Villa Refuses to Surrender Benton's Body Amid Outrage
In El Paso Feb 25 General Villa rejects handing over the body of William S Benton prompting outrage. He says he will not permit sacrilege as it was buried with religious rites and a cross. U S consular officials pursue witnesses to confirm Benton was shot and to rebut Villa's charges.
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el Paso
Tex
Juarez
United States
Washington
Benton
Villa
Chihuahua
Gustav Bauch
Thomas D. Edwards
Bauch
Marion Letcher
Coneul Edwards
Woman Held for Immense Plot in Estate Fraud Case
Rockford IL Feb 25 Marguerite Mulray Snyder a clairvoyant was arrested on criminal conspiracy charges tied to a $100 000 estate claim of John W Roberts pioneer gold hunter who died three years ago. The claim was deemed glaringly fraudulent and the estate ordered divided among Roberts brothers and sisters.
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Rockford, Ill
John W. Roberts
Tacoma
Marguerite Mulray Snyder
Catherine Rossiter
Brodhead
Wis
Roberts
Snyder
East
Cape Horn
California
Caribou
Spanaway
Wash
Wisconsin
Rockyard
Discs and Plows Ready For Service Then Horseshoer Available
A note offers to service agricultural discs and plows including disassembly and oil bearing cleaning, claiming a first class job. It also advertises a first class horseshoer from Des Moines skilled in country and city shoeing for business.
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Des Moines
Sentra
Alleged Robbers Caught After Percival Store Robbery
Sheriff Don Ryan returned from Tulsa with Richard Nation and Lish Freeman who were captured after arresting Harvey Bishop earlier. The trio are charged with the November 1912 robbery of A. H. Parkison's store at Percival.
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Sidney
Don Ryan
Tulsa
Okla
Richard Nation
Becker conviction voided by New York Court of Appeals
Charles Becker former police lieutenant wins new trial as court of appeals nullifies his murder conviction for the Rosenthal case. DA Whitman says second trial unlikely. Four gunmen Lewis Lefty Louie Gyp the Blood Dago Frank face execution likely in March barring clemency.
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New York
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
Court of Appeals
Albany
Whitman
Fights Mme Heink Divorce Suit in Chicago
Answer to the divorce suit by Mme. Schumann Heink against William Rapp Jr. of New York was filed in Chicago. Rapp denied charges of improper conduct with K B Deane in New York, but his counsel offered no sensational disclosures.
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Chicago
Mme. Schumann- Heink
William Rapp, Jr
New York
Rapp
K. B. Deane
Train wreck injures many near Minto Manitoba
Minto Manitoba February 25 many persons were seriously injured when the Canadian Northern Virden Winnipeg Express was wrecked by a broken rail near here yesterday. The coaches were overturned and among the seriously injured were Rev BEJ Salter traveling secretary Bible Society Winnipeg James Argue member of parliament Elgin Man and J C Bredly Toronto Ont It is believed all will recover.
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Minto
Manitoba
BE. J. B. Salter
Bible Society
Winnipeg
James Argue
Elgin
Man
J. C. Bredly
Toronto
Pepper Follows Honeymoon Bride Then Kills Her
Abraham Pepper of Tacoma Washington shot Mrs Dorothy Johnson during her honeymoon in a San Francisco hotel hall and then wounded himself. Pepper had competed with F L Johnson Tacoma music store manager for Miss Dorothy Danhauser later Mrs Johnson. Pepper followed the couple to California and killed the bride at her husband’s feet before shooting himself.
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San Francisco
Cal
Abraham Pepper
Tacoma
Wash
Dorothy Johnson
Pepper
Central Emergency Hospital
F. L. Johnson
Dorothy Danhauser
Johnson
California
Miss Maucian Jones Denies Law Violation In Missouri Case
Miss Jones daughter of Rev L W Jones of Stanberry Missouri says she faces persecution as she awaits extradition over a jewel theft tied to a Council Bluffs Iowa jeweler. She plans revenge if convicted and appeals to a fiancé for aid while hospitalized with spinal tuberculosis.
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St. Louis
Maucian Jones
L. W. Jones
Stanberry
City Hospital
Council Bluffs
Mary Turner
Miss Jones
Shenandoah
Joseph Schneider
Jantzen
Olive Street
Iowa
Emil Leffert
Leffert
Ancient whip tops found with Hittite ruins in Cachemish
Archaeologists report a 3000 year old scene in Cachemish near the Euphrates. A dolerite slab shows a king and family in a procession between an incoming army and greeters while children play with whip tops and knucklebones.
Healy Slain With Bread Knife in Chicago Home
Mrs Elizabeth Healy wife of a wealthy druggist was found slain in the kitchen of her Chicago home yesterday The police suspect a beggar she refused to feed as the attacker The bloodstained knife and gloves lay near the body husband found her alive but unable to speak before she died The report also mentions an exhibition at the Fort Dodge Auto Show with models from Over land Jeffrey Lozier and Waverly cars by Hansen Tyke Auto Co
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Chicago
Elizabeth Healy
Fort Dodge
Overland
Lozier
Waverly
Hanson & Tyle Auto Co
City site reveals layers from Neolithic to Arab era
The text traces a city’s long occupation from Neolithic houses to early bronze brick structures beneath Hittite traces. A hill section exposes strata from stone age through late Byzantine and Arab periods. Graves span eras, with children’s graves containing clay figures, horses, and dolls.
Property transfers and a quoted moral line
Emily Anderson and wf to W A Andersonwd ne and east 25 acres nw no 34-86-26 11050. C A Grover to Edith N Grover wd s sw sw and w se sw 17-87-25 1. Fred Geitz and wf to Edward A Johnson wd s sw and sw se 6 89-23 16320. John Lawless to Ross Olson part of an sw south of RR 27-89-23 6,000. And what greater calamity can fall upon a nation than the loss of worship. Person.
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Emily Anderson
W. A. Anderson
C. A. Grover
Edith N. Grover
Fred Geitz
Edward A. Johnson
John Lawless
Ross Olson
R. R
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Oman
Marguerite Snyder
Fremont
Percival Store
Mme. Heink
Opera
Singer
B. C
Constantinople
Turkey
British Museum
Cachemish
Euphrates
Foster Furniture Company
Webster City
John Deere
Deering
Deere
Plymouth Rock
Jules Kreiger
Col. M. L. Collough, Auctioneer
Martin’ Hirt
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