Popular Vocalist John R Shaw Jr to Enlist in Navy
John R Shaw Jr a leading local vocalist and Bender Hotel clerk plans to enlist in the U S Navy likely in the aviation branch. He will leave Laredo about June 1 for Corpus Christi to report at the naval recruiting station and join the aviation division, leaving musical circles to serve his country.
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John R. Shaw, Jr
Corpus
John RR. Shaw, Jr
Bender
Laredo
Red Cross
Royal Opera House
United States Navy
Shaw
Corpus Christi
Naval
Aviation Department of the Navy
Johnny
Road to Happiness Through Cheerful Health Tips
An upbeat slice of home remedy advice recommends amiability for happiness, noting that chronic constipation blocks mood. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a solution to relieve constipation, improve appetite, and strengthen digestion.
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Chamberlain
Vice Consuls Promoted and Salary Increases
Two assistants to United States Consul W. B. Sholes in Nuevo Laredo were notified from Washington that they received promotions and pay raises. J. R. Ingram rises from 1,400 to 2,200 dollars annually, and J. R. Beall, previously unknown, doubles his salary to 2,000 dollars per year. Both are praised as invaluable assistants and deserving of recognition.
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United States
Sholes
Washington
Ula
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
W. B. Sholes
Messrs
J. R.ingram
J. R. Beall
Ingram
Beall
MacGregor
Malcolm Jameson
Washington, D. C
United States Navy
Social Calendar and Red Cross Activities In Laredo
Laredo society notes a busy week with Red Cross rooms open for mornings and afternoons, Alpha Club knitting, Junior Auxiliary activity, and various meetings led by Mesdames Witting Woodman Nelson and Leyendecker. Scout farewell events, decorations for Decoration Day, and community notices fill the schedule along with a concert and soldiers party hosted by the Woman's Club.
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Red Cross
Zara Mowry
M.M. Leyendecker
Christ Church
Woman's Club
Market Hall
Notable events and births from centuries past
A dated wrap of historical notes lists events and lives: Virginians clashing with French near the Great Meadows in 1674, Irish poet Tom Moore born in Dublin in 1774 and died 1852, Verdun executions in 1764, the Walk-in-the-Water steamboat in 1818, Quebec fire in 1845, Queen Isabella assassination attempt in 1856, Captain Boyton crossing the English Channel in 1875, Walter C. Gresham's death in 1895, Gladstone funeral in 1898, Orange Free State annexation in 1900, the Lewis and Clark centennial exposition opening in 1085, and war updates from 1915 to 1917.
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Verdun
Prussia
Lake Erie
Black Rock
Buffalo
Quebec
Isabella of
Spain
Raymond Puentes
Paul Boyton
Walter C. Gresham
Washington
Harrison County
Ind
William E. Gladstone
Westminster Abbey
Orange Free State
Lord Roberts
Orange River Colony
Portland
Ore
Hall's Catarrh Cure Claims Constitutional Cure
There is widespread catarrh thought incurable until recent years. The ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as the only constitutional remedy taken internally. A $100 offer is made for any failing case, with testimonials and circulator requests.
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Hall
FF. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Fr. Cheney & CO
Drngeiste
Wake Hall
Dentist Dr W S Wilson To Return June 3
Notice states Dr W S Wilson will be absent from the city for a few days and will be at his office again on Monday June 3rd.
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W. S. Wilson
Red Cross Notes in Surgical Room Oversight
Red Cross notes state the Surgical Room was in charge by Mrs. H. H. Pennell, indicating a leadership role in medical coordination.
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Red Cross
H. H. Pennell
Weather Forecast From New Orleans Bureau
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans, carried by The Times via the Telephone Co. daily, expects tonight and Wednesday to be generally cloudy.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary
Observations for the Fort McIntosh area report a maximum temperature of 96 degrees and a minimum of 60 degrees for the 24 hours ending 7 a m today. Wind is generally from the southeast with cloudy conditions.
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Fort McIntosh
Kelley Thought His Time Had Come
Robert T. Kelley of Falls County Texas recounts how Tanlac restored his health after years of illness. He describes severe weight loss pain and insomnia followed by recovery gaining weight improved appetite strength and better sleep. His wife also benefited and he notes Tanlac is sold locally by Wittow Drug Co in Laredo.
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Robert T. Kelley
Falls County
Texas
Kelley
North
Commerce Street
Fort Worth
Tanlae
Laredo
Wittow Brug Co
Ady
Notable Birthday Today May 28 Baltasar Meyer
Baltasar Henry Meyer, among the oldest Interstate Commerce Commission members, born May 28. An economist of German American lineage, educated in Wisconsin, he taught and led in railway regulation, serving as Wisconsin railway commission chair before being named to the ICC by Taft and later reappointed by Wilson.
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Baltasar Henry Meyer
Interstate Commerce Commission
Meyer
Wisconsin
State University
Railway Commission
Taft
Tilerstate Commerce Commission
Wilson
Proclamation of Memorial Day in Texas by Governor Hobby
Governor Hobby issued a proclamation designating Thursday May 30 as Memorial Day in Texas for prayer and fasting. The measures come amid ongoing war era reports of German attacks in Flanders and Picardy, with Allied forces counterattacks noted along the Vesle Aisne fronts and concerns over gas bombardments.
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Red Cross
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Hobby Today
Arkansas Women Vote in Democratic State Primaries
Reports from across Arkansas say thousands of women will vote for the first time in the Democratic state primaries for U S senator representatives and state and county officers. The enfranchisement law allows primaries but not general election ballots for women. Organizations have urged poll tax payment and voting, with the normal Democratic primary vote at about 165 000. more than 50 000 women are expected to cast ballots today.
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Little Rock, Park
Arkansas
United States
Congress
First Army Gas Director Named for U S Army
Major General William L. Sibert, famed for Panama Canal and river work, named as the first director of the gas service of the United States Army. He graduated from West Point in 1884 and earned a European reputation as an engineering expert. He built Gatun locks, advised on North China flood plans, and served in France with Pershing before taking command of the Department of the Southeast.
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Washington, D. C
William L. Sibert
United States Army
Gatun
Panama Canal
Sibert
West Point Military Academy
Engineering Corps
School of Application
Great Lakes
Spain
Philippines
Isthmian Canal
Panama
China
Congress
Germany
France
France With Gen. Pershing
Ewurope
Department of the Southeast
Cotton market inquiry to cover New York and New Orleans
The agriculture department will immediately investigate cotton markets in New York and New Orleans, per a report to Senator Smith of South Carolina advised by Secretary Houston. Also announced: ten steel vessels totaling about 64,000 tons were completed for the shipping board in the week ending May 25. Cadet Paul Currie of Minneapolis died when his airplane fell late Monday night. Changes in ordnance department organization promise increased efficiency in executing the ordnance program, announced by the acting chief of ordnance.
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Washington
New York
New Orleans
Department of Agriculture
Senator Smith
South Carolina
Houston
Shipping Board
San Antonio
Paul Currie
Minneapolis
Ordnance Department
Ordnance
Nebraska G O P Rally Draws Hundreds in Lincoln
Lincoln hosts a statewide Republican rally as hundreds of party leaders gather to show loyalty to the nation in the war and to discuss the coming state campaign. United States Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin is slated to address a public meeting tonight across the gathering.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
United States
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Rains Hit Panhandle In AP Report From Texas
Heavy rains are falling in the Panhandle as of today. In Michigan and Indiana court actions are noted with Irwin Wheeler facing a preliminary hearing in federal court on an alleged violation related to statements about the President and Attorney General Wilson.
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Associated Press
Wort Worth
Texas
Panhandle
Grounds Mapide
Mich
Irwin Wheeler
Momne City
Ind
Wilson
Bishop Shaw Celebrates Ninth Anniversary in San Antonio
San Antonio, May 28. Rt Rev John W Shaw Catholic bishop of San Antonio celebrated the ninth anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. After eight years in charge of this diocese he will leave this week to be formally installed as archbishop of New Orleans succeeding the late Archbishop Blenk.
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San Antonio
Texas
John W. Shaw
Chaice
Ishop Shaw
New Orleans
Blenk
Payment Due On Liberty Loans In May 28 Notice
Washington May 28 Under regulations from the Treasury Department thousands of holders of third Liberty Loan bonds must pay the second instalment today The subscription plan required 5 percent at purchase The payment due today amounts to 20 percent A third of 25 percent and a final 40 percent are due July 18 and August 16 respectively.
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Washington
Treasure Department
British Casualties Heavy in Week of Air Raids
Reports from London and Washington detail British and US-British casualties for the week ending today. The army list shows 38 names with deaths, wounds, and missing. among the wounded is Private Ten Moats of Oglesby Texas. Paris notes German aviators attempted to raid but bombs fell only in the suburbs.
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London
Washington
Ten “Moats
Oglesby
Texas
Paris
Italian Took Prisoners at Caposile Front
Rome reports Italian forces broke into Austro German defenses at Caposile on the Piave front and captured 438 prisoners. In Moscow peasants oppose German rule across Ukraine, burning forests and hindering requisitions as German troops are deployed to quell rioting. In London Bonar Law says no statement planned on Ireland at present.
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Caposile
Piave
Moscow
Ukraine
London
Bonar Law
House of Commons
Ireland
Maryland Bankers Open 23rd Annual Convention
Atlantic City May 28. Prominent financiers gather as the Maryland Bankers Association opens its twenty third annual convention with three days of wartime banking and business discussions. Speakers include Senator J Hamilton Lewis Governor Edge Governor Harrington and Bradford Knapp of the Agriculture Department.
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N. J
Maryland Bankers’ Association
Harry J. Hopkins
Annapolis
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Edge
New Jersey
Harrington
Maryland
Bradford Knapp
United States Department of Agriculture
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