Rescue in forecastle of overturned vessel near Yarmouth
Correspondence from Associated Press describes Hickes of Hull salvage vessel Salvor I trapped in the forecastle as the ship rolled, three hours of gasping and signaling, then blacksmith McRobbie Peterhead and crew rescuing him with oxygen and acetylene torches after breaking through two inch thick plates to reach the forecastle.
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Yarmouth
Eng
Hickes
Salvor I
Riches
McRobbie Peterhead
Wmcrobbie
iRiches
Drowning in Mexico City Water Main Battle
AP correspondence reports two hundred General Obregon troops were drowned while attempting to traverse Mexico City water mains to outflank Zapatista defenders. Zapatistas had seized city water sources, forcing reliance on wells and a park reservoir, with health risks from unflushed sewers as water scarcity persisted.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Obregon
Mexico
Xochimilco
Chapultepec
Zapata
Sketches of Pioneers From Colonel H. Haymond's History
A historian sketches West Virginia pioneers including Benjamin Coplin, John Jackson, Benjamin Harrison, George Rogers Clark, and Lord Dunmore, detailing their births, frontiersman actions, land preemptions, and roles in Indian wars and early state formation across Virginia and Ohio regions. Describes their families, settlements, and legacies in Harrison, Monongalia, and surrounding counties.
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Benjamin Coplin
Copeland
Rockingham
Virginia
Bridgeport
Deborah Shinn
Natter
Clarksburg
Pik Creek
Yevi Douglas
Coplin
Thomas Warbert
Thomas
Harbert
Decker's Creek
Monongalia County
Jones’s Runnow
Eagle District
Warrison
Buckhannon
Turkey Ren
Jackson
Samuel Pringle
John Jackson
George
John G
United “States
Congress
Thomas J
Stonewall
Elizabeth
Benjamin Harrison
Benjamin’ —Watrison
Berkeley
the James
Williams and Marye College
House of Burgesses
Continental Congress
Frommr
George Rogers Chirk
George Rogers Clark
Monticello
Albermarle County
Ohio
Mountains
Lord Dunmore
Kentucky
Virginia Assembly
Trentucky
Great Britain
Locust Grove
Loouisville
Caves Hill
Clirksburg
John Murray
Earl of Dunmore
New York
Tim
WestMamshores
Lord Battletourt
William and Mary College
Dunmore
Countess of
Williams=burg
House of Burzesses
Capitol
Ohio Country
Andrew Lewis
Big Kanawha
Williamsburg
Donmore
Williambourg
James River
Fowey
Norfolk
England
Bermuda Islands
Enland
Acety Dunmore
Shenandoah
Elias ‘Hughes
Phas Hughes
South
Potomac
Braddock
Lima
Point Pleasant
Harrison Conde
Monongahela Valley
Fork River
Hacker
Cre Mughes
Nnlich
Bars Barliy
Greenville
Hughes
John G. Jackson
iRufus Putnam
United States
Blughes
Licking River
John Ratcliff
Bowling Green
Lick Ing
Newark
Licking
Gshom
Provisions Low in Mexico City Amid Suburban Fighting
AP correspondence reports scarce and high priced provisions in Mexico City as fighting between Zapata and Carranza forces disrupts suburbs. Electric interurbans are shot up, cutting residents from business and sheltering in place amid shifting frontline positions.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Zapata
Carranza
Capltar
Coyoacan
Yiaza
Zapatistas
Viva Zapata
Dea ‘Er
Ziaplatistas
Cuban Army Reorganized Under Forces Plan
Correspondence from Mayana reports Cuba moving to reorganize its army to boost efficiency. The key change is the dissolution of the rural sword as a separate corps, a mounted constabulary created under Colonel Hubert Slocum. The rurales will be restructured into cavalry comprising six full regiments and new equipment.
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Camp Columbia
Coast Defense Artillery
Miajor
Mendieta
Arotles
United States
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
Naval Station
Menocal
José Miguel Gomez
Alfred Zayas
Gomez
Prado
Associated Press
Mayana
Mar
Hubert Slocum
United States Army
Guardia Civil
Supreme Court Reverses Malicious Prosecution Verdict
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held that a person detained to obtain liberty through a written agreement not to sue is not bound by it and may prove duress in a malicious prosecution case. The decision reversed a McDowell County circuit court order granting a new trial for T. J. Lyon against Davy Pocahontas Coal Company, restoring the $2,800 verdict.
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Charleston
Mar
Supremes Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
McDowell County
T.J. Lyon
Davy-Pocahontas Coal Company
Tne
T. J. Lyon
Davy- Pocahontas Coal Company
Lyon
Supreme Court
McDowell
Athe
Jude
Grady
Egal Company
Welch
Lel
Carey
Nrge Williams
Pany
Lewis
Snew
Jludge Sync
Potato diet urged as bread price rises in USDA study
A Washington report from March 6 cites USDA scientists urging households to eat more potatoes and less bread if wheat and bread prices climb. Potatoes 60 cents per bushel. ten pounds provide more nourishment than two loaves of bread. Potatoes rich in carbohydrates offer energy, while bread has higher protein and fat. The piece notes potatoes are versatile, easy to prepare, and can complement meats and dairy as prices shift.
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Washington
United States Department of Agriculture Bugezest
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Garranza
W. E. Starcher
Bell
H. Haymond
Samuel Harbert
West Fork
Levi Shinn
Harrison
Thomas ‘Harbert
Jones
Hambert
Darbert
Samuel
Tut Hhe
John Harbert
Middle Island
Doddridge County
Harrison County
Tropics
Siberia
Sumatra
R. T. Lowndes
Lowndes
R. T. Lowndes Department Store
Federal Department
Schenks Hams
Swift
Armour’s Star Hans A Morris
Limberger
Berlin
sPork
Errey
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