Six Pillagers Executed as Villa Seals Property Rights
Rich Mexican offers quarter of a million for his son's release while Villa cracks down on looting. Six rebels executed on the plaza for sacking a wealthy Mexican’s home. stolen goods returned to the owner. Foreign property seized, later sealed, with orders to halt confiscations pending investigation into owners’ aid to Huerta. Terrazas Sr remains abroad seeking release, with family assisting efforts at the border.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Villa
United States
Huerta
Terrazas
Creels
Washington
Terrazes, Sr
Talease Tearradas
Ambrim Island Volcano Devastates Village and Toll
A catastrophic eruption on Ambrim Island in the New Neuri Wes group killed about 610 natives. Witnesses describe a sudden, violent eruption with artillery-like detonations, lava flows isolating villagers, and a dramatic display with lava and steam.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Bor
Ambrim
Vlamea
Sketch of President Delivers Amused White House Letter
A rough pen sketch of the President on an envelope marked Personal arrived at the White House from Wichita Kansas. Postal workers canceled two one cent stamps and delivered the mail within an hour, and the chief executive found the sketch greatly amusing.
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Washington
Wichitr
Kan
White House
Uncle Sam
Wieklta
Skeleton of Mastodon Washes Ashore Near Santa Barbara
A distant sea disturbance kept coastal waters calm near Santa Barbara California while wreckage from an old ship appeared offshore. Part of a Mastodon's skeleton estimated at thirty five feet of spine and an eight foot tusk skull surfaced among the debris suggesting the bones lay buried on the ocean bottom for about a century.
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Mantodan
Santa Barbara
Cal
Mastodon
Upside Down Vision Prompts Hopeful Detroit Cure Efforts
Detroit physicians explore surgical options to correct a nine year old boy Joseph Darting who writes and draws upside down due to a suspected brain lesion from an early accident. The effort gathers local medical interest as Dr. W. P. Melody tests treatment while noting the boy’s intelligence and schooling despite his condition.
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Detroit
Mich
Joseph W. Darting
W. P. Melody
Joseph
Bis
Cotton Farmers Cheated by System of Averages, Report Says
Washington reports the department of agriculture investigated cotton price irregularities from harvest to New York. Middlemen and carriers allegedly cheated farmers by averages, with bales under various grades showing price gaps from $1 to $12.50. The Oklahoma 1932 crop included about 19,000 bales with premiums totaling over $20,000, which no interviewed farmer received.
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Washington
Office of Markets For
Department of Agriculture
New York
Oklahoma
Gayatte
Pet Wildcat Killed After Rampage in White Pigeon
In White Pigeon Michigan Jacob Stickel’s pet wildcat escaped and killed two neighborhood cats, terrorized residents including women and children, and prompted a long hunt. The animal was cornered under a barn and shot by Horace Reynolda after attempts to recapture failed.
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Jacob Stickel
Stickel
Bucker
Hiforta
Horace Reynolda
Serum Promises Cure for Love Says New Treatment
London reports reveal Dr Maurice de June and Dr de Fleury proposing a serum to cure love described as a mental poisoning. They classify love with other intoxicants, chart its phases, and claim success after staged isolation and serum therapy, citing a case where a patient recovered after two months.
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London
Sexredicion
Pew
Maurice de Junes
de Fleury
de Meury
Proposals From Ireland End With Widowed Pegleg Father
Miss Jessie Cosgrove, once a factory worker in West Orange, NJ, received a marriage proposal from a fifty three year old widower with eleven children and a wooden leg. The letter from Dennis O’Winn of Westmeath, Ireland, asks her to become his wife to help raise his brood, noting he cannot pay passage but hopes she has savings and would consider moving.
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Pegleg
Ireland
West Orange
N. J
Jessie Cosgrove
Miss Cosgrove
Cosgrove
Dennis O'Winn
Westmeath
Bargais
Judge Van Wagenen Statement Attacks McReynolds Trust Ties
Sioux City dispatch reports Judge Van Wagenen defending himself after removal as northern Iowa district attorney. He accuses Attorney General McReynolds of pro-trust bias, cites friction over prosecuting a plumbers trust, and alleges the attorney general is aligned with or infatuated by corporate interests. Grover M. Neese appointed interim attorney.
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Sioux City
McReynolds
Truste
Department of
Jnatican General
A. van Wagenen
Towa
Iowa
van Wagenen
Mo Reynolds
Grover
Trusta
Unwarranted Intrusion and Odd Prison Warrant Tale
A string of scattered anecdotes from a London Tit-Bits style page recounts unlikely encounters. An Icelandic traveler jokes with a man on a desert road about a mistaken imprisonment over missing papers. A colored man humorously insists he is jailed for fragrancy rather than crime. Two girls discuss a future “day” for societal ladies, and a patient pleas for anesthesia rather than further probing during a medical exam.
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Reykjavik
Stefan
Thoratein
Stefan Thorateln
London
Impossible Ambition and Real Partnership Debate
In Youngstown Telegram a lecturer argues a girl should demand real partnership in marriage. The dialogue notes that nothing will stop them from seeking a better half, reflecting on gender roles and social expectations.
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Themi
Youngstown Telegriu
Censure and Praise Shape Charitable Feelings Toward Others
When people condemn you unjustly you may feel a charitable inclination toward them just as you would if they praised you too highly. The pattern suggests balance in responses to extreme judgments and praise.
Canine Etiquette and Dog Social Rules Revealed
Henry C. Merwin notes dogs display strict etiquette among themselves even in close quarters. They avoid direct affronts unless on intimate terms, and free living together in one household does not guarantee notice. One dignified spaniel refuses another dog a pillow while subtly using peers for support.
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Henry C. Merwin
Atlantic
No Canoes For Actors Refrain From Walking Sticks
The London Chronicle notes actors must walk without extraneous support even when unemployed. It argues a walking stick tempts leaning and undermines balance, insisting actors’ steady walk is their asset and society should avoid relying on such aids.
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Han Glwaya
London Chronicle
Little Erie lad drops a basket of eyes on way home
Nat Even Bent from Little Erie denies breaking any items after a mishap near a grocery run. His mother asks how many were damaged and Erie quips that the bulls came off two or three in a humorous, cryptic exchange reported by Chicago News.
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Nat
Erie
Chicago News
Ackie y Uruggtat Agency Promotes Adler-ike Remedy
H N Schulte holds the Ackley agency for Adler ike a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The remedy claims to relieve appendicitis sour stomach gas and constipation after a single dose with fast action and remarkable clearing of old matter from the body.
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H.N. Schulte
Ackley
Minister Praises New Life Pill In Praise Note
A distorted notice extols Dr. King's New Life Pill as a perfect remedy for bowel issues. It claims the pills regulate the bowels and guarantees the product, urging readers to try them at a stated price.
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H. Stobenwoll Allison
Dr. King
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Promises Health
An old advertisement claims feverish, restless and nervous children suffer from worms. It promotes Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co worm killer as a remedy that kills worms, restores appetite and bowel function, and promises the child becomes happy and healthy. Sold by mail for 25 cents from Philadelphia and St. Louis distributors.
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Kickapoo Indian Medicine
Philadelphia
St. Louis
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