Rebels Claim Victory in San Marcos Fight and Collapse of Revolt
Mexico City reports the rebel advance toward the capital near San Marcos 85 miles east has stalled. President Obregon calls rebel claims false and predicts peace will return quickly. Federal operations push toward Vera Cruz from Santa Lucrecia as war department notes progress around Guadalajara and Tabasco battles. Rebels reported controlling multiple states with about forty thousand armed troops, though with losses and abandoned material in Tabasco and Toluca.
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Mexico City
Vera Cruz
San Marcos
Obregon
Dominguez
Santa Lucrecia
Cordoba
Orizaba
Mexican War Department
Guadalajara
Villa Hermosa
Tabasco
War Department
Vicente Gonzalez
Toluca
Guerrero
Bottom prices for turkeys auction ends at 25 cents
Lansdale on December 21 the turkey market halted as turkeys on the hoof brought only twenty five cents per pound. Eight cent drops in three days and thirteen cents since Thanksgiving preceded the stop with 800 birds sold, top price thirty seven cents, and about three hundred unsold from the herd.
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Lansdale
His Beard Worries Him Accused of Murder at 70
Thomas Keating a 70 year old man jailed in Pottsville Pennsylvania on murder charges says he fears prison rules will force him to shave his long white beard and hair. He argues his crime was not premeditated so he could not be convicted of first degree murder. He laments losing his hair as an old man.
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Pottsville
Thomas Keating
Keating
Baby Born Apparently Lifeless Revived in Hospital
In Atlantic City a newborn was declared dead after birth at Atlantic City Hospital following a Caesarian section. Dr Sidney Rosenblatt injected a powerful heart drug, and minutes later the infant gasped and cried. Physicians expect the baby to develop normally unless unforeseen complications arise.
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Atlantic City
N. 7
Atlantic City Hospital
Sidney Rosenblatt
Leaseteer Faints in New York Court Testimony
Abraham Levy a leaseteer fainted on the witness stand when asked to produce profit records. After revival his counsel quit the defense. Judgment went to his landlords for rent default. Levy admitted it was common for leaseteers to seal leaks with bicycle tape and putty holes to pass steam tests.
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New York
Abraham Levy
Lavy
All domestic pigeons descended from Blue Rock, fifty varieties
A science note states that all domestic pigeons originate from a single species the Blue Rock. It adds that today there are fifty distinct varieties.
Three Hurt as Crowd Attacks Klansmen in Kembleville
West Chester Pa Dec 21 three men were injured as a crowd invaded a Ku Klux Klan meeting in Kembleville near here. About 600 attended as Klansmen from Wilmington began leaving by car and were attacked. Dr and Mrs J W Hawkins an organizer from the imperial pace of the Klan in Atlanta were aboard a car that was stoned. Mrs Hawkins pushed attackers from the running board and the convoy sped off with five other cars. Shots were fired as a pursuing car fired volley after volley over twelve miles toward Wilmington. McCormack Edward Avondale contractor badly beaten and Patrick Kavanaugh and John Quinn West Grove cut. Continuous police and medical treatment followed.
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West Chester
Kembleyville
Here
Monehly
Wilmington
J. W. Hawkins
Imperial Paace
Atlanta
Kennett Square
Fred
West Grove
McCormick
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Hays
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Patrick Street
Harner’s Drug Store
B. Rosenour & Sons, Inc
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Nate
Dixie Drug Store
Co-Operative Drug Co
Frederick
Breccia
C.L. Kefauver
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