Carranza Reaches Durango City amid Mexican unrest
Carranza arrives in Durango with a large force after retreating westward following a reported defeat at Torreon in mid July. Washington reports confirm the move and note beef price spikes linked to droughts across Kansas Nebraska Iowa and Oklahoma, with fears of cattle shortages due to a potential foot and mouth disease in South America.
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Washington
Carranza
Durango
State Department
Torreon
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
South America
Germany declines to join 1915 Panama Exposition
Berlin reports that the German government will not send a delegation to the Panama Exposition in San Francisco in 1915. The decision was announced on August 16, stating Germany will not participate in the event.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
San Francisco
Jewelry stolen from girl clerk in London case
London reporters recount a theft at Llandudno in North Wales where a young woman clerk carried valuables worth fifty thousand dollars from a bank to a jeweler’s store. She briefly set the bag down, a man spoke to her, and thieves seized the bag and escaped in an automobile.
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London
Eng
Llanduene
North Wales
Former Employed Spy Tells of World Salary Plot
Washington Aug 16 H McMichael described by Martin Mulhall as the National Association of Manufacturers chief spy on congressmen testified to the house lobby committee that he now receives 75 dollars a week from the New York World to write a story about Twenty Years a House Employee after the lobby investigation ends. He denied the pay is to influence his testimony.
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Associated Press
Washington
H. McMichael
Martin Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
House
New York World
MacMichaels
Mulhall
Southwest Texas Press Association elects officers
Fort Stockton Texas August 16 The Southwest Texas Press Association today elected E Barry of Fort Stockton as president and J B Butler of San Antonio as secretary and chose San Antonio as the next meeting place.
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Fort Stockton
Texas
Southwest Texas Press Association Today
E. Barry
J.B. Butler
San Antonio
Ruling Sparks Appeal Over Constitutional Convention Effort
Austin reports Speaker Terrell ruled the resolution for a constitutional convention out of order, prompting an appeal later withdrawn pending the attorney general’s opinion. The House also passed the Rowell bill to lease 1000 acres near an oil well and handled minor measures. In Senate action, a co‑insurance repeal bill moved forward, and university funding via income certificates was amended to raise 3 million with set allocations to A&M, the University, and school districts.
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Austin
Texas
House
Humphreys
Terre
Senate Committee Today
Warren
Courts Will Not Settle Dispute Over New York Governor
Negotiations to let courts decide whether Sulzer or Glynn is governor of New York have been dropped. Indications say the deadlock will persist until the legislature convenes next Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Albank, N
Sulzer Or
Glynn
Ernor
New York
Mission Texas Business District Burned in Morning Fire
A fire this morning destroyed practically the entire business section of Mission Texas, according to a telegram to the Continental Lumber Company. The blaze swept the town center, flattening stores and disrupting commerce in the Center of Texas. Local authorities and fire brigades battled the flames as residents watched. No injuries reported yet, with investigators assessing the cause and total loss.
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Houston
Texas
Mission
Continental Lumber Company
Rainfall Not General Or Sufficient Across Kansas Missouri Oklahoma
Heavy showers eased drought in parts of Missouri Kansas and Oklahoma but were not widespread and mostly inadequate. Kansas City reports slight relief as rainfall varied, with several areas still arid.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Passenger fares cut to two and a half cents in Alabama
Montgomery Alabama August 16 Unless an unexpected injunction is granted fares will be reduced to two and a half cents tomorrow on the lines of the Western Railway of Alabama and the Central of Georgia within the State of Alabama. The reduction follows a long and bitter fight between the railways and the State commission.
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Montgomery
Ala
Western Railway of Alabama
Central of Georgia
Alabama
State Commission
Delegates Gather for Twentieth International Peace Congress
Delegates from many nations arrive in The Hague ahead of the opening of the twentieth International Peace Congress. The congress begins next Wednesday after two days of preliminary committee meetings. The notable feature will be the nearly completed Palace of Peace dedication.
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The
Hague
Palace of Peace
Sonderclass trial races begin in Marblehead region
Elimination trials for the German American sonderclass began in Marblehead Massachusetts today. Nine boats entered with the top three advancing to face three German vessels in international contests next month. trials expected to take about three days.
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Marblehead
Mass
Windsor racing meet opens at Windsor track
Windsor Ont August 16 The Windsor Jockey Club opens its second summer race meeting at the local track today and runs through next Saturday five stakes with a total value of 35000 dollars will be decided during the meet.
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Windsor
Ont
Windsor Jockey Club
Mining Engineers to Meet in Butte Next Week
Preparations are complete for the annual meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers in Butte Montana. About 206 delegates from principal mining centers in the United States and Canada will attend the session scheduled for next week.
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Butte
Mont
Aus
American Institute of Mining Engineers
United States
Canada
Bennington Battle Anniversary Observed as Holiday
Montpelier Vermont marks the 136th anniversary of the Bennington battle as a legal holiday. The battle is hailed as a turning point of the Revolution, enabling the Saratoga victory and prompting French recognition of American independence.
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Montpelier
Bennington
Vermon
Saratoga
France
Perry carnival opens with lake front review in Chicago
Chicago marks Perry centennial with a military and naval review on the lake front and a welcoming demonstration for the old flagship Niagara. The city’s celebration runs all week with numerous attractions.
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Chicago
Lake Front
Two rookies keep Red Sox on the sporting page
Pitchers Foster and Leonard, the two chickens, are doing their share in keeping the champion Red Sox on the sporting page. Without these rookies the Sox would likely be in the classified columns by now.
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Foster
Leonard
Red Sox
Sox
Fragmentary financial figures surface in OCR readout
A partial set of monetary numbers appears in the OCR excerpt showing amounts like 2 565,640.5 and 2,600.00 alongside 402 277.7 and 1,105, 418.5, suggesting a damaged financial data snippet without clear context or identifiers.
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Durango City
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Huerta
John Lind
Wilson
Mexico City
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Land of the Kaiser
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Southwestern Texas Press
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International Peace Congress
Hare JO National Bank
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Cash and Sight Exchange
JK. Beretta
M. Alexander
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A. Deutz & Brother
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L. Daiches
Spencer Kellogg's
Joseph Netzer
Royal Theatre
Gertrude Robinson
Janes Kirkwood
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