Americans slain and attacked as embassy seeks action
Four Americans on the west coast are attacked by Mexicans with two killed and one wounded. Joe Hall is reported killed near Ixtlan by a stoning. Rex Mellipone and E H Heidenkamp were wounded nearby on March 14. J M Feeley’s ranch was raided by 25 men in Guanajuato. Mexican authorities investigate while the embassy awaits details and replies.
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City of
Mexico
Joe Hall
Mexican National Railways
J. Windsor Ives
Mazatlan
Hall
Ixtlan
Rex MelIipone
E. H. Heidenkamp
J. M. Feeley
Acamparo
Guanajuato
Feeley
Tragic Deaths Hit Taylor in One Day
In Taylor March 24 two brothers Charles Otto 38 and Julius Otto 34 were found dead at their home 14 miles southeast of Taylor from unknown causes per coroner. Earlier 26 year old Mrs J H Hurtek mother of four was found dead in her Kimbro street home. An empty strychnine bottle was found and the brothers had last been seen at noon Tuesday.
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Kimbro Street
Charlie Otto
Julius Otto
Taylor
Oscar Otto
Charlie Preuss
Card of Thanks for Julia Estill
The family expresses deep appreciation for sympathy and kindness shown during illness and after the death of sister and aunt Julia H. Estill. Special thanks to doctors and friends and to Rev. F W Radetzky Rev G H Holly and the M E Church South choir for funeral honors and floral offerings. Mr and Mrs J T Estill Julia Estill.
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Julia H. Estill
A. B. Williamson
P. C. Pressler
Arthur Fischer
Casper Molberg
Clara Maier
F. W. Radetzky
G. H. Holly
Vested Rights and a Statewide Clean-Up Campaign
The article argues against fixed land ownership as a sacred right, stressing that productive work creates property and that public health needs may require changing rules. It notes the March 28 clean-up drive led by Dr. H Sappington and urges citizen cooperation for sanitation, housing, water, and milk safety questions.
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H.©. Sappington
Sappington
Halth
Nine Hours in Tree Top Near San Angelo
William D. Stephens and companion T. F. Kennemer were trapped by rising Concho River near San Angelo Texas. Stephens spent nine hours perched in a pecan tree ten miles east of the city while Kennemer swam ashore after attempting to move a truck to safety. Water covered the truck and the boat was washed away. Firefighters and residents waited on the bank as it became clear Stephens could not be reached by rising floodwaters.
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San Angelo
Tex
Concho River
Wm. D. Stephens
Stephens
T. F. Kennemer
Kennemer
Fire Department
Stephen
Backbone play and Gillespie County history books notice
The notice promotes the play Backbone on April 10 encouraging attendance. It urges readers to obtain Gillespie County History books from the office, noting strong demand and imminent sellout.
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Gillespie County
Alligators Eat Dynamite Halts Cameron Parish War on Marsh
Beaumont reports a temporary halt in the alligator hunt after a dynamite cache used for seismic tests went missing and was found eaten in a post-mortem of a large gator. The drive resumes to protect muskrats valued for fur.
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Beaumont
Cameron _ parish
Louisiana
Lightning strikes house tearing chimneys and furniture
Whitesborough on March 23 reports a house harmed by a lightning strike that entered via an electric light wire. It tore down chimneys and ceilings, perforated the roof, ignited fires, and burned a washtub. Mrs. J. F. Goggins sustained slight injuries.
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Whitesborough
J. F. Goggins
Harvard Senior Eats 48 Eggs in 45 Minutes
Cambridge Massachusetts March 24 R Tracy Ansell a Harvard senior from Washington DC bet he could eat 48 soft boiled eggs in 45 minutes By a margin of four minutes he won $10 from Allen Austin of Grand Rapids Michigan and Woodbury Howard and Brendan Leahey both of Lowell Massachusetts the losers paid for the eggs obtained at wholesale rates for 240 Subscribe to the Standard One dollar per year.
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Cambridge
Mass
R. Tracy Ansell
Harvard
Washington, D. C
Allen Austin
Grand Rapids, Mich
Woodbury Howard
Brendan Leahey
Lowell
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Foreign Office
Scott
Boott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Mrs. J. T. Estill
Julia Estill
Chevrolet
F. C. B. Fliet
Michigan
Standard Motor CO
Wm. A. Black
State Board of Health
Kolmeer & Klier CO
Winchester
Ces
Walter
Packard Pianos
Estey
M. A. A. Kowert
Court House
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