Bombs explode at Menace publishing plant in Aurora
Springfield Missouri July 29 three bombs exploded beneath the floor of the Menace anti Catholic paper plant in Aurora damaging the press area and igniting stacks of copies. Night watchman John Ray alerted fire crews while editor Marion Brown described an intruder entering via a rear window. A $1000 reward was offered for the culprit as authorities planned to assess damage.
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Missouri
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Marion Brown
Mr. Brown
Brown
Mount Vernon
State Automatic Tax Board to Meet for Ad Valorem Rate
The State Automatic Tax Board is to meet in Austin to fix the state ad valorem tax rate. Comptroller H. B. Terrell said figures are ready for board action. A reduction from 30 to 20 cents per $100 is expected, possibly less, based on assessed valuations. The School tax rate will be set by the State Board of Education next month.
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H. B. Terrell
State Board of Education
Near beer barred in Brownsville regimental camps
General orders issued by Gen. James Parker at Fort Brown bar all beverages called near beer or with 2 percent alcohol from regimental exchanges in regular and National Guard troop camps in the Brownsville district. A separate order calls for restaurants where meals beyond regular army rations may be bought.
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Brownsville
Tex
James Parker
Fort Brown
Fryatt Execution Signals New Phase in Sea Rights Debate
Berlin reports the July 27 execution in Bruges of Captain Charles Fryatt of the British steamship Brussels after a court martial for attempting to ram a German submarine. German officials say the act extends wartime rules to merchant ships, aiming to clarify merchantmen acting as war vessels.
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London
Bruges
Charles Fryatt
Brussels
Fryatt
Love reassigned as assistant to Southern Department militia chief
Captain J M Love Jr, after nearly a year as inspector instructor of the Texas National Guard, is relieved of that assignment and detailed as assistant to Colonel W S Scott, chief of militia affairs of the Southern Department. He will be based at Fort Sam Houston and reports strong readiness of Texas guardsmen along the border.
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Texas National Guard
Texas Guardsmen
Outbreak of Smallpox Reaches San Marcos
Dr. J R De Striguer city health officer of San Marcos met with State Health Officer W B Collins in Austin to discuss several scattered smallpox cases. Quarantines are in place as officials seek effective containment strategies for months of transmission.
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San Marcos
Austin
Tex
J. R. de Striguer
W. B. Collins
de Striguer
Miners settle disputes at Western Federation convention
In Great Falls Montana on July 29 factions at the Western Federation of Miners adopted a joint resolution pledging delegates to cease further grievances against federation officers and members. The move targeted President Charles H. Moyer over alleged misuse of the presidency in his re election bid. The convention is expected to adjourn tomorrow.
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Great Falls
Mont
Western Federation of Miners
Charles H. Moyer
Ramirez Executed on Saltillo Plaza in Mexico
Santiago Ramirez a former governor of Coahuila and later a Villista general was publicly executed on the Saltillo plaza Monday afternoon according to Nuevo Laredo reports from an authentic source. He had left Mexico with Villa's retreat as the conflict waned.
Mexican execution witnessed by ten thousand at Saltillo
Ramírez, a member of a prominent Saltillo family, was executed after refusing to be blindfolded. He died bravely as soldiers prepared to fire. Influential Mexicans sent a 3000 word petition to General Carranza pleading for intervention, but Carranza did not intervene with the military authorities.
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Mexico
Ramirez
Saltillo
Carranza
Unclear Train Fare Fragments Toward Southern Pac Listing
Fragmentary travel ad cites $5.70 Graveston and return and $3.70 Port O Connor and return on a Saturday in July. No full context or dates beyond the July reference. Local transit pricing appears incomplete.
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Southern Pacific
Graveston
Southern Pac
Port O’connor
Stan Sleeper
Victoria
Mexican Attacks Farmer in San Angelo Slip
Wesley Chandler, a farmer, was disemboweled by a knife slash in San Angelo Texas last night around 109 o clock. An unknown Mexican attacker fled, and Chandler may die after walking two blocks despite the injury.
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San Angelo
Tex
Wesley Chandler
Chandler
Summer Normal Closes in Cuero Texas
The South Texas Co operative Summer Normal ended an eight week session in Cuero Texas on Thursday evening with enrollment holding around one hundred participants throughout the period.
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Summer Normal
Cuero
Tex
South Texas Co-operative
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