Tia Juana hires press agent to whitewash sins
NEA dispatch reports Tia Juana officials led by Mayor Frederico Palacio hire an American press agent to portray the border town as reformed. Critics say the campaign masks graft and the ongoing exploitation of women, with authorities tolerating open vice despite public claims of cleansing.
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Tia Juana
LY Hussell
J. Birdwelis
NEA
Mexico
Tin Juana
Frederico Palacio
Zenaldo Llanos
Palacio
Willin
Marajuana
Tia Juana Riches and the Mexican Bribe Trade
A 1926 NEA report exposes how border towns milk taxes and bribes from saloons and dance halls. It notes American owned venues, government levies from 1500 to 10000 dollars yearly, monthly 25 dollar dance girl fees, 7 dollar weekly exams, and 200 plus American girls earning 380 to 40 dollars weekly luring men with pricey drinks.
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NEA Service, Inc
Finger Convicts Him In Theft At Jeweler Shop
A man who lost a finger when it wedged in a jeweler's crevice was traced by the finger and arrested. He begins a one year sentence. The visit of the Prince of Wales to Scotland Yard’s Black Museum drew attention to the finger and ring, which were caught in a crack during the incident.
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London
Prince of Wales
Scotland Yard
Captive Japanese Crew Rescued From Daishin Maru in Pacific Storm
The Daishin Maru's captain and five officers with eight crew were saved by the Java Arrow after a northwest gale left 19 crewmen in lifeboats. The ship drifted 860 miles from shore as survivors endured starvation and cold while helping others reach safety.
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San Francisco
Olsen
Daishin
Java
Ban Pram
Girl's Dreams of Wealth End in Tragedy Near Gilmer
Gilmer Texas February 24 A Wort Worth girl’s romance ended in tragedy when her husband Jim Davis was shot at their Kelsey community home eight miles northwest of Gilmer Deputy Sego says Mrs Davis confessed to the killing She had married him in Port Worth last Thursday Neighbors reported Davis was financially better off than expected and the quarrel over money led to the shooting and arrest of Mrs Davis.
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Associated P'ress
Gilmer
Tex
James Davis
Jim Davis
Kelsey
Here
Sego
Hungarian Officials Not Shielding Counterfeiters
Budapest February 24 Associated Press says a parliamentary commission found neither the Hungarian government nor any National Assembly members guilty of protecting those implicated in the great franc counterfeiting case. Premier Bethlen and cabinet members are said to have done all in their power to prosecute the guilty.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Hungary
National Assembly
Judwig Windisch Graetz
Bethlen
Literature Market Booth Sells Original Manuscripts in Tokyo
The Literary Market in Tokyo has opened a booth near the Toyokuni bank to sell original manuscripts by prominent playwrights and novelists. A stray line notes Temacre lone Bi and a balance of 8740 wonth, with garbled trailing text about a tethered figure.
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Tokyo
Japan
Toyokuni Bank
Devil Waqness Seizes Melum Town In France
A report describes a fictional invasion by a sinister force called Devil Waqness seizing the town of Melum and nearby farms in France. The account uses alarmist terms to depict brutal actions and cruelty by the invading evil entity.
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France
Vagrant Witchcraft Tale Spreads Across Cahors Region
Reports from a farm near Cahors in Lot describe a 91 year old man and his 86 year old wife facing a beggar woman who sparked a series of supernatural events. Grain sacks burst, knives moved, doors opened, and a cauldron boiled only after a fearsome oath. The piece links these happenings to a wider rise of witchcraft and devil worship across the country. Other notes mention Perry S. Pearson’s flu recovery at St. Anthony's hospital and Mrs. Henry Tyler returning from Ottawa, Kansas, with home at 907 Adams Street.
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France
Panhandle News Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Real Estate Boom
Amarillo residents report travel between Panhandle and Kansas City with visits by Clifford Snow J Ts Osborn Ashley Osborn and Mrs A C Bovard. Old Amarillo street cars relocated near Panhandle highway. A Panhandle youth earns rapid real estate money amid local activity. Maryues Lackey recovers from pneumonia at grandparents home.
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Vd Little
Ford Agency
Panhandle
Amarillo
Clifford Snow
J. Ts. Osborn
North Pierce Street
Kansas City
T Cox
Odom, Cotten, Turnley & Company
Ashley Osborn
A. C. Bovard
St. Joseph
Missouri
Edward 1 Hubbard
Maryues
Adierika Claimed To Relieve Gas And Constipation
An advertisement by Randal Drug Co promotes Adierika as relief for gas and bloating and chronic constipation. It claims rapid stomach relief and the expulsion of old waste material, noting a phone contact in Kwitcherkikkin.
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Adierika
Tt. C. Miller
Randal Drug Co
Douglas Patranks and Mary Pickford Sell Beverly Hills Estate
Beverly Hills estate of Douglas Patrbanks and Mary Pickford is up for sale as the film couple plan a Europe tour. The sale funds a plan to build a Spanish hacienda farther back in the hills.
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Associated Press
Jos Angeles
Beverly Hills
Douglas Patrbanks
Mary Pickford
Europe
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