What Mexicans Have Fought For Struggle Still Going On
A book by L Gutierrez de Lara and Edgecomb Pinchon titled The Mexican People Their Struggle for Freedom argues the central issue is agrarian democracy. It outlines the 1857 constitution as a standard and notes the ongoing revolt against Huerta and the aims of Carranza and Villa to end land dispossession, serfdom by peon owners, and ensure free education, censorship limits, and civil rights.
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Mexico
Huerta
Carranza
Villa
Doubleday, Page & Co
L. Gutierrez de Lara
Edgecomb Pinchon
Senor de Lara
Mexican
Republc
Orbich
Congress
Diaz and Huerta
de Lara
Forced to Buy Protection Amid Mexican Refugee Plight
Vera Cruz refugees from Medina colony recount brutal confinement in Cordoba under guard. J W Elliott and family huddled between mobs demanding ransom and survival, fed up guards, and nights on barracks floors. F W Lehmer, Omaha resident, describes hunger, looting, and brutal assaults while transported to safety.
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Vera Cruz
Medina
Waxica
Cordoba
J. W. Elliott
Tierra Blanca
Elliott
Eliott
Boyd
Motzoronga
Cordoa
Interior
F. W. Lehmer
Tuxtepec
Omaha
Tierra Planca
Mexican steamer sunk by mine near Manzanillo
A dispatch from Manzanillo on the Pacific coast reports the Mexican steamship Letilla, owned by Pacifica Way Company, sank in the harbor after a mine exploded aimed at the U S protected cruiser Raleigh. No casualties are mentioned. Joaquin D. Asasus, former Mexican ambassador to the United States, was asked to proceed to Washington from Carlsbad. Bishop Manuel Rivera of Queretaro died suddenly during an anti American parade in Mexico City. Brazilian minister William W. Canada warned Americans in Vera Cruz to leave Washington. Huerta interacted with officials amid rumors about his health and the safety of Americans in the capital.
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City of Mexico
Manzanillo
Pacifia
Letilla
United States
Raleigh
Pacificailway Company
Joaquin D.asasus
Can
United State
Washington
Carlsbad
Manuel Rivera
Queretaro
Reces
William W
Canada
Vera Cris
Gen. Huerta
Department of Stolen Relations
Merders
Cane
Eral
Gen
Huerta
Coatzacoalcos
Che Ppultepec
Embargo on Arms Imports by Calomide Commander
Trinidad Colonel Mary W. A. Hobbrook, in command of federal troops, placed an embargo on the importation of arms or ammunition into the state. He announced the order was issued under the secretary of war and any weapons shipped in violation would be confiscated.
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Trinidad
Colon
Mary W. A. Hobbrook
Calomide
Secretary of War
Fort Worth Damaged Bridges Swept by Floods
A flood swept down the Canadian River causing extensive damage to railroad bridges. The Rock Island line had to remove its large iron bridge to avert destruction at Logan New Mexico. At Tasco ss Fort Worth Denver bridge lost about 110 feet of its span.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Logan
Rock Island
Tascoss
Fort Worth & Denvers
Iowa Wine Oratorical Contest Held at Cedar Falls
Representatives from normal schools of several states competed in the interstate oratorical contest at the Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls. W. Paddy of Cedar Falls won first, Miss B Staker of Normal, Til, second, and Carl H. Skinner of Emporia, Kan, third.
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Iowa
Cedar Falls
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Paddy
B Staker
Normal
Til
Carl H. Skinner
Emporia
Kan
Weather boosts Kansas wheat belt amid across region rain
Reports say rain fell across the Kansas wheat belt and adjoining regions from central Kansas to western areas as well as into Colorado Oklahoma Texas Panhandle and New Mexico. Washouts, damaged bridges and delayed traffic are reported on lines and rail routes while summer plans circulate around President Wilson in Washington with a large tent set up near the White House for cooling and handling daily business.
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Hutchinson
Kay
Kansas
Kansas Wheat Belt
Oklahoma
Texas Lonhandle
New Mexico
Washington
Wilson
White House
Canal Plan Aims To Move Panama Steamer In Ten Days
Panama plans under Gov Goethals instruction to run a Panama railroad steamer through the canal in ten days. War Secretary approval expected as project advances.
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Canal
Panama
Gen Sickles Dead at Home After Long Separation
Major General Daniel E. Sickles died at his New York home. His wife was at the bedside. The couple, separated for nearly 30 years, had a reconciliation only the night before his death.
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New York
Daniel E. Sickles
Copple
Kansas lecturer drops dead in lodge hall
Pittsburg Kansas report says Thomas Cordry of Parsons a newspaper man died in a lodge hall soon after completing rounds on life insurance. Heart disease was the cause.
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Kansas
Pittsburg
Kan
Thomas Cordry
Parsons
Missouri to Supply Harvest Hands and Berry Pickers
Commissioner John T Fitzpatrick moves to furnish harvest hands and berry pickers for Missouri crops, paying railroad fares and providing board. State employment bureaus at Jefferson City and St Louis Kansas City St Joseph will recruit workers from unemployed Missourians and nearby states to harvest strawberries raspberries blackberries and wheat, aiding farmers and saving crops.
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Jefferson City
John T Fitzpatrick
Bureau of Labor Etaistics
Missouri
State Express
Garher
Bureau of Labor Statisues
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Bureau of Labor
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Filspatrickh
St. Lauis
Mintoerl Kansan
Misewari
William Fowler Found Guilty of Embezzlement in Missouri
Jefferson City report states William Fowler of Excelsior Springs, ex probate judge of Clay County and former member of the Democratic state central committee, was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. He had been administrator of the Delavy estate. Myrtle Kennedy was named sole beneficiary. The court ordered delivery of the estate, and Fowler allegedly failed to comply with the order. Indicted in June 1912.
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Jefferson City
William & Fowler
Excelsior Springs
Clay County
Democratic State Central Committee
Fowler
Delavy
EB Finn
Myrtle M. Kennedy
Myrtle Kennedy
Missouri Vital Statistics Report Highlights Longevity Trend
The 1913 Missouri bureau report notes 24 men over 100 died, 583 death certificates for ages 9 to 99, 14 648 births, and 42 056 deaths. September led in births with 6 764, January led in deaths with 4 124. Accidents caused 2 09 deaths, with 677 suicides and 308 homicides.
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Jefferson Itv
Death sentence for Kansas City robber gang member
Jefferson City records show George Honner a Kansas City negro under death sentence for the December 1 1911 robbery and murder at the Missouri Pacific ticket office. Honner and two others obtained 100 dollars and several checks after holding up the cashier and killing Albert Underwood the clerk in charge.
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Jefferson City
George Honner
Kansas City
Honner
Missouri Pacific Railway
Albert Underwood
Kennett Sawmill Fire Destroys Camp Bell Mill in Missouri
Kennett sawmill of Camp Bell Lumber Co. burned, loss about 50000 dollars, insured for roughly 16000. One of Missouri’s largest hardwood mills with daily capacity of 65000 feet. Rebuilding to start immediately. Eighty Acres Farm Sold for 16000. Maryville report notes Cottrill farm sold to E K Wallace of Independence for 16000. Farm lies two valleys south of Warrville.
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Kennett
Campbell Lumber Company
Missouri
Maryville
B M. Cottrill
Wallace
Independence, Mo
Valles
Warrville
Stone work on gratehouse delayed until mid June
Jefferson City report quotes David T. Aronberg of John Gill & Sons Construction stating stone will not be weeded on the gratehouse until June 16 or July 1 because concrete floors must be laid first. He adds stone work cannot begin until this work is done to avoid staining from drippings. Commission members noted no backtracking on a May 15 start deadline.
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Jefferson City
David T. Aronberg
K F. Gill
John Gill & Sons Construction Company
Aronberg
Financial Straits Hit Vital Statistics and Health Board
Jefferean City reports the bureau of vital statistics and the state board of health face severe finances. An appropriation of 4700 for the biennial period is nearly exhausted with over five months remaining. Through December 1, 1914, 51,2641 had been spent of 470,006, leaving a balance insufficient to cover salaries and expenses for 1914. The board anticipates debt up to 15,000 by December 1 as staff and expenses are trimmed.
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Jefferean City
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Boant of Health
Bureau
Balabhoe
Hunting License Returns Highlight 1912 Survey
The report by Jeese S. Jones state game and fish commissioner shows hunting license totals by county for 1912 with several counties listed, and notes 1915 totals of 4 273 county licenses at 1 each and 7 085 state licenses at 5 each. The piece mentions the hunting rights and game fund proceeds from licenses.
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Jeese S. Jones
Craefor
Laclede
Maries
Pulaski
Worth
Wright
Thoeneee
Tie Own
Tate
Railroads Accused of Charging High Rates for Concrete Pipes
Jefferson City reports a complaint filed before the Public Service Commission by the St Joseph Reinforced Concrete Pipe Co and the John Zettler Reinforced Concrete Pipe Co of Joplin alleging railroads overcharge for reinforced concrete pipes. The commission is urged to order rate reductions and set a 10 day reply period.
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Jefferson City
St. Joseph
John Zettler Reinforced Concrete Mpe Company
Joplin
Automobiles to be bought by Grundy county soon
Trenton reports Grundy county businessmen expect to purchase at least one automobile before the end of 1914. The "fever" for motor cars has taken hold, with many more pledged and few remaining unconvinced as the trend spreads among local buyers.
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Trenton
Grundy County
Rice farm planned near Poplar Bluff for experiments
George Begley Jr announces a new experimental rice farm near Poplar Bluff. If successful, he will convert several hundred acres of swamp land he owns into a rice operation. The move follows profit seen in northern Arkansas swamp lands, with expectations the grain will thrive in Missouri as well.
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Poplar Bluff
George Begley, Jr
Arkansas
Missouri
Springheld Deaths and Births Reported by City Health Officials
March deaths reached 106 while births numbered 11 in the city health department records. The report notes a local incident in Springfield and mentions civic action proposals in Warrensburg to declare a Dandelion Day for uprooting the weed. Also cited is a fatal coal mining incident at Mine No 66 of Central Coal and Coke Company.
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Pringfield
Warrensburg
Bevier—en Nerger
Coa
Berger Waa
Feels Like A New Woman testimonial from Piqua
A Piqua Ohio reader praises Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound for organic weakness with backache hip pains and fatigue. She says it helped after prior use and endorses others to seek advice from the company in confidence.
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Piqua
Ohio
Tote &. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Capria Tuner
Wayne St
Paqua
Lydia FE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
After Half Century Mark in Age and Achievement
A Toledo gentleman argues that age beyond fifty does not bar fitness or achievement. He cites historical figures who excelled after fifty and reassures younger people that opportunity remains, urging persistence and prudent resource use despite advancing years.
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Toledo
Celam Bue
America
Derwin
Kant Spencer
Warter
Kaydh
Ofty
Becacee
Postum Named A Blessing In A Large Family
A family of twelve credits Postum with removing headaches dizziness and stomach woes after quitting coffee. The poster describes a mother troubled by heart palpitations and a brother with headaches, all improved since using Postum. Two forms are sold, instant and regular soluble powder, with instructions and a slogan There’s a Reason. Sold by grocers.
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Postum
Postum Co
Rattle Creek
Mich
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Soledad
Bishop
Arma
Sickles
State Bureau
Missouri Health Statistica
Department Short of
Birtha
Aniony
Happy Now
Wim
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