Bomb attack disrupts Peabody uniform factory in Windsor
An explosion at the Peabody Company plant in Windsor destroys part of the facility where 115000 British army uniforms were being produced. The blast damages the armory area and injures no one reported, with dynamite fuses burning out and a $10000 loss cited. Meanwhile reports from the war front note Turkish offensives in the Gallipoli Peninsula, German and Austro-Hessians advancing near Lemberg, and renewed fighting north of Arras and in Lorraine.
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Associated Press
F Windsor
Peabody Company
Tragedy In Boonville Ends In Slaying
Carful tragedy at Boonville reports a colored woman stabbed at her home near the colored red at Boonville yesterday morning. Elijah Cavitt, alias Cavitt, from Brazos bottom, is accused and at large after escaping into Carter's Creek bottom. The victim died from throat slashes and multiple wounds, with inquest by Justice of the Peace L. L. McGee. Neighbors report no known prior trouble. search continues for the alleged slayer. A dead Negro woman was buried that afternoon.
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Ura Hunter
Boonville
Elijah Cavitt
Alis K Cavitt
Brazos Bottom
Cavitt
Carter's Creek Bottom
Ll. D. McGee
Sharps Draw Mockery in Brief Washington Herald Line
A short Washington Herald snippet mocks those who fall for sharp tricks, noting that only fools are caught and mocking the ineffectiveness of the scheme.
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Washington Herald
Great Street Car Strike Settled After Fifteen Hour Talks
Peace in the street car strike was restored at five this morning after a fifteen hour conference. Cars are being put into operation as fast as the men can be notified. All points will be settled by representatives of the company the men and Mayor Thompson.
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Associatedress
Chicago
Ill
Thompson
Fighting Reported in Yaqui Valley Near American Settlements
On June 1 off Guaymas the Associated Press reports fighting near American settlements in the Yaqui valley as Villistas press to subdue the Yaquis to protect foreigners. Carranzistas move from Sinaloa against Villistas. no Yaqui attacks on foreigners recently.
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Associated Press
U. S. S. Colorado
Guyamas
Yaqui Valley
Sinaloa
New Coach for QM College in Texas A&M College
Tuscaloosa June 21 Dorsey V Graves longtime University of Alabama athletic director and head coach has formally accepted the post as head coach of Texas A and M College.
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University of Alabama
Texas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dorsey V. Graves
Texas Agricultural and Mecanical College
O Leary Acquitted At Marshall
The State moved to dismiss charges against Frank O Leary citing insufficient evidence. The defense argued for acquittal to avoid reputational slur. The trial was ordered to continue with no evidence presented and the jury returned a formal not guilty verdict. Trials of others connected with the case have not been set.
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Ry Associated Press
Marshall
Texas
Frank O'Leary
O'Leary
Militia Guards Governor Slaton Home as Mob Fails to Reappear
Atlanta observers report the militia still guards Governor Slaton’s country home while the mob that gathered last night did not return this morning. Near beer saloons reopen in the city.
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Atlanta
Ferguson Holds Up All Purchases
Fort Worth Texas June 22 Gov Ferguson at the Buy It In Texas convention wired the Purchasing Agent to hold up all million dollar contracts for supplies until he can investigate the home made goods feature.
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Ft. Worth
Tex
Ferguson
S.at
A and M Civil Engineers Survey Texas Rail Route
A group of seventeen junior civil engineering cadets from Texas A and M College conducts preliminary surveys for a proposed railroad to the Brazos River. Under professors Love, Miller, and Spence, the team will locate the route, estimate costs, prepare specs, and sound bridges as part of a six week practical program.
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Brazos River
School of Civil Engineering
A. & M. College
Brazos
A. C. Love
D. C. Miller
Department of Civil Engineering
D. W. Spence
Party of Engineers
M. A. Abernathy
Paducah
F. L. Bramlette
Longview
G. F. Brigance
Sherman
Fred Burkett
Morgan
G. J. Cornett
Grandview
J. V. Curnette
Snyder
L. H. Hagaman
Ranger
R. Hawes
San Anantonio
D. L. Hook
Denison
H. J. Morgan
Temple
P. H. Olson
Clifton
A. G. Owen
Double Bayou
Indictment Returned Against Thomas Taggart in Election Conspiracy
Marion county grand jury indicted Thomas Taggart and more than a hundred others in charges of election conspiracy tied to the 1914 election and prior primaries. Notable figures named include Mayor Joseph Bell Chief Samuel Perrott and City Attorney Fred Barrett. Taggart dismissed the charges, saying he did not know what he was indicted for.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Marion County Grand Jury
Joseph Bell
Samuel Perrott
Fred Barrett
Taggart
Rain May Benefit County Crops and Weevil Fight
A county agent reports heavy rain on June 15 aiding corn and cotton crops though corn losses loom from blown down fields. He notes an unprecedented boll weevil infestation in late developing cotton and urges rapid shallow cultivation to destroy injuried squares and deter weevil germination.
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Old Macy
Zack
Edge
Kurten
World War I Update From June 22 Across Fronts
Reports from Berlin Paris and London detail fighting in Alsace the Fecht valley and the Isonzo front with Italian gains at Monfalcone and Plava. Russian forces reportedly defeated near Lemberg while Turkish ships were sunk and a British steamer sank near the Scotch coast. President Wilson says no new peace plans are planned and German authorities suspend a newspaper publication.
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Associated Press
London
Carisbrook
Plava
Rome
Trieste
Isonzo
Palva
Washington
Wilson
United States
War Munitions Flood Vladivostok Seaport
Advices from Vladivostok report large arrivals of war munitions at the seaport. Russian authorities order rush shipments of cars and locomotives from the United States to overcome rail forwarding bottlenecks through Siberia.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Vladivostok
Siberia
United States
Chihuahua Market Fire Destroys Market in Chihuahua City
Fire destroyed the Chihuahua City market last night in El Paso Texas. Reports of two hundred lives lost were not verified. The text also notes an unrelated line about a winter girl disliking hot weather.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Thaw Jury Trial Begins As Thaw Plans Panama Trip
Selections for the jury to determine Harry Thaw's sanity began in New York today. Thaw, confident of a favorable verdict, has arranged a Panama Exposition trip. his mother attended the court proceedings with him.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Howard Confers With Mexican Officers at Sea Conference
Guaymas Mexico June 22 At a conference aboard the Colorado between Mexican officers and Admiral Howard fifteen hundred Villa troops were promised to protect foreigners in the Yaqui Valley.
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Associated Press
Guaymas
Mexico
Colorado Today
Howard
Villa
Yaqui Valley
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Georgia
Qurvey Railroad
Indiana
A. W. Buchanan
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