Desperate Border Ambush Ends in Fatal Shot
Hidalgo Texas reports a dramatic encounter on the Rio Grande as U S customs officer Dick McConnell fends off Mexican smugglers in an ambush. His hat is knocked off, he fires a pistol killing one attacker, and a knife fight leaves wounds and a damaged car. Tequila haul found nearby with bullets and blood evidence recorded by Deputy Collector J R Clark.
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Hidalgo
Tex
United States
Rilo Grande
Dick McConnell
McConnell
Rio Grance
Rio Grande
J. R. Clark
Clark
Clarx
Gothenburg Plans Aerial Harbor With City Control
Gothenburg Sweden forms a corporation to build an aerial harbor adjoining its free port. The project envisions sky pilot facilities a modern service department and landing takeoff conventions. City authorities may buy the company’s shares after ten years to take full control.
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Gothenburg
Sweden
Sky
Airplane search for grain pests probes wheat rust spore
Texas survey under the USDA hunts the rust spore causing losses of about 64 million bushels of wheat annually. A Kelly Field plane crew led by Lieut. Booker and scientist Wallace Butler uses spore traps to sample air over San Antonio with six exposures per flight. Spores drift from Mexico or South America and spread via leaf surfaces and dew to infect oats and wheat.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Mexico
South America
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kelly Field
T. R. Booker
Wallace Butler
Butler
Office of Cereal Investigation
Lemmon South Dakota curfew holds parents responsible too
Sioux Falls reports Lemmon enforces a strict 9 30 pm curfew for under seventeens and makes parents or guardians answer in court for their children’s violations. After warnings, fines were issued and city officials vow strict enforcement against neglectful parents, no matter status.
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Sioux Falls
8. D
Lemon
S. D
United States
Albania Claims No Public Debt With Gold System
Genoa reports Albania holds the unique European status of having no national debt and a gold monetary system. Mehedi Frasheri, head of the Albanian delegation, says all would be well if left in peace for a while.
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Genoa
Albania
Mehedi Frasheri
Doctor bitten by his own false teeth
Washington report says Dr. Fred Repetti had an unusual accident when his false teeth, kept in a hip pocket, were driven into his flesh as he fell, the impact pushing the teeth to the rubber gums and causing a painful bite.
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Washington
Fred Repetti
Repetti
Nebraska News Roundup of Schools, Storms, and Drowning Incidents
A sweeping Nebraska digest reports Bloomfield taxes, country road work, and school bond efforts. It notes a fatal river drowning in Fairbury and another in Arlington, with multiple civic events, farm losses from storms, and community gains in utilities and agriculture across towns like Fremont, Madison, and Lincoln.
Scar Face Charley of Modoc War Dead in Oklahoma
A historical portrait of Scar Face Charley known as Wagon Scar Faced a Modoc leader. He mentored peace at times opposed murder and fought in the lava beds after a death trap ambush of 70 soldiers. He died December 3 1896 while a military prisoner in Oklahoma.
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Orv
Evan Thomas
California
Scar Face Charley
Chikehikam Lupalkuelatko
Scar Faced
Leonidas
Modoc
Jack
Charley
Canby
Thomas
Black Jim
Doctor
Captain Jack
Oklahoma
Quanah Parker Dies after Long Comanche Life
Quanah Parker the last war chief of the Comanches died February 23 1911 at his home the White House of the Comanches near Cache Oklahoma after a life split between white civilization and Buffalo Plains life His white mother Cynthia Ann Parker was captured and raised among whites and Quanah born 1845 chose the Indian life He laid plans to honor his mother by moving her grave and securing a memorial funded by Congress before his death.
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Quanah Parker
White House
Cache
Okla
Quasei
Quanah
Cynthia Ann Parker
Nokoni
Kwainli
Parker
Kwaina
Texas
Congress
Some Luncheon Sent a Young Novelist Aboard
A young novelist who sailed to England to view a dramatization of a novel was feted at a luncheon before departure. After boarding, he woke at midnight to moonlight spilling through a porthole and, in a daze, shouted for the deck steward asking for an explanation.
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William Gross
Wisner
Nebraska Hampshire Breeders Association
Norfolk
J. L. Jenkins
Jefferson County
D. B. Cropsey
Nebraska
England
Working Girls Hear How Lydia E. Pinkham Helped
Mrs Lulu Lucas of St. Louis recalls years of back pain nerves and a weak stomach that left her unable to work. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and enabling her to work at home and for Swift & Company.
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St. Louis
Lydia E. Pinkam
Swift
LuLu Lucas
Vandeventer St
Lydia E. Pinkham
Girl who baffled burglar with hairbrush kept calm after
In Days of Yore a girl who leveled a hairbrush at a burglar and held him with hands up until police arrived did not cry afterwards. The piece notes some advocate laws to make women men’s equal, while others oppose such measures.
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Johnson County
J. F. Purbaugh
Henry F. Schulte
University of Nebraska
Roy Gruzan
North Loup
Gilbert Swanson
Lindsey
Nebraska
Mr. Swanson
Omaha
Shelton Hardware Co
Gumprecht
Merdinger
Holt County
Ord
Valley Counties
Wietske Wierstra
Jantze Zvistra
John
Albert Blaw
Holand
Maywood District
Ella Herron
Burchard
Albert Klein
Wolbach
Robert F. Gilder
South Bend
George Kuhr
Blair
Nebraska Supreme Court
W. C. Norton
Humboldt Standard
Southeastern Nebraska Press Club
Falls City
S. W. Thurber
Tecumseh
Swamp Root Promised to Aid Women with Kidney Trouble
Thousands of women suffer kidney and bladder issues often misattributed to other causes. The advertisement claims Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root restores kidney health, offers a sample bottle for ten cents, and sells larger sizes at drug stores.
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Kilmer
A Tribute Mentioning Plankville Egg Toss
A playful Courier Journal snippet recalls a night in Plankville where eggs were tossed instead of flowers, with Yorick Hamm quipping that eggs are more valuable than roses in the cheeky exchange.
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Plankville
Yorick Hamm
Louisville’ Courier-Journal
Insidious Propaganda and a Poker Superstition
A speaker named Cactus Joe explains that a beginner’s win is not a fact but a ploy to lure tender feet into the game. He says the so called superstition is encouraged to attract players rather than reflect skill.
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Cactus Joe
The Charm of a Bathroom Brightness Ad
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Ball Blue as a stain free cleaner that keeps towels and cloths white until worn out, inviting readers to preserve freshness and cleanliness in the bathroom.
Start of Work: Active vs Passive Approaches
The remark contrasts workers who initiate tasks with those who let circumstances begin their day. It highlights strategies for productivity and mindset, suggesting proactive engagement yields steady progress while passive entry can delay outcomes.
Ambition Versus Handouts Versus Self-Rue Diction
A concise reflection argues many confuse ambition with expecting easy rewards. The author suggests perseverance and personal effort instead of awaiting gifts or shortcuts.
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Pawnee City
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Franklin
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Broken Bow
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Missouri
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South Omaha
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College
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Chester
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State Department of Trade and Commerce
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New Mexico
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Nancy Pennoyer
Central City
College of Business Administration
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