Bent seeks Mexican railroad work after service
Capt. C. L. Bent inspector of passenger equipment at Illinois Central Water loo offered his services to the war department after three years in the Philippines. He aims to recruit a regiment from Illinois Central workers to assist in railroad rehabilitation in Mexico if hostilities reach that region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Bent
Illinois Central
Waterloo
War Department
Philippines
Mexico
Bent
Marshalltown
Elks
Keppel
Boone
Musicians’ Union
Odeon Theater
William EK. Russel
Keosauqua
Birmingham
Ile
W. F. Condon
Webster County
Supreme Court
Condon
District Court
Transvall gold output valued at 185 million in 1913
Report notes that Transvaal gold production in 1913 totaled about 185 million dollars. The figure underscores the region’s dominant role in global mining and its contribution to the early 20th century economy.
Vast 1913 U.S. oil output and world events summary
A collage notes 1913 oil production topping 249 million barrels in the United States, plus diverse items: long marriage record of Mr. and Mrs. George Schermerhorn, Mexico embargo changes, naval orders for St Louis to Mazatlan, Riis ill health, Illinois Drake relay victory, border protection appeals, U S mining shutdowns in Mexico, veterans forming Mexican service regiments, prominent deaths in Newport and Fall River, a 198 count Henry Siegel indictment, Vera Cruz and Tampico dispatches, and Black business leader Mrs. J. Walker funding an African industrial school modeled after Tuskegee with scholarships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walker
Indianapolis
America
West Pondaland
South Africa
Tuskegee Institute
Beoker T. Washington
Africa
Sweden Votes Show Liberal Defeat Across Nation
Election returns from Sweden between March 27 and April 7 indicate a liberal defeat. A fire destroyed Brison Quebec county seat of Potiae Canada with a hotel and twenty eight stores burned. Emperor Francis Joseph’s health remains poor with coughing fits and catarrhal symptoms unresolved. In the British House of Commons Andrew Bonar Law pressed for a naval and military inquiry into Ulster movements amid unionist accusations of provocation. Mrs Bernard Shaw inherites 150000 dollars from Canon Stewart of County Antrim while already drawing 15000 dollars income and a Bantry home. Shaw’s husband reportedly pays 75000 dollars annually in income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brison
Quebec
Potiae
Canada
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Ulster
Bernard Shaw
Payne Townend
Canon Stewert
County Amtrim
Hotel Maryland Fire at Pasadena Wipes Out Building
A blaze destroyed the Hotel Maryland in Pasadena California with guests escaping unharmed. Loss estimated in the hundreds of thousands of dollars. Other items note Michael P. Mahoney indicted for attempted murder of New York officials, a New Haven railroad workers minimum wage demand affecting 2 500 men, a Phillipsburg Missouri bank robbery netting 3 000, and Iowa Supreme Court approval for coal car shipments on a Milwaukee line within the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clear Lake
Clarence Gilmore
Frank Vernon
Gilmore
Swaledale
Moby
Mason City
William
Pill) Richards
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Richards
Iowa
E. A. Cook
Brookmont
Odebolt
United States
Virgil Hawkins
Inter-Urban Railway Company
Altoona
Electric Light Company of
Hampton
Franklin
Carlos Madero
Mexico
Ames
Francisco Madero
Maderos
New York
William A. Quayle
Paul
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Cedar Rapids
State Board of Education
Macbride
Iowa State University
H. H. Seerley
Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
St. Ambrose Cathedral
Sixth Avenue
High Street
Sisters of Charity
Board of Parole
John Clay
Nevada
Smith McPherson
Keokuk
Jacob Metz
Chicago
Stillwater
John Saar
Cantril
Middleton Auto Company
Eagle Grove
Parley Sheldon
R. J. Belt
Waterloo
Congress
A. Harvey
Rock Island Railroad
Washington, la
Maryland
Pasadena
California
Michael P. Mahoney
Mitchel
Polk
New Haven Railroad
Boston
Supreme Court
Iowa Railroad Commission
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
New Tribes Discovered by Explorers in Amazon Expedition
Reports from the University of Pennsylvania museum say the 1913 Amazon expedition has completed nine weeks in southern British Guiana. The party, after months in uncharted territory, found new Indian tribes and began vocabularies of their languages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amazon
University of Pennsylvania Museum
British Guiana
Expensive Consultation Dispute In Doctor's Billing
Dialogue notes a heated exchange about medical consultation charges. Greene recalls asking the doctor about gasoline costs and receiving a two dollar bill. The snippet highlights concerns over billing practices and perceived expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redd
Greene
Knowledge is Power and Old Maids
An aphoristic note on women who remain single believed to know too much. The line frames knowledge as a barrier to marriage, echoing older social ideas about female education and domestic expectations.
Woman Credits Pinkham’s Compound For Health Improvement
Ironton Ohio resident testifies in a signed letter that Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health after twelve years of female troubles and enabled her to work again. She notes her daughter improved as well and urges other suffering women to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Ironton
Ohio
Rena Bowman
S. 10Th Street
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia FE
Pinkham Medicine Co
Lyon
Mass
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Towa News
Mount Vernon
Sterling Richards
Hannah Caldwell Chaper
Davenport
Galesburg
Woodward
State Board of Control
Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans
Board of Health
Mississippi
E. A. Pierce
Belmond
Herald
Herald and Press
Pierce
Holstein
Ida County
Ed Hawn
Ross Pattison
Halstein
N. P. Cranwall
Nodaway
Kidd
Ottumwa
Mathias O'Donnell
Lydia A. Berger
Crocker School
Miss Berger
Charles Munson
Crazy Dutchman
Maryville
Decatur City
Iowa Electrical Workers’ Association
General Readers
George S. Schermerhorn
New York City
Garricon
Puget Sound Navy Yard
St. Louis
Mazatlan
San Diego
Jacob Riis
Theodore Roosevelt
Michigan
University of Illinois
University of Pennsylvania
Garrison
American Smelting and Refining Company
United Spanish War Veterans of
Washington
Angus McLeod
Newport R. I. Trust Co
Ferdinand Griffin
Fall River National Bank
Fall River
New England
Henry Siegel Company
Arnold Shanklin
Mexico City
Robert B. Tommerson
Mr. Shanklin
Maguire
W. Brown
Nebraska
Bryan
Lincoln
Wilson
Vera Cruz
White House
H. G. Hardy
Charles K. Buckley
Monmouth Beach
N. J
Huerta
Tampico
William P. Poinsett
Philadelphia
George
Hay
Military Affairs Committee
House
Senate
Colombia
Panama
Keim
Germany Army League
Sweden
Francis Joseph
Farmers’ State Bank
Phillippsburg
Carter
Carters
Bec
Absorbine., JR
W.F. Young
P.D.F
Temple St
Springfield
Mase
Alansen
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Chicago, Ite
LAN
Dology
al Loyo M. Shinne Co
Neo
Rugs
Lemeree
Waleut
Buneie
Tad
Watson F.coleman
Washington, D.C
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