Cattle Shipment Heads to Asherton From Byrd Cattle Co
Local report from Laredo notes J. J. Byrd of Byrd Cattle Co attended to shipping ninety head of cattle to Asherton from Anderson Brothers. The three carloads left last night amid other brief items from the community including licenses, notices, and weather quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Byrd
The
Byrd Cattle Co
Laredo
Asherton
Anderson Brothers
Will W. Gregg
Times Office
Business Men Needed at Austin
Morris Stern urges Texas business leaders to engage in public affairs and join the Legislature. He cites Lieutenant Governor Hobby on tightening ties between people and lawmakers and compares Texas progress to Europe, calling for seasoned business figures to step into municipal and state matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wm. P. Hobby
Europe
Morris Stern
Cardui promoted as hero woman’s tonic in Kentucky notice
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky shares a dramatic recovery story after taking eleven bottles of Cardui the woman’s tonic from Chattanooga Medicine Co She describes relief from head pain nervousness and “womanly troubles” after years of illness and failed medical care The ad urges others to buy Cardui at druggists and to request a free 64 pageHome for Women booklet by mail in Tennessee N G 188
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Bratcher
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies’ Advisory Dept
Chattanooga, Tenn
N.G
Battery Movements Send Sixth Field Artillery to Arizona
Battery 1, Sixth Field Artillery, stationed at Fort McIntosh for over a year, departs for Douglas, Arizona to join the Sixth Field Artillery Regiment. Battery B, under Major Payne, accompanies to concentration camp. E and F, Third Artillery, arrive as dismounted artillery while E to Arizona is mounted artillery. The regiment is expected to regroup to twelve batteries for rapid service if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Field Artillery
Ninth Infantry
Fort McIntosh
Douglas
Arizona
Payne
Third Artillery
Public Sale by International & Great Northern Co
The International and Great Northern By. Co. will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash in front of its passenger station between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on June 28, 1916. Car lumber IM&S 20872 shipped by Southern Pine Lumber Co. from Lufkin Texas, covered by waybill HEWT-157 January 25 1913, consigned to Lake Mining Company at Guadalupe Zac Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International & Great Northern By. Co
Jas. A. Baker
Im&s
Southern Pine Lumber Co
Lufkin
Texas
Waybill
Lake Mining Company
Guadalupe
Zac
Mexico
Jefferson
Julian Lock Co
Gomez Palacio
Dgo
T&gn
Ml&t
Diboll
Waybill Hewt
Lumber Load Shipped to Gomez Palacio via Jefferson Texas
A car of lumber numbered MP 21524 was shipped from Jefferson Texas under waybill TP-29 on January 31, 1913. The consignment was directed to Julian Lock Co. in Gomez Palacio Durango, Mexico.
Public sale notice for Kirby Lumber shipment from Limbers TX
At 10 am and 12 noon on June 28, 1916, a car of lumber IC 48906 shipped by Kirby Lumber Co from Limbers Texas, covered by Kirbyville account Simbers waybill SGN-39 dated February 21, 1913, consigned to Coahuila Coal Co at Palan Coahuila Mexico.
Lumber car transfer to Lake Mining Co in Zacatecas
A carload of lumber designated T&GN 2091, transferred from ML&T 30433 and shipped by Southern Pine Lumber Co from Diboll Texas, was covered by waybill HEWT on February 14, 1913, and consigned to Lake Mining Company at Guadalupe Zac Mexico.
Woman Drowned in Rio Grande Near McComb Farm
Mrs. Maria Gaona Galvan, wife of Margarita Galvan, drowned in the Rio Grande yesterday at 2 PM inside city limits opposite McComb farm. She left her child on the river bank while wading into deeper water to bathe and disappeared after crying for help. A Mexican woman near the bank summoned aid, but the body was recovered after a search by several men as the husband arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Gaona Galvan
Margarita Galvan
Rio Grande
McComb Farm
McComb
Local Youth Accepts Postal Clerkship in Laredo Post Office
Reuben Cotulla, a 1915 Laredo High School graduate and former Hamilton Motel clerk, resigned June 1 to join the Laredo post office. He passed the civil service exam earlier and is on the eligibles list. He is learning letter handling and second class mail and is expected to advance quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Reuben Cotulla
Hamilton
Personal notices from travelers to San Antonio and beyond
A list of individuals returning home from trips to San Antonio and Austin and others departing for Fort Leavenworth, Eagle Pass, Tampico, St. Louis, Dallas, New York, and beyond. Names include John A. Applewhite H. Borchers Husebio Garcia Dr H J Hamilton Roe Jose Riojas Luis Zuazua Amador Zuazua Bender B R Baker Lesle Payne Oakes Schmitz Cohn Rodriguez Quiroz Holland Woodwill and others with destinations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Applewhite
San Antonio
H. Borchers
Husebio Garcia
C. Biggio
Austin
J. F. Wager
H. J. Hamilton
B. C. de Witt
Sonora
Ramon Salcido
Mexico
F. Hanser
Frank Abbott
A. H. Oliver
Dudley Ondersout
New York
H. EF. Woodwill
Geo
M. Shaw
Dallas
H. Bowmen
J. E. Hoban
R. J. Cohn
I. R. Rodriguez
Social Calendar Highlights Local Church Groups
Tuesday events include the Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs. S B Hopkins at four pm and the Sunbeam Band secular meeting at four pm. Christ Church Junior Auxiliary meets at the rectory after four, Miriam Chapter No 86 O B S meets at Masonic Hall at eight pm for officer installation, and Ladies Night at the Ninth Infantry Club features entertaining by Mrs J B DaCamara and Miss Jessie Hale at Bella Vista after four. Wednesday offers a box party at a local moving picture show hosted by Prof and Mrs Fred Mally with dinner at the Bender Hotel, followed by bridge at ten am. Christ Church Parish Guild and Womens Auxiliary gather at the Rectory at five pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
S. B. Hopkins
Sunbeam Band
Baptist Church
Christ Church
Miriam Chapter No
Masonic Hall
Ninth Infantry Club
J. B. DaCamara
Jessie Hale
Bella Vista
Fred Mally
Bender Hotel
Nelson
Marguerite Nelson
Bridge
Christ Church Parish Guild and Womens’ Auxiliary
Laredo Social Notes Map Summer Moves and Events
Selected General Mention covers families planning summers in Corpus Christi and Corpus by the Sea, with Lafon and others preparing San Antonio moves, plus Mrs. Howell and Miss Richter adding to the travel roster. A wedding at St Peters Church unites William Hudson McKendricks and Sophie Agnes Christen, then club notes on Heights Civic League andBridge Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Lafon
Eugenia Lafon
San Antonio
Laredo
Corpus-by The-Sea
Corpus
St. Peters Church
William Hudson McKendricks
Sophie Agnes Christen
Eugene Cristen
Father MacLoy
the Heights Civic League
Hal Brennan
M. P. Cullinan
New Mills College president Aurelia Reinhardt named
Oakland educator and writer Aurelia Henry Reinhardt of Berkeley is named president of Mills College. A UC Berkeley graduate, she taught at Idaho, held Yale and European fellowships, edited Dante and Ben Jonson, and is noted as a literary scholar and lecturer. Boston news notes upcoming commencement at Tremont Temple with Chief Justice Rugg. Chicago reports a suffrage parade featuring University of Michigan women students and graduates marching to honor the state university opening coeducation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
Berkeley
Mills College
University of California
Idaho
Yale
Oxford
Boston
Boston University
Tremont Temple
Arthur Prentice Rugg
Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts
Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
Mary Kingsburg
Chicago
University of Michigan
State University
Mule up for sale at city pound auction
A stray mule held in the city pound will be sold at public auction in front of City Hall at ten o clock Wednesday morning June 7 1916 unless the owner pays all accrued costs before that time. M Brennan City Marshal Laredo Texas June 3 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Brennan
Laredo
Texas
Rose Festival Opens with Queen Crownceremony
Portland Oregon marks the start of its Rose Festival with the crowning of the Rose Queen this evening. The festival continues with the dedication of the Oregon Highway as a featured event tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon Highway
Social club tea event in furnished rooms
Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the club held a gathering in attractive rooms adorned with potted plants and ferns. An ice course and cake were served. Guests included Mesdames J. E. Biggio C. M. Fish C. C. Biggio J. T. Hassell M. T. Cogley 8. M. Barlow J. A. McDonald and J. H. Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Biggio
C. M. Fish
C. C. Biggio
J.T. Hassell
M. T. Cogley
8. M. Barlow
J. A. McDonald
J. H. Davis
Splash Party at Bella Vista Featured by DaCamara Matrons
Mrs J B DaCamara and Miss Jessie Hale host a swimming party at Bella Vista this afternoon after four. Assisted by Mesdames DaCamara Fish Barlow Foster and Lowry the event includes a pool splash and refreshments on the lawn. Guests include Myrtle and Ethel Mackin Emmie Lilian Belle Westbrook Edna Brown Mary Louise Cone Maria Mowry Katherine Helen McGregor Julia Hopkins Evelyn Moore Elizabeth Merriman and Vera Sharkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. DaCamara
Jessie Hale
Bella Vista
Mesdames
H. G. DaCamara
C. M., Fish
8. M. Barlow
F. J. Foster
W. E B. Lowry
Myrtle
Ethel Mackin
Emmie
Lilian
Belle Westbrook
Edna Brown
Mary Louise Cone
Maria Mowry
Katherine
Helen McGregor
Julia Hopkins
Evelyn Moore
Elizabeth Merriman
Vera Sharkey
Palm Beach Dance Planned by Latin American Club
The Latin American Club members will host an informal Friday night dance as a reciprocity event for the ladies dance on March 6. Due to warm weather attendees will wear Palm Beach outfits and light suits to keep the affair pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Lord Rytgroner Believed Victim Of Sinking Cruiser
A tangled report centers on Lord Rytgroner who believes a victim perished when a British cruiser sank near Orkneys during the Exhaustive Search. The incident prompts ongoing inquiries and marine salvage talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Rytgroner
Orkneys
Republicans Seek Man to Reunite Party After Roosevelt Split
Republican and Progressive leaders pressed in Chicago on June 6 seeking a unifying candidate as Hughes gains strength from a race to end Roosevelt's challenge. Talks continued with no announced result and Republicans watched the Progressive convention opening for potential decisive moves and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Republican Party
Hughes
Roosevelt
Roosevelt backs Wood for Chicago nomination in visit
Oyster Bay June 6 Roosevelt told visitors he supported General Leonard Wood for the Chicago nomination, saying he would campaign for a candidate who was thoroughly United States and thus a unifying choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Chicago
United States
Cleveland Opens New Museum
Cleveland Ohio June 6 The Cleveland Museum of Art was today opened to the public with a reception in the new marble building. An inaugural exhibition has drawn art lovers from far and near. The south portico bears memorial tablets honoring John Huntington and Horace Kelley. Fifteen galleries surround the rotunda and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art
John Huntington
Horace Kelley
Tax dispute over Harkness estate unsettled in New York
New York on June 6 reports a postponed Surrogate's Court hearing to decide what portion of Charles W. Harkness estate is taxable in New York. Kentucky contends Harkness was a resident there and that taxes for the past five years were due in Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Harkness
Kentucky
Fayette County
Du Pont Powder Officers Answer Stockholders Suits
Du Pont Powder Company president Pierre S. du Pont and other officers will respond in U S District Court to a minority stockholders suit claiming defrauded funds during the recent reorganization. A concurrent suit in Trenton seeks to restore the New Jersey branch to original owners amid family disputes over the restructuring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Pont Powder
Wilmington
Del
Philadelphia
Stme
Trenton
New Jersey
du Pont Company
du Pont
Pennsylvania du Pont
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Advert Ends With Guarantee
A period advertisement promotes Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey as a remedy for colds and coughs. It claims to heal inflammation loosen phlegm and ease breathing with tar syrup and pine tar balsam. Available at druggists with a guaranteed helper claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Sinking of Hampshire sinks Kitchener and British officials
Earl Kitchener British war minister and staff were aboard the Hampshire when it struck a mine or was torpedoed off the West Orkneys and sank. Admiral Jellicoe reports little chance of survivors as four boats departed in heavy seas. Names accompanying Kitchener include O Beirne Fitzgerald Ellershaw and Donaldson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
West Orkneys
Jellicoe
Admiralty
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Kitchener
England
Hugh James O' Beirne
Petroprad
A. Fitzgerald
Ellershaw
Frederick Donaldson
British War Council
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
War Office
Edward Grey
Reginald W. Kenna
Lloyd George
French Repulse German Attacks Near Fort Vaux and Damloup
Paris reports two German assaults on French lines near Fort Vaux and Damloup were repelled last night. Fort Vaux endures heavy bombardment with intermittent cannonading on the west front while Meuse on the right bank sees four efforts to eject Germans from the Fumin ridge, all resisted by East Prussian regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Vaux
Damloup
Paris
Meuse
Fumin Ridge
Berlin
Tornado Toll Rises in Northwestern Arkansas
In Arkansas, June 6 reports indicate at least 49 dead from twin tornadoes across the northwest. Judsonia is hardest hit with Heber Springs reporting 18 fatalities, while communications hinder precise tallies and casualty details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Judsonia
Heber Springs
Eight Dead in Jackson Tornado Ravages City
A tornado struck western Jackson Mississippi early today killing two white residents and six Black residents and injuring fifty others, some seriously. The storm damaged two hundred fifty homes and left extensive destruction in its wake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Eliza J. Hill
W T Hill and family express sincere gratitude to friends who assisted during illness and death of Mrs Eliza J Hill and those who attended the funeral and sent flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza J. Hill
Chinese President Yuan Shi Kai Dies Amid Revolution Rumors
Shanghai dated June 6 reports Yuan Shi Kai of the Chinese Republic died yesterday. Earlier May 28 despatches claimed possible poisoning, denied by the Washington envoy who said he was not ill. He died as revolutionary storms gathered. Li Yuan Hing succeeds him as the new president, seen as favorable to revolutionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Washington
Li Yuan Hing
Court martial delay in Texas militiamen case
San Antonio reports that the court opened today but the trial of Texas militiamen who refused to enter federal service was delayed due to the non appearance of all the accused. It remains unclear when the court martial will start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Fight over National woman suffrage at Democratic convention
In St. Louis on June 6 political leaders predicted the convention would not include a suffrage plank in the platform though both sides would have equal opportunity to speak before the resolutions committee. The debate centers on whether National woman suffrage should be endorsed at the Democratic gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Committee On Resolutions
Knights Templar Conclave Opens In Detroit Parade Set
News flashes report the Michigan Knights Templar conclave opening in Detroit with a 5 000 knight parade in back uniforms. State commanders from all parts participate as Green Bay hosts a large gathering for five thousand attendees and Elks stage dancing each evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Knights Templar of
Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Elks
Minneapolis
Marian Towle
Rufus G. King, Jr
Seattle
Wash
George E. Towle
J. K. Wesson
St. Louis
Ethel Hall
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana
Milwaukee
Catholic Hospital Association
H. A. Christian
Harvard
C. H. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Austin O'Malley
Philadelphia
Memphis
Tenn
Interstate
Cotton
Po-Do-Lax Laxative Blood Cleanser for All Ages
A traditional tonic laxative promotes blood purification and gentle bowel movement. It claims to stimulate the liver and release accumulated poisons with a mild non-griping action, suitable for young adults and the elderly, with a guaranteed trial and bottle purchase appeal.
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Monterey
Carranza
Yerry
Citizens Garage
Scott
Mercury
W. Gregg
Notary Public
Times
Ixile
William Ffudson McKendrick
Salvador Quintanilla
Ramona Espinoza
Thomas Juanta
Angela Gutierrez
Benavides
Winslow
Nuevo Laredo
General de la Garza
Kirby Lumber Co
Limbers
Kirbyville
Simbers Waybill
Coahuila Coal Co
Palan
Coah
Violet G. Oberfeldt
Jo Howell
Corpus Christi
Helen Richter
Washington, D. C
National Park Seminary
H. B. Guilette
Claude
Harry
Charles Tannenbaum
Kingsville
Lee Crockett
Aew
Chas. Cook
H. A. Clark
Camp Overton
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Amanda Allen
Ida Muller
Minerva G’sell
Oene Wridge Club
John Packer Halsell
Roose
General Wood
Horatio Robert Kitchener
India
Mis
Sissippi
W. T. Hill and Family
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