Break Between Villa and Carranza Deepens Near San Antonio
Reports from San Antonio say the split between Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa is reaching a crisis. Junta members foresee a key decision within a week with Carranza possibly resigning or hardening his grip and Villa pressing for dominance. Carranza has called a Monterey meeting of loyal officers, excluding Villa and Maytorena, while Villa plans to move toward Monterey to seize the railroad and force Carranza from control.
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San Antonio
Tex
Carranza
Villa
Monterey
Helter Villa
Maytorena
Sonora
Torreon
Zacatecas
Monterey-Tampico
Express Companies Quit Railways Across Nation
New York reports the United States Express Company leaving the transportation field at midnight Tuesday. Over 90 percent of its employees will join one of the four remaining express firms on Wednesday. The small remainder will be kept by United States Express until final settlement of its affairs.
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New York
United States Express Company
Bones of Slain Man Recovered in Mexico
Tampico representative of the U S Consul Miller arrived Monday bringing the remains of Burwell Cordoba murdered near Tanto Yucatan by federal soldiers. The bones were scattered by vultures with the skull located atop a fence post after a lengthy search.
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Tampico
United States
Miller
Burwell
Cordoba
Tanto
Yucatan
Johnson Wins From Moran Paris Heavyweight Title Defense
Jack Johnson retains the world heavyweight title by defeating Frank Moran of Pittsburg on points in a twenty round bout at the Velodrome d'Hiver. Moran fought hard and earned praise for his endurance and grit.
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Paris
Jack Johnson
d’Hiver
Ne Evo
Frank Moran
Pittsburg
Moran
Dime Box Town Becomes Part of Past History
The old town of Dime Box in Tangiewood Texas fades into memory as merchants move to the new town along the Dallas branch of the H and T C railroad, about five miles south and midway between Giddings and Caldwell.
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Tangiewood
Tex
Dime Box
San Antonio Prairie
Dalsa
H. and T. C
Giddings and
Caldwell
Sabine Citizens' Telephone Company Organized in Hemphill
A large representation of Sabine County residents met in Hemphill Saturday and perfected the Sabine Citizens' Telephone Company to erect and equip a standard up to date telephone system reaching every community in the county.
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Hemphill
Tex
Sabine County
Sabine Citizens’ Telephone Company
Cincinnati Girl Marries Prince in Paris Ceremony
Cincinnati debutante Miss Laura McDonald Stallo wed Prince Francesco Rospigio in Paris on Tuesday with notable guests including Ambassador and Mrs. Herrick and Princess Murat, the bride’s sister, in attendance.
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Paris
Laura McDonald Stallo
Cincinnati
Prince Francesco Rospigio
Herrick
Princess Murat
Berlin Aviator Claims World Record Flight
Berlin reports Herr Landmann completed a nonstop flight of 21 hours 49 minutes on Monday, claiming a new world record in aviation. This decisive endurance feat follows a long tradition of record attempts by German pilots.
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Berlin
Herr Landmann
Mediation Closes as Delegates Call Indefinite Recess
At Niagara Falls Ont the Pan American mediation conference ended its session with Brazil’s Ambassador Da Gama Argentina’s Minister Naon and the American delegation departing. Suárez of Chile and Huerta delegates remained as Carranza seeks full authority to participate in future talks for Mexico’s provisional government. Communication will continue by telegraph and the mediators deem their main work complete.
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Argentina
Brazil
Niagara Falls
Ont
Ambassador da Gama
Navn
Suarez
Chile
Huerta
Carranza
Naon
Mexico
Guadaloupe
Business Men Protest Deny Looney Suit Charges
At a Texas Business Men's Association meeting in Fort Worth Vice Presidents and the executive committee presided by Dallas' Ben B. Cain adopted resolutions and an address to the people. They denied each charge in Attorney General Looney's suit to dissolve the association and to enjoin corporations from contributing to its support.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Business Men's Association
Ben B. Cain
Dallas
Looney
Salem Seeks National Aid For Fire Sufferers
Salem appeals for federal aid after a fire disaster, with Gen Ge Sh tele stating a $200000 appropriation and a broader need for $1000000 to meet the emergency. He sent messages to state governors and mayors of major cities urging immediate funds.
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Ge Sh
Aursday
Salem
Deputy Sheriff Fights Train Robbers in Aisle Battle
Pendleton Oregon deputy sheriff George A McDuffy of Heppner confronted two bandits aboard a chair car fifty miles east of Pendleton. He killed one robber and wounded the other in a single-handed encounter. A bullet was slowed when a pocket comb in his vest pocket diverted it.
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Pendleton
Ore
George A. McDuffy
Heppner
Modern Woodmen By Law Rates Upheld by Court
Springfield appellate court affirmed a lower court ruling that Modern Woodmen of America bylaws raising insurance rates were not legally adopted. The decision, issued Thursday, upholds the earlier judgment and settles the dispute over the rate increases.
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Springfield
Woodmen of America
Miners Accept Conciliation Board Settlement in West Virginia
In Charleston, West Virginia, United Mine Workers officers say miners voted to accept the federal conciliation board settlement and will return to work on Monday.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Federal Conciliation Board
Matagorda County Taxable Values Reported
Bay City Texas County Assessor J D Moore completes Matagorda County tax rolls with a grand total assessed valuation of 16 075 570 dollars.
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Bay City
Tex
J. D. Moore
Matagorda County
Texas July Apportionment Sets Public School Funding
The July apportionment for Texas public schools is 25 cents per capita totaling 262,142 dollars. Superintendent W F Doughty announced the figures Thursday in Austin Texas.
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Austin
Tex
Public Schools of
Texas
W. F. Doughty
Teague Votes Out Saloons
Teague Texas residents approved a dry measure on Thursday by a twenty four vote majority, outlawing saloons in the city.
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Teague
Tex
Bond Issue Approved for Hardin County School District
The attorney general approved a $1,500 bond issue for Hardin County common school district No. 8 in Austin Texas. The bonds bear 5 percent interest.
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Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
Hardin County Common
Charbon Killing Live Stock in Richmond County
In the western portion of the county a number of cattle horses and mules have died from charbon. Precautions are being used and efforts made to eradicate the disease.
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Richmond
Tex
Gold Flows Into Treasury Surplus Under Wilson Admin
Washington figures show the federal government ended its first Wilson year with a surplus of 33.78 million dollars as receipts rose to 733.44 million. Tax payments fueled the finish, while canal expenditures will wipe out the surplus, leaving a deficit of about 1.01 million.
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Washington — Treasury
Wilson
Treasury
McAdoo
Indictment Links Bankers to Hampden Rail Deal
Cambridge figures Charles S. Mellen former NYNH&H president Frederick S. Mosely banker and Robert D. Gillette of Westfield indicted by Middlesex County grand jury for conspiracy. They allegedly induced savings bank investment committees in Cambridge to lend to the Hampden railroad corporation.
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Cambridge
Mass
Charles S. Mellen
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Frederick S. Mosely
Robert D. Gillette
Westfield
Middlesex County Grand Jury
Hampden Railroad Corporation
Plague Quarantine Lifted in New Orleans Forty-Nine Squares
After a Tuesday conference with Dr. Oscar Dowling leader of the state health board a health official from Alabama and city authorities the quarantine on forty nine square blocks around the Volunteers of America Home was lifted two bubonic plague cases originating there prompted the action.
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New Orleans
Oscar Dowling
State Board of Health
Alabama Board of Health
Volunteers of America
Democrats' First Fiscal Year Ends With Revenue Dip
Washington notes that the first fiscal year under the Democrats closed Tuesday. Through last Saturday total receipts reached 694,505,007.23 dollars versus 699,084,417.60 dollars in the prior year’s comparable period.
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Washington
Roosevelt Attacks Wilson in First Return Speech
Theodore Roosevelt opened his three part Pittsburgh address with an attack on the Wilson administration. He then denounced party bosses and outlined the Progressive program as a counter to current federal leadership.
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Roosevelt
Wilson
Pittsburg
Theodore Roosevelt
Brazil
President Wilson Maintains States Should Decide Suffrage
Five hundred members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs visited the White House on Tuesday to seek support for a federal woman suffrage amendment. President Wilson declined, reiterating that his party did not include the issue in its platform and that he personally believes suffrage should be settled by the states, not the federal government. The delegation, led by Ellis Logan and other noted leaders, left disappointed after a formal, non demonstrative audience in the East Room.
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Washington
General Federation of Women's Clubs
White House
Wilson
Ellis Logan
Harvey W. Wiley
Rheta Chile Dorr
Alice Paul
East Room
District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs
Chicago
Wiley
Dorr
Baltimore
Army ends white horse purchases for mounts
Washington prohibits further buying white and light colored horses for the United States army. The color line favors bays sorrels browns and blacks as mounts, with white and light colors deemed too easy targets.
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Washington
United States Army
Missing Recluse's Body Found Near Texarkana Farm
The decomposed body of Ellison Henry, 65, long a hermit on a small farm five miles south of Texarkana, was found in the woods about a mile from his home Wednesday after he disappeared three weeks earlier.
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Texarkana
Tex
Ellison Henry
Kidnaper of Dunbar Turned Loose By Louisiana Supreme Court
The Louisiana Supreme Court Monday ordered the release of William C. Walters who was convicted at Opelousas Louisiana of kidnapping young Robert Dunbar in April 1912. Walters had been sentenced to life imprisonment.
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New Orleans
William C. Walters
Opelousas, la
Robert Dunbar
Louisiana Supreme Court
Walters
Santa Fe Loosens Its Purse Across California
The Santa Fe announces abandonment of retrenchment, loosening purse strings in California. Working hours rise 37 percent, expanding the payroll of about 1,000 mechanics on the line.
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Santa Fe
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Five Miners Found Dead After Mine Fire Rescue
Rescuers spent fourteen hours tunneling into the Sycamore Coal Company mine in Williamson West Virginia and recovered the bodies of five entombed miners. The search followed a deadly blaze that trapped workers underground. Local authorities, coal company officials, and emergency crews coordinated the recovery.
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Williamson
W. Va
Sycamore Coal Company
Bread Toll Reaches 25 875 Children in Philadelphia
About 26 875 children under 16 are employed in Philadelphia stores factories and other commercial establishments. The figure reflects the scale of child labor in the city.
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Philadelphia
Wells Crowned British Champion in Quick Knockout
London. Bombardier Wells defeated Colin Bell an Australian in the second round to win the heavyweight championship of the British empire.
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London
Bombardier Wells
Colin Bell
Federals Advance on Vera Cruz Front in Mexico
General Jiminez Castro who led federal forces at San Carlos on the Inter Oceanic railway has been ordered to move to Antigua within striking distance of Vera Cruz, signaling intensified action in the Vera Cruz sector.
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City of
Mexico
Jiminez Castro
San Carlos
Antigua
Vera Cruz
Florist Tootle Aims For Rectangular Watermelon Fame
Ignatius Tootle, a Yankee Springs resident and floral expert, experiments to outdo Burbank by growing a square cornered rectangular watermelon designed to be carried with less slip. He believes the new melon will ease transport and reduce breakage on sidewalks as it gains popularity.
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Ignatius Tootle
Yankee Springs
Detectives Benefit From Suffragette Outrage Guard Duties
Private detectives are increasingly employed to guard pictures and valuables at social events. The London Globe notes that agencies have expanded staff for this work, with some receptions requiring as many as a dozen "guests" to protect hosts' pictures and china.
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London Globe
the Express
Anvil on the Scales Foretells Courtroom Pranks
A historical note suggests that during trials of suffragettes in England friends distract the court by tossing items onto the magistrate's brow. The behavior aims to bias or unsettle proceedings and fits a pattern of protest tactics surrounding trials.
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England
New Modern Dancing Leader Endorses Allen's Foot-Hase
The leading expert and instructor in New York City praises Allen's Foot-Hase antiseptic powder for decades of use. He dances eight to ten hours daily and says it keeps feet cool, reduces friction, prevents aching feet, and he recommends it to pupils.
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Eyper
New York City
Allen
K. Fletcher Hallamorh
Bampie Prez
Allen S
Olmsted
le Roy
N.Y
The Mammoth store sale sparks a playful dispute
Mrs Twobble asks to view the morning paper while Mr Twobble scans the Mammoth department store sale ad. He dismisses the page, noting jardinieres as potential bargains and wondering what else is reduced.
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Mrs. Twobble
Capucine Remedy Ad Promises Quick Headache Relief
An old advertisement claims Capucine cures headaches and colds with easy use and quick relief. The ad is framed by a cynical quote about sins catching up with a judge, reflecting period newspaper humor.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days by PAZO OINTMENT
A drugstore ad promises PAZO OINTMENT cures itching bleeding and protruding piles in six to fourteen days or money back. It notes the first application brings ease and rest. A stray line about a small boy avoiding hose use on a sidewalk appears after.
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Msc Poy Yee
How To Give Quinine To Children Ferriline Syrup
Ferriline is a tasteless improved Quinine syrup marketed for children and adults who cannot take ordinary Quinine. It claims no stomach disturbance, no nausea, nervousness, or head ringing. Uses include treating fevers and common ailments. recommends requesting a 2 ounce original package.
Must Have Stirred Audience
Dan Daly once essayed the legitimate role in his early days. He had to step to center stage at a critical moment and shout that the king is dead. He paused in the pose, then blurted out Long live the king hes dead at the peak of his performance.
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Dan Daly
Mr. Daly
Plow as Noble Arms in Heraldry Says Cowley
The quote argues heraldry should honor practicality, proposing a plow in arable fields as the most noble and ancient arms, contrasting lilies lions rampant and spread eagles with reasoned symbolism.
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Abraham
Cowley
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