Returned Soldier Seizes Ancient Mary Portrait Treasure
Charlies Tarlton, a former member of the Thirty-sixth Infantry, discovered a copper plate portrait of Mother Mary holding the dead Christ in a hidden vault opened from a subterranean passage in Luzon. Experts credit a sixteenth century Spanish master, though the artist remains unidentified.
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Ndianapolis
Ind
Charlies Tarlton
Thirty-sixth Infantry
Philppines
Mother Mary
Waters of the Rio Grande Spark Sharp Dispute
Washington reports renewed congressional action on Texas Mexico and New Mexico over Rio Grande water. Texas seeks a 2.314 million dollar El Paso international dam with Mexico to share waters, while New Mexico warns the Elephant Butte project would irrigate vast lands and challenge treaties. The bill faces opposition as factions argue over priority rights and indemnity.
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Ashington
Texas
Mexico
New Mexico
Grande River
Phens
International Dam
el Paso
Lemeavor
Committee On Ign Relations
Whchh
Oldispute PLC
Aiian
New Exoe
Elephant Butte
Newon
Old Mexico
United States
Rio Grande
Republic of Mexico
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Stephens’ Bil
Paso
Otero
Roney
Stephens Dill
New Orleans
Two Children Try to See a Wreck on Rail Line
In Ohio two children, Ruby Probst fifteen and Hugh Probst thirteen from Greenville Ven., placed an obstruction on the Jamestown and Franklin Branch near Kinsman. A northbound engine at thirty five miles an hour struck the tie after emergency braking. The tie was braced on the south side with an iron staff. The crew found the youths nearby and learned they were visiting Jamestown.
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Shtabula
Ohio
Jamestown and
Franklin
Lake Shore Road
Kinsman
Here
Ruby Probst
Hugh Probst
Greenville
Venn
Jamestown
Clark Seeks Control of Great Shoshone Falls Power
U S Senator Clark of Montana seeks control over the latent power of Great Shoshone Falls in Idaho. A major court fight looms with the E M Hollister company backing a project to convert the falls power into electricity for the Hatley gold belt. The dispute centers on land rights along the Snake River, including a two acre overlap that could decide who controls the power.
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Boise
Idaho
United States
Clark
Montana
Great Shoshone Falls
E. M. Hollister
Shoshone Falls
Hatley Gold Belt
Snake River
Falls
Hollister Company
The
No Hopes for Recovery of Mrs. McKinley
Relatives of Mrs. McKinley report little hope for her recovery as Lieutenant James McKinley nephew of the late President states she remains in a similar condition to after the funeral with no improvement and no anticipated recovery.
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Chicago
McKinley
James McKinley
B. M. Young
Genral Shafter
Presidio
San Francisco
Canton
Lone Mariner and Bride Proabably Lost
New York dispatch reports Captain William W. Andrews and his bride sailed September 28 from Young's pier in the thirteen foot dory Dark Secret aiming for the Azores then Spain or Portugal. Six to eight weeks was expected but they have not been heard from in nearly three months, leading to the belief they may have been drowned.
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New York
William W. Andrews
Young's Pier
Azores
Spain
Portugal
Atlantic
Andrews
Daring Prisoner Escapes Jail With Fabricated Wall Break
ABERDEEN Mississippi December 21 The noted murderer William Lanier who killed boys on Monroe county prairie last August escaped from jail by sawing through five steel bars and digging through a brick wall then lowering himself to the ground with four tied blankets He had been recaptured recently near Newnan Georgia and execution had been delayed multiple times with appeals before escape was effected again last night.
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Aberdeen
Miss
William Lanier
Monroe County
C. VA
Murry
Newnan
Crosby
Lanier
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Charity ball adds roulette wheel in Spokane parlors
At the Spokane charity ball next Tuesday night a large wheel of fortune from Coeur dAlene will be used for cash bets. Four society women will run the game under Dutch Jakes supervision. The house bank will start with a heavy roll and profit from a percentage game. Jacob Goetz, owner of the Coeur dAlene, is present to oversee the spectacle.
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Spokane
Wee
Coeur d'Alene
Northwest
Jake
Jacob Goetz
Poem and Death Shadow in Ottawa County Woman
Mrs Isaac Gibson of near Pomona in Ottawa County Ohio area committed suicide at home by hanging with bed sheet strips. She was 52. She had pondered a piece of poetry about life woes and death bliss and kept it by her side. the poem was found in her bosom after death.
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Ottawa
Kans
Isaac Gibson
Pomona
Gibson
Texas Game Laws Are Unconstitutional
In Donley county Judge White ruled that Texas game law prohibiting taking game out of the state is unconstitutional. The decision rests on a line of federal commerce clause cases, with state attorneys virtually conceding the point.
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Gainesville
Tex
Donley County
White
State of
Texas
Two Wives Claim Hypnotist Carl Athena After Sleep
In Omaha on December 21, hypnotist Carl Athena woke after a five day sleep to find two wives asserting legal claims. Mrs. McMonigle of Kansas City presented a warrant for abandonment, a felony under Missouri law, and Athena faces transport to Kansas City to answer the charge.
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Omaha
Carl Athena
Dr Pierce claims cure for women’s ailments with Favorite Prescription
The advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as restoring strength to weak women and curing female weakness and nervous disorders. It cites a testimonial from Carrie Johnson of Lowesville Virginia describing relief from uterine disease and nervousness after six bottles, plus reference to Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets for liver stimulation.
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Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Carrie Johnson
Lowesville
Amherst Co
Dr Pierce
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