Brighton Beach Racecard Marred by Scratches and Heat
A packed but scorching Brighton Beach crowd witnessed a Day of racing hampered by numerous scratches. Sir Walter led in a limited handicap while Comanche second and a flurry of other results followed with Florence Aralin and Shernelite among notable performers. Attendance around 2,000 as a hot, dry program produced uneven results.
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Sual
Pahl Isles
Sir Walter
Comanchs
Aloine
Mary
Tim
McCaertys
Florence
Hamilton
Wane
van Dyke Alee
Mums
Florgoreit
Relts
Even
Tou Fenaths
Mic Mac Quenn
Kul
Bantelds
Ligne
Gertie
Olden Valley
Vella
Prenhantas
Ive Curboees
Tessie Taral
Motlaih
Rita
Tw Lanumiy Cadtonate DO
Renfe
Sir James
Simms Oy Conticote
Minobien Wiao Tan
St John
Bilnea
Jana
Beacre
Pip Flom
Siniark
Tee Wafer
Se Toga
Crowe
Finley
Poncrete
Carnailte
Harry Hildrew
Johennes
Dasbiew Charite
Robustetis
Lieb Fia
Hodivar WM
Themis
Bauwar Jol Serweds
Lord Harry Iit
Mardy Fox
Felts
Wuenler
Wontebongper
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Purer sAua
Sis Wen
Bert
Yacine
Wigibie
Sim
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Hues
Gites
Aiteut
Cure Aui
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Henry Yunog Way
Lass Powish
Linde
Lavery
Gace
Qi Mile
Schoyial
Tom S.woo
Tote
Sila
Bandicay
Experience
Tine
Bastardinn
Debs and labor clashes across coal and railroad strikes
Reports from Curacao Creve Land and Mount Sterling detail tensions as engineers and strikers confront orders to fill vacancies with scab labor. Debates over loyalties and official responses unfold as authorities arrest and arraign participants in violence and disruption. News covers court actions, federal indictments, and union leadership statements amid a widespread labor dispute.
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Wusemn
Cixcevnany
William Curd
Mount Sterling
Vier
Porch
Ms. Sterling
Tate
Covington
Mt. Sterling
Taft
Breckinridge Opponent Admits Past Gambling and Debt
In Lexington Kentucky on a July night Mevan F. Settle, Breckinridge's opponent, told a large crowd that twelve years earlier he was a gambler who mortgaged his home and lost the money his wife sued for. the lower court ruled against her and she got nothing. He spoke at Stampinground in Scott county, where Colonel Breckinridge then addressed about a thousand people with a band playing and many ladies in attendance.
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Settia
Col. Breckinpridge
Lexington
Mevan F. Settle
Breckinbridge
Debs Confers as Strike Edges Toward End in Chicago
July reports say the Federation of Labor conference and Building and Trades Assembly move to call off the Pullman boycott, with Debs and Sovereign vowing to fight on. Managers contact railroads to return ordinary workers, while troops prepare to stay in Chicago amid limited unrest and reemployment efforts.
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Debs
Tacitura
Cabane
Federation of Labor
Curcaco
Building and Trades Assembly
Sovereign
United States
Bors
American Railway Union
Notting
ARU
Becay
Ion
Deb
Houss
Lake Front
California
Chicago
Building and Tracss Council
John M
Genera Mansociation
Sinook
Hopkins
Egan
Cutcaco
Martin
Gompers
Cmbaco
Federation
California Strikes Amid Military Aid Arrests and Wreck Aftermath
Report from Las Feascisco on July 14 describes Harry Knox, strike leader, jailed in Sacramento on conspiracy charges linked to a trestle wreck. Federal troops and deputy marshals aid Southern Pacific to control unions. Oakland and Sacramento rail traffic remains guarded. protests disrupt trains, a bridge burns on the coast division, and fruit growers warn of substantial losses from the blockade with an estimated hundred carloads of green fruit delayed daily.
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Harry Knox
Sacramento
Las Feascisco
Southern Pacific
California
Oakland
Woods Street
Snot
Seventh Street
Los
Los Angeles
Ogden
Conmat
Burcor
Trentle
Knox
Woodland
Worden
Outrage and Murder in Pierson Tennessee Portia Wellington
Miss Portia Wellington, sixteen, daughter of John Wellington, was murdered near Pierson Tennessee while blackberry picking with her younger sister. Her throat was cut and she was sexually assaulted. she died at home after hours. A mob hunted the killer, who would be burned at the stake if captured. An earlier report notes a lynching of an Ankoowe man in Bivext Mississippi and another attempted assault near nearby.
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Humboldt
Tennessee
Beanover
Tess
Portia Wellington
John Wellington
Pierson
Tenn
Miss Wellington
Anonkoowe
Pesto
Painted Criticism in House on Civil Service
In Washington July 14 during debate on an appropriations bill Mr. Clark attacked the civil service system calling it a monumental fraud. He asserted not ten men in the House could pass a $900 clerkship exam. A testy exchange followed when asked how many British soldiers came here in the revolutionary war the applicant could not say exactly but recalled a nightmare episode.
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D. C
Clark
The Flint Convention Delays Prescription Report
In Quebec on July 14 the convention awaits the prescription committee report. Manufacturers press for a 20 to 40 percent price cut regardless of the outcome. The Castor Place and Cutters committees reported, adopting last year’s rules with no changes, as the convention adjourned until Monday.
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Mourrean
Quebec
Pittsburg
Castor Place
Cutters
Two American Missionary Women Attacked in Canton
Victoria B C July 24 Hong Kong papers report June 11 attack on Miss Bomler and Miss Halverstone of the American Presbyterian Mission in Canton. They aided a dying Chinese man but were assaulted as crowds blamed foreigners. Halverstone wounded, collapsed. Bomler stabbed and bleeding, both rescued by a police officer and a gunboat standby. Chinese superstitions blamed the missionaries for plague.
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Victoria
B. C
Hong Kong
Victoria Chronicle
Canton
Bomler
Hal
Honam
Cam
Miss Bemler
Miss Halverstone
Three Killed in Deputy Marshals Raid on Suspect Gang
A Clarkeville dispatch reports Deputy Marshals Joe McKee J F Booker and Lee McKeefer killed three men during a pursuit of suspected Longview bank robbers and others from Indian Territory. One victim named John Keegan linked to Plano bank robbery. fourth suspect captured. Fire at North Beach destroys twenty small houses. two young children die. Lightning strikes kill thirteen in Beine near Schwetz West Prussia.
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Tex
U.S. Marezal Willams
Clarkeville
Joe McKee
J. F. Booker
Lee McKeefer
Longview
Red River
Clarkaville
Allied
John Keegan
Plano
Dalton Gang
Sax Peaversoo
North Beach
P. Leigecker
Beatix
Beine
Schwetz
Prusns
Fastest in the World By Doing Two Knots Better Than I Was
Boston July 14 news reports that the cruiser Minneapolis anchored off Boston set the world speed record for an armored warship. The Cramp & Son firm earned 400000 for beating contract speed by 0.68 knots, with the trip showing strong engine performance, low vibration, and a return speed averaging 28.492 knots on the return leg.
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Mass
Minneapolis
Cramp & Son
Cramp
Avabe
Futura Cape Ana
Capo Porpolsa
Columbia
Parfeck
United States
Minnapolis
Socialist Rally in New York Cries Ballots Not Bullets
A Socialist Labor party led protest in Union Square New York with parades, red flags, and speakers urging ballots as the only weapon against monopoly. Police maintained order as unions and Central Labor Federation speakers pushed for wage unity and a cooperative commonwealth. The crowd included calls to join the Socialist party and denounce the governor candidate’s employer treatment.
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Uolon Aquars
Byrnes
Noclalistie Labor Party
Socialist Labor Party
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United Heebrew Trades
Union Square
Lucius Samuels
Apeech
Pallmag
Spon
Bodaliethc Party
Operative Commonwealth Tech Peperes
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