Farmers Fight Hog Cholera In Laredo District
County agent Mally shares actionable hog cholera controls for Laredo area farmers. Key steps include separating hogs from streams and highways, quarantining new stock for two weeks, burning or burying carcasses, and disinfecting facilities. Contact the Bureau of Animal Industry in Fort Worth or local veterinary authorities for outbreak reporting and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Mally
Laredo
Bureau of Animal Industry
Flatiron Building
Fort Worth
Texas
Fred J. Wolma
Deep Eddy Ave
Austin
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt Society Leader
Society notes from the city page highlight Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt as editor and point to her society coverage. She is listed with contact numbers 70 and 43 for subscriptions and event notices.
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Social Calendar and Christmas Charity in Laredo
A serial listing of social events in Laredo includes golf, dances, club meetings, and family visits from December. The paper urges organized Christmas relief, prompts cooperative charity, sets a Market Hall donation point, and calls for targeted aid to children and the needy, condemning casual begging.
Retired Livestock Dealer Testifies Tanlac Healed Ailments
Therrell, a Del Rio Texas resident aged seventy, testifies he gained 35 pounds after five Tanlac bottles. He describes relief from gas, dizziness, constipation, and back pain, saying he feels energetic for the first time in years. He notes Tanlac is sold in Laredo by Windrow Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
S¢ Joe RE. Therrell
del Rio
Texas
Laredo
Windrow Drug Co
Adv
Watch The Times Every Day For Opportunities
The notice advertises access to opportunities in THE TIMES with a monthly fee of six dollars zero cents. It emphasizes regular daily updates and ongoing availability for readers seeking chance events or deals.
Today’s Birthdays On This Date In History
Sir Patrick T. McGrath, president of Newfoundland’s Legislative Council, born in St Johns Nild 49 years ago. William Lyon Mackenzie King, former Canadian labor minister, born in Kitchener Ont 44 years ago. Joachim Hohenzollern, youngest son of the former German Emperor, born in Potsdam 28 years ago. Walter W Graves, Missouri supreme court chief justice, born Lafayette County Mo 58 years ago. Clinton Rogers Woodruff, pioneer in good government, born Philadelphia 50 years ago.
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Patrick T. McGrath
Legislative Council of Newfoundland
St. John's
Nild
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Labor of
Canada
Kitchener
Ont
Joachim Hohenzollern
Potsdam
Walter W. Graves
Missouri Supreme Court
Lafayette County
Bonar Law to Lead British Peace Delegation
Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer and Unionist leader in the House of Commons, is among Britain's prominent delegates at the peace table. A Canadian Scottish MP since 1900, he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Trade 1902 to 1906 and is considered a keen financial and economic authority likely to aid Lloyd George in safeguarding British interests.
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Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Mr. Law
Great Britain
Glasgow
Board of Trade
Lloyd George
Foreign monarchs to visit Washington in coming year
Washington reports a likely winter and spring of state visits as President Wilson hosts French, British, Belgian, Italian rulers and other heads of state during his abroad term. The piece outlines historic precedent for reciprocal visits and notes earlier royal greetings in New York and Washington with various monarchs and princes.
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Frederick W. Lander
Salem
Mass
Paw Paw
Toronto
Usher Parsons
Commodore Perry
Providence
R. I
Alfred
England
Gladstone
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Lord Kitchener
Berlin
Warsaw
Said
Wilson
Germany
Austria
Washington
D. C
France
Albert
Belgium
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Europe
United States
Kalakaua
Sanwich Islands
Emperes
Don Pedro
Brazil
America
William Henry
William IV
London
George IV
New York
Clinton
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Spain
Prince Albert of
Flanders
White House
McKinley
Prince
From Here and There Humble World Facts
A collage of curious notes: bamboo trees delay blossoms to thirty years, German silver alloys, India’s quinine share, Laplanders skating miles daily, French use grapevines for paper, Japan making underclothes from paper, Portuguese postmen avoiding Sunday walks, Continental churches asking women to keep hats on, animals with at most five digits, steel ships carrying more freight than iron.
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India
Japan
Portugal
Continental
Europe
Animal Kingdom
U S Submarine Sunk in American Waters
Reports say a U S submarine was rammed and sunk by an F 3 in American waters with 19 lives lost. Sir Eric Geddes announced eleven vessels were lost in a British convoy in the North Sea.
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U. S
Eric Geddes
British Admiralty
North Sea
Berlin delegates meet in historic Reichstag building
Berlin December 17 The central congress of delegates from soldiers and workers councils opened today. The assembly drew about 450 delegates from many regions of Germany and included three women among the participants.
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Berlin
Germany
Revolution erupts in Bulgaria and Berlin reports
Telegrams from Bulgaria relay a revolution breaking out in Bulgaria with additional mentions of Berlin. The Jokal Anzeiger cites Bulgarian sources and a Hungarian connection as the information arrives.
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Berlin
Bulgaria
Jokal Anzeiger
Hongary
Won't Receive Germans Paris Dee 17
A brief item notes Paris Dee, aged 17, facing rejection by a general syndicate amid wartime tensions and recruitment issues. The snippet indicates a restrictive stance toward German nationals or sympathizers during the period.
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Paris Dee
Syndi
Battle fleet delayed in start for New York return
The American battle squadron returning from Europe may not reach New York until Christmas Eve due to a delay at the British base. Admiral Myo says every effort will be made to recover time so they arrive by December 25.
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Laredo
Circe
Associated Press
Washington
Europe
New York
aMyo
Notable Royals and Princes Visited America Across Centuries
The passage recalls figures who visited the United States: Joseph Bonaparte who fled Spain, Grand Duke Alexis uncle of the late Russian tsar whose 1871 visit stirred New York and Washington, Infanta Eulalia sister of Spain’s king who visited during the Chicago World’s Fair, and the present King of Siam honored in 1902 eight years before his coronation.
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Prince Henry of Prussia
Meteor
New York
Emperor William II
William
Joseph Bonaparte
America
Spain
Grand Duke
Alexis
Czar
Russia
Washington
Infanta Eulalie
Siam
French hotel firm bans natives of enemy countries
A Paris hotel group announces a ten year policy not to hire or serve natives of enemy nations. The decision will be shared with hotel men in allied countries to ensure uniform application across the network.
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Eate
Italian Embassy Denies American Squadron Arrival at Pola
London dispatch says the Italian embassy rejects a report that the American squadron arrived at Pola, calling the claim unfounded. The denial clarifies no such arrival occurred to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Inhhich
Pola
English squadron bombs Bolshevist position along Gulf of Finland
Stockholm December 17 An English squadron bombarded a Bolshevist position along the southern coast of the Gulf of Finland an official Esthenian army statement reports Bolshevik forces were repulsed and the enemy advance on Asserion halted Mobilization of the Esthenian army proceeds satisfactorily and allied support strengthens public morale
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Stockholm
Dee
Gulf of Finland
Asserion
General Pershing to send home thousands of troops
General Pershing notified the War Department that he had designated for early convoy home additional units including the Twenty seventh Engineers and the 346th Field Artillery. The move affects about 4,500 officers and men.
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Washington
Sec
Pershing
War Department
346Th Field Artillery
Belgian Delegates Named For Peace Conference
The Belgian government announces the peace conference delegation will be Paul Hymans, foreign affairs minister and former justice minister and socialist leader, and Baron van den Heuvel, the Belgian minister at the Vatican and former justice minister. Also notes Portugal's Admiral Canuto Castro elected president after the assassination of Dr Sidonio Lopez. Germany's White Book to publish origin-of-war documents. and local classified notices about cash price payments for Liberty Bonds and a cash-basis business shift at Laredo Transfer, starting January 1, 1919.
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Elizabeth Anita Deutz
Bonn-Avon School
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Joseph Deutz
Deutz
Laredo
Russels
Paul Hymans
Baron van den Heuvel
Vatican
Lisbon
Dee
Canuto Castro
Portugal
Sidonio Laez
Paris
Germany
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