Rebellion Opens in Mexico Rumors Circulate of Revolt
Washington reports from the American embassy in Mexico City say several officers formerly with General Pablo Gonzalez are jailed on plots against the government. Chiapas is in open rebellion and General Francisco J. Murguia has raised the Carranza opposition flag.
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Washington
State Department
Amercan
Mexico City
Pablo Gonzales
Chiapas
Francisco J. Murguia
Michoacan
Juan Barragan
Alfredo Ricaut
Lucio Blanco
Paulino Fontes
Mexico
United States
Carranza
Blanco
Ricaut
Ignacio Bonillas
San Antonio
Tex
Manuel Aguirre Berlanga
Imigres
Death of Eugenie Former Empress of France
Eugenie, ex Empress of France, dies at 88 in the presence of a lady in waiting at the Duke of Alba’s residence in France. Her long life includes roles as Spanish countess and wife of Napoleon II. Reports note wealth and dramatic events surrounding Suez Canal celebrations and an $11 million khedive treasury, with her gown later linked to debts and sale.
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Madrid
Eugenie of
France
Duke of Alba
Eugenie
Eugenie Marie de Monijo
Europe
Napoleon II
Eugenne
Suez Canal
Cairo
Paris
America
Hagen Wins French Open Title at Versailles
Walter Hagen, American pro, won the French Open on the Versailles course Thursday. He defeated French rival La Fitte to force a playoff, sealing the championship in golf’s premier event.
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Versailles
Walter Hagen
Hagen
la Fitte
Fountains of Molten Lava at Kilauea Volcano
Immense fountains of molten lava have been playing recently in the glowing lake of fire at Kilauea Volcano on the island of Hawaii near Hilo.
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Island of Hawaii
T. H
Kilauea
Texas News Highlights From Across the State
Livingston voters approve a $20 000 school bond. The Del Rio Canadian Highway Association plans a July 20 San Angelo convention. Florists convene in Fort Worth July 20 21 22. Corsicana opens a cotton yarn plant producing 4000 pounds daily. M K T Railway gets a rehearing on Blanchard depot. Cleveland precinct votes down a school tax. Hunt County finds 12.49 percent alcohol in a beverage sample. Grain Dealers Mutual Fire Insurance Co of Boston granted Texas license. Dallas County cotton damaged by bollworms and weevils. hot dry weather needed. Galveston port exports 4 677 796 bushels of wheat in June 1920 up 1 376 167. Wilbarger County taxes rise to 15 454 094 from 12 879 630. Hardeman County thrashers report wheat 20–40 bu/acre oats 50–75 bu/acre. John Tarleton College dormitory funds 10 000. total project about 500 000. Bond issuances approved in several districts. Confederate pensions total 15 768 at 24 dollars this quarter, down 814. Texas lines seek cotton rate increases. compression charge changes include loading topping and transit insurance. Oil and gas supervisors plan Austin conference July 21–23. Government buys 10600 acres in Kelly Field No 2 San Antonio and Brooks Field for 193 000 58. about 1200 more acres pursued. Captain Eric Eades oversees deals. military use unspecified.
Barrel Trip Over Niagara Falls Ends in Fatality
Charles G. Stephens of Bristol England died when his barrel plummeted over Niagara Falls. The 58 year old barber’s craft failed to survive the 158 foot drop as spectators tracked the descent from the Canadian bank and river men warned the fate may keep his body submerged for days.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Charles G. Stephens
Bristol
England
Horseshoe Falls
Stephens
France
Bobby Leach
Leach
Annie Holson Taylor
Annie Edson Taylor
US warned against recognizing new Mexican government
Henry P. Pletcher, former ambassador to Mexico, urged President and Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby to grant only de facto recognition to the De La Huerta regime and to secure a pledge that American citizens would be compensated for property taken during the Carranza era. The note followed talks between the State Department and Dr. Iglesias Calderon, Mexican high commissioner, on recognition terms.
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United States
Mexico City
Calderon
Fletcher
Carranza
National Nut Growers set dates for 1820 convention
Directors of the National Nut Growers Association met in Albany Georgia and fixed October 13 14 and 15 for the 1820 convention to be held in Austin Texas.
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Albany
National Nut Growers’ Association
Austin
Texas
Apple Growers Harvest Early Crop in Erath County
Apple growers of Erath County in Stephenville Texas report a ready demand for their early harvest as the season progresses.
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Erath County
Stephenville
Texas
The New Poor in London Punch Snippet
A punchline exchange shows a dealer in cast-off clothing greeting a lady and discussing wares for her husband, illustrating social satire in London humor.
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London Punch
Ride Across the Racial Divide In a Texas Train Car
In a Johnson era vignette set on a segregated Texas day coach a white passenger recalls a conductor demanding a ticket from a young Negro boy who buys the ride with silver dollars. The boy negotiates departure after paying, expressing willingness to pay more to endure the demeaning setting.
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Jerkwater
Texas
Cap’n
Darky
Irvin
Cobb
Saturday Evening Post
Free to Kick, Mia
Dialogued exchange shows Mia refusing a summer visit while Mya explains her husband dislikes social visits and prefers places to board and misbehave as he pleases. The quoted lines reflect a noisy domestic chatter style from the Boston Transcript.
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Mia
Sume Mer
Mya
Boston Transcript
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John Tarlton College
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Joaquin Independent
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