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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
4
General Francisco Villa stops his army within sight of Mexico City to confer with General Emiliano Zapata. A Villa delegation meets Zapata near Tulatsy to negotiate terms for surrender of the capital without fighting.
General Villa says a settlement with Zapata is likely and his army will take charge of the capital after conference. If Zapata refuses, an assault on the city would follow, though Villa seeks to avoid bloodshed and property damage. Zapata allegedly is restoring order, arresting rioters, and punishing looters, promising foreigners protection once normal conditions return.
A typewritten statement from the bride, Princess Sequoyah of Ketaw Kalantucky, confirms her Indian ancestry and details her lineage to Chief Sequoyah. The groom, Mel Croker, is linked to Tammany Hall influence. the couple plans to move to Ireland in April after the ceremony.
Four members lead a national Prohibition Flying Squadron visit to Boston for a three day anti liquor campaign. Speakers include Eugene W. Chafin and J. Frank Hanly with a schedule of afternoon and evening meetings at People's Temple across today tomorrow and Sunday. The troupe tours 58th of 200 stops, with music by Frederick Butler Mrs. Frederick Butler and Vera K. Mullen among performers.
A Black Watch corporal recalls a dramatic act by an Indian soldier during combat. A milk goat strayed into the line as shells burst. a Sikh dashed through the hail of bullets to guide the animal back, but a shell killed both him and the goat just as he reached safety.
In France five German officers raided a chateau where the two girls were insulted and forced to serve wine. The women drugged the wine and killed all five men in their sleep. A British officer found the men slain in a pool of blood.
The piece notes war inspired linguistic twists and shows vowelless phrases from Bohemian and Armenian as tongue twisters. It lists sample words like Jehmarid and pzhishg to illustrate how language shifts emerge under stress.
A British solicitor's clerk serving in the French Foreign Legion describes his comrades as a diverse group including a Russian-born American, a Polish Jew, and an Alsatian veteran with 15 years in the Legion. He notes medals from China to Morocco and an obsession with Germany.
Queen Amelie of Portugal assists in Red Cross offices in Pall Mall where she and Lady Gifford work at desks on the fourth floor. She has visited Paris Rouen and Boulogne and praises the hospitals and campaigns she has witnessed.
A Londoner at Charing Cross was startled when a French friend kissed him on both cheeks before a crowd. The moment stirred comment as Englishmen, who no longer weep in public or kiss one another, laughed.
An unidentified 70 year old blind man was taken to City Hospital with a cerebral hemorrhage after falling ill at the Dudley Street terminal. Surgeons said his condition is serious and police have yet to learn his identity.
Mrs. Lessie van Vorst American author married Hughes Laroux editor of the Matin in Paris at Ste Clotilde church. Witnesses included American ambassador M T Hierrick Etienne Lamy member of the academy Mgr Batiffol and Marie van Vorst.
Heavy rains along the lower Brazos Colorado and W Bernard rivers caused overflows widen the inundated area. Rail lines reported washouts at many points and traffic is delayed as reports reach Houston.
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