Governor Gillett halts Jeffries Johnson prize fight
San Francisco report says Governor Gillett ordered California Attorney General to block the Jeffries Johnson July 4 prize fight, citing a Washington threat over Panama fair. Webbs pledged full execution, while Tex Rickard weighed moving the event to Nevada or Salt Lake City. Johnson and Jeffries prepared to travel if needed.
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San Francisco
Gov. Gillett
M.S. Webb
Gillett
California
Webb
Tex Rickard
Nevada
Salt Lake City
Jeffries
Frisco
Washington
Conman Bennett
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Bennett
Illiam R. Wheeler
War of Commerce of
New Orleans
Woods
St. Francis Hotel
Canada
Rickard
Gleason
Johnson
Jeff
Salt Lake
Australia
Kingdom Come
Rea
Richard
How to Clean a Sponge
Clean the bath sponge by soaking it in water with the juice of half a lemon. Let it sit overnight or about twelve hours to refresh and sanitize.
Baseball results from National and American Leagues
National League standings show strong teams like Chi and St Louis leading. match scores section lists games at Boston New York Philadelphia Brooklyn Pittsburgh and Cincinnati with pitchers Willis Harmon Phelps Mattern Graham Liefield Gibson and others. Several games extended to extra innings with notes on runs hits errors and darkness delays.
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Boston
R. H.E St. Louis
Aoe
Willis
Harmon and
Phelps
Mattern
Graham
New York
R. WB Pittebure
Liefield
Gibson
Matthewson
Meyers
Philadelphia
R. H.E. Cin
Phil
Rowan
Clarke
McLean
McQuillen
Jacklitsch
Moran
Brooklyn
B. Chi
Brook
Cole
Archer
Barger
Bergen
Erwin
Baseball scorecard fragment with multiple games listed
In Cleveland, St. Louis, Detroit and Chicago matchups, tiny line scores show runs hits errors and pitcher lines. Names like Ford Sweeney Eas terly Walker Street Hardy Lake Stephens Karger Carrigan Mullin Stanage Morgan Plank Lapp Walsh Payne appear in abbreviated form across the fourteen innings and box score snippets.
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Cleveland
R. Heb
New York
Ford
Sweeney
Young
Easterly
St. Louis
R. H.E Washington
Walker
Street
Hardy
Lake and Stephens
Detroit
R. H. EB
Boston
Karger
Carrigan
Mullin
Stanage
Chicago
R. H.E. Phil
Morgan
Plank
Lapp
Walsh
Payne
Milwaukee Scores by Nine Over Minneapolis
American Association game at Milwaukee resulted in a 9 to 0 win for Milwaukee over Minneapolis with no other games on the schedule.
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American Association
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Engineer Struck by Flying Coal Knocks From Seat
Logansport Indiana June 16 Engineer L E B Shirk was struck in the eye by flying coal as Pennsylvania No 21 ran sixty miles an hour east of Bunker Hill. The fireman seized the throttle and brought the train to Bunker Hill. Shirk likely will lose his eye.
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Logansport
Ind
Pennsylvania
Bradford
L. EB. Shirk
Bunker Hill
Shick
Baldwin's Machine Falls in Mineola Practice
Captain Baldwin fell with his aeroplane seventy five feet during practice at Mineola New York but escaped injury as the machine was badly smashed.
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New York
Baldwin
Mineola
L. L
Protect Palms From Summer Sun and Dry Heat
Advice on shielding palms and house plants from sun and heat. Use veranda protection or a wooden frame with slats and a rollable screen to cut direct sun, keep soil moist, and reduce evaporation. Plunge pots into ground to stabilize temperature and water needs. spray daily to deter insects and dust.
Taft Welcomed by 2000 Children in Marietta Jubilee Visit
President Taft arrives for Marietta college diamond jubilee receiving a twenty one gun salute and a reception by 2000 school children. He tours the college library views Northwest territory deed and other artifacts, addresses Muskingum Park and First Congregational Church, then visits American Union lodge No. 1 before returning.
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Marietta
Taft
Marietta College
W. W. Mills
Seventh Regiment
Ohio National Guard
Mills
College Library
Northwest Territory
Ohio Land Company
Muskingum Park
First Congregational
American Union Lodge No. 1
George Washington
General LaFayette
Weather Forecast and Observations for Illinois Indiana
Partly cloudy with thunderstorms today and tomorrow. US Weather Bureau observations at 8 p m list temperatures and conditions for New York Albany Atlantic City Boston Buffalo Chicago Cincinnati New Orleans St Louis and Washington with a mix of cloudy and clear skies.
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Illinois
Indiana
New York
United States Weather Bureau
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Cincinnati
New Orleans
St. Louis
Washington
Chicago Markets Report Finds Varied Livestock Prices
June 15 market notes show hog receipts at 21 000 with mixed prices from 4.60 to 9.70 for hogs. Cattle receipts 18 000 with steers at 8.20 to 8.75 and cows 5.25 to 6.25. Sheep and lambs 25 000 with spring lambs 8.00 to 8.50. Omaha and East Buffalo markets listed, with hogs at about 9.40 to 9.90 and cattle mostly in the 3.75 to 7.00 range. calves and stockers also reported.
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Chicago
Omaha
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
How to Make Orange Punch
In a basin mix half a pound sugar with a quart warm water. Add juice of two lemons and two oranges with the grated rind of one orange. Stir five minutes, strain into a small ice cream freezer. Freeze thirty five minutes buried in ice and salt. Serve divided into six sherbet glasses.
Golf Enthusiasm Sparks Record Wager On Garden City Course
A former national champion bet he could finish eighteen holes of the Garden City course in under one hour and ninety-five strokes. With two caddies aiding pace, he completed the round in forty six minutes and ninety two strokes, winning a famed and curious wager among golf enthusiasts.
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Saids
G. J. Nathan
Garden City
Five Thousand Parts To Make Trouble In An Automobile
A July Outing piece by Robert Sloss notes that a standard gasoline car contains 1 508 motor parts plus 126 in the transmission 166 in the rear axle and 158 in the steering column totaling 4 983 components. Any single part can trigger mechanical disease requiring disassembly in the shop.
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Robert Sloss
What Europe Thinks of Roosevelt and The Real Kaiser
In the July McClure's Sydney Brooks compares views of Roosevelt as a private citizen and the German Emperor as a sovereign. Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant exposes tenement factories producing false hair and willow plumes in New York. The issue also features Burroughs on the new psychology and Platt on the Garfield-Conkling feud. Jack London contributes The Unparalleled Invasion along with stories by Bennett Mathews Freeman and others.
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Roosevelt
McClure’s
Sydney Brooks
Brooks
Europe
Kaiser
Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant
New York
John Burroughs
Senator Platt
Jack London
Arnold Bennett
Giovanna
Amanda Mathews
Austin Freeman
Helen S. Thomas
George Pattullo
Union of South Africa Formed Aims for Strong Federal State
The article traces the formation of the Union of South Africa from the four colonies, detailing the draft constitution, the king's governor general, upper and lower houses, and the exclusive European descent rule. It notes a 500000 square mile area, about 5.5 million people with one fifth white, and 1907 trade totals for Cape Colony Natal the Orange Free State and the Transvaal including imports and exports.
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Cecil Rhodes
Matopo
Groote Schuur
South Africa
Union of South Africa
Rhodes
Transvaal
Natal
Orange Free State
Cape Colony
South African Customs and Railways Conference
Pretoria
Durban
Wnd
Botha
Smuts
Hertzog
de Wet
Jameson
Smartt
J. W. Sauer
Cape Town
London
Union
Africa
Atlantic
Indian Ocean
The Fox a Story of Mediaeval Italy
In medieval Italy the Asconti castle on Lake Maggiori is threatened by Guelph forces. Giovanni Caspi deceives the besiegers with a ruse, gains command, and using subterfuge leads to a successful defense. Blandova’s forces are defeated as Asconti’s reinforcements arrive, ending in Giovanni’s marriage to Theresa.
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Italy
Lake
Maggiori
Asconti
Giovanni Caspi
Theresa Asconti
Caspi
Mandora
Lake Lecco
Menaggio
Lake Maggiori
Asceonti
Strezzia
Locarno
Blandova
Giovanni
Theresa
Canada Creates Eastern Rocky Mountain National Park Reserve
The Canadian government reserves the eastern slope of the Rockies from the international boundary to north of the 54th parallel. It will manage the forest for proper use and reproduction, protect prairie water supply, and other related aims. About 14,000 square miles total, with 4,850 square miles newly reserved.
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Rocky Mountains
Fifty-Fourth Parallel
Prairie Provinces
Fasting Society Sets Records in Canton
Wealthy residents of Canton Ohio form a fasting society and set records with long abstinence. P D Hardy has not eaten 23 days and Mrs George Fulberson 20 days in the publicized effort.
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Canton
P. D. Hardy
George Fulberson
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