Villa Rebels Seize Torreon After Fierce Battle Parade
News from Juarez reports a major rebel victory at Torreon with heavy losses for the federal side. Carranza announced the fall at 10 20 Thursday night as Villa’s forces captured barracks and breached trenches, with trains carrying wounded moving to Chihuahua and Velasco’s fate unclear.
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Suarez
Mex
Torreon
Carranza
Bueter
Villa
Mexico
Velasco
Canyon del Guarache
Chihuahua
Mampimi
Noe
Sacramento
Lerdo
Gomez Palacios
Fall of Torreon Reported by Villa and Carranza
General Villa reports heavy fighting in Torreon with 1500 wounded and 600 killed among federals. He says rebels secured full possession after eleven days of combat and notes the town was illuminated and honored by a national salute.
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Voneis
Gomez Palacio
Ilerdo
Carranza
Torreon
Yzabel Robles
Calixto Contreras
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua
Juarez
Mex
Torre
General Villa
Alfredo Breceda
Huarache
Rebels Occupy Main Plaza at Torreon Battle
Constitutionalist forces seized the main plaza of Torreon shortly after 2 PM Tuesday in a fierce battle that wiped out most of the city’s federal garrison. The streets lay strewn with dead. prisoner numbers and captured officers remain unknown.
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Torreon
Theo
Noris
Record shipment of Texas vegetables by rail to Corpus Christi
Official figures show 1,242 cars of vegetables shipped from St Louis Brownsville and Mexico Railway points through March 21, led by cabbage at 1,144 cars. Cabbage prices have risen to 18 20 dollars a ton f o b station, boosting trucker returns and signaling the best season yet despite cucumber losses from late frosts.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
St. Louis, Brownsville and
Mexico
Brownsville
Calallen
Donna
Edinburgh
Harlingen
la Feria
McAllen
Mercedes
Mission
Olmita
Levee Plans Advance Along Trinity River in Texas
Austin civil engineer O W Finley discussed with state reclamation chief Arthur A Stiles the creation of two adjoining levee districts on the Trinity River in Kaufman and Henderson counties. They plan about nineteen miles of levee eight feet high to reclaim roughly 14000 acres, with bonds of 145000 dollars to fund construction. Bois d Arc Creek in Fannin County rose again prompting survey for potential levee work to reclaim its valley.
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Austin
Tex
O. W. Finley
Ennis
Arthur A. Stiles
Trinity
Kaufman
Henderson
East Fork
United States Engineer’s Office
Dallas
State Reclamation Department
Stiles
Bois d’Arc Creek
Fannin County
Shipping Live Stock and Produce in Cuero Texas
A Cuero Texas report notes a carload of hogs and several carloads of cattle shipped the past week to market. Produce and poultry shipments in carrots and by express are also very heavy at this time.
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Cuero
Tex
Cyclone Destroys Farms North of Malone Texas
A cyclone passed a few miles north of Malone on Monday, demolishing several farmhouses and outbuildings. The Swallings home was blown away and Mr. Snallings sustained serious injuries.
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Malone
Tex
Mr. Swallings
Mr. Snallings
Fire destroys Franklin power plant leaving city dark and dry
The power plant of the Franklin Water and Light Company in Franklin Texas was destroyed by fire on Saturday, cutting off water and electric service to the city.
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Franklin
Tex
Franklin Water and Light Company
Asquith Takes War Office Burden Amid Crisis
Prime Minister Asquith, in a bold move, will assume the war office duties while resigning his seat for re election at Fast Fife Scotland. The day sees denials and counter denials over plots to seduce the army and suppress Ulster covenanters as key officials visit the king and resignations ripple through the cabinet.
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London
Pi Mier Asquith
House of Commons
War Office
Fife
Scotland
Ulster Covenanters
Irish Nationalis Party
John E. Redmond
Asquith
Viscount Morley
Seely
General French
Ewart
John French
Imperial General Staff
John Ewart
Priday
Haldane
J. E. B. Seely
Gough
What Huerta Told Mexican Congress
Mexico City reports Huerta closed his message to the national congress with a pledge to seek the country’s peace and to sacrifice himself if required, stating it as his profession of political faith. He spoke Wednesday before departing the precincts.
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Mexico City
National Congress
Huerta
Congress
Bond Issues Are Given Approval In Texas
The attorney general's department on Monday approved bonds for McKinney public schools 75000 dollars McKinney street improvement 75000 dollars Kinney County road bonds 80000 dollars Cameron County road district No 2 25000 dollars.
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Austin
Tex
City of McKinney
Kinney County
Cameron County
Joe Durfee Must Hang In Texas Murder Case
Austin text reports Governor no action expected as Joe Durfee a Black man faces execution in Angleton Brazoria County for the murder of Mrs. J M Seitz after an alley assault last fall. The Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday overruled a motion for rehearing in Durfee s case.
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Austin
Tex
Joe Durfee
Angleton
Brazoria County
J. M. Seitz
Court of Criminal Appeals
Durfee
Fredonia Postoffice Robbed by Yeggmen
Mason County officials report that a Monday night break in at the Fredonia post office yielded 60 dollars in cash and 10 000 dollars in notes after the safe was cracked by unknown burglars. Local authorities investigate the intrusion and search for evidence.
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Brady, Tex
Yeggmen
United States Post Office
Fredonia
Mason County
35000 Miners in England Strike Demanding Wages
In Leeds and Yorkshire pits 35000 coal miners walked off Monday demanding a minimum wage rate. Notices were handed in by another 35000 miners who will quit work this week.
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Leeds
England
Yorkshire Pits
Oil Leases Restore Operations After Flood
Most oil field leases around Humble Texas were brought back into operation on Monday after being shut down by the recent flood.
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Humble
Tex
Twelve Regions Named for Regional Reserve Centers
The Reserve Bank organization committee announced twelve selected districts for regional reserve centers, naming Boston Newark Philadelphia Cleveland Brend Va Atlanta Chicago Louis Minneapolis Kansas City Dallas and San Francisco. The Texas district includes most of New Mexico southern Oklahoma and western Louisiana with rail links to El Paso.
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Boston
Newark
Philadelphia
Cleveland
Brend, Va
Atlanta
Chicago
Louis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Dallas
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Reserve’ Bank Organization Committee
Pittsburg
Lakes
Gulf of Mexico
National Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Muskogee
Shawnee
Louisiana
Arizona
el Paso
Sealing Fleet Disaster Claims Dozens in Newfoundland Gale
A deadly gale last Tuesday devastated sealing fleets near St Johns Newfoundland. The New Foundland suffered sixty four known deaths with many injured, while thirty seven were rescued. Bellaventura Stephano and Florizel reported additional fatalities and survivors. Colonial Secretary Bennett provided the figures.
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St. Johns
N. F
New Foundland
Bennett
Bellaventura
Panama Tolls Fight Draws Senate Battle
Administration leaders in the senate hardened their stance on the Panama tolls dispute on Thursday and pressed to hold their line through the end of the controversy.
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Panama
Senate
Washington
Woman's College to Open in 1914 Fort Worth
The Woman's College of Texas Methodism will open its doors to girls in September 1914 in Fort Worth Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Woman’s College of Texas Methodism
General Kelley Convicted of Vagrancy in Sacramento
General Chas Kelley once led the army of unemployed totaling 1800 men and was found guilty of vagrancy by a Sacramento jury after about thirty minutes of deliberation.
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Sacramento
Cal
Interurban Bonds Registered in Texas
Austin Texas the Bryan and Central Texas Interurban Railway Company registered first mortgage bonds totaling 221 000 with the secretary of state. The filing marks the registered issue for the railroad's financing and legal acknowledgment.
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Austin
Tex
Bryan and
Cen
Texas Interurban Railway
Potts criticized to boost sales in York discussion
In a Century club talk at York a preacher quoted a critic who praised Potts last novel for its purity and moral tone. The critic admitted he praised it to spoil Potts sales, a remark noted amid debate on fiction and market manipulation.
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Century Club
Potts
Dreiser
York
Jad Salts Kidney Health Advertisement Claims
A vintage ad urges high water intake to flush kidneys and cites uric acid from meat as a cause of backache and urinary issues. It promotes Jad Salts, a grape and lemon acid lithia mix, as a cheap remedy to purify urine, prevent bladder irritation, and keep kidneys active.
Opera Project in Italy Brings Garibaldi Story to Film
Mascagni composes music for a moving picture about Garibaldi with socialist deputy Ferri as composer. D Annunzio writes the one act libretto titled The Children's Crusade. The poet calls his work a pitiful tragic medieval episode interwoven with a popular legend, ending with the misfortune of hundreds of poor children.
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Italy
Mascagni
Garibaldi
Ferri
D’annunzio
Capucine for Headaches and Grippe Ad
Advertisement style note for CAPUCINE to relieve headaches and grippe with claims of liquid prompt pleasantness. Includes playful lines about a wife wanting a silk dust coat and a husband replying jokingly. Mentions Dr Pierce’s pills as a sugar coated remedy that regulates stomach liver and bowels without griping.
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Dr. Pierce
Ady
Stella Vitae Promised Cure From Doctor to Drugstore
An old ad touts STELLA VITAE as a miracle remedy claiming five months of illness including cramps and vomiting were cured. The script insists a pharmacist supplied a woman's medicine and guarantees high success with minimal failure. Email claims a “thousand to one” benefit rate.
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Stella
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