Rebels clash near Juarez as battle lasts under an hour
From Paso March 8 rebels clashed opposite Fort Bliss with federal forces. The brief fight near the river lasted less than an hour with limited casualties and the federals retreating to minimal engagement. Civilian and worker buildings sustained stray bullets during the exchange.
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Paso
Orozcedes
Ican
Juarez
Rio Grande River
Fort Bliss
el Paso
el Paso Iter
Asquel Orozco
Inrectos
Aldy
Amer
Capt . Harte
Old Fort Bliss
Tle
Earagoso
Eta
Tex
Mexican Revolution Update Near Casas Grandes
Reports from Casas Grandes claim the Mexican Eighteenth Infantry was annihilated by Gen Blanco’s revolutionist forces. Orozco’s troops, near Flores, await reinforcements after clashes on the Galogos to Casas road. Juarez shows circulate news of a rebel defeat with casualties.
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N. Blanco
Casas Grandes
Paso
Tex
Genneo
Galogos
Casasandes
Squal Orozco
Floresch
Juarez
Juarez Hospital
Bbago
Rebels Defeated by Federals in Sonora District Nieves
In the Nieves district of Sonora, a rising movement was quenched by federal forces. The area, with about 20,000 residents, had previously given Madero a majority in the last election, and the engagement marks a setback for the rebel faction in southern Zacatecas.
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Sonora
Mexico City
Nieves
Zacatecas
Madero
Fire graft charge shocks Moline council
Moline Illinois February 8 open graft charges were brought by Alderman Simfer against a council member over fire hose purchases. A committee of investigation was named but charges remained unsubstantiated. A resignation demand was pending at midnight as a Chicago firm bid for the contract.
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Moline, Til
Simfer
Chicago
Chief of Police Fined for Gambling Den in Munete
Otto William son, chief of police, found guilty of operating a gambling house in Munete Indiana and fined. The chief's rooms have hosted many city officials who will be charged with playing poker for money.
House acts on embassy purchase and memorial bill
The House passed the Louden bill authorizing purchase of an embassy building abroad by 141 to 59. A bill would create a commission to recommend a $2,000,000 Lincoln memorial in the District of Columbia and another bill opens Indian lands in Minnesota to settlement. This marks the first time supporters of government owned embassy premises have moved the proposition forward.
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Interstate Commmerce Commission
District of Columbia
Minnesota
Cat Bunk Nests With Hen Over Night In Winsted
Dorothy Dutcher of Winsted Connecticut reports her four year old cat Bunk has taken to nesting with a setting hen on thirteen eggs, instead of sleeping in the coop with the chickens.
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Bunk
Dorothy Dutcher
Winsted, Conn
Goulds witness lavish New York wedding for Miss Helen Gould
Miss Helen Vivien Gould wed Maj. John Grabam Hope Horsley Beresford at St Bartholomews church in New York. The ceremony featured extravagant floral decorations, a long white satin train, and a procession with dignitaries and bridesmaids. The couple planned a honeymoon to Palm Beach Jekyll Island and then Nile travel before visiting London.
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New York
Helen Vivien Gould
George Gould
Jay Gould
St. Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal Church
John Grabam Hope Horsley-Beresford
Keren
David H. Greer
Leighton H. Parks
Gould
Anthony J. Drexel
Jxy
Miss Gould
Lord Decies
Mrs. Gould
Fifth Avenue
Lord
Lady Decies
Palm Beach
Jekyll Island Club
Georgian Court
Egypt
Carmania
Nile
London
McConnell
Henschel
Eden
Earl Percy
Lord Camoys
Robert Grey
Phoenix Ingram
Moncure Robinson
Robert H Russell
Anthony J. Drexel, Jr
Francis W. Crowninshield
Allen
Louis Cromwell
Hannah Randolph
Allison Pierce
Emeline Holmes
Hope Hamilton
Annie Douglass Graham
Beatrice Claffin
Hiness
William Beresford
Gloria Gould
Marcus Beresford
Diana Dalvier
Edith Gould
Lori Decies
Seventh Hussars
Alastair Graham
Lord Deeles
Diamonds Prosperity Barometer in Early 20th Century Trade
In 1908 New York imported diamonds worth 16.75 million dollars and the following year imports reached 18 million dollars, showing the metal and gem markets reacting to economic mood and demand.
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New York
Gasoline Blast Injures Nine at Jamaica Yard
A gasoline explosion in the Long Island railroad yards at Jamaica L I injures nineteen workers while clearing snow from the track. Five die and several others suffer serious injuries as flames eject from a machine used to blow out clogged switches. The blast was heard for miles and caused panic among nearby residents.
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New York
Jamaica
L. I
Long Island
Wife Wins After Want Ad in California Tryst
Mrs. Fannie Kelley of Moline Illinois traveled to Susanville California after answering a want ad for a wife. She married Edward Koebel a Susanville merchant while en route to their rendezvous. On the way she was robbed of valuables in a train hold up near Reno.
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Moline, Tr
Fannie Kelley
Moline
Susanville
Cal
Edward Koebel
Reno
Loud-en Bill Passed Amid House Unanimous Consent
Washington February 8 The house devoted the day to the consideration of bills by unanimous consent. Among the measures passed was a bill providing for provisions unspecified in the fragment, signaling routine legislative activity and quick approvals in the chamber.
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Washington
House
Escanaba Rejects City Charter At Special Election
Escanaba Mich February 8 The new city charter proposed by the charter commission was rejected by 106 to 570 with about one sixth of voters participating. The charter included recall and one alderman per ward and changes to the board of public works. Also defeated was a $15000 bond issue for a new fire station in the Seventh Ward.
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Escanaba
Mich
Charey Commission
Board of Public Work
Sevénti
Officials Held for Fraud Errors at Wedding Shipment
The article notes fraud allegations against officials and mentions a wedding valued at over $160,000 whose items were not displayed at the reception but were instead packed for shipment to England.
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England
Willard Admits Robbery In Chicago Bank Heist
A man claiming the name Charlies Willard was arrested in Chicago and confessed to the Rector's restaurant robbery. He said $5,300 was taken from the safe and implicated Joseph Caggelin, the assistant head waiter, who was also detained. He named other participants in the daring raid. Mrs Leslie Carter Bankrupt New York, et al, has been declared bankrupt and the petition sent to the referee in bankruptcy Sermon Miller.
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Chicago
Charlies Willard
Rector’s
Adams
Joseph Caggelin
Willard
Leslie Carter
New York
Sermon Miller
William H. Truesdale Named Read's Financial Head
William H. Truesdale, president of Lackawanna, is appointed to lead Read's financial department. The selection places Truesdale at the helm amid organizational restructuring.
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Lackawanna
Read
Market reports from Chicago grain and livestock trade in February 1911
The Chicago market summaries show hogs, cattle, and sheep with receipts and price ranges. Estimated hog receipts reach 3500 with weak to lower notes. cattle and sheep prospects vary from steady to weak, and grain futures for wheat corn and oats close with mixed gains and losses across May July and Sept positions.
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Chicago
Prices in Washington City Market Provide Mixed Edibles
Market list shows hay by load at 12.00 and by bale at 9.75 for straw at 0.95. Flour per sack 0.70. Bran per hundred 1.35. Shorts per hundred 1.50. Buckwheat ten pound sack 0.60. Butter and produce lines appear, while poultry and eggs are lightly noted without full pricing. Market entries are fragmentary and partly unreadable in the sourced text.
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Washington City
Eackduegieda
Swan SE Gates
Ikes Steeeeenenee
Gonsign Your Live Stoge Direct to Babcock Commission Merchant
U S Yards Chicago Illinois rooms 27 22 main floor exchange. Payment terms and goods handling details referenced in the notice.
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STOGE
John A. Babcock
U. S. Yards
Chicago
Indicted C. Men Ordered to Return Funds in Restitution
Judge Gibbons of the superior court orders five former Hiney Central officials tied to the Illinois Central fraud case to account for and return money from the car repair business. Named defendants include Frank B. Harrison Charles L. Ewing John t Taylor Joseph E. Baker and Orlando S. Keith all indicted in the criminal court. The suit seeks restitution of about 3 500 000 alleging dishonest dealings in the repair car venture.
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Chicago
Gibbons
Superior Court
Hitness Central
Illinois Central Road
Frank B. Harrison
Charles L. Ewing
Johng T. Taylor
Joseph E. Baker
Orlando S. Keith
Titinote Central Railroad
Murry Nelson
Edward B. Burling
Neis Central
Attormy Starr
M. Hoover
Frank Agnis Eaton
Philip Stein
Senate Debates Lorimer Case Amid Army Bill Edits
Washington notes the army appropriation bill passing in form with a cut of aviation funds from 250000 to 126000. The session centers on speeches about Lorimer seating, with Senator Jones opposing and Senator Pletcher defending the committee report. Senator Cullom announces plans to speak in defense of election purity in holiness.
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Kullom
Hiiness
Lorimer
Washington
Senate Committee On Military Affairs
Jones
Pletcher
Florida
Culloni
Mitdis
Senate
Capitol Fire Reignites Endangering Governor's Office
Smoldering blaze in the Missouri capitol rekindled and spread to the governor secretary of state area. Firefighters fought the flames as water damage impeded progress, with fears the southern end of the building could meet a similar fate.
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Jefferson City
Capitol
Iraq
Miris
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Irmish
Teenth
Navajoa
EBEL
Exican Eighteenth Infantry
INL
Chief OF Police
Otto Williamson
James J. Hill
Bradley
Chicago News
Cat
Decies
Zes
Charter
Tartar
Rector’s Cafe
William H. Truesdale
Princeton
Ind
Charles Billingsly
Ernest Ross
Ross
Billingsly
Mrs Ross
Tiogs
Grain Market
Texas
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Illnois
Reister & Son
Quo
Csvunes
Roosters
Judge Gibbons
Illinois
Central Road
Missour
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