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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
11
A famous explorer and a renowned author tout Tuxedo tobacco as mild cool and soothing. The ad asserts only the makers of Tuxedo will spend to source aged Burley and treat it to remove harshness, promising a cool sweet satisfying smoke wherever the user goes.
A rush of candidates emerges for U.S. senator posts across states, with thirteen vying in Kansas and notable names in North Dakota California Minnesota Nebraska and Wisconsin. Party lines include Republican and Prohibition nominees, while calls for renomination and primary schedules shape the political landscape.
The Times announces Archer Parr as a candidate for state senate from the Twenty-Third District subject to party confirmation.
The Times announces W.H. Parrying as the Democratic primary candidate for the Twenty-Third Senatorial District subject to party action.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast at New Orleans indicates generally fair conditions daily through Saturday. Temperatures and wind details are not provided in the readable text.
Observations from Fort McIntosh show mixed temperatures with a high of 58 and a low around 36. Winds from the southeast shift as the day progresses under a cloudy to partly cloudy sky.
Johnson of Dolores arrived in the City yesterday as Mrs. M. Delling and daughter of Cotulla were guests at the Hamilton. JM. &. Dinkins arrived yesterday from New Orleans, stopping at the Bender. Len Misteller, recently with oil companies in the Humble field, is visiting en route to Tarpee for a new position. Matias de Llano returned from Texas City after three months tending a branch house, planning a visit to Monterey to see his mother. Velcombe, son of San Luis Potosi residents Austin and a family party, arrived for a short visit. Mr. Austin and family were in San Luis during the uprising and had a tense escape by cattacoal and New Orleans route. Rodriguez returns from business in the Mexican Republic, lost weeks due to detentions. Hinitunes plans further visits. The city also notes various other local movements and travel.
Fragmented OCR text contains scattered references to a world war context with unclear names and actions. The readable portions mention Japan, a war theater, and political labels, but details are obscured by garbled wording and missing context. No coherent events or outcomes can be established from the fragment.
Notes from the labor world report on Canadian Pacific Railway POO employment and rising female wage figures in England. It covers unemployment bureaus in New York State, printer layoffs, Australian female labor in the yarn industry, and coal mine labor actions in Colorado. Halifax plans for a Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers convention, while London clerks sparked the Saturday half holiday movement in 1842. Federation of Labor membership reaches 2,004,001 in seven months. The International Photo-Engravers Union and Cigarmakers Union push organizing drives, with Gompers and Morrison planning an AFL exhibit at Mantua Pacific exposition. Sailors Union backs a new San Francisco marine hospital plan. A large English trades union combine of 1,850,000 miners and transport workers forms to back disputes, shaping final negotiations against employers.
The New York Sun reports a Maine quarantine breach with diseased seed potatoes entering New York Boston and other markets. Some inspectors allegedly certified inferior stock while unscrupulous shippers fraudulently attached certificates. The US Department of Agriculture advises buyers to ignore existing certificates to avoid costly mistakes.
President Wilson witnessed the Naval Academy graduation exercises in Annapolis. Secretary of the Navy Daniels spoke as graduates were commissioned as ensigns and prepared for assignment to ships after a month’s leave.
Rank Carother of Kansas City is recorded as having headed the American Federation of Musicians. The brief item notes leadership within the union and identifies the city connection.
A character questions a line from a play about bar meat and contrasts country barn construction with wooden or iron types, asking for clarification of meaning. The exchange presents miscommunication over rural imagery and material choices.
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