Mexican slaying case ties to foreign agitators
Reports from New York say Mexican officials describe the Evans hacienda murder as a simple crime of murder and highway robbery but hint at foreign enemies at work. Investigations continue with four suspects in custody and three already confessing.
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Mursder
Seolen
Ruiz
Evans Hacienda
Garcid
Pol
Tianguismanalus
Evans
Salvado Eguindela
Calles
Mexico
New
America
General Calles
Tamgay Macdonald Mas
Gerard
Prohibition Agents Issue Rules Then Bar Distress Sign
Major Percy Owens announces strict guidelines for enforcement in Illinois prohibitions, detailing what agents may and may not do. The rules bar temptations to drink and warn against disguises and guns while urging careful evidence gathering and diaries of locations.
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Chicago
Ant
Percy Owen
King
Owens
Zeppelin tests to begin August 2 for new dirigible
In Presa, Puerto Rico, the Zeppelin company plans to start installation of a new dirigible for the Am L government on August 2. Maye bach motors have passed endurance tests and the airship will be inflated once gauges and meters are in place.
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Priedric Tishapen
Am L
Zeppelin Company
Champion burglar awaits prison team
Moelvin Nelson self styled worlds champion burglar waits in Los Angeles to be sent to San Quentin for a hyena term. He claimed to have engaged in 1500 burglaries across the country. Tobacco yield higher of drought damage revised for Chancellor tobacco crop. preliminary estimates proved too high.
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Los Angeles
Aug. S
Moelvin
Nelson
San Quentin Prison
Pratveford. Cann
Trio Ohio Unveils Monument to General Clark
Springfield Ohio August 8 state and local leaders unveiled a monument at the site of the 1870 battle five miles west of town to honor General George Rogers Clark. The memorial funding was approved by the Legislature and recognizes his role in opening the Northwest Territory to white settlement.
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Springfield
Ohio
George Rogers Clark
Northwest Territory
Labor leaders clash with Davis over publishing letters
Atlantic City Aug. 2 The American Federation of Labor council chaired by Samuel Gompers refuses to publish letters between Gompers and Democratic nominee John W. Davis, saying Davis must first release his side. The council, pressed for time, shifts duties toward denouncing Dawes and the church groups report.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Imuel Gompers
Gompers
John W. Davis
Davis
Matthew Weil
The
American Federation
Ambador
Council
Charles G. Dawes
Federated Council of Churches of Christ In America
Arctica
Labor
Ecuador opens legation in Berne with Davila as minister
In Berne Irne Switzerland the Ecuador legation opens and appoints Roberto Davila as minister after he receives an exequatur from the Swiss government.
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Irne
Switzerland
Renadar
Robaling Davila
Agitation Over Curtailing Courthouse Hitching Racks Persists
In Lockhart Texas agitation continues after city council cut hitching racks around the courthouse. Residents threaten to move trees from Prairie Lea and Fentress area if traffic laws are repealed. City officials defend the ordinance to be published and enacted Monday night.
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Lockhart
Tex
Aug. S
Prairie Lea Amt
Terry
Shinn
Nicholl
Byrd Lockhart
City of Lockhart
Court House
Sys
Fackhart
Sailor 108 Takes First Air Flight in Melbourne
An 108 year old sailor, Starry Moore born in 1816 and Jamaica, celebrated by taking a plane ride in Melbourne Australia. It was his first attempt at flight and he praised the experience while noting he plans to fly all day. He recalled sailing ship achievements from 1847 and remained upright about air travel safety.
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Sailor
Melbourne
Australia
Starry Moore
Jamaica
Moore
Cap
Gog
Throme
Hee
Widow admits she had husband slain in Middleburg case
Harvey W. Willow was killed last December by a crime that involved his wife and a 17 year old farm hand Ralph Shadle. In a signed statement Mrs Willow confessed she plotted with Shadle to have her husband killed to end their marriage. Shadle, who admitted shooting Willow from behind, plans to plead guilty at trial.
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Middleburg
Harvey W. Willow
Ralph Shadie
Siay Willow Rand
Shadie
Willow
Shadle
Tral
72 Years Old But Still On The Job
Theodore Engelhardt of San Antonio Texas praises Tanlac and Tanlac Pills for health relief after decades as a draft man and superintendent of building construction. He credits improved appetite digestion sleep and vitality to Tanlac and says he would not retire without it. Over 40 million bottles sold with Tanlac marketed by its manufacturers.
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Theodore Engelhardt
Warwick Bled
San Antonio
Tex
Engelhardt
Texas
Santa Rosa Hospital
South Veters
Vee
Lis Bene
Aindy
Regia Morley Charged With Second Degree Murder
Kansas City woman Regia Morley is charged with second degree murder after shooting her husband James Emmet Morley Wednesday night. Morley died at a local hospital Thursday. Morley was separated from his wife and she was reportedly taken to a sanitarium in a hysterical condition. Preliminary hearings are pending as Morley faces the charge in connection with the shooting following his death.
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Kansas City
Regia Morley
James Emmet Morley
Morley
Wroken
New Floor Scrubber Turns Ten Man Work Into One
A new floor scrubbing machine for large buildings claims to perform the work of ten men. The device is described as an avatar powered unit that can clean extensive floor spaces with efficiency and speed, reducing labor needs for large facilities.
Prisoner Succeeds in Escaping Sheriff
William Metcalf, 22, under sentence for burglary and larceny in Stoddard county, escaped from an automobile while en route to Missouri penitentiary. Sheriff R F Walker and two officials were transporting him through Wayne county when Metcalf leaped from the car with one handcuff on his wrist. He previously escaped from Booneville state reformatory by swimming the Missouri River.
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Jefferson Cely
Aug. S
William Metcalf
Missouri
Stoddard
R. F. Walker
Leff Bloomfield
Wayne County
Metcalf
666 A Prescription for Various Ailments
A historical note describes 666 as a medicine said to treat colds grippe dengue fever constipation bilious headache and malarial fever. The text lists multiple ailments linked to this prescription.
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Voile
Georgette
Men’s Union
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Seersucker
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Mohair
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