Moose Will Have Carnival On Central Market
City council approves street carnival by Gem City lodge No 986 Loyal Order of Moose at Central market Ninth and Hampshire streets the week of August 29 28 with license fees waived Mayor Abbott granted two weeks paid vacation to Spokane bound Eagles delegate while aldermen vote on dimmer light ordinance vetoes and damaged water claims are debated with two catch basins recommended at South Twelfth Street overflow site
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Duke Schroer
Abbott
Quincy
Genttlemen
Weisenburger
Gem City Lodge
Loyal Order ‘of Moose
Ninth
Hampshire
Bolles
Convention of Eagles
Spokane
Wash
Peter Sperd
Hampshire Street
Wilndis
William
Louisa ”Voorman
South Twelfth Street
Uum. Mert
Finative
Damarre
Board ‘of ‘Public Works
Board, of Public Works
Cedar Street
City Council Advances Road Survey and Appointments
The weekly report by City Engineer Fred L. Wancock notes a survey on paving Fourteenth Street from Broadway to State Street and the report was filed. Mayor Abbott appointed Joe Ribelke as fireman replacing Frank Durand and Jessie L. Caldwell as policewoman. both appointments were unanimously confirmed. Several sidewalk ordinances were adopted on Maine Chestnut Jersey streets. all aldermen attended the meeting.
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Fred L. Wancock
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Abbott
Joe Ribelke
Frank’ ‘Durand
Jessie L. Caldwell
Maine
Ninth
Chestnut
Jersey
Injured Woman Falls From Street Car on Broadway
Miss Mary Niehaus of 227 North Fourteenth Street was injured when she fell from a street car at Fourteenth Street and Broadway just after 10 PM. She was taken home by automobile, with Dr Bremner summoned. Early reports say injuries are not yet known but no bones were broken and internal injuries feared might exist. witnesses say she stepped off the car as it started.
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Mary Niehaus
North
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
Chautanoua Attendance Sets Stage for Record Crowds
Large crowds attend Chautanoua event as Lulu Ty Ler Gates and James A Burns perform in two sessions today. Weather favorable. organizers anticipate a new attendance record.
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Favorable Weather Association
July 27 Concert Schedule with Lulu Tyler Gates and Dunbar Quartet
Afternoon session features 2:00 selections by Lulu Tyler Gates and 2:30 the Dunbar Male Quartet and Bell Ringers. Evening program begins 7:45 with Lulu Tyler Gates and 8:15 a concert by the Dunbar Male Quartet and Bell Ringers.
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Lulu Tyler Gates
the Dunbar
Bell Ringers
Dunbar
Corner Stone of Early Building Laid in 1900
The founder began by laying the corner stone in January 1900, starting a small institution that opened with fifty to a hundred students and three instructors. It has grown into a sizeable campus worth over $100,000 with 500 students and about twenty instructors. Mr Burns spoke impressively, earning admiration for his work and mountain people, as Sunday programs impressed audiences. Dunbar quartet and bell ringers headlined today’s program, old favorites likely to draw large crowds.
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Burns
Dunbar
Bell Ringers
Chautauqua audiences greet Lulu Gates and Burns of the Mountains
Large crowds attended the local chautauqua sessions with Lulu Tyler Gates delivering afternoon readings and evening tales to strong reception. James Burns, famed as Burns of the Mountains, spoke on Kentucky mountain life and education transforming illiteracy into opportunity, urging college support for his people.
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Lulu Tyler Gates
James A. Burns
Kentucky Mountains
Burns
Kentucky
Two Couples Wed in Bonney Matrimony Ceremonies
Justice E J Bonney united Fred E Hyde and Miss Anna Grafford of New Canton Illinois in a 3 o clock ceremony and the couple planned to housekeep in New London. Fred M Bolin and Mrs Winnie Garner of the city were married at 10 o clock by Judge Bonney with the bride’s mother and sister present.
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Sheriff McNay
St. Louis
Oscar Brackensick
Ralph Schmidt
Chicago
Fred BE
Hyde
Anna Grafford
New Canton L
Fred. M. Bolin
Mary Garner
Quincy
Migs
Justice ‘of the. Peace
E. J
Bonney United
Hiss
Fred. E. Hyde
Anna: Grafford
New Canton
Ill
New London
Fred M. Bolin
Winnie Garner
City
Judge Bonney
Is sickness a sin or neglect of relief
An old time advertisement argues sickness is not a sin but neglect of relief and touts Po-Do-Lax as a quick cure for liver ills headache indigestion and constipation claiming it arouses the liver increases bile flow and removes the cause overnight with a call to buy from a druggist.
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Nature
Louisiana outing aboard the Sidney steamer
A crowd of about eight hundred traveled from Hanni balians to Louisiana Missouri aboard the steamer Sidney on Sunday. The excursion combined with a larger Quinegans crowd on board, making the trip notably busy.
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Louisiana, Mo
Sidney
Camp Plans With Gengel Long Heisler Wen And Krus Meyer
George Long Al Heisler Hy Wen Ed Gengel and Butch Krus Meyer have gone to Woodslough to camp for a week or ten days.
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George
Long
al Heisler
Hy Wensing
Gengel
Butch”. Krusmeyer
Huerta appeals to Chief Justice for family rights
In El Paso on July 26 General Victoriano Huerta, awaiting trial for violating American neutrality, sent a message to Chief Justice White seeking guarantees for his wife and son. He asks that his family be allowed to live in the United States with the protection and respect of American justice.
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EL Paso
Texas
Victoriano Huerta
Justice White
United States Supreme Court
United States
West Team Selected for Panama-Pacific Fair Trials
Frederick Rubien, chairman of the Panama-Pacific fair track events committee, notified Everett C. Brown of stage field tryouts that additional western athletes will join the sectional west team. Selected are Ivan Meyers in 880 and one mile, Sidney Hatch in marathon, J S McKeown in hurdles, E Marceau in one mile, and Harold Irons in the 440 yard dash.
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Chicago
Frederick Rubien
Everett C. Brown
Central” West
Ivan Meyers
Illinois Athletic Club
Sidney Hatch
Ilingis. Athletic Club
S." McKeown
Chicago. Athletic Association
E. Marceau
Chicago. Athletic. Association
Harold Irons
Villa Attacks Monterey Reported by Villa
EL PASO July 26 Villa forces attacked Monterey early today, a telegram received at Juarez from Gen. Villa said. An earlier message via Villa agents claimed Carranza planned to evacuate Monterey without resistance, and mentioned Gen. Jacinto.
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EL Paso
Tesx
Orduna Heads Home As War Looms Over Atlantic
The Cunard steamship Orduna sailed for Liverpool on July 22 after narrowly escaping a German submarine on July 9. Captain Tom Taylor, unfazed, bid farewell to friends as 15 first class, 75 second class, and 105 third class passengers prepared for the voyage. Among the Americans aboard were Abraham S. Burns and Rev. R. E. Young of Chicago, Lydia D. Wheeler of Philadelphia, and John H. Jones, Mrs. Janie Leving, and B. Forbes Mitchell of New York. Author Sarah Jane Scholes of Hollingwood, England, who had arrived on the Tuscania, returned home rather than board the Orduna via the elevator. Frederick Chirgwin of Swindon, whose wife and son were lost on the Lusitania, went to England to settle her estate.
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Cunard
Liverpool
Tom Taylor
Taylor
Abraham S. Burns
R. E. Young
Chicago
Lydia D. Wheeler
Philadelphia
John H. Jones
Janie Leving
B. Forbes Mitchell
New York City
Sarah Jane Scholes
Hollingwood
England
Frederick. . Chirgwin
Swindon
Battle report notes heavy losses on both sides
The account states Trevino began removing the sick and wounded with partisan action between Paredon and Monterrey. Mon terey has been in progress for several days, with both sides admitting heavy losses.
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Trevino
Paredon
Monterey
Arkansas killer spared by life term bar to death sentence
Little Rock reports a man convicted of killing four relatives in Conway county was sentenced to life imprisonment in one case and the electric chair in a later case. The life term bars execution unless the governor grants a pardon, a state official said, complicating transfer to the state convict farm since the death cell remains relevant only if the death sentence could be imposed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Sans Bell
Conway
Farny
Roosevelt Arrives in San Diego with Escort
Col Theodore Roosevelt arrived in San Diego today escorted by four companies of coast artillery and four troops of the first cavalry with artillery and cavalry bands. The streets were crowded and cheering from the station to his hotel. Roosevelt will speak tomorrow night at the Panama Pacific exposition.
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San Diego
Cal
Theodore Roosevelt
First Cavalry
Col. Roosevelt
Britain Will Not Declare Cotton Contraband
In London on July 26, Lord Robert Cecil stated in the House of Commons that Britain will not change its policy to declare cotton contraband. He affirmed the government’s intention to avoid unfair treatment of neutrals regardless of Germany’s actions.
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London
House of Commons
Lord Robert Cecil
Great Britain
Germany
Texas Wonder patent medicine cures kidney disease
An advertisement touts Texas Wonder as a universal cure for kidney and bladder troubles, dissolving gravel and treating rheumatism and other irregularities. It appeals to men and women and promises relief for bladder issues in children, with a claim of two months of treatment per bottle.
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Texas
W. Hall
Oliva Craet
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John Adams
Ninth and
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Fern Tollow
J.P. Patton
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Griggsville Fair
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Albert Ette
Winifred “Broadhurst
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la’ Clede
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Justice Bonney
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