Preventable Fires and Misplaced Priorities in The South
A lengthy critique links a Binghamton New York factory blaze to unsafe four story brick shells and inflammable cloth materials, drawing parallel to the Triangle fire. It condemns cost cutting that sacrifices workers and prisoners, and urges stronger fireproofing, inspection, and enforcement amid broader postwar farm and governance debates. The piece condemns negligence, questions convict safety, and calls for accountability and improved laws.
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Binghamption
New York
Triangle
Mississippi
Binghampton
Illiterate Ex Slave Demonstrates Intensive Alabama Farming
A 75 year old ex slave in Alabama, illiterate, showcases superior farming knowledge, producing more per acre than any U S farmer and raising a bale of cotton on an eighth of an acre. Farm experts visiting Alabama call his method the most striking example of intensive farming in the nation. He started with forty acres, buying at the end of the Civil War, and gradually reduced his cultivated land to two acres.
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South
Sam McCall
Alabama
Uncle Sam
United States
Track repair to restore service on National Lines between Nuevo Laredo and Monterey
Advises report that track and bridge repairs on the National Lines between Nuevo Laredo and Monterey will finish late today and traffic resume at once. Ballasting is underway. first through train likely Saturday morning with military trains running to Monterey in the interim. The ad promotes Herbine for digestion and liver regularity, price five cents, sold by druggists.
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Nuevo Laredo
Monterey
Mexican officials arrive in Nuevo Laredo for unknown purpose
A party of high ranking Mexican officers led by Brigadier General Argumedo arrived by train from Monterey and was greeted by General Tellez. The group included Colonel Garza Rivas and Captain Jones with Col Naranjo joining later. A band concert on Juarez Plaza honored the visitors while the mission's aim and duration remain unclear.
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Nuevo
Monterey
Tellez
Theople
Nuevo Laredo
Henamin Argumedo
Marcial Garza Rivas
Albert Jones
Camaron
Francisco Naranjo
Juarez Plaza
Argumedo
Mexico
Piedras Negras
Mata
Woman's tonic Cardui praised by Virginia reader
Pleasant Hill North Carolina resident Mrs Walter Vincent recalls three summers of dreadful headaches and near collapse before using Cardui the woman’s tonic. She reports three bottles relieved all symptoms and she gained strength appetite and rosy cheeks Cardui marketed as vegetable with mild tonic effect claims to aid more than a million women in 50 years.
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Pleasant Hill
N. C
Walter Vincent
Cardui
Bids sought for three wooden bridges on failores road
Bids will be received in the county office until 12 m on July 25 1913 for the construction of three wooden bridges on the failores road about seventeen miles from Laredo Plans are on file in the office County Commissioners reserve the right to reject any or all bids By order of the county commissioners court County Clerk Laredo Tex July 15 1912 Adv 7-15-101
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Failores
Laredo
County Commissioners Court
This Date in History July 4 Highlights
July 4 entries note deaths and births of figures like poet Thomas Gray who died in 1771, novelist Dr Joseph G Holland born in Elchertown and died in New York City in 1881, U.S. senator John Scott born in Alexandria and died in Philadelphia in 1896, and Salt Lake City’s founding. The list marks eras from 1716 to 1947 and notes a birthday in 1947.
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Thomas Gray
Joseph G. Holland
Elchertown
Mass
New York City
Tor
Penneaylyvania
Alexandria
Philadelphia
Salt Lake City
Manitoban politician Alphonse Larivière biography outline
Alphonse A. Lariviere, born July 24, 1842 in Montreal, became a prominent Manitoba figure. He edited a French newspaper at St Boniface, served in the Manitoba government, and sat in the Dominion House of Commons from 1889 to 1904. He joined the Conservatives, influenced remedial bills in 1896, later served as Immigration Commissioner in Montreal, and was appointed Senator for Manitoba a year before his death.
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Alphonse R. C. Lariviere
Alphonse A
Lariviere
Manitoba
Dominion
Montreal
St. Mary's College
St. Boniface
Man
Legislative Assembly
Dominion House of Commons
Old Guard
House of Commons
Chevrier
Polkinhorn Summers Wedding at Methodist Church
A quiet morning ceremony at 7:15 at the Methodist Church joined Norman Polkinhorn and Edna Lee Summers in marriage. The couple, popular in local social circles, will honeymoon for a month visiting St Louis and New York before returning to Laredo to establish their home.
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B. W. Allen
Norman Polkinhorn
Edna Lee Summers
Laredo
San Antonio
Polkinhorn
Texas-Mexican Ry. Co
St. Louis
New York
Kickapoo Worm Killer Ad Promises Health for Children
A vintage advertisement touts Kickapoo Worm Killer as a candy lozenge that expels worms and restores health. It cites Mrs. J. A. Brisbin of Elgin Illinois and notes availability from Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co in Philadelphia and St. Louis at 25 cents with guaranteed results.
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J. A. Brisbin
Elgin
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Reed Drug Co
Citation by publication on delinquent Webb County land taxes
State of Texas prompts a public notice to heirs of E K Harris and other claimants. Lot 3 in Block 257 Western Division, Laredo, Webb County, owes taxes from 1885 to 1911 totaling 8.52 state and 6.64 county. suit filed No 2721 May 31 1933, to appear November 3 1913, at Webb County District Court to contest judgment and potential foreclosure for taxes and costs.
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E. K. Harris
District Court
Webb County
State of Texas
Laredo
R. V. Martin
Good Roads Work by Drag in Alabama Black Belt
In Marengo County Demopolis officials and locals tested road drags to improve muddy Black Belt highways. With two steel drags and three strong mules per drag, about 20 miles were treated for roughly $500 yearly. State officials and highway leaders inspected and highly praised the results.
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Marengo County
Ala
Demopolis
J. B. Wilson
Alabama
W. S. Keller
W. P. Atkins
G. N. Mitchem
State Highway Commission
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Railroad Timetable for Mexico City Saltillo Corpus Christi St Louis
National Railroad of Mexico offers a through fast train to Mexico City leaving I G N station at 1 15 p m and arriving 6 46 a m. Local Saltillo service departs 7 36 a m arriving 5 18 p m. Corpus Christi service leaves 8 00 and arrives 3 46 p m. International and Great Northern runs a through fast train to St Louis leaving 7 55 a m and arriving 12 55 p m.
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Mexico City
Night Train Schedules Rio Grande to Eagle Pass
The Night Train departs daily except Sunday at 8 a.m. from Laredo to Minera, arriving at 10:30 a.m. Train No 1. No 2 runs from Minera to Laredo daily except Sunday at 1:15 p.m., arriving 3:20 p.m. at Laredo.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Times Daily Watch Offers 50 Cent Monthly Fee
The Times advertises a daily watch service with a 50 cent per month fee. Details on subscription options and access were listed, highlighting ongoing opportunities for readers to subscribe.
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Watch the Times
White's Cream Vermifuge advertised for children health
A vintage advertisement claims intestinal worms stunt child growth causing thinness and illness. It promises quick relief with White's Cream Vermifuge, described as destroying worms and benefiting the whole system, priced at 25 cents per bottle and sold by druggists.
Local brass band to give open-air concert this Sunday
The Laredo brass band, led by Prof. E. A. Alarcon formerly of the Nuevo Laredo band, will perform an open-air concert on Martin Plaza Sunday afternoon and evening. Subscriptions are being sought to fund two or three weekly concerts, with the new band consisting of Laredo musicians and previously heard at the Star Theater.
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E. A. Alarcon
Nuevo Laredo
Martin Plaza
Laredo
Star Theater
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promoted for Home Use
A Delvalle Texas resident recommends Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for burns cuts and wounds noting it saved his little girl’s cut foot. The ad claims the salve is the world’s best and sells for 25 cents, endorsed by Reed Drug Co.
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Bucklen
J. H. Polanco
Delvalle
Tex
R. No
Reed Drug Co
A Good Investment by Whitemound Merchant
W D Magli a Whitemound Wisconsin merchant bought a stock of Chamberlains medicine to supply customers. After receiving them he fell ill and says one small bottle of Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy was worth more than the cost of his whole stock. For sale by all dealers. Ady.
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W. D. Magli
Whitemound
Wis
Chamberlain
Crazy Wax Mineral Water Promoted for Health Benefits
An advertising blurb from Laredo Texas extols Crazy Wax Mineral Water for general use and a range of ailments including constipation stomach troubles kidney and liver complaints rheumatism malaria Brights disease and female complaints. It claims soothing sleep effects and nerves relief.
Best Medicine in the World for Dysentery Cited
Mrs William Orvis of Clare Michigan says Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy cured her little girl from severe dysentery and she declares it the best medicine in the world. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
William Orvis
Clare, Mich
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Turkey
Roumania
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Vin
Cent
Chattanouga Medicine Co
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Sena
Het
Martin van Buren
U. S
Kinderhook
N. Y
Matthew Webb
Niagara
Polkinhorn-Summers
Webb
Texas
Ing
M. G. Delling
Clovis F. Perron
Mazda
Itus
Petrolia
The
Laredo Electric & Railway
National Railroad of Mexico
Corpus Christi
G. N
L. Villegas & CO
Laredo, Texas
Texas Mexican Railway Co
Gay Seashore
M. Fish
Leudinghaus Wagons
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Farrag JS . and
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Mioney
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