Kalamazoo Futurity Purses Set in Four Grand Circuit Heats
Kalamazoo Michigan August 11 sees four Grand Circuit events at Recreation Bar headlined by the Horseman and Spirit of the Times futurities for yearlings and two-year-olds. Anna Hradford equaled the filly track record with a 2:05.24 mile before Walter Cochato posted a 2:02.25 in the final heat, while a rich program includes the 2:11 trot purse and other stakes totaling around 25,000 dollars amid a heavy Michigan schedule.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Wori
Weil
Recreation Bar
Spirit of the Times
Anna Hradford
Miss de Forey
Lexington
Trotters
Themaman
Spirit of Times
Beyear
Uscers
Agoa Bradford
Tod Mace
Meiansidl Sey
Ukaber
Ertano
Menahon
Tycoa
Cockate
Uwhitnerra Tol
Evelys Wb
Michigan
United
Treethan Pure
Margan
Peter the Great
Eivda Weena
McDeniDa
Harbaca Deeren
Murghyt
May Mack, Boon
Arthur Wilkes
Omar
Roustes
Ch x.Grav
Koaza Gardala
McDonalds
First Race at Four Furlongs Delivers Energetic Credit
The four furlong feature for 4 year olds draws a lively field led by Energetic with a 105 asserting pace. Proctor shows well in 112 with Taplin listed and Murphin noted for support as the event unfolds.
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Fort Erie
Palermo
Kazan
Proctor
Jett Roberts
Aunt Josie
Cliente
Ed‘ Weiss
Dengea
Pursa
David
Orderly Nat
Joe Gaiety
the African
Promoter
Gun Catton
Furse
Guol Day
Feather Duster
Barnegat
Tinpareance
Doctor Samuel
Kleburne
David Craig
Geen
Energetic
Murphin
Oven
Fied
Tun
Taplin
Tramping With Babies Heads Toward West Virginia Mines
Willam Ridge and his wife with two children sought aid at police headquarters after walking from Philadelphia toward Huntington West Virginia in search of coal mine work. Mayor Fisher arranged food and rail transport as far as Lynchburg. Ridge has mining experience and remains hopeful. Frances M Hart Dies at 78 in Alexandria. Funeral set for 10 at Queen Street home. services by Rev. Edgar Carpenter. Old Dominion Boat Club to host smoker at strand clubhouse tomorrow evening with planned amusements. Mrs Iden’s Funeral Today in residence at 208 South Payne Street at 6 pm with Rev. Carpenter officiating. Administratrix appointed in vacation court for Entichy Foresuch estate.
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Washington Post Bureau
King Street
Alexandria
Fisher
Willam Ridge
Ridge
Philadelphia
Huntington
W. Va
Lynchburg
Frances M. Hart
John Hart
South Royal Street
KS Queen Street
Boat Club
Old Dominion Boat Club
Strand
Ships bill passes Senate without roll call amid amendments
The Senate approved the administration measure admitting foreign ships to American registry without a roll call after amending it to require majority American ownership of vessels. The bill, aimed at easing wartime transport congestion, moves to conference with the House where differences will be settled.
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Wessels
U. S
House
Senate
Nationa
Saulsbury
Pomerena
Reed
Saulbury
Gallinger
Washington
Atlantic
Pacific
Northwest
South
Williams
McCumber
Pacifc
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Pointe
Newlands
Bryan
Cummins
J. W. Alexander
Air Route Tickets Swindle Targeting Hungarians in Bridgeport
Police issued warrants for a gang suspected of selling $80 air route tickets to Hungarians in Bridgeport who hoped to return to Hungary. The tickets promised passage by airship route to evade wartime dangers, exploiting patriotic fears to secure purchases.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Aug. U
Hungary
Texas G O P nominates John Phillips for governor
John Phillips of Dallas was nominated for governor and other state offices at the Republican State convention in Waco Texas. A mail wagon driven by Edgar Wheat collided with an automobile owned by Hugh Phillips near Fourteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue causing vehicle damage but no injuries. Tony Pressele a 16 year old from Massachusetts Avenue Northwest was bruised when a Chaualry Hospital ambulance collided with and overturned his pushcart near Union Station.
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Dallas
Waco
Tex
United States
Edgar Wheat
Hugh Phillips
Columbia Road Northwest
Fourteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mate
Tony Pressele
Massachusets Avenue
Chaualry Hospital
Union Station
WRECK DUE TO ACT OF GOD IN MARCH 1910
In Wellington Washington on March 1 1910 a snow slide sent two Great Northern trains down a mountainside killing 93. The Washington State Supreme Court in William Topping’s guardianship case against the Great Northern Railway determined the wreck was an act of God and reversed a lower court ruling awarding $20 000 to the plaintiff for his father’s death.
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Providential
Wellington
Great Northern
State Supreme Court
William Topping
Ashland
Ohio
Great Northern Railway Company
Supreme Court
Cotton Crop Finances Debated at House Hearing
The House agricultural committee heard proposals to finance three to four million bales held over for next year as Europe’s war closed cotton markets. Amendments to the Aldrich Vreeland currency law would back 73 percent of commercial paper including cotton receipts, with state banks joining reserve associations. Temporary warehouses were proposed to store surplus until 1915. Commissioners and union reps from cotton states to testify today.
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Senate
Europe
House Agricultural Committee
South
House Committee
Aldrich-Vreeland
Drafia, &c
Reserve Associations
Banking Committee
James F. Hunter
Memphis
W. G. Turner
Memphis Terminal Corporation
Commissioners of Agriculture
Farmers’ Unions
Patent Bill Aims at Price Caps and Nineteen Year Limit
The House committee on patent law, led by Rep William A Oldfield, plans a sweeping revision to curb abuses in patents. Proposals include a nineteen year limit from filing, restrictions on price and use for patented articles, and penalties for shelving or suppressing inventions to block competition. The measure also clarifies that resale restraints arise from contracts, not patent law. It may be acted on when Congress reconvenes in December.
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House Committee On Patenta
William A. Oldfield
Arkansas
Patent Office
Oldfield
Congress
Secret Ocean Yachts Prepped to Sail for War Ties
Three yachts owned by American magnates J Harvey Laden Lamon V Harkness and Thomas F Cole are being hastily fitted in Brooklyn for ocean crossings to bring back relatives stranded by the war. The Alvina Columbia and Wakiva are receiving wireless upgrades and food fuel as crews prepare to depart within days. The Laden’s Columbia previously seized by Japan in Nagahama last year is described as a brigantine auxiliary.
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Thomas F. Cole
Duluth
Columbia
J. Harvey Laden
Wakiva
Lamon V. Harkness
Waddington Post
New York
American Millonatrea
Tabo's Basin
Brooklyn
Spo
Mr. Cale
Laden
Harkness
Nagahama
Cruiser Carries Diplomats Sails Under Sealed Orders
The armored cruiser North Carolina sailed Saturday night with sealed orders and potential gold shipment. On board were two American consuls general, two vice consuls, eight consuls, including Charles Denby returning to Vienna, George Horton to Smyrna, and J. W. Garrett bound for Berlin. Captain J. W. Gman commands a 70 man crew.
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Boston
North Carolina
Tennessee
New York
Charles Denby
Vienna
George Horton
Smyrna
J. W. Garrett
Argentina
Berlin
J. W. Gman
Three Die as Train Plunges Through Bridge Near Valcartier
Three persons died when a train plunged through a railway bridge near the Valcartier camp in Ottawa Ontario. The bridge was damaged overnight and a suspected plot participant was shot while fleeing. a guard fired on the running man whom he ordered to halt.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Valcartier
Jupiter on Final Trials Under Navy Bureau Review
Satisfactory reports from the bureau of steam engineering reach the Navy Department on the Jupiter’s final trials aboard the Pacific coast. Commanded by Commander S. S. Robison, the ship sails through the canal to the Atlantic to join the fleet. Commander A. T. Holmes is to supervise the canal voyage from San Francisco.
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Navy Department
Colfer Jupiter
Pacific Coast
Robison
Jupiter
Atlantic Coast
A. T. Holmes
San Francisco
French seize aero factory in Muhlhaugen action
Paris reports the French capture of Muhlhaugen where a major aeroplane factory operated by a noted German manufacturer was seized. The German personal crisis reports in France rose as several women died of despondency after being forced to leave the country.
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France
Paris
Muhlhaugen
Opens Cables to Europe
The Western Union Telegraph Company began accepting deferred cables and letters to the British Isles for the first time in a week, with messages carrying full addressee and sender details and sent at the sender’s risk for potential delays. A separate report notes a baby boy, about one month old with deformed feet, was found abandoned at the Foundling Asylum in northwest Washington, with a young white woman seen nearby and a man aged around 25 leaving the scene.
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New York
British Isles
Western Union Telegraph Company
Foundling Asylum
Fifteenth Street
Thomas Thompson
Fifteenth
G Streets
Pythians Endorse Khorassan Utility and Library Purchase
At the convention in Portland Oregon the Knights of Pythias voted to recognize the Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan as an auxiliary order and to buy the Pythian Library of William D Kennedy of Chicago Ten thousand dollars was allotted for education over the next two years A proposal to erect a monument to Gen J R Carnahan was not approved.
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Manitoba
Portland
Oreg
Supréme Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Knights of Khorassan
Pythian
Wiliam D. Kennedy
Chicago
Pythians
Gen. J. R. Carnahan
New Haven 10 Give In Put End To Court Action
New Haven Railroad directors agree to dissolution terms ending court action with Ward’s return from New York. Trustees gain one year to dispose of Boston and Maine stock with irrevocable proxies while DOJ monitors for no interference. Prosecutions against directors remain unaffected. grand jury likely to hear cases in September.
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McReynolds
Ward
New York
New Haven Railroad
Department of Justice
New Haven
Interstate Commerce Commineton
Old
New England Railway
Connecticut
Massachusetts
United States District Court
Department
Federal Grand Jury
Receivers Appointed for Carpet Firm in D C Supreme Court
Justice Stafford appointed receivers for William J. Giddings rug and carpet business at 618 Thirteenth Street NW. Richard D. Daniel, Robert L. Montague, and J. David Faber named. bond set at 35000. Creditors Hadden & Co., Philadelphia Axminster Carpet Co., and Pollock Huston Co. filed petition stating insolvency. stock valued about 2600. Attorneys L P Loving, R B Daniela, and E L Hamner represent creditors.
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William J. Giddings
Thirteenth Street
Justice Stafford
District Supreme Court
Richard D. Daniel
Robert L. Montague
J. David Faber
Hadden & Co
Philadelphia Axminster Carpet Company
Pollock-Huston Company
Giddinga Ia
L. P. Loving
R. B. Daniela
E L. Hamner
Boeb seeks court order to keep mixer permit live at Hight eenth and K
Joseph J Boeb a builder at Hight eenth and K streets northwest petitions the District Supreme Court for an order preventing the District commissioners from revoking his permit to operate a concrete mixer and a hoating engine He notes a recent notice banning operation from 3 p m to 1 m and warns compliance would trigger permit revocation He claims urgency to finish apartment 15 by October 1 Attorney is Charles F Diggs.
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Joseph J. Boeb
Highteenth
K Streets
District Supreme Court
Moeb
Charles F. Diggs
Nebraskan Becomes First Pacific Pass Through Canal
The Nebraskan sails from San Francisco to New York via the Panama Canal, becoming the first merchantman to pass through from the Pacific Coast. The Arizonian left New York August 4 heading opposite, with traffic to begin August 15. The Nebraskan was greeted by harbor whistles at sheft sea. A court Order dismissed a maintenance case against Rev James W Cobb, who claimed he did not abandon his wife Bertha Cobb. He says she refused to join him at a new home he rented.
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San Francisco
New York
Panama Canal
Pacific Coast
Justice Wright
James W. Cobb
Bertha Cobb
Juatha Stafford
Cobb
Drug Clerks Enjoy River Outing
About three members of the Drug Clerks Washington Drug Club went on an outing to Marshall Hall. One party took the morning beat while a larger group joined in the afternoon. More than 150 rode the night boat. The afternoon program featured games and entertainments, with dancing the highlight of the evening.
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Coe Washiington Drug’ Club
Marshall Hall
Panama Canal Opens to World Shipping Next Saturday
The United States plans to begin selling tickets for passage through the Panama Canal next Saturday. Ships up to 10 000 tons may be admitted from Atlantic to Pacific or vice versa for a nominal fee per ton of cargo, with crew and passengers exempt. The canal is expected to save time on long voyages and reduce rail shipments, while the government projects annual operating costs near 4 million dollars and receipts around 15 million.
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Panama Canal
United States
Canal
Cristobal
Pacific
Atlantic
Mile
O & Moot Quesion
Seattle Mayor Praises Suffrage Voters in Recall Testimony
Seattle August 10 suffragists applauded as Mayor Hiram Gill told the Federal Industrial Relations Commission he now favors woman suffrage. He testified votes of women helped trigger his recall three years ago and credited suffrage with cleansing local polities. He noted Northwest labor problems differ from the East and cautioned against a universal plan.
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Seattle
Wash
Hiram ©. Gill
Federal Industrial Relations Commission
Northwest
Three Bandits Rob Bank in Cove Arkansas
Three masked men robbed the Bank of Cove in Cove Arkansas taking 1310 dollars and locking the cashier in the vault before fleeing toward the Poteau Mountains as a posse pursued them. Unclear extra lines mention ships and names from various places but do not pertain to the robbery.
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Arkansas Institution
Fort Smith
Ark
Bank of Cove
Cove
Poteau Mountains
Guns Fire From Fort Monroe Against Anchored Ships
Foreign ship crews taking shelter in Hampton Roads watched American gunners Saturday night and early Sunday as shells from Fort Monroe hit targets seven miles at sea. The tracer shells lit up the night as the projectiles struck or splashed in the water.
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Specil
Norfolk
Hampton Roads
Fort Monroe
Buckroe Beach
Ocean View
Old Point Comfort
British accept Canadian flour offer for wartime needs
Canada agrees to ship one million bags of flour to Britain, with officials planning to commence transport by midweek. The dispatch comes as war tensions rise, reflecting priorities in sustaining Allied food supplies amid the global conflict. Amidst the turmoil, a quoted poem appears, underscoring spiritual reflections during hard times.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canaéa
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