Villa pursued swiftly by American army
The United States begins an earnest pursuit of Francisco Villa with Gen. Pershing leading about 4,000 regular troops across the Mexican border from Columbus New Mexico. Mexican forces under Carranza will cooperate as scouts while preparations continue to mobilize more than 20,000 U S troops for operations in Mexico. The move aims to corner Villa despite strict censorship delaying full details.
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Mexico
Franciso Villa
Funston
Villa
Casas Grandes
United States
Las Cruces
Francisco Villa
John J. Pershing
Columbus
N. M
Pershing
Carranza
Col. Bertani
Palomas
Gen. Pershing
George A. Dodd
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
All Venango Liquor Licenses Refused by Judge Criswell
Judge Geo. Criswell of Franklin ruled that all liquor license applications in Venango County are refused including Brecht Brewing and others. The decision ends hopes for licenses, with strong anti license testimony noted by observers. Disbarment plans for the judge regarding license cases were not pursued.
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Venango
Geo
Criswell
Franklin
Brecht Brewing Company
Drys
Methodist Preachers Steed Drowned In Road Ditch
Rev. John A. Lavely temperance evangelist from the Erie M E Conference lost a livery horse on a road between Meadville and Conneaut Lake Tuesday night last week. The horse owned by T. E. Voorhies of Conneaut Lake, driven by Lavely's 17 year old son, fell into a ditch and drowned. The animal valued at 150 dollars, Lavely bears the financial loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Lavely
Erie M. E
Meadville
Conneaut Lake
T. E. Voorhies
Presidential primaries coming thick and fast
Washington March 23 With primaries in Indiana Minnesota New Hampshire and North Dakota completed candidates seek the voices of voters from sixteen other states. A list from Washington headquarters shows delegates by date including Michigan April 3 thirty Wisconsin April 4 twenty six New York April 4 eighty eight Illinois April 4 fifty eight Iowa April 10 twenty six Nebraska April 18 sixteen Oregon April 18 ten Massachusetts April 5 thirty six Maryland May 1 sixteen California May 9 twenty six Ohio May 9 forty eight Pennsylvania May 15 seventy six New Jersey May 23 twenty eight South Dakota June 6 ten West Virginia June 6 sixteen.
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Washington
Indiana
Minnesota
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Michigan
Wisconsin
New York
Illinois
Iowa
Nebraska
Oregon
Massachusetts
Maryland
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
South Dakota
West Virginia
Oil makes new record in its jump to 2.60
Pennsylvania crude oil established a new record Friday at 2.60 dollars, up ten cents from March 6. The rise signals oil near 3 dollars, with other Pennsylvania oils advancing ten cents except Ragland up five. Quoted prices include Mer cer black 2.10, Corning 2.10, New Castle 2.10, Cabell 2.12, Somerset 1.95, and Ragland 0.90.
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Pennsylvania
Ragland
Mercer Black
Corning
New Castle
Cabell
Somerset
U S Holds Norway Trade Say Norwegian Minister Warns
Norwegian Minister to the United States H H Bryn told the Waldorf Astoria gathering that the United States should retain most of the Norway trade acquired during the war. He said the outcome of the European conflict will largely determine American trade dependence and noted trade relations have grown rapidly since Norway was cut off from prior partners. The event, hosted by the Norwegian American chamber of commerce, drew about 200 attendees including Gustavus Purges, EK Sweet, Christian Ravn, and August Reymert.
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United States
H. H. Bryn
America
New York
Norway
Christiania
Norwegian Chamber of Commerce
Gustavus
Sweet
Options Not Exercised on Fieldmore Property
Titusville March 23 The Oil Men's Home committee of the Drake Day association will not exercise the options on the Fieldmore sanitarium and Fieldmore parklands. An extension of the options to June 1 is sought while steps are taken to form a legal organization to raise funds take over the options and secure the property.
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Titusville
Fieldmore Sanitarium
Fieldmore Parklands
Oil Men’s Home Committee
Drake Day Association
Window Box Gardening in Schools
United States Department of Agriculture guidance details deep window boxes filled with rich soil to counter indoor conditions. It covers box depth, drainage, soil mix, seed sowing in pots, cuttings propagation, and a list of suitable small compact plants to grow in school window boxes.
Wanted 500 New Subscribers to the Warren Mail
An appeal seeks 500 subscribers for the Warren Mail. Readers are urged to subscribe to support local circulation and continued news delivery.
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The
Warren Mail
Pershing Makes Record March Against Villa
San Antonio March 20 Major General Pershing and his American cavalry set a world record march in pursuit of Francisco Villa General Funston confirmed the feat noting the main column achieved the record and that government orders call for more haste in chasing Villa Wireless links between Pershing and Funston improve radiograms earlier radio troubles reduced Major actions report Villa looted the Candelaria Hernandez ranch southeast of Galeana and killed cattle as Pershing’s troops obtain supplies at Casas Grandes. base burden at Columbus would ease if reports hold true.
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San Antonio
Black Jrack
Pershing
Mexico
Francisco Villa
Frederick Funston
Washington
Villa
Funston
General Pershing
General Funston
Fort Sam Houston
Candelaria Hernandez Ranch
Terra
Barnes House Wrecked by Gas Explosion
A gas explosion wrecked the Barnes residence below Sheffield on Tuesday. Mrs. William Wolfe, her son, and a neighbor investigated a gas odor with a lantern and the house lifted from its foundation. An 8 year old daughter narrowly avoided injury as the gas traveled under snow to reach a sewer and enter the cellar. Insurance may bar damages due to a policy clause on natural gas explosions.
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Barnes
Sheffield
William Wolfe
Bottle Barometer Predicts Weather From Clouding Alcohol
A simple barometer uses a bottle with alcohol and a sliver of camphor. About one cubic inch of camphor in alcohol, tightly corked, clears for fair weather and clouds with rain as cloudiness rises. Keep the cork in place to prevent evaporation.
Juvenile Wonders of Calculating Boys
The article highlights three prodigious young math minds: Marvelous Griffith who could raise a number to the sixth power in eleven seconds, Truman Safford who could multiply a row of fifteen digits by a row of eighteen in under a minute, and William James Sidis who at fourteen entered Harvard with extraordinary mathematical understanding.
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America
Griffith
Truman Safford
William James Sidis
Harvard
Evidence of Genius Shoestring to Millionaire Tale
A quotation traces a journey from a shoestring start to a million dollar claim. The text questions the plausibility of such a leap and reflects on whether anyone can be assured of success from minimal beginnings.
French liner Patria attacked off Algerian coast
The French steamer Patria carrying 29 Americans including an American consul was attacked March 1 near the Algerian coast. A torpedo missed by about 30 feet while affidavits from Patria passengers and officers are gathered for a U S inquiry and possible Berlin Vienna response.
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Fabre Line
Pierre Deschelles
New York
Mediterranean
Buenos Aires
Amsterdam
North Sea
Washington
Germany
United States
Wilson
Lansing
Lusitania
Pok
Department
Patria
Austria
Polk
Berlin
Vienna
Humes to widen brewery probe in Pennsylvania
Erie Pa March 23 United States Attorney Humes plans to broaden the grand jury inquiry into political contributions by Pennsylvania breweries. J Hexamayer who runs the German American alliance is ready to testify along with papers. Neill M Bonner as president of the national association will bring retailers into the investigation.
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Erie
United States
Humes
Pennsylvania Breweries
Do. J. Hexamayer
German-American Alliance
Neill M. Bonner
National Association
Franklin Men Plan Stock Issue For Lima Locomotive
A committee including J. S. Coffin F. Q. Brown and Samuel G. Allen has been empowered to reorganize the Lima Locomotive corporation A new preferred stock issue is planned to raise about 1 980 000 dollars to fund the company maintenance and growth
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New York
J. S. Coffin
Samuel G. Allen
Lima, Locomotive Corporation
Wealthy widow selects eugenic husband amid 5000 candidates
Mrs Martha Stevens of New York named Theodore Sludson Willis of Cloriestian West Virginia as her eugenic match after a lengthy selection. Willis fell ill and the wedding ceremony could not proceed.
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Martha Stevens
New York
Theodore Sludson Willis
Cloriestian
W. Va
Willis
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U. S
Steed
U.S
Bryn
American Press Association
Fieldmore Property
United States Department of Agriculture
Jude
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