Carranza defends execution of Juarez prisoners by Villa
A letter from General Venustiano Carranza defending the Juarez executions of captured Federal officers by General Villa is released by Arizona Governor Hunt. Carranza argues civil war norms demand harsher measures, insists law and order restore peace, and appeals for continued sympathy from the United States while detailing the legal framework and necessity of punishment for those who threaten public safety.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Venustiano Carranza
Francisco Villa
Juarez
Huertista
George W. P. Hunt
Arisona
Carranza
Heremhalila
Sgpores
Hunt
United States
Arizona
Mexico
Trreon
Villa
Desperado of Weston Tried Jail Delivery
A Weston man accused in a jail delivery attempt shows notable skill with a saw and lock picking. He was moved from the State Penitentiary guard to Moundsville, while Zara Lewis remains linked to a murder case in Taylor County. Lewis would have faced life, but the Weston man’s escape attempt threatens no leniency. The guard rounds found bars intact yet the Weston inmate managed a fast, precise cut and unlock.
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Weston
Zara Lewis
Taylor County
Lewis
State Penitentiary
Moundsville
Sheriff Bennett
Weston Ma
Sixteen Year Old in Ohio Black Hand Letter Case
A 16 year old boy from near Barton Ohio was captured in Farmington cemetery by Belmont county deputies after he tried to collect $25 from George Duvall via a Black Hand letter. Duvall alerted Sheriff Anderson. deputies set a trap and the boy surrendered. He admits sending the letter and planned to use funds for Christmas presents. He attends Farming rest school and bears a good reputation. Crowded city reaction follows as relatives from Washington await news.
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Wheeling
W. VA
Paul McCue
Edward McCue
Barton
Farmington Cemetery
Ohio
Belmont County
George Duvall
Blackhand
Duvall
Farmington
Anderson
Ad Davis
Joohn Sayers
Charles Netzell
Sam Danies
Farming Rest
Bluemont
Peraanivar
Washington
D. C
James
Gaffney
Charles
Jor F. Murphy
Jos Carroll
Tammany Hall
Davis
Lillian
Post Office Prepares for Holiday Rush
The local post office readies for the holiday season with lobby tables and new parcel post workflows. Clerks will be reorganized to handle increased volume, and a new building will ease congestion with more space and better window distribution. Postmaster Lowe leads a capable team to meet demand.
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Demend
Lowe
Corp of
Grafton
Rescue Crews Work Flood Zone Amid Broad Texas Reach
Rescue teams in Brazos river flats doubled efforts to reach thousands marooned in buildings and on roofs as larger craft plied low lands and ferried refugees. Officials put the crest near Fort Bend county while a death toll around 150 was reported, not rising overnight. Separately, railroad schedules and mail transfers faced disputes between the B and O and Western Maryland, forcing transfers at Belington and complicating routes from Wheeling to Elkins.
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Houston
Brazos River
Gulf
Fort Bend
Rose
Western
Maryland
Belington
Grafton
Elkins
Wheeling
State graft inquiry links campaign cash to highway contracts
Testimony before the district attorney reveals an oral agreement where political influence would secure state highway department contracts for a company. Two thousand more in cash went to George M. Palme, Democratic state committee chairman, in response to a campaign contribution request by C Gordon city deputy highway commissioner. The contribution was never reported.
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State Highway Department
Whitman
John Doe
George M. Palme
Democratic State Committee
C. Gordon City
Attery
Wedding Party Has Smallpox in Bedford County Feast
In Harrisburg on December 10, Fredrick Ulrrich and his bride contracted smallpox at a Thanksgiving wedding near Takesville, Bedford county. The bridesmaid Lulu Greenwall and several guests are ill, with 30 others quarantined. reports say the bride and her sister were infected at the time of the ceremony and state health officers are tracing suspects as cases emerge.
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Harrisburg
Fredrick Ulrrich
Takesville
Bedford County
Lulu Greenwall
Department of Health
Oregon women win state minimum wage and work cap
A state welfare commission ruling, effective in sixty days, sets an eight dollar and twenty five cent weekly minimum for all women workers in Oregon and caps their work week at fifty three hours. It defines experienced workers as those with one year on the job and apprentices as earning one weekly wage.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
State Welfare Commission
Verdict Upholds Wheeling Employee Damages
In Richmond Virginia Judge Rose of the Federal circuit court of appeals affirmed the district court verdict awarding Samuel T Russell $11000 for injuries while employed as brakeman at Wheeling Terminal Railroad. The accident occurred in Wheeling near the Whitaker mill on January 21 1910 due to a reportedly faulty automatic coupler during weighing of empty freight cars.
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Richmond
Rose
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Today
District Court At
Wheeling
Egg Prices Coming Down Across Nation
Washington reports relief from high egg prices as experts say pullet lag ends and poultrymen anticipate up to fifty percent increase in egg production nationwide. The Agriculture Department cites a special report noting improved supply as December notes approach.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Department
Many Plead the Cause of a Murderess in Hartford
Petitions to Governor Baldwin ask for commutation of Nessie Wakefield condemned to hang for murdering her husband. Clerks in the state capital process petitions rapidly, with letters burned as fast as received. No changes yet on Western Maryland railroad schedules.
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Connecticut
Hartford
Conn
Baldwin
Nessie Wakefield
Republicans Rise In New York as Radical Camp Fades
A New York centered political shift sees radicals overtaken by a more honest Republican realignment. The piece argues the party must purge insiders, create fair leadership, and regain public trust through unity, reform, and a clean new deal. The tone compares this to broader national reform trends and notes unease with past machine politics.
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New York State
New York
Republican Party
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