Wheat market trembles as Dardanelles conflict boosts price fears
The report of bombardment near Constantinople triggers a drop in Chicago wheat quotes with further declines possible as Russian wheat could enter markets. The piece cites stored Russian wheat, Bosphorus controls, and profiteering by exchange gamblers while praising farmers and warning against market manipulation.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Turkey
Chicago
Black Sea
Bosphorus
England
Germany
Austria
America
Russia
Long Range Forecasts Warn of March Wet Spell and Cotton Advice
The Houston Post notes a weather prognosticator Dr. Foster predicts a March of violent extremes with excessive rains for the Southern States and storms nationwide. He urges farmers to discard cotton for corn, warning of heavy rains through August and stressing soil depth and plow improvement.
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The
Houston Post
Post
Foster
Sahara
Texas
Webb County
Onion growers meet to form market intelligence bureau
The Chamber of Commerce calls a gathering of onion growers and marketing agencies to establish a daily market intelligence bureau and discuss cooperation methods. The meeting repeats a year old arrangement and invites business men growers and sales agents to attend at 8 pm on March 4 at the Chamber of Commerce.
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Chamber of Commerce
Bandits Clash With Mexican Guards Near Las Jaras Ranch
A gun battle near Las Jaras ranch between 18 bandits believed to be Villistas and 12 customs guards left two dead, two seriously wounded, and several ransom prisoners freed as the fugitives crossed back to the Rio Grande. Torres, leader of the gang, was wounded and treated in Nuevo Laredo.
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Villistas
Cartrangza
Torres
Las Jaras Ranch
Nuevo Laredo
Villaldama
Anselmo Martinez Flores
Juan Benavides
Torrés
Laredo
Ward
Rio Grande
March 3 in History: Early Maryland Colony and Key Events
On March 3 events include the 1684 arrival of the first Maryland settlement at Potomac River under Lord Baltimore, religious freedom for colonists, and land purchases from Indigenous peoples. Other notes: 1815 US Algiers war, 1845 Florida statehood, 149 US Interior Department established, 1871 Paris evacuation, 1840 Admiral Dewey later hero, Alaska’s first territorial legislature, and several 19th century treaties and resignations.
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Potowac River
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Col. Bull
Savannah
England
Sir John Duckworth
Dardanelles
United States
Algiers
Florida
U. S. Department of the Interior
Danger in Delay Kidney Health Warning and Remedy Ad
The notice warns that kidney troubles can worsen gradually and list common symptoms. It promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as the remedy, citing a Texas user named M. L. Wilson who reports relief from gravel. The price is 10 cents, with Foster Milburn Co. of Buffalo as representative.
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Bright
Dean
Wilson
Ditto
Texas
Toan
Bean
Foster-Milburn Co., Reps
Buffalo
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell Turns 68 Birthday Celebration Major Invention
Alexander Graham Bell, world renowned inventor of the telephone, is 68 today. The Edinburgh native, who began work in 1867 and unveiled the instrument in 1876, foresees global direct communication and has faced patent disputes with Elisha Gray and others.
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Lexander Graham Bell
University of London
Edinburgh
Alexander
London
Canada
United States
Philadelphia
Elisha Gray
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Drawbaugh
Fr Bell
Dr King's New Discovery Promises Quick Relief from Colds
An advertisement urges readers to treat colds early to avoid serious illness. It claims the first dose clears the head and improves breathing, and encourages buying a bottle of Dr King's New Discovery now.
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Dr. King
War to Save an Umbrella and a German Officer
The wife of General Metginger, a noted French officer, traveled from Switzerland toward Lorraine and overheard German officers in a rainstorm. One boasted of losing an umbrella at a hotel in Paris with a promise to recover it next week. Marco Metzinger offered to retrieve the umbrella and deliver it to Berlin himself.
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Metginger
Switzerland
Lorraine
Chicago Tribune
Berlin
Notice of Stockholders Meeting of Cannel Coal Company
Notice announces an annual meeting of stockholders at the company's offices in Laredo Texas on a Thursday in March 1915 to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. The board of directors will meet immediately after at the same place and date. Secretary GhGCI provides the notice.
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Cannel Coal Company
Laredo
Texas
Marat
Fresh fish and oysters market notice by Hopkins
Notice to the public at the market corner offers fresh fish and oysters daily with choices in any style. Ocean delicacies sold in select and extra select by the dozen or hundred or by the pound for take home. no delivery. Hopkins signs the ad.
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J. W. Hopkins
Shorty
Western Union to Transmit Filing Time for Messages
Western Union Telegraph Company begins transmitting filing time on full rate messages and day letters between directly controlled offices starting March first. The move is part of a broader service program adding reduced rate deferred services and aims to highlight reliability during storms or public calamities and spur wider telegraph use.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
Laredo Steam Laundry Invites Inspectors
An invitation to inspect Laredo Steam Laundry showcases their electric sanitary process claiming safety and quality with emphasis on odorless Zood work and modern plant facilities.
Seven Ursuline Novices Take Vows at San Agustin Church
Yesterday afternoon at San Agustin pro cathedral seven novices professed as Ursuline sisters in a solemn ceremony led by Bishop Paul J. Nussbaum. The service featured refugee priests from Mexico, a celebratory procession, and speeches on vows, with St Patrick's Day plans announced for March 17 by the Corpus Christi Hibernians.
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San Agustin Pro-Cathedral
Ursuline Sisterhood
Paul J. Nussbaum
Father Meloy
Coma
Ramon
Montana
Mexico
Gaonyales
Mesdames
A.M. Bruni
Mulally
Fo Kennes
Mertedy
Abo Pochiblinai
Leyendecker
Ant Murray
Steve Simon
Miguel Pratt
John Roberts
Nussbaum
Corpus Christi Hibernians
Southwo Texas
Rio Grande and Laredo & Hagle Pass Ry Annual Meeting Notice
The annual stockholders meeting for the Rio Grande and Hagle Pass Railway will be at the company offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 4 1915 at 4 pm to elect a board of directors and address business. Laredo Texas February 2 1915. 99 30t CAdv
Ursuline Convent Hosts Forty Hours Adoration Closure
Students and sponsors of Ursuline novices completed a solemn forty hours adoration after a formal service at the convent. A repast in the parlor featured Mrs Culinnan singing Ave Marie with Lillie Pogvenpohl on organ and A J Norton on violin. The bishop and priests were served and attended closing ceremonies before returning to the church.
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Ursuline
The
Ursuline Order
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