Mexican border collapse shocks Laredo and Vera Cruz battle
Nuevo Laredo lies in ruins after Mexican federal troops fire and dynamite city structures, with US troops engaging across the boundary. Reports note property damage estimated at 500000 dollars and destruction of key buildings including the US consulate and post office.
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Laredo
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
United States
National Railway
O'Shaughnessy
Washington, D. C
Nelson O’shaughnessy
Mexico City
Vera Cruz and German Interests Loom in Mexican War Context
President Tuesta observes Vera Cruz harbor as a tense mob targets Americans, looting stores and threatening violence. Newspapers inflate reports amid shifting powers while Germany watches strategic coaling access and railroad routes as U. S. forces contemplate control, warfare, and guerrilla resistance along the Vera Cruz–Mexico City corridor.
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Japan
Vera Cruz
Germany
Mexico
Mexico City
Esperanza Pass
Tropics
United States
Parole Board Session at Fort Madison Penitentiary
The Parole Board is in session at the Fort Madison penitentiary. Officials report the current workload for the meeting is about twice the usual amount, indicating a heavier docket than normal.
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Parole Board
Fort Madison
Board of Parole
Vera Cruz Key to Mexico in American Policy
Des Moines based Rev. Dr. Benjamin S. Hayward argues Vera Cruz serves as Mexico’s gateway port and a strategic prize. He predicts prolonged guerrilla warfare after the city’s capture and emphasizes controlling the 25 mile road to sever supplies to the interior.
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Vera Cruz
Benjamin S. Hayward
Washington, D. C
Methodist Church
Des Moines
Mexico City
Hayward
Mexico
New York City
America
Madero Brother Urges Silence After Assassination
Ames student Carlos Madero, youngest brother of Mexico's slain president, wired from New York to avoid talking to reporters. He asked that all newspapers with his interviews not publish any lines. Correspondents wired the orders to suppress the interviews, but many papers had already printed them.
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Tuesta
Federal District
Mexican Herald
Huerta
el Paso
Laredo
Nogales
Ames
Carlos Madero
Mexico
Francisco Madero
The
Maderos
New York
Madero
Rock Island Agent Dead Washington
A. Harvey, 86, longtime first agent of the Rock Island railroad in Rock Island, died at his home after thirty years in the post.
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Rock Island
Washington
A. Harvey
Rock Island Railroad
Teacher for Fifty Years Retires in Des Moines
Miss Lydia A. Berger principal of Crocker school for twenty eight years and a Des Moines public school teacher for forty five years retires at the end of the current school year. She will serve as advisory principal.
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Des Moines
Lydia A. Berger
Crocker School
Aged Inmate Dies by Suicide at County Home
John Clay aged 65 an inmate at the county home killed himself with a razor amid despondency over ill health. The deed is believed to have been prompted by his condition and state of mind.
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Nevada
John Clay
Treasury Orders Hold Up Arms Shipments Across Mexican Border
Treasury department directs all collectors of customs to halt shipments of arms across the Mexican border in cooperation with the War Department to enforce the embargo.
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
War Department
Sheldon Out of Danger
Ames reports Parley Sheldon is recovering rapidly and expected to be out of bed within a day or two barring an unexpected setback.
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Sheldon
Ames
Texas National Guard Mobilizes for Border Patrol Duty
Austin reports an entire Texas national guard regiment is ordered to Brownsville for border patrol, with Governor Colquitt expected to mobilize two more regiments unless Secretary of War Garrison grants a request for additional troops to guard Texas border points.
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Austin
Tex
Texas National Guard
Brownsville
Colquitt
Secretary of War Garrison
Texas
O Donnell Trial Begins in Fort Madison Murder Charge
Mathias O'Donnell of Keokuk faces trial in Fort Madison before Judge Harulicn on a charge of life murder.
FAVORS WAR WITH MEXICO
Des Moines reports Theo dore P. Shonts predicts a long bloody war with Mexico to end only with occupation by American troops. He says big business backs Wilson war measures and envisions a police role for the United States in the western hemisphere.
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Des Moines
Wall Street
Mexico
Theodore P. Shonts
Shonts
Interborough Railway Company
New York City
Drake University
Wilson
Iowa Boy Killed at Vera Cruz Identified
Frank De Vorick of Albia as among the dead at Vera Cruz. The 19 year old seaman attached to the South Carolina enlisted last year in Des Moines. His mother Mrs Mathilda Bailey resides in Albia. address is unknown.
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Iowa
Vera Cruz
Washington, D.C
Frank de Vorick
Albia
Mollie de Vorick
Mathilda Bailey
Alsbia
South Carolina
Des Moines
Ames Farmer Charles Ruth Dies in Heart Attack
Charles Ruth about 50 years old a prominent farmer near Ames collapsed and died from enlargement of the heart authorities report.
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Ames
Charles Ruth
Near
Knoxville Educator Named Alexandria Superintendent
Prof. F M Yockey, longtime Knoxville schools chief, has been chosen to lead Alexandria Minnesota schools starting September. The appointment shifted the local education leadership to Yockey, who will oversee the district’s upcoming academic year.
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Knoxville
F. M. Yockey
Alexandria, Minn
Lover unfurls arson claim in Mason City case
George Douglas is jailed on arson charges in Mason City after Mrs. Alice Bright reported that he attempted to burn her house when she refused marriage. Bright asserts the alleged motive was romantic coercion.
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Mason City
George Douglas
Alice Bright
George
Huerta the Strongest Man in Mexico Amid Crisis
A war correspondent portrays Victoriano Huerta as a tenacious, capable leader willing to gamble to preserve power. He compares Huerta to Diaz, notes his suspicions of Villa, and outlines potential US intervention routes and expected Mexican resistance scenarios in a tense, period-voice report.
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N. C. Adossides
Mexico
Victoriano Huerta
Madero
Gerald Brandon
Torreon
Hotel Francia
Pancho Villa
Huerta
Diaz
Porfirio Diaz
Chapultepec
Revolutionary Army
Mexican Republic
Villa
Chicago
Tampico
Don B. White
Mr. White
Zapata
United States
United States Army
Morales
Aguinaldo
Pronunciations of Mexican War Names
A guide lists how to say names from the Mexican War era with phonetic spellings for places and leaders such as Huerta Torreon Villa Hidalgo Zacatecas San Luis Potosi Tamaulipas Queretaro Coahuila Jalisco Aguas Calientes Guanajuato Oaxaca Guerrero Texcoco Tlaxcala Tehuantepec Tuxpam Tampico and Chihuahua.
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Huerta
Torreon
Tor Ray-Own
Villa—Wee-Yah
Hidalgo
Zacatecas
San Luis Potosi
Tamaulipas
Tahy-Mo-Lee-Pag
Queretaro
Coahuila
Jalisco
Hah-Lees-Co
Aguas Calientes
Guanajuato
Oaxaca
Guerrero
Texcoco
Tlaxcala
Tampico
Cleaning Mirrors and Frames with Gentle Techniques
A detailed guide explains cleaning glass with a soft sponge water spirit of wine and dusting powder, then polishing with a silk handkerchief. It warns to avoid varnished frames by not soaking and suggests cotton wool for dusting or spirit of wine for polished gilded frames.
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Gulf
Vera Graz
Senate
House
Galveston
Quartermaster’s Corps
Orf
Ordnance Department
Funston
Quartermaster's Department
Atlantic
Pacific
First Army
Badger
Stars and Stripes
Rowan
Navy
William A. Burnside
Army
Manzanillo
Pacific Coast
Vera Graz Gity
IETAR
Vera Cruz Key
Theodore Shonts
Congress
Carranza
Uncle Sam
New Orleans
General Villa
Cuba
Philippines
Muerta
Minnesota
Republic
General Scott
Maximilian
San Juan de Uloa
Stickney
the Prairie
Murray
Herbert G. Wylie
Dona Cecelia
William Bayard Hale
Central America
West Indies
Hale
Satan
Northfield
Christ
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