spleen Removal on 6 Year Old Boy in Harlem
REMOVED. IS SPLEEN NEW YORK, Sept.11.-The spleen was removed from Michael Vitel, 6, at Harlem hospital Tuesday. One of the rare surgeries with only three prior known successful cases. The boy was knocked down by a wagon. spleen torn from connections. Doctors removed it and closed wounds. He is recovering well.
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New York
Michael Vitel
Harlem Hospital
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs J A Church
Mr and Mrs J A Church of 384 Central Ave celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on Tuesday. He was born in Brownsville in 1828 and she Eliza Buchanan born in Cumberland in 1838. They have seven children living, all married in the city, with bridesmaids Mrs Sarah Fowler and Mrs Caroline Buchanan assisting.
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J. A. Church
Central Ave
Brownsville
Eliza Buchanan
Cumberland
Sarah Fowler
Caroline Buchanan
Fire destroys tent factory in suspected arson blaze
A $2,500 fire Tuesday evening damaged the American Tent and Awning Co. factory at 63 S Hast St in a suspected incendiary blaze. The fire, discovered as workers toiled over time for a state fair and odd fellows convention, heavily damaged the hay mow area but did not endanger horses or the barn wall shared with the factory. The fire was under control as crews fought the flames and most tents were saved. insurance covered the loss and contracts would still be honored.
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American Tent and Owning Company
S. Hast St
Boy falls from car while selling papers
Clarence Brennan of Cornel ave and Nineteenth st was thrown from a College ave car Tuesday evening. He suffered a scalp wound and facial cuts, was unconscious briefly, then walked home after treatment. London editor Henry Labouchere praises McKinley in Truth and warns against anarchist doctrines.
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Cornell-ave
Nineteenth St
College-ave
London
Henry Labouchere
Truth
McKinley
Republic
Labouchere
Senate approves anti anarchy amendment demand
Austin Texas September 11 The Texas senate adopted resolutions demanding an amendment to the federal constitution and laws making the teaching of anarchy punishable by death.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Senate
Anarchy in Early 20th Century City Reports
London police raid a den capturing many anarchists. Arrests include Carl Nold and Harry Gordon in Pittsburg. Czolgosz linked plots loom, with discussions of exile and nationwide watch lists. A Chicago anarchist and other figures condemn and discuss threats amid speculation of assassination plots.
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London
Carl Nold
Harry Gordon
Pittsburg
Linseed Oil Trust Records $2 Million Loss
New York reports show the Linseed Oil Trust lost more than two million dollars since its organization three years ago before its absorption by Standard Oil interests now in control.
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New York
Linseed Oil Company
Standard Oil
Oldest Indiana woman Lucy Washington dies after refusing food
Lucy Washington, 122, a Black woman and reputedly the state’s oldest resident, died at the county infirmary after refusing nourishment for over a month. She had attempted suicide by a fall, escaped with a broken arm, and claimed ties to George Washington and service in the Madison presidential family.
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Kokomo
Ind
Lucy Washington
George
Madison
Dowie followers faced hostile reception in Evanston
Chicago observers report followers of Dowie arriving in Evanston Wednesday night to attend a gathering. They were met by a hostile crowd that hurled eggs and jeered, leaving the event reportedly unmarketable and tense.
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Chicago
Dowie
Evanston
Supur
Monument Place Souvenir by Joseph W Van Trees
At 9 p.m. Tuesday the Indianapolis fire department fought a $1 blaze caused by a lace curtain at 110 S Arsenal Ave. The funeral of John W Oliver will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday from his home 226 Eden Place under the auspices of Joseph R Gordon post G A R.
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Joseph W. van Trees
Indianapolis
Monument Place
S. Arsenal Ave
John W. Oliver
Eden Place
Joseph R.-.gordon Post
Anarchists Rally Behind Closed Doors in Valparaiso
Reported gathering of anarchists in a Valparaiso tailor shop applauded McKinley’s attempted assassination and expressed regret it failed. The group has troubled the town before and threats are being investigated by the local G A R post amid warnings from a local paper.
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Ind
McKinley
G. A. R Post
Valpa
It Costs You Nothing to Advertise Rooms for Rent
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