U S Mexico Dispute Over Chamizal Land Ends Sixty Years
A 600 acre Chamizal tract in El Paso sits in dispute as U S and Mexico claim the land lies on different sides of the Rio Grande after a river shift in the 1860s. The boundary treaty relies on gradual accretion or abrupt evulsion, with a stalled bi national commission failing to resolve the change.
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el Paso
Tex
United States
Mexico
Santa Fe
el Paso Union Station
Chamizal District
Fletcher
Chamizal
Rio Grande
New Mexico Mountains
Old Mexico
Here
Brownsville
Guadelupe-Hidalgo
Maximilian
Permanent
Pair of Bats Start Rumpus in Town
Defiance police report a nighttime disturbance at Sheriff Zeschke's residence. Officer Weaner, awakened at 2 a m, feared a jail delivery or murder but found the sheriff barefoot in pajamas, leaning on a broom. A bat lay at his feet as he stated two bats entered, but he only killed one.
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Weaner
Zeschke
Lack Midinettes in Paris Signal Declining Paris Working Girls
There is a shortage of midinettes in Paris and leaders of milliner syndicates fear a coming downturn. Despite postwar improvements in working conditions, numbers fall as young Parisian women abandon such trades for typing and other occupations. The midinette faced costly apprenticeships, meager earnings, and risky jobs when business slowed.
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Midinettes
Paris
Seven Day Palestine Wedding Ends With Dawn Ceremony
In Jerusalem a prominent Palestinian wedding lasting seven days unfolds with Monday feasts and dawn Sunday vows. Guests bring food gifts for daily meals, musicians are hired for climax day, and men and women celebrate separately. a bridal shaving ceremony precedes a dawn march to the church followed by a breakfast at the groom's house.
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Palestine
Congress funds effort to save famous Capitol trees
A specus appropriation has been made by congress to save many famous trees on Capitol Hill planted in years gone by by members of congress from every state. Expert tree surgeons are busy at their work of restoration.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Estern Canad
United States
Canada
Daddy Bald Eagle on Thanksgiving Day Gratitude
The text presents Daddy Bald Eagle speaking about Thanksgiving Day as a time to give thanks for home, country, and blessings. He notes the national emblem honor, family pride, and the eagle’s habits, history, and roles while urging continual thanks beyond the holiday.
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Daddy Bald Eagle
United States
Made Greenland Yellow Joke Reflects Color Blind Geography
A playful exchange where Little Edwin notes Greenland is painted yellow, teasing Mamma about the mapmaker's color sense. The line pairs show a child’s pun on geography and colors, reflecting a light humor strip tone.
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Greenland
Edwin
Advice on Parenting and Saving for Rainy Days
The speaker notes that parents corrected their children yet survived and urges readers to prepare for tough times. It suggests prudent saving, even if it means borrowing an umbrella as a small safeguard against misfortune.
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