Innocent Motive Claimed in Volz Case Involves Cows and Cattle Walkthrough
Testimony presented shows a man aiding Mrs. Volz by moving belongings from 215 Muncey Street to Rural Avenue and arranging a cattle sale with neighbors Mrs. Gaugler and Mr. Gaugler. He describes driving a horse with a child aboard to the Volz home where a shooting occurred as a man approached with a gun, forcing a rapid departure.
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Muncey Street
Rural Gvenue
Rural Avenue
Gaugler
Victoria
Pine Street
Commerce Street
City Hall Plaza
Plores Street
Houston Street
Main Avenue
Tobin Hill
Rural
San Antonio Plans Two Tours to International Sunday School Convention
San Antonio Sunday school workers organize two Adult Bible Class Tours to San Francisco for the International Sunday School convention June 20 to 27. One party departs June 12, joining New Orleans travelers, with eight transcontinental routes and 26 states in view.
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San Antonio
San Francisco
New Orleans
United States
Canada
Winnipege
Vancouver
New Afrleans
W. C. Pearce
International Sunday School Association
Pearce
Texas
Lone Star
W. N. Wiggins
Dallas
Couple Attacked On San Pedro Avenue in City Slaying
Rafael Zapata about 50 is hospitalized with internal injuries and a severe scalp wound after a 4:30 PM assault by a black man in the rear of a San Pedro Avenue home. Zapata's wife, bruised, stays at their western city residence as police arrest Tones on assault and battery charges.
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Rafael Zapata
San Pedro Avenue
Pegg Case Set for Murder Trial in Thirty-seventh District
Jockey E A Pegg 22 indicted for murder in the Blountz killing near a city ranch seven miles away after a quarrel. Pegg says Blountz threatened to kill him. He borrowed a Winchester rifle and shot from a distance. Pegg surrendered and was released on bond after a habeas corpus hearing.
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E. A. Pegg
Victor Blountz
Thirty-seventh District Court
Blountz
Joe Wolters
Pegg
Habeas Campus
Bond
Rebels Seek Diaz Return as Mexico Turmoil Rages
The piece describes rebels pressing for Diaz to lead amid ongoing chaos and a potential shift to his rule. A two thousand strong patrol maintains vigilance around the city while Vera Cruz Governor Deheza arrives, reportedly presenting an ultimatum on Reyes’ landing but claiming only to visit during Diaz’s illness.
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Diaz
Arivine
Cientifico
Figueroa
Puebla
Vera Cruz
Deheza
Reyes
Mexican delegation seeks presidency as Reyes refuses
In Havana on May 20 a Mexican delegation urged Gen Bernardo Reyes to stand for Mexico's presidency to succeed Diaz. Reyes, returning from exile, said he would place peace and prosperity over his own ambitions and may depart for Vera Cruz Monday. He cited reforms against the Corral Limantour group and denied U.S. backing for Madero.
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Havana
Bernardo Reyes
Mexico
Diaz
Reyes
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Senor Corral
Senor Limantour
United States
Madero
Mexican Prisoners Released After Neutrality Charge Drop
The War Department ordered General Bliss to release all Mexicans held on neutrality violation charges. Thirty five federal and insurgent prisoners at San Diego were captured after escaping across the California line last month and were held for entering California armed.
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Washington
War Department
Bliss
Department of California
San Diego
Cal
California
United States
Peace Negotiated Lets Bank Resume Normal Business
A telegram from Mexico City advised the Mercantile Bank of Mexico City branch that peace had been negotiated and to continue business as before the curtailment. Reports also mention the resignation of President Diaz from several sources in Matamoros.
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Matamoros
Mex
Mercantile Bank of
Mexico City
Diaz
Missing Boy Sought by Uncle in El Paso
BE C Jones of 1002 Avenue D San Antonio Texas asks El Paso police to locate his nephew who has run away from school and is believed to have come to El Paso. He jokes that two policemen should walk the town and meet in the middle to find him.
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el Paso Herald
BE. C. Jones
Avenue D
San Antonio
Texas
el Paso
Short Cypress yard strike ends after 24 hours
In Kansas City Missouri on May 20 1940 the Missouri Pacific Railroad reported the 850 machinists blacksmiths and metal workers at Cypress yards ended a 24 hour strike at 3 pm after discharging the non union worker whose presence sparked the walkout.
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Kansas City
Cypress Yards
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Rip Van Winkle Coat Fetches 1.50 at Cincinnati Sale
The shabby coat worn by Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle sold for 1.50 at a Cincinnati auction. Jefferson gave the coat to his friend and art instructor C. T. Weber, who painted scenes from the play. The coat and Weber’s remaining effects were offered at the Cincinnati Art Club rooms.
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Cincinnati
Joseph Jefferson
Weber
Girls Learn to Plow at State Farm School
The state Agricultural college in Manhattan hosts a school of girl farmers with 52 students and growing numbers. They study feeding swine and plowing, proving they can farm as well as men, framed as progress for women.
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Topeka
Kan
State Agricultural College
Manhattan School
Manhattan
There Are Always Two Sides to a Story
A brief line noting the saying that every event has opposing viewpoints, followed by a remark that this is not about baseball.
Old Guard of Juarez Veterans Speak at Beethoven Hall
Thirteen surviving members of the American legion describe the three day battle at Juarez using a charted map and sharpened sabers. They recount positions, corrections to famed claims, and list the remaining veterans by name and state.
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American Legion
Juarez
Beethoven Hall
Tamborel
Rio
Navarro
Garibaldi
Jim Morgan
Orozco
China
South America
Juarezs
Old Guard
K. &. Linderfelt
Colorado
McDonald
el Paso
Crum
Idaho
D. L. Michaels
Minneapolis
H. P. Browning
Georgia
Robert Brewer
Montana
London
Wilburn Jay
Arkansas
W. Johnston
Hartford
Conn
Jack Moriarity
Massachusetts
A.A. Lee
Texas
J. J. Boyle
Pennsylvania
Had Suspicions About a Near Death Marriage
A woman recalls marrying her husband while he lay near death and later questions whether his recovery was luck or a calculated ploy to avoid widowhood. She notes his contrariness and hints at attraction to a widowhood advantage.
Three nude men attacked by swarms of mosquitoes
William Atkinson, his brother Samuel, and John Devone waded in Absecon river waters after their clothes and boat drifted away. Stripped to swim, they were mauled by mosquitoes and green flies, swelling faces and voices gone hoarse as they sought help from a lonely island scene near Absecon.
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Atlantic City
N. J
William Atkinson
Samuel
John Devone
Absecon
Absecon River
Salt Turns Harsh for Rescue Crew in Exhausting Return
Rescued sailors endured intensified pain from salt exposure. Upon reaching shore, the exhausted men were cared for by physicians.
Carey church draws crowds at Our Lady of Consolation
In Carey Ohio and Upper Sandusky May 20 trains bring people to Our Lady of Consolation church. Mrs James Sair of Youngstown, once nearly helpless and wheelchair bound, rose and walked this morning after visiting the shrine. She first visited last August and her spine pain eased.
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Carey
Ohio
Upper Sandusky
Our
Choir Girl Hatpin Accident Injures Lima Professor
In Lima Ohio on Sunday a choir girl at Grace Church accidentally stabbed Prof. John L Cotner in the left temple with a hatpin. He remained at home with blood poisoning and risk of lockjaw, the pin entering near the eye and possibly affecting the brain.
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Lima
Ohio
John L. Cotner
Grace Church
Conner
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Victor Plountz
Raben Co
Houston, Texas
Maderg
Missouri Pacific
Rip van Winkle
Mission
Foreign Legion
Mission Church
Insurrecto
Fortune Yegion
Soldiers of Fortune
Terial
Steves & Sons
Homer Jones
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