Local Commerce Ads and Notices From Webb County
A collage of brief items: Juarez Plumbing Co offers stove services at 419 Matamoros, Crescent Garage boast, Border Foundry orders a tire press, marriage licenses issued to Jose Barrera and Andrea Garza, Delicatessen ads at 1206 Hidalgo, voter registration instruction for July primaries, Gregg shorthand and languages teacher advert, multiple business references, and a wartime era note about a poem and a notice of Mrs Alfred Matthews’ friends.
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Jose Ma, Barrera
Andrea Garza
Delicatessen
Hidalgo Street
Kress
N. B
Webb County
Gregg
W. Gregg
Times
Matamoros Street
Crescent
Called Meeting of Laredo Lodge No 647 Tonight
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No 647 A F and A M tonight at 7 p.m. Work in Master Mason degree. All visiting brethren invited to attend. J L Dannelley W M.
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Laredo
A. F
A. M
At & P.m
J. L. Dannelley
W. M
Social Calendar Listings Highlight Local Club Meetings
On Wednesday the Surgical Dressing Room opens in the morning with Miss Maria Mowry in charge and the Hospital Garment Room runs in the forenoon under Mrs. C. B. Kenedy and in the afternoon under Mrs. W. B. Heaner. Parish Guild of Christ Church holds an Auxiliary meeting at 4 30 at the Rectory. Christian Endeavor Training for Service meets at the church in the evening. Junior Red Cross at 4 pm led by Mrs. G. R. Weber. Thursday's schedule includes Red Cross Surgical Dressing Room at 9 am, Hospital Garment Supply in forenoon by Mrs. W. J. Sames and afternoon by Mrs. W. C. Greenstreet. Heights Red Cross Knitting Circle meets at Mrs. T. A. Bunn's home in the afternoon. Woman's Club programs at the Army Y M C A in the evening.
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Maria Mowry
Hospital
C. B. Kenedy
W. B. Heaner
G. R. Weber
Red Cross Surgical
T. A. Austin
Red Cross Hospital
W. J. Sames
W. C. Greenstreet
Heights Red Cross Knitting Circle
Local society notes and visits from Camp Bowie area
Reports of improving health after illness and multiple visits by local residents and travelers. Names include Lang, Vera Lang, A W Wilcox, H C Hall, Sampson, Peyton Kerr, Derby, Geoffrey James Giles, Ross M Davia, Mrs Kirby Walker, F E B Whitaker, Mrs Burnett and Howell Burnett. Announcements cover Epworth League social, Equal Suffrage event with Mrs Minnie Cunningham, a June 27 Red Cross fundraiser dance, and Red Cross knitting circles hosted by Peyton Kerr and Alpha Club with many participants.
Meeting Postponed for Equal Suffrage Society Event
The Equal Suffrage Society meeting scheduled for Friday afternoon June 21 is postponed to Friday afternoon June 28 at 6 o'clock at the Hotel Hamilton due to the visit of Mrs. Minnie Fisher Cunningham state president. Ada McIntyre left for Falfurrias after a school of instruction for Eastern Star.
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Equal Suffrage Department
The
Woman's Club
Minnie Fisher Cunningham
Equal Suffrage Society
Hotel
Hamilton
Equal Suffrage Association
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Ada McIntyre
Falfurrias
Miss McIintyre
Grand Chapter of
Texas
Order of the Eastern Star
Miriam Chapter No
Italian and Allied ANE Hold Despite Austrian Push
Newsreel style dispatch notes Austrians pressing along the Piave while Italian and allied lines hold. German activity on the Rheims front near Vrigny and La Popelle begins an attack, with French forces mounting a stiff resistance and claiming heavy losses for the Germans. Prisoners report three German divisions aimed at Rheims, the front stretching about fourteen miles.
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Paris
Rheims
Vrigny
la Popelle
All Costa
Patriotism and chemical engineering at summer session in Berlin
Berlin New Hampshire June 19 Patriotism the win the war spirit and discussions of ways in which the chemical engineering profession can help to win it are the main themes of the summer session of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers opening here today. The meeting is attended by leaders of the profession from many parts of the United States and Canada.
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Berlin
N. H
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
United States
Canada
No Loafing in Blue Grass State War Effort Notice
Louisville Kentucky June 1 The state enforces anti idling laws during the war with all men over 16 required to work or be employed daily. Today marks the last day of grace for youths and others idle on streets or in poolrooms as Kentucky demands at least 36 hours of productive labor weekly.
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Louisville
Blue Grass
Profitning landlord faces tenants league push in New York
June 19 article reports the Tenants' League of Greater New York with 10,000 members forming to combat wartime rent hikes. It notes winter heating shortages and spring rent increases, and plans a mass meeting to organize opposition and a delegation to Washington to protest to President Wilson against exorbitant rents.
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New York
Tenants’ League of
Greater New York
Tenants’ League
League
Washington
Wilson
Notable Guests at Hamiltons Dinner Party
A list of attendees includes Angela Farias Decker Hattie May Bryan Madonna Sorrell Kathleen Heaner Mary Cook Pearl Colman Celeste Hamilton Rosita Applewhite Margaret Copeland Josephine Leyen Decker Masters Roscoe Harrell Gonsalo Farias Horace Hall Beverly Hall Charles Richter Bernardino Da Camara Shirley DaCamara Lawrence DaCamara Jake Bunn Perry Jefferies Edward Leyendecker J P Leyendecker Jr Richard Trout Billy Dery Lott Taylor Edward Wright Earnest Heaner Alee Condren Fred Rodgers Dan Sanchez Louis Punter Bob Bigden KE Rex Tarver Jesse Applewhite Lawrence Maher Mert Cullinan Philip Moore Robert Jennings Ralph Cook Lewis Leonard.
Washington war update on Chateau Thierry and Marne
Gen Pership reports continued artillery fighting at Chateau Thierry and along the Marne. American patrols crossed the Marne and captured prisoners.
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Washington
Chateau Thierry
Marne
Pership
Army casualty list for June 19 lists 144 names
The Washington casualty roll reports 144 names with 28 killed in action 12 died of wounds 3 deaths from other causes 2 from airplane accident 8 from disease 87 wounded severely 1 wounded slightly 1 missing in action and 2 prisoners. Notables include Arthur Baker of Temple Texas and Robert Wheat of Memphis among those listed as killed in action and wounded severely respectively.
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Washington
Arthur Baker
Temple
Texas
Robert Wheat
Memphis
Marshall Scolds Republicans in Democratic Convention
Indianapolis June 19 Vice President Marshall in a speech to the Indiana Democratic convention charged Republican pressure behind the president and the war. He attacked "Lady Theodora" and the party’s war aim. The draft platform pledges to win the war, sustain policy toward labor, defend Daniels and Baker, back federal suffrage, and pursue national administration changes. Washington June 19 Bainbridge Colby urged the House agriculture committee against immediate prohibition, warning a beer ban would cut shipyard output by 26 percent.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Marshall
Indiana
Theodora
Republican Party
Daniels
Baker
Washington
Bainbridge Colby
House Agriculture Committee
Unfit Meat Rejected for Battleships and Pilot Killed
Hundreds of thousands of meat consignments from Wilson and Company of Chicago were rejected as unfit for naval use. In Fort Worth Texas Lieut H C Kelly an instructor at Benbrook Field was killed today in a plane crash. the cadet with him survived.
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New York
Wilson and Company of
Chicago
Fort Worth
Tex
H. C. Kelly
Benbrook Field
Local visitors stay in the city on business and family
S. H. Lewis of Austin is in the city on business. G. A. Welhausen of Encinal arrived yesterday for a short visit and is staying with his daughter, Mrs. Alfred Matthews.
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Juliana B. Leyendecker
Laredo
S. H. Lewis
Austin
G. A. Welhausen of
Encinal
Alfred Matthews
Teague Banker Watson Seeks Review After 99-Year Texas Sentence
In Austin on June 19 the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the 99 year term for T. R. Watson the Teague banker who killed John S. Patterson the state banking commissioner.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals Today
T. R. Watson
Teague
John S. Patterson
Atlantic City Comptrollers Gather for National Convention
Atlantic City officials welcomed national comptrollers and accounting officers who assembled here from across the country for a convention. Miss Hessie Townsend, the city comptroller and the nation’s only female holder of such a post, issued the formal greeting and will participate in sessions over several days.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Misa Hessie Townsend
United States
Miss Townsend
High School Maids for Farm Work in War Effort
In Los Angeles in June, two thousand local high school girls have enrolled to aid war production by harvesting crops for U S forces and Allied troops. The program, under the Women's Land of America banner, plans to grow to at least 3,000 by term end.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Uncle Sam
Women's Land of America
Yale Commencement Observed Amid Senior Absence
New Haven June 19 Yale University held its commencement with most ceremonies as usual despite many senior members being absent. Officers graduates degree candidates and guests gathered on campus and processed to Woolsey Hall for the exercises. The program included singing the first four verses of the Sixty fifth Psalm, a tradition dating to Yale’s early history.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Woolsey Hall
Ieeind
Marine Casualty List from Worth Texas Names Several Texas Servicemen
Washington dispatch reports 130 action deaths and 7 from wounds 1 by disease 92 severely wounded. Named Texas casualties include Eric Goldbeck of Uvalde Charles Vanek of La Grange Marcus W Hayes of Copperas Cove Samuel L Weed of Corpus Christi Floyd Force of Orange Harlan Winn of Dallas among others.
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Washington
Eric Goldbeck
Uvalde
Charles Vanek
la Grange
Marcus W. Hayes
Copperas Cove
Samuel L. Weed
Corpus Chriati
Floyd Force
Orange
Harlan Winn
Dallas
Texas
Sacking of American hospital at Tabriz sparks war talk
The American minister at Teheran reports Turkish troops sacked the American hospital at Tabriz and seized both the American and British consulates in Persia. The Spanish consul protested in vain as Turks defied the Spanish flag. The incident could prompt a declaration of war against Turkey.
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Washington
Tabriz
Persia
State Department
Teheran
Turkey
To Train Allied Troops in the United States
Washington reports the war department is ready to ask Congress for an appropriation to cover the cost of training troops from a western nation at war with Germany. The plan targets U S training facilities and mobilization as part of war support efforts.
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Washington
United States
Germany
War Department
Congress
Baseball Gossip Highlights Sluggers and Stars
Baseball gossip notes Red Sox pitcher Pullet Joe Bush has beaten the champion White Sox three times this season. Cubs shortstop Young Hollacker debuts among top sluggers. St Louis aided the Yankees by enabling Miller Huggins of the Cardinals and Del Pratt of the Browns to triumph over New York.
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Joe” Bush
Red Sox
White Sox
Young Hollacker
Cubs
St. Louis
Yankees
Miller Huggins
Cardinals
del Pratt
Browns
New York
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Edward Green
Crockett 4107
Ave, Cat &That
San Antonio
Juarez Plumbing Co
T. J. Turpin
Santo Tomas Coal Co
Santo Tomas
Corpus Christi
Fidel Cantu
Crescent Garage
Border Foundry & Machine Co
Con Mims
Hidalgo St
Archer Parr
D. W. Glasscock
Ed A. Atlee
Paul W. Evans
Texas Real Estate & Abstract Co
Farragut Street
Tiger
Fort McIntosh
Bellmont
Main Ave
Maryville
Tenn
Aluminum Co. of America
France
N. Margaret Campbell
Charles Lang
Grace Lang
George
Camp Bowie
Vera Lang
A. W. Wilcox
City
H. C. Hall
A. B. Derby
Geoffrey James Giles
Ross M. Davia
Kirby Walker
Little Son
F. EB. Whitaker
Hagle Pass
J. A. Burnett
Howell
Burnett
Art Sheridan
Ilinois
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Epworth League
Red Cross
Elks Hall
Hebrew Ladies’ Aid Society
Alpha Club
Dario Sanchez
Marta
Lucia
Selina Ferrara
Maria Prado
Clotilde Saldafia
Olivia
Lala Guajardo
Bruni Puig
Cuca Navarro
Cee Smic
N. Johnson
Laredo, Texas
Jay
Lone Star Brewnie
Lone Star
Lome
San An
Hivira, Ernestina
Ofelia and
Pelipa Sanchez
Mrs
Dario Sanches
Hal W. Greer
Wm. Bergman
M. P. Cullinan
W. N. Young
Goodman
H. Buenz
Asher R. Smith
Carl 8. McKinney
A. S. J. Tucker
Adellina Thaison
KE. R. Tarver
the Heights Civic Club
Wilmer Threadgill
Hobby Club
H. M. Austin
Ira O'Meara
Ec. H. Buenz
Asherick, Smith
F. M. Mally
Geo. L. Hatley
Marguerite Nelson
Dora Coullette
Zara Mowry
Flora Bunn
Inez Hill
Katherine MacGregor
Elvira
A. C. Hamilton
Corinne Hamilton
Agnes
Jane Shores
Masters Willis
Hal Greer
Willis
Villar
Alice Penn
Dorothy Morton
Marjorie Fish
Mildred Leyendecker
Rosalie Biggio
Lucille Hyams
Emilie Hassell
Adelaide Woodul
Josephine Brewster
Rosalie Wormser
Evelyn Ryan
Lamar Benavides
Odette Bunn
Anna May Mussett
Minerva G’sell
Carolyn Brennan
Grace Simpson
Hortense Leyen
Piave River
the Trade Commission
Piave
Meeting OF Chemical Engineers
Marshall Scoled
Republican
Presi
Dent
Democrats
YALE
Texas, Worth
Harold Terrill
Fort
Baseball
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