The Blindness of Divorce at the Royal draws crowds
The Royal stage hosted The Blindness of Divorce last night with a strong cast and a one sided divorce court view. Onion shipments remain low at 1 293 carloads for the season with a few more held back leaving little chance of reaching 1 300. Sostenes Mendiola and Alberta Davila have a county license. Overcast skies threatened rain two days but failed to deliver. New men at the Post face quarantine for two weeks, affecting church services tonight. A Baptist workers council gathers Thursday at 8 30 p m with Mr and Mrs C M Henry and others.
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the Royal
Sostenes Mendiola
Alberta Davila
Baptist
J. N. Campbell
Market Hall
D. F. Anderson
Arkles
Mason
Hamlin
Sorrell
Chas. Richter
Kate Dear
Chub
H.M. Austin
Helene Kenney
Buttron
McKinney
Adelliina Thaison
Young
Oou
H. Lane Wilson
Verna Kelly
Rachmaninoff
Soldini
B. Romberg
Hushabye Ma Baby
Ethel Mackin
Yankee Doodle
John Shaw
Wee Oley
M. P. Cullinan
Norman Polkinhorn
Sanderson
Gilberte
Courtney Slaughter
This Date in History May 29 Highlights
May 29 entries span 1762 to 1917, noting births deaths and events. Fouche born near Nantes. Sackett’s Harbor repulsed. Brooks becomes Massachusetts governor. Davy dies. U S Mexico war end announced. Fenian march through Cleveland. Washington Lafayette monument. Detroit library cornerstone. Mazzini statue in Central Park. Moscow disaster during 1906 coronation. 1915 Lusitania note response. 1916 deaths from German raids. 1917 Italian offensive ends with 24,000 prisoners.
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Joseph Fouche
Nantes
Trieste
Sackett's Harbor
Jacob Brown
John Brooks
Massachusetts
Humphrey Davy
Geneva
Switzerland
Fingland
Butler
United States
Mexico
Geveral
Cleveland
Canada
Washington
Lafayette
Philadelphia
Detroit
Mazzini
Central Park
William Cullen Bryant
Moscow
Wilson
Notable Birthday Today Fred T. Dubois Linked to Idaho Origins
May 29 marks the birthday of Fred T. Dubois now a civilian member of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification. Born 67 years ago in Crawford County Illinois, he rose as a national Republican leader in the Northwest, active against Mormon polities, a silver and bimetal champion, and 1912 Democratic nominee supporter Champ Clark. Educated at Yale, he settled in Idaho in 1880, served as U S marshal in 1882, and held Senate and House seats, ending as a key figure in Idaho’s transition to statehood.
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Fred. T. Dubois
Board of Ordnance and Fortification
Crawford County
Ilinois
Mr. Dubois
Northwest
Champ Clark
Democratic Party
Yale University
Idaho
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Personalities Arrive in City on Brief Business Trips
Sol Rubenstein returned from San Antonio. Chas Eckert of Corpus Christi arrived yesterday. Carlos Morton of Sabinas Mexico and Jose Morton of Mexico City came for short business visits. Walter A. Craig of Houston arrived for a brief business stay and met many Laredo friends. Dc J Boothroyd, Mexican government purchasing agent, headquarters in Houston, is here on a border trip. I A Leighton and Lee Miller of San Antonio arrived for regular visits.
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Sol Rubenstein
San Antonio
Chas. Eckert of
Corpus Christi
Carlos Morton
Sabinas
Mexico
Jose Morton
Mexico City
City
Walter A. Craig
Houston
Laredo
I. A. Leighton
Lee Miller
Memorial Day Observance at Arlington Honors Nation’s Dead
Washington May 29 veterans of the Civil and Spanish American wars and auxiliary groups plan a Memorial Day observed with Arlington National Cemetery in the foreground. The article notes 22 000 interred there and lists notable figures and the unknown grave amid the historic, somber grounds.
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Washington, D. C
National Military Cemetery
Arlington
Potomac
Washington
Cuba
Philippines
Mexico
Constitution
Maine
Army
Navy
Phil Sheridan
Grant
Winchester
John M. Schhofield
Army of the Tennessee
Crook
Gresham
Gibbon
Wheeler
Harney
United States Army
Second Dragoons
Plains
David Dixon Porter
Winfield Scott Sedley
William T. Sampson
Bob” Evans
Joe Wheeler
Henry W. Lawton
Lawton
Aguinaldo
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities.
The Times runs a daily opportunity alert offering access to all content for 600 per month, inviting readers to subscribe for ongoing updates and features.
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the Times
Society Notes and Club Gatherings in Local Page
The social page lists Red Cross and Parish Guild events for the day, including hospital room duty, knitting circles, and the Nepalese Camp Fire Girls meeting. Several members return from trips, while other notices cover dances, Alpha Club activities, and a devotional prayer meeting at the Jewish association hall.
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Red Cross Hospital
B. Kenedy
W. B.B. Heaner
Red Cross Surgical
Maria Mowry
Parish Guild
F. S. Lusk
Camp Fire Girls
May
Ruth Netzer
Christian Church
Railroad timetable details for Texas and border lines
Train schedules list Texas Mexican Railway trains from Corpus Christi and Laredo, through fast services to St Louis and local runs on the Rio Grande line. Through services show departures at 11:00 am for St Louis with 4:15 pm arrival, night train 9 pm to 8 am, and Laredo Minera runs with 8 am and 1 pm departures and 10:20 am and 3:15 pm arrivals respectively.
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
lLaredo
Fire at South Carolina hospital kills sixteen patients
Sixteen white men, patients at the South Carolina Hospital for the Insane, perished in a fire that destroyed the building. Fifteen died at once. one died later after being rescued. The incident was reported from Columbia on May 29.
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Associated Press
Columbia, D. C
South Carolina Hospital For the
Memorial Day Observance Planned by Allies in France
Paris reports French and Americans will observe Memorial Day with joint exercises in towns hosting American forces. American Salvation Army women in France will place flowers and Stars and Stripes on the graves of American fighters buried on French soil since the war began.
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Paris
Salvation Army
France
Oil Mill Superintendents Meet in Atlanta Exhibition Opens
The ninth annual convention of the Interstate Oil Mill Superintendents Association convened in Atlanta for a three day session. The program emphasizes war time efficiency in handling South’s oil mill products and features an elaborate machinery exhibition at the Municipal Auditorium.
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Atlanta
Interstate Oil Mill Superintendents’ Association
South
Republican Birthday Celebration in Bloomington
Republican leaders from state and national ranks gathered in Bloomington on May 29 to mark the 1856 Illinois State Republican nominating convention. The event notes the convention where the party name was first used and where Abraham Lincoln delivered his famed lost speech.
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Bloomington
Sinois
Abraham Lincoln
Auto race fans await Harkness Handicap at Sheepshead Bay
New York on May 2 1919 followers anticipate the Harkness Handicap a 100 mile race to open the season at Sheepshead Bay Speedway. The entrant list features Barney Oldfield Louis Cox Louis Chevrolet Dario Resta Tra Vail Omar Taft and Arthur Duray among the noted drivers.
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New York
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
Barney Oldfield
Louis Coce
California
Louis Chevrolet
Dario Resta
Tra Vail
Brooklyn
Omar Taft
Pacific Coast
Arthur Duray
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The forecast from the United States weather bureau in New Orleans, relayed by The Times, notes tonight and Thursday will be cloudy. Observations at Fort McIntosh show a maximum of 98 degrees and a minimum of 61 degrees with a southeast wind and cloudy conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort MclIntosh
Flag on Olive Camp 3170 Hall Staff Replaced
Notice requests all Camps Lodges and Societies meeting in K P Hall Olive Camp 3170 W O W to allow some flags to remain on their staffs during wars while others are replaced by fresh ones or repaired. Signed by A L Joseph C C L F Ochoa Ad L J R Fasnacht Clerk Olive Camp 3170.
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U. S
P. Hall
Joseph
C. C
L. F
German Offensive Limited Progress Amid Allied Defense
May 28 report notes German offensive made only slight headway as heavy Allied reserves halted gains in the center. Some enemy troops crossed the Aisne and Vesle rivers while German artillery remained active. London update of May 29 says German guns fired north of Albert and along the Flanders salient east of Lyon.
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Paris
Soissons
St. Thiery
Veale
Aisne Canal
Montdidier
Cantichy
Aisne
Vesle
London
Albert
Flanders Salient
lLobecn
First steel ship ready to launch for cargo carrying
Washington May 29 hearing on revenue laws follows. The emergency fleet corporation announces the launch tomorrow at Newark Bay of the first new standardized fabricated steel vessel for cargo carrying built by the Shipping Board. The Ways and Means Committee votes to begin public hearings on revenue legislation next week.
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Associated Press
Washington
Newark Bay
Emergency Fleet Corporation
The
Shipping Board
House ,Ways and Means Committee
Best Remedy for Whooping Cough
Mrs J B Roberts of East St Louis says Chamberlains Cough Remedy kept her boys cough loose and relieved dreadful coughing spells It is the only cough medicine kept in the house because confidence in it It is also good for colds and croup.
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Chamberlain
Equal Suffrage Convention Opens in Austin Texas
Delegates from across Texas gather in Austin for the annual convention of the Texas Equal Suffrage Association. May events include a dual commencement at Iowa State College with M. Edwards de Billy, the voting Mrench high commissioner to the United States, delivering an address.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
The
Tessas Equal Suffrage Association
Arosla
Iowa State College
Cliss
M. &Deward de Billy
United States
Brown University Commencement Week Ends Early
Graduation exercises near the end of May mark a shortened term to allow seniors to enlist in farm and factory work and other branches of national service. Chief speakers include Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Dr William Allen Neilson, newly elected president of Smith College.
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Providence
Brown University
Henry Cabot Lode
Massachusetts
Wiliam Allen Neilson
Smith Wenoge Htey
First woman admitted to practice law in South Carolina
Miss James M. Derry of Greenville becomes the first woman admitted to the legal profession in South Carolina. A Buffalo Civic Madhesihed society launches a campaign to Americanize foreign-born women. A new Baltimore hotel opens with a woman manager at the desk to greet and assist guests.
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James M. Derry
Greenville, Lrst
South Carolina
War offices report increased enemy fire near Arras and Lens
War offices announce rising enemy bombardment in the Arras and Lens regions. Authorities warn residents to stay indoors as guns fire intensifies and new attacks are expected. Military commands urge vigilance and note ongoing patrols and air defense measures.
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Arras
Lens
Emperor William telegram from Aisne front
May 29 dispatches report Emperor William sending a message to the empress Potsdam detailing a Chemin des Dames assault by Crown Prince Frederick William. German forces claim crossing the Aisne and advancing toward Wesle with strong artillery and infantry action. London reports Berlin orders to temper war enthusiasm and praise from Cologne Volkavertune. American Casualty List notes 20 names: 5 killed, 1 died of wounds, 1 died of disease, 7 wounded, 2 missing.
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Emperor Willam
Lion
Aisne
Potsdam
William
Crown Prince
Prefediek William
Britisi
Cheminates- Dames
London
Berlin
Cologne
Volkavertune
Washington
Army
American doctors among British prisoners in Chemin des Dames fighting
Amsterdam dispatch reports a Wolf Bureau telegram from Berlin on fighting near the Chemin des Dames noting several American doctors were among the prisoners taken from British forces.
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Amsterdam
Resume Distant Bombardment
Paris reports that the lone range bombardment of the city began again this morning. No further details on casualties or targets were provided in the brief dispatch.
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Paris
Jewish Refugees Drowned in Caspian Sea Tragedy
A telegram from Harbin reports that 1000 Jewish refugees from Batum perished when the steamship Oriole carrying 1500 passengers sank in the Caspian Sea. The dispatch highlights the disaster amid wartime refugee flows and adds that many survivors are seeking aid.
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New York
Batum
Oriole
Caspian Sea
Today
Harbin
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