Fatal Texas Town Train Crash and Other Midwest News
A Texas driver, A M Taylor of Hebren, perished when his car collided with a Sun Shine Special eastbound train at Crowell Street crossing. Rochester locals seized coal cars from an Orient train during a blizzard. Knox City saw two sheriff figures shot dead by unknown assailants. Additional Texas incidents include robberies, stabbings, and a fatal shooting near Corpus Christi.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Taylor
Hebren
Texas
Crowell Street
Texas & Pacific
Rochester
Haskell County
J. J. Mitchell
King County
J. O. Reed
Knox City
Mitchell
King Couunty
Reed
Knox County
Ree
George S. Matthews
Mose Evetts
Creedmoor
Gonzales
Dev
Edward ‘Schindler
Joseph Schindler
North Avenue
Kedward
Fussel Grocery Company
Corpus Christi
Pauw! Morgan
Nuecess County
Here
Morgan
San Antonio
Dee
Henry Hoftiman
River Avenue
Josephine Street
Hoffman
Annie Wahl
F. W. Wahl
Muncey — Street
Hermann Sons
Lottie Lyle
Theodore Mitschek
Alphonse Biegert
Southern Pacific
Schertz
Alfred
Allen
John Biegert
Santa Rosa Hospital
von Ormy
Fragmentary note hints at institute grain figure near Macdona
A distorted OCR fragment references a farm between Macdona and Von with a figure of 500,000,000 bushels and a 25 percent figure, noting Oraiy and a value less than last year. Exact entities are unclear due to damage.
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eRad U Biegert
Macdona
Oraiy
Freight Cars Robbed Near San Antonio
Seven Mexicans were arrested on December 25 in San Antonio charged with theft of an interstate shipment. They allegedly broke open a box car on Southern Pacific tracks and carried off fifty 100-pound sacks of rice and pink beans consigned to a local wholesale firm. Three Mexican merchants were arrested, charged with receiving stolen property.
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San Antonio
Texas
Man in Dallas Fractured Skull After Attack
Dallas on December 25 reports G. W. Johnson aged 35 is dying from a fractured skull found in his yard early today. Police found a bloody hammer near the scene and no arrests have been made. Johnson was in a weak condition from loss of blood.
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Dallas
Texas
G. W. Johnson
Johnson
Dittlinger Roller Mills Employees Receive Share Bonus
New Braunfels Texas December 25 employees at the H Dittlinger Roller mills were paid a bonus totaling between 3500 and 4000 dollars. Each worker received one month's salary as a distribution. The mill emphasizes an organization of men alert to the employer s interests with some staff members serving thirty years.
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New Braunfels
Texas
H. Dittlinger Roller Mills
Snowstorm Saves Governor From Bomb Threat
Salt Lake City Utah December 25 a snowstorm averted a murder attempt on Governor William Spry by shielding a nitroglycerin bomb aimed at his home The device contained picric acid and was found by neighbor R F Nelson at 7 30 am The governor and family were inside the house and authorities suspect an I W W plot linked to the long running Hillstrom case The governor’s term ends January 1.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
William Spry
R. F. Nelson
Herman Harms
Spry
New York
Corless
Sikce
Joseph Hillstorm
Hill
Stron
World Crops Forecast Poor Global Harvest Thresholds
The International Institute of Agriculture reports continue to show weak world crops. New estimates forecast Argentina wheat production at 70,000,000 bushels, with the beet crop at about 4 percent above the yearly average, affecting Europe’s total wheat outlook.
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Rome
International Institute of Agriculture
Argentina
Monkeys Higher, Too On Prices in Washington
Washington December 26 reports show simian prices rising like food and shoes. Public health service found itself short of suitable monkeys for disease germ studies, securing only six instead of twelve and paying 18 each, up from 8 a year ago. Officials blame the wartime shutdown of the Hamburg wild animal market for the shortage of South American monkeys used in hygienic laboratories.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Hamburg
Germany
The Desire of My Life Poem by Jake H. Harrison
A reflective verse by Jake H Harrison from Parm and Ranel att on life's end and the aim to live with patience and service. The speaker rejects fame and seeks to do good, stay diligent, help the weak, and remain cheerful and ready for life's calling. This personal meditation emphasizes justice, equity, and friendship along a rugged path.
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Patie
Jake H. Harrison
Parm
Ranel
Dinner for Horses at Washington Christmas Feast
Work horses in Washington were treated to the second annual Christmas dinner arranged by equine philanthropists. Oats fodder carrots apples and other dainties not usually served to laboring animals topped the menu. During the dinner hours teams and drivers brought their beasts to the horse show grounds for the feast.
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Washington
D. C
Dart
Gotham Prayed For Peace On Christmas Day
New York observers marked a peaceful Christmas amid war in Europe. A high mass at St Patrick's Cathedral led services across denominations. City officials and charities provided unprecedented aid, shelter, and Christmas meals for the homeless and needy, with seafaring men receiving gifts aboard a mission.
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New York
Europe
St. Patricks Cathedral
Cardinal Farley
Charit
Mexican Revolution Refugees Seek Protection Abroad
A brief dispatch from Washi D C dated December 26 notes foreign refugees fleeing with British consular aid seeking safe passage abroad amid unrest. The report highlights protection promised to those escaping the conflict and the involvement of consular authorities.
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Washi D. C
Hea
Villa forces capture San Luis Potosi amid railway blockades
Reports from El Paso say Villa's troops seized San Luis Potosi as Cedillo brothers cut rail links northward from Saltillo and San Luis Potosi to Tampico. The campaign aims to isolate Carranza by rail, with Villa possibly advancing toward Saltillo or Monterey while managing traffic on the crucial Tampico line.
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San Luis Potosi
Saltillo
Villa
Carranza
Monterey
Cedillo Brothers
Tampico
Phillip M. O’keefe
Mexico
State Department
el Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Torreon
Aguas Calientes
Chihuahua City
Francisco Murguia
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
Chihuahua
Murguia
Jose Murguia
States
Mariano Tamez
Tamez
Villa Ahumada
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A. C. Klein
Chas. Leyendecker
Evangelical Church
Fredericksburg
State News
Austin
James Dupree
To &O
Kolmeier & Kier
World Crops Short
Gotham
Goodyear
R. A. Striegler
Cain City
Reliance Roller Mills
Ernst Wilke
Alfred Klingelhoefer
Felix Marshall
Wm. Hoffmann
Otto Kolmeier
Knopp & Schneider
Karl J. Hanak
Priess Bidg
Fredericksburg, Tex
Psa
Brady San Antonio
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