Forger y Arrest of Juan Villacana Reported
City Marshal Brennan detained Juan Villacana after a forgery charge. A preliminary hearing before Justice Benavides bound him over to the district court grand jury in 500 bond. Villacana altered a 2.07 check to 20 and spent 6.07 in goods, netting 15.08 cash after deduction.
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Brennan
Juan Villacana
Benavides
District Court Grand Jury
Villacana
J. G. Burr
Villacausa
Eliot and Rockefeller Clash Roils Nation of Opinion
Boston dec 24 Charles W Eliot Harvard educator defends John D Rockefeller amid renewed muckraking on Standard Oil. He praises Rockefeller as a great business mind and philanthropist while noting past suspicions and calling for fair assessment amid critical voices from Henry Abrams and others.
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Boston
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
America
John PD. Rockefeller
Standard Oil
Eliot
Dr. Eliot
Rockefeller
Far East
Far West
Business Mic
Colorado
Henry Abrahams
Boston Central Labor Union
Captain Kidd
Kidd
Mr. Abrahams
Ehot
Richard Washburn Child
Rockefeller Foundation
George A. Crawford
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ida Tarbell
Lloyd
Midnight Christmas Masses in Laredo Churches
The usual midnight Christmas rites will be observed by Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches in Laredo. San Augustine Holy Redeemer and Guadalupe will hold sermons and choirs at midnight, while St Peters cancels due to foul weather. Christ Episcopal Church holds services starting 11 30 p m.
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Laredo
St. Peters Catholic Church
San Auustin
the Holy Redeemer
Guadalupe Church
Christ Episcopal Church
One Week Left Until Christmas Turkey Sale
Pedro Trevino and Co advertises a limited turkey sale with a fine lot of fat hens and gobblers offered at very low prices. Orders urged by phone number 166. December 17, 1910.
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Pedro Trevino & CO
Dixie Theatre Offer To Help Poor Children At Christmas
On Christmas afternoon at 3 o'clock Mrs. Hitt, manager of the Dixie Theatre in Laredo, will host a free entertainment for poor children. A Santa arrival and gift distribution will lead to a short program before the film show, aiming to spread happiness among the needy kids.
Local Wrestler Accepts Aguilar Challenge
John W. Schultphels confirms willingness to meet Cuauhtemoc Aguilar in a catch as catch can bout. He invites Aguilar to Moser's Store or to respond via local papers to arrange the match.
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Aguilar
Cuauhtemoc Aguilar
Moser's
John W. Schultphels
Holiday Wines Order Deadline Notice for MOSER'S
Busy week urging customers to place orders now for holiday wines at MOSER'S with phone contact 44 1222.4.Ady. Do not wait until the last minute.
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Moser's
Ady
Death of Mrs. A. H. Dodier After Seven-Year Marriage
Mrs. Jasmin Teal De Dodier beloved wife of Antonio H Dodier died last night at 70 o clook after a brief illness. She leaves husband four children and parents and a sister in Mexico. Funeral from 815 Hidalgo Street to San Agustin pro cathedral tomorrow at 9 o clock with interment in the Catholic cemetery. Community friends express condolences.
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A. H. Dier
Jasmin Teal de Dodier
Antonio Hf. Dodier
Mrs. Dodier
Mexicou
Hidalgo Street
San Agustin Pro-Cathedral
Piano Lessons by Madrid Professor at Home
Tionorio Rodriguez, piano professor from the Conservatory of Madrid and member of the Philharmonic Union of Mexico, offers home lessons. Modern instruction available for all grades with satisfactory references. Address 1420 Far gut. 128 Im. (Adv.)
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Tionorio Rodriguez
Conservatory of Madrid
Philharmonic Union of Mexico
Fargut
Sanitary Grocery Ad Promotes Food Distribution
The Sanitary Grocery promotes itself as a distributor of good things to eat phrased as a general advertisement dated December 17 1915.
Personal arrivals and departures fill holiday season at Hamilton
Will P May leaves for his ranch in Mexico. Chas S Cooper of San Antonio visits the city. A T Phelps of Pearsall guests at the Hamilton H C Franks of San Antonio arrives yesterday and stays at the Hamilton. Miss Jennie Devine heads to Luling for a holiday house party. Miss Anita Brulard goes to New Orleans to spend holidays with her mother. Miss Joe Gray returns to Austin for holidays. Miss Hazel Patrick departs for San Antonio to join her father. Mrs M Little and son M Little Jr arrive from San Antonio to spend holidays with Mr Little. Mrs R S Dixon and daughter travel to San Antonio to visit relatives. Mr and Mrs Raymond V Martin and children arrive from Torrecillas to stay through holidays. Elizabeth Strozzi of Holding Institute leaves for Monterey with sister Jennie and Master George Balz.
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Will P. May
Mexico
Chas. S. Cooper
San Antonio
A. T. Phelps
Pearsall
Hamilton
H. C. Franks
Jennie Devine
Luling
Anita Brulard
New Orleans
Joe Gray
Austin
Hazel Patrick
M. Little
M. Little, Jr
Mr. Little
Bender
R. S. Dixon
R. Y. Roper
A. Draper
Hebbronville
Thos. Robinson
S. Buford
Saltillo
John W. Wilson
Cotulla
Monterey
J. G. Wilson
Islitas
Ross
Miguel F. Perales
M. Gonzales
P. W. Brewen
W. BE. Brown
W. W. Milter
Asherton
Jack Baldwin
Brownsville
Jack Brown
Tampico
Luna
I. G. Garwoods
KR. Salinas
Ralph W. Smith
Letter List for Laredo Post Office December 21 1914
Advertised letters remaining in Laredo post office for week ending December 21 1914 include many names such as Alvarado Salome Barrera Andres Basquez Pedro Blake Pete Jr Ca bello Juan and others. Letters will be sent to the Dead Letter office December 28 1914 if not delivered.
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Laredo
Alvarado Salome
Barrera Andres
Basquez Pedro
Blake Pete, Jr
Cabello Juan
Baker W. H
Cardenas Fidel
Cantu Alvino
Casso Genaso
Casares Francisco
Cavazos
Carrilo Anastacio
Costante Sabas
Casillas Magdaleno
Carmell Albert
Cruz Nicanor de la
Delgado Mariano
Diaz Feliz
Espinoza Luis
Fernandez Enriquez
Flores Arcadio
Garcia Ysidro
Garcia
Mitchell Bert
Mitchell T. W
Morlines Jesus M
Perez Cristobal
Powell Jack
Ramos Fabian
Ramos Roman
Ramos Barelin
Ramos Genaro
Rios Margarito
Rosa Demetrio Edla
Rodriguez Hilario D. de
Ruiz Doroteo
Sandoval Francisco
Sanchez Jose
Silva Herculano
Salinas Mariano
Serna
Eyequiel D
Libert R. C
Valdez Laureano
Prohibition Defeated in National House Vote
Opponents claim the Hobson resolution failure ends the issue for the current session with 87 yes and 189 no. Proponents call it a real victory and vow to press on. Representative Henry of Texas predicts no prohibition in Congress for twenty years.
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Washington
Hobson
Henry
Texas
Congress
Congress Adjourns Until December Twenty Ninth
Congress adjourned today in Washington and will reconvene on December 29. The action came in a routine session with no immediate agenda announced.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Carranza troops seize American plantation near Cordoba
The State Department said Carranza troops took possession of an American plantation near Cordoba. Return of the property has been requested.
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Washington
State Department
Carranza
Cordoba
Brewery in Receivership in Columbus
The Hester Columbus Breweries company a $12 000 000 corporation entered receivership today due to decreased beer demand and widespread dry state votes in Columbus Ohio December 83.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hester-Columbus Breweries Company
Business Announcement from J M Daniel & Co
Announcement states sale of the abstract plant by J M Daniel & Co and that CC W Smith will not be responsible for old firm liabilities. It solicits public patronage and guarantees prompt accurate service.
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J. M. Daniel & Co
CC. W. Smith
Health makes wealth Eat clean for better health
A brief urging that health follows from clean eating. It emphasizes that nutritious, unprocessed foods support well being and prevent illness, framing diet as a core factor in overall health.
No Presents This Year at Market Plaza Christmas Tree
In the local column an error claimed gifts would be given to children from the Market Plaza tree. The ladies explain they cannot provide presents this year but hope to start the custom next year.
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Market Plaza
A Test for Liver Complaint and Its Remedies
The ad urges a liver check with Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve mental gloom, dullness, and constipation by cleansing the bowels and toning the stomach. It also promotes Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a treatment for piles at 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Bucklen
Ray mond jewelry robbery suspect held by Austin police
Police detained a man believed to have robbed the Raymond home of jewelry worth 1000 dollars. A corkscrew and a copy of an appeal to Congress for a large intercoastal canal graft appropriation were found among his personal effects. Sealy News came here on a short visit. Delmas Givens, Esa, former Nueces county and Corpus Christi city attorney, arrived in Laredo yesterday and returned this morning. He notes plentiful rain from Laredo to Corpus Christi and frequent sun absence in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Raymond
Holiday Closing Notice for The Holding Institute
The Holding Institute will close tomorrow for the holidays and will reopen for the next term on Monday January 4.
Mexico Minus Celebration Marks Huerta Birthday Event
Mexico City’s National Palace held no official birthday fête for Huerta this year as factional power struggles after his ouster dominated, though former Huerta allies gathered privately. His 60th birthday is noted with origins in Colotlan Jalisco, with Huerta now abroad in Barcelona.
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Mexico City
Mex
National Palace
Huerta
National
Diaz
Victoriano Huerta
Colotland
Jalisco
Donato Guerra
Military College
Mexico
Spain
General Huerta
Parcelona
Notice to Celebrators Warns on Firework Ordinance
The Sanitary Grocery lists Made-Rite flour 24 lb sacks at 75 ets. A holiday warning states the fire arms and cannon fire crackers ordinance will be strictly enforced and anyone discharging them will be arrested and severely punished. Heed this warning. 1247-151. (Adv.)12-14-101. (Adv)
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Sanitary Grocery
London Faces Christmas Day Amid War Sentiment
London observers note the armistice plan failed but believe some form of ceasefire may occur on Christmas Day as soldiers' sentiment grows. London newspapers unanimously refuse to publish Christmas Day editions.
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London
Associated Press
Germans Capture Naulila in Angola Retreat
Lisbon dispatch reports German forces invaded Portuguese West Africa and seized Naulila on December 23, forcing the local garrison to retreat, expanding the axis advance in the region.
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Naulila
Lisbon
Portugal
Angola
Portuguese West Africa
Paris Praises Viviani Speech as Sacred Union Manifesto
Paris reports all newspapers praise Premier Viviani for a speech hailed as a magnificent display of France unity. In Parliament Speaker Deschanel praised the address as embodying sacred national union. Washington clarifies the Panama Canal dismantling stemmed from British steamer wireless code messages prompting Goethals to seek destroyers.
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Viviani
Paris
Deschanel
France
Washington
Panama Canal
Goethals
French Offensive Gains Reported Across Front
Paris says the new French offensive advances persist along the entire front with gains in Belgium and the area south of Arras. French and British forces recapture a village and a forest while preventing German resistance and destroying two German machine guns in the Lasurie forest.
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Paris
Belgium
Max
Arras
Lasurie
William and staff reach Cologne en route to front
On the way to the front line, Emperor William and his aides arrived in Cologne today as they move toward the French battle front amid World War I developments.
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London
William
Cologne
Situation Unchanged as Prussia Battles Continue
Berlin reports the Prussian situation unchanged with battles for the Baura river branches ongoing. German forces repulsed Allied attacks in Belgium, and since December 20 capturED 750 British and Indian troops along with five British machine guns and four mine throwers. The French offensive in North France is described as partly repelled.
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Berlin
Prussia
Baura
Belgium
France
Relief for Jerusalem Aid Approved by England
Jerusalem relief plan gains English consent as American aid readiness is announced. The flood of the Djil river in Arabia renders about 1,200 people homeless without food.
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Jerusalem
Washington
England
Djil
Arabia
War Appropriation Passed by Paris Chamber of Deputies
Paris dated December 23 reports the chamber of deputies approved a war appropriation of one billion seven hundred million dollars for national needs. The vote allocation aims to fund military efforts and related expenditures.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Woman Witness Links Ethel Hall to Burning Negro
Associated Press reports in Shreveport on December 23 that Ethel Hall is identified as the second woman who allegedly witnessed the burning of Watkins Lewis near Shreveport on December 11 as part of the lynching probe.
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Shreveport
Ethel Hall
Watkins Lewis
Not Entirely Dead. Looney says liquor law not dead
Attorney General Looney announced that the Allison liquor law remains valid in part. Liquor may be sent to dry territory only for personal use of the consignee. Newspaper and other advertisements in dry territory are unlawful.
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Austin
Texas
Looney
First refrigerator ship through canal opens new era
San Francisco Dee 23 A freighter named Ohioan sails to New York via the Panama Canal marking the first refrigerating vessel to pass the canal. Several thousand tons of California perishable products ride in the cargo as the ship enters a new era in shipping fruit fish and vegetables eastward.
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San Francisco
Cal
Dee
New York
Panama Canal
Morit
Big Ditch
California
Ed Sanchez splits from Dentz firm to start own plumbing
To the Public. We have severed our connection with the firm of A. Dentz & Brother to engage in business for ourselves. We solicit your business in plumbing, gas fitting and tinning and in doing so we guarantee our work to be strictly first class. Orders can be left for us at the Ferreteria del Rio Bravo or telephone No. 626. Ed. H. SANCHEZ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Dentz & Brother
Ferreteria del Rio Bravo
Yuan Shi Kai Revives Heaven Worship at Solstice
At sunrise in Peking President Yuan Shi Kai revived the worship of Heaven at the winter solstice, a rite formerly reserved to the emperor. The ceremony signals a move toward a state religion for China.
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Peking
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Flood Drowns Hundreds of Cattle in Arizona
Heavy rains broke records in central Arizona, causing several hundred cattle to drown during the flood. The downpour marked the heaviest rainfall in the region's history as crews assessed the damage and searched for survivors.
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Phoenix
Arizona
Noted writer Alfred Henry Lewis dies in New York
New York December 23 Alfred Henry Lewis newspaperman and author died here today from an intestinal disorder his death removes a prominent writer and voice from the journalism and literary world with several books to his name and a long career in reporting and storytelling
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New York
Alfred Henry Lewis
Tragic Winter Fire Claims Two in Rhinelander
In Rhinelander Wisconsin on December 23 farmer J Drake drove his wife out into the cold in her night clothes and then set his own house ablaze, dying in the blaze as temperatures stood below zero.
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Rhinelander
Wis
J. Drake
Hmself
Wilson and Ammons Plan Withdrawal of Federal Troops
President Wilson and Governor Ammons announced plans to begin pulling federal troops from the Colorado strike zone within the next ten days, signaling a shift in the labor dispute response.
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Washington
Wilson
Ammons
Colorado
Vanderbilt Rail Merger In Cleveland Stockholders Meet
A Cleveland meeting of Lake Shore Railroad stockholders is set for tomorrow to vote on merging Lake Shore Michigan Southern with New York Central. The overhaul aims for a January 1 completion amid lawsuits alleging Sherman anti trust violations and mismanagement, with sharp disputes over dividend matters and bond issues.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore Railroad Company
Cleveland
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
New York Central
Common Pleas Court
General Investment Co
Maine
Nickel Plate
Big Four
Lake Erie
Ohio Central
Indians Southern
Treasury
Santa Claus to travel by boat this year in city notice
Owing to wet weather Santa Claus arrives tomorrow night on a Christmas Ship and makes headquarters at the Dixie Theater for four nights starting Thursday. Friday afternoon he brings gifts for the poor children with free admission.
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Santa Claus
Dixie Theater
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