Local items from Laredo list cattle shipment and notices
Local notes report J. B. Byrd of Byrd Cattle Co sending ninety head to Asherton in three carloads and include ad notices for English and shorthand lessons. Other items mention a Monterey protest, imports via port, a hot weather quip, marriage licenses, land auctions for delinquent taxes, printing services, and a Nuevo Laredo demonstration rumor with band and dirge speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
The
Byrd Cattle Co
Laredo
Asherton
Anderson Brothers
Will W. Gregg
Times Office
Business Men Needed at Austin
A Texas editor urges Chicago style business leaders to engage in public affairs. Citing Lieutenant Governor Hobby, the piece calls for closer ties between people and the Texas Legislature and urges mature business minds to enter municipal and state matters for an improved administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Wm. P. Hobby
Europe
Morris Stern
SAVES DAUGHTER Ready Kentucky Woman Praises Cardus Tonic
Mrs Laura Bratcher of Ready Kentucky credits Cardus the woman’s tonic with restoring her health after months of illness and bed rest. She reports weight gain and renewed ability to work and care for her family after taking eleven bottles. The Chattanooga Medicine Co advertises its 64 page home treatment book and instructions for women.
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Laura Bratcher
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Ladies’ Advisory Cert
Chattanooga
Sixth Field Artillery Battery Leaves Fort McIntosh Today
Battery F of the Sixth Field Artillery, stationed at Fort McIntosh for over a year, departs this afternoon for Douglas Arizona to join the Sixth Field Artillery Regiment. Battery RE under Major Payne accompanies to concentration camps. The unit will reform into twelve batteries and be ready for immediate service if needed. Batteries E and F of the Third Artillery arrive as dismounted artillery operating with infantry, while Battery AB of the Sixth stays mounted with cavalry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Field Artillery
Ninth Infantry
Fort McIntosh
Douglas
Arizona
Payne
Third Artillery
Public sale of car lumber by receiver firm details
The International and Great Northern By. Co. Jas. A. Baker, Receiver, will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the passenger station between 10 a.m. and 12 noon on June 28, 1916. Items include IM&S 20872 lumber 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
Kirby Lumber Co
Limbers
Kirbyville
Simbers Waybill
Coahuila Coal Co
Palan
Coah
It&gn
Ml&t
Diboll
Waybill Hewt
Public sale of lumber car MP 21524 shipped to Gomez Palacio
A public sale features the lumber car MP 21524 shipped by Jefferson Texas under waybill TP 28 dated January 1 1913. It is consigned to Julian Lock Co Gomez Palacio Durango Mexico and will be covered by official notice.
Kirby Lumber Co Shipping to Coahuila Coal Co Mexico
Limbers Texas shipment LC 48906 by Kirby Lumber Co. under Kirbyville account Simbers waybill SGN-39 dated February 21, 1913, consigned to Coahuila Coal Co. at Palan Coahuila Mexico.
Lumber car transfer and shipment to Lake Mining Co Mexico
Lumber car IT&GN 2091 moved from ML&T 30433, shipped by Southern Pine Lumber Co. from Diboll Texas. Waybill HEWT dated February 14 1918. Consigned to Lake Mining Company at Guadalupe Zacatecas Mexico.
Woman Drowned in Rio Grande Near McComb Farm
Mrs. Maria Gaona Galvan, wife of Margarita Galvan, drowned yesterday in the Rio Grande just opposite the McComb farm within city limits. She had left her child on the riverbank as she waded into deeper water and disappeared after crying for help. bystanders and her husband aided in the search and recovered her body shortly after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Gaona Galvan
Margarita Galvan
Rio Grande
McComb Farm
McComb
Local Youth Accepts Clerkship At Laredo Post Office
Reuben Cotulla, 1915 Laredo High School graduate and former Hamilton Hotel clerk, resigned June 1 to join the Laredo post office as a clerical worker. He passed the civil service exam and is on the eligibles list. He is learning to handle letters and second class mail with aim to advance quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Reuben Cotulla
Hamilton Hotel
Social Calendar Highlights Busy Tuesday Activities
The Ladies Aid Society meets at Mrs H Hopkins at four. Sunbeam Band gathers at four. Christ Church Junior Auxiliary meets at the rectory after four. Miriam Chapter 86 OEOS convenes at Masonic Hall at eight with installation of officers. Ninth Infantry Club hosts Ladies Night. Mrs J DaCamara and Miss Jessie Hale host a girls swimming party at Bella Vista at four thirty. Prof and Mrs Mally host a box party after the show. dinner at Bender Hotel. Miss Nelsons host bridge at ten. Christ Church Parish Guild and Womens Auxiliary meet at the Rectory at five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
8. B. Hopkins
Sunbeam Band
Baptist Church
Christ Church
Miriam Chapter No. 86
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
Personal notices of travel and arrivals across Texas and beyond
The column lists multiple individuals returning home from San Antonio and making short trips. Names include John A. Applewhite H Borchers Dr H J Hamilton and many others such as J C Sharon F Riojas R L Shoof B R Baker Leasle Payne W H Schmitz and E R Schendel with destinations including Eagle Pass Austin Dallas Houston St Louis New Orleans Monterey Tampico Mexico City and Fort Leavenworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Applewhite
San Antonio
H. Borchers
Rusebio Garcia
Co. C. Biggio
Austin
EK. F. Wager
H. J. Hamilton
Mrs. Hamilton
Fort Leavenworth
Kas
B. C. de Witt
Sonora
Ramon Saleido
Mexico
S. F. Hanser
Frank Abbott
A. H. Oliver
Dudley Ondersout
New York
H. EB. Fredwill
Geo
M. Shaw
Dallas
H. Sawmen
J. E. Hoban
R. J. Cohn
L. R. Rodriguez
San
Selected
A brief poem noting a niche for individuals to fill a unique role in God’s plan, urging readers to be true as the world awaits their contribution.
Laredo Residents Prepare for Summer in Corpus Christi
General notices describe Lafon and Lafon family plans to relocate to San Antonio then Corpus Christi for summer, with a Laredo colony forming and cottages booked. Others head to Philadelphia, Washington, and Kingsville, while Miss Minerva O Sell recovers and Miss Helen Richter returns from Washington. A quiet wedding occurs at St Peters Church as William Hudson McKendricks marries Sophie Agnes Christen. The Heights Civic League adjourns for summer, and the Tournament Bridge Club meets at Mrs Halsell’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Corpus-by The-Sea
Corpus
St. Peters Church
William Hudson McKendricks
Sophie Agnes Christen
Eugene Cristen
Father MacLoy
McKendricks
San Antonio
Toledo
Ohio
California
the Heights Civic League
Hal Brennan
M. P. Cullinan
New Mills College President Aurelia Reinhardt Named
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt of Berkeley named president of Mills College after a noted career as educator and writer. She taught at Idaho, held Yale fellowships, edited Dante, and published Ben Jonson while in Oxford. Boston marks end of commencement week with Chief Justice Rugg speaking.
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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 to be sold at public auction in Laredo
Pound notice states one mule, picked for violation of stray animal ordinance, will be sold at public auction in front of City Hall at ten oclock Wednesday morning June 7 1916 unless owner pays all accrued costs before then. M Brennan City Marshal Laredo Texas June 3 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Brennan
Laredo
Texas
Rose Festival Opens with Queen Crowning in Portland
The Rose Festival begins in Portland with the crowning of the Queen this evening. Tomorrow the Oregon Highway will be dedicated as a featured festival event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Ore
Oregon Highway
Social club meeting at four o'clock
Yesterday afternoon at four o'clock the club held a gathering in attractively decorated rooms with plants and ferns. An ice course and cake were served. Members present included Mes dames J. E. Biggio, C. M. Fish, C. C. Biggio and J. T. Hassell, with guests Mesdames M. T. Cogley, S. 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
S. M. Barlow
J. A. McDonald
J. H. Davis
Splash Party at Bella Vista Hosts Beauties
Mrs J B DaCamara and Miss Jessie Hale host a delightful swimming party at Bella Vista this afternoon after four with assistance from H G DaCamara M M Fish S M Barlow EF J Foster and W E Lowry. After swimming guests return to Mrs DaCamara s home for refreshment on lawn tables. mehrfach
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. DaCamara
Jessie Hale
Bella Vista
Mesdames
H. G. DaCamara
M. Fish
S. M. Barlow
EF. J. Foster
W. E. Lowry
Myrtle
Ethel Mackin
Emmie
Lilian
Belle Westbrook
Fiona Brown
Mary Louise Cone
Maria Mowry
Katherine
Helen McGregor
Julia Hopkins
Evelyn Moore
Elizabeth Merriman
Vera Sharkey
Palm Beach Dance by Latin American Club
The Latin American Club hosts an informal dance on Friday night as repayment for the ladies dance held on March 6. Due to warm weather attendees will wear Palm Beach and light suits to keep the event comfortable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Neat and Accurate Job Work ring up 438
Neat and Accurate Job Work rang up 438 as the tally in a recent match or event. Details on teams participants and venue are not provided in the readable text.
Republicans Seek Man to Reunite Fractured Party
Associated Press reports Chicago June 6 as Republican leaders search for a unifying candidate to blunt Franklin D Roosevelt and rally anti Roosevelt factions. Pro R Progressive talks continue with no announced result as a Democratic split tests the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Republican Party
Hughes
Roosevelt
Roosevelt backs General Wood for Chicago solution
Oyster Bay June 6 Roosevelt told visitors he favored the nomination of General Leonard Wood as a solution to the Chicago situation and said he would work for him as a candidate who was thoroughly United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Wood
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Roosevelt
Leonard Wood
Chicago
United States
Cleveland Museum of Art Opens in Marble Building
Cleveland Ohio June 6 The Cleveland Museum of Art is opened to the public with a reception and inaugural exhibition drawing art lovers from near and far. The marble building features memorial tablets for John Huntington and Horace Kelley near the south portico. Fifteen galleries surround the rotunda and courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Cleveland Museum of Art
John Huntington
Horace Kelley
Tax dispute on Harkness estate roils New York and Kentucky
The Surrogate's Court in New York prepares to hear whether parts of oil magnate Charles W. Harkness estate are taxable in New York. Kentucky asserts Harkness was a resident there, demanding tax payments for the past five years in Fayette County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Harkness
Kentucky
Marnate
Wayette County
Du Pont Powder Officers to Answer Stockholders Suit
Du Pont Powder Company officials including President Pierre S du Pont will answer a United States District Court suit by minority stockholders claiming they were defrauded of hundreds of thousands during the recent reorganization. McNeely & Co denies meaningful stake. A second suit in Trenton seeks to return the New Jersey branch to original stockholders amid ongoing family and corporate strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DU Pont
Wilmington
Del
Pierre
du Pont Powder Company
United States District Court
McNeely & Co
Philadelphia
Trenton
New Jersey
du Pont Company
Pennsylvania du Pont
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey advertised relief for colds
An advertisement urges readers to use Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to heal inflammation, soothe coughs, loosen phlegm, and ease breathing. The laxa tive tar syrup is promoted as preventing bronchial irritation and promising guaranteed help with a bottle available at druggists.
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Dr. Bell
Sinking of Hampshire claims Kitchener along with staff
Earl Kitchener British war minister and staff likely lost when the Hampshire struck a mine or was torpedoed off the West Orkneys and sank. Four boats left the vessel amid heavy seas with only a capsized boat and bodies found. Admiral Jellicoe said little chance of survivors as government leaders convened in alarm.
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Associated Press
London
Earl Kitchener
Hampshire
West Orkneys
Jellicoe
Admiralty
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Kitchener
England
Hugh James O'Beirne
Petrograd
O. A. Fitzgerald
Plershaw
Frederick Donaldson
British War Council
William Robertson
Imperial Staff
War Office
Edward Grey
Reginald McKenna
Lloyd. George
French Repel German Attacks Near Fort Vaux and Damloup
Paris official statement says two German assaults on French lines near Fort Vaux and Damloup were repulsed last night. A heavy bombardment of Fort Vaux continues with intermittent cannonading on the west front. On the Meuse right bank French troops made four efforts to eject Germans from the Fumin ridge, all repulsed by East Prussian regiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Vaux
Damloup
Paris
Meuse
Fumin Ridge
Berlin
Southern tornado toll rises in Arkansas tolling 49 dead
Forty nine people are known to have been killed by tornadoes that swept northwestern Arkansas late yesterday and last night. Judsonia is worst hit and 18 deaths are reported at Heber Springs. Communications blackout prevents exact tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Judsonia
Heber Springs
Tornado Kills Up To 25 in Heber Springs Arkansas
White residents in Heber Springs report 20 to 25 killed and over 50 injured as a tornado tears through the town yesterday, with damage and emergency response underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Heber Springs
Eight Dead as Tornado Hits Jackson City
A June 6 tornado struck Jackson Michigan killing two whites and six Black residents and injuring fifty others. The storm damaged about 250 homes in the western part of the city, with many seriously damaged and numerous residences affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mies
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Eliza J. Hill Hill Family
The family expresses sincere gratitude to friends who aided during the illness and death of Mrs. Eliza J. Hill. Thanks are given to those who assisted at the funeral and sent floral tributes. W. T. Hill and family.
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Eliza J. Hill
Chinese President Yuan Shi Kai Dies Amid Revolution
Shanghai June 6 reports Yuan Shi Kai of the Chinese Republic died yesterday as revolts against his reign gain strength. Earlier dispatches suggested poisoning but the Chinese ambassador in Washington denied illness. Li Yuan Hung, vice president, succeeds Yuan and is favorable to revolutionists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Yuan Shi Kai
Washington
Li Yuan Hung
Court martial delayed as accused fail to appear
San Antonio Texas June 6 court opened today for the trial of militiamen who refused federal service but was delayed by the non appearance of all accused. It is impossible to say when the court martial will actually start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Antonio
Texas
Battle over National woman suffrage at Democratic convention
In St. Louis on June 6 observers expect the leading clash to center on woman suffrage. Party leaders say no suffrage plank will appear in the platform, though both sides will have equal chance to present views before the resolutions committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Committee On Resolutions
Knights Templar Conclave Opens In Detroit With 6000 Knights
News wires report the annual Michigan Knights Templar gathering opening in Detroit. Parade of about six thousand knights in black uniforms featured, with commanders from across the state expected to participate.
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Detroit
Knights Templar of
Michigan
Green Bay
Wis
Elks
Minneapolis
Marian Towle
Rufus G. King, Jr
Seattle
Wash
George Sh. 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
Memphis
Hopkinsville
Louisville
Lexington
State Experiment Station
Po-Do-Lax Laxative Blood Cleanser Ad
An advertising notice promotes Po-Do-Lax as a blood cleanser and laxative tonic. It claims to purify the blood gently move bowels stimulate the liver and benefit all ages including delicate women. A trial bottle is urged.
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Monterey
Carranza
Citizens Garage
Scott
Mercury
Ixile
William Hudson McKendrick
Salvador Quintanilla
Ramona Espinoza
Thomas Juanta
Angela Gutierrez
Benardes
Winslow
Times
Nuevo Laredo
General de la Garza
Mra
Violet S. Oberfeldt
A. B. Lafon
Eugenia Lafon
Sheeae
Jo Howell
Corpus Christi
Helen Richter
Washington, D. C
National Park Seminary
Mr. B. Guilette
Claude and
Oats
Charles Tannenbaum
Kingsville
Lee Crockett
Chas. Cook
H. A. Clark
Camp Overton
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
Mises
Amanda Allen
Ida Muller
Minerva O'Sell
Tournament Bridge Club
John Tucker Halsell
Orkney
Roose
VEST
Cleveland
Horatio Robert Kitchener
Mis
Sissippi
W. T. Hill and Family
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