Rebels Defy U S Troops In Mexican Border Skirmish
Gen Antonio Rojas faction attacked El Tigre mining camp and threatened Agua Prieta. American cavalry patrolled the border as rebels retreated southward. Officials fear for Americans near Cananea Nacozari and Tigre while warnings about crossing border persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rajas
Douglas, Ariz
Agua Prieta
Antonio Rojas
Salazar
Tigre
Rojas
Cananea
Nacozari
Mexico
United States
Due
Tigre Mine
Douglas
Colt
Defios VU
Schuyler
War Department
U. S
E. 8
O'Reilly
Soldier of Fortune
Naco
Nogales
Eight Women Impersonators Feather Girl in Clarkeville
Police search for eight married women who dressed as men and feathered Minnie Lavally, a 22 year old girl from Norwalk. They warned her to leave or face worse. Arrests were threatened if identification is possible. Attempts to locate Lavally failed. A family scandal may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Clarkeville
Minnie Lavally
Lavally
Aviator Paul Peck Dies In Flight At Cicero Field
Aviator Paul Peck and his Columbia biplane plunged from about two hundred feet at Cicero field after a sharp gust of wind. The young flyer was crushed in the crash, and the incident was reported from Chicago with details of his fate and the sudden tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul Peck
Columbia
Cicero Field
Anthony de
Jail Delivery in New Haven County Captures Six
In New Haven Connecticut six inmates escaped from the county jail and attempted to hide within the facility. Police and jail staff pursued the group and recaptured them. The incident occurred on September 13.
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Pall
New Haven
Conn
Judge Beers Elected Commander of G. A. R.
Judge Alfred B. Beers of Bridgeport Conn. was elected Commander-in-Chief for the next year at the 46th annual Grand Army of the Republic encampment in Los Angeles. Henry J. Seely was named adjutant general, and the per capita tax was raised from 30 to 5 cents. Denver and Dayton were discussed as possible 1913 encampment cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
Alfred B. Beers
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Army of the Republic
Council of Administration
Denver
Dayton
H. Z. Osborne
Americus Wheedon
Louisville
George E. Lovejoy
Boston
L. L. Whitaker
San Antonio
Tex
O. D. R. Stowitz
Buffalo
N. Y
Trimble
Gibson Taken As Slayer In Woman’s Death
New York lawyer Burton W. Gibson, linked to Rosa Menachik Szabo who died while boating on Greenwood lake, was arrested in his Manhattan office on a murder in the first degree warrant issued by Orange County Deputy Sheriff DeGraw. A crowd trailed him as detectives and reporters followed him to the office. Gibson maintained his innocence, saying no struggle occurred in the boat or water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Burton W. Gibson
Rosa Menachik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
DeGraw
Orange County
Gibson
Becker Defense Wins Three-Week Trial Delay
In New York, Lieutenant Charles Becker facing murder charges in the Rosenthal case gains a three week delay. Justice Blackoff orders a commission to take testimony in Hot Springs Arkansas from Acting Mayor Thomas Pettit editor J L Hotchkiss and paymaster Solaabs the Chegsd parsinaee delaying the Becker trial until October seventh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Becker
John F. McIntyre
Blackoff
Hot Springs
Ark
Thomas Pettit
J. L. Hotchkiss
Solaabs
Chegsd Parsinaee
Tan Pps
Cees Cee Ene
Funeral Rites Begin for Emperor Matsuhito in Tokyo
In Tokyo the state Shinto ceremonies for Emperor Matsuhito begin with foreign representatives present including Knox Pershing Reynolds and O'Brien as 100000 mourners gather. The three day rites precede interment at Kioto with a grand procession featuring imperial princes oxen drawn carriages and sacred trees to be planted at the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Matsuhito
Imperial
Kioto
United States
Knox
J. J. Pershing
A. R. Reynolds
O’brien
Ransford Miller
Aoyama
Emperor Yoshhito
Fushini
Mr. Knox
Imperial Palace
House of Peers
Green Hills
Nes
Army
Navy
Hase
Japan
Mikado
Yoshihito
Champion's Wife Kills Self in Hotel Room
Mrs Etta Johnson wife of world famed heavyweight John Arthur Johnson shot herself after dismissing two maids in her room above the Café de Champion. Neighbors and police say she suffered a long nervous attack and died at Providence Hospital from a bullet wound.
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Chicago
Etta John
John
Arthur Johnson
Provident Hospital
$500000 Farm for Tramps Shaped Near Poughkeepsie
Governor Dix approved a site near Poughkeepsie for a state industrial farm colony authorized in 1911. The 821 acre institution, costing upward of $600000, aims to educate and reform tramps and vagrants with sentences up to 18 months for first offenses and up to two years for subsequent ones. It will mirror English reform farms and be the first of its kind in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Dix
Poughkeepsie
England
Cologne Council Allocates Funds to Import and Sell Meat
Cologne authorities approve 412 600 marks to finance a meat import and sale plan. They also reject appeals to the government or relief measures for the high cost of living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cologne
Germany
Nogi and Wife Die by Suicide in Palace Hall
Gen Count Marosuke Nogi, hero of Port Arthur, and his wife the Countess Nogi, killed themselves with swords in the palace hall, mourning Emperor Matsuhito. Secretary Knox witnessed the tragedy as officials and foreign representatives looked on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Matsuhito
Marosuke Nogi
Port Arthur
Nogi
Knox
Mikado
Japan
Yoshihito
Harikari
Maretsu Nogi
Hagi
Cheshu
Mutsuhito
Fujiyama
Victor
Stoessel
Third
Saigo
Yamagauchi
Tawarazaka
Nog
Noels Pansing
Abbott to Succeed Valentine in Indian Affairs
Washington dispatch says Fred HB Abbott, assistant commissioner of Indian affairs, is expected to succeed Robert G. Valentine after Valentine resigned as commissioner to join the Progressive party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert C. Bailey
the Treasury
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Young Wife Saved From Hospital Upper Sandusky Ohio
Three years after marriage a woman suffered fatigue back pain bladder trouble headaches and nervous strain. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills after following newspaper advice to regain health. The testimonial notes the remedy's long standing use for female ills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upper
Sandusky
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Emerson Descendant Serves as Nurse at Mass General
Miss Ellen Emerson, granddaughter of Ralph Waldo Emerson, works as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, reflecting a respected calling in healthcare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Matrimony in Australia Sees Record Marriages and Wide Age Span
Australia last year reported more marriages than ever before. Bridegrooms ranged from sixteen to ninety-nine, with the youngest bride fifteen and the oldest eighty-two. One man aged seventy-seven married a girl aged eighteen.
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Australia
The Educational Step Ladder and Its Purpose
The passage traces the ladder from kindergarten to college, asserting each level educates for the next stage. It culminates by asking what college itself prepares students for, inviting reflection on higher aims beyond formal schooling.
Old Roman Wall Unearthed At London Site
Excavations at the corner of Paternoster Row and St Pauls Alley in London uncover a 60 foot chalk and rubble wall from the twelfth century once enclosing Old St Pauls. Finds include fragments of a Roman amphora and Samian ware, a camel skull in High Holborn, eighteenth century pipe fragments, and three Norman arches near Bartholomew Close likely from a priory cloister.
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St. Paul’s
London
Paternoster Row
St. Paul's Alley
High Holborn
Bartholomew Close
Doctor backs Postum as coffee alternative for heart relief
A physician testifies that stopping coffee and using Postum cured his nervous heart trouble after sixteen years of ailment. He prescribes Postum for patients when coffee disagrees with heart nerves or stomach, noting better flavor and vital sustenance.
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