Webb County Commissioners Court Opens Regular Quarterly Session
The Webb County Commissioners Court met at the county judge's office this morning led by County Judge Geo R Page with Commissioners Puig Martin Johnson and Davis and County Clerk J A Rodriguez. The court began routine business and will consider road matters and other subjects as it remains in session through the week.
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Webb County Commissioners’ Court
Geo. R. Page
W. L. Puig
John M. Martin
John §. Johnson
D. D. Davis
J. A. Rodriguez
Herbine Promises Quick Relief for Gas and Torpid Liver
A historical drug ad claims gas in the stomach or bowels signals a torpid life and promotes Herbine as a marvelous liver stimulant and bowel purifier. The copy asserts druggists carry it and emphasizes rapid relief and price ble.
Goods Removed From Conservation List For Export to Mexico
The War Trade Board's local office issues licenses for exporting to Mexico and has removed cheese butter and eggs from the conservation list as free for export. Over the past two months many food items have been delisted, leaving few remaining under restriction.
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War Trade Board
Williams
Mexico
Ballard's Horehound Syrup Promises Quick Relief
An old warning explains that a heavy lung cold once thought to cure itself can trigger fatal disease. It advises frequent doses of Ballard's Horehound Syrup to check progression and aid nature in restoring normal conditions. Prices 25c, 50c, and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Railroad timetable for Texas-Mexican and through trains
Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 9:00 a.m. Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3:36 p.m. The International and Great Northern Through fast train to Stuart leaves at 10:46 a.m. and arrives at 7:16 p.m. Night Train departs at 1:00 a.m. and arrives at 12:00 a.m.
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Corpus Christi
Corpu Christi
International
Great Northern
Stuovt
Rio Grande and Eagle Paes Train Schedule Card
Train No 1 departs Jaredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 am arrives Minera 10 20 am Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 00 am arrives Jaredo at the om.
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Rio Grande & Eagle Paes
Jaredo
Minera
Minera Daiily
Getting Rid of Colds Safe at Home
The article promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a proven cold remedy used for years. It cautions against catching a second cold during recovery and advises a bed rest policy for middle aged or older men, suggesting three days in bed at the start is better than three weeks later.
Social Calendar Highlights From Monday And Tuesday
Monday events include the Nulles Club gathering at 3 PM hosted by Mrs A C Hamilton, the Woman's Missionary Society meeting at the Methodist Church at 4 PM, and the Woman's Club weekly dance at the Library tonight. Tuesday features the Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church at 4 PM at the Rectory, plus the Epworth League gathering at the Methodist Church and Community Singing at the Soldiers Club in the evening.
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Nulles Club
A. C. Hamil
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Woman's Club
Christ Church
Thefternoon
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Soldiers Club
Fire and Memory in Old Man of the Snow Verse and Local News
A fragment from Frank L. Stanton’s Atlanta Constitution verse about the fire singing of memory and distant skies frames a community notes page. The remainder lists social updates from Laredo Texas, baptisms, engagements, club events, entertainments, and visitors with names, places, and dates.
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry Stockholders Meeting
Notice announces annual meeting of stockholders to be held at the company offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 6 1919 at 230 p.m. to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. The board of directors will meet immediately after at the same location. Secretary J D Merriman of Laredo dated February 4 1919.
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The
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry
Laredo
Texas
Ballard's Snow Liniment for burns and cuts
A household bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment helps treat scalds, burns, and severe cuts that heal slowly if neglected. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 sizes. Sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
National Retail Dry Goods Association Convention Opens
New York February tenth. Representatives from across the United States convene for the eighth annual meeting to address postwar challenges and steer the retail dry goods business through trade shoals. Sessions begin tomorrow and run for most of the week, promising a historic gathering for the association.
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New York
United States
National Retail Dry Goods Association
White's Cream Vermi Fuge for Worms in Children
A child with intestinal worms is hindered in growth. A few doses of White's Cream Vermi Fuge destroy and expel worms, the child improves immediately and thrives. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
From Here and There types of wonders and trivia
A collection of curious facts and anecdotes: a blue enameled gold and ivory typewriter for the Russian czarina, two poets Keats and Shelley racing to write famous works, the 1862 U S income tax tiers, Lusitania’s origins, the name Porto Calo from Oporto, a maple tree felled in Hydeville VI, a rust-bearing raspberry bush, and whale head size relative to body.
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Czarina
Russia
Chums
Keats
Isle of Wight
Endymion
Shelley
Thames
United States
Congress
Portugal
Lusitania
Porto Callo
Oporto
Hydeville
Not a Labor Movement in Mooney Case Clash
A San Francisco district attorney notes that threatening letters toward Mooney and others came from the same anarchists who targeted Utah's governor in Hillstrom, linking the Mooney defense drive to a broader anti state conspiracy. The Montana Loyalty League ran an incendiary Bolshevist appeal against capitalism, urging workers to rise and “Rip their hypocritical masks” while denying Bolshevism’s danger, despite warnings.
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Mooney
Fieckert
San Francisco
McNamara
Los Angeles
Montana Loyalty League
Workers’ Council of
Butte
Butte Daily Bulletin
Sons of Freedom
Leslie
Dreadful Cough Cured by Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs F W Olsen of Marysville Missouri reports her son Jean suffered a severe cold and dreadful cough for days. After trying various medicines, Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieved his cough immediately and cured him within one bottle, suitable for children.
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Chamberlain
F. W. Olsen
Marysville
Jean
Settlement talk aims to end Seattle strike
Associated Press reports conservative union leaders planned a morning meeting with the general strike conference committee to urge ending the sympathetic strike. Mayor Hanson and business leaders prepared to restart city industries, saying operations would resume with or without union workers as officials forecast a withdrawal of the strike.
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Associated Press
Seattle
Wash
Hanson
Beaten in Senate as Woman Suffrage Fails Again
By Associated Press Washington February 10 federal constitutional amendment granting woman suffrage failed again in the senate today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Russian offer from Japan aims to settle Bolshevik crisis
Reports from Omsk say the Russian government accepted a Japanese offer of men money and arms to resolve Bolshevik difficulties. In exchange Japan would gain iron and coal concessions in Priamur, amid fears allied forces may withdraw and Bolshevik recognition at the Paris talks looms. Concurrently Berlin saw Spartacan disorders with fatalities and injuries after an uprising led by ex police chief Fichhorm. International Labor Conference in Berne approved eight hour day and other protections, noting seats for delegates remain uncontested.
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Associated Press
Vladivostock
Omsk
Japan
Siberia
Dinces Islands
Priamur
Zurich
Berlin
Fichhorm
Alexanderplatz
Berne
International Labor Conference
Educators to Meet in Chicago for National Convention
About 5000 educators from nearly every state and most colleges will attend the National Education Association’s department of superintendence meeting in Chicago. The February event focuses on secondary education, educational research, efficiency officers, and future revenue plans for schools, with noted authorities delivering papers and addresses throughout the week.
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Chicago
Ill
Department of Superintendence
National Education Association
United States
Department
Middle West
Association
Peace Conference Commissions Near Reports on Key Projects
Paris February 10 reports indicate several minor commissions have advanced plans and expect to report multiple important projects to the peace conference soon after the society of nations commission concludes its work. The conference plans to discuss several of these topics immediately.
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Paris
Conference
Commission
Society of Nations
Peace conference credentials commission takes shape?
Paris February 10. If the peace conference commission on credentials ever begins to function, some stirring developments are expected to follow. The commission has not met yet to organize the conference.
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Paris
Peace Conference Commission On
Prohibition Bill Dings Cattle Dipping for Ticks Rally
The Texas House rejected a resolution to continue the ranger investigation. A bill to let commissioners' courts fund cattle dipping for tick eradication advances. The state highway department probe begins. A Westbrook Senate measure would let married women subscribe and hold corporate roles. McNealus Senate measure seeks majority nominations from constable to governor. An old Kaiser tale and a glimpse of William II’s odd duties close the item.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
State Highway Department
Westbrook
Hunt County
Senator McNealus
Dallas County
United States War Department Reorganized Into Five Divisions
The War Department undergoes reorganization by creating five new divisions led by Executives War Plans Purchases and Supplies Storage and Traffic and Army Operations. The change restructures chain of command and oversight across planning procurement logistics storage and field operations.
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United States War Department
Cure for irregular bowels with Herbine
Irregular bowel symptoms cause discomfort and worsening feelings over time. A nightly dose of Herbine is advertised to relieve misery, with the promise of feeling better next day. Sold by all druggists for 60 cents.
Registered Mail Thief Strikes Hartford Payroll Shipment
Postoffice officials probe theft of payroll currency from a Fort Smith bank sent to Hartford Arkansas. About $15,000 missing with an empty sack found near Hartford station as investigators review transit records and security procedures.
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Associated Fress
Hartford
Ark
Postoffice
Fort Smith
Bank of Hartford
Peace Treaty Anniversary Reflects U S Spain Armistice
Washington February 10 marks twenty years since President McKinley signed the peace treaty ending the war with Spain. The accord, negotiated in Paris, opened Cuba to independence and ceded most remaining territories including the Philippines and Puerto Rico to the United States. Spain received a twenty million dollar indemnity.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Spain
McKinley
Paris
Cuba
Philippines
Porto Rico
National Tractor Show Opens In Kansas City
Today marks the fifth annual National Tractor Show opening in Kansas City for a week, touted as the biggest exhibit of its kind. Trade subjects and reconstruction issues will be discussed at the Indiana State conference of credit men in South Bend, while Rotary delegates from Montana, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah gather in Butte for the district convention. Mileage scrip books for 3,000 miles cost 90 dollars plus 7.20 dollars war tax, valid on all railroads controlled by the U S Government.
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Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Utah
Butte
International Association of Rotary Clubs
United States
Adam Not a German. Eden Olive Tree Hint
Col. Taylor responds to a Lady and the State Press of the Galveston News denying Adam was a Teuton. He argues Adam was not German, noting that when Adam left Eden he did not cut down the orchard, implying the fault lay elsewhere.
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Galveston News
Adam
Col. Taylor
Eden
Women Labor and Suffrage Across Nations in Brief
Louisiana creates a state commission to study labor of women and children aiming at max hours and min wages. Swedish women gain full suffrage on par with men. Haiti opens its first nurse training school under U S Public Health Service direction and control.
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Louisana
Republic of Haiti
United States Public Health Service
Local Weather Forecast From New Orleans Bureau
The Times presents a Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans and Fort McIntosh observations. Tonight shows increasing cloudiness and warmth, Tuesday stays cloudy. Fort McIntosh records a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a max of 48 degrees and a min of 35 degrees, wind from the west, and partly cloudy skies.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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