Freight and law amid national tension rise
Tuesday’s Daily notes government freight rate hikes of 25 percent raise costs for consumers while railroads expect $900 million more revenue. The piece questions who gains and warns of profiteering, inflation, and public strain as taxes and costs swell. It also covers I W W trials in Chicago and Bisbee, urging obedience to law and protection of government. A May Philadelphia Bible conference on the Second Coming closes the segment.
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McAdoo
Peter
Paul
George
Bisbee
Chicago
Arizona
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
I W W Deportations Stir Bisbee Debate
A Bisbee Arizona article notes the I W W leaders' trials in Chicago while local authorities indict Bisbee citizens for deporting about 1200 I W W adherents. The piece questions government motives amid looming elections and warns outlaw groups pose a broader threat similar to Sinn Fein.
Consuls Move Border Conference to San Antonio
The United States consuls at Brownsville Laredo Eagle Pass El Paso and Douglas Mexico opposite towns agreed to hold a conference in San Antonio on June 10. Consul Shores received a telegram announcing the gathering to discuss passport regulations and enforcement plans for border law compliance.
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United States
Brownsville
Laredo
Eagle Pass
el Paso
Douglas
Arizona
San Antonio
Consul Shores
Forty-Five Mexican Laborers Bound for Maryville Plant
Clovis Tf Perron of Aluminum Company of America leaves with forty five Mexican laborers en route to Maryville Tenn for work at a large plant. The company has been gathering a thousand workers locally to replace draftees called to training camps. Tonight is Laredo Lodge meeting night with full attendance urged.
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Clovis Tf. Perron
The
Aluminum Co. of America
San Antonio
Maryville
Tenn
Laredo
G. R. Weber
Sec’y
Webb County Red Cross War Fund Surpasses Quota
G P Farias reports to Red Cross headquarters that Webb county and Laredo subscriptions total 16565 98 with outlook near 17000 The Webb county minimum was 4000 and surpassed on opening day May 20 by 5000 The drive exceeded four times the amount requested due to persistent committee effort led by Asher R Smith WWG 6 8
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G.P. Farias
Laredo
Red Cross
St. Louis
The
Webb County
Asher R. Smith
Eczema remedy and sugarless days in Laredo notes
Local reader items report a cheap eczema remedy Zemo from E W Rose Co of Cleveland and praise its skin healing. Laredo experiences sugar shortages due to Cuban ship delays while food aid to Belgium and France is cited. Also mentions whooping cough remedy from Chamberlain’s, a district attorney’s illness, business notices, a divorce drama at the Royal, and local shop updates and ads.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Laredo
Cuba
Belgium
France
Chamberlain
the Royal
Theodore Roosevelt
Juarez Plumbing Co
Matamoros Street
Bruckner & Bruckyger
Farragut Street
Convent Avenue
Dallas
Bruckner
Gregg
W Gregg
Times
Crescent Garage
Service and Self in War Time Women
An out of town guest recounts a Red Cross luncheon where petty careerism and social rivalries disrupted wartime service. She urges unity, cites Kipling and the Black Prince motto I serve, noting many women learn true service while others cling to ego. Also advises on proper food for weak stomachs and Chamberlain's Tablets for digestion.
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Red Cross
Black Prince
Get Rid of Your Rheumatism With Liniment
A public notice urging readers to relieve rheumatism by using Chamberlain's Liniment. It promises better relief and notes the product is worth its cost, portraying it as a timely remedy available to customers.
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Times
Tomas Lopez
Maria Garcia
Alfredo Loana
Anastacia de Leon
Chamberlain
Meeting of stockholders of Texas Mexican Railway Company
Annual meeting of stockholders at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 26 1918 at 9 a m for electing Directors and other business. Board of Directors to meet immediately after adjournment. Secretary L V Boniger. 3 25 1m
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The
Texas Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
Thedford's Black-Draught credited for life saved
Mrs Kate Lee Able of Rossville Georgia recounts her husband an engineer who suffered severe abdominal injury and rapid weight loss after lifting. After three doctors and castor oil failed, a large dose of Thedford's Black-Draught brought relief and recovery, leading them to credit the remedy with saving his life.
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Rossville
Kate Lee Able
Thedford
Ohio Sunday Schools Convene in Springfield Convention
The Ohio State Sunday School Association opens a four day session in Springfield with talks on war problems in Sunday school management. Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois is slated as a principal speaker at the event.
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Springfield
Ohio State Sunday School Association
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Illinois
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Sinn Fein
U. S
Shores
Big Tennessee
Clovis F. Perron
Attention Elks
Red Cross War Fund
A. D. Smith
John A. Walls
Edward Green
Crockett
Ave
Sth St
Marra
Crescent Torage
Border Foundry & Machine Co
Con Mims
Texas Real Estate & Abstract Co
Phopve
Will W. Giegeg
Times Office
Bellmont
Main Ave
Ande
Sherman
Borchers’ Bakery
Nujol
E. Z. Page
Nujol Laboratories, Standard Oil CO
New Jersey
Bayonne, N. J
Sirs
Queens St
M. D
Kipling
Central Consumers CO. Incorporated
Louisville
Kentucky
Sames, Moore & Co
Laredo Texas
Meeting OF Stockholders
Ohio Sunday Schools
WSS
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Kekma Laboratory
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