Promoter Promotion for Gans Nelson Fight at Goldfield
The long awaited Gans Nelson championship bout promotion at Goldfield Nevada in 1906 drew huge attention. Boxers Willard and Dempsey are cited as future comparison moments with massive ticket sales and record receipts. Johnson’s dramatic victories and taunting during bouts are recounted as part of heavyweight boxing lore.
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Cawith Gans-Nelson
Goldfield
Nev
Tex Rickard
Rickard
Boyle’s
Veres
Willard-Dempsey
Toledo
Indianapolis Speedway
Inianapolis
Smids
Josey Cruiy
Joe Fuel
Nelson
Lek Johnson
Tom
Australia
Hays
Johnson
Wiljoey
Font Ekard
Rey City
Joey
NSU
Eleye
Hort
Milway
Ted
Claus
Tommy
Sydney
S. W
Recital by Miss Edna Hall Pupils Draws Large Audience
A large audience attended the recital by Miss Edna Hall's pupils at the Christian church last evening. Soloist Mr Harold Ausbury performed with fine voice and expressiveness. The pupils showed talent, skill, and good training reflecting credit on themselves and their instructor. Miss Hall, Macomb's music graduate, now runs a large training class.
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Edna Hall
Harold Ausbury
Christan Church
Ausbury
Miss Hall
Macomb
Bank President Foils Bandit Raid Near Elgin
Elgin June 22 Three bandits entered Farmers Bank of Schaumburg ten miles east of Elgin and were foiled by bank president RK W Friese who was shot in the wrist. He activated the burglar alarm as the robbers fled in a waiting car leaving a dollar behind on the counter.
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Associated
Elgin
Farmers’ Bank of Schaumburg
RK. W. Friese
Sanitary Upgrades Planned at Third Ward School
The third ward school will receive updated sanitary facilities this summer. Contractor F. M. Newton has been awarded the contract to install 12 stools five lavatories and three urns, with completion planned before September reopening.
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Third Ward
F. M. Newton
Pony Show Tonight at Sunnyside Shethind Farm
The Sunnyside Shethind Pony Farm opens a pony show this evening near the southwest corner of the Square. Local residents are invited to view the performances and meet the ponies.
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Sunnyside Shethind Pony Farm
Peoria Pearl Buyer Back to Answer Wife Abandonment Charge
Frank P. Hunt, 64, a wealthy Peoria pearl buyer, was seized by Deputy Sheriff Wilson and brought to Peoria to answer a wife abandonment charge. He posted $300 bond and returned to Peoria, while his wife Dorothy Hunt remains in the city under a doctor's care. The incident occurred during a habeas corpus moment in the circuit clerk’s office as an auto shuttle carried Hunt toward Glasford, Illinois.
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Frank P. Hunt
Peoria
Wilson
Macomb
Dorothy Hunt
Hines
McDonough
Glasford
Hunt
Peoria Court House
Court House
Bernard Kelly
Holmes Park Pool Opens Draws Large Crowd
A large number of bathers, mainly boys and young men, occupied the Holmes Park pool yesterday and again last evening enjoying a refreshing dip and aquacint stunts. The new amusement features show promise of long popularity as the area hosted a semi weekly jitney dance with Klein Bar clay orchestra. The next jitney dance is scheduled for Friday night.
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Holmes Park
Klein-Barclay Orchestra
Wanted Education Took Fountain Pen Promoters In Town
A group of young women advertised a college course by selling subscriptions and assaying a “line” of talk. One member made a slip and the outfit left town this morning after a period of rapid cash intake described as near bootlegger levels.
Miner Book store theft involving subscription sale
A dark complexioned woman with bobbed hair visited Miner Book store and purchased 99 cents of magazine subscription. After she left F E Gordon mislaid his fountain pen, raising suspicion. The woman was found on the street, confessed, returned the item, and then departed. The crew subsequently left the city this morning.
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Miner
F. E. Gordon
Fewer Girls on West Adams Street
The article notes a perceived drop in female pedestrians on West Adams Street after a chapel announcement promising arrest for attempting to pick up young ladies. Observers cite quieter streets and fewer students and workers, though no statistics exist to prove the decline.
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West Adams Street
Fractures Reported In Miss Whitsett Wreck
Miss Elsie Whitsett of Galesburg suffered two fractures in a recent auto wreck east of the city. An X ray showed a fracture in the lower spine and one pelvic side. She is recovering at St Francis hospital with other injuries and intense pain gradually easing. Relatives have remained with her during treatment. Nearby, Miss Gladys Roberts died instantly in the same accident two weeks earlier. A boy was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Galen Berg of Near Seiofa, former Miss Vera Bland who studied at Normal School and stayed with her grandmother on West Jackson Street.
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Elsie Whitsett
Galesburg
Standard Clinic
Gladys Roberts
St. Francis Hospital
Galen Berg
Seiofa
Vera Bland
Bland
West Jackson Street
Extended Visit Stirs Warning Over Remittances
Mr and Mrs John Shannon of North Lafayette Street leave for extended visit with relatives at Clear Lake Ta Bergdoll may not be popular in Germany when his remittances stop Exclusive Associated Press service to By-Stander Indianapolis News
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John Shannon
North
Lafayette Street
Clear Lake
Bergdoll
Germany
Indianapolis News
Associated Press Service
Five fill in car wreck near Peoria injures eight
Eight youths and two others were pinned when a Studebaker overturned five miles from Peoria Sunday night. All were extricated by Eugene Munson and passing motorists. Three women and Rainey were rushed to Peoria Methodist Hospital, where they were reported to be improving.
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Studebaker
Peoria
Eugene Munson
R. D. Munson
Galesburg
Munson
Rainey
Macomb
Elsebj
Methodist
Galesburgh
G. W. Rainey
Fred
McDonough Chautauqua Set for August 14 to 21
The McDonough County Chautauqua will be held from August 14 through 21 this year. Organizers urge residents to plan vacations and attend, noting that several people in the past week asked for definite dates before arranging travel.
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McDonough County
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John Peoria
L. Lewis Battle
Peor Court House
Via
American Federation of Labor Convention
Ireland
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Denver
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor Today
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Gompers
Lewis
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Machinists Union
Carpenters and Joiners
Gampers
Sarin
Zhov
Boiler Makers
Binting Trades
Federal Employees Union
Building Trades’ Organization
Carpenter‘s and Moulders’ Union
Amalgamated Association of Tron, Steel and Tin Workers
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Chapel
Fred Rainey
Peoria Hospital
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