Frank narrative of Carrizal clash by a Tenth Cavalry courier
A courier recounts the Carrizal encounter with Mexican forces as Gen Pershing notes in his report. Captains Boyd and Morey and Lt Adair were killed. 65 men faced five to one. machine guns opened fire. the squad dismounted, took cover, and fought while retreating toward the hills.
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Paso
Tex
United States Army
Tenth Cavalry
Ostranga
Pershing
Washington
Carrizal
Charles T. Boyd
Lewis
Morey
Henry BR. Adair
Boyd
Permis
Welix Gomer
Gomes
Adair
Captain Boyd
Nebraska Summer events listed from Kearney to Lincoln
The notice compiles July and August happenings across Nebraska including the Mid-Summer Race Meet at Kearney July 2 to 5, state golf at Omaha July 10 to 12, conventions in Omaha Lincoln Hastings Beatrice Wayne and more. It notes local civic and church gatherings, fairs, and a fatal aviation accident near Ewing with Nebraskan aviator Matt Savidge.
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Kearney
Omaha
Northwestern Hotel Men's Association
Missouri Valley Veterinnary Association
Nebraska
Wayne
Hastings
Lincoln
The
Church of Brethren
Beatrice
Freemont
State Press Association
North Platte Valley
Seward
Seventh Day Adventists’ Conference
Valley Photographers Association
Rural Mall Carriers Association of
Dodge
W. E. Coke
Nebraska Epworth Assembly
Veterans Form Seventy-Three Company for New Regiment
Seven Spanish American War veterans formed the nucleus of a Lincoln company to volunteer for a new regiment and were joined by six others at a joint veterans meeting. Within an hour twenty one more signed, with promises the unit would be filled. Twelve companies are planned statewide, led by Spanish war veterans, with four in Omaha and one each in Chadron Beatrice North Platte Geneva Fremont Lincoln Columbus Grand Island.
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Nebraska
Matt Savidge
Ewing Kon
Savidge Boys
Savidge Sires, Aviation .Company
Burlington
Elkhorn
Platte
Union Pacific Railroad Company
Pickrell
Gage County
Chadron
Kearney
Church of Brethren
Beatrice
Kansas
Fostern
Colorado
Hastings
J. J. Ramsey
Leavenworth
Kans
Munger
Dodge County
Court House
Fremont
Crawford
Western Newspapernion News Service
Lincoln
Omaha
North Platte
Geneva
Columbus
Grand Island
Esch Organizelon
To Open School of Instruction at Mobilization Camp
The mobilization camp will act as a school of instruction for officers and men. Lt. P. G. Wrightson outlines the first two weeks covering health, rifle work, heavy drills, and infantry attack under fire. Lectures include Spanish language and U.S.-Mexico relations with changes possible by a permanent camp director.
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P. G. Wrightson
United States Army
Pani
Eberly
Mrs Knotts Acting Secretary of State Historical Society
Mrs Minnie P Knotts continues as acting secretary for the State Historical Society until next fall after a Saturday board meeting delayed final action until the October 106 gathering. Mrs C B Paine will serve as librarian for vacated duties caused by Knotts promotion. General Colby offers services to Governor Morehead and outlines a long military career including Civil War Sioux and Spanish American War service.
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Minnie P. Knotts
State Historical Society
C.8
Paine
Society
C. 8
L. W. Colby
Beatrice
Morehead
The
Nations ‘Guard
Nebraska
McKinley
National Guard
State Auditor blocks Douglas county road bond votes
State Auditor Smith rejects registering 1.7 million dollars of road improvement bonds for Douglas county after primary results fell short of a legal majority. The 1.5 million paying bonds and 200 thousand road grading bonds also failed to reach required totals. Attorney General Reed supports the ruling. Food Commissioner Harman moves to weed out “food grafters” at the State Fair grounds by contract clauses enforcing pure food laws, with unsanitary stands torn down. A 50 cent meal concession is proposed. Harman warns dealers against toy balloons and prizes in food packages. Labor Commissioner Coffey issues a harvest needs pamphlet and notes cooler weather will delay harvest, with crop acreage reports from several counties. Commissioner Wright plans extra police during National Guard mobilization to curb troublemakers.
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Osctnics
Douglas County
Smith
Reed
Harman
State Board of Agriculture
State
Nebraska
Coffey
Ean
Mellor
Commissioner Wright
Lincoln Department of Public Safety
National Guard
Mr. Wright
Guards Gather for Massive El Paso Troop Arrival
El Paso prepares to house and feed up to twenty five thousand national guardsmen and five thousand regular troops. General George Bell Jr reports units from Massachusetts New Jersey and Connecticut mobilizing about ten thousand men to entrain for El Paso in a push to create the nations largest military concentration camp.
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Union News
el Paso
Tex
United States
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Connecticut
George Bell, Jr
Gives Up Effort for Peace in Mexican Crisis
Washington reports that mediation attempts by Latin American nations to resolve the Mexican crisis collapsed before a formal US proposal. Secretary Lansing informed Bolivian minister Ignacio Calderon that the United States sees nothing warranting arbitration and would not entertain offers to aid in avoiding war.
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Washington
Carranza
United States
Lansing
Ignacio Calderon
Bolivia
Sundry Civil Bill Advances From House To Senate
Washington report notes the 127 million sundry civil appropriation passed the House and moves to the Senate. A rejected amendment for a 16.6 million war munitions plant was tabled while 60 million was added to fund farmer bulletins. Keating argued the munitions need, citing arsenal locations as a policy concern. An emigration law enforcement boost of 200 thousand was defeated.
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Washington
Senate
House
Keating
United States
Rock Island
Army War College
Lincoln Adjutant General orders rapid muster for field service
Adjutant General Hall received a telegraph urging rapid muster of infantry and line units. Major General Leonard Wood reported urgent border troop needs to Secretary Baker. Hall announced the first battalion of the Fourth regiment, plus field hospital and signal corps, would be sent immediately. In Toledo Mrs Anna Seemark led her sons to join the Sixth regiment recruiting office and volunteered to help recruit the company.
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Lincoln
Hall
Leonard Wood
Baker
Field Hospital Corps
Signal Corps
Toledo
O—Mre
Anna Seemark
Ollie
Forrest
Progressives Quit In Kansas as Electors Withdrawn
In Topeka Kansas the progress party dissolves after a conference between William Allen White and A B Martin the presidential electors are withdrawn from secretary of state records. In Chicago thousands of men and boys apply at recruiting stations to enlist in the US army.
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Topeka
Kan
Progress Party
Kansas
William Allen White
Martin
Chicago
United States Army
Siz
International Labor Congress Paris Sequel on Economy
In Paris delegates of the International Labor Congress met to discuss a sequel focusing on economic policy. The session explored employment, wage standards, and industrial reform influencing global labor markets.
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Paris
Woman Escapes Operation After Reading Pinkham’s Compound
A reader from Astoria New York recounts avoiding surgery after reading Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. She claims improvement in two weeks, noting relief in the back and band area and regaining the ability to sit and eat.
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Lydia E. Pinkhem
Bando
Joan A. Reseoston
Astoria
N. Y
Poet Angers Over Portrait At Exhibition
The narrator recounts a quarrel with a little known poet and novelist who plans to punch a rival painter. The dispute centers on a painting called The Allegory of Sleep showing the rival poet’s own portrait on the cover of a poetry book in the sleeping figure’s hand.
Do you think we need a new national anthem
A dialogue about replacing the current national anthem with a new song that vaudeville artists would readily sing, with remarks on remembering the existing words.
City Hall Near Baseball Grounds Proposal Sparks Debate
Editor notes frustration with city officials work output and suggests relocating city hall closer to the baseball grounds to save time. Implicit critique of municipal efficiency and governance.
Convict Complains of Railroading to State Prison
A convict voices claim of being railroaded to state prison. He quips that he expected transport by automobile.
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Falls City
J. S. Dick
Crete
H. Lomax
Broken Bow
E. R Mathers
L. G. Ohernes
Aurora
Hamilton County
Luf
Goosen Farm
Goosen
Colfax County
Howells
Albior
A. L. Clarke
William Dutton
Garden City Sugar Company
David EB. Adams
Beaver Crossing
Exeter
Genoa
Egeing
Odell Wave
Liberty Journal
Viele
Nebraska Masons
Laurel
Bpanish War Veterans Tender
Services
the State House
Mrs. Knotts
General Colby Tenders Services
Phil Hall
Paul
Colby
Fred Warner
John G. Maher
Adams
Colfax
Gosper
Madison
Otoe
Polk
Thayer
International Labor Congress
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