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Newspaper
Bryan Daily Eagle And Pilot
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1914
Page
1
A week long special offers Batavia and Premier jams and preserves in glass jars at 25 cents. Regular 36 ounce size jars, limit two preserves and two jams per customer. Globe jar preserves at 10 cents. Hardy Newton.
Eagle Pass Texas March 24 federal soldiers clashed with Constitutionalists along the Rio Grande near Del Rio. After a brief exchange, 29 Constitutionalists were taken prisoner while American troopers reported casualties and a swift withdrawal to maintain patrols. Washington approved the action as a border patrol incident with no reported American deaths.
A mistyped notice hints at Easter costume accessories from California Bowne, promoting twelve photo-friendly styles through Milton Taylor. Call 455 to order, with potential shipment from California.
Governor Colquitt faces questions about offering a reward linked to the murder case of Clemente Vergara. Officials fear the move could provoke Mexican retaliation and breach the U S Mexico treaty as Mexican Federals fire across the Rio Grande in Del Rio with heavy fire. Del Rio reports note over five hundred shots and rising tension between nations.
Rebel forces under Villa slow the Federals at Torreon as fighting spreads from Gomez Palacio to the surrounding hills. Reported telegraphs confirm Villa’s victory with supplies ordered to Gomez Palacio and forces advancing on Torreon from multiple routes amid heavy casualties and street fighting.
Soldiers confronted strikers at the Four Coupler Works in Depew as bayonets were drawn and troopers entered today. A routine guard action failed to halt rioting, delaying the train’s arrival and prompting medical triage for injured.
Burleson County Ledger reports a shift from employing convicts and county crews to contracting road work. Officials find convict labor costly and weather dependent, with forty miles of roads and ongoing feed costs. A board decision outlines letting the work by contract to reduce expenses and improve efficiency.
A vague dispatch from Nuevo Laredo says Federal reinforcements were sent to General Guardiola. The report claims nationalist forces some days earlier gained a material advantage near Guerrero as Canatituiogatists faced setbacks.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon introduced a resolution to pave the way for repealing the tolls ban in the Panama Canal tolls provision of the 484 act. The move aims to end the prohibition on tolls for vessels passing through government canals and other federal waterways.
Associated Press reports Dr Ath Moore a 72 year old retired physician from Hooham Texas was gored to death by a bull while on a reach near San Angelo on Monday. The incident occurred as he visited the area.
Fragmentary report from Laredo Texas describes a Vegara family tragedy with a deadly shooting near Clemente Versara. Names appear garbled but indicate a fatal gunfire event and a person named Suatina Betfio involved in the incident.
In a government action dated March 2, two machine guns were delivered to the American Embassy for use in defense during an emergency. The shipment arrives amid ongoing security concerns and underscores heightened preparedness for potential crises.
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