Harness racing thrills at Coast Pair races feature close finishes
Reports from Coast Pair harness races show tight finishes led by Mack in the three-quarter mile event by a nose. Nimbus and White Light posted times amid a fast track while Everetts trio of challengers contended down the stretch. Other races included a $600 match race and a five-eighths mile sprint with Mollie Borden and Nimbus among finishers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack
Nimbus
Everett
Sir Francis (Allen
Allie Watts
Mollie Borden
Mur Br
Joe Rice
Laney
Leo
Mae Harvey
Ager Yea
Cmarehr
Jim Jeffries
Entries for Today's Races at the Fair Face Strong Field
Entries for today's races at the fair include multiple heats on a rich program. Notable horses listed are 240 John A Jr Prince and Princess Mary with drivers Wells and Lay. Other entries include Nimbus and Duncan Mullin.
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John A. Jr
Dick ‘Wells
Prince
Settle
Loncetons
Princess Mary
Eee
Cee Lay Oene Bally
Boller
Walker
St. Cheng
Duncan Bi
Mullin
Jim Yu
Joe Rice
Schambur
Prive Out Malaria and Build Up the System
Fragmented text outlines a focus on malaria prevention and system strengthening. Mentions a tonic formula with iron and tasteless taste, referencing labels and a Grove area. Context appears to be a vintage health or patent label note.
Americans in Mexico After Revolt Numbers Drop Sharply
A ten week tour estimates about 3,000 Americans remain in Mexico, down from more than 100,000 before the Madero revolt. Key communities include Mexico City 300, Tampico 900, Torreon 380, isthmus of Tehuantepec 25, with scattered groups in Sonora, Chihuahua, Nuevo Leon and other states.
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Laredo
Texas
Republic of
Isti
Republic
Mexico City
Tampico
Panuco Oil Field
Sonora
Chihuahua
Nuevo Leon
Monterey
Guadalajara
State of Puebla
Vera Cruz
San Luis Potosi
Queretaro
Guanajuato
Torreon
Isthmus
Tehuantepec
Mexico
Hughes Campaign Winds Down After Long Nationwide Tour
Presidential candidate Charles E. Hughes concludes a 28 000 mile, 33 state tour with stops in Albany and New York City. Starting August 6 from New York he visited Northern states, the Midwest four times, Western and Northwestern states, border states and Nashville. He returns to New York for evening meetings in Hudson Kingston Poughkeepsie Newburgh Yonkers and Brooklyn before his special train arrives at 6 15 p m.
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Albany
Charles BE
Hughes Wit
New York City
Hu River
Oday
New York
New England
Vermont
Middle West
Hughes
Beesels
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ras
Tennessee
Nashville
Washington
Bangor
San Diego
Cal
Canada
Mexican
Hudson
Kingston
Poughkeepsie
Newburgh
Yonkers
Brooklyn
Clear Bad Skin Promised by Dr King’s New Life Pills
Pimply muddy complexions blamed on blood impurities and cleared by Dr King’s New Life Pills. The mild laxative purifies the system and brightens the eye with a full morning bowel movement. Available at your druggist for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr., King
Dr. King
Beef cattle awards dominate Gulf Coast Fair judging
Enoche and Wortman of Jackson Mississippi led the Hereford classes at the Gulf Coast Fair with multiple top awards. Rodman and Crabb of Gallion Alabama led the Shorthorn division with firsts in several categories.
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Enoche
Wortman
Jackson
Miss
Rodman and Crabb
Gallion
Ala
J. T. Templeton
Alabamia Polytechnic Institute
Mark
Enochs
Fernwood
Vernet Prince
Sir Fern
Markewith
Torth
Victor Model
Adman
Crabb
Sultan's .Boy
Rodman
Royal Primrose
Blantyre Farms
Sultan Standard
Sultany Chunk
Rodman Andrabb
Blantyre
Sultan Flash
Coyle Sultan
Sultan Seraphina
Sultan
New War Minister of Germany Seeks Wholehearted Support
Lieutenant von Stein, newly appointed war minister, says from Berlin that the Emperor sends him from the Somme battlefields. He warns that England and the world are using new expedients to win, and he asks for united, wholehearted backing for the Fatherland in the immediate future.
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Germany
Prem
Amsterdam
Lonedon
von Stein
Ong
Berlin
Somme
Hearing on Railroads Car Shortage Sparks Information Request
Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Louisville seeks data on rolling stock. Officials ask for car counts, foreign cars, scrapped units and new orders, plus measures to prevent future shortages and shipper cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisville
C. C. McChord
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern
Eastern and Western Railroads
McChord
How Brinell Steel Hardness Testing Affects Dodge Cars
Dodge Brothers laboratory uses a Brinell steel testing machine to determine hardness of steel used in their cars. A hard steel ball indents the workpiece. pressure and the impression size yield the hardness, replacing the older rebound method. Inventor J A Brinelli, a Swedish engineer, is praised for his steel expertise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodge Brothers
J. A. Brineli
Bloch Bros Showcases New Cars at Gulf Coast Fair
Bloch Bros display in the Manufacturers' Building features the 1917 eight cylinder Cadillac, a classic Oldsmobile, and a Dodge Brothers Winter Touring Car. The Vim Truck is also featured, noted as a strong value. Attendees and sales at the fair have pleased the exhibitors as they invite friends to visit their headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloch Bros
Gulf Coast Fair
Oldsmobile
Blach Bros
Dodge
United States
Bay Bros
Vance Found Guilty By Jury In Battery Case
The jury in Lonnie Vance’s city court trial found him guilty of assaulting and beating D. H. Mosely, a street car motorman. A second case against Vance was reset for November 9. In Homer Vance’s case the jury found him not guilty.
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L. Vance
Lonnie Vance
D. H. Mosely
Vance
Homer Vance
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