German U boat sinks Ptarmigan and robs crew of eleven
Allied dispatches report a British steamship Ptarmigan torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea with eleven of twenty two crew saved. Other notes cite Roumania's well equipped army ready for action and German seizure of four Dutch trawlers at Cuxhaven. Russian attempts to invade Hungary fail. French gains increase near La Boiselle and in Argonne.
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Associated Press
London
Teamer Ptarmigan
North Sea
Berlin
Spy Associmircn Press
Paris
la Boiselle
Argonne
Alsace
la Lauche
Total British casualties announced in Parliament April 11
The total British casualties from the war’s start to April 11 were 139 347 men, announced in Parliament. A new committee to speed up munitions supply was formed, with David Lloyd George as chairman.
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London
David Lloyd- George
Public sale of H. B. Claflin property in Brazos County Texas
Receivers of The H. B. Claflin Company will sell at public auction in Bryan Texas on May 11 1915 at noon all rights and interests of the company in Bra zos County Texas including 553 1 2 acres of land part of the James Hope League and related leases and real property. Bids may be cash or credit with property as security. A $1000 certified check is required with bid. Decree dated January 15 1915 governs terms. Auctioneer W B Hudson. Records and terms available from Baker Botts Parker Garwood Houston or Rushmore Bisbee Stern New York.
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James Hope League
Brazos River
Elean Ray
Anne Sheppard
J. H. Collett
Horace B. Claflin
Agnes Claflin
John Claflin
Brazos
State of Texas
Texas
Messers. Baker, Botts, Parker & Garwood
Commercial Bank
Houston
Wall Street
Borough of
Manhattan
City of New York
State of New York
Joseph B. Martindale
Frederic A. Juilliard
Rushmore, Bisbee & Stern
New York
N. Y
Gala social week in Bryan honors visiting club women
Bryan hosts a Fourth District Texas Federated Women’s Clubs gathering with receptions at the Elks club rooms and Carnegie Library. Mrs. W. S. Wilson elected first vice president. campus ladies arrange tea for forty three towns and a grand parade at A&M College.
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Bryan
W. 8. Wilson
Texas
Federated Women's Clubs
Wilson
Woman's Club
Elks’ Club
Bryan Elks
Killarney
Young Ladies’ Reading Club
Bachelor Girls’ Club
Katherine Sims
Juliet Castles
Marjorie Wagner
H. B. Fall of
Houston
Bizzell
A. & M. College
Fourth District
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
Big oil fire at Magnolia Refinery in Corsicana Texas
The Magnolia Refinery in Corsicana suffered a morning blaze caused by an agitator explosion. Eight tanks were destroyed along with two pumping stations and the boiler house, holding 15 000 barrels of gasoline 1 000 barrels of kerosene and 600 barrels of naphtha. Loss estimated at 200 000 dollars.
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Corsicana
Tex
Magnolia
Hearne Weddington Wedding at Bryan Home Parlor
Miss Deci Weddington wed Mr. R. L. Hearn in a 3 P. M. ceremony at the bride’s mother Mrs R. L. Weddington’s home officiated by Rev. Charlton H. Storey. Afterward the couple plans to live in Bryan and later in the city. Groom is a G S and S Parker Lumber employee. both are prominent young locals. A second item notes a Senator J. R. Astin hosted an auto trip and barbecue for women’s club delegates at his Mumford plantation with a small party including Mrs. R. M. Hall Mrs. Mabel F. Smith Mrs. Watts Brown Miss Bertie Wright.
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R. L. Weddington
Deci Weddington
R. L. Hearn
Charlton H. Storey
First Presbyterian Church
Bryan
G. S&s. Parker Lumber Company
The
Eagle
Mrs. Hearn
Women's Clubs
J. R. Astin
Mumford
R. M. Hall
Houston
Mabel F. Smith
Watts Brown
Navasota
Bertie Wright
Waco
Negro hanged at Waxahachie in public execution
Joseph Larkin a colored man was hanged in Waxahachie Texas for the murder of Jack Jones on February 28. He testified that another negro was guilty and that he helped hold Jones during the assault. Thousands witnessed the public hanging and violence had been threatened at arrest.
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Associated Press
Waxahachie
Tex
Joseph Larkin
Jones
Joe Larkin
Jack Jones
Larkin
Dallas
Bombing Near London and Allied Air Activity Reported
German air raids reached thirty miles from London with bombs dropped on multiple Kent towns including Herne Bay and Sittingbourne. No major damage reported. Zeppelin activity noted near Cuxhaven and Emden. Separate reports cite Britain’s unclear army strength and 1.2 million Italian frontline troops. French aviators allegedly bombed towns in Baden.
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Associated Press
London
Hern Bay
Canterbury
Favershaw
Sitting Bourne
Kent
England
Holland
Basel
Switzerland
Krotzingen
Villingen
Donaueschingen
Baden
Germany
Cattle Delivered From Edge To Caldwell Ranch
Tom Cross of Edge delivered eighty four head of cattle to J Earl Porter of Caldwell who drove the herd to his ranch near Caldwell.
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Tom Cross
Edge
J. Earl Porter
Caldwell
Mr. Porter
French Artillery Downs German Plane North of Ypres
Paris reports French artillery brought down a German aeroplane behind enemy lines north of Ypres. A French battleship destroyed a railway bridge on the line between Syria’s interior and St Jeandarc.
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Paris
Ypres
Syria
St. Jeandarc
War News From Western Front and Eastern Front
Near Ostend and Nieuport enemy destroyers joined artillery firing but were silenced. Between the Meuse and the Morille duels rage. French aviators bomb Freiburg killing civilians including children. On the Eastern front, Kalwarya in Russian Poland yields thousands of prisoners and seven machine guns for the Germans.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Ostend
Nieuport
Meuse
Moiselle
Freiburg
Kalwarya
Russian Poland
Germans Repulsed Near Bereg in Hungary
An AP dispatch from Ungvar Hungary reports Russians repulsed German forces after a thirty hour battle near Bereg in Hungary. The fighting occurred as German assault units clashed with Russian defenders.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Ungvar
Hungary
Bereg
King Charles of Roumania Acknowledges German War Hope
Berlin reports King Charles of Roumania who died last fall spoke on his death bed wishing Germany victory, according to German papers.
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Associated Press
Berlin
King Charles of
Roumania
Germany
Bond issue advances as court adjourns this week
The county commissioners court adjourns after a session focused on the road bonds. Judge Maloney reports all bond matters are ready for the Attorney General’s approval. County court will convene next week.
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Commissioners’ Court
Maloney
Cardui praised by Mrs Vincent for relief from afflictions
Pleasant Hill woman recounts three summers of nerve pain headaches and prostration. After using Cardui, she reports full relief in three months and a marked return to strength and appetite. Cardui is described as a vegetable tonic for women with broad claims of improvements.
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Pleasant Hill
N. C
Walter Vincent
Cardui
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IEA Army
Associated, Press
Rome
Iby Associated Press
Maiden
Netherlands
Eet
Cuxhaven
Koziowa
Poland
Moselle
Rv Acensiatad Weoee
Solon
Euripides
Buffalo Express
Churchill
Heaven
God
Confucius
Alec
New York Evening Telegram
Boston Transcript
Plautus
William—Pop
Puck
Birmingham Age-Herald
Business
A. M. Waldrop
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Daughters of the Confederacy
Carnegie Library
Ida Shepard
Beaumont
H. M. Garwood
W. M. Foster
Miss West
Mary Hunt Affleck
Brenham
W. G. Love
March Culmore
Corsigana
Hearne-Weddington
Young Couple
United Marriage
Britain
Great Britain
House of Commons
Italy
REAY
Vin
Cent
Chattanooga
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