Pigeon News From London To Fiume Santa Casa Tales
In London a wounded war pigeon earned praise for message delivering despite eye injuries. Afghan superstition ties love luck to a baked frog powder. Schleswig Holstein dispute reviewed with 1864 and 1866 wars. Adams first extra session noted from 1797. Fiume Santa Casa tale recalls angelic transport failures and a famed relic.
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London
Aghaanistan
Schleswig-Holsten
Prussia
Denmark
Austria
Schlewig-Holstein
Sadowa
Schleswig-Holstein
United States Congress
John Adams
United States
France
Pinckney
Adams
Congress
Big Time Event at San Isabel Recalls Joyous Army Social
Co C 37th Infantry at San Isabel Texas hosts a lively evening under Mr Tarlton of the Y M C A with Miss Rogers of Little Rock Ark Miss Penn and Mr Ernst Buenz singing Miss Irene Leyendecker and Miss Merceil Lake on ukulele and dancing led by Miss Marzelle Beene chaperones Mr and Mrs Mackin and Mr and Mrs Bradbury. Corporal Unger introduces the Riverbot tom quartet with Lane Greene Morrow and Holmes. mess hall treats and lemonade followed.
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Laredo
San Isabel
Texas
Rio Grande
Tarlton
Rogers
Little Rock
Ark
Penn
Ernst Buenz
Irene Leyendecker
Merceil Lake
Marzelle Beene
Mackin
Lane
Greene
Morrow
Holmes
Co. C, 37Th Infantry
Your Troubles May Be a Warning of a Nervous Breakdown
A health warning notes that most nervous breakdowns start with minor signs such as braining, memory lapses, insomnia, indigestion and irritability. It argues early physical causes precede full nervous system collapse.
Laredo High School Commencement at Royal Opera House
The Class of 19 commencement at the Royal Opera House starts 8 30 pm and lasts about two hours. State superintendent Annie Webb Blanton arrives to deliver an Education talk. Senior class presents the one act play The Romancers with extra features by participants. Nominal admission is charged. crowd expected despite the fee.
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Laredo High School
Royal Opera House
Annie Webb Blanton
Laredo
Rostand
Opera House
Social Calendar Honors Miss Blanton With Luncheon
Friday luncheon at Hotel Hamilton 12:45 by Tuesday Music and Literary Club. Woman's Club hosts reception at Latin-American Club 4 o'clock honoring Miss Blanton. Saturday Sunbeam Band meets church at 4 in afternoon. Soldiers Club dance in evening.
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Hamilton
Miss Blanton
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Auction Notice of Block 42 Property in Laredo
For Sale. The northwest corner of Block 42, W. D., Laredo. Contains 344 lots, or 110 feet front west on Market Plaza, by 183 feet for depth on Hidalgo street. For further particulars apply to B. Chacon, executor estate E. B. de Garcia, deceased, 1219 Grant street. 6-3-1m.
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Block 42
W. D
Laredo
Market Plaza
Hidalgo Street
B. Chacon
E. B. de Garcia
Grant Street
Rockies Travel Folder Urges Summer Resort Visits
The United States Railroad Administration releases illustrated folders to promote pleasure travel to Colorado and Utah Rockies. The 64 page Colorado and Utah Rockies folder includes 70 illustrations six maps and an introduction by Edwin L Sabin. Free distribution via Consolidated Ticket Offices and the Chicago Bureau of Service.
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United State Railroad Administration
United States
Colorado
Utah Rockies
Bureau of Service
Chicago
Utah
Edwin L. Sabin
Rocky Mountain
Remedy for Rheumatism Promises Relief and Rest
The article promotes Chamberlains Liniment as a remedy for rheumatism, claiming it brings relief from pain and suffering, allowing sufferers to rest and sleep. It emphasizes the condition as common and hard to endure, highlighting the liniment as a soothing solution.
Hidden Life and Local Notices Echo Postwar News
Poem excerpt on sacred unity by Charles Gordon Ames leads into General Mention items. Local society notes report travels and arrivals including Murl O Keefe, Mrs P F E Arthur, W T Hill, R C Robinson, Omar Mann, C W Cook, Alphonse Siros, Wilhelmina Born, A C Hamilton, Lieut Benj Irby, Miss Baldridge, Leonard Haynes, Leonard Craig, Roy and Louis Yaeger, and Gerald Sielski. Also announcements from the Baptist church Women’s Missionary Auxiliary.
Circle A and church groups host social events this week
Circle A hosts refreshments for Mrs J C Martin and bridge at 9:30 Saturday. The Jewish Welfare Board ends Border operations June 1 with a last dance at J W B Hall Sunday night. Miss Julia Schultz marks 25 years teaching with a gold watch gift from former pupils. W M A Baptist circles held regular meetings with Bible study, sewing, quilting, and social ice treats. A notable bridge party by Mrs G C Shiner featured orange white decor and a prize basket for Mrs Joe Moser.
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Jewish Welfare Board
J. W. B. Hall
Julia Schultz
Urbahn
Schultz
Circle B
D. Z. Windrow
C. M. Henry
Annie Pace
Mesdames Black
Landrum
Simmons
Henry
Craig Hodge
Pullen
Peace
Witting
Windrow
G.C. Shiner
H. W. Austin
Joe Moser
Mesdames Ty. A. Leyendecker
Weber
E. H. Buenz
Joe Martin
Cluck
Mesdamies Fleee Jones
John Martin
Cogley
Bobbbitt
Lafon
J. B. Morton
DeWolf
C. Jefferies
Kemper
Josephine Sauvignet
Pauline Rodgers
Little Rock
A. B. McCulloch
H. M. Austin
Local business visitors check in at city
Walter Walthall of the G F Cotter Supply Co Houston is in the city. C A Swedberg returned home yesterday from a pleasure trip to Chicago and other points. Chas E Wynne southern representative of the Lewin Metals Corporation St Louis is in the city for a short visit.
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Walter Walthall
G. F. Cotter Supply Co
Houston
C. A. Swedberg
Chicago
Chas. E. Wynne
Southern
The
Lewin Metals Corporation of
St. Louis
War in Review May 30 One Year Ago
One year ago today in the war dated May 30 the Germans advanced to within two miles of Rheims. Reports note the first fabricated steel ship launched at Newark Bay New Jersey. A munitions explosion at Jassy capital of Roumania killed four hundred people.
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Rheims
Newark Bay
N. J
Jassy
Roumania
Germany blocked from joining league of nations by France
Paris May 30 AP reports France opposes Germany's admission to the league of nations. Despite support from other powers, Germany cannot join now. Also note Greek forces land at Aviali Asia Minor near Smyrna with light Turkish resistance.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Germany
League of Nations
Aviali
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Villa warns U S permission to move troops could unleash forces
By Associated Press El Paso May 30 Villa says Carranza requests to move troops from Sonora through border states. He warns that neither he nor any commander can hold their men if Washington grants such permission.
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Carranza
Villistas
Associated Press
el Paso
Sonora
Villa
Washington
Movement of 36th Division Arrives in New York
Seventy-one officers and 2,100 men of the 36th division from Texas and Oklahoma landed in New York today from Brest. The dispatch includes the 111th Engineers, the 111th Sanitary Train, four ambulance sections, a detachment of the 144th Infantry and Co. G, 142d Infantry. They will be assigned to Camps Dix Bowie Sherman Upton Pike and Travis.
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Associated Press
New York
36Th
Texas
Oklahoma
Brest
111Th Engineers
111Th
144Th Infantry
Co. G
142D Infantry
Dix
Bowie
Sherman
Upton
Pike
Travis
Socialist Party Suspends 25000 Extremist Wing Members
Ten members of the national executive council in Chicago report that 25 000 extremists in the party have been suspended by vote of the committee.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Executive Council
The
Socialist Party
Memorial Day events mark wars veterans nationwide
Veterans from three wars unite in Memorial Day observances across the United States. The centennial birth anniversary of Rt. Rev. Benjamin Wister Morris is noted, alongside joint meetings of the South Carolina and Georgia State Bar association at Tybee Island, Georgia. Harvard University to host the Memorial Day address by former Kentucky Governor Augustus E. B. Wilson.
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United States
America
Benjamin Wister Morris
Oregon
Alexander Pope
South Carolina
Georgia State Bar Association
Tybee Island
Augustus EB. Wilson
Kentucky
Harvard University
Death of Mrs Luda Henderson and Infant in Austin
In Austin on May 28 the death of Mrs Luda Henderson wife of Tom G Atlee and their infant child was reported to relatives in Laredo. The remains were moved to Crandall Texas for the funeral at the family home. The bereaved family has many friends in sympathy.
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Laredo
Austin
Luda Henderson
Tom G. Atlee
Crandall
Texas
Cavalry Reinforcement Ordered to Big Bend District
El Paso Texas May 36 The first squadron of the Fifth Cavalry stationed at Fort Bliss has been ordered to the Big Bend district east of El Paso to take station under Colonel Langhorne and reinforce the Eighth Cavalry.
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el Paso
Texas
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Big Bend
Langhorne
Eighth Cavalry
Details of Villista council at Parral May 59 disclosed
A manifesto from the Villista council at Parral May 59 named Felipe Angeles provisional president and Villa secretary of war. Dario W. Silva, a former Villa ally, released the details promising protection for foreigners who mind their own business and stay out of factional support.
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Dallas
Texas
Villista Council
Parral
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
Villa
Dario W. Silva
Statti
Paper Bullets Made From Kraft Fibre Astonish Germans
London May 30 report describes kraft fiber from Norway and Sweden used in upholstery, carpets, tents, and even bullets. Paper bullets were fired at Germans late in the war. their workers later found the inner nickel shell concealed ordinary paper, sparking outcry about poisoned or explosive bullets.
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London
Norway
Sweden
England
Daniels vows USshipbuilding surge after Hog Island launches
Secretary Daniels declared the United States will not trust foreign ships again as five steel freighters were launched at Hog Island shipyards in Philadelphia in a record single day, marking a peak in domestic shipbuilding.
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Gy Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
Secretary Daniels
Hog Island
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports a daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Today shows no report labeled Holiday with no data provided.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Local Fort McIntosh Weather Observations
Fort McIntosh reports a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a note of Holiday no report. No other measurements or conditions are provided in the readable text.
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Fort McIntosh
Wilson Urges End Of Secret Councils In Memorial Day Address
President Wilson told listeners in France that the day of secret councils is past as people take the helm. He defended the league of nations in a May 30 memorial address at Suresnes American cemetery. In Washington Memorial Day exercises, Arlington and other sites honored soldiers with G A R and War Veterans participation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Suresnes
Tatesmen
League of Nations
Washington
Arlington Taional Cemetery
United States Soldiers Home
Rliuetian
France
NC4 Seaplane Lands In Mondego River North Of Lisbon
A military seaplane, NC4, landed in the Mondego River about 160 miles north of Lisbon amid an Atlantic flight. Navy officials report no reason for the landing but assume possible engine trouble. The Rochester cruiser received the message via Lieut. Commander Read today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mondego River
Lisbon
O. Lk
Rochester
Navy Department
NC-4 Forced Landing En Route to Plymouth
The NC-4 left Lisbon at 5 20 this morning and landed on the Mondego river near Figueroa about 160 miles north of Lisbon. It will not reach Plymouth today as planned.
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Plymouth
Eng
NC-4
Lisbon
Mondego River
Figueroa
Washington Trapshooting Tourney Opens in Yakima
Crack shots from the Northwest gathered at Yakima Washington today for the opening of the state trapshooting tournament. The event runs through Saturday and Sunday with the final day hosting the title events.
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Yakima
Wash
Northwest
Change of curates in parish causes mixed reaction
A parish sees a change of curate with a prominent member asking his chauffeur about the new man Barney replies hes middling but cant compare to the old curate who could fully describe hell.
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Cation
Barney
Hell
Annual Meeting Notice of Texas Mexican Railway Company
The annual meeting of stockholders will be held at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 25 1919 at 9 00 A M to elect Directors and address business. The Board will meet immediately after adjournment. Secretary L V Boniger 5 24 30t.
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
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