Battle begins as U S troops move to El Paso
Juarez battles flare near the Juarez Agricultural College four miles south as Gen Angeles forces clash with federal troops. A Mexican paymaster general reports fighting east of Juarez while Angeles troops pour in from the west. Americans with passports flee to El Paso and civilians are ordered off the streets. The Twenty fourth Infantry travels by special train toward El Paso. Funds and records from the Juarez custom house are moved to El Paso as Gen Gonzales fortifies the border.
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Porces
Felipe Angeles
Angeles
Juarez Agricultural College
Rio Grande
el Paso
Tuarez
U.S
Twenty-fourth
U. S. Infantry
Columbus
N. M
Juntex Custom House
el. Paso
Francisco Gonzales
More Wire Men To Strike Nationwide Telegraph Walkout
Chicago June 12 The first day of the commercial telegraphers strike drew divergent counts. Western Union president Newcomb Carleton said 166 employees, 121 operators, were absent nationwide, calling the strike a complete failure. The Commercial Telegrapher Union International president S J Konenkamp claimed 18,000 to 20,000 walked out with 40,000 more expected to join.
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Chicago
Newcomb Carleton
Western Union Company
New York
Western Union
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Teleggraphers’ Union of America
Japs Rush Fleet to China
Advices from China report no widespread anti-Japanese agitation, though Shanghai Hong Kong Nanking and Canton may see a general foreign movement. Japanese warships are being diverted to Shanghai as ports halt shipping, causing heavy losses for steamship firms and exporters.
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Tokyo
China
Shanghai
Hangkow
Nanking
Canton
Daylight Saving Repeal Proposed in Congress
Washington June 13 A rider to repeal the daylight saving law was added to the agricultural appropriation bill by the Senate agricultural committee with a unanimous vote. A separate bill for repeal has passed the House Interstate commerce committee. Efforts to reverse the act immediately were defeated.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Soviet Office Raid in New York by Lusk Committee
Detectives seized records and papers at the Russia Soviet bureau in New York on Thursday. Subpoenas were served on A. K. Martens and four aides to testify before the Lusk Committee probing Bolshevism as the inquiry opened. The scene occurred near City Hall.
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Russia Soviet Bureau
A. K
Martens
Hepa
Lusk Committee
Iowa State News Highlights From Des Moines to Greene
The paper reports events across Iowa including the 1920 Daughters of Isabella convention in Des Moines. a reception by Creston BPOE for veterans. Guy H. Brewer declining Des Moines school board secretary post. death of Iowa journalist David Brant at 68 in Iowa City. Ben H. Jones jailed over a bogus $1800 check. Paul H. Appleby resigning as Bac City Commercial club secretary. county road aging contracts under new federal aid. rising Story county land values and recent sales. arrest of Jack W. Keating tied to a Des Moines bank robbery. March 26 escape and prison details. housing strain in Spencer. high Iowa real estate turnover. several notable farm and individual accidents. Emma Herman donates to athletic facilities. funeral directors campaign against G H Sumner. inheritance tax punctuation case supports half-million state claim. Aberdeen Angus sale sets world record at $95,000 total.
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Daughters of Isabella
Des Moines
Creston
Guy H. Brewer
163Td Infantry
David Brant
Iowa
Iowa City
Ben H. Jones
State University
Paul H. Appleby
Sac City Bulletin
Commercial Club
Bac City
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Story County
Jack W. Keating
Iowa State Bank
Jest
Atlantic
Peterson
Emma Herman
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
Park Commissioners of
Boone
Funeral Directors Association
G. H. Sumner
Iowa Board of Health
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Paterson
Davenport
Supreme Court
Hayner
J. Tudor and Sons
Johnson County
Hilda Blackcap
A. B. Widcox
Muscotar
Kansas
R. W. Plumber
Biba
Glyn Mawr
Ed Gibbs
Manchester
Gibbe
Iowa Women's Athletic Association
University of Iown
Guthrie Center
Man Warned by Spirit Voice Saves Life in War
W D Studer of London Arkansas recounts supernatural events affirming telepathy. He claimed a mysterious voice warned him to move during a Civil War battle, a minute later a ball shattered the boulder near his former position. He cites dreams and letters matching distressing visions as support.
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London
Ark
W. D. Stydet
Studer
Gettysburg
Mr. Studer
Longstreet
Voice Warna
Wheelan Springs
Nofracas
Oklahoma
Social Circle
Do Wrong and Act Right Henderson Save Time in Georgia
In Walton county Georgia brothers Do Wrong Henderson and Act Right Henderson faced prison terms after Do Wrong broke into a Monroe residence and stole food. Do Wrong previously served five years for related burglaries, but nonconcurrent sentences threatened an extra five years. Act Right petitioned the state prison committee to make the sentences concurrent, potentially cutting five years from Do Wrong’s total term.
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Act Right
Georgia
Atlanta
Do Wrong Henderson
Act Right Henderson
Walton County
Do Wrong
Monroe
A Lemon Incident at Monument Circle
A couple strolls around Monument Circle when a boy asks the man to buy roses. The woman tells the boy the man is her husband, ending the sales attempt. The brief anecdote appears in the Indianapolis News.
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Monument Circle
Indianapolis News
Whistling Provokes Tragic Response at Local Motion Picture
A reader condemns a killing in a film theater sparked by loud whistling, urging lawful pursuit of the killer. The piece notes the act was unlawful and dreadful, while laments the nuisance of whistling in public spaces such as cinemas, tram cars, streets, shops, and offices.
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Moses Cohen
New York Evening Telegraph
Reform and language rules spark thoughts on grammar
The passage discusses spelling reform advancing education and argues for grammar reform. It notes the ease of finding an engine versus an engineer, and raises questions about split infinitives and singular verbs with two nouns in a reflective tone.
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