Democracy Divided In New York Split Over State Committee
Special correspondence from New York reports a heated, multi‑faction battle for control of the Democratic state committee and the state convention looming in the fall. Hearst independent forces clash with Sheehan’s bloc and Minton’s faction, while Cord Meyer’s leadership is challenged amid reorganizational moves and strategy debates.
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New York
Democratic State Committee
Que
Wiliam Randolph Hearst
Hearst
Hearst Independent
William F. Sheehan
David B. Hill
Sheehan
Alton B. Parker
Francis Burton Harrison
D. Cady Herrick
Feld
Maurice M. Minton
Judge Parker
Minton
August Belmont
Belmont
State Committee
Upstate
Tate Committee
Cord Meyer
Mr. Harrison
Three Rivers cattleman brings fine lobo wolf pelts to Alamogordo
Fred Crosby, a Three Rivers cattleman, delivered three wild cat hides and three lobo wolf hides to the probate clerk. The wolves were described as the finest specimens seen, and Crosby reportedly poisoned a carcass to trap them in one night.
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Fred Crosby
Three Rivers
Alamogordo
Veteran Farnsworth Paralyzed Casts Shadow On Campaign
Mr and Mrs Yager return to Winslow from California where they visited K K Farnsworth father of Mrs Yager. In a letter received too late for publication he says he has suffered another stroke of paralysis and cannot write. His arms are useless but he hopes to improve and tries to rise for the fall campaign.
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Farnsworth
Territorial Court Adjourns at Las Vegas Term
The Territorial court is expected to adjourn for the term. The grand jury discharged Saturday reported twelve days in session and thirteen true bills. They noted few criminal violations, peace and good order, a clean jail, and satisfactory prisoner treatment. Report signed by foreman Santiago Moya and secretary Juan Silva.
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Territorial Court
Las Vegas
Grand
Santiago Moya
Juan Silva
Lost valuable horse goes to fire near Normal University
Nicanor Martinez loses a valuable horse Saturday evening. Prudencio Martinez rode the horse at a fast gallop toward a fire near the Normal University when it stumbled and broke a leg. The boy was thrown but unharmed. Night policeman Davis shot the horse in the head before a veterinarian could examine it, though the leg was potentially savable. Martinez planned to sell the animal on Sunday.
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Nicanor Martinez
Las Vegas
Prudencio Martinez
Davis
Martinez
Brick yard blaze in Las Vegas destroys machinery building
A Saturday night fire at the Las Vegas brick yards damaged the machinery building and part of the yard. Report says a Mexican worker could have stopped the blaze with a bucket of water, but water streams seemed to feed the flames. J M Treland, proprietor, is currently away in the east and total losses are undetermined.
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Yale
Harvard
Metropolitan Steamship Company
New York
Boston
United States
Roach
Chester
Penn
W. & A. Fletcher
Moboken
Las Vegas
Anya
J. M. Treland
Reading character from a handshake and eyes in old advice column
An antiquated guide suggests judging character by how people shake hands and move their eyes and eyelids. It claims thumb pressure indicates generosity, finger grip hints at trust, and alert eyelids reveal truthfulness or criminal tendency.
Mixed items echo a quirky era with local notes
A collage of short items recalls varied 1920s life: expulsion hints at youth missteps, social quips about wealth and Rockefeller, a bank heist in Chicago, rail rivals and political jabs, literary and local pride, and Gallup’s Fourth of July plans. Brief sketches touch on Obscure poetry, a Bellefontaine attorney, and community gossip from West Liberty to Barnesville.
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Ernest Thompson
Bellefontaine
Madriver
West Liberty
Tainted Water Triggers Typhoid On New Mexico Goat Ranch
Four men on W. F. Stitver’s goat ranch in the Burro mountains contracted typhoid after tainted stream water was diverted into a shallow pool used for drinking. Patients include W. F. Ritter now convalescent, his uncle BP Ritter hospitalized in Silver City, James Bigard and Cloudt, both confined at Lordsburg or nearby hospitals. A nearby well is unsafe pending a new one. The pool’s proximity to goat pens and unprotected source led to the outbreak. doctors report hopeful recovery with careful nursing.
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W. F. Stitver
Burro Mountains
W. F Ritter
BP. Ritter
Larties’ Hospital
Silver City
Seri Cushy
James Bigard
Cloudt
Jalan Ut
Lordsburg
Jes
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Hell Company
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