Mystery of Teresa Villa Escapes Mexican Prison Cruelty Highlighted
Venice California November reports John Kenneth Turner author of Barbarous Mexico discusses Teresa Villa as a prisoner in Torreon Mexico. He claims Mexican authorities show no gender mercy and political prisoners often die awaiting transfer or execution. He doubts she returned voluntarily for a staged escape or release.
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Venice
Cal
Teresa Vilera
Tre
Turner
Mexico
Rockefeller Gift Sparks South Controversy Letter
A Bishop from the Methodist Church criticizes John D. Rockefeller's offer of a one million dollar fund to fight hookworm, arguing it insults the South and could taint the region with foreign reform. He warns the gift may attract sensational presses and cast a negative light on the country.
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Atl
Aron Chandler
Methodist Aclls
Rockefeller
South
South Country
Ies
Rates in Affect Today in U S Post Office
Today the Post Office Department increases the registered mail fee from eight to ten cents and the government indemnity for registered items from twenty five to fifty dollars. Postmaster General Hitchcock ordered the rise after a costing study found the service operated at a loss. Other registry changes are expected to reduce future costs.
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Washington, D. C
Fostence Department of the
United States
Postminster- General Hitchcock
Registration Service
Apple Exhibit Plans for National Show in Spokane
Elgin and Union counties form a three-man delegation led by H H Weatherspoon Robert Withycombe and Fred J Currey to prepare a strong Union county exhibit for the Spokane national apple show They report unions display will be extensive and no expense spared Travel rate set by O R N for apple show at 1 1 3 fare round trip $10 95 with sales December 14 to 21 and return by 22 no stopovers.
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H. H. Weatherspoon
Elgin
Robert Withycombe
Union
Fred J. Currey
Spokane
Nigin
Golme
Mionth
Union County
Kentucky Governor Faces Turbulent Election Day
Governor Williamson of Kentucky, a Taft supporter, is en route to Frankfort after learning that trouble looms large for tomorrow's election. He left immediately upon receiving the news, heading north for closer oversight as tensions mount in the state.
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New Orleans
Nev
Williamson
Kentucky
Frankfort
Hughes Emerges as Power Force in New York Politics
New York reports Governor Hughes solidifies Republican support nationwide. He could gain full patronage by appointing a loyal comptroller after the death of Comptroller Gaus. Victory hinges on backing, and Hughes may become the party boss shaping reform measures and a possible 1912 presidential bid.
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New York
Hughes
Gaus
Canada
Republican Party
Philadelphia
Francia J. Heney
Charles M Sickert
Union Labor
T. W. B. Leland
Union Labor Party
Johnson
Pinkerton detective accused of guarding firm turns robber
James Boynton a Pinkerton detective is in charge with robbing the California Neckwear Company. Curtis agency sleuths captured him after he climbed a window with a dark lantern while wearing no weapon. Managers had noted tampered locks and suspected his plan. Boynton says he sought burglary protection, not theft.
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San Francisco
James Boynton
Pinkerton
California
Curtis Detective Agency
Boynton
Catholic church plans bull in Dallas soon
A Catholic church in Dallas schedules a public bull event soon, drawing local attention. Officials have not released further details on timing or venue.
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Dallas
Many Elections In Tomorrow Across United States
Voters head to polls in multiple states and cities for local and statewide contests. New York dominates attention with Tam many and Tammany Hall amid a three-cornered race. Philadelphia and San Francisco focus on district attorney races along with mayoral contests. Cleveland and Cincinnati also stage mayoral fights while Boston and other cities weigh nonpartisan plans and constitutional proposals.
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Washington, D.C
Commonwealth of the Union
L. Massachusets
Rhode Island
A. J. Pothier
Olney Arnold
Providence
Massachusetts
Draper
Frothingham
James H. Vahey
Eugene N. Foss
Jesne
Ithode Island
New York
Becht
New York City
Tammany
Wiltieo
Onnine
Metrovelis
Ty William Cronor
Ty Tantard
Philadelphia
Flentienele
James FP. McNichol
Rasublican
San Francisco
Tevil L. Johnson
Cleveland
Hermann Roehr
Cincinatti
Dry Louis Schwab
John Weld Peck
Oho
New Jersey
Hoston
Topeka
Halloween Passes Sanely in La Grande
Halloween passed in La Grande with unusually quiet scenes. The city saw minimal pranks and only a lone board laid across a railroad track. officials attributed the calm to fear of serious consequences from practical jokes. It was the calmest Halloween in years.
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la Grande
Hallowe’en
Hallowe'en
German on the Run After Farmhouse Slayings
A posse near Cimll Manitoba pursues an unidentified German believed to have murdered a farmer's wife and two children on a local farm. The suspect, who had been a guest at the farm, fled into the countryside after the attack reported yesterday.
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Cimll
Manitoba
Delegates to Convention on Mississippi Deepening Plan
Delegates to the waterways convention rushed work after Taft's late arrival. Today's session will present the resolutions report outlining definite plans to deepen the Mississippi River and the estimated cost.
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New Orleans
Athena Attesan Well Drilled 750 Feet Deep
A report notes Athena Attesan company drilling a well to a depth of 750 feet. Details on location and purpose are limited in the accessible text.
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Athena Attesan
Woman Falls After Fire Kills Three in Bellingham
Mrs Josie Kraemer widow had her back broken trying to escape a fast spreading blaze in a row of frame houses. She lowered her children to safety from a third floor window with a clothes line but fell while attempting to descend, dying or near death. Billy Dawson and Frank Gorman were also removed from ruins, while Mrs Kate Guesim died after leaping from a window. The origin is suspected to involve a German immigrant.
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Bellingham
Wash
Josie Kramer
Kraemer
Billy Dawson
Frank Gorman
O Ruins
Kate Guesim
Alten
Dawson
Black man sought after fatal street assault in Terre Haute
A posse hunts Sam Swope a Black man after he kicked Arthur Smith an elderly Civil War veteran causing serious injury. Smith was slapped and knocked down after an accidental dice incident prompting feared vigilante punishment. Sheriff leads wide search as public safety tension rises nationwide.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Sam Swope
Arthur Smith
Smith
Swipe
Sheriff
Posse
Hook Worm Case Reported in Seattle
Seattle on November 1 reports a single case of hookworm in the local hospital. John Hoffinger a 23 year old laborer who arrived from Texas is the patient diagnosed with the disease marking the city’s only known instance to date.
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Seattle
John Hoffinger
Texas
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