Taft stresses safety first in Mississippi improvements
In a late speech before the National Rivers and Harbors Congress President Taft argued that future Mississippi improvements must prioritize safety over navigation. He urged large federal and state funding for levee systems to protect flood districts from yearly devastation across the 7000 mile floodplain stretching from Cairo to the Canadian border. He warned that existing levees have failed and that a $50 million program could restore land and support a viable waterway while reducing tolls of life and damage.
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Taft
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Mississippi
Mississippi Valley
Montana
New York
Panhandle
Cairo
Ilnois
Arkansas
Louisiana
South
Civil Service Exams for Stenographer and Typewriter Roles Set
The Civil Service Commission announces exams for stenographer and typewriter applicants on February 15. Applications must be filed with the secretary of the civil service board by February 8. Vacancies at $900 yearly will be filled in Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Galveston Laredo New Orleans San Antonio Shreveport and Waco. Both men and women eligible. Miss Helen Richter hosted a holiday party with music games and prizes. Names guessed in a historical character game included Joan of Arc May Netger Thomas Paine Ernest Riskamp. Winners received prizes or beads. later, a “Picture Gallery” game awarded Grace Lang and Aaron Moser. The party featured Christmas décor, salads, chocolates, cake, and candies. Present included Guy Trout Hario Sanchez Aaron Moser Marcus Wormser Shelby Cotulla Edward Strewster Furney Muller Randel Nye John Puig Joseph Lowry Clyde Freenan Ernest Biskamp Willie Sames David Applewhite Lewis Becker Elizabeth Bunn Freestina Sanchez Irene Moser Olyvette Landrum Kathryn McGregor Eugenia Lafon Consuelo Lafon Marguerite Nichols Pansy Nichols Grace Lang Ruth Simpson Miriam Werner Vida Bunn Lavina Stros Lurline Davis Francis Woodal Courtney Slaughter Inez Fill Sarah Vidaurri.
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Nounces
Secretary of the Civil Service Board
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
Laredo
New Orleans
San Antonio
Shreveport
Waco
Helen Richter
Helen
Welperson
Oan of Arc
May Netger
Thomas Paison
Ernest Riskamp
Grace Lang
Aaron Moser
Guy Trout
Ilario Sanchez
Marcus Wormser
Shelby Cotulla
Edward Strewster
Furney Muller
Randel Nye
John Puig
Joseph Lowry
Clyde Freenan
Ernest Biskamp
Thomas Edison
Willie Sames
David Applewhite
Lewis Becker
Elizabeth Bunn
Freestina
Santa Maria Avenue Improvement Progress Noted
Street Commissioner Christen used sprinkling teams to work Santa Maria avenue from the railroad tracks toward North Laredo. The section was plowed leveled and rolled, a vast improvement, though not a permanent fix. Officials plan graveled repair and extend graveling to the county line in the near future.
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Christen
Santa Maria Avenue
North Laredo
Rockefeller fortune built on scale and risk
Four school teachers visiting John D. Rockefeller’s estate at Tarrytown were given a sleigh ride and told to save their pennies. The tale notes he built wealth through a mix of early opportunity and a powerful organization, not thrift alone. The commentary underscores how deliberate investment and scale created the Rockefeller fortune.
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Rockefeler
John 1D. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
New York
Rockefeller
Enjoyable Hop At Elks Hall Attracts Many
A return complimentary hop for the young ladies drew a large crowd at the Elks hall last night. A Mexican orchestra provided lively melodies as couples danced, keeping up the Terpsichorean art until the early hours of this morning.
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Elks’ Hall
Better Than Spanking Home Treatment for Bed Wetting
Mrs M Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for bed wetting and daytime urine difficulties. She says spanking does not cure the problem and urges mothers to write today for full instructions without sending money.
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M. Summers
Notre Dame
Ind
Strikes Disrupt National Railways Across Mexico Border
Thousands of workers on the National Railways from Nuevo Laredo to Monterrey halt operations awaiting settlement. About 7,000 men including machinists and boilermakers seek wage and rule changes, while a first clash occurred as strikebreakers tried to enter shops. Officials warn delays threaten troop movements against rebels and nationwide traffic paralysis if no deal is reached.
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Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
National Allways
Mexico City
United Workmen
National Railways Organization
Texas Mexican
National Railways
The Cub and the Boss Graft and Grafters Theatre Show
Renttrow Stock Co presented The Cub and the Boss or Graft and Grafters to a large appreciative audience. The drama mirrors graft and vice as in The Man of the Hour with a district attorney fighting corruption and triumphing. Tonight the company closes its three week engagement in Laredo with Lives of the James Boys.
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Renttrow Stock Co
Laredo
James Boys
Laredo Elks Invite to Sixth Annual Ball
Invitations have been issued by Laredo Lodge No 1018 to their sixth annual ball on Wednesday evening January 1. The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks promises a brilliant social function as the city hosts this seasonal event.
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Laredo
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks
Shot Himelf Through Hand In Matamoros Street Yard
Edwin Wormser, 24, son of Mr and Mrs Wormser, was injured yesterday afternoon in a yard opposite his Matamoros Street home while playing with other boys. He held a .22 blank pistol loaded with a .22 bullet cartridge. the weapon discharged, the bullet lodging in his left palm. Medical aid was given and he is reported doing well.
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Matamoros Street
Edwin Wormser
City council to decide on election for improvement district bonds
The next city council meeting is expected to definitively act on ordering an election for the creation of the proposed improvement district and the voting of bonds or the paying of Jarvis plaza. A New Year resolution urges residents to be progressive in boosting the upbuilding of Laredo in 1912.
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Jarvis Plaza
la Redo
Personal notes on local society and visiting guests
The item lists visits and activities in the city including Mr John D Davis and sisters from Darwin, J Vikernan from Villaldama, A I A Hiatt from Thes Goggan Pros in town, Mr and Mrs Athee and A Smith returning from a deer hunt, Jarry Blatterman of San Antonio, Moose lodge ordering pool tables, Nuevo Laredo and Laredo football rematch next Wednesday, a charity ball at the Latino-Americano Club, Mexican imports passing through the port, and travelers Jodee Winchester Keso Judge Greiner, Walter Hipp, Leonard Haynes, and Woe A Dingwald in transit or en route home.
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Moose Lodge
Brunswick- Balke Collender Cn
Texas
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Latino-Americano Club
Mexican Ladies Civic Association
Mexico
Ixtre
Jodee Winchester Keso
JG Greiner
San An
Walter M. Hipp
Passenger Department
The
National Rail
Viava of
Mexico City
San Antonio
Miro Leonard Haynes
Church Services And Local Updates From The Era
Church services are listed across St Augustine Pro-cathedral St Peter s Guadalupe Church and the Church of Divine Redeemer with multiple mass times sermons and vespers. The Christian and Presbyterian worship times are noted along with Sunday School. Local residents Mr J W Hopkins nicknamed Shorty recovers from illness and Mrs Randolph and family relocate to 101 Juarez avenue. Weather notes report cooling trends and imminent rain with deer hunting season closing for ten months.
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Shorty
J. DD. Randolph
Jamily
Austin
Woolfley
Juarez Avenue
Laredo team praised for gate receipts gift to library
The Times reports gratitude from the library committee to the captain and members of the Laredo team for their generous discussion of sharing gate receipts from Christmas Day, aiding the public library fund and placing Laredo among similar cities in library maintenance.
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Times
Laredo
Mrs Young Entertained Guests at West Houston Home
Yesterday afternoon at 1612 West Houston Street Mrs W N Young hosted the Married Ladies Club in honor of her sister Mrs A Baker of Texas City. The decor featured holiday themes with holly and mistletoe as prizes were awarded for a 500 game. A four course luncheon followed the contest. Notable visitors included Mr Mudd, Mr Vandevere, Mr Atlee, and Mr Furnival.
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West
Houston Street
W. N. Young
Married Ladies’ Club
A. Baker
Texas City
Laredo
Young
M. Pish
C. A. Baker
M. W. Brennan
M. T. Cogley
Dr King’s New Discovery Beats Pneumonia Threat
The ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as the best medicine against pneumonia and winter colds. It claims many cures for coughs colds and croup with a testimonial from Mrs George W Place and notes prices 50 cents and 1 06 with a trial bottle at Reed Drug Co Ady.
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Dr. King
George W. Place
Rawsonville
Reed Drug Co .Ady
Fire at Benavides Farm Destroys Buildings in Quiete District
A large fire last night at Jose Benavides Jr s farm in Quiete district seven miles northeast of the city destroyed all frame houses a corn crib full of corn a warehouse with harness farm tools and implements. Origin unknown with suspicions of incendiary cause the loss estimated around two thousand dollars. Also notes a Buckner Orphans Home special collection and church schedule from First Methodist Church and Christ Church Episcopal with sermons prayers and activities listed.
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Jose Benavides, Jr
Rochester man wins clock for timing show window candle
Mr Samuel Meyer of Rochester New York won a fine chime clock from J Dalches for correctly predicting the burn time of a large sperm candle in the shop window. He nearly nailed the hour and came within four minutes of the exact time. The candle was declared to burn seventy three hours forty two minutes and twenty one seconds, while the actual duration was seventy three hours forty six minutes and fifty four seconds.
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Samuel Meyer
Rochester
N. Y
J. Dalches
Meyer
Bishop Johnston Arrives for West Texas Visitation
Right Reverend J. S. Johnston, bishop of the West Texas Episcopal Diocese, arrived this afternoon for his annual visitation. He will remain in the city tomorrow and preach at the Episcopal Church.
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Diocese of
West Texas
Episcopal Church
California Woman Recovers With Cough Remedy Review
Miss Marie Gerber of Sawtelle California describes severe feverish cold with chest soreness and coughing. She credits Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for relief after one night and complete recovery in a week. Remedy available everywhere. Australia government owns over fifteen thousand miles of railways among seventeen thousand miles total.
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California
Chamberlain
Marie Gerber
Sawtelle
Cal
Commonwealth of Australia
How to Bankrupt the Doctors in Thin Stockings Ad
A New York physician quips that women’s thin stockings and shoes would bankrupt doctors. An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds, claiming wide reputation and pleasant use. The United States operates eighty eight leaf production establishments employing 1,552 workers.
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New York
United States
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