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Newspaper
New Mexico State Record
Location
Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1919
Page
2
Fragmentary text reports a conflict starting with a collision injuring seven amid a German attempt to halt an army and Riga’s defiance of power demands. The disrupted narrative mentions Latvia’s coast and Riga, with German and Allied references and unclear dates.
An early city crash near Twenty fourth and Cartix streets killed five and injured many, including Neva Holes a University of Colorado student. Fire and rescue teams battled flames at 178% Waree street Fairbuyke-Lorne Building as trucks collided and forced evacuations.
Fragmented report notes a chase after robbers took $6,000 from a Mendenhart Bank in Sprimeville Utah. Police recover no further details as investigations continue. The piece references potential geopolitical tensions and a tense political climate amid claims of unified support for policy stances.
Federal agents raid Gary Indiana homes of radical adherents and seize arms and anti government literature. Authorities say leaders behind district unrest have been targeted and propaganda efforts curtailed. Over twenty radicals are reported to be affected as drives continue.
Fire destroyed a building belonging to the Seventh Day Adventist baling group near Thelomsie extiioated, estimated at $2.00, the largest west of the Mixarestpyl river six miles from town. Fire discovered by the cook. poor equipment blamed for heavy losses. Rebuilding planned at once.
Early today a tornado struck Hois ton Kansas, killing three people including Mrs. and two children in Holsington. The town suffered extensive damage estimated between 200000 and 2100, with 15 to 20 injured and debris lining three blocks along the main streets. Local physicians aided the injured as communication and power were knocked out.
Major William FP Daughton of Washington D C attached to the quartermaster corps was run down and killed by an automobile on the Champs Elysees. His wife accompanying him was seriously injured. In Cedar Kapias Iowa four people died and a fifth was mortally injured when a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul passenger train struck their automobile at Merion peer.
The official time shows three airmen completing a demanding endurance flight in twenty four hours fifty eight minutes and fifty five seconds. Individual names and unit not provided in the fragment.
A Baptist minister aviator from Mineola New York wins the Ocean to Ocean race establishing a new world record for aviators. The voyage ends with a celebratory landing in Salt Lake City after a high-speed run from Battle Mountain Nevada. Maynard Wisston leads the westward push with Captain Drayton and others close behind as admiration crowds greet the crew at the landing.
A chaotic dispatch reports Riga front fighting with improvised trenches as Lettish forces resist Bolshevik advances East of the river. Estonian and Lettish troops clash, while Berlin dispatches say British warship aid is sighted. King Albert tours Belgium. a Turkish nationalist government promises safety and resists foreign intervention.
Louise Mitchell, 18, recounts being abducted in Roanoke by a gypsy band led by a man calling himself Gregory John. She was forced to marry Joe, bear a child, and sell fortunes across the South until a chance Newark sighting led her to her family. Federal authorities in New Jersey were advised for redress.
On Glenwood avenue three armed men robbed Akroio Alexander McKenna of 885 and forced him to remove a silk shirt and necktie. They tried on the items and, finding them too small, allowed him to keep his coat.
John Randolph Watson of Standish, once a photographer in Indianola, lost lids in an 1859 chemical explosion but retained sight. Years later cataracts formed from Alaska cold. in Philadelphia a graft from his leg provided new eyelids and eyes. Cataracts removed, sight restored. Edward Schrebel asks divorce after wife misreads powder puff, hair net, vanity bag and looking glass.
A circulation of a document titled Plot Against Mayor Gary Handbille advocates overthrowing a military regime. Officials warn of potential incitement and take steps to counter the pamphlet while investigating its origins and intent. The city center reports heightened police vigilance and community outreach to quell unrest.
A handbill calling for overthrow of civil authority in Gary is held by Col. W. H. Mapes as troops occupy the city. Plans for a possible military court surface amid raids and nine prisoners detained. An anonymous warning threatens to kill a public official, while federal agents join the district attorney and police to track anarchist circulars denouncing police action.
Fragmentary late market quotations list metal markets and miscellaneous prices from the Denver area. Readable items show figures like 7.0 and 12.00 among incomplete entries. The brief notes reflect a market update section with sparse figures and vendor names unclear in the OCR.
Colorado county assessors have gathered crop acreage statistics this year enabling the State Co operative Crop Reporting Service to determine totals with reasonable accuracy for the first time. The data collection reflects statistics from various counties and hints at implications for state agricultural planning.
Reports from Honolulu claim the Territorial hospital has achieved complete leprosy cures, parole for twenty patients in recent months with no relapses. Blood tests show no leprosy germ trace in discharged individuals. Treatment relies on Chau Moogea oll from taraxagenes seeds, refined under Dr. A J Dean University of Hawaii influence.
Testimony in a Brooklyn navy yard court martial revealed efforts by army politicians to enroll friends in the naval reserve. Lieut. Com. Christopher Marsden faces charges of accepting bribes for enlistments during the war. Frank P. Bouvier, Marsden’s assistant enrolling officer, testified about the case.
Albert Brooks, paralyzed in Mandan North Dakota, confessed to killing his wife in Columbus Ohio twenty five years ago. He struck her with an iron bar during a quarrel, then fled to San Francisco and traveled the country, arriving in Mandan about eight months ago. Doctors give no hope for recovery.
Commissioner Dill revoked the motor license of Ralph Hoteman after he attempted to both drive a car and tag a girl at Newark, resulting in an auto wreck when he tried to do both at once.
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