Huerta Masses Men as U S Flyers Are Fired On
A Mexican Federale volley missed two U S aviators Bellinger and Stoltz as they scouted near Vergara four miles north of Vera Cruz. They spotted 50 mounted federals a mile out, then 100 more closer to the American line and a second group of about 150 to the north. Sixty shots were fired with no hits on the planes. American lines fired none.
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Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Constituionalists
Niagara Falla
Constitutionalista
Mexico
Vera Crus
Bell- Inger
Stoltz
Vergara
Vera Cruz
Huerta
United States
Riano
Véra Cruz
Mexico City
John R. Silliman
Saltillo
J. de Gener
San Luis Potosi
States
Galveston
Silliman
Herbert F. Saunders
Niagara Falls
Ont
A-B.-C
Republic of Mexico
Niagara
New York
Jose Vasconcelos
Lexington Post Office Robbed in Illinois Incident
Four masked robbers wrecked the Lexington post office safe on Friday. The explosions aroused the town and only a small sum was secured. Bloomington, Illinois reports indicate the event occurred in Lexington with limited cash recovered.
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Lexington
Bloomington
Ill
Senator Bradley in Critical Condition in Crissa
Senator Bradley of Kentucky lies in a critical condition at his apartments in Crissa Washington, after being reported by physicians and attendees as of May 25. Senator Wil jam Bradley’s status is being monitored by medical staff.
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Senator Bradley
Crissa
Washington
Wil Jam
Bradley
Kentucky
Becker Guilty of Murder in First Degree
Charles Becker a former lieutenant of police was found guilty of the murder of Herman Rosenthal. The jury verdict was guilty in the first degree with a death penalty likely in the electric chair. Justice Seabury set the sentence for May 29. Becker showed no emotion as his wife and onlookers reacted to the verdict.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Justice Seabury
M Bose
Becker
Sylvia Pankhurst Arrested After Park Clash With Militants
In London on May 26 Sylvia Pankhurst was chained and arrested after a parade of 16 militants, led by her and followed by about 150 supporters. Police protected the line as crowds clashed at Victoria Park and Hampstead Heath where anti suffrage threats were shouted.
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London
Sylvia Pankhurst
East End
Pankhurst
Cannington
Victoria Park
George
Sylvia
Hampstead Heath
Train collision kills Hart and six others in Illinois
A southbound Chicago and Northwestern freight struck an automobile near Herrin killing D. T. Hart and the three year old child. Five others were injured including Lydia Alleman Frances Freeman and Hartwell. In Streator a car stalled on the track killed Mrs C G Savers and her daughter in law Bert Savers.
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Herrin
D. T. Hartwell
Marion
John Kilne
Lydia Alleman
Frances Freeman
Hartwell
Streator
Ill
C. G. Savers
Bert Savers
Ancona
Kansas City
Fast Mail
Dynamite Theft Threatens Gatun Locks Crisis
Panama reports a ton of dynamite stolen from a government warehouse at Gatun raising fears of an attack on Gatun locks. Three prisoners, two Colombians and a negro, were arrested for the theft. Police traced the explosive to the suspect's home as Colonel Goethals acknowledged lock defects.
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Panama
Gatun
Goethals
Chicago
Ogden Park Bank
Alden N. Baumgartner
Savannah
Albion C. Gruber
Seaboard Air Line
Jacksonville
Anderson
Kiel
Imperial Yacht Club
Comet
Boise
Idaho
Idaho State Penitentiary
Missing Pastor Is Found After Kidnaping near Columbia
Rev. Louis R. Patmont, once a key dry leader in Westville Illinois, was found bound and gagged in an abandoned house near Columbia. He was identified and taken to Danville to testify to the grand jury after recounting a kidnapping by men in Westville and surrounding Vernon County where detectives have gathered evidence.
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St. Louis
Louis R. Patmont
Columbia
Westville
Danville
Grand Jury
Patment
Thin City
Vermilion County
Mellen Voices Pain Over Indictment and Morgan Clash
Former New Haven president Charles S. Mellen testifies before the Interstate Commerce Commission revealing emotional moments as he says J Pierpont Morgan knew of Grand Trunk talks and that he bore the indictment he believed belonged to Morgan. He recalls Morgan’s influence and a remark about Morgan’s father’s health being harmed by the case. He also notes Nelson W. Aldrich helped push Rhode Island trolley systems sale to the New Haven at about nineteen to twenty million dollars.
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Charles 8. Mellen
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
C. C. McChord
Washington
Charlies 8
Mellen
New Haven Railroad
J. Pierpont Moran
Grand Trunk
Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
New Haven
Mr. Mellen
J. P. Morgan
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Nelson W. Aldrich
United States Senate
Rhode Island
Mr. Aldrich
Hog Cholera Day at State Farm Nebraska Farm Event
Nebraska university farm hosts Hog Cholera Day to train hog raisers on vaccination serum production and diagnosis steps. Second Wednesday each month through demand with 9 am start and free admission. Also notes Pioneers Memorial Day observance established by 1913 law for second Sunday in June.
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Nebraska
Nebraska University
Samuel W. McGrew
Auburn
Walter Riechel
Trial of Alleged Gunman Opens in Brasil Indiana
Trial of J on alleged gunman opened in Brasil Indiana charged with attempting to kill Judge Blank enbaker whose home was shot up during election fraud cases in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brasil
Ind
Jon
Blankenbaker
Terre Haute
Burning Steamer Waimate Reported Afire in South Atlantic
Wireless dispatches say the British steamer Waimate is afire in the southern Atlantic latitude 67 17 south longitude 79 01 west. The owners received the alert from the vessel on May 25.
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London
Explosions Injure Firemen and Crowd at Madison Street Fire
A four story blaze at 1342 West Madison Street shattered windows and sent hundreds of spectators into panic. Twenty firemen on the second and third floors were blown from the building with two believed fatally injured. Flying debris damaged adjacent houses and stores. property loss listed at 76 000 dollars.
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Chicago
West Madison Street
Madison Street
American golfers fall in British amateur final
Chick Evans of Chicago and Harold Weber of Toledo, the only American survivors of the British amateur championship, were defeated by McFarlane and Hutchison in a tense match at Sandwich England on May 23.
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Golf Tire
Sandwich
England
Chick Evans
Chicago
Harold Weber
Toledo
McFarlane and
Hutchison
Robbere Kill Road Agent Fatally Shot During Robbery
May 23. Eugene Houghteling agent for the Wet Ghore railroad at this place was shot to death by two robbers while defending property. They grabbed at $14 during the attack.
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Kill Road
Tappan, N
Eugene Houghteling
Ghore
Two Negroes Hanged for Murder at Friare Polot
Deputy Sheriff Frank Mutwinter and officers pursued two suspects at the seaboat landing for arrest when the men, Jon Thompson and Dave Nash, were hanged for murder in Friare Polot Mississippi in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friare Polot
Miss
Jon Thompson
Dave Nash
Hegroes
Frank Mutwinter
Mette
One Killed Three Hurt in Akron Auto Crash
Lawrence Winum, twenty one, was killed and three others seriously injured when the automobile they rode in crashed into a pole in South Akron.
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Akron
Lawrence Winum
South
Opinion Casts Doubt on County High School Law
Deputy Attorney General Ayres says the 1913 act creating county high schools may be invalid. It does not amend existing law but requires county boards to convene directors to elect regents in counties without a twelfth grade school, with the new high school to be at the county seat. A Supreme Court decision may be needed to settle the issue.
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Ayres
William C. Heelan
Hooker County
Attorney General's Department
Supreme Court
Nebraska Bridge and Road Funds Reported for 1913
Bridge funds levied statewide reached 1 606 222 dollars and road funds expended totaled 1 789 044 dollars for 1913 per state assessment board. Levy rates vary by county from zero in Grant Perkina and Phelps to 7 mills in Nance with Burt Colfax Cuming Dakota Holt Howard Knox Madison Nemaha and Stanton at 6 mills and all other counties between one half and 4.88 mills.
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State
Grant
Perkina
Phelps
Milla
Nance
Burt
Colfax
Cuming
Dakota
Holt
Howard
Knox
Madison
Nemaha
Stanton
Nebraska Guard Ordered Vaccination Against Typhoid Serum
Word reaches the state military headquarters that a consignment of anti typhoid serum sufficient to treat 3 000 persons has been forwarded by the war department. All members of the Nebraska national guard must be inoculated with this serum. A card record system to keep track of the men who are thus treated is also being sent by the war office. Nobody will be exempted from the adjutant general's office down unless he can show a physician's certificate that he has already been vaccinated against typhoid fever.
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War Department
Nebraska National Guard
War Office
Adjutant General's Office
Artificial silk industry growth and price trends noted
The report highlights a $600,000 effort to manufacture artificial silk from cotton, with Germany possibly leading production and consumption. Krefeld consumed 690,800 pounds last year for men’s tires, Swiss makers used 7,700 pounds, Lyons goods valued under $246,000, and nitrocellulose silk prices ranged from $1.27 to $1.66 while viscose silk ranged from $1.29 to $1.40.
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Germany
Krefeld
Lyons
Outdoor attachment guards gasoline can fire risk
A patent pump type gasoline can swings on a hinged outdoor support outside a window. An internal lever brings the can into easy reach or swings it away. The can features a hinged cover to exclude rain snow and dust.
Old Shoes Reborn As Artistic Housewares
Old boots and shoes no longer wearable are repurposed into decorative items and wallpaper. They are cleaned and pulped to produce leather sheets used for screens and wall coverings. Fine leather yields bronze and gold hues for stylish hangings. Bookbinders framemakers and carriage makers also use the thin pulp for valuable roofing materials and other uses.
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London Globe
Economy of Material in Concrete House Erection
The article explains the plan to build a Los Angeles house using concrete for every part, formed as wood would be and then joined by nails or wires. It discusses material efficiency and the principles behind a uniform concrete construction.
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Los Angeles
Apparatus Improves Etching Process for Newspaper Plates
A new device forces a jet of compressed air into the acid bath during etching to keep the acid in motion and remove metal particles, improving the quality of newspaper etchings.
Sulphur Recovery Under Louisiana Quicksand Project
Since the sulfur recovery venture beneath the Louisiana quicksand began in 1904, more than 2,380,000 tons of refined product have been recovered.
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Bur
Louisiana
Aess
Debating League awards three top spots at state meet
Paul Stowell of University Place Michael D Nolan of Alliance and Homerson Winter of Wymore won Myst second and third places in the seventh annual Nebraska High School Debating League contest. The event finished the state wide elimination rounds after twelve districts and sixty five high schools participated since the school year began.
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Paul Stowell
University Place
Michael D. Nolan
Alliance
Homerson Winter
Wymore
Myst
Nebraska High School
State University
Re Inking Ribbons for Office Typewriters
A new device has been invented to re ink ribbons for typewriters adding machines and similar devices. The machine promises extended ribbon life and easier maintenance for office work.
Melting Concrete Using Torch Heat Described
Report describes using oxyacetylene torch on concrete to heat and melt it. It claims the concrete runs like butter under intense sunlike heat.
Sheet aluminum outperforms copper for vine Jaws sheathing
A brief note states sheet aluminum is better than drags of copper for sheathing vine Jaws when soft metals are handled.
Machine cleans old brick for reuse on site
A Philadelphia inventor has patented a portable brick cleaning machine that processes bricks from demolished buildings. Operated by two people, it handles 16 bricks per minute at 60 cents per 1000, promising bricks cleaned of mortar and ready for reuse.
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Philadelphia
Safe gasoline storage uses water to displace air
A London company offers a storage system that fully fills a gasoline tank with liquid and uses water to occupy any space not taken by fuel. As gasoline is drawn off, water moves in to fill the vacancy, preventing evaporation and reducing danger from gas release.
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London
Industrial and energy notes from early 20th century reports
The minutes discuss mineral waste costs in the United States, concerns over electric car power, a German process to spin kapok fiber into yarn, copper as currency in China, 1918 US natural gas use of 652 billion cubic feet at 16.04 cents per thousand, and a German invention for compressed hardening steel with selective mote? parts.
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United States
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