Alva Roswell Thriller Ends with Wiggins Home Run
In a afternoon tilt at Amusement Park Roswell topples Alva 4 to 3 after a ninth inning rally. Pinch hitter Wig gins belted a grand shot as bases were loaded to cap a dramatic comeback aided by errors and timely hits. Newmeyer pitched five innings strong for Roswell while Reed fanned ten in a loss for Alva.
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Alva
Roswell
Amusement Park
Wiggins
Hal Ware
Short
Moore
Ware
Wrigit
McCaslin
Joe Ware
Wright
Newmeyer
Davis
Shockley
Museller
Jaffa Miller
H. M. Dow
Evans
Ab C
Shockley Ss. If
Rector, Davis
Reed
P. Schmidt
Richardson Ob
Smalley c
Quinlan
Roswell Ab Po
Ss. Moore If
New Meyer
Great crowd goes out to union picnic
A Sunday school union picnic at Slaughter grove two miles east of town drew an estimated one to two thousand participants. The parade included twenty floats hay-frames forty-one buggies seven automobiles and a large crowd, with the event aimed at missionary work and promoting Sunday school engagement.
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Roswell
Slaughter Grove
Fifth Street
Miss Mary Edgren Dies in Tuberculosis Ward
Miss Mary Edgren aged 35, who came from Chicago for tuberculosis care, died at 1 pm yesterday in St. Marys hospital tubercular ward. She has a sister in Chicago. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 8:30 am from St. Peters Catholic church.
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Mary. Edgren
Mary Edgren
Chicago
St. Mary's Hospital
St. Peter's Catholic Church
First Prohibition Drunk in Roswell Case Conviction
Police court deals with Frank Myerscough the first drinker since the prohibition ordinance took effect on July 1. Judge Welter imposes a total of ten dollars plus costs 18 dollars 25 cents. He cites Roswell’s vote against whisky and drunkenness and sentences the defendant to the limit. Myerscough pays the fine.
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Frank Myerscough
Dexter
Vais
Myerscough
Moon Light Lawn Party Hosted by Cemetery Association
A Cemetery Association hosts a Saturday evening lawn party to raise funds for a worthy cause. The event invites community members to enjoy an evening outdoors while supporting local cemetery care and maintenance.
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Cemetery Association
Crippen Believed to Flee to Spain
Barcelona reports no trace of Dr. Hawley Crippen as police continue the search. He is said to have entered Spain from Mount Louis France and headed toward Puigeorda while traveling under the alias Henri Talbot. a general alarm has been issued across the country.
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Crippen
Spain
Barcelona
Hawley Crippen
Mount Louis
France
Puigeorda
Henri Talbot
Long Island Horse Show Opens With Notable Entries
The Bay Shore Horse Show Association opened today in Bay Shore New York with an unusually attractive entry list drawing a large crowd of New York fashionables. The event runs through the rest of the week.
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New York
Bay Shore Horse Show Association
Long Island Town
Strikes Hit Rail Freight and Allied Industries
Reports from Montreal and New Castle detail widespread strike impact. Freight traffic nearly ceases, ice and perishable goods spoil, and 12 000 railway workers lose work with up to 50 000 auxiliary layoffs across coal, shipyards, and iron works.
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Montreal
Grand Trunk O Ciass
Stratford
Ontario
Electric Light Company
Boston
New Castle
Eng
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants
Northeastern Railway Co
Yarmouth
Lowestoft
Police say Ira Rawn died by his own action
Chicago July 21 police drop inquiry into death of Ira G. Rawn president of the Monon railway and acting chief Schuettler declares Rawn died by his own action. Private detectives hired by the Rawn family press on insisting a burglar killed him.
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Chicago
Ira G. Rawn
Monon Railway
Schuettler
Rawn
Montana Press Association Meets in Bozeman
Montana editors leave their offices for the annual State Press Association session in Bozeman. Attorney General A J Galen will speak tomorrow as scribes aim to pass several laws. Saturday plans include a visit to the state fish hatchery for new fish stories.
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Montana
Bozeman
Mont
State Press Association
A. J. Galen
Hole in Fence Sparks US Mexico Tension
Protests surge from California after W C C McKay a San Diego millionaire is arrested in Mexico for cutting a small gate in the boundary fence near Tia Juana He was sent to Mexico for trial in irons with bail refused The State Department ordered a full investigation via the American embassy in Mexico City
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Washington
United States
Mexico
State Department
California
W. CC. McKay
Tia Juana
McKay
San Diego
Emsanada
Mexico City
Forest Fires Destroy Three Towns in Sloan District
Reports say Jaffray Three Forks and Bay ness Lake in the Sloan district were wiped out by forest fires. Fire rages prompted evacuations and raised concerns for nearby mining and lumber operations.
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Winnipeg
Jaffray
Three Forks
Bayness Lake
Sloan District
Gun Burst at Ft Monroe Claims Nine Soldiers
Nine artillerymen are dead and several others seriously injured after a 12 inch gun breech block burst at Fort Monroe Virginia during target sinking practice. Identified dead include Sergeant Harry Hess gun commander Corporal Bradford and privates A J Sullivan Duffey King and Adkins of the sixty ninth company. Wives and children witnessed the tragedy as officers watched the exercise. One private was blown into Chesapeake Bay by the breech block.
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Ft. Monroe
Ftt. Monroe
Harry Hess
Bradford
Army
Navy
Nere
Washington
Cannesapeake Bay
Cycle Races in Brussels Rounds and 1911 Meeting Plans
Semi finals in the international bicycle races will be run off today in Brussels with final events to be decided next Sunday. Turin has been selected as the meeting place of the International Cyclists Union in 1911.
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Brussels
Turin
International Cyclists Union
Roosevelt moonlight lawn party wild animals captured
See the wild animals captured by Roosevelt at the moonlight lawn party Saturday evening. Conral cleaning ad appears with contact and address details for Mundy.
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Roosevelt
W H Long Visits From His Ranch to Handle Business
W H Long arrives from his ranch to oversee local business matters and address ongoing concerns.
Furnished house wanted close in at once
Classified notice seeking a furnished house in a close-in area available immediately. Inquiries directed to the Record office for details and contact.
Irrigation by Pumping At Irrigation Congress
Pueblo Colorado July 20 reports rising activity in irrigation by pumping across eastern Colorado and the Arkansas valley. The Eighteenth National Irrigation Congress in Pueblo fosters electrical pumping for reclaiming arid lands with plans for a Denver electrical pumping congress after October 8. Major power firms will display pumping methods as costs drop making pumping a viable option for farmers east of Colorado Springs and Garden City Kansas with two new projects proposed to reclaim about 8000 acres.
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Pueblo
Colo
Arkansas Valley
Colorado
Garden City
Colorado Springs
National Irrigation Congress
Denver
Kansas
Central
Iit
Coyote Proof Pasture Succeeds in Colorado
F. H. Taylor of Mancos demonstrates a coyote proof fence enclosing about 500 acres. Over three years 1000 ewes lambed with 100 percent lamb survival inside the enclosure, while outside the fence 95 percent lambs were saved with heavy human and hound effort. The experiment supports higher stock and wool production, better range condition, and notes improvements to fence design for ground-level barbed wire.
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Colorado
F. H. Taylor
Mancos
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wallows Forest
Oregon
Taylor
Department of Agriculture
Wallowa
Reclamation Experts Hear Plan to Conserve Arid Lands
Government statistics show nearly 600 million acres of arid and semiarid land in the United States. Congress aims to tap reclamation experts to develop water pumping and drainage strategies, with input from Herman Russell of Rochester as a leading advocate of supplementary irrigation amid East Coast drought conditions.
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United States
Congress
Herman Russell
Rochester
N. Y
Russell
New York
Estancia Fire Destroys Courthouse and Hotels
Estancia New Mexico July 21 Fire sweeps Tor rance county courthouse Commercial hotel laundry and a saloon destroying the buildings. Water supply limited to wells. Total loss estimated at 10000 dollars with county records except 1909 tax rolls burned. Also reports Kansas City stock market figures for cattle hogs and sheep with الأسعار.
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Estancia
N. M
Torrance County Court House
Sailor’s blood transfusion aids Montague in 1898 action
In Philadelphia on July 21, William Grey of the receiving ship Lancaster donated seventeen ounces of blood to Daniel Montague, a man who helped Captain Hobson sink the Merrimac to bottle up the Spanish fleet at Santiago harbor. Montague, hospitalized with anemia, showed improvement after the transfusion.
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Hobson
Philadelphia
Daniel Montague
R. P. Hobson
Santiago Harbor
William Grey
Lancaster
Montague
Wool Market Report from St Louis in July
The Wool Market from St Louis Missouri reports steady activity with territory and western medium wool at 18 22 12, fine and medium grades at 16 17, and fine at 13414, indicating stable demand and pricing across grades.
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St. Louis
Empire City Handicap Opens Yonkers Summer Meet
The Empire City Racing Association begins its regular summer session at Yonkers on July 21 featuring the Empire City Handicap. The fourteen days of racing moved from Brighton Beach have been completed at Yonkers, with the meet running through August 3 before Saratoga starts a twenty one day session on the following day.
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New York
Brooklyn
Empire City Racing Association
Yonkers Track
Brighton Beach
Yonkers
Saratoga Club
Anniversary of Bull Run Observed by Veterans
Veterans of the first Bull Run battle mark the anniversary of the clash where the Union suffered defeat. They note the possibility of a semi centennial reunion next year on the battlefield where July 21, 1861, saw heavy fighting.
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Bull Run
Washington
First class dressmaking offered by Mrs Poweroy
Mrs F G Poweroy advertises first class dressmaking with reasonable prices and guaranteed work. Located at 119 South Richardson.
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F. G. Pomweroy
S. Richardson
Roswell Roswell July Weather Report
U S Weather Bureau local report for Roswell New Mexico notes at 6:00 a m temperature max 94 min 69 mean 82 with 0 inches precipitation and wind from the southeast 4 miles cloudy conditions. Forecast calls for local thunder showers tonight and Friday.
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Roswell
N. M
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