Continental clashes near Peyotes hills threaten attack
Reports describe explosions at noon and a rising conflict as Constitutionalists entrench in the Peyotes hills while awaiting an imminent battle.
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Peyotes
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
8
Disabled Constitutionalist Soldiers Held By U S Troops
About 65 Constitutionalist soldiers wounded at Piedras Negras were brought to Eagle Pass in freight cars and are being treated at Fort Duncan hospitals. They are held as prisoners of war awaiting instructions from Washington. Over 1000 Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande are reported captured, with Third Cavalry and Third Field Artillery units establishing camp at Eagle Pass under Colonel Guy Carlton.
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Piedras Negras
Eagle Pass
United States Army
Old Fort Duncan
Department
Washington
Rio Grande
John W. Heard
Southern Department
Heard
Third Cavalry
Third Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Guy Carlton
Consul Ordered to Aid Wounded and Escapees in Border Crisis
The Mexican consul at Eagle Pass is directed to care for wounded Constitutionalists left in Piedras Negras and assist Mexicans who crossed into the United States to逃 from the Constitutionalists. Over 2000 Mexicans sought protection on the American side. Federal forces under General Mercado claim a victory after a Wednesday engagement with Villa allied troops. sixty rebels killed, and several officers lost.
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Mexico City
Eagle Pass
Texas
Piedras Negras
United States
Pancho Villa
Maclovia Herrerra
Manuel Chao
Santa Rosalia
Mexican Constitutionalists plan provisional government
Washington dispatch reports Mexican Constitutionalists moving to form a provisional government to stabilize their movement against Huerta. Carranza officials in talks. Escudero expected as finance minister. no secession plans, fighting to continue until Huerta ousted and a free election held. The U S Treasury says neutrality is impartial and avoids aiding either side.
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Huerta
Mexico
Madero
Suarez
Francisco Escudero
Carranza
Hermosillo
Washington
Romero
Eduardo Hay
Treasury Department
San Antonio
Los Moches
State Department
Durango
Dandeline Promises New Hair Growth and Shine
A vintage advertisement claims dandruff weakens hair and promotes loss. It touts Knowlton's Dandeline as a 25 cent remedy to restore luster, fullness, and new hair growth after a few weeks of nightly use. The copy emphasizes a healthier scalp and “downy hair” appearing.
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Knowlton
Zamacona Returns From Washington After Mission Fail
Manuel de Zamacona former Mexican ambassador to the United States traveled from Washington to Vera Cruz reporting the mission to President Huerta failed He attributed the setback to American machinations and said he will likely report to Huerta in Mexico City The returning vessel carried 40 Americans and Zamacona avoided meeting Secretary Bryan or President Wilson.
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Vera Cruz
Mex
Manuel de Zamacona
United States
Washington
Huerta
Mexico
Wilson
Mexico City
Senor Zamacona
Zamacona
Bryan
Mexican Officials Arrested in Smuggling Case
Enrique V. Anaya former Mexican consul hero now Constitutionalist representative and his brother in law Jose Escobosa were arrested by Justice Department agent C E Breniman on charges of smuggling an aeroplane into Mexico used in Constitutionalist attacks on Guaymas Sonora. They had been detained after the plane disappeared but were discharged earlier by a Nogales US commissioner. new evidence prompted fresh arrest and they spent the night in jail due to no bond availability from a vacant commissionership.
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Tucson
Ariz
Enrique V. Anaya
Hero
Jose Escobosa
C. E. Breniman
Department of Justice
Mexico
Didier Masson
Guaymas
Sonora
Anaya
Escobosa
Suffering in Laredo and rail losses from floods
Laredo Texas reports the main gas line washed away after 24 hours of rain flooding small Mexican huts and crippling telegraph telephone and rail service. The river rose eighteen feet and railroads north of Laredo suffered heavy washouts with no train service expected for 48 hours. Contending forces in Mexico attack Villa and Chao movements threaten Torreon as Constitutionalists claim Federal defeats near Santa Rosalia and reinforcements being prepared at Chihuahua.
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Laredo
Tex
Carevo
Rojas
Landa
Mancillo
Villa
Urbina
Chao
Torreon
el Paso
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua
Battlee
Battle reported near Santa Rosalia south of Chihuahua
Reports from El Paso say a battle was in progress at Santa Rosalia about 100 miles south of Chihuahua City. Four thousand Federal troops under General Francisco Castro are engaged in the action, with details scarce and conditions uncertain.
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EL Paso
Tex
Juan Vasquez
Juarez
Santa Rosalia
Chihuahua City
Francisco Castro
Lace assortment offered at regular price discounts
Advertisement item lists 40 pieces of white and cream shadow laces 12 to 18 inches wide with floral patterns. States lace assortment sold at 50 cents a yard, with prices well below regular.
White Ripplette Fabric Styles 82 Inches Wide
An 82 inch White Ripplette fabric in various styles will be sold Saturday from 8 a m to 7 pm by the yard.
Governor Loyola Arrested In Queretaro Power Shakeup
Queretaro reports Manuel Loyola governor and several state legislators were arrested by the new military authorities as part of a power shakeup. Details of charges or fate of the prisoners were not disclosed.
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Loyola
Queretaro
Mexico
Manuel Loyola
State of
Dictionary ad revival in Sunday Light pages Four and Five
A large advertisement spans Sunday Light pages Four and Five announcing the resurrection of the Dictionary feature. The ad emphasizes expanded content and new editions with bold typography and promotional copy.
Governor Loyola Arrested as Chicaro Seizes Statehouse
Governor Loyola refused to surrender his post as Joaquin Chicaro arrived. Chicaro surrounds the statehouse with troops and arrests the governor and legislators. They will be sent to Mexico City.
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Joaquin Chicaro
Loyola
Chicaro
Mexico City
Diaz Forces Travel and Diaz Family Sightings Linked to France
From Havre a dispatch reports General Felix Diaz left for Vera Cruz. Separately, Porfirio Diaz has rented a villa at Biarritz for the winter, signaling his plan to stay in France after leaving Mexico.
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New York
Havre
Felix Diaz
Vera Cruz
Porfirio Diaz
Biarritz
France
Tacoma Salmon Fishermen Claim Record Season
Tacoma fishers report the best season in history with shiploads of salmon returning to the docks and earnings around five hundred dollars a week for each fisherman as they smile over their success. Jack Anich, among the dozen Tacoma fishermen, notes the brevity of the period yet strong returns.
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Tacoma
Jack Anich
Salmon catch in Puget Sound and BC waters tops 2 million cases
Over four weeks period fishers in Puget Sound and British Columbia reported catching no less than 2,000,000 salmon cases valued at 15,000,000 dollars. Only a portion of the fleet had arrived. hundreds more expected. Tacoma and Gig Harbor fishermen bring 750,000 dollars worth of salmon to Old Town.
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Puget Sound
British Columbia
Tacoma
Gig Harbor
Old Town
Dodson's Liver Tone Promoted at Fischer's Drug Store
An advertisement urges readers to switch from calomel to Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable liquid remedy. It claims it boosts liver health relieves constipation and biliousness with no after effects and is guaranteed to liven the liver or money back. It warns against imitations and notes a 50 cent price.
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Fischer's
Dodson
Fischer’s Drug Store
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