December 16 in history events and births
Key historical notes include Oliver Cromwell’s era in 1653, George Whitefield born in 1714, Blucher’s birth in 1742, the Boston Tea Party of 1773, John A. Schulze governing Pennsylvania in 1822, Burnside moving his army in 1862, James Black’s death in 1894, and Alphonse Daudet’s death in 1887. The list links dates, births, and notable deaths across eras.
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Cromwell
England
George Whitefield
Eve Telist
Gloucester
Newburspor
Mass
Boston Harbor
Boston
John A. Shulze
Pennsylvania
Gen. Burnside
Rappahannock
James Black
Prohibition Party
Lancaster
Lewisburg
Weather and theater ads herald festive week in Laredo
A blotchy local page notes ongoing wet cold weather in Laredo with damp streets and forecasts fair Christmas weather. It promotes Dreamland Theater showings Railroad Jack and John Bunny plus Star and Star ads for Christmas events, bakery orders, and a Christmas tree planting benefit, while listing local ads for oysters, motor oil, linens, and a few services and notices.
Add to Your Personal Adornments
A persuasive old advertisement urges women to care for hair with Newbro's Herpicide, claiming it removes dandruff germ, prevents hair loss, and adds luster. It promotes samples by mail, and notes availability at barber shops and druggists with agents listed.
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Newbro
Herpicide Co
Detroit
Mich
City Drug Co., Special Agents
Ady
Journalism and Jobs Honor Editors in Public Service
The Memphis Commercial Appeal laments that many editors have joined government roles as ambassadors and officials, praising a year when literary men enter public service. It notes Page brothers, Bryan, Wilson, Daniels, and Stovall among those moving into office, while editors left behind show uneven progress.
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Walter Page
England
Thomas Nelson Page
Bryan
Wilson
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Pleasant Stovall
Savannah
Switzerland
Legion
Memphis
Remedy for Sick Headache Credit to Chamberlain's Tablets
Patient John Bishop of Roseville Ohio suffered indigestion and migraine like sick headaches for days. After trying remedies a friend advised Chamberlain's Tablets which cured him quickly. For sale by all dealers. Adv.
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John Bishop
Roseville
Ohio
Adv
Humility Lost as Automobiles Change Rural Life
In a quick exchange, Mr Bobbetts warns that cars erode humility while a rural sage quips that humility is already scarce in the land, reflecting a humorous, regional view on modernization and personality.
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Bobbetts
Aviation Generates Decisive Losses In Early Flight Era
Washington reports that aviation marks ten years since the Wright brothers first flights at Simms Station. The piece lists global fatalities, totaling 437, with 18 in the United States this year, and notes military aviation dominates deaths across 20 countries. It catalogs U.S. airmen losses by date and location from April to November, including names like Rex Chandler, Otto Brodie, and Loren Call, among others.
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Washington, D. C
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Ohio
Simms Station
Lieut. Selfridge
U. S Signal Corps
Lieut. Rich
United States Army
Philippines
Germany
France
England
Russia
Argentine
Japan
Turkey
Austria
Belgium
Switzerland
Seerland
Canada
Portugal
Morocco
China
Cochin-China
Trinidad
United States
Rex Chandler
J. Brereton
San Diego Bay
Otto W. Brodie
Chicago
Charles Carlson
Akrey
Joseph D. Park
Olive
Cal
James Coloran
Andrew Drew
Lima
Navy
William D. Billingsley
John H. Towers
Chesapeake Bay
Fred F. Gardiner Drowvet
Lake Keoka
Rochester
N. Y
U. S. Army
Loren H. Call
Texas
Minera Supt WA Roy Visits City Personal
Supt WA Roy of the Minera coal mines is in the city today Alfred Mathews returned yesterday from a business trip down the river Mrs WA Matthews arrived yesterday Jim Webb and May at the home of her son Alfred Mathews of the Heights W K Adams engineer of bridge construction on the National Lines returned yesterday from San Antonio on a short business trip Fred Davis and sister Elizabeth Devis of Wheeling are guests of Dr and Mrs J M Skinner at the Laredo Seminary
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Supt
WA. Roy
Minera Coal Mines
WA. Matthews
Jim Webb
Alfred Matthews
the Heights
W. K. Adams
Bridge Construcion
National Lines
San Antonio
Fred Davis
Elizabeth Devis
Wheeling, Va
J. M. Skinner
Laredo Seminary
Public Auction For Stray Mule In Laredo
Pound notice from city marshal M Brennan states a dun mule held at the city pound in front of City Hall will be sold at public auction Thursday morning December 18 1913 at ten o clock unless the owner pays all accrued costs. Laredo Texas December 15 1913. 12-16-21
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M. Brennan
Jury Commissioners Selected for District Court
In district court yesterday Messie, F. E. Seavill, Joseph Netzer and C. H. Stowers were chosen as jury commissioners. They were instructed to assemble a jury for tomorrow morning and to arrange another jury to serve for a week in January.
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Messie
F. E. Seavill
Joseph Netzer
C. H. Stowers
New Books Arrive at Laredo Public Library Today
The Laredo Public Library announces new titles added today and plans for monthly updates. Hours after January 1st will be 4 to 7 p.m. Books include Basil Barr novels and Kipling, Bulwer Lytton, Corelli works, Treasure Island, and The Scarlet Pimpernel among others.
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Laredo Public Library
Two Lynchings in Distant Points Reported
Two Negro men named Ernest and Frank Williams were lynched at Blanchard Louisiana by a mob after confessing to murdering Calvin Ballard. Ballard was found hacked to pieces in his store on Saturday morning, authorities said.
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Associated Press
Shreveport
Srnest
Frank Williams
Blanchard
Calvin Ballard
Ballard
Lynching of Culberson Ends Ray Murder Case
Cave Culberson, recently convicted of murdering three members of the Dillon family at Ray North Dakota, was seized from the Williams county jail and hanged from a bridge near Williston. The act occurred after sentence or conviction, escalating the response to the crime.
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Williston
N. D
Cave Culberson
Dilson
Ray
Williams County
State Department Intervenes Over Abuses in Chihuahua
The United States, in representations from the American consular department to Villa and Carranza, has successfully intervened to protect Spaniards who complained of outrages in Chihuahua. Reports indicate no other foreign class was molested in the region.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
Villa
Carranza
American Consular Department
United States
Chihuahoa
State Department
Chihuahu
Progressives Endorse Wilson Aid for Direct Primaries
Washington on December 16 The Progressive faction adopted a resolution saying they view Republican reconciliation efforts with interest but see no change to fundamental Progressive Republican differences. They praised President Wilsons endorsement of direct presidential primaries and pledged their support.
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Associated Press
Washington
House P'Rogressives
Wilson
President Wilson Recovers And Holds Cabinet Meeting
Washington December 16 The president has recovered from influenza enough to chair a cabinet meeting but the session was held upstairs in the White House as physicians insist he remain in bed another day.
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Whit House
Associated Presse
Washington
White House
Damaged A Church
Associated Press reports in Liverpool on December 16 that the suffragette arson squad badly damaged Stannes church in the city.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Eng
Stannes Church
Secretary Daniels Declines Jurisdiction Over Christening Fluid
Washington December 16 Secretary Daniels ruled he has no jurisdiction over the fluid used for christening battleships. Protests were made against champagne used for christening the Oklahoma.
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Associated Press
Washington
Daniels
Oklahoma
Bedford estate sale tops world realty deals
The Duke of Bedford sold his freehold property in central London including nineteen acres covering Drury Lane the Strand and Bow Street to MP Harry Mallaby Deeley for an undisclosed sum. The deal described as the biggest real estate transaction ever made.
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Associated Press
London
Eng
Duke of Bedford
Harry Mallaby Deeley
House of Commons
Drury Lane
The
Strand
Bow Street
Five Die in Cincinnati Fire at Salvation Army Home
Five men perished in a blaze at the Salvation Army Home for Men in Cincinnati. Authorities fear additional bodies remain among the ruins. Circus rider Frank Meyers is arrested on a charge of setting the fire.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Ohio
Salvation Army
Frank Meyers
Freed Receives Final U S Citizenship Papers
Solomon C Freed returned from San Antonio with his final papers as a United States citizen. He is in the dry goods business here, having moved from San Antonio to make his home.
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Solomon C. Freed
San Antonio
Freed
United States
Johnsons of Goshen Face Federal Fraud Indictments
Indianapolis December 16 a fraud scheme alleged by prosecutors to rob farmers and others across the nation is set to unfold at the trial of Levi L Johnson and his son Homer FE Johnson of Goshen Indiana. They are charged with using the mails to defraud based on falsified invoices and inflated freight charges. Victims cited span Florida Virginia Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania and more across many states.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Levi L. Johnson
Homer FE. Johnson
Goshes
Ansiwer
Johnsons
Hay
Florida
Virginia
Ohio
Minois
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New York
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Connecticut
Minnesota
Michigan
West Virginia
Great Strike Threatens Colorado Wide Labor Action
Denver December 16 Colorado faces a potential state wide strike as labor leaders consider a general walkout in solidarity with the United Mine Workers now striking in Southern Colorado. Delegates from unions affiliated with the Colorado Federation of Labor debate delaying or enacting the plan amid hopes the miners’ dispute can be resolved without shutting down all industries.
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Denver
Cole
Colorado
Joh. McLellan
Colorado Federation of Labor
Stete Federation
Stat
Kingston Special Election On Commission Plan Vote
Kingston Ont December 16 taxpayers will vote in a special election to decide whether the city adopts the commission form of government. If approved five commissioners will be elected in January.
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Kingston
Ont
Commission
MILKMEN FACE COURT CHARGES
Providence R I December 14 seven Providence milkmen were arraigned to face trial on charges of adulterated milk in their possession.
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Providence
R. L
Boston Marks 140th Anniversary of Boston Tea Party
Boston observers today observed the one hundred fortieth anniversary of the Boston Tea Party with exercises organized by patriotic and historical societies reflecting on its role as a stirring prelude to the American Revolution.
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Boston
Mass
Varous Patriotic and Historical Societies
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Praised by Mother in Pa
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pennsylvania endorses Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a trusted cure for her children’s colds and coughs. She states it always helps and is superior to other medicines she has used, recommending its trial. sold by all dealers.
Hunter shoots only one deer rule debated by guides
In a Washington Star dialogue a hunter may take one deer the guide calls wise. Perkins is noted for claiming handwriting reveals character though a Cleveland Plain Dealer observer doubts Perkins' handwriting, noting he uses a typewriter. The exchange highlights differing views on judgment and method.
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Washington Star
Radium Claimed as Cure for Cancer at Hopkins Abbe
Philadelphia December 16 Physicians and surgeons heard Dr Howard A Kelley Johns Hopkins and Dr Robert Abbe New York claim radium can cure cancer. Kelley displayed before and after photos and cited a 48 hour cure of a facial cancerous growth. Promoters warned cures were limited to superficial cases and the effect on internal or advanced cancers remains unknown.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Howard A. Kelley
Johns Hopkins College
Robert Abbe
New York
Kelley
Carabao Denies Ulterior Intent On Wilson Philippine Policy
Washington news recalls a December dinner where the Order of Carabao reassured the administration they are not hostile to Mr. Wilson's Philippine policy. Rear Admiral Howard, honorary president, repudiated a press agent's claim that satires exposed the administration's lack of sympathy for Philippine conditions. He said he did not know that such statements were being sent out.
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Associated Press
Washington
Order of Carabao
Wilson
Howard
Order
Fifty Entombed After Vulcan Mine Explosion Near Cisile
Report from Grand Junction Colorado on December 16 notes an explosion at the Vulcan mine entombing about fifty men near Cisile. No further details on rescuers or condition of workers available.
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Associated Press
Grand Junction
Colo
Cisile
Women’s Egg Boycott Ends as Prices Drop to Thirty Cents
Kansas City December 16. The women’s boycott of eggs is ended after the price fell to about thirty cents a dozen. Dealers say the decline was due to mild weather increasing hen production, not the boycott, which lasted ten days.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Commission
Birthday greetings for William Kendal on seventieth
King George Queen Mary and Queen Alexandra sent felicitations to William H Kendal on his seventieth birthday. Kendal long a leading English stage actor toured the United States and Canada with Mrs Kendal in the early 1890s with notable success.
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London
Bec
King George
Queen Mary
Queen Alexandra
William H. Kendal
Kendal
Kerdal
United States
Canada
Constipation Poisons You Says Patent Remedy Ad
An old period ad warns that constipation poisons the body and promises relief with Dr. King's New Life Pills. It claims the pills cure constipation headaches and other troubles, priced 25 cents, available from H. B. Bucklen & Co. in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
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Dr. King
H. BK. Bucklen & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
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Alphonse Daudet
John Bunny
Pathe
Dreamland Theater
Port Lavaca
John Bruni
Galveston
Houston
Laredo
Borchers’ Bakery
E. L. Schopper
Coke St
Railroad Jack
Dreamland
Texas Motor Oil
Sonora New Company
Hamilton Hotel
Nuevo Laredo
International Bridge
Star Theater
Fred Foster
Fo. McIntosh
San Miguel
Sonora News Company
Blas Sifuentes
Angela Peralta
Juan Guerra
Nestora Rodriguez
Felix de la Rosa
Coke Street
Herpicide
Journalism
Italy
Grover Bell
Perlume
Thaddeus Kerns
Chico
George Schmitt
J. Dyer Spellman
Rutland
Lieut
Moss L. Love
U. S. Signal Corps
San Diego
Max Lillie
Galesburg
P. C. Davis
Manston
Wis
Albert J. Jewel
Long Island
Eric L. Ellington
Hugh M. Kelly
First Division
Army Aviation Corps
Alfred Mathews
Laredo, Tex
Maid of Maiden
Law—Barr
Soldiers Three
Kipling
Cruoecis
Crawford
Satan Sanderson
Rives Granstark
McCutcheon
Michel
Eliza
Beth
David Hamm
Westcott
Admiral Dewy
Manila
Stick
Ney
Mark Twain
Kenelm Chllingley
Bulwer Lyt
Bulwer Lytton
Bulwer Lytton Vendetta
Marie Corelli
Thelma
Marc Corelli
Roman
Marie
Corelli
Ardath
Parker
Crewdson
Bigamist
Shute Siricus — Fowler
Scarlet Pimpernel
Orezy
Louisiana
Dakota
Chihuahua
Wilson Better
Sterling
Salvation Army Home For
Circus Rider
Chambelain
Carabao
MR. Wilson
Philip
Pine Policy
Colorado City
Vulcan
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