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1898 
City of Mexico 
(Mexico) 
December 
both shot-tom and bloody was brought up from the R.R. station to the 
town. Trees, this it would appear that the dead must have been stripped 
by their own comrades. Tho trouble occurred near the town of Palomas. 
People had very little to say and it was generally understood and talked 
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that it was not prudent to have much to say and whenever it was discussed 
by natives and marry’ Americans it was in a subdued way. 
One night in the City of Chihuahua Goldman had to stand off two men 
with his pistol in streets of the town. He found that tier© is a strong 
aarfcagOilism existing in Chihuahua between Axaorleans and natives* There 
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are many Americans there who havo left the States under pressure and the 
entire community on both sides native and foreign is a hard one. taken 
as an average. 
It is stated in the City here that the press of tho ’’Democrats”, 
confiscated last spring for its opposition to the government, has been 
given to the Orphan Asylum. 
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The last days of December this year have been raw and cloudy with 
showers in the Valley of Mexico, Clouds hang heavily over the volcanoes. 
Accounts are published In local papers saying that people living south 
of Popocatepetl in Morelos and Puebla have recently seen considerable 
smoke and flashes of light about summit of the volcano. Reoords at the 
meteorological Observatory show this to have been an unusually cold 
December. 
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1894 
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City of Mexico 
(Mexico) 
Jan. 1 
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The streets were full of well-dressed people, many of them carrying 
flowers or buying -them of the street sellers. In the post office were 
others busy sending small Hew Year*s cards. The stores were closed and 
the town had a generally holiday look. Many of the common people were 
found about the plaza embarking on the oars for Guadalupe, Santa Anita, 
and other suburban resorts for picknioking. They were a good-natured 
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