Border outrages near Brownsville leave multiple dead
A Donna Dispatch report from October 23 details a border train raid near Olimito and Brownsville. A band of 20 to 40 Mexicans derailed passenger train No. 101, killed Corporal Albert T. McBee and Dr. E. C. McCain, severely wounded Harry Wallace and others, looted luggage, and fled into the brush shouting Viva Carranza. Local figures including District Attorney John I. Kleiber were stripped of shoes as the attackers escaped after a volley at the coach doors.
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Donna
Texas
Brownsville
J. H. Gammon
H. H. Kendall
B. B. Woodall
Albert T.mcbee
Dleath
B.S. Mc €Ain
Harry Wallace
C. H. Layman
Olimito
Diesl
Don Luis
Viva Luis de la Rosa
Viva Carranza
de la Rosa
Albert T. McBee
C. H
D Troop 3Rd Cavalry
Wallace
E. C. McCain
Dr. McCain
Walace
Harry
Tom
McCain
John I. Kleiber
Benton
Houston
L. L. Boyer
Brownaville
John W. Sword
Olmito
Sword
Olmite
Mothers Congress Iowa meeting at Des Moines YWCA
The Iowa Congress of Mothers and the Iowa Parent-Teachers Association hold annual meetings in Des Moines November 4 and 5 with headquarters at the YWCA on Ninth and High. The program focuses on home making child care school problems moral and religious education social welfare and club reports from Friday. Also notes dairy farmer Mr Moore who runs 400 hogs and dairy alfalfa operations with 24 acres, 25 tons annual yield, and leadership roles in local creameries.
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Iowa Congress of Mothers
Iowa Parent-Teachers’ Association
Des Moines
Ninth and
High Streets
Congress
Mr. Moore
Moore
Tle
Wallingford Creamery
W. M. Kelly
TheLaval
TheLaval ‘Separator Company
Welch
Algona Adyanea
Big Holstein Man Transforms Farm From Beef to Dairying
Emmet Moore of Emmet County shifted from beef to dairying after fifteen years of losses in beef raising. He now leads a large Holstein herd of 190 head including 26 pure breds, with a foundation built from King Korndyke Colatha Orms py genetics. Moore estimates annual cream income around 5000 and cream checks from Wallingford totaling 360 to 746 a month, with facilities to support 180 cows and 710 tons silo capacity.
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Emmet Moore
Emmet County
Moore
J. B. Irwin
Minneapolis
Korndyke Colatha
Wallingford
Armstrong Man Fined for Assault in Estherville
Will Morris of Armstrong received a $100 fine and costs at the Estherville term of court. Evidence showed Morris held a personal grudge against Jackson of Armstrong and threatened him. One evening last summer he waylaid Jackson as he walked home from the movies, struck him on the head, rendered him unconscious for hours, and required medical attention.
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Will Morris
Armstrong
Estherville
Morris
Jackson
Lake Park Man Beaten to Death in Chicago Sanatorium
Lake Park resident John Stockdale a 72 year old retired merchant was beaten to death Monday in a private Chicago sanatorium. Attendant saw Oliver Bennett an 87 year old Beloit Wisconsin patient carrying a chair leg from Stockdale's room after a struggle. Bennett had been under treatment for mental disorders.
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John Stockdale
Lake Park
Chicago
Oliver Bennett
Beloit
Wis
Stockdale
Bennett
Tragedy Near Humboldt In Auto Creek Crash
Mrs Albert Winters drowned when the car went off a temporary bridge into a creek near Humboldt Sunday afternoon. Her husband pulled their daughter to safety, and Mrs Winters reportedly grabbed the steering wheel as the bridge failed, causing the plunge and fatal outcome.
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Albert Winters
Humboldt
Rodman Boys Win 6 4 Over Graettinger in Local Match
Rodman boys basketball defeated Graettinger by six to four in Friday’s game. Our team, though modest, plans another showdown with Whittemore next Friday November 12, featuring five teams in a planned intercity contest.
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Rodman
Whittemore
Brandon Postoffice Robbery Report
Robbers struck the Brandon post office near Waterloo between 2 and 3 am on a Wednesday morning escaping with 75 dollars in cash and 900 in stamps. Police say robberies and store burglaries are increasing in the region as incidents rise across parts of the country.
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Brandon
Emmetsburg Woman Dies After Bonfire Burns
Mrs Catherine Conlon a resident for thirty years in Emmetsburg died Sunday night from severe burns suffered Thursday evening when her back clothing caught fire from a smoldering rubbish pile. She screamed for help and rolled on the ground but firefighters arrived too late to save her. Funeral services were held yesterday morning.
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Emmetsburg
Catherine Conlon
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Mothers’ Congress
Congress of Parents
Iowa
Rodman Vs. Graettinger
W. H. Pew
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