Tobacco rationing brings relief to American troops in France
Paris May 30 reports the War Department will issue tobacco rations to American soldiers. The piece notes prior shortages, with lines forming for cigarettes and matches as French and British supplies limited. Red Cross and Y M C A aid helped, but soldiers welcome future access via the Army commissary.
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Paris
France
War Department
Seegarett
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Prinzip
Francia Joseph
Germany
Salonika
Pershing
Washington
Pales
Newpapers
Quartermaster’s Department of the Army
Red Cross
Commissary Department
Army
Train Schedules Texas-Mexican Service Update
Train No. 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 1 20 p m and Train No. 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 2 10 p m.
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Corpus Christi
International & Great Northern Schedule Highlights
The fast train to St Louis departs at 11 00 a m and reaches 4 15 p m The night train leaves at 9 p m and arrives at 8 00 a m details reflect daily timetable and travel times on the line.
Train Schedule Between Rio Grande and Eagle Pass
Train No 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 00 am arrives Minera 10 20 am Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 1 00 pm arrives Laredo 3 16 pm
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
A brief promotion advertises a subscription to THE TIMES at 680 per month, inviting readers to monitor the paper daily for chances or deals.
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the Times
Red Cross and Club Activities Highlight Society Page
The Society section lists Red Cross Surgical Rooms in operation with multiple coordinators in charge, knitting circles, hospital supply rooms, and junior chapters. It also notes a parish guild meeting, a School musical afternoon, and a formal Alpha Club luncheon with guests, games, and a decorative luncheon setting.
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Red Cross
G. R. Weber
Height
T. A. Bunn
Red Cross Hospital
Woodman
Young
Robert McComb
Thekla Biskamp
Blue Bird
Camp Fire Girls
A. Poggenpohl
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 2
Misses Tarver
Pierce
Kline
Josephine Didieu
Ruth Netzer
Margaret French
Cecilia Garcia
Olive Chamberlain
Amalia Ochoa
Anita Laurel
Inocente Benavides
Concha € Bacon
Tomasa Guerra
Maria and
Blasa Flores
Alpha Club
Roberta Gries
Nevada
EK. F. Pera
Mesdames
Luis Lafon
Erasmo Flores
B.fp
Pena
Amalia Garcia
Refugio Zuhiga
Hortensia Guerra
Ofelia Garcia
Keep On Keeping On Crown Aimed For Gold
Motivational verse notes that perseverance turns near miss into victory as the key to success is relentless effort. In a separate update Mrs W T Neblett Jr leaves for Atlanta to join her husband in training at Camp Gordon, while Mrs Leonard Nelson heads to Potteet to be with Mr Nelson visiting his daughter Mrs Charles Ernst. Mrs E J Dwan plans return to San Antonio after a brief visit to her mother Miss Ruth Moore of Cuero. Luz Tamez, schooling in San Antonio, visits Mrs B F Nicholson there.
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W. T. Neblett Jr
Atlanta, Ga
Neblett
Camp Gordon
Leonard Nelson
Potteet
Nelson
Charles Ernst
E. J. Dwan
San Antonio
Ruth Moore
Cuero
B. F. Nicholson
San Annio
Personal visit accompanies brother for health relief
Investment arrived here this morning from San Antonio on a short visit, accompanying his brother to recuperate his health.
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Investment
San Antonio
Latin American Club elects new set officers
The Latin American Club's newly elected board met yesterday and organized for the year. Leopoldo Villegas was named president, Arturo M. Guevara treasurer, and A. F. Vidaurri secretary. Also included is an advertisement for McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR describing its stomach and bowel remedy.
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Leopoldo Villegas
Arturo M. Guevara
A. Ft. Vidaurri
Meeting of stockholders of Texas Mexican Railway Co
The annual meeting of the stockholders will be at the company's office in Laredo Texas on June 26 1918 at 9 a m to elect directors and conduct business. The board will meet immediately after adjournment. Secretaries note dated 3 25 10. Also an old testimonial ad for Hall's Catarrh Cure urging constitutional treatment.
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The
Texas Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
Hall
I. J Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fr. Cheney & CO
Drougeteta
Front Holds Firm As German Push Near Rheims
Washington reports Memorial Day marked by prayer and fasting while German forces drive 15 miles toward Rheims. Soissons falls on the allied left. Rheims under grave threat as Franco British troops retreat near the city. Paris notes the entire front is holding firmly amid the center’s heavy fighting.
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Soissons
Rheims
Cantigny
Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Louveigne
Marne
Corpus Christi Festival Observed in New York Churches
The Corpus Christi festival was marked today by special services across Roman Catholic churches in New York. The observance honors the institution of the Eucharist, tracing back to Juliana of Liège who urged Urban IV to establish the feast in 1264 and has continued annually with few lapses under popes since.
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New York
Spain
Austria
Juliana
Urban IV
Noted prelates to take part in consecration
In New York on May 30 a solemn consecration of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus at 96th Street and Amsterdam Avenue was held in the Roman Catholic rite. Cardinal Farley presided with bishops Hayes and Russell among the officiants. The ceremony opened with a robed procession and boys choir, and music from the organ and choir featured prominently.
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New York
Church of the Holy Name of Jesus
96Th Street
Amsterdam Avenue
Cardinal Farley
Patrick J. Hayes
William T. Russell
Charleston
S. C
Baseball Gossip Highlighting 1920s Major League Shifts
Swede Risberg anchors White Sox utility role while Connie Mack’s Athletics show improvement though not pennant favorites. Jack Hendricks faces a hard task guiding the Cardinals. Hempstead in New York wires scores to France each night. Milwaukee under Jack Egan shocks the American Association. San Francisco Seals stumble after reigning Pacific Coast League glory as Giants and McGranites stalk a wide, unsettled map.
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Risberg
White Sox
Connie Mack
Athletics
Jack Hendricks
Cardinals
President Hempstead
New York Giants
France
Milwaukee
Jack Egan
Providence Pilot
San Francisco Seals
Giants
McGranites
Allied reserves reinforce on Rheims Soissons front
Paris reports the German flood danger will be dammed as officials note on the Rheims-Soissons front. French Army says allied reserves have moved up to the battle line on May 30 to bolster weakly defended sectors.
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Paris
Rheims-Soissons
French Hold Soissons Front As German Attacks Break
Paris May 30 fighting fronts remain active through the night as French and British forces repulse German assaults. The war office reports western outlets near Soissons held while northwest of Rheims German offensives failed. Fighting centers near Vegzuly south of Chemin-des-Dames see continued German pressure.
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Paris
Soissons
War Office
Rheims
Gostman
Vegzuly
Chemin-des-Dames
German Attack Re pulsed Near Flanders Front
London May ... German assault on allied lines in Flanders northwest of Frestubert has been repulsed completely, according to an official dispatch. British and French forces held firm with no gains by the attackers.
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London
Flanders
Frestubert
Americans Repulse Germans in Cantigny and Toul Fighting
In France near Toul and Cantigny American forces faced renewed German shelling and counterattacks. Allied troops, including the British, repelled assaults as heavy fighting persisted through May. The banner of the Star Spangled Banner will be raised over fallen soldiers’ graves as homage spreads from Flanders to the front lines.
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France
Toul
Flanders
Switzerland
Battle Front
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau holiday note
The United States Weather Bureau New Orleans forecast is delayed due to the holiday. The Times by the Telephone Co relays no report today.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary
Observations for Fort McIntosh show a max of 100 degrees and a min of 64 degrees in the last 24 hours ending at 7 am today. Wind generally from the southeast with clear conditions.
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Fort MclIntosh
When Itching Stops With Zemo Skin Remedy
A Cleveland company ad touts Zemo as a safe treatment for itching and skin irritation. It promises quick relief and cleanses the skin, claiming it cures irritations such as pimples eczema ringworm and blotches with a small amount of the penetrating liquid. Prices listed as 35c or $1 per bottle.
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the &. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Casualty List Reports 35 Names Include Wesley J. Evans
The Washington army casualty list dated May 30 reports 35 names with classifications: killed in action five, died of wounds one, died of accident four, died of disease eleven, wounded severely nine, wounded slightly two, missing in action three. Private Wesley J. Evans of Dallas Texas died of disease.
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Washington
Wesley J. Hvans
Dallas
Texas
Clemenceau Narrow Escape from German Hands
Paris reports Premier Clemenceau narrowly escaped capture as a German patrol arrived moments after he departed a front point on May 30. Le Petit Journal notes he left just in time, avoiding the ambush that afterward claimed a nearby general. An enemy air raid also failed in Paris the same day.
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Clemenceau
Paris
le ‘Petit Journal
Unique Soldiers Memorial in Beethan Village
London May 30 a Lancashire village Beethan honors fallen in the Great War with a five foot oak cross polished to stand in the village churchyard. Brass plates mark the door cross inscribed with how Private or Captain was killed in action in Flanders or elsewhere. Half a dozen plates remain as a reminder of the war’s toll on this small hamlet.
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London
United States
Lancashire
Beethin
Flanders
Deethan
Track Stars to Battle for Honors at MAU Championship
Philadelphia May 20 All events for the forty second annual track and field championship under the In Lemolegigie Amukegr Athletic Association will be held at Franklin Field tomorrow and Saturday under university auspices. Entries include nearly a score of large universities with Dartmouth Columbia Penn State Michigan Johns Hopkins and Swarthmore among others. Weaker preliminaries precede finals with the top performers scoring the most points for the team title.
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Philadelphia
MAU
In- Lemolegigie Amukegr
Franklin Field
Univerty of Venteyviyania
Servius
Highchss Delegat
Clleoges
Ate
Sinceton
Columbia
Cormt
Dartmouth
Kordhan
Amherst
Kraverforn
Pennsylvahia
Venn State
Michigan
New York
Lintveraite
Hopkins
Lafayette
Georgetown
Massachusetts
Swarthmore
Hottie
Freight offices to close early this summer season
The public is advised that starting Saturday June 1 1994 and continuing through the summer months the freight offices and warehouses of the L&GN Ry and Texas Mexican Ry will close at 1 p.m. James Witherow and Geo S Sprague sign the notice dated 6-30-21.
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Isveresy
L& Gn, Ry
Texas Mexican Ry
Age
Geo S Sprague
Agem
Texas
Best Remedy for Whooping Cough Cited by Mother in East St Louis
Mrs J B Roberts of East St Louis praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy for her child with whooping cough. She says it kept the cough loose and relieved severe coughing spells and that she trusts it above all others. The remedy is also noted to help colds and croup.
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Chamberlain
Raid on Paris Ends as German Planes Fail to Reach City
Last night a German air raid on Paris failed to reach the city as none of the attacking planes succeeded in penetrating defenses. Reports indicate anti aircraft fire and fighter interceptions thwarted the operation without causing damage.
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Paris
Bombardment Resumes on Paris Despite Corpus Christi Promises
Paris dispatch reports that despite British assurances not to raid Corpus Christi, long range UN bombardment resumed on Paris cities away from the front. The May 20 note emphasizes German reciprocation avoidance.
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Paris
Corpus Christi
UNS
Ireland turns calmer as government avoids new disturbances
London May 30. Following changes in Ireland’s government and Sinn Fein leaders’ arrest the parliamentary correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says Britain prefers restraint. A more settled feeling now prevails in Ireland as the government holds back from actions likely to provoke unrest.
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London
Ireland
Sinn Fein
Daily Telegraph
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