Great Chautauqua Ends With Notable Performances
The La Crosse Chautauqua closed after a strong run with 800 tickets signed and Eastman Redpath conditions satisfied. Royal English Bellbell Ringers impressed audiences despite an injury to a performer. Dr. Hopkins spoke on The Golden Fleece, praising American merit and critiquing social inequities, urging continued effort toward progress.
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Crosse
Rdl
la Crosse Chautauqua
Royal English Bendbell
Istic
Eau
the Tribune
Mozart
Meyerbeer
Wallace
Laurie
Redpath Bureau
Tauqua
America
Hopkins
Fredk
Englewood
Chicago
Greece
Hellespont
Kent Roosevelt
La Crosse Defeats Winona 4 to 1 at League Park
La Crosse won 4 to 1 over Winona in this morning’s baseball game at League Park. Graves was injured yesterday, Moore was ejected for kicking, and Killian started in left field. Scoring included early runs for La Crosse and a fifth inning error by Kraher enabling Winona’s lone run.
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la Crosse
Winona
Kraher
Wilhelm
Kline
Baillies
Red" Moore
Ball Team Saves Imperiled Pair Near Lake Arthur
July 5 report from Lake Arthur Louisiana details Gueydan baseball players rescuing Henry Holbrook of Midland and Mrs Beneda Belair of Gueydan after an auto crash. The car overturned into a marsh eight feet below as flames engulfed the vehicle near a bridge. Belair suffered two fractured ribs. Holbrook was only slightly injured.
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Lake Arthur
Henry Holbrook
Midland
Beneda Belair
Gueydan
Belair
Langford Willing to Meet Winner After Colma Fight
Boston report says Sam Langford is ready to meet the day’s winner for 14000 a side. Joe Woodman Langford’s manager wired promoter Coffroth that Langford’s terms hinge on the outcome. Coffroth has secured consent of Stanley Ketcher and Billy Papke to meet Langford after today’s twenty round bout.
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Boston
Mass
Stanley Ketcher
Billy Papke
Colma
Coffroth
Sam Langford
Joe Woodman
Langford
Caffroth
Oday
Ketenel
Vanvke
Woodman
Merlin Returns to Station After Aiding American Rescue
London July 5 The foreign office said the Merlin has returned to San dakan North Borneo after aiding in the rescue of an American from Borneo pirates. The dispatch offers no definite details or name of the rescued person, and no further information is known to authorities.
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London
Foreign Office
Borneo
Sandakan
North Borneo
Skinny Madden on Trial Tuesday in Chicago
Chicago July 5. Martin R B Skinny Fadden president of the Building Trades Council and associate Fred Pouchet face arraignment tomorrow on conspiracy to extort 1500 dollars from Frank V Schiff by calling a strike at his plant. Both men were recently convicted of a similar charge and fined.
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Chicago
Martin RB
Skinny) Fadden
Building Trades Council
Fred Pouchet
Frank V. Schiff
Thompson Goodman Fight Draws Chicago Fans to Hammond
Chicago fight crowds travel to Hammond for a ten round showdown between Cyclone Johnny Thompson and Danny Goodman slated at 4 30 p m. The main event is expected to heat up as the pair meet in the ring.
Riot in Palermo Over New Tax Favoring Shipping
Reports from Palermo indicate violent rioting after a new tax for the shipping industry. Workers and supporters clashed with police and soldiers as crowds marched through streets amid threats to officials.
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Rome
Palermo
Sicily
Old Man Goes to Jerusalem After Ghet Agreement
New York July 5 Old Jack Burman aged 80 plans to move to Jerusalem to spend his life in the holy land. His wife Rachael stays behind as the couple follow Jewish divorce customs. They divide goods after consulting a lawyer and sign the pact with a rabbi.
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New York
Jack Burman
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Rachael
Ghet
Jacob
Salem Store Wrecked by Bomb in Anti-Semitic Attacks
A dynamite bomb damaged the rear wall of Samuel Ruberstein’s store in Salem Missouri today. A warehouse behind the main building was wrecked and the blast caused a citywide alarm and near panic. Police link the incident to anti Semitic prejudice, following a previous dynamiting at L M Baum’s store.
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Salem
Samuel Ruberstein
L. M. Baum
Three Mississippians Die in Lightning Storm Near Long Beach
Allen Collins Wallace Saucier and a companion from prominent Mississippi families were killed by lightning during a severe storm twelve miles north of Long Beach Mississippi. Search parties found their bodies last night after they failed to return home Friday and Saturday.
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Long Beach
Miss
Allen Collins
Wallace Saucier
Mississippi
Here
Why is the Fourth of July, a New York prank
Isador Solow, an iron worker, faces a magistrate after firing a revolver on Houston Street. The judge jokes with him asking why the Fourth is celebrated and sets a condition he write a 5000 word composition on the topic by Tuesday at the Carnegie library.
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New York
Crane
Isador Solow
Houston Street
Isador
Carnegie Library
Bertha Mayer and Edgar Adams Wed In City Ceremony
Miss Bertha Mayer became the bride of Edgar Adams at the groom’s parents home on Berlin street. Rev Vik officiated with Miss Emma Mayer as bridesmaid and Charles Adams as best man. After a wedding supper the couple plan a honeymoon to Chicago and will reside on the North side where the groom works.
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Bertha Mayer
Edgar Adams
James Adams
Berlin Street
Vik
Charles Street Lutheran Church
Emma. Mayer
Charles Adams
Chicago
National American baseball scores from Philadelphia to Brooklyn
Baseball results from multiple games with team names Philadelphia Boston New York Cincinnati Pittsburg Brooklyn and officials listed. Highlights include Philadelphia and Boston wins and scorelines along with battery pitchers and umpires in each contest.
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National
Philadelphia
New York
Wiltse
Schlei
Caveleski
Dooin
Klein and Kane
Boston
Washington
Hughes
O’loughlin
Egan
R & E Philadelphia
Plank
Thomas
Lake
Brockett and Sweeney
Blair
Kerin
Sheridan
Pittsburg
R H
Cincinnati
Gaspar
McLean
Maddox
Gigsin
Johnstone
Brooklyn
White
Messina Shaken and Fire Spreads in Ruins Again
Following several strong earthquake shocks a fire has broken out in Messina, spreading rapidly through ruins and temporary shelters. Panic drove survivors away as convicts’ reconstruction efforts fail to curb the blaze, with exodus mirroring the earlier disaster.
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Rome
Messina
Convic Ttees
Positive firing engine is needed for Wright aeroplane
Washington July 5 Orville Wright’s Fort Myer crash shows engine failure but demonstrates aircraft safety during descent Army corps will likely fund new engines Orville Wright plans repairs in Dayton and aims to fly again by Thursday or Friday with a better motor in hand
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Washington, D. C
Orville Wright
Fort Myer
Army Corps
Gen. Allen
Wright Brothers
Wright
Dayton
Ninth of Strange Child Personal Crisis Reports
Paris on July 5 reports the ninth case in a series of child personal crisis incidents. Fourteen year old Henri Vihiri leaped into the Seine with no discernible motive. Authorities remain puzzled by why youths aged twelve to fifteen exhibit this mania.
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Paris
Henri Vihiri
Seine
Quiet Fourth Observed in La Crosse Amid Fireworks
The Fourth holiday passed quietly in La Crosse with no major accidents reported. Fireworks purchases totaled in the hundreds of dollars, while local physicians noted only burns and minor injuries among picnickers. Incidents included a palm burn to Peter Bott and minor facial injuries to Alfred Mitchell, plus a young Klaus girl burned on the mouth from a firecracker. A small blaze at the La Crosse Gas and Electric office was put out after a sidewalk grenade was discarded through a grate.
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la Crosse
Peter J. Bott
North Eighth Street
la Crosse Gas and Electric Company
Alfred
Sox) Mitchell
SANE FOURTH IS REALIZED DREAM
A Chicago summary notes a peaceful Fourth of July with no fatalities as new laws take effect. The day passed Sunday under the operation of revised rules, marking a decline in reported incidents and reflecting a calmer public mood.
Perjury Charge Ties Hammann to Berlin Scandal
Privy Counsellor Hammann foreign office attache and confidante of Prince von Buelow was arraigned in Central criminal court on a perjury charge linked to the scandal surrounding his marriage to Bruno Schmitz’s divorced wife. Schmitz, who had filed for divorce years earlier, had urged the indictment after accusing Hammann of false testimony about friendship with Mrs. Schmitz. The public prosecutor previously refused to indict.
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Berlin
Hammann
Foreign Office
Prince von Buelow
Central Criminal Court
Bruno Schmitz
Schmitz
Chinese Rescued in New York Fire at Chatham Square
A fire on Chatham Square and Mott Street endangered 290 Chinese residents with several dramatic police rescues. Damages reached $10,000. At No Mott Street upper floor a Chinese hospital operated. Chung Moy had both legs broken, Lee Fong was paralyzed, and Sam Yem was blind, all saved from the blaze.
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New York
Chatham Square
Mott Street
No. Mott Street
Chung Moy
Lee Fong
Sam Yem
Papke Money In Quantities Brings Odds Down
In San Francisco on July 5 Papke money flooded pool rooms delaying the Ketchel Papke match odds. Ketchel money covered Papke backers as betting briskly shifted odds from 10 to 4 down to 2 to 1 and expected to move to 19 to 6 at the singside this afternoon.
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San Francisco
Quiet Independence Day Across Cities Mail Disaster Toll
Chicago reports a sharp drop in casualties with 19 deaths and 427 injuries nation wide. several cities observe a quieter Fourth under strict cannon cracker bans. New York counts two deaths and dozens of serious injuries as celebrations begin anew. a Bronx girl dies from a toy cannon accident and a boy dies from lockjaw after a toy pistol firing. St Louis reports one dead and 54 injured as festivities continue with warnings of more fatalities to come.
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Chicago
Chicago Tribune
United States
Cleveland
Toledo
Los Angeles
Omaha
Racine
Wis
Janesville
Burlington
Iowa
Sane
Battle Reek
Mich
Denven
Colo
Detroit
Elmira
N. Y
Goshen
Ind
Hamilton
Kansas City
Lanark
Illi
New Milford
New York
America
Edith Brown
Bronx
Georgia Mafferdonia
Coney Island
St. Louis
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