Rebel forces near Guerrero threaten Mexico City attack
News from Mexico City reports armistice collapse with 4000 rebels led by Miranda marching from Buena Vista toward Iguala fifteen miles away. La Neri commands 2000 under Amazon, with women among troops, while reinforcements from Acapulco and other fronts approach. Garrison depletion and rebel control of Huachinango raise fears of attacks and possible internal uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Rigueroa
Guerrero
Miranda
Buena Vista
Iguala
Huitzuco
Acapulco
la Neri
Chilpancingo
Vecero
Diaz
Huachinango
Colonel Garibaldi Leader of American Legion Shows Rebels How to Fight
A Lake Erie & Western freight train collided with a farmer's buggy at a highway crossing in Michigan City Indiana. Brakeman W W Bailey was killed while riding on the engine pilot and farmer John Dxeiderich and his daughter were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Michigan City
Ind
W. W Bailey
John Dxeiderich
Lake Erie & Western
Bailey
Phoebe Couzins Stranded in St Louis on Hard Times
Phoebe Couzins once a national leader for suffrage and prohibition now opposes both causes. Stranded at the Terminal hotel in St Louis for weeks she has little money for meals and seeks funds from friends to return to Washington. The aged invalid is over sixty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Phoebe Couzis
United States
Terminal Hotel
Wrecks Auto to Save Toddlers in City Saloon
In New York on May 15 a racing car leaped through a saloon window with its rear wheels clearing the sill. Driver John Juhasz aimed to miss two children in front of the store and wrecked the car to save them. He and his wife were freed from the debris. Vandals destroyed costly art books at Marion Public Library prompting probable prosecutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
First Avenue
John Juhasz
Juhasz
Marion
Ind
Big Building Tie Up Halts Chicago Construction
In Chicago during May a vast building tie up leaves 1,200 projects blocked and $55,000,900 in contracts stalled. A plumbers and steamtitters dispute plus brickmakers strike cripple activity, with hundreds idle and foremen saying there is no brick. The brickmakers’ strike, spanning seventy miles, began three weeks ago with 2,500 workers walking out after a two week supply ran dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Daily Dit and Health Hints on Onion Use
Dr T notes onions should be eaten uncooked as a food medicine not staple diet. They can irritate eyes and mucous linings but may stimulate secretions and aid in severe cold, acting as a laxative in some cases.
Untitled historic baseball scorecard fragment
A fragmented sports score listing shows multiple city games and lineups. Players such as Petty Stephens Gromme Morgan Livingstone White Sullivan and Harkness Fisher Warhop Quinn Sweeney appear across matches in St Louis Chicago Detroit Boston Cleveland New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Chicago
Philadelphia
Bender
Morgan
Livingstone
Thomas
White
Harkness and Fisher, Warhop, Quinn and Sweeney
Gambling scene at French Lick hall draws crowd
An eyewitness described a State anti gambling lease event at Al Browns gambling hall in French Lick Indiana with about 200 attendees. He noted an elderly man, alleged to be a carpet manufacturer, losing 1009 dollars then winning 500 and other players losing large sums while local business leaders claimed locals did not gamble and that most losses were by outsiders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
State
al Brown
Four Die In Head On Train Collision Near White River Junction
Four men were killed and three injured when two freight trains from Central Vermont and Boston and Maine collided head on at Devil Curve two miles south of White River Junction Vermont. The wreckage caught fire burning one body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White River Junction
Devil Curve
Central Vermont
Boston and Maine Railroad
College Basketball Road Games Listed for Various Cities
The record lists games at Milwaukee Milwaukee Indianapolis Toledo Minneapolis St Paul Louisville Columbus with scores noted for first and second meetings. It reflects a schedule fragment showing 1913 dated matchups and locations tied to the teams involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Milwanukee
Katsas City
Indianapolis
Toledo
Minneapolis
Gold Struck Near Fulton Mo
Gold assaying eight dollars to the ton was struck near Fulton Missouri by well diggers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton
Fulton, Mo
Claim They Were Frozen Out In Grand Rapids Suit
In Grand Rapids on May 15 claimants James Reid of Montreal Frank Tammond Robert E Haire Richard Thomson and Oliver R Whitby of Paris Ontario sue the Church Balance Wheel Co and its stockholders to void the sale of 429 shares of preferred stock valued at 42000 Reid invested 5000 Hatre 500 Hammond 500 Thomson 1000 and Whitby 2500 Bloomington Park Plan Beaten in Bloomington Indiana May 1 the proposed park and boulevard system costing 75099 dollars failed by 2470 votes.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Church Balance Wheel Company
James Eid
Montreal
Frank Tammond
Robert E. Haire
Richard Thomson
Oliver R. Whitby
Paris
Ont
Reid
Hatre
Hammond
Thomson
Whitby
Murder confession ties to river double slayings in Otumwa
In a written statement to police Charles Yuuauy confessed to murdering Tom Mest and attempting to murder Jol Vat before throwing them into the Des Moines river in Otumwa Iowa. Allen was recovered from the water and swam ashore. The murder was committed last Friday and McGrah's body, badly mutilated, was found on Monday. Robbery cited as motive.
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Otumwa
Charles Yuuauy
Tom Mest
Jol Vat
Des Moines
Allen
McGrah
Mrs Taft Illness Alters Harrisburg Visit
President Taft delivers speech to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen in Harrisburg then leaves for New York to be with Mrs Taft whose illness is not considered dangerous. Doctors advise caution but plan for his return to Washington depending on her wishes. Postmaster Hitchcock adds 37 savings bank depositories to the list, including Homestead Pa and Annapolis Md, ready June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speck
Harrisburg
New York
Wastington
Mrs. Taft
Washington
Dr. Evans
Hitchcock
Portal Savings Banks
Homestead
Canton
Ulyde Park
Mars
Annapolis
Thieves Loot The Guy Of Mexico
Alexandra and Queen Mary smooth over difficulties as thieves raid the region. Historic tensions and security concerns rise with ongoing thefts affecting local communities and officials.
Crowded Northbound Train From Mexico City to San Antonio
Passengers claim the line from San Antonio to Mexico City is now open and report unrest in the capital. Mrs Pred Walters describes looting by thieves posing as revolutionaries and fears for foreign residents as insurgent forces gain ground toward Vera Cruz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
International and Northern
Gagitenio
Texico
Mexico
Pred Walters
Capial
United States
Vera Cruz
Laredo
Madero
Ding
Son of Bayard Dies in Hospital Fall
Philip Bayard of Wilmington Delaware, son of the late Thomas F Bayard former secretary of state and ambassador to France, died at Garfield Hospital after a fall from a third floor window. Coroner Nevitt ordered an investigation as Bayard, who had been ill with uremic poisoning, collapsed at 4 30 am.
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Washington
Philip Beyard
Wilmington
Thomas F. Bavard
Fate
Ambarcador
Fneland
Cleveland
Garfeld Hospital
Nevitt
Bayard
Browne's Motion Denied in Chicago Bribery Probe
Springfield May 15 Judge Creighton denied a rule on a bill of particulars sought by Lee Browne and others in the Sangamon grand jury bribery inquiry. The motion to quash indictments was overruled as defendants argued the indictment lacked specific bribery purposes. Trial likely weeks away due to a congested civil docket.
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Springfield
Lee Onell Browne
Ottawa
Robert K. Wilkon
Chicage
Lous DD
Alreheimer
Pictafield
Frank
J. Traut
Berrdetown
Trowne
Firebugs Burn Q Yards and Depots in White side County
Fire caused by incendiary means destroyed stock yards and several hoarding cars at Barstow in Sterling on May 1. It is the sixth mysterious Chicago Burlington and Quincy property fire in Whiteside and Rock Island counties. Hillsdale depot burned after a new one had just been erected. two Garden Plain depots burned recently, tied to hostility over hiring foreign workers.
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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Whiteside County
Rock Island County
Hillsdale
Garden Plain
Tombstone honors Anne Royall publicist of early Washington
In the congressional cemetery a tomb stone dedication memorializes Anne Royall who for nearly sixty years lay forgotten. The first American woman publicist she published a Washington newspaper in 1825 and was once convicted as a common scold. She championed masonry and supported deaf mutes in government employment.
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Washington
Anne Royall
Congressional
United States
Mutiny, resignations and legal battles sweep headlines
President Diaz resigns amid rumors in Mexico City while Stimson is named by Taft to ease party strain. Cansnea surrenders to rebels as federal troops march out with honors. Taft opposes judge recalls in New York. Diets, defender of Cameron dam, faces sentence. Colorado legislators and labor leaders arrested for conspiracy. Madero quells mutiny, New York brokers press Supreme Court on oil and tobacco rulings.
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Diaz
Mexico City
Taft
Stimson
Spict
Cansnea
New York
John Diets
Cameron Dam
Degree Munner
Layward
Wis
Wisco
Sen
Colorado
Madero
United States Supreme Court
Racing machines crash at Latonia track injures driver
At Latonia track in Cincinnati during automobile dealers races a collision left driver Jack Fritsch seriously injured and two racing machines wrecked. A 19 year old colored toy named George McRoberts drowned while bathing in the central lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Latonia Track
Automobile Dealers of
Jack Fritsch
George McRoberts
Guilty Verdict in Attempted Murder Case
In Sullivan Indiana May 15 a circuit court jury found Jesse Southerland guilty of attempting to murder Melvin Webster in Scar City five years ago by stabbing him with a knife. Judge Bridwell sentenced him to the penitentiary for two to fourteen years.
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Sullivan
Ind
Jesse ‘Southerland
Melvin Webster
Scar City
Bridwell
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Garibaldi
American Press Association
Phoebe Couzins
Ken
Bradley
Chticago News
Alabana
Valley of Bullets
Montgomery
Ala
Tom Benson
Peter Fails
Jake Primus
Eugene Nobbel
Harry McCord
Owen Ellis
James Alford
Benson
Nobbel
McCord
Ellis
Primus
Hood
Deputy McCord
DR. T
W. I. Pet
W. L. Pet
Gromme
Oteyo
Tenry
Petty
al Brown's
American Association
W. L
Sateen, Patttdae Site Minn
Lidia, Wiliedt
Bloomington
Bloomington and
Normal
W. H. Taft
Guy OF
England
Alexandra and
Queen Mary
Washington Hospital
Browne
Gerke
Barstow
Roan
Latonia
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