Local notices from the Times include church, business, and social items
A hoard of small notices lists tonight prayer service at the Baptist Church led by Mr J Gay Burr with a regular church conference to follow. Florist Edward Green shares contact details. Delicatessen at 1206 Hidalgo sells brick cheese salami and watermelon and pickled pig feet. The Border Foundry orders a tire press. Meantime press mentions. The Royal Theater presents The Splendid Sinner with Mary Garden. a WWI era scene references German troops. Local real estate firms advertise abstracts and properties. Milmo Bank building construction continues while the San tiago Pappas project proceeds. Social notices include Miriam Chapter OES meeting, Camp Fire Girls gathering, and Methodist missionary society.
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J. Gay Burr
The
Baptist Church
Royal Theater
Mary Garden
Red Cross
Delicatessen
Hidalgo Street
Kress
Social calendar items for Red Cross and church groups
Wednesday and Thursday list many Red Cross activities at hospital rooms surgical forenoon and afternoon shifts with Kennedy Mowry Agastin and Sames Green street. Parish Guild Christ Church with Mrs Poster. Christian Endeavor at Christian Church. Junior Red Cross at High School. Ladies Aid Presbyterian at 4 30. Heights Red Cross Knitting Circle. Woman's Club program at Army YMCA in the evening.
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Red Cross Hopital
C. B. Kennedy
W. B. Heaner
Red Cross
Maria Mowry
Christ Church
R. L. Poster
Christian Endeavor
Christian Church
Red Crogvs Hospital
W. J. Sames
W. C. Greenstreet
Red Cross Surgical
Ladies Aid
The
Presbyterian Church
R. L. Sutton
Pratt
Junior Red Cross
Heights Red Cross Knitting Circle
T. A. Bunn
Woman's Club
Army Y. M. C. A
Red Cross knitting circle and social events reported
Sanchez family members joined a knitting session for the Red Cross with three pairs of socks and a completed sweater turned in. A supply delay held back finished sweaters. attendees included Maria Henry Olivia Guajardo Genoveva Garza Anita Mullally Maria Prado Eloisa Cardenas Elvira Ernestina Ofelia Velipita Sanchez and Mrs Sanchez. The Tuesday knitters met with Mrs Bettie Atlee as Miss Annie Pace Dr May Foster and others attended a bridge party hosted by Miss Marguerite Nelson for the Girls Ridge Club. The Entre Nous Club hosted a Belgian Relief Fund dance with 150 guests, Bela Villar's orchestra, Shasta daisies and flags, and hostesses Ella Devine Anita Sharkey Vera Lang Ruth Simpson Estelle Bistetter Maud Mussett. Miriam Chapter Order of the Eastern Star installed officers led by Mrs E J Randoph with Mrs Minnie P Burnett as worthy matron and Mrs Adeline G B Heaner honored for past matron.
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Red Cross
Bettie Atlee
Annie Pace
Dr. May Foster
Mesdames Simpson
Ulmer
Kistetter
Ella Devine
Anita
Vera Sharkey
Vera Lang
Ruth Simpson
Ruth French
Estelle Bistetter
Maud Mussett
Miriam
Order of the Eastern Star
E. J. Randoph
A. Ritter
Minnie P. Burnett
P. A. Kerr
Mary B. Arkles
Daisy D
Religious census plan to boost Laredo church work
Last evening on the town lawn Rev W ed the Baptist work sect argued The Religi o Baptist Par Barr addressed Son the sub Consus He overestimated La red population claiming 4000 Americans with not over 1000 Catholics a recent Catholic leader said not over 500 He also added 1000 Protestants leaving 2000 unaffiliated The census aim is to locate these 2000 and boost Sunday school by 1000 The necessary committees were formed and a meeting is set for 3 o clock Sunday afternoon to begin the work
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Religio Baptist
Laredo
Cholera Morbus Warning From Indiana Reader
A Huntington resident urges keeping Chamberlain's Cola and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat cholera morbus, citing two children in 1911 who recovered quickly after use. The letter underscores the dangerous spread before medical help or medicine was available.
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Chamberlain
Charles Enyeart
Huntington
Ind
Toast mix up at camp brings friendly toast mix up
A camp dinner story from a Chicago Tribune note describes two visitors from a famous Canadian regiment on sick leave. The sergeant bungled a toast with Here’s to the gallant Eighth, last on the field and first to leave. The corporal improvised a proper toast praising the Eighth as equal to none.
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Chicago Tribune
Chamberlain's Tablets Receive High Praise in Richmond
A Richmond reader, F. B. Tressey, reports, Chamberlain's Tablets are a wonder and claims he has never sold anything that beat them. The note urges those troubled by indigestion or constipation to give the tablets a trial.
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Chamberlain
F. B. Tressey
Richmond
Weather Forecast From New Orleans Bureau
Tonight and Thursday generally fair. Fort McIntosh observations show 24 hours to 7 am with peak 98 degrees and minimum 63. Wind direction from the southeast, sky cloudy, local report supplied by The Times via Telephone Co.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort Mcintosh
Hard Bottom Slough Trick Ends in Mud and Lesson
A Methodist missionary in Oregon crosses a dangerous slough after a boy falsely assures him of a solid bottom. The horse sinks, the rider wades out, and the man blasts the deception. The boy explains the bottom was “good and hard” but the man never reached it.
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Oregon
Hall's Catarrh Cure Company Ad Claim
State of Ohio Toledo 1886 sworn oath by Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co promising to pay one hundred dollars for each unsolved catarrh case. Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials and buy from F J Cheney Toledo Co. Sold by all druggists. The Take Hale's Family Fil e for constipation.
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Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public Hall
All Drugetste
Railroad Timetable Announces Train No 1 to Corpus Christi
Texas Century Rail announces Train No 1 leaves for Corpus Christi at 1 20 p m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 2 10 p m All times listed on the timetable.
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Corpus Christi
Americans Drive Germans From Neuilly Wood at Bayonet Point
American forces northwest of Chateau Thierry in France launched a brilliant bayonet attack driving German troops from Neuilly wood. Although facing machine gun fire, American casualties remained light as they closed with the enemy. French and American units also wiped out a small German detachment on the Marne east of Chateau Thierry and captured prisoners.
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Associated Press
France
Chateau ‘Thierry
Neuilly Wood
Marne
Chateau Thierry
Americans Kill Germans in Luneville Sector Fight
An American patrol killed three of seventeen Germans in a fight in the Luneville sector today.
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France
Luneville
Clemenceau Stakes On Americans In Debate
Premier Clemenceau told the chamber of deputies that France is staking the game on the help of Americans. He urged not to discuss military operations now, and the deputies supported him in a stormy session.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
American gunners' praise at Chateau Thierry echoed Cantigny
London dispatch notes American machine gunners at Chateau Thierry are deemed worthy of ranking with the American infantry at Cantigny, highlighting the pivotal role of U S forces in the battles.
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London
Chateau Thierry
Heuter
Cantigny
German attack on main front repulsed near Amiens
Paris reports today that German offensive operations on the central front failed as Allied forces repulsed a German push southwest of Morlancourt east of Amiens. The Allied line held and the German assault south of Aillette was broken.
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Paris
Aillette
Morlancourt
Amiens
Army Casualty List Reveals 110 Names Released
Washington June 6 The army casualty list shows 110 names divided as 39 killed in action 12 died of wounds 3 died of accident 6 died of disease 47 wounded severely and 2 missing in action.
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Washington
Army
Russians Defeat Germans in Caucasus Battle gains
Russians defeated German forces and Turkish troops in a major clash in the Kars district of Trans-Caucasia on May 24, as reported from London. The engagement marked a significant Allied military action in the region.
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London
Kars
Trans-Caucasia
Court affirms 99-year murder sentence in Williamson case
Austin Texas June 6 The court of criminal appeals affirmed the 99 year sentence of Wilbur Flewellyn of Williamson county for murder It also upheld the loan brokers act requiring license and bond in the Jo Juhan Collin county case
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Wilbur Flewellyn
Williamson County
Jo Juhan
Collin County
Governor McCall Addresses Trinity College Graduates
Massachusetts Governor Samuel W. McCall spoke at Trinity College in Durham New Hampshire today. His address focused on patriotism as degrees were conferred upon nearly ten students.
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Durham
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
Trnity College
Fast train to St Louis departs at 10 45 am
The International and Great Northern service runs a fast train to St Louis leaving at 10 45 a m and arriving at 6 10 p m. A night train departs at 9 pm and arrives at 8 am.
Distingushed Guests at Columbia Commencement
New York June 5 The 164th commencement at Columbia University concluded with graduation exercises. Among the distinguished guests were Secretary of State Lansing and Lars Reading the British ambassador at Washington.
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New York
Cebobia University
Shete
Ypea
Lansing
Lars Reading
Washington
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Train Schedule
Train No 1 leaves Laredo daily except Sunday at am hours and arrives at Minera at 10 20 am. Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 1 pm and arrives at Laredo at 3 15 pm.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities.
Advertisement notes a subscription offer framing THE TIMES daily access as a source of opportunities, priced at 660 per month. The terse line functions as a promotional blurb with no additional context or specifics.
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the Times
Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised for whooping cough relief
A Peru Indiana mother reports two daughters with whooping cough improved quickly after using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. The note emphasizes keeping the cough loose and easing ex pectoration as key benefits observed by Mrs. P H Martin.
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Chamberlain
P. H. Martin
Peru
Ind
Mute a Phone Debuts in Laredo at News Stand
Benjamin Cardenas announces exclusive Laredo agency for the Mute a Phone privacy attachment for ordinary telephones. Priced at 2.50 dollars, it is available at 606 Flores overs news stand or demonstrations can be arranged by calling 944.
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Benjamin Cardenas
Laredo
Submarine Sinks NY Schooner Carolina Survivors Tell Tale
Associated Press reports a schooner carrying 156 passengers and 94 crew from the Carolina arrived today. Survivors describe a sea green painted submarine nearly invisible and 260 feet long. The Carolina sank swiftly as the U S S Samuel G Merge was sunk Sunday off New York with 11 crew saved. Wireless operator Edwin Vogel, age 19, defied orders to signal. the captain intervened to spare passengers. Survivors in lifeboats sang the Star Spangled Banner and women urged calm. Only 118 of 128 passengers are accounted for.
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Associated Preas
New York
Carolina
United States
Samuel G. Merge
Edwin Vogel
U S
San Juan
Pee Carolina
No Check in Shipment Sparks U S France Tension
Washington reports Secretary Daniels stated there will be no halt to the entry of men and munitions amid ongoing naval activity. France voices concern as policy lines are debated.
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Miriam
Masonic Hall
Washington
France
Daniels
Norwegian Steamship Rikwundasund Seized by German Submarine
Washington reports the Norwegian steamship Rikwundasund has been captured as a prize by a German submarine on June 6. The vessel’s fate and details remain unconfirmed, with cautious notes on the action and potential implications for maritime trade during wartime.
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Washington
Rikwndasund
Mines Off Atlantic Coast Near Washington
On June 6 the Navy department announced the discovery of mines off the Atlantic coast near Washington. The finding raises concerns about naval security and potential shipping hazards along the eastern seaboard.
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Atlantic Coast
Washington
Theavy Department
Granite State to Revise Laws Convened in Concord
Concord NH June 6 delegates fill over 400 seats as the Constitutional convention begins a thorough revision of New Hampshire laws following a voter mandate from two years ago. The body met at Representatives Hall of the State House to organize.
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Concord
N.il
New Hampahire
Representatives’ Hall
State House
Oil Mill Superintendents Meet To Boost Wartime Output
Houston and June provisions set the scene as oil mill superintendents gather for the annual National Oil Mill Superintendent Association convention. Officials from many regions attend the talks on accelerating production to meet wartime government demands. The meeting runs through Friday with sessions covering plans and compliance.
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Houston
Tec
National
Tura
Non-Partisan Maine League Plans State Convention
Lewiston Me June 6 The Maine Non-Partisan League, a new political group, schedules a convention tomorrow to discuss active participation in the state campaign. Formed at a Port Sand convention in February, its platform calls for government ownership of public utilities and grain elevators, land value tax, Swiss militia system, war profit and high income taxes, farm loan law amendment, and other measures aiding farmers and workers.
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Lewiston
Maine Non-Partisan League
Pine Tree State
League
Port- Sand
Noted Baritone Millo Picco To Perform At Royal Theatre
Music lovers anticipate a concert by famed baritone Millo Picco at the Royal Opera House. The Royal Theatre show Friday at 8 30 p m features grand opera arias and instrumental pieces, with proceeds for Red Cross aid.
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Millo Picco
Royal Theatre
Royal Opera House
Red Cross
President Wilson Asks California Pardon for Mooney
President Wilson asked California's governor for a pardon for Mooney, convicted of conspiracy tied to the Loyalty Day bombing in San Francisco. The Federal Loan Board suspended offering farm loan bonds as $60,000,000 of bonds sold recently provided funds until November. offerings to resume after the fourth Liberty Loan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
California
Mooney
San Francisco
Federal Loan Board
Orders mobilize 40000 Negro troops to train by June 25
Washington June 5 General Crowder issued an order for 40000 Negro troops to be mobilized for general military service and entrain June 25 from twenty states with Texas contributing 3000 to Camp Travis.
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Washington
General Crowder
Texas
Camp Travis
Plot to Smuggle Crown Jewels Exposed in New York
An alleged plot to smuggle the crown jewels of the tomanoff into America is believed to have been uncovered. The jewels are valued at $2,000,000.
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New York
Tomanoff
America
Government considers lumber price fix for commerce
Washington reports the war industries board is weighing a plan to fix lumber prices for commercial consumers under government control. The proposal aims to stabilize market costs amid wartime demand and supply pressures as officials review pricing mechanisms.
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Washington
War Industries Board
Prohibition Legislation Faces Opposition From Wilson and Hoover
Washington report notes Senator Sheppard of Texas stating that both President Wilson and Food Administrator Hoover oppose new prohibition legislation, making passage unlikely in Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Sheppard
Texas
Wilson
Hoover
Colorado Springs Hosts Open At State Trapshooting Meet
In Colorado Springs on June 6 many prominent marksmen both amateur and pro faced traps at the local gun club. The event opens the three day Colorado Sports men's Association tournament with state titles to be decided on Friday.
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Colorado Springs
Colorado Sportsmen’s Association
Governor General Devonshire Welcomed in Windsor
Windsor Ontario June 6 border towns welcomed the Duke of Devonshire Governor General of Canada on his official visit. A Detroit delegation led by Mayor Marx joined the celebration. Businesses closed and streets along the procession route were lavishly decorated with Allied colors.
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Windsor
Ont
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Detroit
Marx
Loyal to His Friend and the Dinner Row
In a crowded Sunday school parish, pupils bring guests to a dinner. Pete arrives with a gaunt mantisf on a rope, claiming Tige is his friend even if a dog. A teacher is astonished, while Pete insists Tige is his loyal friend, sharing the feast and bones for future meals.
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Pete
Tige
Sour Stomach Digestive Aid Guidance
A brief health tip explains sour stomach as a mild indigestion from rapid or excessive eating or unsuitable food. It advises eating slowly, thoroughly chewing, limiting meat, especially at supper, to avoid symptoms and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to aid digestion if symptoms occur.
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Times
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Walls
Robert Sanchez
Fort Sam Houston
John T. Halsell Jr
Waco
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Tallahassee, Florida
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Winslow
DPD
F. Anderson
New York City
Edwin Atlee
Cotulla
Annie Kelley
Harry Berder
T. J. Guernsey
Sansugi
Camp Fire Girls
George Scratchley
Eva Scratchley
Elsie Werner
Laura Taylor
Mercenl Lake
Willie Belle Brennan
Katherine Crutchfield
Dorothy Wiggins
Ierene Leyendecker
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
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Alpha Club
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Marguerite Nelson
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