Fortunes and Fights in Alton's Sporting Era
A historical portrait of Alton sports and business figure Conley, famed for box closes and a rumored fortune of $100000, detailing his bets, real estate moves in East St Louis and Alton, and a saloon marked by horse-head decor. It notes his stammer, a life of speculation, and an unsettled estate under Edwardsville Probate Court with a widow and minor heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
Alton Sportemen
Alton
Consey
Lions
Beth John J. Sullivan
James Kett
Fleht
Sullivan
Corbett
Adam Wolf
East St
East St. Louis
Cheer-Nestor Gliss
East St. Loui
Blaine
Cleveland
St. Louis
Alten
Edwardsville
Seamen Strike Riot In France Ends With Injuries
In ULES FRANCE special report mobs of striking seamen led by women battled police. Gendarmes were summoned and troops prepared as rioters were dispersed. Over 100 injured, many women and police hurt by bottles and stones. Ringleaders arrested amid harborfront property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ules
France
Attempt Fails To Wreck Train West Of Crewe Virginia
A nighttime attempt to wreck Norfolk and Western passenger train No. 1 near Crewe was frustrated by the engineer and a vigilant crew. Three cross ties blocked the track west of Tug River. train slowed to about twenty mph, preventing a major wreck. Conductor Mankenship and Engineer Goolkby reported the obstruction, and authorities in Roanoke and nearby detectives are pursuing the would be wreckers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Norfolk and Western
Crewe
Tugale
Mankenship
Goolkby
Kroandyke
Elopement In Hartford Shocks Family Of Sixteen
A 16 year old boy Harold Prymond Warner married 19 year old Ruby Lee Palmer with a ceremony at Mortford performed by Rev. Dr. J. F. Johnstone. Charles A. Warner of Warehouse Point protests the marriage while Henry Palmer’s family in Melrose, Connecticut, defends the match. The couple fled to Saratoga and Niagara before returning to the Palmer home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Railroad
Bert Amel
Bertha Palmer
Ruby
Palmer
Jay
Saratoga
Niagara
Palmer House
Ambiguous fragment hints at a political family claim
An unclear text fragment suggests a son may be given a position by his father after a honeymoon while still in school, implying a dynastic appointment amid a family turnover. The passage lacks concrete names, dates, or places to confirm specifics.
Washtub Health Talk Promotes Beauty At Winona Lake
In Winona Lake Indiana Dr Lwyrd Paulson of Hillsdale Michigan presented a health lecture titled How to Preserve Your Own Funeral. He demonstrated wash tub routines with fathers socks on stage and urged using washboards high to exercise lungs and improve appearance. He favored ironing and weed saving methods as beauty measures and claimed fresh air aids overall health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winona Lake
Ind
Lwyrd Paulson
Hillsdale
Mich
Governor Felder brands South Carolina governor as bribe recipient
Special report from Augusta records attorney Thomas B Felder alleging Governor Cole J Blease accepted bribes from whiskey houses tied to South Carolina dispensaries. Felder named payments for legislative influence, protection for deer, and a $2000 bribery for pardons. Burne detective team supported evidence. testimony cited threats against Felder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
South Caron
Thomas B. Felder
Atlanta
Cole J. Blease
South Carolina
Pardonius Rudolph Rabon
Feller
Wiliam J. Burne
Burns
San Francisco
Georgia
Felder
Mercy
Blease
Peller
Bubonic Plague Hits Havana With Fears Of Spread
Special report notes two more suspected causes of the fever in Havana. Victims isolated and cultures taken for laboratory examination. Municipal authorities take precautions as thousands flee the city while wealthier residents abandon the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Pe Ile
Chicago Attorney Recalls Dane Farmer Naturalization Joke
Lambert Kasners, a Chicago attorney, told a tale at a Younes Mons Christian Association gathering about a Kansas farmer and a Dane applying for naturalization. The judge asked if the country’s general conditions satisfied him and if the government did. the Dane replied yes, and humorously said more rain would help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert Kasners
Chicago
Younes Mons Christian Association
Kansas
Chicago Tribune
La Follette 18 Support Wilson in Sea Girt Luncheon
Chicago financier Charles R. Crane and University of Wisconsin president Charles Van Mise met Governor Wilson in Sea Girt New Jersey and Crane indicated support for Wilson. Crane, a major La Follette donor, shifted to backing Wilson, signaling sentiment among La Follette followers ahead of the Chicago convention. A separate recipe describes smothered chops and potatoes baked with onions and water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sea Girt
N. J
Charles R. Crane
Chicago
la Follette
Charles van Mise
University of Wisconsin
Wilson
Champ Clark
Crane
Wisconsin
Wittens
Mivirers
Man and grandmother rush 1250 miles to save hydrophobia girl
Z A Slaughter of Clifton Arizona after a 1200 mile train voyage and a 50 mile horseback trek across the Arkona desert with his ten year old daughter Viviana reaches Austin Texas to place her at the State Pasteur Institute for hydrophobia treatment. Grandmother Elizabeth Laney follows on horseback, changing horses at a Mexican ranch, arriving moments later. The girl is reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Arkona Desert
Z. A. Slaughter
Clifton
Ariz
State Pasteur Institute
Mr. Slaughter
Elizabeth Laney
Laney
Bud Collins Leads Feud Flight Into Kentucky Mountains
In Magoffin county the feud escalates as Bud Collins and a band of armed supporters flee into the hills after a shooting that wounded Collins in the back. National Guard units pursue, seeking arrest for murder and related killings, with both sides vowing resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bud” Collans
Kentucky
Lexington
Bud Collins
Magoffin County
Tolls
Moestulle
Orr
Bailey
Collins
Colling
Ombany D, Second Regiment
Kentucky National Guard
Oldest golfer at 101 enjoys first round at Plymouth links
Plymouth Mass resident Uncle Tilden Tilien Plereg aged 101, a Ryder Home inmate, played his first golf round with Charles Willowghbo and Captain Harlow driving him. He also had his first car ride and first taste of ginger ale, saying it’s never too late to learn and that soda is a life saver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Mass
Voele
Tilien Plereg
Tilden
Uncle Tiden
Ryder Home
Charles Il
Willowghbo
Chirake
Ood
Fils Harlow
Colt Links
Willoughby
Uncle Tilden
King McNamara Sentenced to Prison in Keller Murder
Lexington special report states after twenty three hours the jury found King McNamara guilty of the February murder of Jacob Keller. He received a five year term in the penitentiary. McNamara had appeared in Louisville a month earlier and used the alias Dr Jim Baker while living nearby in Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
King” McNamara
Jacob Keller
Manalauchter
McNamara
Leouisville
Althoweth
Jim Baker
Americans Win Olympic Prize at Stockholm
The fifth Olympiad closed July 7 with the United States leading the standings at 128 points. James Thorpe won the decathlon and pentathlon, widely hailed as one of the greatest all around athletes. Sweden finished second with 95 points, followed by Great Britain and others in a wide field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Reneval
Old Glory
Affternoon
James Thorpe
Sharpe
Thorpe
United States
Sweden
Great Britain
Germany
Finland
France
South Africa
Denmark
Italy
Canada
Norway
Australia
Hungary
Belgium
Greece
Austria
Russia
Holland
Fourteen Thousand Weavers Strike in New Bedford
In New Bedford Massachusetts fourteen thousand weavers across twelve cotton mills walked out. The strike followed union votes with the Industrial Workers of the World, with loom fixers also endorsing independent action. Wages under the grading system are blamed for lower pay on second class goods, and police order up guard presence to prevent unrest as picket lines form.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
New Bedford Weavers’ Union
Industrial Workers of the World
Industriad
Texte
Loom Fixers Union
Francis Z. Duffy
Stdl
Hedford
Eastel
Ood
Insurance Act Strikes Hit Liverpool Docks
A general dock strike at Birkenhead threatens to spread to Liverpool after two thousand workers walked out in protest of clearing house rules under the national insurance act. Many liners were delayed as strike leaders warned of a wider walkout if insurance cards were not presented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Mersey
Birkenhead
Sickles Leads Bull Moosers In Fiercely Worded Meeting
General Daniel E Sickles opens the new Bull Moosers gathering denouncing Woodrow Wilson for birthplace and Civil War loyalties. H Hotchkiss serves as provisional New York chairman and disavows the general's remarks as his own.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel E. Sickles
H. Hotchkiss
Bull Moosers
Sickles
Woodrow Wilson
Mason-Dixon Line
William H. Hotchkiss
New York
New Party
General Sickles
General Sick
Ice plant fires destroy seven Arctic Ice buildings
A Friday blaze gutted seven Arctic Ice Company ice houses on Wautuppa Pond in Fall River Massachusetts. About 25,000 tons of ice survived, melting slowly in the sun. Estimated damage ranges from 95,000 to 140,000 dollars. Buildings were a total loss though much ice may be saved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Mass
Arctic Ice Company
Wautuppa Pond
Rebel Army Seizes Madeira Town in El Paso Dispatch
A rebel force led by Antonio Orozco seized Madeira across the continental divide from Pearson. About 200 American residents armed themselves as Mexican federal volunteers move from Chihuahua City to oppose the rebels. An estimated 2,000 insurgents are in and around Madeira with General Orozco in Won and a conference with General Salva concluded tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Tex
Antonio Rojas
Madeira
Fron Pearson
Chihuahua City
Batte
Paschual Oroxseo
Orozco
Salva
Casas Grondes
Rainstorm Floods Buena Vista After Heat Wave
Buena Vista Virginia reports the heaviest rainstorm in twenty years lasting over three hours with lightning and thunder. The 106 degree heat beforehand left the central business district flooded and several stores damaged by water. Much of the town is muddy as cleanup proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buena Vista
Everal
Ericsson Steamer Lands After Night of Storm Turbulence
Five hundred passengers aboard the Ericsson steamer from Getterton to Baltimore endured a terror filled night when the vessel ran on a sandbar off Pooles Island during a storm. The ship reached land at 6:45 this morning with anxious relatives inquiring about loved ones and awaiting the soon arrival of the Ericsson line’s next update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Ericsson
Getterton
Pooles Island
Ericsson Line
These Men Led Little Girls Astray
A Richmond special inquiry into charges of immorality against W A Butterworth Joseph Giannotti Frank Tobla and Charles V Gullett Jr resumed in Police Court. Giannotti and Grace Netherey testified as prosecutors presented by Commonwealth and clergy attended. Butterworth and Gullett were sent to the grand jury on charges from Grace Netherey aged twelve and Rosa Sternsdorf aged thirteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
W. A. Butterworth
Joseph Giannotli
Frank Tubla
Charlies V. Gullett, Jr
Justice Crutch
Gullett
Butterworth
Grace Netherey
Tn Feet
Justice Crate
Ine Om Degamad
Justice Crutchfield
Mayer Richardson
Commonwealth
Attomer Polices
Joseph Glannottl
Chace Netherey
Grace
Frank Tobin
Butterworth and
Saturdgny
Tobia
L. O. Wendenburg
Rosa Stormsdorf
Oscar Lumpkin
Guillett
Rosa
Witnness
Lumpkin
Guellbert
Samuel Goldsby
J. J. Smith
Tubia
Minnie Bryant
Officer Goldsby
James River
Aswers M
Iver
Gianetti
Justice Cratchfield
Tulbin
Oficer Goldsby
East Macarstooll Street
Cheliy
Wan
Tobin
Goldsby
Bryant
Ruth Stevenson
Uth Stevenson
Fler
North Twentieth Street
Feehouse
Elizabbeth Burke
Watterworth
P Butterworth
Wendenbure
R Butterworth
Wendenburg
Folkes
Hutterworth
Wendenbury
Tubla
Giannotti
Crutchfield
Express rate cuts proposed by Interstate Commerce Commission
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders July 15 to cut express rates by about 15 percent nationwide, effective on a minimum 21 cent one pound rate. The ruling consolidates shipments into fifty mile blocks, promotes direct routes, and argues for government ownership of express firms amid large industry consolidation. Representative Lewis of Maryland praised the move and linked it to the Gochke bill model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Leiterstate Commerce Commission
United States
Vial Express
Financ Il
F. K. Lane
Lewis
Maryland
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce Court
Gochke Pitt
Impeachment Presented Against Judge Archbald in Senate
Washington D C Special reports that thirteen articles of impeachment against Judge Hubert W Archbald of the Commerce Court were formally presented before the Senate. Household representatives Clayton Webb Norris Sterling Poster Floyd Davis and Howland led the impeachment charge and read the resolution calling for the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States Menate
House of Representatives
Hubert W. Archbald
United States Circuit Court
Commerce Court
Senate
Clayton
House Judiciary Committee
Webb
Norris
Sterling
Poster
Floyd
Davis
Howland
Sctrech
House
Great Band for the State Fair to Perform Daily Concerts
State Fair headquarters announced a contract with the Mace Gay Band for special fall concerts. The international group includes twenty five soloists and performs each morning in the industrial building and afternoons at the grandstand. Also featured is soprano Mme Wilhelmina Wright Calvert and singer Harry Henry who performed at prior fairs. The association aims to feature the musical portion of the entertainment this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warwick
State Fair
Mace Gay
Grandstand
Mme
Wilhelmina Wright Calvert
Harry Henry
Actress Marries Newspaper Man in New York
Dick Davis a well known newspaper reporter wed actress Elizabeth Genevieve Mc Avoy known as Leasle McCoy in Greenwich Connecticut in Justice of the Peace W C Bungee office. Ethel Barrymore and Gouverneur Morris stood as witnesses. Davis had separated from his first wife and obtained a divorce in Chicago. The couple celebrated with a reception at Senreese Pavilion and then traveled to Mount Kisco for a reception at Davis’s country home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dick Davis
Elizabeth Genevieve McAvoy
Greenwich
Justice of the Peace
W. C. Bungee
Davin
Leasle McCoy
Ethel Barrymore
Gouverneur Morris
Davis
Mr. Davis
Miss Barrymore
Cecil Clark
Chicago
Russell Col
Stree
Mr. Capes
Seclhn
East Side
Senreese
Coney Island
Wessie McCoy
Mount Kisco
Aaron Claflin Weds Show Girl in Milford Conn
Aaron Claflin of H J Diollins & Co at 15 Wall Street wed show girl Mabel Weeks in Milford Connecticut. The ceremony, conducted by Rev M Meserve, was kept quiet, with few bankers’ friends aware until Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aaron Claflin
H. J. Diollins & Co
Wall Street
Mabel Weeks
Shubert
Milford
Riverside Drive
Bachelor Apartments
Iz Myoune Womsin
Onusungl
One a Hero, the Other a Frauk
Political commentary by Senator La Follette appearing in Follette’s Weekly discusses William Jennings Bryan at Baltimore and Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago. It argues Bryan would unite the party for a progressive platform while Roosevelt pursues personal power, criticizing misdirected ambition and motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mongevelt
la Follette
Roosevelt
Chieneo
Steel Trust
Harvester Tryat
Prevican Party
Chienro
Bryan
Wattimore
Chocolate Pie Filling Recipe and Quotation Note
Chocolate Pie filling method details include yolk, milk, sugar, chocolate, cornstarch and vanilla. After cooking, pour into crust and top with whipped cream or meringue browned. The excerpt also references a Mount Binal commandment remark attributed to Colonel Roosevelt, Bristol Herald-Courier.
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Mount Binal
Roosevelt
Bristol Herald-Courier
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Paris
Unera
Mgnamara
Delas
Calghy
Pires
Archbald
Mace Gay Organization
Staunton
Bessie McCoy
Pevyan
Tuimself
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