Stranger from Nuevo Laredo Steals Suit Near Depot
Ignacio Reyes an 18 year old stranger from Nuevo Laredo entered Matias Elizondo's home near the R G and RE P depot yesterday around four after noon and took a new suit costing 42 dollars. Elizondo pursued but the thief distanced him and police were alerted. Reyes later appeared with the wrapped suit and was arrested, now held in the county jail.
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Nuevo Laredo
Ignacio Reyes
Matias Elizondo
Reyes
Masonic Notice For Laredo Lodge Meeting
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No. 647 A F A M Friday at 7 30 p m Work in M M degree All visiting brethren invited to attend Fritz Werner W M 4 1 21
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Laredo
A. F
A. M
Fritz Werner
W. M
Funeral for Mrs McGaughey Held After Influenza Death
The funeral for Mrs Victoria Hastings McGaughey wife of J B McGaughey was held at 9 o'clock this morning at her home then moved to City Cemetery. Rev W L Barr conducted services at the Methodist church. Born in Roma Texas she was 26 and married June 6 1917 in Laredo to John F McGaughey. She leaves two young children her parents Mr and Mrs Hastings sisters and a brother. Active pallbearers included George L Hatley J W Thompson A H Kelly J W Thames J B Alm and Frank S Pratt.
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Victoria Hastings McGaughey
J. B. McGaughey
W. L. Barr
Methodist Church
McGaughey
C. B. Hastings
Roma
Texas
Laredo
John F. McGaughey
George L. Hatley
J. W. Thompson
A. H. Kelly
Cavalry units move through Texas on long overland march
Two squadrons of the 14th Cavalry arriving at Guadalupe from Fort Brown march toward Laredo and plan to stay briefly before continuing north. The 16th Cavalry heads to Fort Sam Houston to relieve the 14th, likely passing through Laredo on the way. The 4th Cavalry transfers from Fort Ringgold to Fort Brown to relieve the 16th.
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16Th Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
14Th Cavalry
Fort Ringgold
Fort Brown
Guadalupe
Laredo
4Th Cavalry
Troops to the Target Range Depart for Training
Companies B and M of the 37th Infantry under Captain Bogan left early today for three weeks of target practice. The units departed by army motor trucks with officers and men aboard, heading to the target range for intensive shooting drills.
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37Th Infantry
Bogan
Election Set Tuesday in Laredo for Mayor and Aldermen
Laredo voters will elect a mayor eight aldermen and all city officers next Tuesday. Incumbent Mayor Robert McComb and City Secretary A V Woodman retire, replaced by candidates Leopoldo Villegas of the Independent Club and Dr H C Hail of the Laredo Club who head their respective party slates.
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Laredo
Robert McComb
A. V. Woodman
Leopoldo Villegas
Independent Club
Independent Club, and Dr. H. C. Hail
Church Circles Schedule and Auxiliary Meeting
The four circles of the W M A Baptist Church will meet Thursday with Circle A led by Mrs Horner at 3 PM Circle B with Mrs Evetts at 830 PM Circle A with Mrs Irwin at ? PM Circle D with Mrs J M Sallee at 4 PM The Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church hosts a gathering for ladies and congregation members at 4 PM in the church parlors.
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W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
Irwin
J. M. Sallee
The
Presbyterian Church
Rose and Root Reflections and Local Social Notes
Poem and a stream of local notices recounts a folk verse about the rose and root, then reports travel for health, Easter visits, dance plans, and club announcements. Social frequenters include Mrs. Theriot and Ludovico Volpe departing for Baltimore, locals returning from Dallas and San Antonio, and Federated Clubs conventions in Brownsville with delegates named.
How Diphtheria is Contracted
The article explains that a cold can make a child more susceptible to diphtheria and warns to keep a child with a cold home from school during outbreaks. It states Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly cures the cold and lowers the danger of contracting diphtheria or other germ diseases.
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Chamberlain
Attempted kidnapping of Ignacio Bonillas near Mexico City
Mexican papers recount an attempted kidnapping as Ignacio Bonillas returned from a Tlalpam meeting. A closed car with Bonillas was halted by mounted men near Los Portales. Police fired after a polo detail vehicle joined. General Pantilo Natera and Celso Natera were arrested. Natera denies involvement as police probe continues.
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Mexico City
Ignacio Bonillas
Tlalpam
Polo
Bonilla
Pantilo Natera
Bonillas
Natera
Celso
Bonislas
Fragmented 16th to 20th century chronicle of births deaths and events
A garbled OCR list recounts notable dates and personages from 1578 to 1906 including William Harvey birth and death, Edward Hyde Cornbury, Napoleon I and Maria Louisa marriage, John Milton and other figures, various ads and notes about registrations, a royal visit, a Colombian president, and the Victoria Falls Bridge completion. The text blends biographical dates, titles, and scattered notices with unclear context.
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William Harvey
Folkestone
England
London
Edward Hyde Cornbury
New York
New Jersey
Napoleon I
Maria Louisa of Austria
John Milton
Florida
Mariana
Fla
Holland
Great Victoria Falls
Zambesi River
MIT Electrics Leader Elihu Thompson Reigns Acting President
Elihu Thompson, long a pillar of the electrical world with over 40 years of work and 600 patents, serves as acting president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A Manchester native who studied in Philadelphia, he taught chemistry and mechanics before turning to invention and research. Thompson later joined the largest electrical machinery corporation as consultant and part owner, shaping the industry.
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Elihu Thompson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thompson
Manchester
England
United States
Philadelphia
Hostage threat linked to Bolshevik airmen return
A Bolshevik airman told Poles that wives or relatives would be held as hostages if Russian aviators failed to return from flights. He said the order aimed to deter desertion after some flyers sought refuge in Poland. He denied his own landing was premeditated, claiming love for his wife.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Osar
Dvinsk
Poland
France
Texas Boundary Case Enjoins Texas Oil Permits
Washington April 1 The supreme court enjoined Texas from issuing permits affecting oil lands in the Red River valley until boundary proceedings with Oklahoma are decided. Both states are barred from removing current gas or oil machinery and Jacob Dickinson of Chicago is named receiver to take possession of lands and property.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
Texas
Red River Valley
Oklahoma
Jacob Dickinson
Chicago
Italy Accepts Wilson Plan On Adriatic Settlement
In Trieste on April 1 Italy informed Gabriele d Annunzio it will accept President Wilson s project for settling the Adriatic question. An envoy delivered the decision to d Annunzio at Fiume. Also dated April 1 reports in Honolulu claim seven hundred Japanese troops and civilians were killed in a two day battle with Russian Bolsheviki at Nikolaievsk, aided by Japanese residents. The Japanese consulate was burned and the consul missing. Viladivostock notes clashes at Nikolaievsk on March 13 with 40 Indians? 40 killed. The report suggests possible guerrilla warfare in Siberia if Japanese withdraw.
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Trieste
Italy
Gabriele dAnnunzio
Wilson
Adriatic
Fiume
Honolulu
Nikolaievsk
Tokio
Viladivostock
Siberia
Armenia Mandate Proposed by League Allies
Paris reports the supreme allied council has offered a mandate for Armenia to the League of Nations. All Armenian territories would be included except Cilicia, which would remain under French protection.
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Paris
Armenia
League of Nations
Supreme Allied Council
Cilicia
Ireland's Chief Secretary Ian MacPherson Resigns
London reports Ian MacPherson chief secretary for Ireland has resigned and the action has been accepted. Sir Homer Greenwood is expected to succeed him according to newspapers.
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London
Ian MacPherson
Ireland
Homer Greenwood
MacPherson
Socialist Assembly Delegation Expelled in New York
Five socialists Waldman Claessens Solomon DeWitt and Orr all from New York City and the entire party delegation were expelled from the New York Assembly after a 22 hour session on charges of disloyalty. With the expulsions made after midnight March 31, no special elections can be held unless an extraordinary session is convened. some lawmakers favored re seating DeWitt and Orr due to insufficient evidence of disloyalty.
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Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Louis Waldman
August Clessens
Charles Solomon
Samuel DeWitt
Samuel Orr
New York City
New York Assembly
Thalf
Legis Uture
Waldman
Claessens
Solomon
DeWitt
Orr
Socialist Party
Chicago Faces Grave Menace From City Strike
Chicago officials report city hall and municipal workers out on strike despite a 10 percent budget boost. Fire protection may be withdrawn as firefighters threaten wholesale resignations, with state militia possible to run apparatus. In Chicago, federal mediators met with union leaders over a 900 worker stockyard strike shutting packing plants, raising meat prices.
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Associated Press
Chicago
No Stock Receipts Reported Amid Chicago Strike
Chicago April 1 no receipts of livestock and no quotations today due to stockyards employees strike. The stoppage disrupted cattle market activity and left buyers and sellers waiting for bids, with traders noting halted operations across the stockyards district.
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Chicago
Mother of 11 seeks homes for four sons in need
In Columbus on April 1 Mrs Estelle Tilliman, widow with 11 children, says she cannot provide for them due to high living costs and has advertised her four sons aged 6 to 12 for adoption, seeking good homes for the boys.
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Columbus
Ohio
Estelle Tilliman
Robbed Messengers On Viaduct In Kansas City
Two armed men in an automobile robbed Swift & Company messengers on the viaduct in Kansas City, Missouri, escaping with 45840 dollars. The heist occurred today as the drivers were making a routine delivery. The incident is being investigated by local police seeking the suspects.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Swift & Company
German strike plan deferred amid Ruhr talks in Münster
Copenhagen reports the revolutionary executive strike council in Berlin chose not to declare a general strike in Germany for now. Negotiations with the Ruhr working men's organization at Münster are expected to shape next steps.
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Copenhagen
Revolutionary Executive
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Muenster
Baptist Student Convention Opens in Fort Worth
Student delegates from Baptist educational institutes across the Southwest gather with clerical and lay leaders in Fort Worth for the Southern Baptist Student Convention. Sessions start tomorrow and run through Saturday and Sunday as part of spring regional conferences across the South.
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Forth Worth
Texas
Baptist
Southwest
Fort Worth
Southern Baptist Student Convention
South
Wilson Takes No Action on Georgia Primary Ballot
President Wilson took no steps to prevent his name from appearing on the Georgia presidential primary ballot, a White House spokesman said today in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Georgia
White House
Senate Sessions Held Secret for Years After Founding
The article recalls that Senate sessions in the early United States era were secret for several years following the federal government’s establishment. It also notes an extremely dry climate claim in Argentina and lists Michigan’s 5144 inland lakes covering 1114 square miles plus 1850 miles of Great Lakes water frontage.
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United States Senate
Argentina
Michigan
Great Lakes
I Never Knew You Could Keep Rats Out of a Butcher Shop
An ad recounts Ralph Watkins claiming RAT-SNAP kept rats from a butcher shop. He says rats fed around the store but avoided treated areas after a ten day trial. Dogs guarding the store never touched RAT-SNAP. Available in three sizes 25c 50c and $1.00, sold and guaranteed by A Deutz and Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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Ralph Watkins
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Catarrha Deafness Remedy Claims Cure for All
An advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness arises from inflamed Eustachian tubes and can be cured only by a constitutional remedy. It claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine treats through the blood and offers a $100 reward for any cure it cannot achieve, with a free trial.
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Hail
Hall
Cheney & CO
Teleéa
Hudspeth warns governor on cotton quarantine plan
Austin April 1 Congress man Hudspeth urged Governor Hobby to attend the Washington hearing on the pink boll worm situation. He warned that grave danger to Texas cotton producers would result if the board orders a state wide quarantine. The governor will be present.
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Austin
Texas
Hudspeth
Hobby
Washington
Hudespeth
Indictments against noted men in Supreme Court leak case
Indictments were returned in the District of Columbia supreme court against Ashton Embry former secretary to Justice McKenna James Haywood Graves former assistant attorney Barnette Moses a Washington lawyer and Millard Mayer Jr a New York stock broker for alleged leak of the Supreme Court decision in the Southern Pacific oil lands case during the grand jury investigation in Washington April 1.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ashton Embry
McKenna
United States Supreme Court
James Haywood Graves
Department of Justice
Barnette Moses
Millard Mayer, Jr
New York
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific Oil Lands
Rain and Hail Hit Dallas Cause Damage
A hard rain and hail battered Dallas today causing damage to small plants and window panes.
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Dallas
Tex
Republican leaders’ resolution ends war with Germany
Washington April 1 The house foreign affairs committee reported by a party vote a resolution from Republican leaders declaring the state of war with Germany at an end.
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Washington
Germany
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Overall Clubs Form to Combat Clothing Costs in Florida
Overall Clubs in Tampa and statewide efforts unite shipyard workers and business men to fight rising clothing prices. The Tampa group forms as part of a broader drive to ease apparel costs for workers amid ongoing economic pressure.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fla
Today’s Events Spark April Fools Day Observances
Today marks the centenary birth of Charles Gaylor, a noted American playwright. The Mississippi Howard faction Republicans meet in Jackson for delegate selection to Chicago. The Eastern Arts Association convenes in Boston on the art industry theme with notable speakers. The League of the Southwest opens a three day convention in Los Angeles with several state governors slated to speak.
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Charles Gaylor
Howard
Mississippi
Jackson
Chicago
Eastern Arts Association
Boston
League of the Southwest
Los Angeles
Theda Bara Stars in Kathleen Mavourneen at Strand Royal
Theda Bara stars in a stage adaptation of Kathleen Mavourneen at the Royal Theater. She portrays the Irish maid with forceful portrayal and earns high praise for the role as last night’s attraction and for this afternoon and tonight’s performances.
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Kathleen Mavourneen
Theda Bara
Royal Theater
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