Naco Border Sniping Raises Tension Across Line
The cross border fight at Naco escalates as Hill forces target Maytorena trenches while Villa loyalists vow to hold positions. Consuls blame U S actions, warn of possible reprisals, and anticipation grows for the first troop train from Texas City.
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Naco
Ariz
Maytorena
Gutierrez
Villa
Sonora
United States
E. Ramirez
General Bliss
Valista
Exas City
U S Forces Issue Ultimatum Amid Mexican Border Crisis
General Tasker Bliss acting for the War Department warns Jose Maria Maton and General Benjamin Hill that any shot on American soil will provoke extreme measures. U.S. order prompts mobilization as 3,000 troops depart for Naco, Arizona. Battle erupts near San Pedro de las Colonias with Carranza and Villa forces engaging.
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Naco
Ariz
Tasker H. Bliss
War Department
Jose Maria Maytorena
Benjamin Hill
Villa
Carranza
United States
Constitutionalist
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Torreon
Huila
Forty Make Above Million Incomes Mark Tax Year 1913
The first complete income tax return compilation for 1913 shows 357,598 filers paying 28.25 million dollars. Forty earners surpass one million, 91 are between 500k and 1m, and most returns come from New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston and Detroit districts. Corporate returns total 316,909 filings with net income about 4.34 billion dollars. The commissioner notes rising bootlegging in prohibition states and projects continued tax collections into 1916.
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Washington
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Boston
Detroit
Connecticut
Illinois
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
North Carolina
Porto Rico
Kentucky
United States
Texas Bank Deposits Expand in Texas Banks
Treasury release shows 498 national banks in Texas as of Oct 31 report loans and discounts at 129,431,899 with total money 8,928,239 and deposits including individuals 102,974,232 and United States deposits 885,569. Reserve held stands at 25.39 percent.
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Washington
Texas
Treasury Department
United States
Hog Weighs 500 Pounds In Fredericksburg Farm Story
R C Bonn of Fredericksburg butchered a Tamworth hog that weighed 500 pounds. The animal was 41 months old and fed on slops for most of its life and ear corn during the final six weeks.
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Fredericksburg
Tex
R. C. Bonn
Leo Frank Sentenced to Hang in Atlanta Case
Leo M. Frank was condemned by Fulton county superior court to be hanged for the murder in Atlanta of 14 year old Mary Phagan. The verdict follows the 1918 crime and was handed down on a Wednesday in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Leo Frank
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Fulton County Superior Court
Mary Phagan
Russians Fall Back as English Coast Raid Reported
Reports state Russian front is being forced back in Poland while English coast faces raids. The dispatch notes renewed Soviet retreat and Allied coastal activity, signaling intensified World War II front line developments.
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Poland
New Battle Lines Formed in France as Allies Press
Allied forces claim to be mounting an offensive in France with fierce fighting reported across the front. Russians reportedly retire along Galicia and Poland, possibly signaling new positions to blunt Austro German pressure. Egypt moves to British protectorate after Turkish suzerainty ends, with McMahon appointed high commissioner.
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France
Galicia
Poland
Vienna
Petrograd
Carpathians
East Prussian
Warsaw
Germany
Russia
la Bassee
Flanders
Egypt
Turkey
Great Britain
Arthur Henry McMahon
India
Government
John Grenfell Maxwell
German Report of Attack on English Coast
German official details describe an east coast assault on England by cruisers. Four British torpedo boat destroyers attacked in mist. Hartlepool batteries silenced. gas works destroyed with fires seen from ships. Scarborough Whitby coast guard stations and water works toppled. coast batteries fired with minor damage to German vessels. Von Behneke.
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Berlin
England
Hartlepool
Coast Guard
Scarborough
Whitby
von Behneke
British War Office
Balmoral
War Office
Royal Engineers
Higheenth
Durham Light Infantry
West Hartlepool
Germans Raid British Coast Endangers Hartlepool Whitby Scarborough
German squadron shells Hartlepool Scarborough and Whitby causing 110 casualties with 31 dead. Homes churches gas works and abbey damaged as coast guards attempt to repel the raid. Wilson cabinet approves sending American warships to the canal zone to protect neutrality.
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Washington
Wilson
Canal Zone
Texas Projects Named in Rivers and Harbors Bill
The rivers and harbors appropriation bill totals 34.1 million for waterway work across the nation. Texas receives funds for Galveston harbor and channel improvements, Port Bolivar and Aransas Pass channels, Sabine Pass, Houston ship channel, Anahuac Trinity area, and inland West Texas coast works among others.
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Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Army Engineers
Congress
Board of Engineers
Sparkman
Ohio
Hudson
Tennessee
Columbia
Missouri
Delaware
Mississippi River
Girardeau
Rock Island
Mississippi River Commission
Missouri River
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Sioux City
Fort Benton
Florence
Ala
Riverton
Cumberland River
Nashville
Texas
Galveston
Texas City
Port Bolivar
Port Aransas
Sabine Pass
Houston Ship Channel
Anahuac
Trinity River
Oyster Creek
West Texas
Brazos River
Old Washington
Waco
Velasco
Channel Aransas Pass
Corpus Christi
Osage
Gasconade
Hawaii
Kahului Harbor
Porto Rico
San Juan
Louisiana
Southwest Pass
South Pass
Bayou Plaquemine
Grand River
Pigeon Bayous
Bayou Teche
Bayou Manchac
Baydbu Vermilion
Mermentau
Sabine River
Bayou Terrebonne
Atchafalaya
Bartholomew
Macon d'Arbonne
Corney
Boeuf
Tensas
Arkansas
Ouachita
Black
White River
St. Francis and
S’anguille Rivers
Black Creek Bayou
Big Cotton Movement Sets Record for Week
The export movement of cotton on Friday was the largest day since the season began and the European war started. Total clearances from all United States ports for foreign ports reached 107 331 bales, pushing this week to a record level with 291 491 bales cleared domestically, plus foreign clearances yet to be added.
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New Orleans
United States
Bridge Project Resumes at Smithville After Delay
After a two month delay work on the new steel Colorado River bridge at Smithville Texas resumed. Contractors say they will complete the structure within sixty days.
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Smithville
Tex
McDaniel Begins 35000 Addition Work at State Home
H McDaniel of Port Arthur awarded contract for 35000 expansion to the Odd Fellows state home in Corsicana Texas has started construction on the project.
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F.homk
Corsicana
Tex
H. McDaniel
Port Arthur
Odd Fellows
Time for Kindness on Quirky Rails and Buses
A traveler recalls a Louisiana train where conductors help passengers with bags and babies and even wait for arrivals. A New Yorker notes Madison Avenue cars pause for small acts like retrieving an umbrella and warning a mother about a child’s toy dangers. The anecdote reflects everyday kindness on transit.
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Louisiana
Franklin
Madison Avenue
New York Times
Self Satisfaction Explained Dialogue in Boston Transcript
A brief quotation from the Boston Transcript contrasts self-satisfaction and simplicity through two speakers. The exchange highlights personal poise and preference for simple things as a social observation.
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Boston Transcript
Mesmerized A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used
A reader describes coffee’s health impact and credits Postum with restoring health. After years of coffee use and poor well being, she and her husband switched to Postum, noting weight gain, relief from headaches, improved energy, and better digestion. Postum’s two forms and price are advertised.
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Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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Unitedates War Department
J. Franklin Bell
United States Army
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Sixth Brigade
Thomas F. Davis
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British
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Fatima Cigarettes
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Fatime Dept
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