War-torn rise and fall of Mexican rebels dominates review
Edward W. Pickard surveys the Mexican conflict led by General Escobar and Almazan, detailing fierce battles from Gorralitos to Reforma, fierce losses on both sides, air raids near Naco, and a shifting balance of power. He notes U.S. concerns at the border and reports on prohibition era politics and other global events.
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Sico
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Escobar
Cormmander
Almazan
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Serrata
Reforma
Esco
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Ani
Senora
Naco
State Department
Washington
Fort Bliss
Texas
Tuarez
Hoover
Resignation shakes Austrian Christian Socialist faction
M Bancellor Seijp el resigns from Austrian affairs trust, with his team drawn from the Christian Socialist party, amid growing opposition to Dr Wipel after the 1927 riots. He cites the church as his priority. Poland faces cabinet crisis as Premier Kazimierz Barels government resigns amid non cooperation, with Marshal Pilsudski seen shaping events.
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Pn Austrian Reputr
Christian Socialist Party
Doctor Wipel
Poland
Kazimierz Barel
Parliage
Marshal Pilsudski
Convict Sculptor Carves in His Cell
Raleigh text details Jack Landingham a Buncombe County forgery convict and WWI veteran who turns to sculpture in prison. It covers his works from Amen Uarhart to an Edwinson likeness, tools used, late-night sessions,และ his life path from Knoxville to Rice Institute, war injuries, and a failed Asheville advertising venture leading to imprisonment.
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Jack Landingham
Buncombe County
Amen Uarhart
George Boss Pou
Landingham
Paris
Alfred E. Smith
Ceil
Wis
Edwinson
J. H. Norman
Gledister
Knoxville
Tenn
Rice Institute
Texas
Quart
North Carolina
Asheville
Merchants’association
Jack
Hans
France
Skeletons Dug Up in Old Berlin Church
Work at Berlin Klosterkirche uncovers a subterranean tomb with eighteen female skeletons dated to the eighteenth century. Ecclesiastical expert Dr Steinberger oversaw the excavation. remains were exhumed and reburied elsewhere. The church, dating to the late thirteenth century, has yielded historic relics before, though no art objects were found this time.
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Berlin
Klosterkirche
Steinberger
Gentle tapping reported at Rochester widow’s window
Persistent tapping described at Mrs. George Banker’s Rochester window. A black raven and a white carrier pigeon appear nearby, friendly to an utter stranger lingering at the scene.
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Rochester
N. Y
George Banker
Georgians Open Old Gold Rush In Dahlonega Hills
In Dahlonega Georgia miners dig for gold again near the site of a historic nineteenth century rush. Two mining companies have begun modest operations as geologists and engineers assess profitability and potential sites amid lingering interest from the 1929 strike era.
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United States Mint
Doctor McCallie
California
William Benjamin Franklin Townsend
The
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Dahionega
North Georgia Agricultural College
Eka salt discovered as table salt substitute in New Jersey
Atlantic City reports Dr John C Krantz of Johns Hopkins Hospital announced Eka salt a sodium malate salt as a substitute for table salt. He said it helps those with high blood pressure Brights disease and dropsy by acting as an alkali producing food and does not tax the kidneys.
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N. J
John C. Krantz
Joons Hopkins Hospital
Dharwacy
Fac Wilesss Colleges of Pharmacy
Ust
Bright
Krantz
Old Yankee Clipper Anchors in Thames London
Exhibits of ships models draw crowds of children and adults to the Friend Ship in the Thames under American auspices. Highlights include a 1730 medal of an American clipper, an Elizabethan galleon, a Moorish-pirate fighting felucca, a Nelson era two-decker, and a Norwegian knit carrier model.
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Thames London
Thames
Folding cello by New York violinist Welch inventor
New York violinist and lit terateur New York-Livingston Welch has devised a folding cello that can be carried in a suit cage. The device promises portability for a performer who travels for concerts and lectures.
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New York
Livingston Welch
Indian Factions in Row Over Necklace
Ponena City Oklahoma Indian commissioner Charles B. Burke is to referee a dispute between Green family descendants of Chief Two Strike and the Medicine Horse faction over a bear claw necklace. The necklace, an emblem of the head chief, passed from Chief Two Strike to Medicine Horse and others, and now private possession is contested as a crown symbol after relocation to the reservation near Ponena City.
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Ponena City
Okla
Charles B. Burke
Croe
Chief Two Strike
Green
Medicine Horse
Belgian Orphan To Get U. S. Citizenship
A Belgian war orphan known as Albert Vaughan, fostered by Nashville Marine sergeant Tet Vaughan, will gain U.S. citizenship after his American wife petitions. Albert, who grew up in U.S. schools, cannot become a citizen until he leaves the country and returns with a visa, triggering a ten year wait.
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Nashville
Tenn
France
Belgium
Albert
Serjeant
Tet Vaughan
Vaughan
America
Albert Vaughan
Brest
Norfolk
Marrie
United States
Wild Rose Leads National Wild Flower Poll
Washington reports the wild rose leading the national poll for the most popular wild flower. Of 83,023 votes, the wild rose accrues 31,309, ahead of columbine with 14,000 and goldenrod with 10,460. Campaigns span 27 states via women's clubs and schools, with phlox violet and daisy also strong.
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Washington
Columbine
Goldenrod
American Nature Association
Supreme Lord of Jamaica Title Highlighted in Kingston
In Kingston Jamaica the king’s title is listed as Supreme Lord of Jamaica reflecting a historic note. The piece recalls Cromwell’s 1655 conquest and Jamaica’s continued association with Cromwellian symbols, including a Victoria statue inscribed Queen of Great Britain and Ireland Empress of India Supreme Lady of Jamaica.
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Jamaica
Kingston
George V
West Indies
Cromwell
Queen Victoria
Great Britain and Ireland
India
Man Claims World Blood Record On New York Ferry Deck
Thomas Kane a 43 year old ferry deck hand and father of three says he has donated more blood than anyone else with a proposed record of 99 transfusions strong.
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New York
Thomas Kane
Ferry
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