Americans Hold River Crossings Near Hidalgo Texas
A day long battle between Mexican outlaws and United States cavalrymen aided by Texas rangers and armed citizens ended with Americans in control of three river crossings near Mission. One trooper John Salvini was seriously wounded, and reports said about ten to twenty Mexicans were killed. Mexican forces, said to be Carranza troops, fled into brush after the engagement four miles west of Hidalgo, Texas on the Rio Grande.
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United States
Texas Rangers
Rio Grande
Glad Hidalgo
Texas
John Salvini
Third Cavalry
Frank R. McCoy
Texago
Mexico
Mission
Old Hidalgo
Brownsville
McColy
Mission District
San Benito
Fort Brown
Rico Grande
Crittenburger
Tower Border Patrol
Harlingen
Here
Robert L. Bullard
Twenty-sixth Infantry
Twenty-sixth
San Antonio
Vann
Aguas Negras Ranch
Ramirez
Washington
Munston
Army
Taylor
Carranza
Pan
Car
Arranza
Lansing
Tne
Wilson
Brazil
Don J. M. Cardoso de Oliveira
Mexico City
Federal Prisoners Prep for Winter Holiday Games
The federal prison plans lively holidays with 1,260 inmates to be entertained after the baseball season ends. Indoor pastimes will feature musical concerts by the prison band and orchestra, theatrical and operatic appearances, and dramatic presentations by inmates. Prominent stage figures and local Atlanta artists are expected to contribute to the season of uplift programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal
Raymond Hitchcock
Atlanta
Five Girls Die In San Francisco Orphanage Fire
Fire at St Frances Girls Orphanage in San Francisco claims five lives. Rescue teams recover Elizabeth O'Brien aged 4 and Katherine O'Brien among the dead. Sister Mary Agnes and Mother Superior Margaret led evacuation. Fifty-two residents, including blind and elderly women, were housed in the four story frame building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
St. Frances Girls’ Directory
Elizabeth O'Brien
Mary Agnes
Margaret
Katherine O'Brien
Eliizabeth
Negro is lynched by Tennessee mob in Greenfield
Dresden Tenn September 4 Mai gie Wilson a negro charged with entering the sleeping room of Mrs Jim White at Greenfield was hanged early this morning An effort by circuit Judge Joseph EB Jones and Sheriff Lafon to prevent the lynching at Greenfield was reported last night to have been successful A rope around the neck proved fatal and the body was found this morning hanging south of the town
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Tenn
Maigie Wilson
Jim White
Greenfield
Giolt
Joseph EB. Jones
Sheri Lafon
Eit
Alabama Legislature Praises Wilson For Ocean Passenger Safety
In Montgomery on September 4 a joint resolution from the Alabama House and Senate congratulates President Wilson for his stance on submarine warfare and efforts to secure safety for Americans aboard ocean liners. In Bari Italy on September 4 a violent rainstorm drowned thirteen and flooded streets, sweeping away houses as the river overflowed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
House
Senate
Alabama
Wilson
Bari
Italy
Via Parixj
Russians Hold Front In Successful Friday Counterattack
Russian troops held their positions on Thursday and Friday along a broad front from Derajno to the Dniester. They claimed 60 officers and about 3,000 prisoners, with machine guns, in a Friday counteroffensive on the right bank of the Stry. German forces meanwhile reported a bridgehead at Friedrichstadt captured on the Dvina with 3,325 men and 37 officers taken, and persistent fighting around Vilna and Grodno. French artillery and raids across Artois, Champagne, and Argonne were announced with ongoing bombardments and mine explosions near Vauquois.
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Stry
Derajno-Olyka-Mignatt
Radziwiloft
Galicia
Sereth
Derajno
Dniester
Baleszczyky
Stripa
Korowa
Tarnongi
Berlin
London
Riga
Friedrichstadt
Dvina
Tiga
Wart
von Hindenburg
Vilna
Handa
Grodnov
Grodno
Nigmen
Bieloviezh
von Grrllwitz
Petrograd
Alexiev
Nicholas
Ruzsky
Austria
Viliya
Dvinsk
Rovno
Lida
Paris
Artois
Somme
Oiseana
Aisne
Rheima
Champagne
Argonne
Flirey
Leimtrey
Arras
Rollincourt
Vailly
Gretencourt
Oise
Asine
Quennevieres
Neuvron
Vauquois
Sayville
Havre
France
Dixmude
Vienna
Brent Pripet Marshes
Delght
Sloteria
Sinkow
Tremborta
Tarnopol
Zalouce
Brodr
von Boehm-Emmelt
Volhynia
Dubno
Olyka
Praawany
British and German lines amid Arras rumors questioned
A British claim of breakthrough at Arras is challenged by the Overza News Agency as false, while German positions in the west are deemed secure. Reports from Havre, Vienna, and Paris note heavy bombardments at Dixmude, marked resistance on multiple fronts, and Italian frontier actions despite snow, with prisoners taken and forts damaged.
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Arras
Over Zess
Bis
Germany
Devastation Marks Retreat Of Russians
An Austrian officer’s letter relayed by Lausanne Gazette describes the Russian retreat as a masterpiece of systematic devastation. Fires rage behind advancing forces, towns burn, and villages along the Volynskyi plain suffer, with Austro-Hungarian troops blocked by ruined roads and rail links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
Lausanne
Mischenko
Ervlow
Memes
Sokol
Vladimir-Volynsky
War 10 Continue Declares Czar War Effort To Victory
Petrograd reports a Russian conference summoned by Emperor Nicholas to organize war efforts for a successful conclusion. Key figures Polivanoff Koulamzine Rodzianke and the Emperor spoke on fuel, food, munitions, and intensified output. The czar vowed to press the war to complete victory, urging national unity and maximum effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Russia
Nicholas
Imperial Palace
Polivanoff
Anatole Koulomzine
Council of the Empire
Michael Vladimirovitch Rodzianke
Duma
Ettions Dixeusaed
M. Rodzianke
Rusala
Czar
Reutera
Taly
Conference of Solidarity in Russia Calls for Unified War Effort
A conference gathers government representatives, parliamentary delegates, and industry leaders declaring a nationwide drive for complete military equipment. They pledge unity, focus on driving the enemy from borders, and personal commitment from leaders to the Fatherland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Businesas
Russia
Naa
Goul
Mrs Frank M Means Dies at Oxford Home
Oxford Ga September 4 Special Mrs Frank M Means aged about 67 died at her home here tonight at 8 30 o clock after several weeks illness Her maiden name was Sallie from Gainesville She lived in Oxford seventy years and died in the room her husband was born. Survived by husband children and several grandchildren. The children include Mrs Paul Campbell of Atlanta Dr M Means Jr of Birmingham Mrs R M Means of Kissimmee Fla Henry W Means of Little Rock Ark and Miss Sue Means of Oxford. Interment likely Monday afternoon.
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Oxford
Frank Mr. Means
Sallie
Gainesville
Himbus
Means
Bose
Paul Campbell
Atlanta
M. Means
Birmingham
Ala
R. M. Means
Kissimmee
Fla
Henry W. Means
Tittle Reel
Ark
Bloodhounds on trail of train wreckers
Bloodhounds from Columbia are set to pursue tramperers suspected of wrecking a main line switch on the Atlantic Coast Line between Charleston and nearby towns. A wreck last evening toppled an engine and several loaded box cars. Brakeman Q G Tollen of Florence was killed, engineer Bubhilt and others injured but not fatally. The main lock was elected at tid m. toda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Columbia
Atlantic Coast Line
Bee
Nah
Franz
Q. G. Tolleman
Florence, &C
Bubhilt
Rem
Tid m. Toda
Another Stranglehold Put on Liquor Traffic By Alabama Legislature
Alabama Senate passes tighter liquor control 26 to 1. Deliveries only 6 am to 6 pm. Signature verification required for consignee. Officers may receive bonuses when liquor is seized. Only drug firms can receive liquor. ministers allowed five gallons monthly for sacramental use. Monthly limit enforced in gallon packaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Senate
Identity of missing girl proved by toe and birth mark
In San Francisco on September 4 a misshapen toe and a birth mark established the identity of Annie alconns as Mrs. GB Kestadt. She was kidnapped from her parents thirty-one years ago at age five, kept by Chinese for years, found in a trunk by police, adopted by a Portuguese foster father, and later married James Mooney. Mooney and his wife are dead. four sisters and a brother search for their long-lost sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
GB. Kestadt
Annie Alconns
Chinyse
Annie
Portnzunse Samil Mer
Kesund
James Mooney
Mooney
Important Industrial Deal In Chattanooga Tenn
A record notes Captain T Mitchell and C O Broomfield transferring stock valued at 20069 dollars in the Chattanooga Wow company to GH Miller a wealthy merchant. The Chattanooga Plow company is now controlled by ex Senator Newell Sanders. The report mentions Brave's Guard Grave and a tonic with quinine and ikon advertised for health benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shattanooga
Tenn
T Mitchell
O.” Broomfield
Shattanooga Wow Company
Miler
Mississippi
Chattanooga Plow Company
Newell Sanders
Contral
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Cedarcraft Qratarium
Power Gribble
Supt
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Station 5
Tennessee
Alabama Solons
Tonale
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Valle
Cencia
Lavaronne
Haut Cordévele
Boeden
Alenz
Slatenil
Potoka
Isonzo
Austrian War Office
Votaranne
Tolmino
Tomino
the Dolomites
Boedenalp
Inichried
Saul
Sauls Retail Department
Otel Ris
Saul’s
Whitehall St
Cazar
Frank M. Means
Brave
Dareay
Nima
Darset
Onu
Fest Express
J. W. Darsey
Macon
Carlton Shoe & Clothing Co
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