Boy Wins Life By Poker Game With Villista Chief
A 16 year old American boy Stephen Scanlan from Providence Rhode Island recounted how he traveled to Mexico evaded authorities and faced bandits before proposing a poker game with Martin Lopez the Villista leader. Kernels of corn were used as stakes and Scanlan won his release after Lopez and his troops gathered to watch. The youngster returned to the border with a thrilling tale of escape and nerve.
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el Paso
Texas
Stephen Scanlan
Diamond Dick
Handsome Harry
Wild Bill
Steve Ilves
Martin Lopez
Villa
Dobe Wall
Rio Grande
Sacensare
Providence
R. I. Mexico
Scanlan
Mexico
Rom Juarez
Mecqui
Segnian
Italf
Parralith
Steve
Ino
Jim
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Carranza
Parral
Martin Aepea
Villista
Lopez
Lopes
Bandits
Iife
Hit
Virginia Circuit Court Notices of Partition Actions
Two court notices from Frederick County Virginia detail suits for partition and sale of land. One involves G Hardy as administrator seeking division of property on Water Street Winchester including about 41 acres, naming numerous defendants not residents of Virginia and calling for appearance and publication. The other names Sydney L. Mavis as plaintiff and Russell Brown et al as defendants over a 19 acre tract near Nain, to be partitioned or sold with proceeds distributed to living children, with publication and posting requirements in Winchester Star.
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Circuit Court
Rick County
Virginia
G. Hardy
C. T
Charles Hardy
de BE
Niiam H Hardy
Als
Jamies Hardy
Hardy
Liam
Mildred
James Gb
Denny
Cara Biden
Mabel McDowal
neBie McLane
Richard ‘Ginn
Ed Peak
Ginny Josephd Ginn
Kate + Mawes
Charles Meredith
Briscoe
Edward ¥. Baker
Patience Dai
Ghia
Charles
Ik Eilrek
Ugka
Ponr Saa
Athdt
Court & CO
Fannon
Circuit ‘Court
County of Frederick
Sydney
Mavis
Russell Brown
Nain
Frederick County
John Brown
Benjamin Brown
Satt Brown
William Brown
Linian Brown
Lydia Poutios
Appoline Poutios
Fannie Arent
Will
Wince Star
Winchester
City of Winchester
Clerk
House and Lot for Sale Under Deed of Trust
Property in Winchester Virginia offered at auction under a deed of trust dated August 28 1945 recorded in book 31 page 246. Sale of a lot on Leicester Street with a frame dwelling valued for staged payments, two thirds to be paid in bonds over two years and one third on day of sale. Sale date shown as Saturday September 11 1920.
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Robert L. Brooks
Ann Quiett. Brooks
Corporation Court
City of
Winchester
Virginia
Elve
Leicester Street
Annie Jett
Brooks
Shirley Carter
R. Gray Williams
Small Farm for Sale by Authority of Deed of Trust
Public auction notice for a 36 acre farm near Winchester Frederick County with five acres in apples and acres of chestnut oaks. Property includes dwelling, stable, corn crib and smoke house. Sale date Aug 14 1920 with one third cash and two bonds for balance. Trustee R Gray Williams. Also court decree in Dillard vs Slonaker Baile y. Interested parties must answer within 15 days and notice published in Winchester Star.
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Winchester
Frederick County
Byrne
Aging Oakland Pair Die by Gas in Home Pact
San Francisco reports a couple aged 64 and 66 from 1532 Market Street Oakland chose suicide together by locking rooms and releasing their canary then turning on gas jets. Their daughter forced entry after finding the home filled with gas and the couple dead. The pair had moved from Denver and suffered rheumatism, deciding to end their lives as they had lived them.
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San Francisco
Willian Foster
Mary
Market, Street
Oakland
Foster
Wiliam Nagh
My Tle Street
Fromm
Denver
Etter
Prisoner Prefers Reformatory Comfort Over Parole Return
Ralph V. Miller, in Muncie Ind, told police he found the Jeffersonville reformatory more humane than any prior place. He failed to rejoin parole and sought return to the state institution for better medical care.
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Muncie
Ind
Reformatory
Ralph V. Miller
Jeffersonville
Nut and coal offer limits on ash nut cook stock
Limited supply of white and red ash nut cook available. Place your order at once to secure stock before selling out. Sale notice dated 26-6t.
Chamberlain's Tablets Cure Stomach Trouble for Beaver Dam Woman
Rachel Cribley of Beaver Dam Ohio suffered two years with stomach trouble and constipation. A neighbor urged Chamberlains Tablets and after using a bottle for several weeks she was cured. The story notes temporary relief from other medicines before finding the right remedy.
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Rachel Cribley
Beaver Dam
Ohio
Prisoner Refuses Parole at Sing Sing
New York inmate Charles Ostner of Sing Sing declines to apply for a pardon when urged by prison authorities. He becomes the first of about 70,000 prisoners in 94 years to refuse freedom and parole, despite being eligible after good behavior for a reduced sentence.
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New Yorks
Charles Ostner
Sing Sing
New York
Bony
Spersons
Order
May Boltott Ty
Brookslyn
Keys Save Life at Goodland Rail Station
Rail station agent Holmes in Goodland Kansas likely saved a life when his revolver, kept in his vest pocket, accidentally discharged while reaching for gloves. The bullet struck his lower vest pocket and caused a minor flesh wound, with no serious injury reported.
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Goodland
Holmes
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