Floods and Ice Hit Midwest Communic ations and Rail Traffic
Ice coatings paralyze Kansas City telegraph and rail links as floods worsen in Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Shawneetown levee threats rise while Kentucky river and Allegheny river changes shift flood conditions across multiple states. Federal suits over Japanese school access emerge in San Francisco. The House votes to raise salaries to 7500 while Brownsville resolution is postponed.
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Ill
Shawneetown
Pittsburg
Springdale
Allegheny
Monongahela
Brownsville
McKeesport
Tinplate Works
National Tube Works
Fayette City
California
Roscoe
Black Diamond
Japan
Supreme Court of California
Board of Education
United States
Federal District Court
Superintendent of Schools
San Francisco
Louisiana Schools Mark Robert E. Lee Centennial
New Orleans January 18 schools across Louisiana and the State University marked the 100th anniversary of Robert E Lee. The observance was held during regular hours to teach children lessons from General Lees life.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
The
State University
Robert E. Lee
General Lee
Passion Play and Holy City in moving pictures at church
A Christian church presents the Passion Play and the Holy City on successive nights beginning Monday, inviting parishioners to experience the moving pictures. The message highlights the Majestic theater as showing the program this week.
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Holy City
Jamaica coast altered by tidal wave after Kingston quake
A Kingston disaster report from Guantanamo via Admiral Evans notes Kingston nearly destroyed with about four hundred dead and five hundred wounded. Tidal waves reportedly shifted Jamaica coastlines and water covered the south side of Kingston. Additional tremors and a large quake rack the region with ongoing aftershocks.
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Whipple
Missouri
Indiana
Kingston
Guantanamo
American Naval Base
Associated Press
San Francisco
Valparaiso
Kingston Harbor
James Ferguson
Havana
Jamaica
Washington
Metcalf
Evans
Navy
Newberry
Department
State Department
Admiral Evans
Navy Yard
U. S. S. Yangton
London
Cuba
Columbia
Reservoir Report Shows Clear Water and Irrigation Promise
An inspection of the Hondo reservoir by engineers from the U. S. Reclamation Service and consulting firms finds 2,000 acre-feet of water in the basin, with inflow at 400 cubic feet per second. The forty thousand acre-foot capacity could irrigate 1,000 to 12,000 acres, and officials expect full spring filling.
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Hondo Reservoir
Arthur P. Davis
Washington
U. S. Reclamation Service
W. H. Sanders
Los Angeles
Calif
B. M. Hall
el Paso
Oklahoma
Texas
New Mexico
W. M. Reed
Roswell
Pecos Valley
Reservoir Project Cost Reported At 336000 Dollars
The total expense for the reservoir including puddling ditch work laterals and related tasks to date amounts to 336 000 dollars.
Kansas City Cattle and Sheep Prices Steady on Receipts
Cattle receipts reach 2,000 with 200 Southern cattle as a portion. Prices show steady, slow movement for native and southern cattle and calves. Sheep arrivals total 3,000 with markets steady. muttons and lambs quoted between 4.75 and 7.50, range wethers 4.75 to 6.50, fed ewes 4.00 to 5.25.
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Kansas City
Hearing on Mrs Monte Miller Sanity Case Seeks Guardian
The evidence hearing on Mrs Monte Miller's sanity was a legal step to inform Judge Pope of her condition. A guardian appointment is sought to manage her affairs.
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Monte Miller
Daily Kodak work finished with careful mounting
Local service notes that Kodak film processing is completed daily with careful attention and proper mounting, inviting amateurs to entrust their work for quality handling.
Christmas reunion decorates Slaughter home in Dallas visit
Mrs. George Slaughter and children and Mrs. G. T. Veal returned this morning from a holiday visit with Col. C. C. Slaughter and family at Dallas. Dr. Veal is expected home tomorrow after attending the Christmas reunion and handling Roswell Eastern railroad business. The Presbyterian Christian Endeavor Society hosted a musical program and social. Postmaster Robt Kellahin, Masons Grand Lecturer, traveled to Elida to inspect a new hall and plan a lodge.
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George Slaughter
G. T. Veal
Col. C. C. Slaughter
Dallas
Dr. Veal
Slaughter Home
Roswell
Christian Endeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Robt. Kellahin
Masonic Order of
New Mexico
Elida
Roswell Weather Forecast for Roswell Area
Local U S Weather Bureau report from Roswell New Mexico dated January 18 notes a maximum temperature of 68 and a minimum of 2 with a mean of 60. Precipitation is 00 with southwest wind at 15 miles per hour. Forecast calls for rain tonight and Saturday with colder conditions. M Wright is the reported official.
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Roswell
N. M
M. Wright
Portales jail escape leaves Boykin at large with two others
A. M. Boykin known as Doss fled Roosevelt county jail in Portales with two Mexican inmates early Thursday. Sheriff Lang offers 100 dollar reward for Boykin. He was convicted of second degree murder in the Stoltz case and sentenced to 14 years.
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A. M. Boykin
Doss
Boykin
Roosevelt County
Portales
Joe Lang
Henry Stoltz
Stoltz
Roswell
Lang
Senator Bailey to Address the House in Texas
Austin January 18. The House voted to authorize the attorney general to present all papers in the charges against Senator Joseph W. Bailey. Bailey was invited to address the house on the charges and likely will speak before adjournment tonight.
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Austin, Tex
House
Joseph W. Bailey
Cotton Growers in Convention Open in Birmingham
The third annual Southern Cotton Growers Association meeting opened in Birmingham with delegates from all eleven cotton states. Speakers stressed marketing over production and likened the struggle to a war against price robbers and foreign spinners, urging tariff-backed protection for cotton.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Cotton Growers’ Association
Mr. Vaughn
Lagrange
Georgia
Harvie Jordan
George J. Ward
W. H. Seymour
Montgomery
Alabama
Alabama Cotton
South
Mr. Seymour
M. L. Johnson
Lees
Jacksons
Johnsons
Wall Street
Europe
Chaplain Bateman to Lecture at Military Institute
Chaplain Bateman arrived from Fort Bayard New Mexico and will lecture at the Military Institute for three evenings. The first talk is tonight with additional lectures on Saturday and Monday nights. Admission is ten cents.
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Bateman
Fort Bayard
N. M
The
Military Institute
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