Canadian Troops Win Spurs in Belgian Battle
Canadian forces repelled a German attack in Belgium then launched a brilliant counterattack. Four German guns were captured, and Canadians recaptured the artillery while taking numerous German prisoners.
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Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1915
Page
1
Guadalajara Reoccupied by Villa Troops Reported
Paso Texas April 24 Associated Press reports Villa troops have reoccupied Guadalajara and Villa agency announces the action as Carranza prepares next move following fighting.
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Paso
Texas
Guadalajara
Villa
Thaw Sanity Trial Appeal Delays Court Case
Harry Thaw's relief at winning a sanity trial was brief as States Attorney General Woodbury appealed to higher courts to review the lower court ruling. The appeal stays the Thaw trial while the legality of the decision is reconsidered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Thaw
Woodbury
Thaw
Penn and Tulane Debaters Set For Night Contest
In New Orleans on April 624 the University of Pennsylvania team faces Tulane in an oratorical debate. The northern collegians return a visit by Tulane’s debating squad after hosting the earlier exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
University of Pennsylvania
Tulane
Alabama Child Labor Law Takes Effect This Week
Montgomery April 24 The Alabama Legislature last month passed a child labor act limiting minors' work hours and enforcing the law falls to Prison Inspector W. C. Cates starting Monday in the state.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Woc Cates
Jersey Charity Workers Meet Opens In New Jersey
New Brunswick April 24 local officials including Colonel Roosevelt Governor Mielder and other notables head a conference of New Jersey charity and prison reformers. Topics include juvenile delinquency prison reform brain power conservation and defining public and private relief.
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New Brunswick
Roosevelt
Mielder
Charity
New Jersey
Ocean to Ocean Bowling Match Tonight in Coast Rally
Cleveland Athletic Club aims to defend its ocean bowling title as teams from coast to coast compete. Chicago eyes revenge from two years past while Pacific, Denver, central, and eastern squads prepare to roll at set times ending in simultaneous pinfall results wired to New York.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Athletic Club
New York
San Francisco
Chicago
Denver
War postpones royal debut in London society
Princess Mary turns 18 tomorrow but a grand debut is deferred. King George orders a low key luncheon at Buckingham Palace with close friends her age. Queen Mary will give a bracelet bearing the flags of Britain France Russia Belgium and the United States signaling goodwill to Americans.
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London
Mary
George
Buckingham Palace
Great Britain
France
Russia
Belgium
United States
Theroyal
Canadians regain guns after retreat near Steenstraate Langemarck
An official bulletin notes German penetration between Steenstraate and Langemarck. The Canadian left wing fell back, four field guns were captured, then recovered with German prisoners. Many Canadian casualties occur as they hold and retake positions. Japan sends ultimatum to China demanding reply within three days.
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London
Steenstraate
Langemarck
Japan
Sofids
Honolulu
Tokio
China
Sinking of Finnish steamer Franck by German submarine
A German submarine torpedoed and sank the Finnish steamer Franck in the Baltic near Stockholm on April 24. New fortifications at Smyrna have been built, featuring eighty cannon.
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Stockholm
Franck
Baltic
Smyrna
British freighter Ruth sunk by German submarine
London reports a German submarine sank the British freighter Ruth 100 miles off the North Sea shore on Wednesday. The crew drifted in a small boat for an hour before all were saved.
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London
Ruth
North Sea
Evacuation and British Attempts Fail at Langemarck
The official report states two German evictions and British reconquest efforts near Langemarck Belgium failed. French English and Belgian prisoners total 2,740. Thirty five cannons were captured.
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Berlin
Belgium
Langemarck
British Battleship Damaged in Zeppelin Attack
German embassy reports from reliable sources that a British battleship was severely damaged in the latest Zeppelin raid on the River Tyne. The claim follows air attacks near the Tyne area with no independent confirmation.
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Washington
River
Tyne
Germans Use Smoke Threat in Belgian Front
Paris April 24 reports say German trenches released thick yellow smoke driven by northerly winds to create asphyxiating conditions along the line, forcing German troops to fall back to the second trench line. French forces with Belgian and British aid have recovered part of the lost ground.
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Paris
Belgium
British seize cotton cargoes off Scottish coast on cotton agreement
London reports the steamer Maria from Galveston with cotton for Sweden is detained on the Scottish coast awaiting purchase by the British Government under the cotton agreement. The steamer Livonia from Galveston to Denmark with cotton is detained by Britain pending investigation.
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London
Maria
Galveston
Sweden
Livonia
Denmark
Austrian general says war will not end soon
Geneva April 24 General Dank head of the Austrian army tells a Swiss correspondent the war will not end soon and he cannot foresee its length.
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Geneva
Dank
Ceneral Dank
Refugees recount massacre orders in Turkish Armenia
Twenty three men arriving at a small town named Vyadin in Turkish Armenia report they escaped shooting and massacres ordered by Turkish authorities near Lakeyen. They blame local authorities for the violence.
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Tiflis
Transcaucasia
Vyadin
Armenia
Lakeyen
Shakespeare Pageant Opens New Drama League in Seattle
The new Drama League inaugurates a Shakespeare pageant in Seattle to mark Shakespeare’s 351st birthday. Over 300 young society members perform four sections The Merchant of Venice As You Like It A Midsummer Night's Dream and Twelfth Night with Shakespeare Queen Elizabeth and famed ye olde England characters appearing in an outdoor Volunteer Park procession.
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Seattle
Wash
Drama League
United States
Shakespeare
England
Volunteer Park
Flood casualties rise as fourteen bodies recovered in Austin
Fourteen bodies were recovered from the floods at noon in Austin, Texas. Ten others are known missing, with reports that five more remain unlocated, including a family of five Syrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Missie
Hope
Centenary of Anthony Trollope Celebrated in London
London marks the birth centenary of Anthony Trollope the noted English and American novelist. Trollope served with the British postal service for thirty three years and traveled widely, his travel writings and novels shaping modern society and social relations with keen character insight.
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London
Anthony Trollope
United States
America
Name America First Appears in 1607 Book at St Die
A fragment notes that at St Die a 1607 geography published the claim that America is named after Amerigo Vespucci. The text recalls the Chicago World’s Fair exhibit featuring the page where the name America first appears.
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St. Die
Asia
Europe
America
Rural Women Club Network Expands in Texas
Mrs Nat W Jackson Organizer of Rural Women for Texas A and M College reports over thirty clubs formed. She completed an itinerary in Williamson and Victoria counties with County Superintendents A Hudson and C Rateliff. Fourteen clubs were designated Bands of Good Neighbors and formally organized as part of the Smith Lever funded project.
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Nat W. Jackson
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station
Texas
Jackson
Williamson
Victoria
A. Hudson
C. Rateliff
Smith Lever Funda
Market Letter Reports Slow Asparagus And Lettuce Demand
Kansas City April 21 market notes asparagus lead lettuce spinach mustard parsley celery and old-root vegetables selling slowly while supplies are liberal. Other vegetables see active demand with quoted prices per hamper barrel crate and crate ranges for beans beets carrots cucumbers lettuce peas radishes shallots spinach turnips and onions.
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Market News Bureau
Kansas City
Texas
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