Pioneer Express Robbery Recalled By Dryden Station Clerk
Galveston, Tex. A Dryden station clerk recalls the 28,000 dollar express robbery linked to a box sent from St. Louis. The tale follows Raymond Pacheco, a well educated stranger, his overnight stay, and a subsequent detective inquiry by Russell of Adams Express Wells Fargo. The narrative weaves through Dryden, Mexico, and hints at a vast treasure amid the frontier stations.
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Mr. Fry
Dryden
San Antonio
Raymond Pacheco
Express
St. Ls
California
Yale
Iso
Antonio
Autoorife
Hiberuls
Fea
Rio Grande
Pacheco
Ukelipoad
St. Louis
Secret Service
Adams Express
Wella Fargo Express
Russell
Haymond Pacheco
Mexico
Snellness
Pacific Coast
Robbery on a St. Louis Express Train
A Wells Fargo Adams Express car robbery on a St. Louis outbound train yielded 28000 dollars, mostly currency with some gold. A man described as Pacheco posed as a new messenger, gained access, stunned the messenger, gagged and bound him, then looted currency and gold before escaping at various city stops.
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Russell
St. Louis
Adams Eixpress
Wells Fargo Joint Express
Pacheco
Wells Fargo Express Company
Mesgenger
Thim
Confederate veteran seeks peace moving to Gaines County Texas
A former Confederate veteran, reputed as wealthy owner Bonaparte Brown, travels farm to farm in Gaines County Texas near the Seminole reservation. He fled YoradaArk seeking seclusion after oil wells and pumping engines disrupted his quiet life, abandoning 800 acres of land and his wealth in pursuit of rest four miles east of a city.
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Yorada
Ark
Theo Liquid
Fletion
Péxas
Oley
Bonaparte Brown
Elarity
Confed
Abt Bias
Gaines County
Texas
Mules Aid Mail Belle Delivery Solution Found
Plaine Minnesota rural mail carrier T Hert of Blakely township Scott county reports he solved winter road drift issues. He used a team of mules and did not miss a delivery, proving reliable service despite heavy snows.
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Plaine
A. T. Hert
Blakely Township
Scott County
Victoria Brides Barred From U S Immigration Admission
Victoria brides in infancy who married Canadians and worked in the United States were refused entry by immigration authorities. Other brides have been ordered deported for overstaying a six month visit.
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Victoria
B. G
Canada
Nho
United States
Girl Babies Sell at 3 Cents Each in China
Catholic missionary Daniel McGulduddy from Kun Chow Klang province reports in Shanghai and Seattle that in parts of China girl babies are sold for 3 cents in American money. Parents receive the payment and the garments wrapped with the babies are sometimes asked to be returned. Missions avoid conflicts by paying leaders.
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Seattle
Wash
China
Jxochow
Klangs Province
Rey
Daniel McGulrcuddy
Kunchow
Klangel
Shanghai
Anld Pather McGulicuddy
Sul Summa
Brimstone Output Surpasses One Million Tons in U S
The United States produced over a million tons of brimstone last year, more than five times the output of Stefly, the principal source of Europe’s supply.
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United States
Carrier Pigeons Tale From World War I Legend
A 1918 front line yarn tells of a Rainbow Division patrol carrying a homing pigeon in fog for a surprise raid. The pigeon delivers a note to the command post reading I am tired of carrying this damn bird, revealing the humorous twist behind the risky errand.
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No Man's Land
Iiewise
P. C
Astaff
The Pride of a Creative Genius Arraigned in South Carolina
A colored man facing a mayhem charge in a South Carolina court is described amid a brutal case involving a mutilated victim. The judge condemns the brutality as inspired by infernal influences while the defendant admits the devil seemed to urge him as he recalls severing the victim’s nose and teeth during the attack.
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South Carolina
Jedge
Man seeks libel damages after hippo potamus nickname claim
An elderly farmer in the Tennessee foothills visits a lawyer to pursue $10,000 in libel damages after being called a hippo potamus two years prior. He explains he delayed action until a Ringling Brothers circus visit reminded him of the insult and possible remedy.
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Tennessee
Ringling Brothers’ Circus
Knoxville
Congressman Hull to Represent U S at Buenos Aires Roads Conference
Congressman William E Hull of the Peoria district selected by President Coolidge to attend the international good roads conference in October in Buenos Aires Argentina. He wired acceptance. South America plans extensive road construction and hosted a U S delegation last summer to study methods. Hull long advocated concrete highways backing Illinois bond issues and led driving efforts with Governor Lowden.
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William E., Hull
Peoria
Coolidge
United States
Buenos Aires
Argentina
South America
Illinois
State Highway Department
Hull
Lowden
Windls State Highway Improvement Association
Lukeman Named Sculptor for Stone Mountain Memorial
Augustus Lukeman of New York is named to sculpt the Stone Mountain Confederate memorial, succeeding Gutzon Borglum. A Richmond native and National Sculpture Society member, Lukeman trained under Launt Thompson and Daniel Chester French, later educating at the National Academy of Design and Columbia University. His works include statues of McKinley, an Asbury equestrian statue, the Strauss fountain, and a Red Hook returning doughboys memorial.
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Augustus Lukeman
New York
Stone Mountain
Gutzon Borglum
Lukeman
Richmond
National Sculpture Society
Launt Thompson
National Academy of Design of
Columbia University
Chicago
Daniel Chester French
Wiliam McKinley
Adams, Mast
Dayton
Ohio
Bishop Francis Asbury
Washington
Strauss
Red Hook Park
Brooklyn
Kruttschnitt to Retire From Southern Pacific at 71
Julius Kruttschnitt, longtime associate of B. Harriman and a key figure at Southern Pacific, will retire on his 71st birthday after 48 years of service. The pension plan triggers a major reorganization with William Sproule directing operations from San Francisco, while Henry W. De Forest becomes chairman in New York.
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Julius Kruttschnitt
Southern Pacific Railway
Mr. Kruttschuitt
New Orleans
William Sproule
San Francisco
New York
Henry W. de Vorest
Kruttschnitt
Federal institution for women at Alderson to open
A new federal industrial institution for women at Alderson West Virginia will replace current prison transfers. Congress allocated 909100 dollars for the prison and architects plan a cottage system with 500 capacity and an adjoining 2000 acre farm, with negotiations for 800 more. Federal women prisoners are now sent to state jails amid protests. Dr Mary B Harris will head the institution. she is linked to Bucknell University and has held key reform and law enforcement positions in New Jersey and at Blackwell's Island.
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Federal
Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Congress
Jalls
Mary B. Harris
John Howard Harris
Bucknall
University of Chicago
Blackwell's Island
New Jersey
State Home For Girls of
International Association of Policewomen
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Ld Frontier
Galveston
Tex
Arkansas
Southern Pacific
Regio
Fog Fry
Iveston
Gothenburg
Sweden
Ches
Whee
Neteran
William E. Hull
Good Roads
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