Broken in Spirit Jeffries Leaves The Fallen Champion
Reno Nevada July 6 James J Jeffries whose great ring career ended in defeat to Champion Jack Johnson here Monday left the scene of his loss at 7 20 last night headed toward a southern California alfalfa ranch to forget. He will spend days in San Francisco straightening out business affairs. Jeffries car tied to the regular evening train, he rode with his party and avoided crowds as he moved from the city to the desert eastward. Special trains carried 10 000 visitors back home and Reno showed a frontier mining camp scene as betting and weariness marked the aftermath of the fight.
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Reno
Nev
James J. Jeffries
Jack Johnson
California
San Francisco
Jeffries
Manana
Gam Berger
Hinmell
Gaxe
Heng
Blatery
Cripe
Ramine
Atate Po Nee
Faulkner Asks Rail Commission Action Over Ticket Refusal
An Oklahoma complaint alleges Iron Mountain ticket agent refused Faulkner a Maison fare from Fort Gibson, failing to provide a name and prompting a train auditor threat to eject him for not paying full cash. Separately, Santa Fe stock yard water request and Welatha standpipe plea reported alongside a sympathy strike ordered by miners in Kansas City after firemen and engineers quit in solidarity.
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Davie
Santa Fe
Welestha
Welaetka Light and Water Company
Kansas City
Southwest
Alexander Howatt
Kanens
Mrs BE D Newman Undergoes Tuesday Operation Report
Mrs. BE D Newman underwent an operation on Tuesday with notes indicating improvement. Further medical details were not disclosed.
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BE. D. Newman
Oklahoma bank guaranty clash spurs postal bank push
Postmaster General Hitchcock distributes a letter from a national banker urging the postal savings bank to enter Oklahoma. The message criticizes state guaranty laws, claims inefficiency under democratic control, and argues national banks would gain. Officials conceal the sender’s identity and location.
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Washington, DC
Oklahoma
Hitchcock
National Bank
Postal Savings Bank
Ingo
Ofice Department
Oklahoam
Ollabome
Nenr
Hitchcook
Guaranty Banks
Death shocks nation as Chief Justice Puller dies
Washington reports the death of Chief Justice Puller at Bar Harbor aged and frail, ending a 22 year tenure as head of the Supreme Court. The loss delays key antitrust and corporate tax cases including Standard Oil and tobacco trusts pending reargument and Senate confirmation.
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Standard Oil Company
Tobacco Corporations
Inga
Theae
Senate
Huston
Oleslogers Breaks Duration Record at Aviation Meet
Bethany Plaine and Rheims report a new duration record as an aviator stayed aloft for three hours and forty five seconds and flew an estimated one hundred fifty five miles during the ongoing aviation meet.
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Associated Press
Bethany Plaine
Rheims
Oleslogers
Brown Pays Tribute to Harris and Outlines U S Education Plans
Dr Elmer B Brown, commissioner of education, spoke at the National Educational Association in Boston detailing future bureau goals. He praised the late William Terrey Harris and highlighted Alaska as a major education experiment with school nurses, reindeer herding, industrial training and home making. The talk urged interagency cooperation with the Library of Congress and Census Bureau to produce clearer statistics and advance industrial education, rural schooling, teacher training, and potential national education reforms.
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Associated Preen- Bostot
Mass
United States Bureau of Education
William Verrey Harris
Elmer B. Brown
National Educational Association
Bureau of Education
William Terrey Harris
Dr. Brown
Alaska
Bwreau
Brown
Library of Congress
Bureau of the Census
Department of Education
National University At
Washington
Crowd Threatens Jack Johnson in Ogden Stop
A 6000 strong crowd at Ogden greeted Jack Johnson as his train arrived. Three young toughs hurled abuse from the platform. Johnson’s trainer restrained him as officers cleared the crowd. The car doors were locked by 9:45 PM amid threats of shooting. An elderly woman, Myrna Aterney, remains jailed awaiting mental evaluation.
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Chicago
Johnson
Myrna Aterney
International Bank & Trust reelects officers and directors
The International Bank & Trust company held a semiannual meeting reelecting seven directors and reviewing assets including a $340,000 deposit and large cash reserves. J W Orr was named president with M F Knight as first vice president and other officers confirmed as well. The stockholders expressed satisfaction with the bank’s strong standing and expected a successful year ahead.
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International Bank & Trust Company
J. W. Orr
J. A. Wimner
Lee Todd
W. P.parley
France
John W Yentis
M. F. Knight
8. R. Fraser
A. A. Scott
Chas
A. Davidson
H. R. Warner
J. W. Yonda
Shelbyville
Timeis
Vinita
Merchants Loan & Tront Company
Chicago
Bank of
Ing
Special Election at Sapulpa Oklahoma on July 7
Sapulpa residents vote today on commission form of government. Proponents believe the charter will be ratified despite previous defeat blamed on prohibition and 3 percent clauses. The former has been struck and the latter will be voted on separately.
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Bapulpa
Okla
Friends of the Charter
Fights Pictures Met With Mixed City Reactions
Authorities in several cities weighed bans or permissions on showing Jeffries Johnson fight pictures. Some governors and mayors moved to prohibit or restrict displays amid race riot fears, while others announced noninterference or conditional approval depending on local disorder or reception.
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Boston
Joly
Jeffriek Johnson
William Shaw
United Society of Christian Endeavor
Roosevelt
Hughes
New York
Fitzgerald
Bostes
Herron Sells Interest in Ow! Drug Store to Trollinger
Dr A W Herron sells his half stake in the Ow! drug store to former partner James Trollinger who has managed the store since it opened. Herron remains a silent partner while Trollinger now holds the full interest.
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A. W. Herron
James Trollinger
Trollinger
Dr. Herron
Prosecutor Dismisses Louis Zorn Murder Case
Kansas City July 6 Provoking Attorney Conkling dismissed the state case against Dr Louis H Zorn charged with murder of Albert Secrest a tenant Zorn has been tried four times The cost to the state is estimated at twenty five thousand dollars and the defendant expended over four hundred thousand in attorneys fees The prosecutor blamed the case on cost and lack of hope of conviction for a new trial
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Conkling
State of
Missouri
Louis H. Zorn
Albert Secrest
Zorn
First Woman Prisoner Held in Tallulah Jail
Mrs. B. Dean, placed in jail in Tallulah on July 6, becomes the first white woman imprisoned in the parish. She faces charges with Dr. T. W. Lopez of administering poison to her husband with intent to murder.
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Tallulah
Ala
Associated Press
Dean
T. W. Lopez
Miners Ready to Call Convention Over Southwest Strike
275 delegates representing the miners are in Kansas City as Associated Press reports both United Mine Workers President Lewis and operators representative James Elliott nearing a final agreement to end the Southwestern coal strike.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Lewis
United Mine Workers
James Elliott
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