National of Mexico Railways Express Opens Laredo Office
The National of Mexico Railways Express opens at 1219 Convent Avenue in Laredo with W. E. Donnelly as agent. The office marks the first U S establishment by a Mexican express company and will handle shipments to and from Mexico with expeditious service. The move resumes cross border express trade after disruptions from revolutions and follows earlier Wells Fargo arrangements.
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Laredo
United States
Express Company of
Mexico
National of Mexico Railways Express
Convent Avenue
W. E. Donnelly
American Express
Wells-Fargo Co. Express
Donnelly
Skidoo Follows Voodoo In the Onion Shipments
Laredo onion shippers moved 13 carloads of Bermudas on a rain hindered night and 23 more carloads the next day, bringing total shipments this season to 530 cars. Predictions estimate about 1,500 carloads will depart, meaning roughly one third of the crop has left Laredo.
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Laredo
Bermudas
Here
Shoe Shop Moves Locations in Laredo
The Voz de Laredo shoe shop relocated from Iturbide street to 634 San Agustin avenue. The notice marks the move and lists the new address.
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Voz de Laredo
Iturbide Street
San Agustin Avenue
War Department streamlines wartime contracts settlements
The War Department announces a push to settle formal and informal wartime contracts quickly. A Craigis Board in Washington will supervise uniform settlement methods while agencies in major cities handle actual negotiations. Contractors with informal agreements must file claims before June 30 1919 or lose relief under the March 2 1919 act.
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War Department
Department
United States
Demobilizing War Dogs Of Britain
The British army demobilizes its war dogs after the great war and raises funds for their care. A $100,000 fund is being gathered in England to provide for their future welfare.
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England
Sacrificed Principles to Safety
Henry Smith of Newton New Jersey killed a chicken after it failed to lay. A girl nearby, pressed by fear, took an egg from a neighboring henhouse and carried it home unsafely. Several boys witnessed the egg theft and the girl remains unharmed.
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Henry Smith
Newton
N. J
Henry
Chariot Craft, Atmosphere Facts, and Thumb Clues
The article surveys ancient chariot development under Egyptian pharaohs and notes the atmosphere composition with most water vapor in lower layers. It also mentions nerve specialists predicting paralysis by thumb examination before other symptoms appear.
Social Calendar Highlights From Friday and Saturday Events
The Blue Birds meet Friday at Mrs. Alfred Poggenpohl at 4 PM. Boy Scouts Troop 1 gather at the Methodist Church league room in the evening. Troop 2 meets at headquarters hall at 7 PM. A town boys dance occurs at Elks Hall at 9 PM. Choir practice is at the Baptist Church at 8 15 PM. Saturday Mrs. H W Johnston hosts the Married Ladies Social Club at 3 30 PM. Sunbeam Band meets at the Baptist Church in the afternoon.
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Blue Birds
Alfred Poggenpohl
Boy Scouts of Troup No. 1
Methodist Church
Boy Scouts of Troop No. 2
Headquarters Hall
Elks Hall
The
Baptist Church
H. W. Johnston
Sunbeam Band
Onion shipping season brings visits to the city
Mrs. Albert M. Fox of San Antonio arrived for a short visit to Mr. Fox who is here during the onion shipping season. A hop at the Elks Club starts at nine tonight. Several residents plan travel to San Antonio and Los Angeles while others prepare trips to Yakima Washington. A Presbyterian reception and annual picnic are announced with plans for a million three hundred thousand dollar drive for state colleges.
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Albert M. Fox
San Antonio
City
Fox
Elks Club
Bertha Mills
Sue Smith
Los Angeles
Yakima
Washington
Chas. Moser
Sidney Katz
Aaron Moser
Presbyterian Church
Randell
Presbyterian Church In
Texas
Presbyterian Colleges
Wharton
Odd and Interesting Historical Curiosities
A collection of quirky facts: paper barrels replace wood, eel skin belts used in belting, Japan’s century-old yarn from paper, Canada’s coast rivaling half the globe, a Dutch coachman introducing English coaches, a calendar oddity that a century cannot begin on Wednesday Friday or Saturday, Chinese inheritance rules ensure equal shares, and the 365 day year always ends on the same weekday it begins.
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Japan
Canada
England
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Calomel Alternative
Promote Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a mild laxative and liver aid that replaces calomel. Claims quick effect, protects teeth, avoids calomel's gum damage, and relieves headaches and sluggish feelings. Available in 10c and 25c boxes from all druggists.
Community Gatherings Include Dances and Meetings
A notice lists events at 1110 Farragut Street with a Saturday evening dance from 7 to 9 by J W B Dance. The Jewish Welfare Board hosts a Sunday night dance at J W B Hall. W M VU. The W M A of the Baptist Church held a monthly meeting led by Mrs Horner with a program and social hour.
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Farragut Street
Jewish Welfare Board
J. W. B. Hall
the Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
Horner
Circle D
Annie Pace
Mesdames Fletcher Smith
J. M. Sallee
Milton Sallee
Ince
Tristian
Henry
Windrow
Clingenpeel
Trout
Camp
Beddoe
H. L. Guinn
O. H. Guinn
Craig, Jennings
Odds and Ends From Across The World
A miscellany notes that the United States needs nearly 15 million postage stamps yearly. A famed English walker completed a 30 mile backward march in nine hours for a bet. The Siamese belief links sneezing to the devil’s list. Only two British ministers may live rent free in Downing Street: the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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United States
Downing Street
Today’s Birthdays May 2
Jerome K. Jerome humorist and playwright born near London 60 years ago Harold I. McCormick president of International Harvester born in Chicago 47 years ago Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter Kansas author educator and Republican committee member born at Charlottesville Ind 59 years ago Hallie Erminie Rives author born in Christian County Kentucky 41 years ago William S. Goodwin congressman from Arkansas Seventh District born in Warren Arkansas 63 years ago
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Jerome K. Jerome
London
Harold I. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Chicago
Margaret Hill McCarter
Kansas
Republican Women's National Executive Committee
Charlottesville
Ind
Hallie Erminie Rives
Post Wheeler
Virginia
Christian County
William S. Goodwin
Congress
Arkansas
Warren
Ark
Today’s anniversaries span births and historic events
Dates mark William B. Ogden first Chicago mayor in 1837. Theodore Herzl born 1860, later died 1904 in Vienna. Clyde Fitch born 1865, died 1909 in France. 1906 Prince Albert Victor returned to London. 1906 Witte resigned in Russia. 1911 French relief column reached Fez, Morocco. 1915 Austria claimed victory over Russia in West Galicia. 1916 Italians captured peaks after two days’ glacier battle. 1917 Joffre Viviani war mission began US tour.
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Theodore Herzl
Palestine
Budapest
Vienna
Clyde Fitch
Elmira
N. Y
France
Prince Albert Victor
Duke of Clarence
London
M. Witte
Fez
Morocco
Austria
West
Galicia
Joffre
Viviani
United States
Uncle Sam’s Publishing House Highlighted As World Leader
A brief raspy description praises the Government Office as the greatest establishment of its kind in the world, comparing public and private publishing prowess.
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Uncle Sam's Publishing House
The
Government Office
Wilson Approves Labor Program in Peace Treaty
President Wilson cabled Secretary Tumulty that the labor program adopted in the peace treaty is one of the most important achievements to safeguard and promote the interests of labor in a systematic, intelligent manner.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Tumulty
World Peace Topic Dominates Philadelphia Academy Meeting
The twenty third annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science opened in Philadelphia with national figures in attendance. The two day sessions focus on the plan for world peace with speakers including Vice President Thomas R. Marshall former Governor Samuel W McCall John Hays Hammond Felix Adler Abraham I Elkus and Samuel J Graham.
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Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
United States
Thomas R. Marshall
Samuel W. McCall
Massachusetts
John Hays Hammond
Washington
Felix Adler
Columbia University
Abraham I. Elkus
Turkey
Samuel J. Graham
Churchmen to Discuss Reconstruction Meeting in Cleveland
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America will hold a special meeting in Cleveland next week to focus on reconstruction. Invitations have been sent to heads of national Protestant church federations in England France Italy Belgium Holland and Switzerland to send delegates, marking a first postwar deliberative convention with international significance.
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Cleveland
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
England
France
Italy
Belgium
Holland
Switzerland
Centennial Birth of Fordyce Barker Noted Leader in Medicine
Today marks the centennial birthday of Fordyce Barker a prominent American physician and surgeon. The Duke of Devonshire visits Montreal to open the Victory Scout Exhibition while the American Academy of Political and Social Science holds its twenty third annual meeting in Philadelphia to discuss world peace. A triangular Yale Harvard Princeton debate centers on repealing the Eighteenth Amendment as Hampton Institute marks its semi centennial with speakers including William H Taft M Astley Jones and R R Moton.
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Fordyce Barker
Duke of Devonshire
Montreal
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Philadelphia
United States
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Hampton
William H. Taft
M. Astley Jones
Atlanta
R. R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
United States steamer Tyler sunk by submarine in Mediterranean
In Mediterranean waters the United States steamship Tyler was sunk by a submarine. In the western front British airmen claimed a decisive victory producing the downing of 14 enemy aircraft in a major air battle. Rome has named Bishop Patrick J Hayes as head chaplain to Pershing's American forces.
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United States Steamship
Tyler
Mediterranean
Rome
Patrick J. Hayes
Pershing
Peace Treaty Near End of World War I
Associated Press reports progress in Paris on the final phase of peace talks. If plans hold, the treaty ending the great war could be signed early the week of May 25 and presented to Germany on Monday. The accord is described as a victory peace with five days for views and fifteen for consideration before a likely May 27 peace.
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Associated Press
Paris
Germany
Chinese Delegation To Comment On Kiao Chau Settlement
Paris May 2 The Chinese delegation to the peace conference is expected to issue a statement today about the Kiao Chau settlement reached by the council of three. It is understood Chinese representatives will express keen dissatisfaction with the decision.
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Paris
Council of Three
Weimar adopts plan to take over German railways
The constitutional committee of the national assembly at Weimar adopts a resolution placing the entire German railway system under government control until April 1921. Bavaria representatives object to the measure.
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Berlin
Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly
Weimar
Germany
Bavaria
German troops advance audible from Munich in Berne report
Private advices from Berne report artillery fire by German government troops audible in Munich and creeping nearer as of May 2.
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Berne
Munich
Bavarian Government Forces Take Munich from Communists
Paris reports on May 2 that Bavarian government troops have captured Munich from the communist forces, signaling a pivotal setback for the leftist faction in southern Germany.
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Munich
Paris
Red Guards Demoralized in Munich Bank Plunder Threats
Berne reports Red Guards in Munich are demoralized and engaging in bank looting. Communists threaten to massacre the bourgeoisie as government forces prepare to attack the city.
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Berne
Red Guards
Munich
Paris Riot Injures 250 Officers During May Day Disorders
In Paris on May Day, about 250 policemen were injured amid rioting. One spectator was killed by a revolver bullet during the clashes.
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Paris
Bolsheviki offer exchange in Caucasus and all British prisoners
The government reports that Bolshevik authorities proposed exchanging British military mission members in the Caucasus for Russian subjects. Negotiations are under way to swap all British prisoners held by the Bolshevists.
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London
The
Caucasus
Ferdinand Heads Romanian Troops Into Budapest
A Bucharest dispatch to the Neue Freie Presse reports King Ferdinand of Romania with French generals will lead his troops into Budapest, capital of Hungary, in the near future.
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Ferdinand
Budapest
Vienna
Romania
Hungary
Bucharest
Neue Freie Prease
Carthinian mobilizes twenty classes to halt invasion
Geneva reports the Carthinian government orders mobilization of twenty military classes to stop the Jugoslav attack across a 60 mile front aimed at seizing Klagenfurt and Villach in German Austria.
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Geneva
Austria
Jugo Slayve
Klagenfurt
Williach
Mums the Word About Horse Sale Plans
George notes the horse knows as much as he does while Clara urges secrecy, hinting at a future sale. The private exchange suggests hesitation and strategic thinking about whether to disclose the animal’s value.
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George
Clara
Farmer First to Adopt Airplane in Saskatchewan
George Kounkel of Aylesbury Saskatchewan, a farmer, orders an airplane and applies it to his farm business. He plans to use the aircraft to visit cities to sell produce, following his prior purchase of an automobile as a practical business step.
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George Kounkel
Aylesbury
Saskatchewan
Mr Kounkel
Governor to consult legislature on special session topics
Austin May 2 Governor Hobby said he will consult with presiding officers and legislators before deciding which subjects besides the discharged soldiers voting measure will be presented at a special session.
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Austin
Texas
Lobby
Railroad and steel producers to meet over schedules
Washington May 2 representatives of the railroad administration will confer Thursday with steel producers in New York to discuss the steel schedules approved by the industrial board.
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Associated Press
Washington
Railroad Administration
New York
Industrial Board
Intercollegiate Rowing Duals Set For East Coast and Pacific Coast
Two major rowing events split the schedule with the Eastern regatta at Annapolis on the Severn River featuring the US Naval Academy and Syracuse University for varsity and freshman eights. On the Oakland Estuary the Pacific Coast trio of Washington California and Stanford compete, marking a coast wide return after a two year lull.
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New York
Leland Stanford, Jr. University
Military Pageant to Aid Victory Loan in New York
In New York on May 2 a military pageant planned for the Victory Loan campaign promises to be the largest spectacle of its kind in the city. Thousands of soldiers will march with floats depicting each service branch and its war role, featuring battles built by engineers and displays by aeroplanes tanks and various corps. Eighty bands will play as crowds are expected to rival the recent welcome home demonstration.
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New York
America
Signal Corps
Hull pensioner uses skull as light source
A thrifty Hull woman with a dull intellect reads at night and saves light by painting luminous paint on her skull, a quirky domestic hack reported in the era.
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Hull
Puech
Hall's Catarrh Medicine advertised potion claims cure
An old advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh cures that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot provide. It touts thirty five years of use, claims to act through the blood on mucous surfaces, remove poisons, and improve overall health with testimonials from Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Aney & CO
Toledo
Obie
Biss
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