Direct Genoa to Galveston steam line boosts Texas trade
The new direct passenger and freight steamship link between Genoa and Galveston marks a milestone for Texas commerce. It envisions European goods reaching the Southwest with a short rail haul while Texas cotton and goods ship goods to Europe. The piece argues for law, order, and calm as labor disputes unfold amid broader port and trade expansion, warning against anarchist ideas and urging lawful change if needed.
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Genoa
Italy
Galveston
Texas
Great Southwest
Seaboard
Europe
Adriatic
New World
Western Hemisphere
Gibraltar
Christopher Columbus
Convent of la Rabida
Laredo
Wus
Spain
New Orleans
Gesoa
Howat Case Tests Kansas Industrial Court Law
A Modern Tendency notes the Howat case with United Mine Workers contending against state law. Kansas passes an industrial court statute for employer employee disputes. Howat refuses to appear and derides the new measure as Bolshevik and unsafe, signaling contempt for the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Howat
United Mine Workers
State of
Kansas
Howat
Eastern Intercollegiate Fencing Tourney Opens
New York hosts the Eastern Intercollegiate Fencing League event with Columbia aiming for a third straight title. Yale Harvard Annapolis and others compete as preliminaries start tomorrow in the Hotel Astor assembly room. finals set for Saturday. Epes duelling sword fencing added to the program this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hotel Astor
Columbia University
Yale
Mwarvard
Annapolis
Whiskey Ring Bust Expands Into Texas Oil District
Department of justice officials in Wichita Falls report a whiskey ring transporting liquor from south of the Rio Grande into Texas. Arrests have been made in the oil district across northern Texas. Fifteen arrests were made during a 10 day operation and over 100 gallons of whiskey seized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Department of Justice
Rio Grande
Hauor
Desert Love to Feature Tom Mix at Royal Theatre
Tom Mix stars in a two day April 18 19 engagement of Desert Love at the Royal Theatre. Described as a skyrocket of action the film offers a fast moving love story with danger filled scenes and a top cast including Francella Billington Eva Novak Lester Cuneo Charles K French and Jack Curtis directed by Jacques Jaccard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mix
William Fox
Royal Theatre
Mix
Danger
Francella Iillington
Eva Novak
Lester Cuneo
Charles K. French
Jack Curtis
Jacques Jaccard
Model Cleaning and Pressing Company Opens in Laredo
Walton-Mendoza Co announces a new establishment at 617 Zaragoza street offering dry and wet cleaning, pressing, dyeing, and alteration services with delivery. Call 668 for prompt service. Opened 4-14-6t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Zaragoza Street
Walton-Mendoza CO
Jefferies
International Realty Co
Flores Ave
J. E. Cotter
Lorenzo A. Lozano
Delfina Lopez Flores
Miguel Farias
Agripina Alcanza
Lucky day superstition cited by ex governor in Texas
Ex governor W C Kenfrow, then in Laredo as an officer and manager of Miranda Oil and Rio Valley Oil, declares the 18th of any month his lucky day for business while noting he brought in his tenth oil well on Friday the 10th and spudded in the Miranda hole on the 13th with a future gusher anticipated on the 13th of a near month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
W. C. Kenfrow
Oklaoma
Laredo
Miranda Oil Co
Rio Valley Oil Co
Times
Miranda
Rat Infestation Bites Promised Remedy Ad?
Robert Woodruff reports his stables were infested with rats. After using RATSNAP on a friend's recommendation, seven dead rats were found in a bin the next morning plus others near the feed box and in the stall. The ad claims no odor and mentions three sizes Zic 50c and 1.00 sold by A Deutz Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Woodruff
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Field Clerk Arrives to Relieve H E Johnson in Laredo
Felix L. McCloskey arrived from Hoboken New Jersey to assume the field clerk role in the Laredo district military intelligence office relieving H E Johnson who will depart for department headquarters in San Antonio in a few days. Johnson came from Seattle Washington and McCloskey’s origin emphasizes the distant placement of Laredo field clerks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoboken, N. J
District Intelligence
Felix L. McCloskey
Hoboken
N. J
Laredo
Laredo District
H. E. Johnson
Department
San Antonio
Mr. Johnson
Seattle
Wash
Mr. McCloskey
Bor-Tex Oil Co Drilling Near Laredo Reaches 600 Feet
Drilling operations by Bor-Tex Oil Co. nine miles northwest of Laredo proceed steadily with the drill down over 600 feet. Driller Ciack reports no impediment to progress and notes the company’s prior success backing ongoing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bor-Tex Oil Co
Laredo
Ciack
Webb County probate court to meet twice yearly
An order by the Webb County Commissioners Court at yesterday afternoon session changes probate court to be held every two months, replacing every three months. The move increases annual terms from four to six and aims to hasten business.
Economy Salvage House Sale Ad
Army surplus sale offering 20000 army shoes 1000 army wool shirts 300 army cotton mattresses 20000 army leggings and many other articles 1000 pairs ladies shoes new at well below cost of manufacture at 1701 Hidalgo 81. 3-3-tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hidalgo
Rev Beddoe Returns From Birmingham Evangelistic Campaign
Rev A F Beddoe returned yesterday afternoon from Birmingham Alabama where he conducted a meeting in Calvary Baptist church as part of a city wide Home Mission Board evangelistic drive. He reports a great spiritual awakening in the city and says meetings were held in shops factories downtown corners and Baptist churches. He will preach at First Baptist church next Sunday at both services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Beddoe
Birmingham
Alabama
Calvary Baptist Church
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Convention
Depart for California 10 Make Their Future Home
John H. Davis a leading Bermuda onion grower in Southwest Texas and his family depart Laredo by auto for Los Angeles to start a new life on the Pacific coast. The retiree plans a three week journey in stages, leaving a void in local agriculture and social life as friends wish them success in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Davis
Texas
Los Angeles
California
Pacific Coast
Davis Onion
Laredo
Davis
Onion shipments remain strong despite embargo conditions
Despite a national freight embargo to eastern markets and strike conditions, onion movement from the Laredo area stays robust. A special trainload and several freight cars left last night, totaling 23 carloads, bringing overall shipments to 81 carloads since the season began fewer than ten days ago, with plans for heavier daily movement if conditions improve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Big Cabaret Set Built For Stepping Out Play
One of the largest under cover sets, a two story New York cafe and cabaret, 60 by 75 feet, will appear in Thomas H. Ince's Paramount photoplay Stepping Out featuring Enid Bennett at the Strand Theatre next Saturday. Previously films rented downtown cafes for such scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Ince
Paramount
Enid Bennett
Strand Theatre
New York
Moving Picture Makers
Noted Pythian Coming Honor for Aztec Lodge No 111
Knights of Pythias Aztec Lodge No 111 prepares a Tuesday evening event with a visit from Knight George IL Root Texas insurance superintendent. Root will deliver an important address and members are urged to attend in force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Pythias
George IL. Root
Texas
Root
Place to Store Your Autos by J M Mieendiola
In connection with my livery business I have equipped a department to store automobiles and I will be responsible for any tool or article missing from any car while in my care. Charges reasonable. 1308 Iturbide St. 4-9-6t.
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J. M
Laredo Business District Additions Near Occupancy
The La redo Auto Bases Co and the Thaison buildings near completion will open soon, enhancing Laredo's business district. Other items note dance benefits for the public library, job ads, marriage licenses, English lessons, plumbing, translations, and ongoing drilling near Laredo with various local services and classifieds.
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Laredo Auto Bases Co
Thaison
Laredo
San Jacinto Dance
Benefit Public Library
Biks Hall
Windrow’s and City Drug Company
Tanlac praised by traveling representative for health gains
Charles W. Parker of Atlanta a traveling representative for EB T Burrows Screening Co. credits Tanlac with a weight rise from 120 to 133 pounds improved appetite digestion and sleep after two years of decline. He says his mother-in-law urged him to try it in Gibson and after five bottles he reports renewed energy strength and recovery. All druggists sell Tanlac.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers
Kansas
United States
Howat
Tanlac
Charles W. Parker
Bellwood Avenue
Atlanta
Parker
EB. T. Burrows Screening Co
Portland
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Gibson
Taniac
Bliss Carman Turns Sixty Marked by Literary Stature
Canada’s Bliss Carman, renowned poet, author, and journalist, today reaches his sixtieth year born April 15 1861 in Fredericton New Brunswick. He studied at the Collegiate Institute University of New Brunswick Harvard and the University of Edinburgh before pursuing a literary career in New York.
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Canada
Bliss Carman
Saranac Lake
New York
Mr. Carman
Fredericton
N. B
Collegiate Institute
University of New Brunswick
Harvard
University of Edinburgh
Grand Pre
Toledo Diocese Marks Ten Years In Toledo Ohio
The Roman Catholic diocese of Toledo Ohio celebrates its tenth anniversary today with ceremonies reflecting on its growth and impact. Gen Horace Porter Civil War commander and public figure turns 83 today. The New York Republican State Committee convenes today to elect a chair and organize for the coming campaign. The Texas Chamber of Commerce holds its first annual convention in San Antonio focusing on The Problems Confronting Texas. A Des Moines hearing tests the Iowa spites bank law before the retrenchment and reform committee. A Spokane fair opens to showcase Pacific Northwest beauty and tourism under the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
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Toledo
Horace Porter
Republican State Committee of
New York
Texas
Texas Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio
Iowa
Des Moines
Joint
Pacific Northwest
Spokane
Chamber of Commerce
Sud Bustin Black Woman Refuses Slur Claim in Dallas
A Dallas washwoman, a Black woman, denies a label by a neighbor who taunts her as a sud bustin' Black person. She says a male neighbor threatened to shoot her if she sticks her head out the window, prompting her appeal for protection from the district attorney.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Paul Green
Hold Track Meet
Southern Methodist University shows promise for a strong showing at the Southwestern Intercollegiate Conference track meet in Houston May 14 and 15. Lemmon beat Moss of Texas University in the high hurdles on April 1, a notable victory since Moss defeated SMU at the state meet. The Mustangs finished third in that April 1 meet, with many contenders improving daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Southern Methodist University
Houston
Lemmon
Moss
Texas University
Mustangs
Nineteen Pounds of Pennies Stolen in Marshall
A boy accused of stealing a bag of money in Marshall Texas found only pennies when counted. The bag weighed nineteen pounds and held just over $20 in pennies, with $80 in silver also reported missing from the arcade.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Texas
Times Want Ad 33 Percent 8 Money Makers
Classified notice listing eight money making opportunities and a 33 percent reference in a Times want ad style. Details are sparse but imply a promotional listing for earnings potential and associated price tag. Local trade context suggests a small business or employment angle with numeric figures.
Notable 18th–19th Century Figures Highlighted in Timeline
A condensed timeline recalls Apr 15 1764 events and notable deaths and births: Pompadour in Versailles born Paris 1721 died 1764. Thomas Drummond inventor limelight Dublin 1797 born Edinburgh. Henry James born New York died London 1916. 1861 Bridgeport women form Civil War relief society. 1865 Andrew Johnson oath post Lincoln. 1569 US Senate naturalization treaty with Great Britain. 1870 Emma Willard born Berlin Conn died Troy N Y. 1895 Richard Croker reselected Tammany leader in NYC.
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Marquise de Pompadour
Louis XV
Versailles
Paris
Thomas Drummod
Dublin
Edinburgh
Henry James
New York
London
Bridgeport
Conn
Andrew Johnson
United States
Abraham Lincoln
United States Senate
Great Britain
Emma Willard
America
Troy
N. Y
Berlin
Richard Croker
Tammany Organization
New York City
Today’s Birthdays April 15 Listed Notables
General Horace Porter born in Huntington Pennsylvania eighty eight years ago. Bliss Carman poet and critic born in Fredericton New Brunswick fifty nine years ago. Rt Rev Patrick J Donahue Catholic bishop of Wheeling born in England seventy one years ago. Rh Livingston Beeckman governor of Rhode Island born in New York City fifty four years ago. James J Jeffries former champion heavyweight born in Carroll Ohio forty five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Porter
Huntington
Bliss Carman
Fredericton
N. B
Patrick J. Donahue
Wheeling
England
Livingston Beeckman
Rhode Island
New York City
James J. Jeffries
Carrol
Ohio
Outbreak in India Reported by London and New England Strike
London reports a serious outbreak in India while in New England a strike of 6,000 women telephone operators paralyzes service. The two items highlight separate crises affecting public health and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
London
New England
RAT SNAP advertised by Annandale farmer in NJ
Farmer John Simpkins of Annandale says rats cost him hundreds yearly. After trying dogs, ferrets, and poison, he bought RAT SNAP and used half a package. He reports no live rats and dead ones dried with no smell. Available in 25c 60c and $1.00 sizes, sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Simpkins
Annandale
N. J
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
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C. C. Shiner
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Lincoln
Bellmont
Main Ave
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Duval County
Fidel Cantu
Will W. Gregg
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