Bull Fight in Mexico City Ends in Blood and Awe
A visiting group witnesses six bulls killed at a large arena in Mexico City. The report notes brutal, graphic scenes with barbed sticks and mounted picadors, observers’ mixed feelings about cruelty, and the city’s effort to promote baseball and other amusements. The piece also describes the grand stadium, the mayor, and comparisons to American rodeos and riders.
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Mexico City
Mexico
The
Humane Society
Toredor
Therg
Correa
Warren
Diplomatic Corps
City
Corral
Mexicana Ridera
Oklahoma
Muscle Shoals project dates back a hundred years
The Muscle Shoals history shows long federal and state steps from 1823 to 1915 for navigation and land sales. It notes acts by Congress and Alabama, land cessions, price reductions, and totals spent on navigation facilities and operations. It also mentions a 1899 congressional assent for a dam and power station.
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Associated Press
Sheffield
Ala
Muscle Shoals
United States
Congress
Alabama
Coosa River
Tennessee River
North
Riverside School Commencement Tuesday Evening
Commencement exercises for St. Mary's school will be held in St. Mary's auditorium Tuesday evening June 10. The program includes Ave Maria, diplomas conferred, an address by Rev. Bernard Jacobameier, and performances by grades from first through eighth with various seasonal themes and student solos. Riverside notes report travel of local residents visiting relatives and a move of Mr. Tomlinson to Zearing Iowa for a new superintendent position.
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Riverside
St. Mary's School
St. Mary's Auditorium
Ave Maria
Lambilotte) High School
Oma Strabala
Bernard Jacobameier
Chas. B. Griffith
Our Little Ones
Regina Yeggy
Seseeg
Marguerite Quinn
Martha Kiefer
Viola Gerot Faroe
Miss Olvier
de Forest
Henretta Green Fllen de Forest
Mary Hirka Madge de Forest
Velma Tobin
Kirkso.c
Blanche Shradel
Edith Dautremont
Beebe
Lolita Dana
Mary Heebe
Edna Waldschmidt
Pepping
Irene Gerot
Wwe Ewes
Velina Stransky
Margaret Griffin
Clara Bragman
Viola Gerot
Riverside Personals
William Cress
Sumner
Aubrey
Thomas Workman
Robert
Stockton
Ill
Gen. Workman
Jess L. Tomlinson
Zearing
Iowa
Tomlinson
Spanish war prize Rita sold for scrap in Seattle
The Spanish steamship Rita later renamed Burnside and used by the U S Army as a transport and later a cable repair ship has been sold for scrap in Seattle. The vessel was captured in 1898 during the Spanish American War and served the government for years.
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Seattle
Rita
Burnside
To Empty Pitch Barrel
A barrel of pitch can be emptied by a slow flow through a small hole. At any moment a sharp heatimer blow shatters the streaming pitch into fragments.
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Standard Oil Company
Indiana
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Fighting the Bull
Piccadors
Berlin
Pyramids
R. FE
Pia
Riverside School
Standard Oil Building
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Jams
Barclays Lbs
Post
Kellogg
P Rat G
Royal Baking Powder
Lewis
Swift
Barclay
Sunmaid
Raisins Farm
Arm and Hammer
Prince Albert
Tin
Dent
Libby
B. de Domino
Monarch Brand
Grape Fruit Hearts
Davenport Brand
Arclay’ Cash Grocery
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