Refugees Reach Eagle Pass After Torreon Attack
Sixteen Americans displaced by the Torreon consulate attack arrived in Eagle Pass at 4 AM and went to Hotel Eagle. They traveled on a sanitary train arranged by General Murguia and British consul Pergad, leaving Torreon on Friday with no molestation en route.
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Torreon
Eagle Pass
Tex
Eagle
United States
I. A. Porter
William Lee
Mr. Sturgeon
Dr. Boran
Paul Lamonte
Tom Harwood
J. J. Martin
J. A. Roquet
Frank Chism
Love
Frank Spieklemeyer
F. Murguia
Pergad
Lydia E Pinkham's Remedies Help Newark Woman
A Newark Ohio reader credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash with saving her life and restoring health. She says she has no sick days since starting the remedies and recommends keeping them on hand. The company invites others to write for free confidential advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
George Thompson
Sherwood Court
Newark
Ohio
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Quick Relief From Bilious Feelings
An advertised health cure touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy to replace harsh calomel. The pitch claims it cleanses the liver and bowels, relieves nausea and constipation, and guarantees results by morning with a money back offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Tee
Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
John M. Seay of Edgewood Virginia reports an eight year scalp ailment cured after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. He states one month cleared his condition and hair became smooth and glossy. Free sample offer via Cuticura Dept T Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Seay
R.F.D
Edgewood
Cme
Troops and rail updates near Eagle Pass and Sabinas
The report says Mexicans may have up to 8000 troops at the point with many field guns. Carranza forces several thousand scattered between Piedras Negras and Sabinas. The Southern Pacific completed miles of extra sidings in the local yards to handle troop trains expected next week.
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Sabinas
Eagle Pass
Carranza
Piedras Negras
Southern Pacific
Government funds pilot training for National Guardsmen
The War Department will pay all expenses for Guardsmen and civilians who elect to take aviation courses. Alan R. Hawley of the Aero Club of America informs Adjutant General Henry Hutchings that the department seeks names and addresses of interested guardsmen to enroll under Army supervision.
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Austin
Tex
Henry Hutchings
Alan R. Hawley
Aero Club of America
War Department
Aviaon
Alen
Hutchings
Free Convicted Officers Plea for Leavenworth Release
In a war with Mexico scenario friends of E. E. Walker and George Head seek a War Department order to release the former National Guard officers from Leavenworth where they are serving three-year terms for conspiracy to defraud the government and embezzlement of military property. Both men know Northern Mexico well.
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Austin
Tex
Mexico
E. E. Walker
George Head
National Guard
Federal
Leavenworth
Kans
War Department
Walker
Head
Funston Reports Revised List of Seventeen Prisoners
General Funston sent to the War Department an updated list of seventeen Tenth Cavalry troopers captured by Mexico at Carrizal and held in Chihuahua City. Names were secured from Mexican Consul Garcia via El Paso and forwarded by General Trevino, with some entries lacking War Department records. A later dispatch notes eighteen Americans held, including Sergeant Allen Peterson and Privates Harvey Lee, Ira Floyd, and Ernest Lee.
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Washington, D. Ct
Funston
War Department
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
Garcia
el Paso
Trevino
Felix Page
Billston
S. Floyd
Ira Floyd
Oklahoma City
Okla
Archie Jones
Washington
Charley Marshall
Lexington
Samuel McDonald
Coulterville
Tenn
Will Gibbon
William Givens
Chattanooga
Will Harris
Atlanta
Elis Graham
Will Hawk
Luther Alexander
Columbia
Lemuel Spillsbury
Boyd
Allen Peterson
Meridian
Miss
Harvey M. Lee
Gallipolis
Americans Fleeing Mexico Rapidly As U S Officials Report
Washington reports show a fast exodus of Americans from Mexico to the United States. Within a week, officials say all Americans will have left or declined any chance to depart. Navy vessels head to Vera Cruz to aid transport for evacuees.
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Washington, D. C
Navy
Mexico
United States
Vera Cruz
Reid
Key West
Fluiser
Dolphin
Guantanamo
Cuba
Winslow
Buffalo
Mazatlan
Topolobampo
San Diego
Cal
Interior
State Department
Mexico City
Rogers
Mexican plan to seize locomotives thwarted at border
In El Paso a Mexican tried to start a switch engine in Santa Fe yards to take it into Mexico for Carranza troops. Fireman P. J. Powers knocked him down and soldiers detained him. The man boasted of seizing locomotives at the border at war’s start to rush them to Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Carranza
Santa Fe
P. J. Powers
Mexco
Niles Aviator Dies After Looping Accident
Charles Niles, known as Do Anything, died in Oshkosh after a loop attempt yesterday. He was 26, born in Rochester New York, and survived by a bride ten days married. Scholarships Are Awarded in Texas for Prather and Green.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Charles
Niles
Rochester
N. Y
Two Americans Killed Near Nacozari in Mexican Skirmish
Two American cattlemen William Robertson and Tom Snyder were killed by Mexicans southwest of Nacozari Sonora. Military officials at Agua Prieta and Arizpe confirmed the deaths and noted a British subject A R Dickson wounded in the same fighting in which American prospector Jim Parks was killed.
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Dougeab
Ariz
William Robertson
Tom Snyder
Nacozari
Sonora
Agua Prieta
Arizpe
P. Elias Calles
A. R. Dickson
Jim Parks
Vacation in San Antonio at Hot Wells Hotel Ad
Local advertisement promotes a city vacation option at Hot Wells Hotel with music dancing and bathing. Travel deals include a New York round trip for $75.85 with diverse route rail options and a Southern Pacific Sunday excursion from Sutherland Springs at 8:15 am.
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San Antonio
Hot Wells
New York
Southern Pacifice
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Scholarships Announced for Deserving Girls to Attend University
Ship to Miss Maud Joiner of Quanah announced for the year. Scholarships amount to $250 each and are awarded annually to high achieving girls who lack means to attend the university. The selection was made by a committee including Act-
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Maud Joiner
Quanah
Act
Scholarships at stake as applicants near forty for two awards
President W. J. Battle along with Mrs. Kelen M. Kirby and John A. Lomax oversee selections for two faculty scholarships. About forty applicants entered this year, contending for the awards.
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Ing
W. J. Battle
Kelen M. Kirby
John A. Lomax
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