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plt;Valentin Lope®, aged 21 years, and a well known mechanic at the garage of Mr. Moore on the corner of Horen and Matamoros, died yesterday at 2 p in, following an attack of in* flueti/a.— The party of Kurd representatives who arrived here yesterday on their way to Mexico to locate the assembling and distribution plant of thej^ Fordson tractor in the republic oftnSclietkMexico, left here this morning forputli8pprNuevo Laredo, where they took the train to the southwardTomorrow is Columbus Day and also Liberty Day.1* hut the occasion will not be celebrated 011 an elaborate jjc a scale as it would have been had the! p., epidemic of Influenza not appeared. wj It Is dangerous for gatherings to he)ea held and people get the contagion that Is epidemic here now. The wise onesI of,are keeping awav from closed rooms |peSOIand large assemblages.•There in quite an epidemic of in-jwc fluenza at the coal mines and a tium pn her of the miners arc down with the po disease, but the mines arc still in ed operation with shifts sufficient to dojtht the work The one physician who is bo; out there, however, has his hands full an night and day looking after the Influ- thlt; enza patients dependant upon his tht care.With the closing down of the customs house In Nuevo Laredo yesterday afternoon the importations of; ^ Mexican products have ceased Indefl* j set nlfely. at all goods coming to this side La from Mexico must pass through the I Ha Nuevo Laredo customhouse 1 hoilt; onsfance Talrnadge in The j n°t Lesson*' at the Royal last night was aelcthtrai
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Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Oct 13, 1918
Page 23
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