Australian Mystery Bout Ends Fast as Burns Knocks Out Squires
In San Francisco on July 3 Tommy Burns swiftly ended the Australian mystery bout with a rapid right to the jaw. The crowd of about 9 000 paid up to 20 dollars to witness the one sided match lasting eight minutes and eight seconds only.
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Burns Defeats Squires In Quick Ring Finish
A boxing bout ends abruptly as Burns lands a rapid succession of rights, sending Squires to the mat and outpointing him. Burns proves faster and stronger, while Decisive blows leave Squires unable to recover. crowd fills the arena as earnings surge beyond expectations.
New York Fourth Celebrations Toll and Casualties
Police tally Fourth of July injuries and deaths across the United States. In New York seven killed and hundreds injured from bullets burns and explosions, including a child and an aunt struck by accident. Chicago reports six dead and fourteen injured in Independence Day incidents. Franklin Indiana shows saloon license withdrawals signaling a dry spell. Greenup Illinois fireworks cause fatal injuries to Peter Parker and serious burns to three others.
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Nimpa Grizzanti
Henry Englehardt
Jesse Guseviter
John Graham
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Explosion on riverboat kills two in Grand Rapids celebration
In Grand Rapids on July 5 two men were killed and others injured when a boat carrying four pounds of giant powder exploded during a Fourth of July river parade. Survivors said a cigarette was dropped on the powder can. The blast followed moments after the accident.
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Police Chief Culoueld Hiuladanski Dies in Suicide
The city chief of police, Culoueld Hiuladanski, committed suicide by shooting himself, after being severely reprimanded for alleged terrorist outrages. He had previously displayed decorations before his death.
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Tumssl
Pacific fleet plan revealed by Secretary Metcalf
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf discusses a possible Pacific voyage for eighteen to twenty battleships around Cape Horn next winter. He says the movement would be for fleet maintenance, not strategic signaling, and that a Pacific cruise could be followed by a return to the Atlantic coast.
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Navy plans long cruise for battleship fleet amid Gaza speculation
An official statement from Secretary Loeb says there is no immediate plan to dispatch 16 American battleships to the Pacific. The fleet may cruise at sea for an extended period as arrangements progress, with possible destinations including the Mediterranean or South Atlantic.
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Deadly Wisconsin Storm Leaves Farm Losses and Wiped Towns
A severe Wisconsin storm caused at least fifteen deaths and extensive damage Wednesday evening. Oakdale near Cain Dowglas was wiped out with four fatalities, Grand Rapids reported five, and widespread injuries and property damage followed across the region. A horse was carried thirty rods but unharmed, while fowls suffered and chickens were feathered by the gale. The storm washed away riverbanks and altered the Black River flow.
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Scores and shocks of Independence Day ballgames
The Fourth of July sports pages list numerous scores from national leagues with teams like Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Chicago, and St Louis across multiple leagues. A fatal stunt at a park in Bakersfield reports Roy Van Slewlen, 17, dying after climbing an electric tower during a dare. Also noted is Kern county flood damage from the Buena Vieja levee breach and a Rhode Island Republican resignation from the state central committee.
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Charles R. Brayton
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Republican National Committee
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Kershaw Man Credits Cure to Dr. King's New Discovery
O O Floyd of Kershaw recalls a near fatal consumption scare eight years ago. He weighed 135 pounds with a persistent cough before using Dr King s New Discovery for six months. The remedy reportedly cured his cough and lung trouble and restored his weight. Trial bottle offered free at U D Knoefel’s drug store. The Evening Tribune promotes the product with life changing claims.
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Conspiracy to Defraud Leads to Arrests in South Bend Case
In South Bend court Judge Funk ruled for the defendants in the John Kish suit against Western and Southern Life Insurance. Steve Toth and Louis Sipota were arrested on twelve counts including impersonation and forgery after allegedly obtaining life insurance using a dying man’s name. Sipota and Toth face $1,000 bonds each as the case unfolds.
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Steve Farkas
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Arrest in Indiana case tied to Pritchard death and theft
District reports an arrest of Jack Standon in Linton related to the Pritchard murder inquiry. The dead man was found at Smurdon Saloon, with questioning over $140 alleged by a witness and bond set at $806 as attorneys from the Masonic order pursue the case.
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Fourth of July accident injures two children in Lishean
W o T Dickergon of Lishean Indiana supplied dynamite caps for stump removal. His sons Otto aged five and Clyde aged three found the caps and showed them in the rear yard. All caps exploded injuring Otto who lost two fingers and a thumb while his brother sustained severe facial and neck burns. It is believed Otto’s sight escaped.
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Clyde
Local factory chief found dead in wheelpit
Peter Lommel a 45 year old superintendent of the Connersville furniture factory was found dead in the wheelpit of the engine room. Officials think financial worries caused suicide but some believe an accident caused the fatal contact with the flywheel.
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Peter Lommel
Evansville Plant Fire Destroys Hoops and Staves Mill
Fire in the boiler room of the Evansville hoop and stave mill in the west end destroyed sheds filled with staves and hoops. Several large plants were threatened before the blaze was controlled. Loss estimated between $20,000 and $25,000, partly insured.
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Hoop and Stave
Beheaded Tragedy in Goshen After Train Collision
An unidentified transient man, believed to be Peter McFarland or L. M. Kats of Chicago, was struck and beheaded by a Big Four passenger train in Goshen Indiana on July 5. Readily identified fragments of papercap found on the victim.
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Peter McFarland
L. M. Kats
Chicago
Wisconsin Resorts and Reading Materials Highlight Summer Pleasures
Wisconsin Central routes to famed summer resorts including Waukeske Waupaca and Fifield are listed with a brochure claim. One hundred more resorts in rich illustrated booklets available on request from Jan O Ponp General Passenger Agent Milwaukee Wis. The Lion and the Mouse story will appear in this paper soon.
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The Great Heron and Protection for Game Fish
A short note cites Louis Rhead urging lawmakers to protect game fish from predatory birds. The piece mocks the heron’s large, gluttonous diet and notes his call for state laws to curb these “destroyers” of fish life.
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Izaac Walton
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