More Troops Move Into Mexico After Columbus Raid
Reports from April 11 describe General Pershing advancing 48 miles toward a squalid Mexican town after Columbus, with aviators and troops streaming south from Fort Bliss and Santa Ysabel fighting Villistas near Bachiniva. Juarez rumors and local patrols prompt caution as new clothing and pay supplies are prepared for American troops.
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General Pershing
Columbus
N. M
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua City
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Juarez
United States
Villa
Carranza
San Antonio
Chihuahua
Funston
Satevo
Herrera
San Geronimo Ranch
Guerrero
Pershing
Luis Herrera
Washington
Southern Department
Fort Sam Houston
John J. Pershing
Crazed Woman Kills Self After Attempting Daughter’s Life
Ill list of Illinois brief items reports a distraught Aurora mother Mary Bores overworked by farm life locked her son and tried to kill daughter Luella before dying herself in a shotgun blast. Other notes cover jail inmate John Murphy’s election vote, Joy Morton lawsuit, prison farming plan, school tuition injunction, minister Ewart’s transfer, and several Chicago robberies.
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Aurora
Mary Bores
Casper Bores
Wagoner Road
Karl
Luella
Danville
Big John’ Murphy
Murphy
George
Louis Lang
Chicago
Joy Morton
Great Western Cereal Company
Mark Morton
Sterling Morton
Daniel Peterkin
E. H. Stearna
S. T. Butler
F. F. Bliss, Jr
W. L. Gregson
F. P. Sawyer
Roy L. Moore
Woodford
Albert L. T. Ewart
Methodist Church
Illinois
la Junta
Colo. Urbana
Mexico
Andrew Jackson Miller
Dunne
Miller
Leonard Peterson Company
Fullerton Avenue
James
Kirk & Co
East
Austin Avenue
Jacksonville
A. G. A. Williams
Farmington
Merie Thrush
D. Z. Thrush
Palma Gage
Thomas Gage
Lewistown
Byron
Ogle County
Moline
Illinois Brevities Chronicle of Local Events
In Moline Albert Root dies from a car crash in Silvis. A grain elevator fire in Cairo destroys 100000 bushels. Freeport reports Mary McLaughlin’s death. Quincy fishermen vanish. Peoria awards Mrs. Brady $1250 for her husband’s death. Lincoln asylum inmates declared insane. A pig collision injures Mrs. Branneman in Peoria. Peoria hosts Scottish Rite reunion in April. Rockford Moose temple dedication planned. Alfred Posett found dead in Dunning with gun wounds. John Cullan kills Fred Schultz at state hospital. Uncle Fred Watson completes fifth Olympia trip to vote in Freeport. Pekin Commercial Club promotes community cooperation. Governor Dunne appeals for Belgian relief. Dixon notes corn stalk burnings waste fertilizer value. Danville hosts 52nd American Chemical Society convention. Mount Vernon editor Oscar Shinn jailed for refusing to pay fines. Bloomington litigation over Edward Gridley will ends. Chicago bandits shot in Racine Avenue raid. Peoria counties map dry campaign with statewide voter canvass.
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Moline
Albert Root
Peoria
Silvis
Cairo
Samuel Hastings
Freeport
Mary McLaughlin
Quincy
Arthur Petty
John Tampton
Canton
Rockford
Order of Moose Lodge
Tovey
Alfred Posett
Dunning
John Cullan
State Hospital
Fred Schultz
Chicago
Fred Watson
Olympia
Wash
Pekin
Commercial Club
Lawrence Elkus
Springfield
Dunne
Illinois
National Committee For Relief
Belgium
France
Dixon
L. S. Griffith
Lee County
Griffith
Danville
American Chemical Society
New York City
Mount Vernon
Oscar Shinn
The
Inn Observer
Shinne
Bloomington
Edward B. Gridley
John H. Wood
Logan Gridley
Batavia
Mary Gridley Bell
Kenosha
Wis
Julia Schoenrock
Naples
Italy
Racine Avenue
Nicholas Ambrose
Andrew Thibeau
Canada prospers in 1915 harvest and 1916 seeding plan
Canada reports record agricultural and industrial progress in 1915 with nearly a billion bushels of grain. Western provinces note taxes per quarter section and soldiers may take leave to seed and harvest, while recruitment for farm labor in the United States aims to secure fifty thousand workers for 1916.
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Canada
Western
Empire
United States
Cause of It. Mrs Lofted and Husband Lamb Parody
Humorous quip suggests Mrs Lofted affectionately calls her husband my lamb. The playful line explains a sheepish look as a pun on the term lamb.
Tender Skinned Babies Care With Cuticura Soap and Ointment
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap as sweet pure and cleansing and Cuticura Ointment as soothing and healing for babies irritated by rashes. Free sample by mail with book offer via postcard to Cuticura Dept Iy Boston. Also notes a rustic quip about a highwayman asking his victim to raise hands and drop arms.
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Cuticura
Dept. Iy
Boston
Minister's Life Saved by Dodd's Kidney Pills
Rev W H Warner of Route 2 Myersville Maryland says his back sciatica neuralgia cramps and head pains vanished after using Dodd's Kidney Pills. He notes a February 16 1916 letter praising the medicine and mentions Dodds Dyspepsia Tablets as a related product.
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W. H. Warner
Myersville
Dodd
Dodds Medicine Co
Buffalo
Allen's Foot-Ease Relief for Tight Shoes
One size smaller after using Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder for feet. Shake into shoes or use in foot bath to ease tight shoes and relieve corns bunions. Try it today sold everywhere. Free trial package offer.
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Allen
Allen 8
Olmsted
le Roy
Fragmentary Notice Reflects Personal Conversation
A notice quotes a fragment of a private exchange about kissing and expertise. The readable text portrays a casual, intimate dialogue without clear public or legal context. No names, dates, or places are provided.
Promote Clean Health with Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
An advertisement urges readers to use Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets to regulate liver bowels and stomach. A stray line comments that the top rung of a ladder is the slickest, reflecting a scattered OCR fragment.
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Dr. Pierce
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Willistas
U. S
Brown
Bachiniva
Baidera
Santa Ysabel
Gutierrez
M’cain
Pershing Tesle
Rancho San Geronimo
Mex
W. C. Brown
Tenth Cavalry
Gabriel Gavira
Illinois News
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