Huerta Ready to Retire as Mexico Quiets
Niagara Falls June 3 Gen Huerta prepares to resign. He authorized his representatives at the mediation conference to say neither pride nor personal interest would block withdrawal once Mexico is politically pacified and a successor government is formed with public support. Mexican delegates urge discussion of internal and international questions and an armistice with Huerta forces to hasten peace. Mediation notes question Carranza talks as discussions proceed.
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Niagara Palls
Huerta
Mexico
Gen. Huerta
Rafael Zubaran Capmany
Gen. Carranza
Washington
Juan F. Urquid
Huerta Forces
Zubarana
Savings account boosts during life’s ups and downs
The notice extols the value of a savings account in a reputable bank for financial security across life stages. It highlights Columbia Bank Trust Co as a sturdy, trustworthy place to save.
Assignment of School Teachers MT Pleasant Tenn
Hay Long city schools announce next term teachers across grades and departments. Principal Walter N Noel leads grammar schools with Miss Mihnie Polk and Miss Leah Cowan among instructors. high school staff includes Frank Ordway and Miss Sadie Shofter. Superintendent C R Hughes notes record year and optimism for stronger results with the current corps.
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Mt, Pleasant
Tenn
B. Stephens
Hay-Long City
Howard High School
Mihnie J. Polk
Owen R. Hughes
Luelle Roberts
Mabel Mitchell
Leah Cowan
Margaret Holt
Walter N. Noel
Clara, O. Pettit
Misa Irene Hudson
Hughes
Frank Ordway
Sadie Shofter
Harriet Penland
Mudeen
Stephens
Army Worms Versus FLIWS Warned by Local Ad
An old ad promotes J. H. Thomas & Co. screen doors and windows, urging readers to combat army worms and flu like pests with product offerings. It mentions Bell 175 and Citizens phone 22, and includes a clipped price or measurement detail.
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J. H. Thomas # Co
Bell Telephone
Citizens Telephone
J. H. Thomas & Coo
Citizens Phone
Thaw Case Reaches Supreme Court Docket
Harry K. Thaw appeals a Matteawan extradition fight to the Supreme Court after Judge Aldrich of the New Hampshire federal district court denied release. Officials in New York seek extradition while a bail petition may be filed if the docketing proceeds this week.
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Washington
Harry K
Thaw
Matteawan
Supreme Court
Aldrich
Federal District Court of New Hampshire
New York State
Free Scholarships To Marry Teachers At Summer School
Maury county teachers are offered free Peabody College summer scholarships through Dr. Bruce R. Payne. Scholarships target agriculture industrial arts and household arts with nominations due by June 15. Winners chosen from county and city school superintendents lists. two women may win household arts scholarships.
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Maury County
Peabody College For
Bruce R. Payne
Maury
Reorganized College
Graham
Columbia
Mt. Pleasant
Peabody College
Ely
Senate passes naval appropriation bill for battleships
Washington June 3 The senate approved the annual naval appropriation bill totaling about 141 million dollars to run the battleship program and fund a third modern dreadnought. It includes sale proceeds from Idaho and Mississippi to finance the plan and directs building one new battleship at a government yard amid lengthy debate.
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Senate
NAVAL
Washington
Idaho
Mississipp
Secretary Wilson Delivers University Oration on Distribution
In Tuscaloosa on June 3 Secretary of Labor William B. Wilson spoke at the state university alumni society, substituting for A Mitchell Palmer. He called the production and distribution problem the great question of the age, central to commerce and human incentive.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
William B. Wilson
the State University
A. Mitchell Palmer
Padgett Chosen Naval Academy Orator for Graduation
Annapolis June 3 The board of visitors at the naval academy selected Congressman Lemuel P. Padgett of Tennessee as the orator to represent the board at the academy graduation exercises on Friday.
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Annapolis
Naval Academy Today
Lemuel P. Padgett
Tennessee
Seneca Indians Freed Over Fishing Rights in 1797 Treaty
In Buffalo New York on June 3 three Seneca Indians were freed by Justice Pooly after arguing habeas corpus that a 1797 treaty gave them perpetual rights to fish and hunt in Eightteen Mile Creek. A deputy game warden arrested them, but the treaty supersedes state law and the defendants were released.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Senate
Supreme Court
Eighteen Mile Creek
Justice Pooly
Kennedy
Lawa
Fatally Injured by a Pitched Ball in Kentucky
Tompkinsville Ky June 3 Bill Hammer 21 a school teacher was struck on the head by a pitched ball rupturing a brain blood vessel and he died today. Quite 80 You want to employ me to contest bad billet. That's the idea. I don't think a girl's suited to that kind of occupation. Why now The old adage states that no man's work is never due.
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Tompkinsville, Ky
Bill Hammer
Welch Purchases Nice Stallion John A
Welch, a noted local horseman, bought the pacing stallion John A. from Dr. Walter P. Woldridge. Although only two years old, the son of John A. 2:03 and brood mare Lady Hal Brown wowed buyers with a high price, promising a fast future on the track and stud duties this season before racing next year.
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Welch
Walter P. Woldridge
John A
Hal Brown
Cotton Conditions Lowest Since 1872 Reported
Washington reports the U S Department of Agriculture says the nation’s cotton crop on May 25 was 14.8 percent of normal, 7 percent below the ten year average. Excessive rains and cool nights hit central and northeastern Texas and parts of Oklahoma and Arkansas, forcing replanting in Texas and lowering conditions in several states. No final acreage estimate is yet issued. unofficial figures suggest a range around minus 8.5 to plus 1 percent.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Compromise Over Ten Thousand Dollar Breath of Promise
A terse exchange recalls a quarrel over a debt of breath of promise and a strawberry sundae as reconciliation, referencing a woman who had sued for ten thousand dollars and a patchwork ending at Deaia.
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Deaia
Fashion Platen Display Confusion Rafts Complaints
A fragment suggests dressmakers and modistes clash over fashion plates. Readers voice skepticism about dressmakers displaying prints and the style served, noting a lack of modern taste and service. The exasperation hints at a local fashion dispute or critique.
Oil Trust Benefits By Court Decision
A June 2 report from Los Angeles states Judge Maurice T. Dooling ruled Taft era withdrawal orders exempting California oil lands from entry invalid. The decision grants undisputed possession to Midway Oil Company and Standard Oil Company, with similar cases pending and potential broad impact on federal mineral law and executive power.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William H. Taft
California
Maurice T. Dooling
United States District Court of
San Francisco
Mid- Way Oil Company
Standard Ol Company
Dooling
United States
Cosmopolitan Club Elects Officers At Spring Meeting
At the last spring meeting Miss Mary Rainey, retiring president, presided as Miss Bessie Ashton was elected president for the coming year. Ev Benia Gray became vice president and Emma Claire Moore was chosen secretary and treasurer. Incoming committees include Program chaired by Mrs. Qwing Kannon with Eleanor Frierson and Annie Mal Fleming, book committee led by Jon Minnie Fry with Lucia Frierson and Carrie Smith, executive committee Mins Mittie Wlam with Mary Rainey and Mamie Hu. The club will not meet again until October's second Saturday.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Mary Rainey
Bessie Ashton
Ev. Benia Gray
Emma Claire Moore
Qwing Kannon
Eleanor Frierson
Annie Mal Fleming
Jon Minnie Fry
Lucia Frierson
Carrie Smith
Mins Mittie W
Carranza Opens Three Ports in Durango Mexico
Gen Venustiano Carranza announced Tampico Tuxpan and Montamoras are officially opened to world commerce. He warned steamship lines to honor prior Madero contracts or risk annulment, continuing under Huerta until a new cabinet is announced, signaling nearing completion of operations against Huerta.
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Durango
Mex
Venustians
Carranza
Tampico
Tuxpa
Montamoras
Madero
Huerta
Gen. Carranza
Principe
Bastillo
Commandar
Education Board limits activities in southern conference
New York May 50 The Southern education board announced restrictions after assuming work by request of the general education board The executive board continues the conference for education in the south under reorganization at the next session An appropriation of 9000 dollars was made to cover conference expenses.
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New York
Southern, Education Board
General Education Board
Conference For Education In
South
U P Church Opposes Union in New Castle Protests
Memorials from May 30 gathered in New Castle target the United Presbyterian Church of the United States (South) over its stance on the union. The memorials were referred to the committee as dissension among missionaries and efficiency members was noted.
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New Castle
United Presbyterian Church of the United States
United Church
Verity
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New College
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