Little Locals This Carnival Prepares Laredo For Fans
City police keep a wary eye on suspicious characters as a carnival nears. Eleven juvenile thieves are captured under Chief Brennan, and youth rehabilitation is urged. Celebration plans proceed with workers busy and committees observing. San Antonio reports many Alamo City residents will visit Feb 21 22. Counterfeit money circulates, with imports of ixth and calamine noted. Recent marriage licenses issued include Giles Oberfeldt and Barre r a Lorenzo Dickinson Barreda Lozano Santos Lozano. Flores Avenue street work aims to present a first class thoroughfare for visiting strangers.
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Laredo
Brennan
San Antonio
Alamo City
Ixth
Geoffrey J. Giles
Margaret Clintonia Oberfeldt
Armando Barrera
Clara Lorenzo Dickinson
Lorenzo Barreda
Blanca Buitron
Victoriano Santos
Luz Lozano
Commissioners Court
Flores Avenue
Best Vaudeville At Royal Theatre In Laredo
Laredo's Royal Theatre hosted six vaudeville numbers described as the best in Texas in years. The 35 performer troupe, praised for high class comedy and musicality, drew rousing applause and a crowded house, with "Home Again" and the Marx Brothers act leading the bill alongside strong ensembles and standout acts such as the Bison City Four, George Carson and Jake Willard, the Goudsmiths, the Clintons, and Bessie Cunningham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Royal Theatre
Texas
New York
the Royal
Royal
Bison City
George Carson
Jake Willard
Carson
Willard
Goudsmiths
Clintons
Bessie Cunningham
Demonstration of fireless cooker at Stowers Furniture
To the Ladies of Laredo a demonstration of a fireless cooker will be held at the G A Stowers Furniture Co on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. A lady demonstrator will be at the store on these days. 2-15-5t
Battle Cry of Peace shown to large Strand crowds
Review lauds the photodrama The Battle Cry of Peace at Strand Theatre as a tenacious Call to Arms Against War and a strong factor for preparedness. It portrays a vulnerable United States, New York’s fall, and a pivot to defense with Columbia and the Stars and Stripes guiding the path to peace and honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strand Theatre
America
Wilson
Grand Army of the Republic
United States
New York City
New York
Columbia
Stars and Stripes
Royal Baking Powder Promotes Cream of Tartar Advantage
The text explains that cream of tartar derived from grapes is the healthiest and best ingredient for Royal Baking Powder, contrasting it with cheaper phosphate and alum powders. It urges users drawn to alum or phosphate varieties to switch to Royal Baking Powder to enjoy better food quality.
Society and Church Social Events Noted
Wednesday folds two church meetings with Mrs Barr at the parsonage and Christ Church auxiliary at 3 PM, followed by the Giles Oberfeldt wedding at six. Thursday lists the Fort McIntosh Ladies Card Club at 2:30 PM and Mrs Geo Woodman hosting the Married Ladies Social Club at 3:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Barr
Paris Guild of
Christ Church
Giles-Oberfeldt
Ladies Card Club
Fort McIntosh
Ninth Infantry Club
Geo. C. Woodman
Winter Wind Poem Quotation
The lines compare winter wind and a bitter sky to unkind human ingratitude. The speaker notes wind and sky feel less biting than a friend who forgets, suggesting coldness mirrors neglect from remembered benefits and loyalty.
Requiem Mass for Mrs Charles Ross at St Peter's
A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated in St Peter's church at seven o'clock Friday morning February 18 for the repose of the soul of the late Mrs Charles Ross. Friends are cordially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Peter's Church
Charles Ross
Local social notes from Laredo community events and travels
Mrs Hazelrigg hosts Mrs H M Arneil from Asherton before she travels to Monterey Mexico to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Prince. Miss Ollie Yates attends Washington's Birthday events from San Antonio. Mrs Sadie Hazelrigg and Arthur Hazelrigg plan a family visit. Rev B F Kimball returns from Tamaulipas Mexico noting fair conditions in population centers. Church groups and social clubs meet at Christ Church Baptist and Presbyterian venues with planned bazaars, lessons, and farewell gatherings for Miriam Chapter No 86 members headed to the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Kimball
Tamaulipas
Mexico
Mr. Kimball
San Luis Potosi
Nuevo Laredo
Miriam
Order of the Eastern Star
H. A. Clark
Philippine Islands
Eliza J. Randolph
Laredo
Laredo Bridge Bonds Sold for Two Concrete Crossings
The city voters approved 15000 in bridge bonds last August to finance two reinforced concrete bridges over Arroyo Zacate on Mata moros street and Arroyo Chacon. The contract winner A G Ramey of San Antonio is arranging materials and plans to start before March 1, aiming for rapid but quality completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Laredo
Arroyo Zacate
Matamoros Street
Arroyo Chacon
A. G. Ramey
San Antonio
Gasoline 16 Cents Guaranteed at The Crescent Garage
A short classified item announces gasoline at 16 cents per gallon with a guarantee from The Crescent Garage. The notice emphasizes reliable pricing and service available at the Crescent location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crescent
Recoveries Reported From Eckman's Alterative
Wilmington resident recounts lung trouble recovery after using Eckman's Alterative. Affidavit states January 2008 hemorrhages, fortifying effects, resulting in cleared lungs and no ongoing trouble. Ad touts efficacy for bronchial conditions, up-building the system and non habit forming ingredients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
C. A. Lippincott
Lippincott’s Department Store
Eckman
Jas
Squires
Eekman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Personalities visit city as out of town guests listed
J H Harlan arrives from San Antonio then Miss M Sallee returns from markets to stock spring millinery. Several locals including Adolph Engel Asherton Sam Lewin San Antonio Leonard Haynes New York Mexico City and ROSS listings show names and brief travel notes with many business trips and arrivals.
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J. H. Harlan
San Antonio
M. Sallee
Adolph Engel
Asherton
Ross
Sam Lewin
Leonard Haynes
New York
Mexico City
Robert H. Kilsby
Scotch Woolen Mills
Corpus Christi
A. H. Lynch
Greenville
L. Bernard
Lampazos
B. F. Innan
EB. T. Sehuman
Adolph Engel Asherton
Fernando Camargo
D. M. Trevisio
Monterey
C. C. Byron
Sam Lavin
J. Dreyfus
Thos
John James
J. M. L. Mackay
N.T. Moore
H. Belknaps
Geo. R. Tingle
R. H. Hunter
Fort Worth
A. P F. Hill
Gainesville
O. W. Lowrie
Houston
H. M. Compton
Bender
H. Norris
Marl K. Breen
Charral
W. J. Redman
Morrow
Islitas
J. A. O'Niel
EF. A. Mooly
Mrs. Harrison
Brantford
Canada
V. Battaglia
Big Wells
G. A. Peterson
Fred C. Finning, Jr
F. H. Wolters
Schenectady
D. C Sanders
E. D. Roscoe
H. C. Lawson
MacGregor
M. F. Baker
A. H. Fandford
James A. Weir
Javier Salcido
J. D. Orimby
Jack Tryer
Denver
H. M. Paust
A. V. Kennedy
A. F. Curtain
Dallas
Alfredo Perez
Ladies Meeting at Elks Hall for Birth Day Celebration
The ladies forming committees for Washington's Birth day Celebration are urgently requested to attend a meeting at Elks Hall at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Mrs J F Mullally serves as Chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elks Hall
J. F. Mullally
Delights of Bridge Club Tea and Royal Theater Party
Mrs H W Johnston hosted a decorously arranged afternoon with cut towers ferns and pot plants. Mrs Joe Vidales won the club prize a hand embroidered lunch cloth while Mrs Hal W Greer took the guest prize a dresser scarf. Dr and Mrs John Tucker Hassell hosted a box party at the Royal Theater with a four course supper and a cut glass centerpiece featuring violets pink carnations and ferns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Johnston
Joe Vidales
Hal W. Greer
Mesdames M. Barlow
E. H. Buenz
C. J. Cook
E. J. Foster
H. Stow Garlick
A. Martin
A. R. Vidaurri
Jos. Vidales
Mesdames
W. A. Roy
J. Penn
A. Wormser
Louis Joseph
Ben F. Wright
Walter Moore
J. B. Ca“amara
H. W. Greer
John Tucker Hassell
Giles-Oberfeldt
Royal Theater
Bouton Nieres
Oberfeldt
Anna Marcella Giles
Edna Brown
Marguerite Nelson
Theodora Gullette
J. A. MacDonald
D. F. Anderson
A. W. Schmitt
Alfred Giles
Chas. W. Cook
Geoffrey J. Giles
John Spencer
Gerald Sielski
Lawrence Nelson
Davis McGown
Edgar Garlick
Halseil
Russians report capture of Erzerum with 80 000 Turks in city
A Petrograd dispatch says Erzeroum has fallen to Russians. The report claims nine Turkish forts captured at the Erzerum stronghold and eighty thousand Turkish troops are trapped inside with two weeks of provisions. Reinforcements are expected despite Berlin noting failed British trench efforts at Ypres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erzercum
London
Petrograd
Erzerum
Berlin
Ypres
Fire destroys American Club amid protests in Toronto
A deadly fire at the American Club, a six story building in Toronto, killed one man believed to be P. I. Halston of Dallas and injured two others including Capt. Asa Minard and the night watchman. The blaze caused $50,000 in damage and followed a series of unexplained explosions. The club had been a hub for demonstrations supporting Entente allies and housed a Canadian regiment largely staffed by Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Canada
P. I. Halston
Dallas
Texas
Asa Minard
American Legion
Night
Not in Directory Dallas Feb 16 Hairston named in past society list
Not in Directory. Dallas Texas Feb 16. Hairston name not found in local directory. Later inquiries show Hairston was a prominent business and society man here years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Hairston
Proposal to endorse Elihu Root defeated at
The Republican state convention resolutions committee in Albany on February 16 rejected endorsing Elihu Root for the presidency after a hot debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Albany
N. Y
Elihu Root
Resolutions Committee
Public opposes increased Bay State car fares
Boston on February 16 reports the public engages in a protest and fight over Bay State Street Railway fare increases beyond the five cent limit. The company argues eight percent net income is needed to attract investment, while demonstrators mobilize for a lively dispute ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Boston
Bay State Street Railway
Open Bids for Speedy Submarines in Navy Plan
Washington Feb. 16 bids will be opened at the Navy Department today for two speedy submarines capable of 25 knots on the surface. Likely several bids. one may be built at the government plant. Submersibles will exceed 250 feet, 1200 tons, cruising radius and sea-going abilities, steam turbines on surface with future oil or gas engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy Department
Congress
Uncle Sam
Schley
Navy
Wilson
Best Recommendation for Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio says Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and it has never failed to cure a cough or cold, obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Gierhart
Waynesfield
Ohio
Fires Destroy Steamers and Bulk Pier at Brooklyn
A blaze at New York Harbor burned the steamers Boston and Pacific and 900 feet of a Brooklyn pier, with Palazzia badly damaged and several smaller ships destroyed. Loss estimated over a million dollars, later raised to three million as fires blazed through loaded munition shipments. Lusitania Draft Acceptable in Washington as Berlin changes raise prospects of U S assent. The draft from Count von Bernstorff to Secretary Lansing promises reprisal context for submarine warfare and indemnity for American lives lost.
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New York
Boston
Pacific
Brooklyn
Pallazia
Lusitania
Washington
Count von Bernstorff
Seecretary
Lansing
Berlin
United States
Judges Overrules Stockholders Petition in Texas and Pacific Case
In Dallas on February 16 the federal court overruled the stockholders intervening petition in the Texas and Pacific Railway Company receivership proceedings. The stockholders contended the Missouri Pacific instigated the receivership to gain control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Federal Court Today
WH. R. Meek
Bankers Trust Company of New York
Missouri Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Dice Bring Ruin To Jeweler Case In Philadelphia
Charles Cox, a bankrupt jeweler, testifies that gambling losses drove him into fraud and bankruptcy. He says gamblers lured him to dice games, losing all his money. Judge Weasel orders sheriff to compel gamblers to appear, using force if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles Cox
Weasel
Soem
Malaria Fight Expands Across Southern Dwellings
Jackson Miss Feb 16 One of every twenty five residents in certain southern areas shows malaria in blood There were 204881 cases reported from affected zones in 1914 Public Health Service investigates prevention and cure Notes high infection rates 8 percent whites 20 percent colored Unsanitary breeding grounds blamed Campaign urges draining standing water filling low places oiling breeding sites stocking streams with minnows screening methods and preventive education in infected areas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson, Miss
South
Public Health Service of the
United States
Yazoo Valley
The
Health Service
Pound Notice of Public Auction for Stray Horse
One bay horse seized for violation of city ordinances and impounded. The animal will be sold at public auction in front of City Hall at ten o'clock Thursday morning February 17 1916 unless owners call and pay all accrued costs. M Brennan City Marshal Laredo Texas February 14 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Brennan
Laredo
Texas
Mississippi flood crevasse widens. third drowning feared
Natchez Mississippi reports waters pouring through a levee crevasse 1,000 feet wide near the Limerick plantation. A large area of Tensas Parish is inundated, Newellton lies four to six feet deep, and refugees from St. Joseph seek safety as a third drowning is reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Natchez
Miss
Limerick
Tensas Pariah
Louisiana
Newellton
St. Joseph
Fire in Fall River Business District Causes Two Million Loss
Fire swept the business section of Fall River Massachusetts early today causing an estimated two million dollars in damage. No lives were reported. The cause remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fall River
Mass
Beaumont Man Sentenced to Hang on April 29
The Beaumont Texas report states R. H. Hargess, convicted of murdering his wife, has been sentenced to hang on April 29. The decision was handed down February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Beaumont
Texas
R. H. Hargess
Negro Is Granted 30 Day Respite In Texas Case
Houston Feb 16 Henry Tennell a Black man sentenced to hang for assault on a Black girl received a thirty day respite while Governor Ferguson reviews the case. The respite came after the death warrant had been read and the march to the scaffold was nearly begun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Houston
Texas
Henry Tennell
Coounty
Gov. Ferguson
Uncle Tommy of Viola at his hundredth birthday
Viola Wisconsin February 16 Thomas Edwards known as Uncle Tommy a Civil War veteran and famed local character is 100 years old this morning and planning a large state wide gathering His mother was a cousin of Davy Crockett and his father crossed the Mississippi with Daniel Boones settlers He credits his long life to cheerfulness
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola
Wis
Thomas Edwards
Tommy
Davy Crockett
Mississippi
Daniel Boone
Mosquito Exterminators Hope For Better Year
Atlantic City New Jersey February 16 at the annual meeting of the New Jersey Mosquito Extermination Association officials predicted an unabated war on the Jersey Skeeter this summer. Mosquito fighters from outside the main war zone attend the gathering noting the past three summers were favorable to the species and urging for one good season to prove public results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Skeeter
New Jersey
Mosquito Extermination Association
When Wilson Was His Own Baggageman
In Minneapolis on February 16, a host recalls Woodrow Wilson leaving the city 17 years earlier by riding in the back of a wagon and holding onto his trunk to keep it from falling off. Samuel Thorpe uses the tale to illustrate the President’s democracy. Wilson, then a Princeton professor, rode with one hand on the seat and the other on the trunk as the family wagon moved through main streets with fond amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Woodrow Wilson
Samuel. Thorpe
Princeton
Prof. Wilson
Local Weather Forecast and Fort McIntosh Observations
Tonight fair with near frost. Thursday fair. Fort McIntosh reports 24 hours to 7 am with a high of 70 and a low of 36. Wind generally from the south. Clear conditions observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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Mary Cook
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