Menke Stars Shine At Mt Sterling Fair Exhibition
Crowds exceed expectations at Brown County Fair final day in Mt Sterling NL. Ray Menke of Quincy dominates the motorcycle events winning the 10 mile free-for-all and setting a 1:03 mile on a half mile track in an exhibition run. Realize Again wins the pacing event while Flashlight takes a heat. Amber May Helma Etta Pipple prizes awarded. Warsaw defeats Hamilton 5 to 4 in a late baseball match. Loper Better recovering from motorcycle crash.
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MT. Sterling
Brown County Fair
Flynn
Knight
Thornton
Amber
Simpson
Mt.Sterning
May
McKinney
Iowa
Helma
Hunter
Etta
Pipple
Fair Association
Odell Jewelry
May Rusk
Warsaw
Hamilton
Edina Merchants Defeat The Drummers In Laughing Game
The Edina merchants defeated the Athletic Drummers 97 to 66 in Edina yesterday afternoon in a burlesque style baseball game. A large crowd supported the home team as funds from the event went to repair the band stand in Edina park.
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Quincy
Edina
Edna
Jengis
Edina Merchants
Edina Park
Typographical union convention opens in Los Angeles
Delegates and visitors arrive for the International Typographical Union convention in Los Angeles. Within hours hundreds were registered at the convention headquarters as reception committees organized arrivals by railroad stations. Officials estimate the event will attract about five thousand visitors to the city.
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Angeles
Cal
International Typographical Union
Mondas
Los Angeles
Brakeman Claims Kidney Cure From Foley Pills
Jacksonville Texas brakeman FE A Woolsey writes he was seriously sick with kidney trouble and rheumatism but after taking Foley Kidney Pills he was thoroughly cured and has no further trouble. He says the pills act promptly and help kidneys remove waste from the blood with many others reporting similar results Miller Arthur Drug Co.
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A. Woolsey
Jacksonville
Texas
Foley
Miller & Arthur Drug Co
Local Regatta Plans and Civic News in Quincy
Quincys Pulse reports on a North versus South Side Boat-clubs regatta planned for this fall with no date set yet. The South Side club met last night, routine business filled most of the session, and the club board plans a meeting Monday night. Also noted are a kids basket picnic at Viebland park chaperoned by three mothers, removal of a lunch stand near Sixth and York, newlyweds George and Mrs Leiver returning home at 23 Kentucky street, and political notices for George H. Wilson and Sam Thompson. Congressman Edward J. King is set to speak at the Old Settlers meeting in Clayton on August 19 and 26, with Rainey also on the program.
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J. D. Livingston
K. Reardon
Adam Bailey
Viebland Park
George Leiver
Palmyra
Leizer
Kentucky Street
Leisen
Stern
Congressman King
Edward J. King
Clayton
Air—King
Rainey
Band Concert at Washington Park Delights Local Audience
Saturday evening program at Washington Park features Fidelity Maher Grand selection and Verdi Il Trovatore. Morand Twittering Birds and Thy window with Capua selection. Sunny South Lampi Waltz June Baxter popular airs by Sterns Mystic Call King. The Star Spangled Banner closes the program.
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Washington Park
Fidelity, Maher
Il Trovatore
Why Girls Leave Home at the Orpheum
The Oliver Players present Why Girls Leave Home at the Orpheum, a human comedy drama about a young stenographer driven from her home. Audiences praised the production, while topics it raises promise lively discussion. Beginning Sunday matinee, My Wife's Family will be offered, with Lena Rivers slated for the final half of the week.
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Oliver
Orpheum
Olivers
Lena Rivers
Mary Holmes
Two American Steamers Seized by German Patrols
Malmo Sweden reports that the American steamers Liam and Wico bound for Stockholm with petroleum were captured by German patrols and taken to Swinemuende. The Llama sailed from New York July 4 bound for Stockholm while the Wico departed Philadelphia July 14 for the Swedish capital. Both had been delayed earlier by British authorities. The Wico captain claimed a suspected submarine collision near the North Sea on May 18 after leaving Stockholm.
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Malmo
Sweden
London
Wico
America
Stockholm
Swinemuende
Llama
New York
Philadelphia
North’ Sea
West Point Veteran in Cavalry and Spanish War Service
The article recalls a West Point officer born in 1879 who served exclusively in the cavalry except during the Spanish American War when he was a lieutenant colonel in the subsistence department of the volunteer army. He has been stationed at Port Huachuca, Arizona, with a large gathering of officers in full dress planned from warships and Pacific naval stations. A temperance rally at Grand Opera House will feature speakers of national reputation as part of a larger convention from Monday to Thursday.
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West Point
Volunteer Army
Port Huachuca
Arizona
Pacific
Grand Opera House
Veteran Cavalry Colonel Grierson Retired After 40 Years
Washington Aug. 7 Colonel Charles J. Grierson, a well known cavalry officer, was placed on the retired list on his own application after more than forty years of service. The Illinois native had graduated from the army.
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Washington, D.C
Charles J. Grierson
Grierson
Ilinois
Navy fete transforms Civic Auditorium into battleship deck
San Francisco on August 7 reports workmen completed converting half of the Civic Auditorium into an accurate representation of a battleship deck. The elaborate preparations form part of a larger naval event planned for the celebration.
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San Francisco
Cal
Civic Auditorium
Pittsburgh Welcomes Delegates to Catholic Total Abstinence Union Convention
Pittsburgh hosts a large influx of visiting delegates from across the country for the Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America annual convention. Tomorrow, delegates attend a solemn high mass at St. Pauls Cathedral.
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Prr Tsburg
Pittsburgh
Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America
St. Paul's Cathedral
Texan Wonder claimed to cure kidney and bladder troubles
An advertisement for The Texan Wonder promises cures for kidney and bladder ailments including gravel diabetes and rheumatism in men and women. It says the remedy regulates children's bladder troubles and offers a mail order option for $1.06 with a two month treatment. Testimonials can be requested from Dr W Trah at 2926 Oliva Street St Louis Md.
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Oliva Street
St. Louis
Drugaiste
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