Lexington Race Meet a Failure
Lexington Kentucky September 23 The Lexington race meeting is a failure with purses cut from 400 to 250 and a strong chance the meet will not be run. Daily losses loom for the association as attendance ebbs. Yesterday the track was nearly deserted and the pari mutuel system drew scant wagers. The text then shifts to describe a petrified tree near the Arizona petrified forest, noting its size and possible agate interiors.
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Lexington
Great Tree Petrified in Arizona Canyon
A vast petrified tree trunk in Arizona spans a canyon from forty feet wide. The petrified trunk exceeds fifty feet in length with a bridge-like diameter from five feet down to two feet. Branch stubs remain intact and nearby trees have grown up around the fossil bed.
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Technical World Magazine
Arizona
Armed posses pursue burglars after Elkhorn murder
In Winnipeg on September 23, armed posses chase burglars who killed Michael Sager, a local merchant, last night at Elkhorn. The fugitives are said to belong to American bandit bands roaming the Canadian northwest toward the North Dakota line.
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Winnipeg
Man
Michael Sager
Elkhorn
North Dakota Line
Canadian Northwest
Fire in South Side garage injures six firemen
A gasoline tank exploded during a spectacular South Side Chicago garage fire on Tuesday. Three firemen were dangerously burned and three more suffered lesser injuries as they attempted to remove the tank from flames to avert a larger blast.
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Chicago
Married couple exchange promises in Town Topics note
The Town Topics snippet notes a newly married couple sharing the idea that every gift will be for the home. A remark about a beautiful reception gown is also mentioned. The brief reflects light social chatter and domestic context.
Forest fires threaten Ashland dynamite plant
Fires spread across Bayfield county near Ashland as residents fight to save homesteads including at least one death Julius Kwehl Jr perished after days of exposure. Grand View and surrounding areas are cut off with farms and timber at risk amid anticipated dry conditions.
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Ashland
Wis
Butternut
Julius Kwehl, Jr
Atlantic Dynamite Company
Bayfield County
Swan Hogstrom
William Wassen
Grand View
Omaha
Mason
Lake Michigan
Sheboygan
Lake Superior
Bad River Indian Reservation
Odonah
Dahlgren Joins Ripon Football Tryouts
Ripon Wis September report shows Dahlgren the La Crosse multi athlete in uniform boosting stock for the football squad. Nearly forty men report for practice as coach Luehring wrestles with lineup decisions. Expected lighter but faster regular eleven with Captain Ramsey back to shore up the line.
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Ripon
Wis
Dahlgren
la Crosse
Fight
Luehring
Ramsey
Schneller
Wausau
Laborer's Joke May Prove Fatal
Eddie McInnis eight year old son of Mr and Mrs J J McInnis of Eau Claire Wis is gravely hurt from a prank by street laborer J Ball A stronger hose stream startled a lumber wagon causing the boy to be hurled headfirst over the rear striking his head on stones and rendered unconscious His condition is serious and injuries unclear at this time.
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Eau Glaire
Wis
Eddie McInnis
J. J. McInnis
J. Ball
Ball
McInnis
Congressman Mann heads to mills after Wisconsin visit
Congressman James R. Mann of the House committee investigating the paper and pulp industry will proceed from Grand Rapids Wisconsin to Shanagolden and then to spruce forests of Minnesota and Canada to inspect mills and camps.
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Grand Rapids
Wis
James R. Mann
Committee of
House of Representatives
Ciy
Shanagolden
Robbed Laborer Left on Milwaukee Rail Line
A Russian Pole named John Cizik was found lying across Milwaukee Road rails in Watertown with head wounds. A companion was arrested for examination. The laborer on the electric line had been robbed before being left on the track. A stranger found him before the fast mail passed.
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Watertown
Wis
John Cizik
Milwaukee Road
Tobacco prices rise as drought cuts weight
Janesville Wisconsin September 23 Tobacco buyers report the present crop will fall short in weight and leaf owing to continued drought and a cent a pound a week is being added to old goods.
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Janesville
Wis
Taft and Bryan Set Speeches in Milwaukee City
Republican presidential candidate William H. Taft will address audiences at the Hippodrome in Milwaukee Thursday at 7 30 p m Taft speaks followed by Democratic rival William Jennings Bryan who plans appearances at Kosciusko Park Riverside Roller Rink and the Hippodrome on Saturday in the same city International campaign events outline the rival schedules with multiple venues noted in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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Bryan & Taft
Milwaukee
Wis
William H. Taft
William Jennings Bryan
Kosciusko Park
Riverside
Third Wisconsin National Guard at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Seven companies of the Third regiment Wisconsin national guard arrived at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana and set up conical tents. They prepare for ten days of drills with battalion and extended order work ending Sept 29 in a sham battle between regiments and militia. Union Bank of Winneconne to assume Oshkosh stock. George H. Miller to stay as cashier. capital raised from 10000 to 25000 with 35000 subscribed. bank to open Monday.
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Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Wisconsin National Guard
Hudson
Menomonee
Eau Claire
Superior
Neillsville
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Union Bank of Winneconne
Winnesonne Capital
Oshkosh
George H. Miller
Bergh
Oshkosh Stockholders Meet Details Unfold
At a meeting of the stockholders of the Oshkosh company held in Oshkosh Wisconsin on September 23 directors and officers discussed finances and future plans amid statewide economic nerves.
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Oshkosh, Wis
Torturing Animals To Assist Science Inhuman Yet Usable Practice
The piece defends animal torture for science citing Pavlov and his digestion research. It notes experiments on dogs cats and guinea pigs, acknowledges pain but claims Nobel Prize worthy outcomes. It promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as modern medicine aiding digestion and offering free trials through the Stuart Co. in Marshall Michigan.
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Prof
Pawlow
Russia
Shakespeare
Prof. Pawlow
Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Bldg
Marshjiall. Mich
Taft to Speak in Boiler Shop
In Racine Wisconsin on September 23 Judge William Taft has secured the large J I Case Threshing Machine boiler shop building as the venue for his anticipated speech. The event signals Taft's public appearance in a historically industrial setting.
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Taft
Racine, Wis
J. I. Case Threshing Machine Company
William Taft
Visitors arrive Thursday for city celebration with parades
The event plans to attract between 10 000 and 12 000 people. Business houses will be festively decorated and two bands will parade the streets through the afternoon.
Man sues city over sidewalk weight limit after fall
Charles Peters weighing 450 pounds sues Viroqua Wisconsin for 5600 dollars claiming sidewalks must support any man regardless of weight. He fractured by breaking through the sidewalk and spraining his ankle.
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Viroqua
Wis
Charles Peters
Gasoline fumes trigger near-disaster in Janesville room
In Janesville Wisconsin on January 23 a small blaze started after a match was struck in a room saturated with gasoline fumes. Authorities investigated the cause as a potential ignition hazard amid the volatile conditions.
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Janesville, Wis
Husband’s Fight With Vermin Ends Near Tragedy
Oscar Land escaped a blaze triggered by fumes from vermin fighting efforts that almost consumed him and set fire to the furnishings in his home.
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Oscar Land
Congress opens with fisheries bureau in Washington
The Fourth International Fisheries Congress began work in Washington D C with the government fisheries bureau. Several hundred delegates attend including many from foreign countries.
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Washington, D. C
Fourth
International Fisheries Congress
Government Fisheries Bureau
Dowie's Father Dies in Muskegon
John Murray Dowie, once repudiated by Elijah Dowie, died yesterday in Muskegon Michigan after asserting he was Elijah's father and being denied by Elijah. The report notes the feud between the Dowie factions.
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Muskegon, Mich
John Murray Dowie
Elijah” Dowie
John
Elijah
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