Guatemala Faces Border Raids and Chicle Looting
Guatemala rebels and Mexican raiders probe the northern frontier stealing chicle stores bound for the United States. The government condemns Carranza’s support while deporting suspected mercenaries as bread prices rise under syndicate mill control.
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United States
Guatemala City
Republic of Guatemala
Mexico
Carranza
Texas
Arizona
New
Guatemala
Department of Peten
Peten
Republic
Puerto Barrios
Atlantic
Broadway
Estrada Cabrera
PAY FINES IN INSTALLMENTS
Illinois has allowed judges to place defendants on probation and permit payment of fines in installments to support families instead of prison labor. In four years the law has seen fourteen uses with varied outcomes: two paid in full, five paid part, two seek remittance, two paid nothing, one recently fined, one absconded, and one jailed.
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Illinois
Chicago
Hiinois
Special Election on Electric Light Franchise for Airfield
Notice announces a January 30 1917 special election in Airfield Iowa on two ordinances granting electric light and power and gas franchises. The ballot instructs voters to mark Yes or No with a cross and asks if the electric light and power franchise to William G Dows Isaac J Smith and John A Reed and successors should be adopted with No specified as the sample answer.
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Airfield
Jefferson County
Iowa
A. D
William G. Dows
Isaac 3. Smith
John A. Reed
Saih
Fairfield Ordinance Grants Dows Smith Reed Power Franchise
The city of Fairfield Iowa grants William G Dows Isaac B Smith and John A Reed their successors a twenty year franchise to construct operate and maintain a power plant and transmission system within Fairfield to supply electricity and set rates for residential commercial and power service, with detailed pole spacing standards, street use rights, meter testing, and city guarantees including free city hall usage up to fifty kilowatts monthly. The ordinance also outlines extension obligations, voltage standards, and election procedures for adoption in January 1917.
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William G. Dows
Isaac B. Smith
John A. Reed
Fairfield
Iowa
National Board of Fire
Faireld
London
Mayo
Lowa
Field
Pasand
Ordinance granting gas franchise to Fairfield company
An ordinance grants William G. Dows Tiane B Smith and John A Reed and successors a twenty year right to build maintain gas works in Fairfield Iowa. It regulates street openings payments repairs and service rules including rates meters testing and city surveillance. It calls for a special election January 30 1917 to approve the franchise and outlines acceptance and voting locations.
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William G. Dows
Isaac B. Smith
John A. Reed
Fairfield
Iowa
Tiane B Smith
Airfield
Presbyterian Pageant The Church in Action Seeks Renters
A Presbyterian pageant titled The Church in Action will be rented next Sunday evening at 7 20 p m at the Presbyterian church under the direction of the Women's Plenary Society.
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Church In Action
The
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Women's Plonary Society
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Estrada Cadrera
Cr. F. Spratt
W. R. Heflin
Gague
First Ward
Court House
Second Ward
Third Ward
City Hall
Fourth Ward
F. Spratt
W. Rh. Qeflin
Gaumer Bros
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