City council votes to widen Farragut street and uses condemnation if needed
At a semi monthly city council meeting the panel discussed widening Farragut street from Juarez Avenue to the I N G station. Mayor McComb is empowered to condemn land from property owners who refuse to donate or settle amicably. Secretary Woodman will notify the I N G N Ry Co and property owners along the route seeking cooperation.
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Farragut Street
Flores Avenue
Juarez Avenue
McComb
Woodman
Juarez
Salinas
Jarvis Plaza
Convent
Convent Avenue
Flores
Band Concerts at Jarvis Plaza and Fort McIntosh
The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band directed by Carl Kerlof performs Thursday at Jarvis Plaza starting 8:30 with pieces by Auber Donizetti Verdi and Sousa among others. Friday at Fort McIntosh at 8:30 features selections from Saint Saens Waldteufel Lalo and Lincke along with Sousa marches and a one step.
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Thirty-seventh Infantry Band
Carl Kerlof
Jarvis Plaza
Circus Bee
Sx Filmore
Fort McIntosh
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Paris
Waldteufel
Lincke
Samson & Dali- Beey
Earl
Saint Saens
Wsckss
Rio Grande and Related Lodges Meeting Times
Rio Grande Lodge No 373 meets Thursdays at 8 p m with L Mackay Noble Grand and J H Barlow Secretary Laredo Encampment No 29 meets on the second and fourth Fridays at 8 p m led by Jos Netzer Chief Patriarch and G W Pew Scribe G W Glasscock Rebekah Lodge No 438 meets on the first and third Fridays at 8 p m with Hortense Tannenbaum Noble Grand Jos Netzer Secretary All visiting Brothers and Sisters are invited Lodge room at the corner of Farragut street and Convent avenue
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Rio Grande Lodge No. 373
Red. L. Mackay
Noble Grand
J. H. Barlow
Laredo
Jos. Netzer
G. W. Pew
G. W. Glasscock
Rebekah Lodge No. 438
Hortense Tannenbaum
Farragut Street
Convent Avenue
Watch THE TIMES Everyday for Opportunities
An ad-style note promoting daily access to WATCH THE TIMES with a subscription price of 60 cents per month. It emphasizes ongoing opportunities and encourages readers to subscribe for daily guidance.
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the Times
Laredo Volunteer Fire Department Elects Chief and Plans Fourth of July Barbecue
A well attended Laredo Volunteer Fire Department meeting at Firemen's Hall reforming the group and electing Carlos A. Richter as assistant fire chief. Fifty two honorary membership applications were approved and a July Fourth barbecue and honorary guest event for local soldiers and khaki worn youths was approved with plans to invite all returning servicemen.
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Laredo
Carlos A. Richter
J. J. Jurgens
Laredo Soldier Boys
Laredo Volunteer Fire Department
Mrs Violet Oberfeldt Society Editor
Community society page notes Violet Oberfeldt serves as society editor for the OCHEI publication with contact via phone extension 43.
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Violet
Oberfeldt Society
Social calendar notices for Thursday events
The Married Ladies Social Club gathers at 9 30 with Mrs W W MacGregor. The Ladies Aid Society meets at 3 30 with Mrs E F Hamilton. The four circles of the W M A convene at 4 at the Baptist Church. Mrs John Martin hosts a 4 o clock bridge party for friends.
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Married Ladies Social Club
W. W. MacGregor
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
E. F. Hamilton
W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
John Martin
Bridge
Malta Commandery Conclave Invitation Notice
Sir Knights are requested to attend Conclave of Malta Commandery No 32 Knights Templar Thursday evening June 65th at 8 30 oclock sharp Work in Temple Visitors invited Commander John Colman
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Malta
Knights Templar
Temple
John Colman
Onion Market Report Fort Worth Texas June Five
On the onion market report from Fort Worth dated June five County Agent Maily Laredo Texas notes carlot shipments Wednesday totaling fifteen packed California thirteen by freight two by boat. Texas yellow Bermudas held steady at three fifty to four and a quarter in leading markets while California Bermudas stayed unchanged at three fifty to three seven five. fob Coachella points and steady at four to four fifty in most consuming centers, with Philadelphia at four seventy to five and Milwaukee at three eighty five to four fifty. Shipments were lighter.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Maily
Laredo
California
Coachella
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Be a Joy-Walker Getslt for Corns Metaphoric Advice Card
A compact, quirky note advocates enduring shoe pain by taking a quick vacation and applying two to three drops. It frames a humorous, almost survivalist approach to managing painful corns with a momentary retreat and topical relief.
A Voyage of Love and Letters in Port and Beyond
A fragmented late 19th or early 20th century style column mixes poetry by Edith Livingston Smith with social notes. It mentions Mr. F. W. Mally traveling to San Antonio, visits to San Marcos and Corpus Christi, arrivals and guests in New York and Atlantic City, postponed events, theater parties, and local social clubs with names of local residents and hosting households.
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Edith Livingston Smith
An Evening of Music and Pupils Recital FeaturedLocal Guests
Adelaide Gebhardt MacDonald hosts an afternoon of entertainment with honor guests Miss Anna Cullinan Miss Mollie Cullinan and Miss Consadine plus guests. An evening of music by St Peters Church choir follows arranged by A J Norton and Miss Eistetter. Friday June 6 piano pupil recital led by Mrs Thomas Reed with multiple performers.
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M. P. Cullinan
Royal Theater
Miss Cullinan and
Consadine
Pennsylvania
Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald
Anna
Mollie Cullinan
Westbrook
J. A. MacDonald
McKinney
Hodges
M T. Cogley
W. B. Heaner
Cullinan
The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed
Disappointed to find the family physician away, sufferers endure stomach bowels pain colic and diarrhoea until help arrives. The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand to ease distress and potentially save lives.
Constitution Day Observances and Major Today Events
Denmark marks Constitution Day and the 70th anniversary of liberal constitutional rule. The American Institute of Actuaries opens its eleventh annual meeting in St Louis. Minnesota G A R groups meet in St Paul for their state encampment. A Louisiana First District special election selects a successor to the late Estoninal. Christian Endeavor sessions convene in North Carolina Burlington Graham. Colorado Endeavor conventions meet at Rocky Ford. A final state convention endorsing the League of Nations covenant is held in Trenton New Jersey.
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Denmark
American Institute of Actuaries
St. Louis
Minnesota
Veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic
St. Paul
Louisiana
Estoninal
North Carolina
Christian Endeavor Societies
Burlington-Graham
Colorado Societies of Christian Endeavor
Rocky Ford
Trenton
New Jersey
Opened Offices in Laredo for Realty and Leasing Firm
J. T. LaPrade of the International Land and Leasing Co has opened offices in the Pappas building on Flores Avenue Laredo to conduct a general land and leasing business. The firm will handle ranch and city property oil and gas leases and maintain separate departments for city property ranch property and leases. LaPrade has fifteen years in land and immigration work with operations in San Antonio Houston Fort Worth and Kansas City MO and strong connections across Texas and the East with oil operators.
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J. T. LaPrade
International Land & Leasing Co
Pappas
Flores Avenue
Laredo
LaPrade
San Antonio
Houston
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Texas
East
Capture Chimuaria in Two Hours Fight
El Paso report from La Patria says Chihuahua City fell to Villa and Angeles after two hours of fighting last Sunday. Telegraph from Laredo via Chihuahua corroborates the claim. Washington reports a border arrival with passes naming General Asturias as supreme chief of the division of the North, signed by Villa.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Texans
la Patria
Chihuahua City
Villa
Angeles
Laredo
Chihuahua
Washington
Parral
Mexico
State Department
Anastles’ Tile
Division of the
North
Pittsburgh Police Capture Anarchist Suspect in Bomb Case
Pittsburgh police arrested George Oliver of Cleveland on June 5 and found radical literature on his person. Officers believe they are on the trail of the anarchists behind Monday night bomb explosions.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
George Oliver
Cleveland
Oliver
Woman to be tried on poison charge in Mass amid New Jersey links
Defense and prosecution prepare for the trial of Mrs. Bbes elie Skeels Lundgren in Lawrence Massachusetts next week on murder charges involving Miss Florence Gay. New Jersey indictments accuse her of killing relatives with poison as investigators tie multiple family deaths to the case.
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Alfred J. Lundgren
Andover
Skeels
Lundgren
Massachusetts
Florence Gay
Abbot Academy
New Jersey
Miss Gay
Mrs. Skeels
Albert Wilkins
Nellie Wilkins
Peace terms loom as Austria fate debated by Allies
Associated Press reports Austria faces possible death sentence as peace terms are shaped by German Austrian leaders. Allies question Rhineland movement while Basil Basel notes no Rhineland leaders backing. Proskurov Berdichev railway hubs in western Ukraine reported captured by anti Bolshevik forces. Copenhagen cites premature rumors of Vetrograd capture and notes Bolshevik counterattacks near Gutsehing ongoing with undecided outcome.
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Austria
Germany
League of Nations
Rhenish Republic
Rhineland
Basel
Grand Council of German-Austria
Vienna
Proskurov
Berdichelf
Ukraine
Alyranian
Copenhagen
Jimes
Vetrograd
Gutsehing
Reply Be Delayed. Paris, June 5 reaction uncertain
Paris dispatch reports uncertainty about the immediate reply or reaction to a recent development as officials weigh possible responses. No decisive statement has been issued and analysts expect shifting positions in the coming hours.
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Paris
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
Tonight and Friday fair forecast from the U S Weather Bureau New Orleans as carried by The Times. Fort McIntosh observations note a broken thermometer but show a northeast wind, clear conditions, and other 24 hour readings ending at 7 a m today.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Women Achievements Noted Across States and Nations
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN Waycross Ga first city in Georgia to grant women the ballot. Bethlehem Pa chamber vice-president position held by a woman. Florida chartered towns grant municipal suffrage in eleven areas. Marie McNulty of Ottawa the sole woman practicing law in the Dominion capital.
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Waycross
Georgia
Chamber of Commerce
Bethlehem
Florida
Marie McNulty
Ottawa
Dominion
Senate approves Susan B Anthony amendment in federal vote
News from Washington and Austin report the 66 to 26 Senate approval of the Susan B Anthony woman suffrage amendment. Advocates shift focus to state legislatures where three-fourths must ratify. The measure passed the House May 12 and faces a special Texas session starting June 25 to consider ratification.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Austin
Texuas
Will Jet
Wig- He Hoal
Tad
Mass Mine Explosion Kills Dozens Near Herethday
By Associated Press June 5 report details a Baltimore No. 2 tunnel blast by a car train carrying miners. A spark ignited black powder, causing a deadly fire and many fatalities. Official tally lists 78 dead and 32 injured. bodies severely charred with some missing limbs or heads.
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Associated
Presa
Wilkesharre
Baltimore No. 2
Delaware and Hiudson Company
Council to reply to Germain counter peace proposals soon
Reuters reports the council of four will send a reply to Germain counter peace proposals by the end of next week, outlining anticipated steps and potential terms for renewed talks.
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Council of Four
Germain
Reuters
German hopes for an ultimatum at Versailles
German correspondents at Versailles report that allies are expected to respond to German counter proposals with an ultimatum. This move could make it impossible for Germany to sign the peace treaty.
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Berlin
Versailles
Japanese Boycott Spreads Across China As Resignations Grow
In Weking on June 5 the anti-Japanese boycott expands nationwide and authorities struggle to curb it. The education minister has resigned amid renewed demonstrations in Peking where thousands strike and the university is turned into military camps.
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China
Weking
Peking
Soviet Government Proclaimed in Slovakia Amid Czech Advance
Vienna reports say a new Soviet government has been proclaimed in Slovakia as Czechs push toward Pressburg. Slovakians are surrendering in large numbers, signaling upheaval in the region.
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Berlin
Slovania
Vienna
Pressburg
More Texans Arrived On The Transport Chicago
New York on June 5 reports that one thousand members of casual companies including Texans arrived today aboard the transport Chicago. The arrival adds to troop movements and signals ongoing mobilization.
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New York
Chicago
Chronic Constipation Advice and Remedies
The article explains constipation as a moisture deficiency in waste, advises drinking plenty of water, eating raw fruits, and outdoor exercise. It recommends mild laxatives and warns against harsh cathartics, praising Chamberlain's Tablets as pleasant and effective.
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Chamberlain
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