War Department warns of border attack plot in election period
Washington reports definite information that enemies of the policy toward Mexico plan a spectacular attack on the U S border or on expedition forces before the election. Army and State Department officials say suspects include Villa allied groups. officials warn units in Mexico and border towns to be ready and to avoid implying American citizens are involved.
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Funston
Pershing
War Department
Washington
War
Baker
Mexico
Villa
Lansing
Cone Folk
State Department
State
War Departments
Carranza
Trevino
United States
Felix Diaz
Legalista
Carganza
Border tensions ease as troops remain in place near El Paso
The War Department orders border commanders alerted for possible outbreak while the Department of the South reports no troop movements. Major General Funston head of the department stays on a coast hunting trip. Three unarmed Mexican escapees from Chihuahua penitentiary, freed by Villa during the September 16 attack, reach an El Paso outpost seeking protection, later handed to immigration officials.
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el Valle
Namiquipa
William A. Mann
Laredo
Tex
War Department
Albert L. Mills
Mann
Pennsylvania
West Point
Cuba
Collez
Department of the South
Funston
Department
Fl Paso
Rio Grande
Fifth Ohio Infantry
el Paso
Chihuahua
Villa
Carranza
United States
Social and Personal Carruthers St John Wedding and Notables
Miss Elsie M St John of Norwalk wed Nelson B Carruthers of 21 Waldorf Ave Norwalk in a Sil vermine Ave home ceremony. Attendants included sister Mrs Leonard Mackenzie. Rev Murray Hamilton officiated. Post wedding they will live with the bride’s sister in Westport. Carruthers is a Hawley hardware clerk. Also notes on D A R meeting plans in Danbury and a bridal dinner for Miss Ethel Buchanan. A J Kerr recital at Universalist church draws music lovers. Burgemeister accompanies. Detectives in St Louis recover 13000 of 32000 stolen from a Detroit paymaster.
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Elsie M. St. John
Norwalk
Nelson B. Carruthers
Waldorf Avenue
St. John
Joseph Guthrie
Silvermine Avenue
George H. St. John
Westport
Robert Carruthers
Broad River
Leonard C. Mackenzie
Murray Hamilton
Noroton Heights
Carruthers
John E. Foster
Park Avenue
Brooklawn Club
Ethel Buchanan
George Francis Hughes
Foster
Missuchanan
D. W. Bunan
George Oldham
Frank R. Fraser
Elwood Kelley
Philadelphia
Leonard Hotchkiss
Alene Burt
New York City
Laura Kennedy
Saratoga
N. Y
Buchanan
J. Kerr
Universalist Church
Universalist Women's Club
Kerr
A. W. Burgemeister
Mr. Kerr
Kypris
Synores
Burgemeister
McDowell
California Syrup of Figs Ad: Household Remedy
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children and adults. It claims quick relief from constipation and colds by purging bowels, urging mothers to keep a bottle on hand and buy from the California Fig Syrup Company with directions for all ages.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Urgent call for East Side Day Nursery extension
George M. Lasell, Waltersville School principal, urges extending Day Nursery work to a new East Side branch to serve factory workers and large tenement populations. He argues current location limits benefits, notes hardships for working parents, and stresses early education, health care, and proper child supervision. Local efforts include a $10,000 fundraising drive with support from manufacturers and Stratfield workers planning a Saturday luncheon.
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East Side
George M. Lasell
Waltersville School
Lasell
Main Street
Obituaries and Notices from Danbury and Stamford
Just arrived notices list obituaries and births including Luc. M. Walsh wife of James H. Walsh in Danbury, Bridget N. Kilday in Stamford, John B. Gregory aged 89 in Cranbury, Thos. Whone aged 85 in Norwalk, James C. Haggerty aged 48 in Greenwich, and Dutch and French business arrivals from John Beck & Son.
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John Beck & Son
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Bowe
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Zapata
Arredondo
Oaxaca
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Democratic Party
Carruthers—St. John
Connecticut
First Congregational Church
Deer Hill Avenue
West Street
Danbury
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Baptist Church
Terrace Place
Church of Christ
Liberty Street
Mary Silliman
Sidney E. Hawley
Keeler Avenue
St. Louis
Burroughs Adding Machine Co
Detroit
Bolivia
State ST
Brennans
Gately & Brennan
Conchcusses
Dis
Stratfield
Piquette Piano Co
Cannon Street
Bridgeport
Cannon ST
Sonora and
Grafonoa Talking Machines
Albert Robin
Paria
Curts Chemical Co
Weat 28Rd St
New York
J. D. Hartigan
Fairfield Avenue
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