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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1912

Page

3

Federal pursuit of Mexican rebels after major battle

Reports from Huerta in Rellano detail federal forces repairing bridges and pursuing insurrectos who fled toward Jimenez. Rebels suffered heavy losses, with estimates near three thousand killed or wounded, and Holstered shells limited rebel fire.Small towns near Fuerte were looted as bands raided Mazatlan areas. General Orozco mobilized defeated troops from Parral toward renewed action.

Huerta Rellano Mexico Corralitos Jiminez Orozco Bellano Rabago Teles Mazatlan Franto Quintero Fuerte San Blas General Orozco Parral

Treasury of Poets Your Boy and Aviation Dictionary

The piece promotes a 1912 New Websterian Dictionary bound with three binding options in exchange for coupons. It highlights aviation terms slang and pronun ciations with illustrations and charts to aid understanding of aeroplanes and balloons. It quotes Alfred W Lawson and urges readers to clip and start collecting.

Alfred W. Lawson

Airmen suffer fall during parachute test at Kinloch field

In Kinloch field a parachute jump aborted when pilot F. N. Bell and jumper Wood Lineback fell about 30 feet after takeoff. Lineback sustained severe bruises and cuts to the hands while Bell escaped without injury in the incident witnessed by several hundred spectators.

St. Louis F. N. Bell Wood Lineback Bernie Kinloch Field Bell

End Schmitz Graft Cases Dismisses 27 Indictments

Judge William F. Lawler dismissed the last 27 indictments against former Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz in trolley and gas cases, freeing him from graft prosecution. He cited Schmitz's statutory right to a trial within sixty days and lamented the case’s failure to convict.

San Francisco Eugene E. Schmitz William F. Lawler Schmitz Lawler

New Danger Signal Installed at Wisconsin Crossings

A new danger signal with an electric daytime bell and nighttime light is being installed on dangerous railroad crossings in Wisconsin. Installations occur voluntarily by railroads or by order of the state railroad commission.

Madison Wis Rairoads State Railroad Commission

Rhodes Examinations Set for October 15 and 16

New York May 27 The actual qualifying examinations for Rhodes scholarships will be held generally across the United States on October 15 and 16 according to announcements from Oxford.

New York United States Oxford

International choral contest in Paris features US Paulist Choirs

Paris hosts a two day world choral festival with choirs from about a dozen nations. The Paulist Chorister Society represents the United States and prizes total 60000 dollars including a 2000 dollar grand prize for the best male choir. Britain leads continental entries and about a thousand English schoolchildren attend as guests of Paris schools.

Paris Paulist Chorister Society United States Great Britain France Parts

New York Merchant Charged With Libel of House Members

Henry Page, a New York merchant, goes on trial in Washington for criminal libel of Congressman Henry C. Clayton and other judiciary committee members. Pamphlets allegedly circulated after Page faced divorce and alimony, with Page seeking impeachment of the court and appealing to the House judiciary committee.

Washington Page New York Henry C. Claytonn Judiciary Committee of the House P. Page Howse Fedrelary Committee Ba Oe Clayton Ala

A New Scientific Preparation for Piles and All Uses

A new scientific preparation for both internal and external use and absolutely without equal for the treatment of piles in any form. Ask us to show you this remedy and explain its many advantages. Lemmon's Pharmacy.

Lemmon

Roots and Herbs Behind Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound

The article notes that the home fall collection of roots herbs and barks inspired the famous Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It highlights the historic origin of the remedy about forty years ago and its continued production from the same natural ingredients with care and cleanliness.

Lydia KE Pinkham

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