Mexican government suffers rout in Western Chihuahua train ambush
El Paso reports a Mexican government relief train of 500 troops and three mountain guns was ambushed at Mal Paso by Pancho Villa’s rebels. Twenty one soldiers were killed forty two wounded and ten missing as the unit retreated after five hours of heavy firefight. Rebels hold high ground and dominate the area threatening Gen Navarro’s supply base and telegraph lines.
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el Paso
Tex
Chihuahua
Col
Guzman
Mal Paso
Hernadez
Navarro
Pedernales
Cerro Prieto
San Andres
Parral
Jiminez
Workmen Injured by Cave In at Indiana Sewer Excavation
Princeton Indiana December 21 two city street workers Andrew McClain and John Alvis were badly hurt when walls collapsed during sewer excavation. McClain suffered chest and side injuries possibly internal. Alvis broke an arm. Fellow workers acted quickly to prevent suffocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Andrew McClain
John Alvis
City Street Force
McClain
Alvis
Safe blowers hit Chicago department store for $500
Safe blowers entered the department store of O C Krueger at 3525 Armitage Avenue and escaped with $500 after a bold safe cracking stunt. The explosion did not awaken Krueger, who lives above the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Krueger
Armitage Avenue
Capital Raised to Seven Hundred Thousand for Go gebic Railway
The Go gebic Railway and Electric Company, a Wisconsin corporation, has increased its capitalization from 100000 to 700000 to build an electric light plant and railway serving Iron River Wisconsin to Wakefield Michigan over about ninety miles. No construction has begun and the option on the Lionwood Hurley Electric Rail and Light plant expired. no deal appears likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessemer
Mich
Dee
Gogebic Railway and Electric Company
Wisconsin
Iron Pelt
Wakefield
Lionwood-Hurley Electric Rail and Light Company
Teen survives shotgun accident after long walk to hospital
Charles Major, 17, in Grand Rapids Michigan, was badly wounded on December 21 when a shotgun discharged as Beal Dallas tripped on a log. Major, aided by Dallas, walked five miles to an interurban car, rode to the city and to a hospital, where surgeons found his heart beating and that the shot had not hit a vital organ. The incident was accidental and the two boys were walking in the woods when the gun discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Major
Beal Dallas
Dallas
Major
Market News Hogs Cattle Sheep Prices In Chicago and East Buffalo
Chicago and East Buffalo market notes list hog receipts at 24,000 with prices from 7.50 to 7.75 for choice hogs, cattle receipts 5,500 with steers 7.00 to 7.50, beef cows 4.10 to 4.75, veal calves 9.00 to 9.50, and sheep 15,000 with lambs 5.00 to 6.60. East Buffalo reports slow cattle, steady hogs at 8.10 to 8.15 for heavy, 8.10 to 8.15 Yorkers, sheep with best lambs 6.25 to 6.40, yearlings 4.75 to 5.00, calves 5.00 to 10.50.
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Chicago
Dee
Texas
East Buffalo
N. Y
Dunning & Stevens
Live Stock Commission
N. M
Insane man fights sheriff in Warrick County
Elmer Cornell a fugitive patient from the Southern Insane hospital resisted arrest at his home in Yankeetown, Elmer Cornell slashed the sheriff and deputy with knives and fought for twenty minutes before he was overpowered and returned to the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Raymond Scales
Warrick County
Yankeetown
Elmer Cornell
Southern Insane Hospital
Scales
Cornell
Nemesis pursues a family in Corunna Ohio
In Owosso Michigan on December 21 a series of misfortunes strike the Graham family of Corunna. R P D Murray and Duncan Graham senior events precede typhoid illness and a recent broken hip. Duncan Graham Jr. suffers typhoid, a broken arm follows, and the family remains poverty stricken.
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Owosso
Mich
Graham
Corunna
R. PD. Murray
Duncan Graham
Grand Rapids
William Graham
Duncan Graham, Jr
Baker Seeks Speakership in Michigan House
Herbert F Baker of Cheboygan declares he will be next speaker of the Michigan House. He says he does not need the Kent delegation but would welcome it to aid his organization and cites a pledges list of fifty four members, with Ex-Speaker Campbell and Representative Flowers opposing him. The local delegation likely backs Representative Warner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Herbert F Baker
Cheboygan
House of Representatives
Kent
House
Campbell
Representative Flowers
Detroit
Baker
Warner
Markham Expected To Lead Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago dispatch reports Charles H. Markham president of Gulf Refining Co planning to be elected president of the Illinois Central at a New York board meeting today. He would succeed James H. Harahan who must retire at age 70 next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central Road
Chicago
Charles H. Markham
Gulf Refining Company of
Pittsburg
Illinois Central Railroad
New York
Harahan
St. Louis Man Arrested for Forgery in Newcastle
Ralph Walker, 23, of St. Louis Missouri, was arrested in Newcastle Indiana on a forgery charge. He allegedly offered a $16 bank check bearing the name of Charles W. Mouch for Christmas wear. Police think he is wanted elsewhere and he remains silent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Ind
Ralph Walker
St. Louis
Charles W. Mouch
Farmers’ National Bank
Indiana Rolling Mill Company
Mail hack between Kokomo and Young America discontinued
The mail hack between Kokomo and Young America will end December 24 after a half century of operation. The Young America post office will be served by rural carrier from Galveston, yielding government savings.
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Kokomo
Ind
Young America
Young América
Galveston
Shepard Opposes Bond Regulation and Favors Disclosure
Edward M. Shepard, seeking the U.S. Senate, told the Railway Securities commission he opposes federal regulation of railroad bond issues. He questioned interstate commerce links, supported federal charter legality, and urged stronger investor publicity over government interference. He favored stock without par value and urged full disclosure of railroad directors' reports and schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward M. Shepard
United States
Railway Securities Commission
Shepard
Mr. Shepard
Shephard
Mr. Shephard
Blizzard Delays Interurban Lines Amid Ten Inch Snow
Ten inches of snow fell in the city causing great delays on interurban lines due to drifting snow. Local transportation services warn of continued slow travel as crews work to clear tracks and roads.
Heavy Indiana Snow Storm Paralyzes Interurban Lines
Heavy snow blanketed Northern Indiana on December 21 as ten inches buried South Bend and surrounding areas causing major delays on interurban lines. Roads were clogged and service interruptions persisted into the evening as crews worked to clear tracks and restore schedules.
Fountain City men pay Fountain Bank bill in circuit court
Richmond Indiana December 21. George B Harris and John Jarrett of Fountain City paid Fountain Bank 2409.47 in the circuit court after finding the bank’s claim was just. The payment settled an account error in the bank’s bookkeeping department not owing to the defendants.
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Richmond
Ind
Fountain Bank of
Fountain City
George B. Harris
John Jarrett
Ciicuit
Hog and cattle market report from Chicago on December 21, 1910
Estimated receipts reach 24,000 hogs with 3,220 carried over from yesterday. Market prospects up to five cents higher. light hogs ranged 7.45 to 7.80, mixed packers 7.50 to 7.82, heavy shipping 7.45 to 7.80, rough 7.45 to 7.55. Cattle receipts 15,500 with 5 to 10 cent gains expected. sheep 15,000 with strong prospects at yesterday's close.
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Chicago
Hog market reports from Chicago December 21 1910
RECOND REPORT shows estimated receipts today at 24000 with official receipts yesterday of 21198 and official shipments of 3923. Leftovers yesterday totaled 3220 while estimated receipts tomorrow are 26000. Market figures: Bulk 770 to 780, Light 750 to 785, Mixed 755 to 790, Heavy 750 to 785, Rough 750 to 760, Porkers 770 to 780, Pigs 710 to 785.
Market Report On Cattle And Sheep Receipts
Estimated receipts show cattle market strength with prices for Beeves 5 to 10 higher and Texas steers 2 50 to 6 25. Sheep range 2 60 to 4 40 for Western sheep and 4 75 to 6 70 for Western lambs as supplies total around 15000 to 15500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Market notes on cattle and sheep quoting bids and trends
Market activity shows strong demand with cattle advancing to 7 70 to 7 90 and 7 50 to 7 90 for heavy shipping grades. Sheep and lambs also rise with strong bids. lambs reaching 6 80. Mixed packers and bulk categories hold 7 50 to 7 85.
Grain Price Quotes From Chicago Exchange 1910
Furnished by Beach Wickham Gratin Company Chicago Illinois shows December and May commodity figures for Wheat Corn Oats and related prices with bid offers and daily variations. Readings include Dec Dec May July notes with percentages and fractional quotes typical of early 20th century market summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach-Wickham Gratin Company
Postal Telegraph
Chicago
Illinois
Washington City Market Prices Report
Prices listed for hay baleing at sixty cents, bran and straw per hundred, shorts and meal at one fifty, flour per sack one sixty to one seventy, with corn at forty cents per bushel. Market notes show prevailing rates across commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington City
Lincoln Davies Faces Blackmail Letters Demanding Money
In Utica New York on December 21 a Niagara Valley general store owner received multiple blackmail letters demanding 200 dollars. The sender threatened the Davies family and property and proposed installments if payment could not be made. Police and postal authorities investigate this case.
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Utica
N.Y
Lincoln Davies
Paris Station
Davies
New York City
Walter P Hesse
Hamiltor
N. Y
Barna
Kiven
Hamilton
Bayney H. Gallup
General Delivery
Brooklyn
Littlejohn Wins Silver Cup at Newton County Corn Show
Brook Indiana December 21 William Littlejohn wins the capital prize at the Newton County Corn Show for the third consecutive year. The county prize offers a silver cup to the winner who earns the cup permanently after three straight victories. Littlejohn has previously earned premiums at state and national shows.
Wealthy Mexican landowner murdered by bandits
Manual Vargas a wealthy land owner of Acojeto Puebla was killed by bandits who bound women and servants and looted the house of 33 000 in cash. Rurales pursued the brigands and captured six members of the gang.
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Puebla
Mex
Manual Vargas
Acojeto
Rurales
Kick of Horse Proves Fatal in Indiana Slaughterhouse
Muncie Indiana December 21 Homer Rayburn a 32 year old unmarried farmer died after being kicked by a horse at the Kuhner slaughter house east of town He stooped to pick up a fallen line when the animal kicked him just below the eye He died before medical aid could reach him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Homer Rayburn
Kuhner
Rayburn
Texas Govill Pardons Forty Eight Convicts
Texas Governor Campbell issued forty eight Christmas pardons to penitentiary convicts and plans to grant about thirty more pardons in the near term.
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Texas
Austin
Tex
Campbell
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Col. Guzman
Safe Blowers
Omaha
Sheriff
Moving
Thorndike
Baltimore
Nemesis
Grahams
Herbert F. Baker
Markham
Indiana
of Foods
South Bend
Utter
Ncw
York
Grain Market
Kelster & Son
Sean
John A. Babcock
S. Yards
Illino
Eee
Corn Show
Newton
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