The Story of New Bagdad Blockade Town of Cotton and Crime
Brownsville Texas April 27 A look at Bagdad a booming cotton port on the Mexican coast created by Civil War blockades Its mix of wealth vice and lawlessness drew sailors soldiers and speculators as cotton fetched high prices A single name Mike Fly stands out for a famous cotton trade loss and the town’s rapid rise and abrupt ruin across a harsh desert-like landscape.
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Clarksville
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Mexican
Gulf of Mexico
Southwest
Pennsylvania
Johnny” Steele
Johnny Steele
Steele
Mike
Fly
Kelly
Rise and Fall of Bagdad Texas in a Ghostly Gulf Shore
Historic Bagdad faded after a 1867 hurricane erased the town two miles into the Gulf, ending its cotton boom era. Refugees fled to La Borita, while San Antonio houses prospered on wealth built from Bagdad era fortunes. In Matamoros a few wealthy families lingered, and now only a lone customs inspector remains along a desolate beach roamed by wildlife.
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Oma Agai
Eerie
Vera Cruz
Rio Grande
Matamoros
Senor
Bagdad
Gulf
Mexico
la Borita Ranch
San Antonio
Texas
Louisiana
Navy to test torpedo and shell impact on Florida in Chesapeake bay
The Arkansas will attack the Florida around May 15 in Chesapeake Bay. The test will probe armor, bulkheads, fire control, and superstructure response to gunfire and torpedoes, marking the first practical study of modern battleship vulnerability. Florida has been prepared at Norfolk for the experiments.
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Arkansas
Florida
Chesapeake Bay
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United States Navy
Norfolk Navy Yard
Navy Department
Ward School Meet Promises Aid To Playground Fund
Kansas City pupils under M A Delaney of the KC A to hold an indoor program on Friday May 15 at Convention Hall to raise funds for playground equipment. Over 500 students from several schools will perform seven events for boys and two for girls plus eight relays. The effort has $2100 already raised by the Kansas City Athletic Club and is led by the Kansas City Playgrounds Association. Entries close May 9 with Delaney. volunteers are sought to coach smaller schools.
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Public School Athletic League
Convention Hall
Kansas City Athletic Club
Association Park
New York
Kansas City Playgrounds Association
Martin A. Delaney
Delaney
Athletic Club
Chinaman Long Wundo commits suicide in New York
Long Wundo a 40 year old Chinese dealer in art curios and member of Long, Long, Ti & Co. jumped from a six story roof on Eighth Avenue. The firm suffered in the financial crisis with branches in Canton and Hongkong and a jewelry business in San Francisco. He was reputed to be wealthy.
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Long Wundo
Eighth Avenue
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Fifth Avenue
Canton
Hongkong
San Francisco
Dream of General Ambition Ends in Window Charge
Edmund Hynes, after sleeping in a New York army recruiting office, sprang upright and charged through a closed window into a basement. He and two companions, Corporal Robert Phillips and Private Samuel Payne, were preparing for a physical exam. Hynes suffered serious head wounds and internal injuries. prognosis doubtful.
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New York
Edmund Hynes
Hynes
Robert Phillips
Samuel Payne
Army
East Thirty-fourth Street
Bryan Preaches Sermon to Children at Westmin Presbyterian
William J. Bryan conducted church services at Westmin Presbyterian Church in Lincoln Nes and preached a sermon to children, as a member of the church.
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