Horrible Crimes of Pancho Villa Chronicle of Atrocities
A detailed biographical and crime-laden profile of Pancho Villa chronicles killings, torture, robberies, and mass executions across Chihuahua Durango and Juarez from 1907 to 1913. It cites ransom extortion, abductions, and brutal massacres by Villa and his bands, including the killings of civilians and prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco Villa
Carranea
Mexico
Carranza
Pancho” Villa
Villa
Heston Transcript
Senator Lodge
United States Senate
Las Nieves
Durango
Guanacevi
Pe- Tico
Francisco Reza
Chihuahua
Cristobal Juarez
Calle de la Liberadad
Baeza
Mensrs
Isaac Herrero
Ciudad Guerrero
Towns Interesting Experiment by Tulle Red Cross Ladies
In Tulle France the Red Cross women visited every dwelling to assess willingness to donate money clothes furniture or other items for wounded at the local hospital. Surplus gifts would be returned if unused. Even the poorest contributed a blanket shoe or nightcap. The tally showed the hospital could not hold all promises, a hopeful sign for actual wartime generosity.
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Villa
Alvirez
Aviles
Torreon
Chihuahua
Meana
Sen
Ignacio Irigoyen
Jose A. Yanez
Montezuma
Maderista
Miguel Baca Ronquillo
Tulle
France
Red Cross Society
Tulle Hospital
Deepest human dwellings lie two thousand feet underground
The article notes coal miners in Hoe hemla inhabit homes over two thousand feet below sea level, describing them as the lowest human habitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoehemla
Paradox and Ship Quip Spotlight Curious Observation
A paradoxical exchange recalls a sailor’s quip about ships and boots. The line humorously notes a ship cannot make boots when she is coalled up, hinting at practical limits of shipboard work and wordplay on nautical tasks.
Not a Spendthrift Says Jamie Frugal With Money
The remark notes Jamie’s frugal habits. Claude counters that he could spend a nickel on a morning paper and still have spending money for the week, signaling a debate over financial restraint. The exchange reflects attitudes toward money in Illinois.
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Ferdie
Jimaie
Claude
Illinois
Do You Think Two Can Get Along 48 Cheap on One
An illustration depicts dialogue about sharing a drink with no straw. The exchange between two unnamed figures suggests frugal humor and social prompt.
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George
Dearest
Miss Jane Delano Leads Red Cross Nursing Service
Miss Jane Delano heads the national committee on Red Cross nursing service with four thousand trained nurses, some already sent to Mexico. She serves without pay and is a Bellevue Hospital graduate in New York City.
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Jane Delano
Red Cross
Mexico
National Committee On Red Cross Nursing Service
Miss Delano
Ballevue Hospital
New York City
Plea for Cleaner Statues in London
A letter from country visitors condemns cleaning practices that have left many London bronze statues, including the Gladstone figure and Shaftesbury memorial, coated in verdigris and green runoff. The writer praises the embankment garden athletes as the city’s best kept bronze figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gladstone
Strand
Shaftesbury Memorial
Picadilly Circus
Embankment Gardens
Londout
London Chronicle
Fulton County Roads Named Region's Best in South
The piece extols Fulton County Georgia as the banner southern county for roads. It notes about 300 miles of pure macadam highways radiating from Atlanta, wide gutters and curbs, and widths from 20 to 60 feet with smooth, mud free surface year round.
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Fulton County
South
Georgia
Banner County
Atlanta
Maintenance of the roads in rural districts proposed
Rural districts push for practical road improvement using available materials. The King road drag, essential for dirt roads, is praised by the Iowa Homestead as a cheap, simple tool costing under two dollars. An initiative suggests farmers start spring road maintenance to keep adjoining dirt roads in first class condition.
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West
Iowa
Early Dragging of Roads Improves Farm Access to Markets
The article urges farmers to begin dragging dirt roads as frost leaves the ground. A good team can ready a road toward town in half a day, improving market access and boosting farm value while fostering community pride.
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Pancho Villa
United States
Reza
Soto
Allende
Madero
Urbina
Casas Grandes
Carlos Alatorre
Luis Ortis
Batopilas
Senora Maria de la Luz Gomes
Juarez
Ciudad Juarez
Senor Ignacio Gomez Oyola
San Andres
Senor Sabas Murga
Sta. Rosalla
Pueblecita
Visconti
Sarli
CIA Harinera
Cordo Y Blanco
Senor Montilla
House of Cordo Y Blanco
Senor Ramos
Court of First Instance
Castillo
Federals
Carreras
Jose Dolores Moreno
Prise
Vera Cruz
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Broadway
New York
United States Revenue
Seneca
North Atlantic
Tampico
Panama Canal
Pedro Miguel
Macadam Road
King Road
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