Plan to Save Paper Stock to Avert Great Shortage
The United States Department launches a campaign to conserve waste paper and rags. The Laredo Chamber of Commerce and local women’s clubs join, with markets identified in Houston and Dallas for waste paper and rags. Mrs. S. R. Anderson chairs the collection committee as a general drive begins.
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United States Department
Laredo
American Paper Stock Co
Dallas
Houston
Chamber of Commerce
S. R. Anderson
Woman’s Club
McGees Baby Elixir for stomach and bowel disorders
Describes McGEE'S BABY ELIXIR as a grand corrective remedy for infant stomach and bowel issues. Claims it is pure wholesome and pleasant to take. States price 25c and 50c per bottle and that it is sold by all druggists.
Desperate Peons Spur Americans to Leave Mexico
Report notes several Americans still in Mexico depart after the Carranza note as others arrive. A commentator says the peon class faces starvation and may loot for survival while friends in the higher class of Mexicans are not feared. The piece attributes unrest to the gravity of the U S government stance.
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United States
Mexico
Organization of a Coast Artillery Company in Laredo
Adjutant General Hutchings authorizes a coast artillery company in Laredo to meet Texas militia needs. Thirty two men from the Rough Riders transfer their enlistment to the new state unit, with a goal of reaching 65 men. A recruiting office will be set up shortly to fill the company rolls.
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Texas
Hutchings
Coast Artillery
Laredo
Rough Riders
Farewell Bachelor Supper for Dario Sanchez at Ross Hotel
Dario Sanchez, soon to wed Miss Zuazua of Lampazos, was guest of honor at a Ross Hotel farewell supper hosted by friends. Eighteen guests gathered in the dining hall for toasts and a feast of ample provisions and Agua Pura as they offered best wishes for his upcoming marriage.
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Dario Sanchez
Ross Hotel
Benedict
Dario
Decoration Day Observed Across States and at Local Cemeteries
Tomorrow marks Decoration Day a national holiday to honor Union soldiers with graveside flowers. The observance is strongest in the Northern and Eastern states with Grand Army of the Republic ceremonies, though local practice varies and Laredo lacks an active G A R chapter.
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Congress
United States
Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Laredo
Notice to the Public on summer freight office hours
Beginning Saturday June 3 and each Saturday thereafter during the summer months all local freight offices will close at 1 p m and no shipments will be delivered or received after that hour on such days. Texas-Mexican Ry Co Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Ry Co International and Great Northern Railway Co 5-26-41.
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Texas-Mexican Ry. Co
Rio Grande and
Eagle Pass
Chamberlain's Tablets Help Mrs Kadin of Spencerport
Mrs Anna Kadin of Spencerport New York says Chamberlain's Tablets relieved her long standing stomach troubles after trying many remedies with no lasting relief. She praises the medicine as wonderful and highly valued. Obtainable everywhere.
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Chamberlain
Anna Kadin
Spencerport
N. Y
Mata Withdraws New Trial Motion in Susana Gaitan Case
Enri que Mata had sought a new trial but this morning withdrew the motion. Mata was brought into Mullally's court and sentenced after a trial ten days earlier for the May 1913 killing of his sweetheart Susana Gaitan on the Heights. The jury had set his punishment at fifteen years in the state penitentiary and defense counsel had filed an appeal before withdrawing it this morning.
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Enrique Mata
Mata
Mullally
Susana Gaitan
Social calendar notes church and club events
Monday events include the Monday Weekly Bridge Club hosted by Mrs J S Penn at 3 30 pm and the Tournament Bridge hosted by Mrs C M Fish at 4 pm Christ Church Boys Club meets at the Rectory at 2 30 pm Tuesday brings the Girls Social Club hosted by Miss Edna Brown at 9 30 am Christ Church Junior Auxiliary meets at 4 pm and the Sunbeam band of the Baptist Church holds its regular meeting at 4 pm Ladies Night is at the Ninth Infantry Club in the evening.
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J. S. Penn
C. M. Fish
Christ Church
Edna Brown
Sunbeam Band
The
Baptist Church
Ninth Infantry Club
Personal notices from Bruni and arrivals in the city
J F Dunn of Bruni guest at the Ross JL H Bruni of Bruni in the city staying at Rosas Sam Meyer of Rochester NY arrived Saturday on business Eduardo Cruz senior member of BE Cruz Brother returned from New York purchasing Fall stock S M Polakoff San Antonio arrives in Laredo to partner with I Goodman at Guarantee Shoe Store Ross list includes E Santos Coy Sallo Amador Zuazua Lampazos Kumhene Chicago L E Gregory St Louis Geo Baunud Rinconada Mex W Sammers Guerrero Mex Mariano Palau and family San Antonio L H Bruni J F Dunn Bruni Wm Rodgers San Antonio Henry Imbloge Hebbronville
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JL. H. Bruni
Bruni
The
Rosas
Sam Meyer
Rochester
New York
Eduardo Cruz
BE. Cruz & Brother
S. M. Polakoff
San Antonio
Laredo
I Goodman
Guarantee
Keep on Keepin On Despite Gloomy Prospects
A terse verse urges perseverance when days look grim and troubles mount. The speaker counsels bristling with grit and continuing onward despite dwindling hope, a spirit of steady resolve.
Social notes on travels and school attendances in Texas
Miss Evelyn Moore returns from Tennessee where she studied at Ward Belmont College, meeting Mr. Moore in Sandro and traveling home. Miss Ruth French of Robstown plans two months at Summer Normal in San Marcos after visiting her sister Annie French. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Walker and son Otis toured to Pearsall. Elizabeth Bunn heads to San Marcos for Normal. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Millar depart to San Antonio for an extended trip to Colorado, Oregon, Washington and California, joined by Miss Annie Stephenson and others in San Antonio. DeWolf family to Columbus, Ga., for illness in the family. Helen Richter to return June 5 from Washington. Mrs. A. J. Barthelow aims to California via San Antonio and Denver, returning by Grand Canyon around early August.
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Evelyn Moore
Tennessee
Ward-Belmont College
Moore
Miss Moore
San Androt
Ruth French
Robstown
Annie French
San Marchos
R. A. Millar
San Antonio
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
California
Millar
Annie Stephenson
Eagle Pass
Mabel Barlow
Master George Brown
Ward
Mrs. Gillette
A. J. Barthelow
Denver
Salt Lake City
Grand Canyon
BALLARD'S SNOW LINDMENT PROMISES FAST FLESH REPAIR
In the field of medicine there is not a healing remedy that will repair damage to the flesh more quickly than BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT. It treats cuts wounds sprains burns and rheumatism with extraordinary healing. Prices 25 50 and 1.00 per bottle sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
Roosevelt in Kansas City crowds stir political stakes
Political pointers note Colonel Roosevelt’s Memorial Day appearance in Kansas City hailed as a crowning effort with possible political consequences. North Dakota moves to mail voting next month while primaries on June 28 see ballots cast by out-of-state voters. Jimmy Reynolds’ diplomacy aims to fit 700 into 200 seats for candidates’ friends at Chicago as southern Republican contests unfold. Secretary Baker chairs Ohio Democratic State Convention temporarily and governors head to Salt Lake City for the June 27 open conference. Nick Longworth withdraws from Ohio senate race, backed for another term in the House by Cincinnati. William Jennings Bryan will not lead the Democratic platform drafting. President Wilson leads this year’s document.
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Roosevelt
Kansas City
North Dakota
Jimmy Reynolds
Friends of Candidates
Chicago
D. Baker
Salt Lake City
Spry
Nick Longworth
Ohio
Washington
Cincinnati
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
Chicago YMCA hotel dedicated in Chicago at 1.5 million cost
The Y M C A hotel in Chicago has been dedicated as the first of its kind in the country. It cost 1,500,000 dollars funded by Chicago business men.
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Chicago
Evening Graduation at Lucy Cobb Institute
Athens Ga May 29 The graduating exercises of Lucy Cobb Institute will be held this evening on the lawn of the college William M Howard of Augusta will deliver the baccalaureate address The exercises bring to a close the commencement festivities which attracted many leading women of the South to the Institute.
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Athens
Lucy Cobb Institute
William M. Howard
Augusta
Social News Highlights From Atlanta And Fort McIntosh
Announcements detail visits by Mr and Mrs Charles Deutz and Julia Bell Deutz of Laredo Texas to Mrs Callie O McCarthy and trips to Hot Springs Arkansas and Colorado. Socials include Beverly Hall party at Bella Vista, a recital at Ellis Hall, weekend Asherton party, Entre Nous Club gathering, Nulles Club luncheon, J A G Club hosting, Fort McIntosh items with Corpus Christi guests and Fort Sam Houston officers, and a dinner hosted by Major and Mrs Alonzo Gray with guests including Lt Odel.
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Atlanta Constitution
Charles Deutz
Julia Bell Deutz
Laredo
Texas
Callie O. McCarthy
Oglethorpe Avenue
Hot Springs
Ark
Colorado
McCarthy
Deutz
Attie Thomas
Sandersville
Mary Ethel Richardson
Asherton
Read
EB. Lobdell
Lucile Murphy
Major Payne
Major Heavey
Major Switzer
Asher Smith
Jack Lobdell
Robert Ennis
Fort Mcintosh
Rosita Putegnet
Corpus Christi
Coulter
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Bonker
Michel
Odel
Third Field Artillery Gunnery Board
Alonzo Gray
Mrs. King
Clarisse Ryan
Odiive
Alice Gray
Decoration Day Observed at Fort McIntosh Camp Ninth Infantry
Decoration Day will be observed at Fort McIntosh and the Ninth Infantry Camp with services at the Post Cemetery at 10 p m Chaplain EB Woods Ninth Infantry officiating The band will provide music and graves will be decorated afterward. Flowers should be brought to the cemetery before 10 a m Past years the ladies of Laredo helped decorate graves and are expected to help again this year
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Fort McIntosh
Ninth Infantry
EB. W. Woods
Ladies of
Ballard's Snow Liniment Heals Wounds Quickly
Barbed wire cuts and ragged wounds heal fast with Ballard's Snow Liniment, which is advertised as healing and antiseptic. Available in 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle at all druggists.
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Ballard
In the War of Words
A witty exchange features a speaker claiming deep thinking and Senator Sorghum retorts that while the other may submerge, they fail to launch intellectual torpedoes that land on anything. The dialogue highlights rhetorical clash and intellectual bravado.
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Senator Sorghum
Bulgarians Inva der Greek Territory
Associated Press reports renewed German activity on the Meuse near Verdun with attacks west of Cumieres repulsed by Paris. Balkans show 26,000 Bulgars on Greek soil as Entente preps for a likely offensive. Berlin notes ongoing artillery duels near the Meuse. French assault on Cumieres repulsed.
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Associated Press
Meuse
Verdun
Cordeaux
Cumieres
Paris
Balkans
Berlin
French air squadron downs two German planes in one day
Paris reports fifteen attacks in a single front section by a French air squadron against German planes. Two German planes were brought down. A dramatic fight north of the Aisne saw a French machine nearly torn apart by German fire yet land safely.
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Paris
Aisne
Grave Trouble in Greece Headlines Macedonian Invasion
A Athens dispatch reports grave trouble after Bulgaria invaded Macedonia. Bulgarians reportedly occupied Greek forts Rupel Dragutin and Spatovo without resistance, signaling a sharp escalation in regional conflict.
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Greece
Paria
Athens
Macedonia
Rupel
Dragutin
Spatovo
Austro-Hungarians Capture Fortified Position West of Arsiero
Vienna May 29 report states Austro-Hungarian troops seized a fortified position west of Arsiero and took a fortified dam. The war office announced the victories today, signaling a successful operation in the sector.
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Vienna
Arsiero
War Office
British Allied Forces Close on Germans in East Africa
British Belgian and Portuguese troops press toward German positions in German East Africa. General Smuta, Boer commander, is rounding up Germans on the Usambara railroad and has occupied key stations along the line.
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London
German East Africa
Smuta
Usanbari
Bad Teeth Handicap Tommies in Trenches
Baton May 29 Revelations on British soldiers dental health by Dr Frank H Cushman Harvard Dental School. Units in France faced severe mouth disease with only fifteen dentists for British troops in June last year and serious equipment shortages. Septic roots linked to arthritis gastritis and ENT issues prompted dental cleanup as routine hospital care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Cushman
Harvard Dental School
France
Belgium
Laredo Team Set to Meet Cotulla in La Salle County
Laredo baseball team led by captain Matthewson Pierce will depart in the morning for Cotulla to contest the national sport in La Salle county tomorrow afternoon. With Decoration Day a holiday, Laredo players expect to decorate belts with Cotulla scalps and return with trophies tomorrow night.
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Laredo
Mexican Attache Denies Protesting Troops Presence
Manuel Mendez, attache of Carranza's foreign office, arrived in Washington and met with Mexican ambassador Eliseo Arredondo. He denied delivering a protest note or any instruction from Carranza, saying he is here on vacation. Ambassador Arredondo and officials appeared puzzled, while Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City said the note should have reached Washington and will be released only when delivered to Secretary Lansing.
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Washington
Lansing
CANDIDATES MUST HUSTLE
Chair man Paul Waples of the state Democratic executive committee issues a warning to state candidates that ballot applications must reach him by June 6 as required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Reas
Fort Worth
Texas
Paul Waples
State
Democratic Executive Committee
James J Hill dead at age 78 in St Paul
James J Hill, famed railroad builder and Northwest developer, died at his St Paul residence at 9:30 p.m. aged 78 after a two week illness from infection linked to bowel trouble. Born 1838 in Ontario, Hill emigrated to the United States at 15 and became a leading figure in American railways and western development. Funeral plans had not yet been made.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
James J. HH
Northwest
Ontario
Canada
James J. Hill
United States
Great Northwest
Hill
Woman in Quartet Tried for Auto Death
Elizabeth N. J. May 29. Frederick Hanson Joseph T. Cavanaugh William J. Cossen and Elizabeth Cossen all of Jersey City will be tried today for manslaughter in connection with an automobile fatality. The four were indicted after Henrietta Bowen died in an auto truck incident. Hanson drove the truck. the other three were aboard.
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Elizabeth N. J
Frederick Hanson
Joseph T. Cavanaugh
William J. Cossen
Elizabeth Cossen
Jersey City
Henrietta Bowen
Hanson
Bowen
Removing Defects to Boost Enlistments in Philadelphia
Jefferson Hospital surgeons will perform minor free operations to correct disqualifying defects in applicants. Last week they removed enlarged tonsils from a Marine Corps rejection and hammer toes from another. both men will enlist once healed.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Jefferson Hospital
Jefferson
United States Marine Corps
For Your Childs Cough Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Ad
For Your Childs Cough promote Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey syrup as a pleasant remedy for a cold runny nose or cough. Claims soothing effect helps children stop fretting sleep well and recover quickly. Advertises 25c at druggists.
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Dr. Bell
Chidren
Neat and Accurate Job Work ing up 48
Neat and Accurate Job Work report notes a task focused on assembling a precise set of processes. The brief highlights efficiency, error reduction, and adherence to standard methods within a manufacturing or clerical context. The item emphasizes consistent quality and streamlined workflow steps.
Republican booms opened for Hughes and DuPont nomination
Chicago May 29 two organized booms formed for the Republican nomination ahead of the National convention. Supporters of Justice Hughes of New York and Coleman DuPont of Delaware back Hughes and DuPont. It is expected Governor Whitman may deliver Hughes speech. Hitchcock says Hughes may accept if nominated and no formal headquarters will be used. emphasis on equal hearings on woman suffrage before the resolutions committee. Roosevelt expected to arrive en route to Kansas City for a speech tomorrow.
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Chicago
Justice Hughes
New York
Coleman DuPont
Delaware
Whitman
Hughes
Frank H. Hitchcock
Resolutions Committee
Hilles
Roosevelt
Kansas City
Bessemer Votes on Commission Government
Heusemer Mich May 29 A special election is held today to decide if the commission form of government will be adopted and to elect nine commissioners to revise the city charter.
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Heusemer
Mich
Commission
Joy Rides Bring County Officials to Trial
Hackensack New Jersey May 29 The trial of William B Mackay Jr former county counsel Harry Schwarz former clerk of the county board and Arthur W Morrison former chairman of the finance and road committee on charges of malfeasance in office is set for today They were indicted in connection with unauthorized use of the county automobiles
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Hackensack
N. J
William B. Mackay, Jr
Harry Schwarz
Arthur W. Morrison
Finance and Road Committee
Millers of the Country to Meet at St Louis
The 21st annual convention of the Fraternity of Operative Millers of America opened in St Louis with nearly three thousand millers from across the country attending. New flour and cereal grinding machines are on display as the group plans sessions on industrial betterment, efficiency, and improved manufacturing methods throughout the week of meetings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Fraternity of Operative Millers of America
Indiana druggist faces unique liquor sale lawsuit
In New Albany Indiana widow Nora A Byrum sues Charles D Summers Marengo drug store owner for 10000 claiming her husband James Byrum was killed after drinking liquor Summers sold. The case, heard in Circuit Court, cites Indiana law holding liquor vendors responsible for a drunken man. It is said to be the first such suit against a drug store proprietor in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
James Byrum
Charles D. Summers
Marengo
Nora A. Byrum
Pyrum
Summers
Indiana
Stockholders Meeting of Texas-Mexican Railway Company
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Texas-Mexican Railway Company will be held at the Company's office in Laredo Texas on June 28 1916 at 9 00 a m to elect directors and conduct business. The board of directors will meet immediately after adjournment of the stockholders meeting. Secretary A B Muller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
A. B. Muller
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Violet & Oberfeidt
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Otis
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San Marcos
S. D. DeWolf
Columbus, Ga
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Chicago Y. M. C. A
Lucy Cobb
Miss Mary
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Bella Vista
David Franklin Anderson
Adela Bertani
Ellis’ Hall
Cone Ie
Entre Nous
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Vera Sharkey
Hazel Patrick
Frances Woodul
Vera Lang
Maud Mussett
Grace Lang
Sara Vidaurri
J. A. G. Club
May Netzer
Vesta Sutton
Anita Sharkey
Eugenia Lafon
Ernestina Sanchez
Dorothy Mayfield
OF Eagan
Manuel Mendez
Carranza
Rodgers
Cotulla
la Salle
Ry Associated Press
Great Railroad
Nothwest
Dupont
Didates For
Bessemer
Millers
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