Mystery Pot Swindle Cited In New York Treasure Tale
Juan Ortiz of La Reposa ranch in this county was swindled out of 1500 dollars by Os waldo Prado and Jesus Quintanilla who promised a buried treasure on his land. They displayed a brass filled pot with documents claiming treasure but the pot contained scrap metal when opened after 180 days, and the con artists vanished. Ortiz still possesses the pot and fears arrest for seeking justice.
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New York
Juan Ortiz
la Reposa
Oswaldo Prado
Jesus Quintanilla
Juan
Fray de Las Casas
Ortiz
Prado
Quintanilla
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promoted for Wounds and Burns
A valuable dressing for flesh wounds burns scalds old sores rash and chafed skin is Ballard's Snow Liniment. It is healing and antiseptic. Prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company Heads to Mexico City
Forty-two leading Metropolitan Grand Opera Co. members from New York, among them famous tenors and sopranos, arrived in Laredo en route to a forty day engagement in Mexico City. The company plans a possible stop in Laredo for a one night performance on return, drawing interest from nearby cities.
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Mexico City
Metropolitan Grand Opera Co
New York City
Laredo
United States
New York
Metropolitan Grand Opera Ca
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Alessandro Dolci
Edyth Mason
Advertising notice for sales and services in Ex press
Mr. Business Man announces buying selling and business notices through the San Antonio Express. Contact 1401 or Office on Jarvis Plaza. H A Padon Agent. 4 14 61.
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San Antonio Express
Jarvis Plaza
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Cure for All Stages
A newspaper advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as curative for catarrh in all stages. It asserts internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces, offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, and invites readers to request testimonials from F J Cheney and Co of Toledo Ohio. It notes the medicine is sold by all druggists.
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Hall
F J
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Toc
Social and Religious Events Dominate Local Schedule
The week includes a Woman's Missionary Society meeting at the Methodist Church at 4 pm Monday, a Woman's Club dance in the evening, Easter hymn practice for Christ Church Sunday School at 4 pm Tuesday, and Miriam Chapter OBE memorial services at 8 pm in the Masonic Hall. Local notices list residents traveling, new jobs, and clergy travel, with Holy Week parish changes noted.
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Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Woman's Club
Christ Church Sunday School
Soldiers Club
Miriam Chapter
O. BE
Masonic Hall
Socials and visits among Fort McIntosh officers and families
Fort McIntosh officers and ladies held their weekly hop at the officers club with music by the Thirty seventh Infantry Band and good attendance. The Sunbeam Band met at Mrs. Beddoe's home then went to Mrs. Sallee's Heights for games ice and cake. Attendees included Frank Beddoe Dorothy Jennings Clara May Leonore Judkins Violet Beaman Ruth Rodgers Randolph Grimm Leonard and Betty Louise Craig Richard Judkins and Mesdames Sallee Beddoe and Grimms and J. M. Sallee.
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Fort McIntosh
Officers Club
Thirty Seventh Infantry Band
Sunbeam Band
Milton Sallee
Grimms
Beddoe
J. M. Sallee
Boot's New Duties Stir Sergeant's Grumpily Short Exchange
In a comic exchange a boot narrator fails to follow orders as the sergeant grills him about his prior trades. The boot insists he was a bookkeeper and then an electrician, justifying changes in role and job responsibilities as the paper echoes the gag.
Onion Crop Estimates Refine Acreage in Northern Counties
The Bureau of Crop Estimates reports rapid onion maturation in Dimmit Webb Zavalla Frio and La Salle counties with final acreage trimmed to 6 627 acres and expected production not below 3 300 cars Final revision due around April 18th.
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Dimmit
Webb
Zavalla
Crystal City
Frio
Pearsall
la Salle
Illinois Officials Cannot Interfere With Telephone Rates
Federal Judges Baker Landis and Page granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the Illinois state public utilities commission and Attorney General Brundage from interfering with the new telephone rate schedule set by Postmaster General Burleson. The ruling is part of a broader article noting the Reed prohibition amendment and transportation of intoxicating liquors through a dry state.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Baker, Landis
Page Today
Illinois State Public Utilities Commission
Brundage
Burleson
Washington
Supreme Court
Peace Conference Sets Date For German Delegates
Paris reports the peace leaders agree the German delegates will be called into conference before April 20. The peace treaty and league of nations still face plenary council and Versailles congress scrutiny with April 26 tentatively set for the peace congress.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
League of Nations
Peace Council
Germany to pay five billion in cash by May first
Germany under the peace treaty must pay 5,000,000,000 in cash or commodity value before May 1, 1921 and issue 20,000,000,000 of interest bearing bonds to allied governments. There was no Council of Four meeting this morning as President Wilson conferred with Premier Orlando and other Italian leaders on the Adriatic issue.
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Germany
Paris
Council of Four
Wilson
Orlando
Adriatic
Enlistments Sought for Alaska Army Signal Service
The Signal Corps seeks Morse telegraph and radio operators, clerks, linemen, and related trades for one year or three year enlistments. Qualified men will be sent to Seattle then by steamer to Alaska, with travel paid, a 20 percent pay boost, and 35 cents daily extra duty pay. Further details from the Chief Signal Officer in Washington or Col Carr at Fort Sam Houston.
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Alaska
Signal Corps
Army
Fairbanks
Seattle
Washington
United States
Washington, D. C
D. J. Carr
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Today’s national and regional observances and meetings
Today marks the fiftieth fourth anniversary of Lincoln’s assassination and the seventeenth anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Passover begins at sundown. Clean-Up Week is observed in New York State, with Be Kind to Animal Week proclaimed by the American Humane Society. Municipal government in Duluth enters its fifth year under the commission plan as the Supreme Court reconvenes after recess. The seventh annual convention of the United States Good Roads Association opens in Mineral Wells Texas, Western Canada hosts its Eleventh Annual Musical Festival in Winnipeg, and Hartford begins the ninth annual Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts exhibition. Eighth Virginia district Republicans meet in Alexandria to nominate a successor to Congressman Carlin. Daughters of the American Revolution hold the 28th Continental Congress in Washington. A national lumber congress meets in Chicago under the American Lumber Manufacturers Association to discuss post-war issues. The International Association of Police Chiefs meets in New Orleans to discuss policing methods against spies and criminals.
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American Humane Society
Duluth
Minn
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Good Roads Association
Mineral Wells
Texas
Western Canada
Winnipeg
Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts
Hartford
Virginia
Alexandria
Carlin
Washington
United States
Continental Congress
Chicago
American Lumber Manufacturers’ ‘Association
America
American
International Association of Police Chiefs
New Orleans
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times receives a daily forecast from the U S weather bureau in New Orleans. Tonight is expected to be cloudy followed by a colder Tuesday with continued cloud cover.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Observation
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am report a maximum temperature and a minimum of 49 degrees with wind from the northwest. The sky is clear.
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Fort McIntosh
Whooping Cough Remedy Praised by Reader
A reader endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to keep the cough loose and make expectoration easier, calling it excellent for whooping cough relief.
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Chamberlain
Status of amendments to the league covenant debated
Paris reports the league of nations commission has defined the American amendment on the Monroe Doctrine as the only one to be included in the covenant. French and Japanese amendments carry reservations that allow renewal at the plenary session, leaving the final decision open.
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Paris
League of Nations
League of Nations Commission
Commission
London Papers Find Covenant Draft Lacking Enthusiasm
London papers react to the amended covenant of the League of Nations with lukewarm tone. Commentators call it less satisfactory than the original draft, dampening early public enthusiasm.
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London
League of Nations
British threaten to halt Austrian imports over disorder
Vienna April 14 The British military representative informed Dr Bauer foreign minister of German Austria that Britain authorized a declaration that any disorder in German Austria would trigger an immediate halt of imports including food and raw materials.
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Vienna
Bauer
Austria
Government troops drive Spartacans from Oberbilk in Düsseldorf
Government forces attacked Spartacan positions in the Oberbilk area of Düsseldorf during a weekend assault. After heavy artillery and mine thrower bombardment, the Spartacans were ejected and most fled toward Eller, with troops reporting little resistance remains.
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Dusseldorf
Oberbilk
Eller
The Collector's Retort
A man tells a collector he has no money now and jokes he will pay the bill from life insurance when he dies. The collector questions the policy and warns that insurers may not be any better at paying than the debtor.
Ukrainians Bombard Lemberg as Casualties Rise
Ukrainian forces stormed Lemberg with heavy bombardment on Thursday and Friday. Reports describe numerous deaths and injuries among civilians and combatants amid advancing operations.
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Lemberg
Copenhagen
Military dictatorship set by Third army garrison in Munich report
Third army headquarters reports Munich garrison has set up a military dictatorship backing the Hoffman ministry as Soviet forces press to reclaim the capital. Dr. Adolph Lapp, named foreign minister in the Soviet cabinet, has been placed in an insane asylum.
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Nuremberg
Third Army
Munich
Adolph Lapp
Allied forces repulse German attack near Armentieres region
British and French reports say German assaults were repulsed in Armentieres area while a German salient now measures 220 square miles of newly seized territory. The French and British governments announce Gen Foch as commander in chief of Allied armies in France.
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Armentieres
Foch
France
Quotas for Victory Loan Reduced to Three Fourths
The Treasury explained that most communities quotas for the Victory Liberty Loan will be three fourths of the Fourth Liberty Loan. The total goal is 4.6 billion, which is three fourths of the six billion Fourth issue, with final per community targets set by the federal reserve district loan organizations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve District Loan Organization
DAR Congress In Session In Washington
The twenty eighth Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution met in Washington with hundreds of delegates and visitors. The event runs this week and features contests for the President General post along with planned social entertainments to accompany business sessions.
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Washington, D
Titanic Disaster Remembrance Sevens Years On
New York marks seven years since the Titanic tragedy at 11 30 p m on April 14. The White Star liner struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank with 1599 lives lost during its maiden voyage from England. The roll of honor includes William T Stead John Jacob Astor and Archibald Butt among others.
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New York
North Atlantic
England
William T. Stead
John Jacob Astor
Snider Straus
Fr. D. Millet
Henry B. Harris
Jacques Futrelle
Capt
Archibald Butt
Taft
Garden Mandate Promotes Home Plots for Food
The document urges making gardens the main food source and cost saver. It cites last year’s gardening experience as valuable for a stronger garden this season. It claims small plots can yield more than farms and calls on farms and cities to plant home vegetable crops.
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United States
Worry Over 40 Dollar Grocery Bill Sparks Exchange
A Louisville Courier Journal item features a wife urging concern over a $40 grocery bill while her spouse counters with a proposal to seek credit for a $1,000 fur coat, illustrating a contrast in financial anxieties.
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Louisville Courier- Journal
Traveling Gossip
A brief newspaper quip notes a woman who dominates carriage-room chatter on the rail line, with another remark that her words carry influence and sway discussions among travelers.
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Relief for Rheumatism
An old advert describes rubbing joints with Ballard's Snow Liniment to relieve rheumatism. It claims deep penetration to the bone and soothing restoration with bottles priced at 25c 60c and $1.00, sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Had a Bright Side
A Chicago Tribune note quotes a boy with a broken leg and a nephew reflecting that sitting still is hard for him but gives relatives a chance to help and do things for him.
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Chicago Tribune
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