Recall of Pioneer Express Robbery through Dryden Station
Galveston narrates the Pioneer Express heist linked to a Dryden Texas station. Jess Fry, early SP contact, hosts Raymond Pacheco a miner seeking a box said to contain $26,000 in currency and gold stolen from St Louis. A Wells Fargo detective, Russell, questions Fry as he tracks Pacheco toward Mexico.
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Galveston
Tex
San Antonio and
Arkansas Pass
Southern Pacifecalls
Texas
Jess Fry
Southern Pacific
Mr. Fry
Dryden
San’ Antonio
Reymond Pacheco
Express
California
Yate
San Antonio
Mexico
Rio Grande
Drydeh
Pacheco
Pache Co Bnally
Pachbco
Louis
St. Louis
Patheeo
Secret Service
Adams Express
Wells Fargo Express
Russell
Raymond Pacheco
Waybill
Hin le
Rtussell
Everthing
Sslava
Pacific Coast
Robbery on St Louis Express Targets Adams Wells Fargo Safes
A dramatic rail robbery on a St Louis to destination express car involved the Adams Express and Wells Fargo safes. A bearer with a forged signature received instruction, knocked the express messenger unconscious, bound him, then stole currency and gold valued at about $28,000 before fleeing at a city stop. The crime occurred as the train passed through several stations before discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hassell
St. Louis
tMorey
Wells Fargo
Pacheco
Wella Fargo Express Company
Syho
Riches Drive Modest Man Into Seclusion in Texas
Eldorado Arkansas reports Napoleon Bonaparte Brown a Confederate veteran worth $500000 with nine cars. He seeks quiet on a Texas farm after oil booms threaten his peace, moving from Homestead to Gaines County near Seminole reservation as pumping engines follow him.
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Texas
Eldorado
Ark
Maan
Uncle Nap” Brown
Gaele Nap
Napoleon Bonaparte Brown
Nap
Gaines County
Deir
Mules Deliver Mail in Snow Drift Benign Town
Rural mail carrier in Blakely township Scott county reports solving winter drift problem by using a team of mules for mail delivery and not missing a beat despite heavy snow.
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Bell
Plaine
Minn
A. TV
Alert
Blakely Township
Scott County
Brides Barred from U S Immigration Overstay and Infancy Accounts
Victoria brides brought to Canada in infancy and now married to Canadians but employed in the United States were refused admission by immigration authorities. Ten other brides were ordered deported for overstaying a six month visit.
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Victoria
BBC
Canada
United States
Girl Babies Sold for Three Cents in China
Catholic missionary Rev Daniel McGini cuddy arrived from Shanghai reports that in Jagchow Kiangsi province parents abandon girl babies at missions. Parents ask for 3 cents American and even the garments wrapped around the infants are often requested for return to protect missions from fighting factions.
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China
Seattle
Jagchow
Kiangsi
Iung
Daniel McGinicuddy
Kanchow
Shanghai
McGillicuddy
United States Tops Brimstone Production in Last Year
The United States produced more than a qwillion tons of brimstone last year, surpassing Sicily as Europe’s principal source. The report highlights a fivefold lead for the U.S. over Sicily in this mineral supply.
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United States
Sicily
Europe
Happenings of the World Tersely Told
A Washington dispatch notes Hoover weighing an official survey of commercial air navigation While Coolidge asks the treasury secretary to lead a nation wide drive against liquor traffickers A grain exchange rule proposal is made by Jardine to limit spread quotations and curb price manipulation Plans for new air mail planes call for 1000 pound capacity and 95 mph cruising speed A White House report discusses Muscle Shoals policies and government stock projections Fewer deaths from stock diseases are urged and Geneva talks address arms traffic бор The piece lists various political, legal and social items from Washington and beyond including court decisions finance plans and notable deaths
Eldora house from 1859 endures amid Iowa news dump
A mix of Iowa items notes a house built in 1859 by William Alberry and his wife in Eldora remains in good condition. Other items include Des Moines ordered to build a garbage plant costing 5 million, Emma Richardson donating 20000 to Vassar, and various state projects, societies, and posts across Iowa.
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William Alberry
Eldora
Clinton
Community Club of
Jolley
B. L. Weaver
State Health Department
Des Moines
Emma Richardson
J.J. Richardson
Davenport Democrat
Vassar
College
S. A.spilman
Ottumwa
Iowa Stele Medical Society
Coonier
Iowa
Centerville
Depuy
Sargent
North Riverside
Sioux City
Newton
The
Davenport
United States
Iowa Medical Society
Catholic Daughters
Dubuane
Dubuque
Harland Bartholomew
Chamber of Commerce
R. L. Leach
Towa
Towa Department of Agriculture
Iowa Agricultural Experiment Association
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Tate
Municipal Island
Court House
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Pioneer Express
Old Frontier
Gothenburg
Sweden
Washngton
Hoover
Washington Dispatch
Coolidge
Secretary of the Treasury
Washington
Jardine
Air Mail
Henry Mi. Lord
Budget Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Geneva
Ito
White House
GC. C. Moore
Idaho
President Coolidge
H. E. Ray
Potatello
Senator Underwood
Alabama
McCarl
Justice Giegerich
New York Supreme Court
Lillian N. Duke
James Buchanan Duke
Totbacco
Bernice Day
Los Angeles
Darby Day, Jr
Chicago
San Quentin
Henry Ford
United States Shipping Board
Detroit
Mr. Ford
O'Connor
Shipping Board
New England Fuel and Transportation Company
Grant Town
W. Va
National Guard
Wisconsin
Laon
Oconto County
Yand
New York
Richard Barthelmess
Mary Hay
Arthur Garfield Hays
Enright
Pennsylvania Railroad
Martinsville
Morgan A.collins
Helen Newberry
Edwin C. Nichols
Battle Creek
Marshall, Mich
Rincon Mountains
Tucson
Ariz
Ciredit Court
Hat
Charles Kinser
Ollie Cragswhite
Springfield
Amo
John D. Rockefeller
Near East Colleges
Nelson A. Miles
Soro BE
Norman
City of Chicago
Los” Angeles
Edin Cerene
Mary Akin
Amy. Lavell
Alytic
Feller
Julius Fleischmann
Cincinnati
Olive Wyndham
Andrew White “Newberry
Bert Lytell
Claire Windsor
Juarez
Mex
Ambassador Houghton
American’ Chamber of Commerce
London
Mabelle Gilman Corey
United States Steel Corporation
Patis
Hazarlik
General de Chambren
Bibans
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
England
Joseph R
Pepe) Cane
Liberal Party of
Cuba
Havana
Cane
Manuel Alonso
Iowa State News
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