Curiosities From London Fair and Historic Duels
A London fair showcased a wounded pigeon praised for war service. Folklore notes frog love charms among Aghannistan women. A summary of the Schleswig-Holstein disputes outlines 1864 Seven Days’ War and 1866 seven weeks’ campaign. A Militia and naval armament note recalls Adams’s 1797 extra session. Santa Casa of Loretto in Fiume attracts tourists with the house of Jesus youth, its wandering journey, and relic legends.
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London
Aghannistan
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 Delights Soldiers
Soldiers of Co. C, 37th Infantry in San Isabel Texas enjoyed a lively evening hosted by Mr. Tarlton of the Y M C A. Miss Rogers from Little Rock and other performers sang danced played ukulele and served ice cream and cake as chaperons entertained with jokes and songs.
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Laredo
San Isabel
Texas
Rio Grande
Tarlton
Rogers
Little Rock
Ark
Penn
Ernst Buenz
Irene Leyendecker
Merceil Lake
Marvelle Beene
Mackin
Bradbury
Lane
Greene
Morrow
Holmes
C. C. Shiner
H. W. Austin
Joe Moser
M Vsdames
T. A. Leyendecker
W Pan Ee Buenz
Joe Martin
Mesdarw- Sf
E. Jones
John Martin
Cogley
Bobbbitt
Lafon
J. B. Morton
DeWolf
C. Jefferies
Kemper
Josephine Sauvignet
Pauline Rodgers
A. E. McCulloch
Your Troubles May Be a Warning of a Nervous Breakdown
A short caution notes nine of ten failures stem from physical causes. It lists brain fatigue weakened memory insomnia nervous indigestion and irritability as precursors to a total nervous system breakdown.
Laredo High School Class of 19 Commencement Tonight
The Class of 19 commencement exercises occur at the Royal Opera House starting 8:50 pm, lasting about two hours. State superintendent Annie Webb Blanton arrives to speak on Education and a Ros tand one act play The Romancers is performed by seniors with other features. Admission is nominal and the house is expected to be crowded.
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Laredo High School
Royal Opera House
Annie Webb Blanton
Laredo
Rostand
Opera House
For Sale Northwest Corner Lot in Laredo Block 42
Property advertisement listing 81 percent of 110 feet frontage on Market Plaza and 183 feet depth on Hidalgo street. Contact B. Chacon, executor of I. B. de Garcia estate, 1219 Grant Street, for details.
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Block 42
W. D
Laredo
Market Plaza
Hidalgo Street
B. Chacon
I. B. de Garcia
Grant Street
Rockies Folder Promotes Colorado and Utah Resorts
The United States Railroad Administration issues an illustrated 64 page folder titled Colorado and Utah Rockies. It features 70 illustrations and several maps with an Edwin L. Sabin introduction. Free distribution via official ticket offices and the Bureau of Service in Chicago.
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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 offers relief with Chamberlain's Liniment
The article argues rheumatism causes great pain and suffering as the most common ailment, but notes a remedy that provides relief and rest is Chamberlain's Liniment. It presents the product as a helpful treatment enabling sleep and comfort.
Tuesday Music and Literary Club Luncheon for Miss Blanton
The Tuesday Music and Literary Club hosts a luncheon at the Hotel Hamilton at 12 45 honoring Miss Blanton. The Woman's Club stages a 4 o'clock reception at the Latin American Club for Miss Blanton followed by a dance at the Soldiers Club in the evening.
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Hamilton
Miss Blanton
Soldiers Club
Hidden Life and Local News Roundup in Texas
The column blends a poem by Charles Gordon Ames with local notes. It mentions Mr. Murl O Keefe leaving for California, Mrs. P F E Arthur returning to Marfa, Mr. W T Hill at the Gunter, visits from Mrs. Robinson and Mr. Robinson from Columbus, GA, and multiple Texas figures traveling between San Antonio, Austin, Laredo, and Galveston areas. Also notes approaching events at the Baptist church and school leadership movements in Zapata county.
Mrs. J C Martin Hosts Morning Bridge Event
Mrs J C Martin entertains for Mrs Harry Swarts and Mrs Lecenger at 9 30 Saturday with bridge and last dance noted for the Jewish Welfare Board which will end Border operations with a final Sunday night dance at J W B Hall. Honored Miss Schultz is celebrated as Urbain School principal on her 25th teaching anniversary with a gold watch gift.
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J. C. Martin
Harry Swarts
Lecenger
Bridge
Jewish Welfare Board
J. W. B. Hall
Miss Schultz
Julia Schultz
Urbain School
Schultz
Notable visitors drop into the city
Walter Walthall of G. F. P. Cutter Supply Co. from Houston is in the city. C. A. Swedberg has just returned home from a pleasure trip to Chicago and other western and eastern points. Chas. E. Wynne, southern representative of Lewin Metals Corp. of St. Louis, is in town for a short visit.
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Walter Walthall
G. FP. Cotter Supply Co
Houston
C. A. Swedberg
Chicago
Chas. E. Wynne
Lewin Metals Corporation of
St. Louis
One Year Ago Today in the War May 30
Germans pushed within two miles of Rheims as the war raged. A first fabricated steel ship was launched at Newark Bay New Jersey. A munitions explosion at Jassy Romania killed four hundred people.
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Rheims
Newark Bay
N. J
Jassy
Roumania
Germany Denied Admission to League of Nations
Paris dispatch reports France opposes Germany joining the league of nations. Other major powers reportedly favor Germany's admission, while Italy's Vittorio Orlando met with President Wilson in Paris about the Adriatic settlement. Greek forces landed at Aviali on the Asia Minor coast near Smyrna, Turkish troops offering limited resistance.
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Associated Press
Paris
France
Germany
League of Nations
Orlando
Wilson
Vittorio Orlando
Aviali
Asia Minor
Smyrna
Members of 36th Division Arrived at Port Today
New York May 30 seventy one officers and 2109 men of the 36th division Texas and Oklahoma arrived from Brest. The 11th Engineers 111th Sanitary Train four ambulance sections a detachment of the 144th Infantry and Co G 142d Infantry are among troops landed here today. They will be distributed among Camps Dix Bowie Sherman Upton Pike and Travis.
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Associated Press
New York
36Th Division
Texas
Oklahoma
Brest
11Th Engineers
111Th
144Th Infantry
Co. G
142D
Dix
Bowie
Sherman
Upton
Pike
Travis
Socialist party suspends 25000 extremists in Chicago meeting
Chicago May 20 ten members of the national executive council announced that about 25 000 of the extremist wing of the Socialist party have been suspended by vote of the committee during a session here.
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Associated Press
Chicago
National Executive Council
The
Socialist Party
Memorial Day observances mark wartime victories and history
The article notes a nationwide Memorial Day celebration to honor veterans of three wars and the world war victory. It marks the 100th anniversary of Rt Rev Benjamin Wister Morris birth, notes Alexander Pope’s death anniversary, announces a joint South Carolina Georgia State Bar convention at Tybee Island, and mentions former Kentucky Governor Augustus E Wilson delivering Harvard observance remarks.
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United States
America
Benjamin Wister Morris
Oregon
Alexander Pope
South Carolina
Georgia
Tybee Island
Augustus BE. Wilson
Kentucky
Harvard University
Death of Mrs Luda Henderson and Infant Child
In Austin on May 28 a death notice reports the loss of Mrs Luda Henderson wife of Tom G Atlee and their infant. The remains were moved to Crandall Texas for the funeral at the family home. The community extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
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Laredo
Austin
Luda Henderson
Tom G. Atlee
Crandall
Texas
Villa threats on border troop movement through border states
El Paso on May 2 reports Villa warning that his men will not be held back if Washington grants permission for Carranza troops to cross from Sonora through border states. He asserts no authority can stop them under that scenario.
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Carranza
Villistas
Associated Press
el Paso
Sonora
Villa
Washington
Fifth Cavalry Squadron Reinforces Eighth at Big Bend
The first squadron of the Fifth Cavalry from Fort Bliss is ordered to the Big Bend district east of El Paso to join Colonel Langhorne and reinforce the Eighth Cavalry.
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el Paso
Texas
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Big Bend
Langhorne
Eighth Cavalry
Villista council details released on May 22 at Parral
Dario W. Silva, ex Villa aide, describes May 22 meeting where Felipe Angeles was named provisional president of Mexico and Villa secretary of war. The manifesto pledges protection for foreigners who pursue their interests and steer clear of factional support.
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Dallas
Texas
Villista Council
Parral
Felipe Angeles
Mexico
Villa
Dario W. Silva
Paper Bullets Used by Allies in World War I
London reports that a kraft paper fiber from Norway and Sweden is now imported for upholstery and carpet weaving and used to make durable tents. The strange tale claims paper bullets were fired at German forces, who once blamed poisoned or explosive bullets after discovering inner paper cores.
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London
Norway
Sweden
England
Hickel
Daniels vows US shipbuilding surge after record launch
Secretary Daniels declared the United States would never again trust foreign ships for its commerce, delivering an address at Tog Island shipyards during a day that saw five steel freighters launched, the largest single day's output in any yard worldwide.
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US Associated Press
Philadelphia
United States
Secretary Daniels
Tog Island
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times receives a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans via the Telephone Co. Each day lists conditions with holiday notes and no report for today.
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United State Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Report
The Fort McIntosh station shows a 24 hour period ending 7 p m with a holiday no report. No specific temperatures or conditions are available in the fragment.
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Fort McIntosh
People in Saddle Said Pres Wilson Day of Secret Councils Past
President Wilson told listeners in France that the day of secret councils is past as the people take charge. He urged defense of the league of nations in a Memorial Day address at the Suresnes American cemetery. Memorial exercises followed at Arlington and other sites with G A R and allied veterans groups participating.
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Associated Press
Paris
Wilson
Suresnes
League of Nations
Washington
Arlington National Cemetery
United States Soldiers Home
G. A R
United Spanish War Veterans
Arlington
France
Forced Landing on Portuguese Soil Near Lisbon
Morning report from Washington states the NC4 made a forced landing on the Mondego river about 100 miles north of Lisbon. The seaplane is reported OK in a message from Lieut. Commander Read to the cruiser Rochester, with no reason given for the landing. It is presumed to be engine trouble.
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Associated Press
Washington
NC4
Mondego River
Lisbon
O. K
Rochester
Navy Department
NC-4 Forced Landing Delays Plymouth Route in Portugal
The NC-4 left Lisbon for Plymouth but landed on the Mondego river near Figueroa about 100 miles north of Lisbon and will not reach Plymouth today. The ocean flight continues with the craft awaiting a new commencement point for the voyage.
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Plymouth
Eng
NC-4
Lisbon
Mondego River
Figueroa
Washington Trapshooting Tourney Opens in Yakima
Crack marksmen from the Northwest gathered at the Yakima Gun Club today for the opening of the annual Washington State trapshooting tournament. The event runs through Saturday and Sunday with the tile events on the final day.
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Yakima
Wash
Northwest
Change of curate in parish unsettles congregation
A parish undergoes a curate change and a prominent member asks his chauffeur for an opinion. Barney says the new curate is middlin but not equal to the old one who could describe hell vividly as if he were born and bred there.
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Fiume
Santa Casa of
Loretto
Palestine
Italy
Guarnero Gulf
Alexander
Jesus
Holy Land
C. W. Cook
Lieut
Alphonse Siros
Germany
Barney
Hell
Notice of Texas-Mexican Railway stockholders meeting
The Annual Meeting of the stockholders of the Texas-Mexican Railway Company will be held at the office of the company in Laredo Texas on June 25 1919 at 9:00 A.M. to elect Directors and transact business. The Board of Directors will meet after adjournment. Secretary L V Boniger 524-308.
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
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Mercy Hospital
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Hebbronville
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the Baptist Church
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W. B. Heaner
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