Death of John Jordan after Villegas ranch accident
John Jordan age 22 or 23 and son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Jordan of Encinal died at Mercy Hospital after injuries from a cattle stampede incident on the Villegas ranch between Laredo and Encinal. He slipped while trying to calm frightened cattle, was taken to Laredo by train and died in the afternoon. Funeral arrangements were made in Encinal with family and many friends traveling to attend.
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Villegas
John Jordan
Sam J. Jordan
Encinal
Mercy Hospital
Laredo
Reiser
Through Fast Train to Mexico City and Saltillo Schedule
Railroad timetable from National Railroad of Mexico notes a fast through train to Mexico City departing I G N station at 1 15 p m and arriving from Mexico City at 6 46 a m Standard time. The Saltillo local leaves I G N station at 7 25 p m and arrives from Saltillo at 3 45 p m Standard time.
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Mexico City
Saltillo
Saltito
Train Schedules Leave and Return for Corpus Christi
Train leaves Corpus Christi at 8 20 a m and arrives back at 3 55 p m in standard time. The notation notes standard time without specifying dates or services.
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Corpus Christi
A.m
Fast St Louis Train Leaves At 3 45 A M
International and Great Northern announces a fast train to St Louis departing at 3 45 a m and arriving at 2 p m. The schedule emphasizes early morning departure and afternoon arrival for travelers.
Night Train Schedule Item
The Night Train from unknown origin leaves at unspecified time and arrives at 7 46 a m the next day.
Train schedule for Rio Grande and Eagle Pass routes
Train No. 1 runs from Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 4 a.m. to Minera arriving 1 80 a.m. Train No. 2 departs Minera daily except Sunday at 1 45 p.m. to Laredo arriving 1 40 p.m.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Family Avoids Serious Sickness in McDuff Virginia
Mrs. J. B. Whittaker credits Thedford's Black-Draught with preventing illness in her family after a decade of use. The vegetable remedy is advertised to regulate weak stomachs and aid digestion, with a price of 25 cents and broad endorsement from a local ad.
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McDuff
J. B. Whittaker
Thedford
N.C
Restoration of Mexican Churches and Priest Installations
Article notes abrogation of Villareal’s decree that closed churches and expelled priests in Nuevo Laredo and surrounding regions. It cites Carranza’s reversal, Wilson’s call for religious liberty, and the return of church buildings to congregations with priests reinstated.
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Carranza
Nuevo Laredo
Shelby Theriot
Venustiano Carranza
Vera Cruz
Nuevo l Laredo
Antonio I. Villareal
Villareal
Mexico
Special Talk for Housewives on Baking Powder
This notes a weekly series guiding housekeepers on selecting and using baking powder. It stresses baking powder as essential to both successful and healthful cooking and promises truthful, practical advice to improve household economy.
Reward for cattle thieves in Ortiz pastures
R Ortiz offers a 100 dollar reward for the arrest and conviction of any person stealing cattle from his pastures. Public notice posted with reward terms.
Intervention Inevitable Says Spanish Premier
Paris March 16 Associated Press reports Spanish Premier Data says anarchy and crime in Mexico will force U S intervention. He adds Spain will not send a representative to Mexico to succeed Minister Caro who was expelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Mexico
United States
Petit Journal
Spain
Caro
Directors Named Last Night for Laredo Retail Merchants
A large meeting of the newly formed Laredo Retail Merchants Association elected Sam Mackin Charles Deutz I Wormser L Villegas Joe Jurgens J Nelson and Pablo B Juarez to the board for the coming year. Directors will select officers and hire a secretary to run a central information office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Charles Deutz
J. W. Mussett
Laredo
Sam Mackin
I. Wormser
L. Villegas
Joe Jurgens
J. Nelson
Pablo B. Juarez
Mhaintain
Laredo Fire Department Racing Team Prepares for Waco Meet
A meeting at Firemen's Hall outlined plans to train the Laredo Fire Department Racing Team for the May Texas State Firemen's Association tournament in Waco. Members will practice every Tuesday and Friday night until departure, focusing on racing cars and conditioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo Fire Department
Waco
Texas
Texas State Firemen’s Association
Firemen’s Hall
Personalities Stop Briefly in City from Ranch and Travel
A. Ki Gates visits the city from his ranch for a short stay. Clovis and Oscar Perron depart for San Antonio on business. Immigration Officer M G Delling of Dolores spent the night here and returned home. A list follows with several names including Morrison of San Antonio and Hood of Corpus Christi among others.
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A. Ki. Gates
Clovis
Oscar Perron
San Antonio
M. G. Delling
Dolores
Bender
G. W Morrison
W. HH. Miller
Philadelphia
Corpus Christi
M. S. Roque
M. Philips
Dallas
T. L. James
Dick Rector
G. P., Collier
C. G. Failey
A. H. Kline
Houston
H Withington
Boston
Mass
Dr Kings New Life Pills Advertises Liver Health
An old advertisement claims the liver is a blood purifier seat of passion and that impurities cause biliousness headaches dizziness and constipation. It promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills to cleanse the liver and improve health at 25 cents a box from your druggist.
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King
St Patrick's Day Battle Near Nuevo Laredo Leaves Casualties
A St Patrick's Day tale from 191% recounts a clash between Carranza rebels and federal forces near Nuevo Laredo. Two factions confronted as dawn broke, a fatal fight in a railroad cut left about 22 rebels dead and several wounded, with ten federals killed. The clash ended after two hours and marked a chaotic, poorly planned engagement.
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St. Patrick's Day
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo
Carranza
Times
Brewer
Fort McIntosh
Land Title Transfers Offered By Smith and Co
W Smith and Co advertise transfers from the State of Texas to be completed by sundown today at a price of fifty cents per transfer. Office located with Laredo Realty Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Smith & Co
State of Texas
Laredo Realty Co
Governor Ferguson commutes Gomez sentence sparing a hanging
A reader urges relief at Governor Ferguson’s commutation of Federico Gomez from death to life imprisonment. The letter condemns capital punishment as violence by the state, calls for personal responsibility, questions jail sanitation, and appeals for help to restore the inmate’s health before Huntsville.
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the Times
Ferguson
Federico Gomez
Gomez
Laredo
Huntsville
Depot Quartermaster Seeks Supplies for Mexican Border Troops
Office Depot Quartermaster Fort Sam Houston invites sealed proposals by April 15 1915 at 10:00 a. m. to furnish wood smithing coal gasoline mineral oil crude oil bedding and forage for troops on the Mexican border from Pecos High Bridge to Brownsville Texas for fiscal year starting July 1 1915. Information via Maj. R. Rolfe Depot Quartermaster Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Pecos High Bridge
Brownsville
Maj. R. Rolfe
Depot Quartermaster
Adv
Eckman’s Alterative touted for tuberculosis cure claims
Dr. Oster cites medical views on healing pulmonary tuberculosis noting scar tissue formation and bacilli in sputum as healing signs. The advertisement extols Eckman’s Alterative as beneficial in tuberculosis without opiates, urging physicians to try it and offering direct orders through Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
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William Oster
Johns Stopkins
Baltimore
Hegius
Oxford
Eckimman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Serving the Stricken Brother Through Action and Faith
A call to aid a suffering man, rejecting judgment of sins and embracing charitable help. The speaker cites Jesus and Dr Frank Crane to urge active mercy and communal service toward the needy.
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Jesus
Frank Crane Bays
British Steamer Reports The Des Moines Aided Escape
The British steamer Wyvisbrook said the United States cruiser Des Moines accompanied her from Campeche to Progreso after Mexicans detained her at Campeche and seized 200000 dollars.
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New Orleans
Wyvisbrook
Des Moines
Campeche
Progreso
Mexican ships fire on Delaware tender at Vera Cruz
Passengers aboard the steamer City of Tampico report Mexican ships at Vera Cruz fired on the tender of the battleship Delaware on March 10. No injuries were reported.
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Galveston
Texas
City of Tampico
Vera Cruz
Thaw Saved From Asylum By Habeas Writ
The court blocked returning Thaw to New Hampshire and his attorney secured a habeas corpus writ. The writ hearing is set for Friday at Matteawan.
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New York
New Hampshire
Thaw
Matteawan
Inauguration of Hill Steamship Line Service
Portland residents celebrated the new Hill Steamship Company service between San Francisco and the Columbia River with a 2,000 person excursion from the city welcoming the Great Northern on its first trip into the river under the new schedule.
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Portland
Ore
New Hill Steamship Company
San Francisco
Columbia River
Oregon
Great Northern
Express Companies Seek Rate Rise in Interstate Hearings
Washington March 11 The Interstate Commerce Commission will hear from express companies seeking more latitude to raise rates. Company heads will argue the February reductions hurt business and seek a formal petition to lift rates by at least 5 percent. Hearings may follow if the case is reopened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Parcel Post
Post Office Department
Express
United States weighs response to British trade order
President Wilson declined to discuss the British order cutting off German trade until official advices arrive but signaled displeasure at the unofficial outline. Officials suggest Washington will protest to England, as cotton shipments from the South could be hit, though England offered to pay for shipments seized en route to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Washington
United States
England
South
Germany
Italian Navy Concentrating at Taranto Port
Geneva March 16 report says a large portion of the Italian navy is concentrating at Taranto in southeastern Italy, the nearest major point to the Dardanelles, amid ongoing wartime naval movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Switzerland
Rome News
Taranto
Italy
Dardanelles
Germans Fence Alsace Zone in Berne with 60 Foot Warning
A ten foot barbed wire fence surrounds the German zone of operations in Alsace near Berne. Notices warn that any person approaching within 60 feet of the fence will be shot. Outlined security measures indicate strict containment.
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Berne
Switzerland
Alsace
Greece Resisted Allies Over Compensation Guarantees
A newspaper interview quotes the Greek foreign minister saying Greece did not join the Allies because the Triple Entente failed to provide sufficient compensation guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Greece
Russian Reservists Ordered to Colors from Seattle
Russian reservists of the Washington organization from Idaho Wyoming Montana and Alaska have been ordered to join the colors by the Russian consular general in Seattle. Twenty five thousand men are affected and they will be taken to Vladivostock by Russian steamers.
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Seattle
Wash
Washington Organization
Idaho
Wyoming
Montana
Alaska
Vladivostock
Germans Capture English Position Near St. Hloi
Berlin reports German forces seized an English position near St. Hlori south of Ypres after three days of fighting. French attacks in Champagne were repelled with heavy losses and several French trenches taken north of Beausejour. In the Argonne the engagement continues and Russians were repulsed with 2000 prisoners captured near Prasnysz.
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Berlin
St. Hloi
Ypres
Champagne
Beausejour
Argonne
Prasnysz
English Recaptured Village in France Amid Advances
English forces recaptured 1st Eloi near Paris with many trenches retaken and German trenches southwest of the village destroyed by artillery. Southeast, Germans evacuated and destroyed their trenches. In Champagne, French forces regained many trenches lost yesterday.
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Paris
1St Eloi
Champagne
Battle report cites Turkish batteries silenced at Kumkale
Paris reports from Athens say attacking warships on Sunday silenced several Turkish field batteries above Kumkale guarding the Dardanelles entrance. The claim comes as naval actions continue at the strait.
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Paris
Athens
Kumkale
Dardanelles
Germans Fail to Dislodge Ossowetz Fire Reverses
Official bulletin reports German bombardment of Ossowetz continues with closer batteries but ineffectiveness at long range. Russians hold the edge on the Przasnysz front as German artillery fire is checked. In the Carpathians both sides fight through deep snow with limited mobility.
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Petrograd
Ossowetz
Prazasnysz
Carpathians
Nineteen Men Missing From Dresden Crew
Valparaiso Chile March 16 Nine teen members of the crew of the German cruiser Dresden sunk Sunday off the island of Juan Fernandez by British warships are missing. This was disclosed on arrival of a British steamer with the survivors of the Dresden some of whom were wounded.
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Valparaiso
Chile
Dresden
Juan Fernandez
San Francisco Charter Amendments Approved In Election
In San Francisco on March 16 measures approved by the Board of Supervisors head the ballot. The actions include raising the liquor license limit for grog shops and making all police officers eligible for captain of detectives, increasing park taxes, and pensioning civil service workers.
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San Francisco
Cal
Russians Press Forward in Bukowina Amid Bad Weather
The report states Russian forces are advancing in northwestern Bukowina as conditions worsen with very bad weather hindering movement and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bukowina
Prisoner Found With Bible Revolver Dagger Whisky in Madison
In Madison Kentucky police search uncovers a prisoner with a Bible a revolver a dagger a deck of cards a pair of dice and a bottle of whisky. The incident is framed as preparedness and neutrality under any conditions by the Massa Henry Watterson paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massa Henry Watterson
Louisville
Madison
Beaumont Journal
Credit system blamed for tenant struggles in Texas hearing
Dallas March 16 Gov Ferguson testified at a land hearing about defects in the South's credit system for tenant farmers. He blamed the system more than individuals and urged crop diversification, saying it often prevents tenants from becoming landowners.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas House Votes for Local Bond Allowances in Warehouses Bill
In Austin on March 16 the House approved a joint resolution submitting an amendment to let localities vote bonds for warehouses cold storage plants and grain elevators. The Senate approved the landlord's lien bill.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House Today
Senate
California churches convene for state federation meeting
Delegates from all religious denominations across California and nearby states gather in Sacramento for the annual California State Federation of Churches congress. Key topics include child labor amendments public defender one day rest in seven bill two state farms municipal lodging horses and a state labor bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
California
California State Federation of Churches
Judge Defies the Calendar Birthday Ball in Bellevue
Bellevue Kentucky March 16 The calendar cannot rob Judge Adolph Klein of his birthday celebration planned for tomorrow night in Fraternal Hall He was born in a leap year February 29 and holds an annual ball for friends music dancing and a luncheon will be featured St Patrick s Day was chosen as the occasion by him and his friends
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Bellevue
Adolph Klein
Judge Klein
St. Patrick's Day
Wisconsin Labor Hearing Explores Revised Worker Claims
Madison March 16 A labor field day by the Assembly committee on labor featured hearings on multiple bills affecting labor. Proposals include raising workmen's compensation from 65 to 75 percent, boosting schedule injury payments by 25 percent, adjusting minimum and maximum wage bases, excluding farmers unless they opt in, and new death compensation rules for miners plus other legal amendments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Assembly Committee On Labor
Edison to testify in bankruptcy case over storage battery firm
Edison will appear as a witness in the Newark Bankruptcy Court to discuss dealings with the Federal Storage Battery Car Company, a bankruptcy firm once tied to storage battery railway cars. F J Lisman, a New York broker, also testifies about alleged contracts and the firm’s collapse.
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Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Federal Storage Battery Car Company
New York
F. J. Lisman
Federal
Edison
Lisman
Holison
Chamberlain's Tablets Praise From West Webster Reader
I N Stuart of West Webster New York reports five years of use for stomach and liver disorders with Chamberlain's Tablets. He says they are mild in action and have given satisfactory results and he values them highly. Sold by all dealers.
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I. N. Stuart
West Webster, N. Y
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Villegas Ranch
National Railroad of Mexico
St. Louis
Royal Baking Powder CO
R. Ortiz
U. S
Retail Merchants Association
tAdv
Dr. Oster
Commerce Board
Gov. Ferguson
Pacific Church Conference
Wisconsin
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