Desert Hero Finds Refuge With Army
A 5 year old boy Jim Dick and his father J B Dick trudged eighty seven miles across the desert to reach the border town of Columbus New Mexico where soldiers take the boy in as a ward and the father as night watchman. The story details their arduous journey and the boy’s endurance amid thirst and dust. The piece also flags a paper famine and calls for saving waste paper, quoting Denver salesman H A Munson on rising shortages and price shifts.
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Columbus
N. M
Little
Jim” Dick
Little Feller
Border Guard
J. B. Dick
Jim
Chihuahua
States
Feller
Red Riding Hood
Three Bears
Little Jim
H. A. Munson
Denver
Peters Paper Company
Munson
United States
Bureau of Commerce and Labor
Locket Tale Unfolds In Kansas City Glass Case
A well dressed man visits the welfare loan office and pays interest on borrowed money for a locket. He shows the trinket to Frank Nevin, an appraiser, and confesses four of seven diamonds were taken during past engagements. Nevin estimates each diamond at about $75.
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Kansas City
Welfare Loan Office
Frank Nevin
Nevin
Youth Shoots Self While Handling Loaded Rifle
Fifteen year old Jewell Sears from Des Moines New Mexico injures his left hand when a .22 rifle he did not know was loaded misfires in an incident noted as the second such accident for him.
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Des Moines
N. M
Jewell Sears
Jewell
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Villa Nearly Loses Life at Corralitos Ranch
Francisco Villa narrowly escaped death at the Corralitos ranch near Colonia Dublan Chihuahua after he tortured and killed five Polanco family members. One Mexican victim overpowered Villa before Villaistas beat the attacker unconscious with gun butts. Mucio Polanco was said to have nearly killed Villa. The Polanco killings were described as a warning to others dealing with Americans. investigators noted the Polancos had political ties yet a history of honest dealings with American managers.
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American Expeditionary Forces
Colonia Dublan
Chihuahua
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Francisco Villa
Cortalitos Ranch
Villaista
Mucio Polanco
Villa
Polanco
Corralitos Ranch
Cashier to Move to Weston Missouri with Wife
Mr J W Morgan cashier of First National Bank and wife plan to move after month’s start to Weston Missouri. He is said to accept a better position there than his present role.
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J. W. Morgan
First National Bank
Weston
Missouri
Morgan
Texline Enterprise
Public Sale of Real Estate in Union County New Mexico
Administratrix Mary E Miller to offer for cash on April 20 1916 at 10 am the southeast quarter section 30 township 26 north range 34 east containing 160 acres at the north front door of the Clayton New Mexico courthouse The sale is subject to district court approval and confirmation and is conducted under Cause No 1795 in Union County court proceedings. Woolward and Blue attorneys represent the administratrix.
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Anthony C. Miller
Union County
New Mexico
Mary E. Miller
Clara Alvey
Court House
Clayton
District Court
A. D
Anthony
Miller
Woolward & Blue
The Home of the Noble Red Man in Collier's Weekly
The article criticizes government Indian land allotments noting how tribes received poorer lands in the southwest. It cites Mescalero Reservation in New Mexico as an exception where Apache people prosper. It claims white settlers seek to relocate Indians to make room for new land use.
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Noble Red Man
Wilbur Hall
Collier's Weekly
Southwest
Mescalero
New Mexico
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Department of Commerce and Labor
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Chamber of Commerce
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William C. Redfied
Spy
Woodward & Blue
Attorneys At Law
Telephone Exchange Building
Hartford Complete
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
American Surety Company
Union County Agency
McFadden & Rixey
Cen
William A. Radford
Conia
Comley Lumber Co
Clayton, New Mexico
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