Fourth Missouri Infantry Leaves for Guard Duty Next Tuesday
Positive instructions from Laredo confirm the Fourth Missouri Infantry will depart Tuesday February 20 in three sections on special trains. The first train at about 10 am will carry the battalion and band with four companies. the second and third sections follow around 11 am and 12 30 pm respectively. They head home to Missouri to report to the governor and be assigned to guard duty at key industrial and munition plants amid rising German tensions. The regiment remains intact and is expected to travel together pending broader strategic developments.
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Laredo
Fourth Missouri Infantry
Missouri
Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach liver and bowels
These tablets are intended especially for disorders of the stomach liver and bowels. If you suffer heartburn indigestion or constipation they will do you good.
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry Stockholders Meeting
Notice states the Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the company offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 1 1917 at 3 p m to elect a board of directors and address other business. The board of directors will meet immediately after at the same location. secretary C Biggio signs the notice dated January 1917.
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Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry
Laredo
Texas
Social Calendar Residents Host Calls and Dances
Wednesday headline lists Auction Bridge Club entertaining Mrs. C A Baker of Texas City at 3:30 PM and a Post Gymnasium dance for General and Mrs Ruckman at 8 PM. Thursday notes Ladies Aid meetings at both Christian and Baptist churches and a Married Ladies Dancing Club masquerade ball at Elks Hall at 8:30 PM.
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W. T. Hill
Auction Bridge Club
C. A. Baker
Texas City
Ruckman
Post Gymnasium
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
Ladies Aid of the Baptist Church
Elks Hall
Social News From Laredo and Nearby Areas
A roundup of personal trips and social events includes Mr. H M Harris returning from Corpus Christi and others visiting San Antonio, Jefferson City, and St Louis. The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church held a social at the Rectory. The Woman's Club Music Department met to discuss Paris as a musical center. Bridge Ten features a charity tea hosted by Mrs. W T Davidson with multiple prize winners and a decorated table setting.
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Christ Church
Emilie Hassell
Anna May Mussett
Minerva O'Sell
Marjorie Fish
Mary Besse MacDonald
Katherine Woods
Anita Lane
Mary Cook
George Kehl
Bayless Gullette
Ralph Cook
Elizabeth
Charline Nye
Mrs. Cook
Woman’s Club
D. F. Anderson
A. W. Schmitt
Aline Hamilton
Paris
W. T. Davidson
S. W. DeWolf
L. R. Dunbar
G. ©. Woodman
J. A. MacDonald
T. A. Austin
J. T. Halsell
Avery
Hutton
Freer
Miss Austin
Mesdames Halsell
Garrick
Donald
Gilbreath
Deutz
Mar
The Day's Work and a Call to Labor
The poem contrasts heat and leisure with the day’s toil and calls the speaker to join others in hard labor. It rails against shirking, urging shared effort under the sun. The closing line notes Mrs. Hal W. Greer returning yesterday, signaling local interest.
Winter Colds in Children and Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey
Winter brings colds to children and mothers seek remedies. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is described as loosening phlegm relieving congested lungs stopping cough and soothing for croup whooping cough and bronchial troubles. Sold at all druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. Bell
St Valentine’s Day customs in Laredo amuse readers
Old-Time custom observed as residents of Laredo send valentines to friends and even those not beloved. People mail dainty emblems and comic caricatures with satirical verses. Recipients often laugh at the humorous, sometimes biting, wording.
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Laredo
Dr King’s New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
A near fifty year old remedy promises relief from painful coughs and colds. It uses soothing pine balsams and mild laxative ingredients to drive illness from the system. Handy for winter colds croup grippe and bronchial affections. At your Druggist 60c.
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Dr. King
European Excellent Cafe Offers Mexican Dinner Night
The European Excellent Cafe presents a Mexican Dinner each Wednesday evening from six to eight o'clock. Prices are popular and the event runs weekly, inviting diners to enjoy a curated midweek meal in a casual setting.
Money Makers in Times Want Ads
Classified notice notes opportunities to earn as cash income through advertised gigs. It highlights immediate openings, contact details, and potential earnings to attract readers seeking quick paid work. Persons and firms named in the section are listed as typical listings.
Personal notices from the Hamilton Hotel guest list
C H Vick returns from Monterey and others like Mr and Mrs W H Johnston of San Antonio are guests at the Hamilton. Roy Adams arrives from the internal revenue department. Everett Love visits family in San Antonio. More visitors include Mr and Mrs Muchidun of Saltillo and Mr and Mrs Ricardo Gutierrez Bridet of Mexico City awaiting Ambassador Fletcher. Numerous names listed in a Bender section.
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C. H. Vick
Monterey
W. H. Johnston
San Antonio
Hamilton
Roy Adams
Internal Revenue Department
Everett Love
Muchidun
M. Muchidun
Saltillo
Laredo
Ricardo Gutierrez Bridet
Mexico City
Hamilton Hotel
Ambassador Fletcher
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
Tonight cloudy and colder then Thursday fair as supplied to The Times by the Telephone Co.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh Weather: 7 am 68 48 with SE wind
Observations for 24 hours ending today at Fort McIntosh show a max temperature of 68 degrees and a min of 48 degrees. The wind generally comes from the southeast and skies are clear.
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Fort McIntosh
Circle of social events and club meetings report
The column details a string of social gatherings and society notes including a Woman's Club meeting at the Hamilton Hotel with education as the topic led by Mrs. Elizabeth Lobdell, the annual officer election, a Methodist Women’s Missionary Society session, a bridge party hosted by Mrs. Rawson Warren, an Army dance for the Sixteenth Cavalry with Ninth Infantry band, and a Music and Literary Club meeting at Farragut Street with piano masterworks discussed.
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Woman's Club
Hamilton Hotel
Elizabeth Lobdell
A. P. Nye
Farragut Street
Tea Guests Gather at Durfee House in Local Social
Cards have been Tec trim shall, Hutton, Avenals, Durfee, Stone, Penn, Derby, Morton, Co CC, Biggio, T. A. Austin, DeWolf, Lee, Slocum, Freer, Dunbar, Wood man, Halstead, Misses E. Austin, A. Gray, Wright, Mowry, Zara Mowry, Lillian Westbrook, Louise Muller Those coming in for tea were Mes dames Ruckman, Reuben Smith, Da ley, Beukema, Misses Ruckman and Westbrook.
This Date in History 1847 to 1916 Highlights
A compact chronicle of notable events and births from 1847 through 1916 including Anna Howard Shaw born in England, Rae's Arctic expedition return to St Paul, Belfort surrender, the Marseillaise recognized as France’s anthem, Toronto University fire, Sherman’s death, Canadian reciprocity, Arizona statehood, Taft immigration veto, Peace Sunday, and pivotal WWI moments in East Prussia Ypres and Erzerum.
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Anna Howard Shaw
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Newcastle-on-Tyne
England
America
Rae
St. Paul, Minn
Sir
John Franklin
Belfort
Toronto University
William Tecumseh Sherman
House of Representatives
Arizona
Statehood
Taft
East Prussia
Pitkupoonen
Scotland
Wales
Ypres
Erzerum
Caucasus
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Cuban Revolution Gains Momentum with Noted Victories
Associated Press reports from New York on February 14 say Cuban Liberal party representatives claim the revolution is in full swing and have secured important victories. Washington warns the United States may not recognize any rebel government, and Havana reports that rebel leaders Colonel Acosta and Major Mariano were killed in clashes with rural guards.
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Associated Press
New York
Cuban Liberal Party
Cuba
Washington
Lansing
United States
Havana
Acosta
Mariano
Jefferson Victory Reported Amid Battle Casualties
Fragmentary OCR notes report Jefferson victory 40 miles from Havana with Sal killed and Major General tillo wounded. Details are unclear and names and places are partially obscured.
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Jefferson Win
Hava
Sal
Generi
Tillo
Cotton Consumption In January And Half-Year Totals
The Associated Press reports Washington February 14. The cotton consumed in the United States during January totaled 603,701 running bales excluding linters. For the six months ending January 31 the consumption reached 3,367,663 bales, as announced by the census.
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Associated
Washington
United States
Georgia Manufacturers Plan Industrial Promotion Campaign
Savannah Ga Feb 14 Plans for a comprehensive campaign to promote the industrial interests of the Georgia Manufacturers association met in this city today with a large and representative attendee. The meeting will continue in session over tomorrow.
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Savannah
Georgia Manufacturers’ Association
Signal Chief of the Army Re tires
Brigadier General George P Scriven chief of the Signal Service retired on his own application. A Philadelphia native who studied at the University of Chicago and the Polytechnic Institute at Troy he served in infantry and artillery before joining the Signal Corps in 1890 and became chief signal officer in 1913. He commanded signaling in the Department of the Gulf during the Spanish American War and earned a reward recommendation from General Chaffee for gallantry. He was noted as a leading American aeronautics authority with writings on technical military problems. Lieutenant Colonel George O Squier will succeed him as chief of the Signal Corps after acting as assistant chief signal officer.
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Washington, D. C
United States Army
George P. Scriven
Signal Service
Scriven
Philadelphia
West Point
University of Chicago
Polytechnic Institute At
Troy
N. Y
Signal Corps
Spain
Department of the Gulf
Cuba
Philippines
China
Chaffee
George O. Squier
German Professor Resigns at University of Vermont
Burlington Vermont February 14 The board of trustees met to act on the resignation of Professor Anton H Appelmann German professor for four years at the University of Vermont He resigns due to severance of diplomatic relations between the United States and Germany.
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Burlington, Vt
University of Vermont
Anton H. Appelmann
Appelmann
United State
Germany
Ball Team to Train at Honolulu
The Portland club of the Pacific Coast baseball league sails from Vancouver today for Honolulu to get into condition for the coming season. They will make the longest trip of any baseball team this year and will be the only team to train outside the country.
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Vancouver
B. C
Portland Club
Pacific Coast Baseball League
Honolulu
Wilson weighs gun aid decision amid ship protection debate
President Wilson plans to defer a verdict on arming American merchant ships while weighing a possible congressional request for broader authority to safeguard ships and lives. Incidents against U S rights accelerate a new congressional appeal, with Germany detaining sailors from the Yarrowdale adding to tensions. Count von Bernstorff traveled from Washington to Hoboken aboard a special train as a protest note from Norway Denmark and Sweden reached German ministers.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Germany
Inquiry to Ambassador Elkus on American marooned in Asia Minor
The state department sent another inquiry to Ambassador Elkus in Constantinople asking why he could not report on the marooned Americans detained in Asia Minor since the war with Germany. No word has reached this country. The text mentions Constantinople or Sofia and references a resolution in the chamber of deputies about compensation for crews of neutral vessels that destroy attacking submarines.
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Elkus
Washington
State Department
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Germany
Teuton Capture 1200 Russians in Romania Fight
Berlin reports Teutons seized positions in the Meste-Canesti sector in Rumania totaling over 1,200 Russians and capturing three cannon and 12 machine guns. British assaults on the Ancre north bank were repulsed in intense hand to hand combat.
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Berlin
Teuton
Meste-Canesti
Rumania
Ancre
American Schooner Lyman M. Law Submarined
London reports the American schooner Lyman M. Law was submarined Monday per the Stefani Agency of Rome. The crew, including eight Americans, is said to have landed.
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London
Lyman M. Law
Stefani Agency
Rome
American Troops To Cross Border To Rescue Mormons
American cavalry may cross the border today from Hachita New Mexico to rescue three American Mormon cowboys seized Monday afternoon by armed Mexicans led by Prudencio Miranda a reported Villista commander.
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Associated Press
Hachita
N. M
International Line
Prudencio Miranda
Wilson Re elected in Congress Joint Session
Associated Press reports Wilson and Marshall won 277 electoral votes to 254 for Hughes and Fairbanks after the constitutional canvass by Congress. The declaration confirms Wilson's reelection as president following the national tally.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Congress
Marshall
Hughes
Fairbanks
Sloan's Liniment for Stiff Joints Relief
Sloan's Liniment relieves rheumatism pains and aches in joints and muscles. It penetrates without rubbing to soothe and warm sore areas and stimulate congested blood. It is clean, convenient, quick acting, and does not stain skin. available from druggists for 250.
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Sloan
Governor Ferguson Attacked in Senate Resolution Seeks Investigation
In Austin on Feb 14 Senator Johnston introduced a resolution naming witnesses to form a committee for a sweeping probe into Governor Ferguson. The charges include violating supreme court rulings and the state constitution, causing resignations at state institutions, and political interference. Ferguson attendance challenged accusers to prove the claims.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Johnston
Senate
Dean
Hudspeth
Lattimore
Johnson
Paris
Buchanan
Ferguson
Supreme Court
Kentucky Legislature Meets in Extra Session
Frankfort Kentucky February 14 Governor Stanley convened an extra session of the general assembly to consider tax reform measures.
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Frankfort
Stanley
Kentucky General Assembly
U. S. Rubber Expands Plans in New Brunswick Meeting
U S Rubber Corp. holds a special meeting in New Brunswick New Jersey on February 14 to discuss expansion actions led by Lidtinet and TERK. The report indicates corporate growth moves and strategic decisions.
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New Brunswick
N. J
United States
Rubber company directors back bond plan and asset grabs
Sto Rubber Company directors approve voting for bonds totaling 60 million dollars while Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company stockholders, subsidiary of United States Rubber, approve a general plan for a broad bond issue. Both special meetings also back acquiring plants and properties they already largely own.
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Sto Rubber Company
Rubber, Goods Manufacturing Company
United States Rubber Company
Movement to liquidate mortgage on Douglass home museum
A national drive begins across negro churches and groups to liquidate the mortgage on Frederick Douglass’s old Anacostia home in Washington. If funded, the site will become a museum preserving books relics and records meaningful to colored people nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
Frederick Douglass
Washington
Anacostia
Maine anniversary observed amid war talk in Washington
Washington observers mark the Maine tragedy anniversary with patriot societies and veterans groups planning events. The Army and Navy Union hosts tomorrow night with Rear Admiral Benson and several lawmakers expected to speak. The Navy and War secretaries were invited, and Rev. John P. Chidwick, Maine chaplain at the disaster, will participate.
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Washington D. C
Maine
Havana Harbor
Army and Navy Union
Benson
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Secretary of War
John P. Chidwick
Farmer Grain Dealers Con Fer State Meeting Opens in Minneapolis
Minneapolis February 14. State inspection of grain and the car shortage weigh on the grain trade as the Farmer Grain Dealers Association of Minnesota convenes for a three day session. More than 500 members from across the state attend the annual meeting in the city.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Farmer Grain Dealers’ Association of
Minnesota
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