Great Chautauqua closes with talks on labor and virtue
The closing Chautauqua featured Booker T. Washington influenced calls for black education and Allan A. Tanner delivering practical notes on the laborer’s life. Tanner spoke on the man in overalls, labor conditions, and the value of unions, praising the workman’s dignity and moral progress.
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Booker T. Washington
Allan Tanner
Allan A. Tanner
Wm. J. Bryan
Tanner
People’s University
People University
Norwich Observes 250th Anniversary Celebrations
President Taft visits Norwich Massachusetts and Beverly to mark Norwich New England village's 250th anniversary. Taft meets crowds at the station and Williams mill owner hosts. flags historic mills and colonials as the town recalls Uncas Nar ragansett battles and early settlers. Farewell in Beverly precedes Taft’s return.
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R. H. Hazard
United Press
Norwich
Conn
Taft
Bevery
Winslow Tracy Willams
Williams
Pne
Uncas
Miantonamah
Busy doctor extols Grape-Nuts as perfect food
A Cincinnati physician recalls a patient introducing him to Grape-Nuts. He cites personal health gains from using the cereal with cream twice daily and says it improves strength, weight, and well being. He has recommended it to many patients and endorses its brain and general nourishment claims. A copy of The Road to Wellville is advertised.
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Cincinnati
Wellville
La Crosse Steamer To Run To Dakota Celebration
The steamer La Crosse will provide transportation from La Crosse to Dakota Minnesota for today’s big celebration. It made a morning trip and will run again at 2 30 this afternoon. Julius Burcum of Sparta dies, father of La Crosse resident Robert Burcum.
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la Crosse
Dakota
Minn
Lawrence Grimsrud
Lutheran Hospital
Julius Burcum
Sparta
Robert Burcum
M. Getts
Minneapolis
Schubert and Mahoney
Charles Miller
A. W. Goldish
For Sale Fine House and Lot on Green Bay Street
House and lot offered for sale at 1521 Green Bay Street. Notice dated June 6, 1912, describing the property and asking potential buyers to inquire at the listed address.
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Green Bay Street
Escaped shooter wounds Kenosha police chief during chase
In Kenosha Wisconsin on July 5 Chief Owen O H ara was shot in the back by a mysterious man who had eluded a crowd of 300 pursuing him. The assailant fled toward Milwaukee after a dramatic confrontation at the police quarters and left his winded horse at a livery stable. O H are, despite a dangerous wound, pursued for a block before collapsing. Citizens joined the chase but the suspect again escaped, threatening with a revolver.
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Sam Foss
Cooper
Taft
Albany
Fort Ticonderoga
Beverly
Mass
Trout
Herrick
Norwood
Boston
Norwich
Mr. Taft
Mayor Trout
Robert D. Evans
Salem Bay
Carpenter
Cabot
Federal
Kenosha
Wis
Shief
Owen O'Hare
Milwaukee
Evanston
O'Hare
Fear for safety of foreigners in Teheran escalates
Communication with Teheran is cut off as rebels reportedly seize control of the city. The shah's palace and nearby legations are fortified by Cossacks, while rebels outnumber them. Emissaries from English and Russian legations were detained as clashes occurred near Shahabad, with casualties reported among rebels and loyalist forces.
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ST. Petersburg
Teheran
Sardarasad
Shahabad
Camp Meeting at Viroqua July 30
The La Crosse District Camp meeting will be held on the association grounds at Viroqua from July 30 to August. C. M. Ellinwood of Chicago will lecture daily on Personal Work and Experience. Rev A L Shute of La Crosse will preside and lead a Bible study morning sessions. Mrs B C Sills of Merrillan will supervise the children's hour each afternoon. Pastors from the district will attend and preach. Rev Frank Doran of Sparta will be a visitor.
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Viroqua
la Crosse
C. M. Ellinwood
Chicago
A. L. Shute
B. C. Sills
Merrillan
Frank Doran
D. D
Sparta
Jerome Rynning Hurt in St Louis
Mrs. C Rynning of 1418 Charles received word that her son Jerome Rynning has been seriously injured in St Louis and may be fatally hurt. She and another son left at noon for the city. no details on the extent of injuries are available.
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C. Rynning
Charles
Jerome Rynning
St. Louis
Rivers And Brooks Quote On Competition
Rivers recalls quotes as Brooks prompts on competition in a brief Chicago Tribune excerpt. The exchange highlights a familiar line about competition as a natural law.
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Rivers
Brooks
Chicago Tribune
President Visits Beverly Building With Marble Staircase
The article notes a Beverly building housing a dentist and lawyer on the same floor as the board of trade and two telegraph firms. Across the street stands the Unitarian church the president will attend. The ground floor holds nast ness force, a major dry goods store, famed for its marble stairs to the upper floor.
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Board of Trade
Unitarian Church
Nastness Force
Beverly
Washington
London Terror Plot Shocks Officials After Curzon Wyllie Killing
Police uncover a wide terror network linked to Indian groups with a Paris base and plans targeting Anglo Indian officials. Detected documents reveal daily movements and home diagrams for figures including Lord Morley. Krishnavarma linked in Paris as efforts race to expel him. Nadar Lal Dhingraj remains silent in custody.
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London
Indian Office
Wm. Curzon Wyllie
Nadar Lal Dhingraj
Lord Morley
Wylie
India
Paris
Scotland Yard
England
Krishnavarma
Wyllie
Foreign Office
Bradstreet System offers salesman training for young men
The Bradstreet System advertises national demand for young men as salesmen with salaries from 2000 to 16000 dollars. It promises six weeks of mail training, placement as traveling salesmen, and a free book from President of Bradstreet System at 207 Cornwall Building Rochester NY.
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Bradstreet
The
Tribune
President Bradstreet
Cornwall Bldg
Rochester, N. Y
SANE FOURTH IS REALIZED DREAM IN ST LOUIS
Report from St Louis recounts a Fourth of July celebration disasters. Frank Dixon drowned after a cannon cracker blast frightened him into the Horseshoe lake. Isador Eckert sustained severe injuries when a misused cracker exploded near him. A toy pistol and revolvers with blank cartridges wounded several others.
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St. Louis
Frank Dixon
Horseshoe Lake
Isador Eckert
Son Finds Father's Victim in Newton
Gleason M. Guist confessed to killing his uncle M. Guist a 75 year old retired farmer over a crop dispute. He hauled the body in a wagon three-quarters of a mile and dumped it under a culvert. The victim was found by the suspect’s 10 year old son.
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Newton
Kansas
Gleason M. Guist
M. Guist
State to reopen details of bathroom incident in lace theft trial
Chicago July 5 The state will bring out the bathroom incident in which Miss Ella Gingles was found bound and gagged in a hotel bath room as she resumes testimony in the trial for stealing lace from Miss Agnes Barrette. Alienists will testify to her susceptibility to belief and witnesses from Canada will challenge her veracity.
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Chicago
Ella Gingles
Agnes Barrette
Miss Gingles
Tramp Kills Four Near Aberdeen
A farmer J w Christie his wife their daughter Mildren eighteen and a farmhand were murdered today near Aberdeen by a tramp whose name was unknown. Authorities believe the motive was theft of a large sum of money reportedly in the Christie home.
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Aberdeen
S. D
J. W. Christie
Here
Mildren
Christie
Chicago Livestock Prices at Union Stock Yards
Cattle receipts 15,000 with heifers and cows showing values from 4.75 to 7.50 and calves 5 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 18,000 with prices generally 7.35 to 8.25 for most classes and sows 3.25 to 5.10. Sheep and lambs quoted 5 to 8.20 with western lambs around 5.25 to 8.
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Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Lambs
Circus Train Wreck Injures Several in Wisconsin
A circus train overturned a flat car on the Chicago and Northwestern line near Hudson Wisconsin. Jack Carroll of Minneapolis and Bradley of Cleveland were fatally injured along with Charles Leichow of Omaha and James Shaw of England receiving head injuries and cuts.
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Hudson
Wis
Chic? & Northwestern
Jack Carroll
Minneapolis
Bradley
Cleveland
Charles Leichow
Omaha
James Shaw
England
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