Reno Carnival Crowns Queen Isabel Amid Royal Pageantry
Queen Isabel of Reno is crowned amid a grand carnival celebration. The throne on First and Virginia streets overlooks the Truckee as thousands cheer. Mayor Daniel Weir O’Connor presents the City Key, pledging service to the queen and the city’s revelry.
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Isabel I
Reno
First
Virginia
Truckee
Europe
Isabel
Daniel Weir O'Connor
Hosta
Honorea
Miss Delonchant
Agnes Delonchant
Kirby
Rockefeller Gives 10 Million to Education Board
John D Rockefeller announces a ten million dollar endowment to the General Education Board to fund higher education nationwide. The gift, to be paid October 10, will be held perpetually with income used to support colleges and universities under terms set by the board.
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NEW YORK
United States
general education board
Nevada Convicts Jno M Hancock for First Degree Murder
Jno M Hancock, recently released from San Quentin, was arrested by Lincoln county Nevada officers and convicted of first degree murder for killing Dr George Engiehardt of Los Angeles and Peter Hamiston of Ogden Utah aboard the Neevita flogert seven years ago.
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VEGAS
Jno
M. Hancock
San Quentin penitentiary
California
Lincoln county
Nevada
Hancock
George Engiehardt
Los Angeles
Peter Hamiston
Ogden
Utah
flogert
Carlin Shops to be Rebuilt by Southern Pacific
Railroad men in Carlin say the Southern Pacific Company will rebuild the roundhouse and shops and install a large electric lighting plant. Little repair work is now done in the shops, but the roundhouse force remains busy. The report is not officially confirmed but widely believed among railroad insiders.
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CARLIN
Southern Pacific Company
King Edward’s Celebration Postponed by Rain in London
King Edward’s birthday events were largely postponed due to inclement weather. The Seventh Regiment of the New York State Guard marched to Buckingham Palace and met the king in the throne room with Ambassador Reid and Major J B Beacom present. Naval and military reviews were deferred as ships and guns remained quiet.
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LONDON
Edward
New York State Guard
Buckingham palace
palace
Ambassador Reid
J.B. Beacom
Great Chicago and St Paul automobile carnival opens
Chicago and St Paul automobile tour to span 500 miles began with a gala procession down Michigan Avenue. The event drew a large, parade like crowd as Affy machines led the convoy decorated with pennants. Chauffeur for J J Hill has reported a fatal accident in New York as Foote ran over a woman while en route to court for speeding. The incident is described by police as accidental and Foote in custody of the coroner.
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CHICAGO
Chicago and St. Paul
Michigan avenue
America
J. J. Hill
the
Northwestern Railroad
NEW YORK
Frank C. Foote
James J. Hit
Northern Pacific road
Charley and
Greenwich streets
Hoole
Foote
German Navy to Replace Old Battleships with Modern Vessels
Berlin dispatch notes the German naval league calls thirty eight battleships ships in the fleet old boxes unfit for harbor defense only ten near modern standards and the rest require replacement. A corvette Hansa built 1872 is up for sale in Kiel while new ships are sought to modernize the fleet.
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The
league
Root Hart World Heavyweight Title Fight Preview
Jack Root and Marvin Hart prepare for a Monday Reno bout to decide the heavyweight champion. Experts arriving include Lou Houseman and W. W. Naughton. Root travels from Ogden Canyon to Reno with confidence, aiming to outweigh Hart and deliver a decisive victory.
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Jack Root
Marvin Hart
Jeffries
Reno
Lou Houseman
Root
sporting
Chicago Inter-Ocean
No. 3
Houseman
W. W. Naughton
Hearst
Battling Nelson
Britt
San Francisco
trama
Chicago
Harlem
Mutinous Potemkine Threatens Port of Odessa
Reported mutiny aboard the battle ship Potemkine at Cronstadt spreads to the Odessa port area. Six officers killed, eight sailors freed, rest imprisoned. Odessa fleet reportedly absent, Kniaz Potemkine blocks port to all ships, mutinous crew man aft guns, military cordon seals harbor approaches.
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ODESSA
ST. PETERSBURG
Cronstadt
WASHINGTON
state department
Heenan
Odessa saya
Potemkine
LONDON
Evening Standard
todey
Kniaz Potemkine
Remarkable airship flight lands on ten story building
A. R. Knobenschue sailed three miles in ideal weather to land atop a ten story office building in twenty five minutes, then returned to the depot in fifteen minutes. Spectators blocked streets as the daring navigator praised his ship and claimed a new aerial navigation solution.
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TOLEDO
A. R. Knobenschue
Ward
bis
Burglary Hits Parker Home in Sparks Lincoln Park
The Parker residence in Sparks Lincoln Park tract was burglarized last night while the family stayed in Reno. The thief entered via the back door and stole multiple items including an irrobeum freezer and a roll of butter. A rew setting on thirteen eggs was left behind, and the CPEs were not taken.
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W. H. Parker
Lincoln Park
Sparks
Reno
CPEs
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