Venustiano Carranza An Unyielding Mexican Leader Of Change
A Washington dispatch profiles Venustiano Carranza, the constitutionalist leader and potential de facto Mexican president. It traces his rise from rancher to governor candidate, notes his independence from Diaz, and highlights his disciplined, austere conduct, ruthless in warfare yet capable of measured mercy.
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Washington, D. C
Venustiano Pino Carranza
Mexico
Spain
Carranza
England
Carronza
Francisco Madero
Madero
Maximilian
Coahbutla
Theodore Roosevelt
Coahuila
Porfirio Ding Diaz
Mexico City
Huerta
Monclova
Francisco Vila
Carranzas
Villa
Zapata
Carlos Pisa
Piza
Carranea
Cientificos
Pisa
Espinosa Mireles
Napoleon
Corpse and mourners fall in Philadelphia tragedy
A horrific Philadelphia incident left Mrs Yetta Stegal of 1212 South Seventh Street burned to death last week when her coffin collapsed into a cellar with 59 mourners. Panic spread as the floor gave way and gas escaped, injuring some mourners. Police and the barber helped rescue the crowd, with the body reCOFFINed and moved to the cemetery. Katie Stegal fainted upon the scene and was revived in the yard.
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Philadelphia
Yetta Stegal
South Seventh Street
Fueral
Katie Steg ‘al
Youngest Mexican Envoy Captures Photo at Conference
In Niagara Falls Ontario the six month old Manuel del Campo, son of Martinez del Campo, attache to the Mexican delegation, smiles defiantly for a camera portrait during the A B C conference at Clifton house.
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Manuel del Campo
Niagara Falls Peace Conference
Niagara Falls
Ont
Canada
Huerta
Mexico
Clifton House
Martinez del Campo
Old plate for Mrs Wilson at White House from Buchanan era
Washington report notes Mrs Wilson received a Serres dinner plate from a pink banded Sevres set once owned by President Buchanan. The item was gifted by James Buchanan Henry of Annapolis, a nephew and ward who served as Buchanan's private secretary during his White House tenure. The china traveled from White House to Wheatland then to Henry after Buchanan's death.
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Washington
White House
Buchanan
Wilson
James Buchanan Henry
Annapolis
Tme
President Polk
Wheatland
Lancaster
Henry
Alligator attack prompts rescue of four Gulf children
In Waveland Mississippi four children Marjorie Fournier Foster Fournier Clifford Dell Kit Dell of New Orleans were rescued after an enormous alligator attacked them in Gulf waters. Rescuers John Perry Sanford Perry and William Hans aided as a nap ripped a bathing suit and a rescuer suffered a leg cut. Josie Westfall was elected judge of Macomb City Court carrying every precinct.
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Marjorie
Foster Fournier
Clifford
Kitaredge Dell
New Orleans
John and
Sanford Perry
William Hans
Macomb
Josie Westfall
River of Wonders Pests On 2150 Mile Amazon Journey
The article recounts Colonel Roosevelt’s Brazil interior journey toward Iquitos and the Amazon river’s wonders and dangers. It describes dangers like the vulture bat and smell bug, mentions Captains Beck and Couch sharing river tales aboard the Denis, and notes the vast river’s fresh water influence and dramatic high and low water levels at Manaos.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
Brazil
Saya
New York
Amazon
Iquitos
Peru
Pacific
Panama
Colon
Atlantic
Mississippi
O. L. Beck
J. W. Couch
England
Alexander P. Rogers
Denis
Old Robert
Brooklyn
Beck
Liverpool
Capt
Couch
Capt Beck
Capt. Couch
Heck
Manaos
Tight skirt blamed for Evanston woman’s broken leg
Mrs William Frederick Stahl of Evanston slipped from an automobile and fractured her leg blaming the injury on a tight skirt. In Chicago 253 marriage licenses were issued on June 1, down fourteen from a year earlier.
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Chicago
William Frederick Stahl
Evanston
How Bishop Cheshire Received the Magers
A hazing tale of a Confederate veteran at Trinity College in Hartford. When 16 students burst in, he drew a pistol from his desk and warned them to leave, then bade them return later. The incident ended with the students vanishing, and the man became Rt. Rev. J. B. Cheshire, bishop of North Carolina.
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Cheshire
Baltimore Sun
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Trinity College
Hartford
Conn
Pellmell
North Carolina
Rt. Rey
J. B. Cheshire
Notice to creditors and debtors for estate of igg deceased
Having qualified as administrator of igg deceased late of Union C this is to notify all persons with claims against the estate to exhibit them to the undersigned by July 1 1915 or be barred. All indebted to said estate should pay promptly. June 30 1914 W C Lemmond Administrator. A good receipt book for 10 cents at The Journal office.
Death of a Little Child Near Indian Trail 1914
Correspondence from The Journal reports the death of James Clayton Blanchard, aged just over one, after a brief illness. Funeral services were led by Rev. A. B. Haywood at the Blanchard home, with burial at Bethel Cemetery on July 1. The family and friends express deep sympathy.
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Indian Trail
James Clayton
Arthur Blanchard
Hin
A. B. Haywood
Bethel
Cotton Crop Condition Report Shows Strong Prospects
Washington dispatch notes the United States cotton crop on July 1 shows 7.6 of a normal condition with 36,960,000 acres in cultivation. The June 25 condition is just under the ten year average by one per cent, with weather early in the season depressing some states but improving in June. Texas rises from 65 to 74 percent, Oklahoma from 68 to 79, North Carolina from 76 to 82, and South Carolina from 72 to 81.
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Washington Dispatch
United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Northarolina
South Carolina
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