Massacre Escape Story From Yaqui Indians Near Mexico
L Miter arrives in Chicago with the bodies of J K Mackenzie and Dr Coy murdered by Yaqui Indians in Mexico. He was one of four who escaped a massacre of six Americans and two Mexican drivers after a stagecoach ambush thirty five miles east of Mines Prietos. Seventy five Indians attacked. fleeing passengers hid and ran through brush as gunfire erupted and comrades fell.
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Mexico
Chicago
L. Miter
J. K. Mackenzie
Dr Coy
Miller
Indiana
Esopus
Judge Parker
Teddy
Frontier attack leaves two dead and three wounded in Mexican border region
Survivors recount a raid 260 miles south of the border as Indians burned a coach and took luggage. Bodies of Coy and Mackenzie recovered later, with M. A. Call and Walter Stuebinger identified among the slain. Funeral services set for both. graves at Grace Land and Oak Woods.
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Grouns
Coy
Mackenzie
Chicago
M. A. Call
Toledo
Walter Stuebinger
Kewanee
United States
Cuba
Indiana Avenue
Kimbark Avenue
Wagar Surrenders After Police Shootout in Cleveland
George Wagar, blamed for killing his brother John and wounding Policeman Klaamyer, surrendered after a lengthy standoff in Cleveland. Officers fired more than twenty shots into the Wagar residence before the arrest. John Wagar's body was found upstairs with five bullet wounds to the head.
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Cleveland
George Wagar
John
Klaamyer
Wagar
John Wagar
Millionaire Meinrad Rumely Bequeaths School Trust
The will of Meinrad Rumely, who died in LaPorte on March 31 last year, probate records show. He leaves a million dollar estate with a bequest to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic School of LaPorte and a trust established for the school's maintenance.
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LaPorte
Ind
Meinrad Rumely
St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic School
Temperature Plunges Twenty Four Degrees in Burlington
The thermometer dropped from 30 above to 14 below in twenty four hours in Burlington Iowa on January 26 amid a heavy gale.
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Burlington
German born grandma Obngemach dies after long life of service
Catherine Hartman Ohngemach aged ninety six in Allentown Pennsylvania died after typhoid illness of her daughter. Born in Agenhausen Germany she immigrated with her husband to the United States and settled in Allentown then Philadelphia. She was a lifelong Methodist Episcopal member and mother of ten with four surviving children. Funeral plans await word from California with services likely at the family home or conducted by Rev. Schreckengast.
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Catherine Ohagemach
Grandma Obngemach
Israel
Catherine Hartman
Agenhausen
Nagold County
Germany
John Ohngemach
Philadelphia
Allentown
Ohngemach
Charles
Miss Lou
Noah Jacobs
Scranton
Bh. Huskins
Stockton
California
Methodist Episcopal Church
Schreckengast
Iowa Central May Build Algona Branch Extension
Rumor says the Iowa Central plans a summer extension from Algona toward Spirit Lake and Okoboji via Kossuth and Emmet counties. The route may cross the Iowa Falls Rock Island division near Wallingford Orgood or Greattinger, aiming for increased summer passenger and freight business.
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Iowa Falls
Iowa
Iowa Central
Algona
Spirit Lake
Okoboji
Kossuth
Palos Alto
Emmet
Dickinson
Rock Island
Wallingford
Orgood
Greattinger
Fairfield Approves New Eight Room School Building
Fairfield votes 606 to 50 for a new eight room schoolhouse to ease crowded grades. Male turnout 472 to 34 and female 134 to 16. Supt Power notes grammar classes averaging over 49 pupils per room with several rooms well above typical limits. A second new school may be built in the fourth ward after this year. Not linger at the Vienna bakery tomorrow.
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Fairfield
Supt
8. A. Power
Fairfield High girls unable to play due to illness
Word from Fairfield High School reports three girls sick and unable to face the Academy ladies tomorrow night. A strong W A versus W H S matchup is anticipated, promising a snappy and well worth seeing game.
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Fairfield High School
Academy Ladies
W. A
Postmaster Smith Charged With $1000 Shortage
Pomeroy C January 26 Postmaster Samuel FF Smith arrested on charges of a $1000 shortage in his accounts. He was taken to Galpolis by Postoffice Inspector Oldfield and released on bond.
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Pomeroy, C
Samuel FF. Smith
Galpolis
Postoffice
Oldfield
Citizens Committe Plans 5000 Dollar County Records Probe
A Terre Haute citizens panel will raise 5000 dollars to hire an accountant to audit the county records. The group will operate independently, amid ongoing disputes among county officials over choosing the auditing experts.
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Terre Haute
Ind
A_ citizens’ committee
Lady Curzon Fully Recovered for India Trip
Lady Curzon of Kedleston wife of the viceroy of India has completely recovered from a long illness and plans to soon join her husband in India with their children.
Mischievous snowball incident wounds Roy Miller
In Bay City on Garfield avenue a snowball with ice chunk struck Roy Miller on the head causing a painful wound and knocking him down. The brief item notes the incident as part of local mischief and recalls a reporter name Johnson.
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Bay City
Mich
Garfield Avenue
Roy Miller
Strange Battle on the Seal Merchants and Beans at Sea
Washington January 26 Special describes a quarrel over Alaska fur seal protection and a tale told by Senator Dolliver about the James Hamilton Lewis. He recounts a captain's report of a drunken ruckus with Canadians and a cannon fired with beans and salt.
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James Hamilton Lewis
Champ Clark
Alaska
Dolliver
Washington State
House of Representatives
Lewis
Tom Reed
Pacific Ocean
Iowa
Maggie Me
High Seas
Vancouver
United States
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