Torreon Falls to Villa as Battle Rages in Mexico
Gen Francisco Villa completes capture of Torreon and plans Monterey and Saltillo assaults. Rebels report heavy losses with hundreds killed, many wounded, and prisoners butchered after fierce street fighting and barricaded streets. Villistas and federals treat captives and wounded with uneasy truces.
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Torreon
Villa
Mex
Francisco Villa
Monterey
Saltillo
Mexico City
Gomez Palacio
Wake Up Call at Unity Revival at First Methodist
Rev Mark A Matthews urged 1200 attendees to remain at work in the Masters vineyard during a unity revival at the First Methodist church. He challenged Christians to show their faith by fruit and outreach rather than idle ease.
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Christiana
Mark A. Matthews
First Methodist Church
Matthews
Jesus Christ
Prison death by own action at Monroe reformatory
Monroe reformatory records show a death by own action. James Wagner, 29, sent up from Seattle for assault, took poison. Nothing is known of his family.
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Monroe
Wash
Monroe Reformatory
James Wagner
Seattle
Train Strikes Man Waiting Across Trestle
M. Stahl of Green Lake was hit by a freight train last night while waiting across a trestle on his way home. He was admitted to Noble hospital in serious condition.
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M. Stahl
Green Lake
Noble Hospital
Driver wounded after collision with train near Grandview
Grandview Washington April 3 Everett Butler Prosser sheep buyer drove his machine into a Northern Pacific passenger train sustaining severe internal injuries at the scene authorities said Butler was hospitalized with critical injuries and the incident is under investigation by local police and railroad officials
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Grandview
Wash
Northern Pacific
Here
Everett Butler
Charles Edward Ferry Dies After Daylong Illness
Charles Edward Ferry warrant clerk in the state auditor office died in Olympia after a day of illness.
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Olympia
Charles Edward Ferry
State Auditor's Office
Charter body approves 30 ward council plan
The charter revision commission favors a 30 member city council elected from 30 districts for four-year terms with staggered elections. The proposal aims at centralized city accounts and greater economy. Committee members include T. H. Bolton chairman C. J. Erickson Elmer E. Todd and James B. Eagleson.
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Charter Revision Commission
Commission
T. H. Bolton
C. J. Erickson
Elmer E. Todd
James B. Eagleson
A. V. Bouillon
Chiropractic cure for stomach trouble and bowel issues
The ad promotes Cilrepractic as a solution to stomach and bowel ailments by removing nerve pressure and supporting digestion. It claims 95 percent cure rates and invites readers for free examination with hours listed and a lady attendant.
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Nature
Murphy Returns to Seattle After Recuperation in Honolulu
After two months of recuperation in Honolulu, Prosecutor John F Murphy has returned to Seattle and says he is delighted to be back home.
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Olympic Mountains
Ballard
Honolulu
John F. Murphy
Seattle
Stockholders to vote on sale of Vancouver utility
May sell out Vancouver Washington stockholders of the Washington Oregon Corporation owning the street car and water system meet April 30 to consider a proposition to sell to A Welch of Portland.
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Vancouver
Wash
Washington-Oregon Corporation
Vancouver, Wash
A. Welch
Portland
Sargel Promises Quick Weight Gain for Thin Folks
An advertisement touts Sargel as a regenerative flesh-builder to aid digestion and absorption, claiming it helps the hungry body store fat and build firm tissue. It targets thin individuals with instructions to take one tablet per meal and promises refunds if gains are not seen.
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Bartell Drug Co
Swift's
City to Condemn Water Plant in Washington
Olympia reports suit to condemn the Washington Public Service Co water system. Voters approved a $90,000 bond issue to fund municipal ownership of the water utility.
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Olympia
Washington Public Service Co
Torpedo Boats To Be Targets In Defense Exercise
Bremerton April 3 Five torpedo boats Davis Stockton Craven Wilkes and Stringham the first types built in the United States during the Spanish American War have been found unfit for further service and will be converted into targets in torpedo practice off the coast.
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Bremerton
Davis
Stockton
Craven
Wilkes
Stringham
Progressives to Indorse Goethals for 1916 at Aberdeen Banquet
Aberdeen April 2 at a banquet of progressives headlined by B L Hubbell of Kelso the congress candidate Col Goethals may be indorsed for president in 1916 a strong hint of early backing in the party ranks.
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Aberdeen
B. L. Hubbell
Kelso
Congress
Col. Goethals
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