Mobs Roam Mexico City as Food Shortage Deepens
Desperate conditions in Mexico City amid widespread hunger and currency chaos. Mobs loot bakeries and markets while authorities struggle to restore order and food supplies. Executions of Zapata forces and pending court martials add to turmoil as foreign relief asks for U.S. aid.
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Vera Cruz
New Orleans
Gonzales
Villela
Zapata
Herrera
American Relief Committee
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Federal District
Mexico City
Hell
United States
Washington
Mexico
Wilson
Red Cross
Cotton Not to Be Contraband in Britain
Lord Robert Cecil told the House of Commons that Britain will not declare cotton contraband and will not act to punish neutrals over cotton shipments. He emphasized that Britain does not intend unfair treatment toward neutrals regardless of Germany's actions.
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London
House of Commons
Robert Cecil
Great Britain
Germany
Robert
Menhaden Fishing Record Broken at Sabine
Port Arthur Texas reports a new record for menhaden fleets on July 21 with 2,767 barrels caught by two steam fishing vessels at Sabine. Last season the fleet of three boats yielded 2,500 barrels.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Sabine
Cattle Dying in Westfield District Amid Dry Summer
Cattle are dying throughout this district during dry summer days. The cause is not definitely known, but the loss is a serious blow to the farmers.
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Westfield
Tex
Anahuac Bank Robbed of Six to Eight Thousand
Anahuac Tex The Anahuac State Bank was robbed of between six thousand and eight thousand dollars Saturday night. The safe was unlocked and then closed again before the theft was discovered.
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Anahuac
Tex
Assailant Feared Mob Might Lynch Frank in Prison
William Creen testified to Governor Harris that he stabbed Leo M. Frank in the Milledgeville prison last week to prevent an alleged mob from lynching Frank. Creen cited fear of violent attack as his motive.
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Milledgeville
William Creen
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Harris
Better Highways for Texas Urged by Automobile Men
The Texas Automobile Association at its Galveston midsummer meeting urged the governor to cleave Texas from Red River to the Gulf and Sabine to Rio Grande with a cross of improved roads built by convict labor. The plan aims for a central highway nucleus with future tributaries and state material supply for major bridges. Members pressed mobile insurance, road regulation, and a highway commission, while noting speed limits and lawful arrests.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Automobile Association
Texas
Red River
Gulf
Sabine
Rio Grande
Mace Stewart
Ira F. Sproule
Denison
Dallas
C. H. Harnest
Colorado
Stewart
C. J. Michaelis
Highway Commission
More Texas Postmasters Named
Washington reports the appointment of fourth class postmasters in Texas for several towns and counties. Lonnie L. Allbritton at Broaddus San Augustine County. Mrs Lizzie Sanders at Seals Robertson County. Albert G Wells at Real County. Minnie Prycer at Bagley Panola County. Irene Sears at Arah Scurry County.
UW to Receive Fortune From Wisconsin Banker Will
The University of Wisconsin will receive between $400 000 and $500 000 from the estate of late J Steven Tripp a Prairie du Lac banker under his will filed for probate on Wednesday.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
J. Steven Tripp
Prairie du Lac
Boyd Named Representative in Snyder Texas
H. M. Boyd was elected representative of the One Hundred fifth district on Saturday's election in Snyder Texas.
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Boyd
Snyder
Tex
H. M. Boyd
One Hundred and Fifth
Decline in Texas Railroads Operaing Revenue in Eleven Months
Twenty eight leading Texas railroads representing over 90 percent of mileage and business posted operating revenue of 102.27 million for the eleven months ending May 31. This compares with prior periods showing decreases from the two years back, while net operating revenue rose slightly versus last year and gross corporate income increased by 3.76 million, yet overall deficits persisted.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
H. G. Askew
General Askew
SRE
Roller Coaster Jump Kills Three at Coney Island
A roller coaster on the Rough Rider at Coney Island jumped the track while at high speed killing three riders. The deceased are James McDonough Jr. 24 of Coney Island Ruth Cuddy 19 of Long Island City and Anna Hartman 655 Brooklyn.
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New York
Rough Rider
Coney Island
James McDonough, Jr
Ruth Cuddy
Long Island City
Anna Hartman
Brooklyn
Submarines Sink 229 English Vessels in War Zone
A Berlin telegram reports German submarines had sunk 229 English vessels and 30 other hostile ships and six neutral crafts in the war zone up to July 25, with six neutrals lost by mistake.
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Amsterdam
Berlin
Becker Denied New Trial in Rosenthal Murder Case
Justice John Ford refused a new trial for Charles Becker the former police lieutenant already sentenced to death for instigating the murder of gambler Herman Rosenthal. Becker faces execution by electric chair this Friday.
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New York
John Ford
Supreme Court
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
Cattle Shipment Reaches Fourth Train Load
About 30,000 head of cattle shipped from White's ranch near Beaumont Texas on the Gulf Interstate line. The fourth train load went Monday, destined for Swearingen in the Panhandle.
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Beaumont
Tex
White
Gulf
Swearingen
Panhandle
Parish Votes New School Tax
Lake Charles Ward 1 Jefferson Davis Parish approved a five year 3 mill tax for schools by a Monday vote. The measure seeks funding for educational needs across the parish.
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Parish
Lake Charles
Jefferson Davis
Women Debate Postwar Roles and Pay After War
In Britain the question of postwar roles for women volunteers dominates clubs and public talk. A training school for 45 000 unemployed women volunteers is proposed, with vocational advisers and paid training, to prepare them for future needs. Some male workers oppose women occupying formerly male jobs, as seen in Edinburgh tram drivers’ resistance to women conductors.
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Great Britain
War Office
Edinburgh
Company seeks replacement talent as wartime gaps widen
The firm had to recruit male staff to fill roles left vacant by women who joined the war effort, highlighting labor shifts during the conflict and the challenge of maintaining operations with reduced female leadership.
Youth Heads Big Concern in Dayton Box Furniture Co
Russell Monbeck, fourteen, leads a Dayton Ohio cooperative Boys’ Box Furniture with 28 stockholders aged ten to seventeen. Operating 4 to 6 am, they make chairs, desks, benches and other light items, profits shared by hours worked. last year nearly $9,000 distributed. Capital stock is one dollar per share, with no new stock allowed. Monbeck has organized production and sales.
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Russel Monbeck
Dayton (O
Boys’ Box Furniture Company
Young Monbeck
Cleveland Leader
No Insult Meant and a Sewing Machine Letter Joke
After a marquis rose to a high post he flooded with begging notes from admirers. A joke letter from a woman asked for a sewing machine, opening with Dear Sir A year ago you came to our town to make a speech. I have been ill ever since.
After the Catch in Quiet Suburb
A man returns to his bungalow with a small mesh net after a neighbor asks about speckled beau ties. He replies he is going in after mosquitoes and speaks with vengeance in his tone.
Restaurant Row: Diner Insults Waiter Over Poor Service
A tense dining room scene unfolds as a patron berates a waiter claiming the staff is unfit. The server responds that they are doing their best, highlighting a clash over service quality in a crowded restaurant.
Why Does the Bore Never Class Himself in That Class
The line questions the bore’s self view, asking why he never places himself in the same category as others. It probes social judgment and self perception without additional context.
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