Ojeda Feint and Fall Back Reviewed as Defeat
The War Department of Huerta's government declares General Ojeda’s retreat from Ortiz to Guaymas a ruse. He feinted on Hermosillo, then fell back, losing most of his forces and equipment in a drawn out battle with General Obregon. The piece compares his tactic to Austro Hungarian failures and concludes Ojeda was badly beaten.
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War Department
Huerta
Ojeda
Ortiz
Guaymas
Hermosillo
Mexican War Office
Obregon
Guayamas
Benedek
Prussia
Francis Joseph of
Austria
Solers
Bureau of Labor
Department of Labor
United States
Department of Commerce and Labor
Department of Commerce
Tariff Commission
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Tsar
Wilkins
Texas University Creates City Research Bureau
The University of Texas forms a municipal research and reference bureau led by Prof. Herman G. James to aid Texas cities with development, planning, and public utilities. It will act as a clearinghouse of information, offering cost and efficiency data on pavements, parks, health, schools, and urban growth to municipalities statewide.
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University of Texas
Bureau of Municipal Research and Reference
Texas
Herman G. James
Municipal Bureau
James
Feinting retreat moves toward Guaymas in Civil War
A historical dispatch reports a military maneuver with the opposing force described as feinting. The action shifts to a position five miles from Guaymas while the City of Mexico labels the retreat a feint. The Constitutionalists accuse the other side of feinting him thirty five miles back, hoping to finish the foe.
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Guaymas
City of
Mexico
Duties of the Cabinet and Tariff Commission History
The article explains cabinet duties especially interior and agriculture, notes confusion about department functions, and recounts that President Taft had a tariff commission. It cites Dr. A. H. Baldwin of the Commerce Department and says both president and Congress ignored the commission’s role before Taft dismissed it.
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Secretary of the Interior
Department of Agriculture
United States
A. H. Baldwin
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Taft
Legislative
Department of Commerce and Labor
Monroe Doctrine debate questions its obsolescence
The piece surveys a Yale professor Hiram Bingham critique calling the Monroe Doctrine an obsolete shibboleth while contrasting views from Col. Henry Watterson and others. It argues the doctrine serves U S interests and remains valid if backed by American power, noting motives in international dealings and the need for strength to enforce it.
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Hiram Bingham
Yale University
Col
Henry Watterson
Marie Henry
United States
Europe
V. Stefansson
Bingham
William J. Bryan
Regimental Courage Tested by White Feather Mystery
Wilkins, a nervous 49th Lancers officer, receives a white feather insult and plans to quit, then travels to Egypt on leave. He later learns a family windfall makes him powerful, resigns, and discovers a former comrade Stacey is behind the feather prank, leading to a dramatic confrontation.
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Martinet
White Feather
Harley Street
Wilkins
Egypt
Nile
Port Saidere
Stacey
New York Paper Mockingly Questions Kansas Wheat Labor
A Utica Observer excerpt mocks a New York publication for assuming grain binding by hand in Kansas. It notes an outsider would face harsh sun and sand cleanup after long days following a reaper, recalling older frontier labor realities.
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New York City
Kansas Wheat
Kansas
Two Sisters Rivalry Over Bench Leads to Hide and Seek
In a moonlit yard two couples vie for a single bench. Couple No 1 moves it to a barn, while couple No 2 hides near the fig tree. The returning pair search, fail to find it, and all sit on the grass as tempers flare and neighbors gossip.
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