Peace Pageant to replace May Day in Laredo schools
Laredo’s school children host a Peace Pageant on May 1 at School Plaza to celebrate the end of the war. Miss Mildred Leyendecker crowns Liberty with Independence as her maid, aided by a U S Army soldier and Navy sailor. Courts honor allied nations with Liberty’s USA and performances under Mrs. MacDonald and Mrs. Smith.
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Laredo
Mildred Leyendecker
Goddess of Liberty
Italy
Alice Penn
France
Elena Garcia
Belgium
Great Britain
Adelaide Gebhard MacDonald
MacDonald
Sue Smith
Wilmer Threadgill
Siros
Liberty
Lang
Mosett
Uibabu
Melitona \-larea
Heights
Vera Sharley
Central School
Zara Mowiy
Victory Son
Attendants of Liberty
Card of Thanks for Kindness in Time of Bereavement
The family of Mrs. C. M. Hall thanks those who assisted during illness and sorrow. They appreciated flowers and sympathy and assure friends they shall never forget the comforting acts. Signed by Mrs. C. M. Hall and Family.
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C. M. Hall
Reward Offered After Andrew J Sutton Death
Notice states a reward is offered and seeks contact with anyone who knew Andrew J Sutton or his mother Elizabeth. Contact GEO. POLING at General Delivery El Paso Texas for information dated April 28 1931.
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Andrew J. Sutton
Elizabeth
Geo. Poling
el Paso
Texas
Cardui Helped Marksville Woman Overcome Back Pain
Marksville Louisiana Mrs Alice Johnson suffered a year of persistent back and side misery kept awake at night. After taking Cardui she regained strength, could straighten up, and felt much better. She praises Cardui for her recovery and health. NC-133
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Marksville
Alice Johnson
Cardus
Cardui
Tuesday Bridge Club Meeting and White Sale Planned
Society editor notes a 3:30 PM bridge gathering hosted by Mrs H W Johnston and a 4 PM Junior Auxiliary meeting at the rectory. Community singing takes place at the Soldiers Club in the evening. Christ Church Guild hosts a White Sale from 4 to 7 PM, with Auction Bridge at 4 PM hosted by Mrs L Dutches and a JWB Hall dance at 8:30 PM.
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Bridge Club
H. W. Johnston
Christ Church
Soldiers Club
Auction Bridge Club
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
J. K. Thompson
W. L. Barr
N. A. Miller, Graham, Buenz, Burnett and Shanks
Woman's Club
Immortality and Life's Proofs Interweave
A poem by Lucy Larcom opens with questions about immortality and the eternal state. Local notes report social moves, travels, and augments from families including Leyendecker, Goodman, Treviso, Nye, and Anderson. Community events mention dances, sales, and church activities in Laredo and nearby cities.
Lovely Bridge Party Hosted by Mrs MacGregor and Guests
Mrs MacGregor and Mrs Frederick Gilbreath hosted a bridge party with seven tables and a luncheon. High score went to Mrs Greer who won a pottery vase, second prize to Mrs Leyendecker for lingerie, and honorees Mrs Walker and Mrs Buck received lingerie.
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Frederick Gilbreath
A. B. Walker
Walter Buck
Greer
T. A. Leyendecker
Walker
Buck
Gilbreath
Hugh Cluck
Black
Asher Smith
Ethel Mackin
Mesdames Cogley
Barlow
Buenz
Morton
A. C. Hamilton
Bobbitt
T. A Austin
A. Wormser
L. Joseph
L. Daiches
H. W. Johnston
Fish
R. L Muller
J. R Moore
Morrow
Mally
J. A. Wilson
Foster
Musterole Promises Quick Relief For Croup And More
Mothers are urged to keep a jar of Musterole for prompt relief of sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup and other ailments. The remedy claims to ease stiff neck asthma neuralgia and chest colds and may prevent pneumonia. Jars priced 30c 60c and hospital size 2.50.
Building Permits Rise As Cities Unlock Housing Plans
Weekly Financial Review reports 168 cities issued permits totaling 34.13 million dollars in February up 15.1 percent from 1918 and down 40 percent from 1917. For January–February 1919 outlays were 57.11 million, near 58.58 million in 1918 but far below 116 million in 1917.
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United States
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Newark
N. J
Savings Bank
Building and Loan Associations
Pocahontas Statue by Part ridge to be placed on Jamestown Island
The bronze statue of Pocahontas by William Ordway Part ridge awaits installation on Jamestown Island once the Pocahontas Memorial association raises the remaining $1,200 owed. It now hangs in the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington.
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William Ordway Partridge
Jamestown Island
Pocahontas Memorial Association
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Washington
Irony in Crete Cities as Modern Growth Destroys Monuments
London Chronicle notes Crete now has only three towns Candia and Canen demolish ancient monuments for modernization. Knossos remains untouched housing thousands of years of civilization, exalted artistically compared to later Greek culture.
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Crete
Candia
Canen
Knossos
Greece
London Chronicle
Ingenious Cow Delights Young Brookside Visitor
A three year old boy from Brookside circle in Auburn recalls his first encounter with a cow. He describes the animal and its horns, explaining I know it was a horn because she blowed it at me. The tale ends with a humorous note on children's originality.
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Brookside Circle
Auburn
Indianapolis
Judge Slater Visits City as Wiggins Calls on Family
Judge M J Slater of Liane is in the city to visit family. Ek J Wiggins district manager of the Kansas City Life Insurance Company with headquarters in San Antonio came in Sunday for a visit to his family and returned this morning to San Antonio.
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Ek. J. Wiggins
Kansas City Life Insurance Company
San Antonio
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure and Reward
Readers learn a claimed cure for catarrh through Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The ad states internal use, blood action, and constitutional strengthening, offering $100 if any case fails to cure and inviting testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio, sold by druggists.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Flu Afflicts Monkeys. Baboon Population Shrinking
The influenza outbreak spreads beyond humans and is rapidly decimating baboon populations in South Africa, highlighting cross species impact of the disease among primates.
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South Africa
Governments Friendly to Mexico Sought in Washington
Officials in Washington sought to identify Latin American governments that had asked Mexico to express an opinion on recognizing the Monroe Doctrine. Reports from Mexico City named Argentina Chile Salvador Colombia Paraguay and Venezuela as the only Latin American nations not aligning with Germany during the war, suggesting the friendly government could be among them.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexico
Mexico City
Argentine
Chile
Salvador
Colombia
Paraguay
Venezuela
Germany
World’s largest battleship Tennessee to debut in 1920s
Washington reports the Tennessee, a superdreadnought under construction at New York Navy Yard, will become the world’s largest battle unit. Displacing 32,300 tons with 16 inch guns, it features a clipper-stem bow and three anchors, signaling a dramatic redesign in the U S Navy’s battle fleet.
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Washington
D. C
Tennessee
New York Navy Yard
United States
California
Mare Island Navy Yard
Idaho
Mississippi
Delaware
Utah
Florida
Arkansas Wyoming
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Nevada
Pennsylvania
Arizona
Colorado
Maryland
West Virginia
Uniteed States Navy
British air raid pounds troops east of Lucre in Mesopotamia
A fleet of British airmen dropped 75 tons of bombs on advancing enemy troops east of Lucre. British forces in Mesopotamia captured the town of Tuzhurmatli and took several hundred prisoners.
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Lucre
Mesopotamia
Tuzhurmatli
Senators Lodge and Curtis urge silence on league covenant
Telegrams from Senators Lodge and Curtis to all Republican senators request that public expressions of opinion on the league of nations covenant be withheld until the Republican conference decides their attitude. The message was sent from Washington on April 29.
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Lodge
Curtis
Conference of Republicans
League of Nations
Associated Press
Washington
Telegrama
Republican Conference
Wilson challenged to seek parliamentary support in policy
Rome reports the Giornale d Italia urges President Wilson to appeal to his own parliament as Premier Orlando did and prove his policy lacks unanimity, showing only a simple majority supports it in congress.
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Wilson
Rome
Giornale d'Italia
Orlando
Congress
Wilson Holds Talks With Japanese Mission Leader
Paris April 29 President Wilson met for an hour with Baron Makino head of the Japanese mission before the council of three meeting. The topic of Kiao-Chau likely formed part of the discussion. Versailles April 28 Commission Members Arrive For Peace Terms Presentation.
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Paris
Council of Three
Wilson
Baron Making
Kiao-Chan
Versailles
German peace congress leaders to arrive in Versailles tonight
Leaders of the German peace congress delegation are expected to arrive in Versailles at nine o'clock this evening, signaling continued diplomacy after the conference.
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Versailles
Proposal to hold league of nations meeting in Washington
A plan aims to convene the first league of nations assembly in Washington this year. If the opening session occurs there, President Wilson may be invited to serve as the league’s first president.
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Washington
Paris
League of Nations
Wilson
League
First League of Nations Meeting Planned in Washington
Paris reports that it is virtually decided the first League of Nations meeting will be held in Washington this coming October. The announcement signals early momentum for the organization's inaugural session and international diplomatic coordination.
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Paris
League of Nations
Washington
Hundreds of intellectuals arrested in Budapest
A Berlin dispatch to the Berling Tidende reports hundreds of intellectuals arrested in Budapest. One people's commissary allegedly warned they would be held as hostages and pay with their blood for every push by the Rumanians into the Hungarian frontier.
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Copenhagen
Budapest
Berlin
Berling Tidende
Hungary
Munich Encircled as Landshut Falls to Government Troops
The Havas Agency reports Munich is surrounded after government forces complete encirclement with the occupation of Landshut, located 35 miles northeast of Munich, signaling a decisive turn in the attack.
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Munich
Paris
Havas
Landshut
Tennessee Battleship Nears Commission With Heavy Armament
The Tennessee will mount twelve 14 inch guns in four turrets plus twenty 2 and 38 inch anti air craft guns. It weighs about 17000 pounds per broadside and uses 4800 pounds of powder. At over 60 percent complete it is expected to join the navy early next year as a flagship leading the North Atlantic Fleet with 1119 officers and men onboard.
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Washington Monument
Tennessee
United States
North Atlantic
Odd Facts About Teeth and Early Currencies
An elephant eats using a single tooth on each side. In historical cases eggs served as money in Switzerland, and dried cod functioned as currency in Newfoundland.
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Switzerland
Newfoundland
Seven Dinners Required For MPs This Season
The Speaker of the British House of Commons must host seven official dinners for Members of Parliament this season under established customs. The obligation applies to all MPs, reflecting long standing traditions in parliamentary hospitality.
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House of Commons
Corn and Pig Prices Smash in Chicago Market
A dramatic price collapse hit Chicago on April 29 as grain and provisions traders rushed to sell. The Tree movement of corn and hogs from rural sources drove the decline, with mid day breaks of 84 cents a bushel for corn and 1.20 dollars per barrel on pork.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Board of Trade
Naval Aviators Drown In Cape May Hydroairplane Crash
Cape May New Jersey April 29. Two naval aviators Lieut Berger and Ensign Barron were drowned when their hydroairplane crashed into Cape May harbor. A third man escaped and swam to a wharf. The two victims were trapped under the submerged machine.
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Associated Press
Cape May
N. J
Lieut
Berger
Ensign Barron
Brownwood Soldier Receives Distinguished Service Cross
Among 17 members of the American Expeditionary Force General Pershing awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism. The recipient Heese from Brownwood Texas is listed among the honorees.
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Hem. Heese
Brownwood
Texas
General Pershing
Battleship Missouri Arrives With Rainbow Division Train
Newport News reports the battleship Missouri arrived with the 117th supply train of the Rainbow division. The unit was formerly a Texas National Guard outfit.
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Newport News
Missouri
Rainbow Division
Texas National Guard
Army War Deaths Reach 111,179 in Report
Washington figures show 111,179 total army deaths to date with 66,639 from disease. About 43 percent died in battle and 6 percent from other injuries, the surgeon general announced. Since hostilities ceased, 12,000 disease deaths have occurred.
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Washington
Today's events span church, finance and public health conferences
The thirty fifth Episcopal Church Congress opens in New York City to discuss church and world reconstruction. The Texas Bankers Association meets in San Antonio to tackle war era business and finance issues. William G. McAdoo speaks in Chicago for the Victory Liberty Loan. A two day sheep husbandry conference gathers in Philadelphia. The American Institute of Architects opens a Nashville convention on home building fees. Public Health Nursing Association hosts a Cincinnati conference on supervising nurses and health issues.
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Thirty-Fifth Episcopal Church Congress
New York City
Texas Bankers’ Association
San Antonio
William G. McAdoo
Chicago
Victory Liberty Loan
United States
Philadelphia
American Institute of Architects
Nashville
Tenn
National Organization For Public Health Nursing
Cincinnati
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
Tonight cloudy and cooler. Wednesday expected to be fair according to The Times via the Telephone Co.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh Weather Report Highlights 77/62 and NW Wind
Observations for the past 24 hours ending at 7 am show a maximum temperature of 77 degrees and a minimum of 62 degrees. The wind is generally NW and skies are cloudy.
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Fort McIntosh
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