Opium and Morality in a Changing China Reconsidered
A Saturday column revisits the Chinese opium saga, arguing earlier tears were misused as sympathy for opium addicts. It notes drug production spreads through Korea, Formosa, Philippines, and parts of Japan, affecting China, while praising Chinese restraint toward alcohol and criticizing stereotypes about Chinese propensity for vice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British
India
China
Washington Post
Korea
Formosa
Philippines
Japan
Osaka
United States
Divided Allegiance in Socialist Parades
The piece condemns Americans in uniform engaging with socialist speakers as betraying democracy. It argues Americanism equals equal opportunity and opposes class privilege, contrasting wartime aims to make the world safe for democracy with laborist priorities.
Soldier and Socialist Divide Under Red Flag in Cleveland
A commentary denounces socialists and Bolshevists as corrupting forces that provoke riots and dishonor the American uniform. It argues discharged soldiers should not wear uniforms at socialist events and condemns Russian Soviet soldiers as brutal. The piece warns against mixed loyalties and parallels Judas and St. Michael.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
Berlin
Bavaria
Budapest
Cleveland
Judas
St. Michael
Shoe Shop Moves to New Tlurhide Street Address
The Voz de Loreta shoe shop has relocated from Tlurhide Street to 64 San Agistin Avenue as of February 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voz de Loreta
Tlurhide Street
San Agistin Avenue
Thomas Nelson Page Led U S Mission To Italy Since 1913
The article notes Thomas Nelson Page served as United States ambassador to Italy from 1913 with Italian blame on Wilson for Italy's postwar aims. Page, a Virginian by birth, was a scholar and writer who joined diplomacy at Wilson's invitation after a literary career that included novels poems and historical works. He also practiced law in Richmond for nearly two decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Nelson Page
United States
Italy
Wilson
Rome
Mr. Pure
Washington and Lee University
Page
Richmond
Today's Birthdays of Notable Americans and Canadians
Chariea C. Harrison former Penn provost born Philadelphia fifty years ago today Julia Arthur famed American stage actress born Hamilton Ontario fifty years ago today Rear Admiral Ralph Earle U S N chief of the Bureau of Ordnance born Worcester Massachusetts forty five years ago today Edgar W Howe Kansas editor and author born Treaty Indiana sixty five years ago today Lincoln Hulley president John B Stetson University born Camden New Jersey fifty four years ago today August Hermmann chairman National Baseball Commission and Cincinnati club president born sixt0 years ago today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chariea C. Harrison
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Julia Arthur
Hamilton
Ont
Ralph Earle
U. S.N
Bureau of Ordnance
Worcester
Mass
Edgar W. Howe
Kansas
Treaty, Ind
Lincoln Hulley
John B. Stetson University
Camden
N. J
August Flermann
National Baseball Commission
Cincinnati National League Club
Arrests Linked to Blanquet Diaz Movement In Mexico
Thursday dispatches report Roberto Gayon secretary to the late General Aureliano Blanquet was arrested in New York on a Laredo warrant and bound $5000. An earlier federal court indictment charged Robert Gayon General Santiago Mendoza Foster Averett Nemesio Garcia Naranjo and five others with planning a Mexican expedition. Mendoza Naranjo and Averett were seized in Laredo and San Antonio with bonds set, while incriminating documents connected the group to the Blanquet Diaz movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robberto Gayon
Aureliano Blanquet
New York
Laredo
Gayon
Robert Gayon
Santiago Mendoza
Foster Averett
Nemesio Garcia Naranjo
Mexico
Mendoza
Averett
Lie
Nemesio Naranjo
San Antonio
Roberto Gayon
Naranjo
Department of Justice
Blanquet-Diaz
For Sale Block 42 Lot Details in Laredo Estate
Property on the northwest corner of Block 42 WT Laredo offering 3% lots totaling 110 feet along Market Plaza and 182 feet deep on Hidalgo Street. For particulars contact executor BO Chacon of the E. B. de Garcia estate at 1219 Grant Street.
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Block 42
Laredo
Market Plaza
Hidalgo Street
BO Chacon
E. B. de Garcia
Grant Street
Sprain care note urges Liniment use after injury
Immediate care guidance advises applying Chamberlain's Liniment to a sprained ankle and following the printed directions with the bottle. It stresses quick action after receiving the injury.
Mexican woman charged with hotel guest theft
Gregoria Espinoza a Mexican maid at a local hotel faced an examining trial before Justice of the Peace Juan Henavides charged with theft over 4540. She was bound over to the district court grand jury in 500 bail, which she could not furnish, and remanded to jail. Authorities found eight gold pieces hidden beneath a trunk at her home after a search warrant was executed following the robbery discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregoria Espinoza
Justice of the Peace
Juan Henavides
District Court Grand Jury
Sieg City
Brennan
Grasoria
Cinco de Mayo celebrations and local pageant plans
Monday marks El Cinco de Mayo with celebrations across Mexico including Nuevo Laredo parades and speeches. A big Peace Pageant by schoolchildren is set for School Plaza next Thursday barring rain that could turn the plaza into a lake due to a new sidewalk. Dr John T Hassell resumes practice Monday May 12 in the Richter building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
John T. Hassell
Richter Building
Rabid dog on San Bernardo bites 12 year old boy
A rabid dog roamed San Bernardo Avenue yesterday biting Roberto Cruz, 12, as Adolfo Cruz rushed him to Monterey to Pasteur Institute for treatment. Reports conflict on the dog's fate, with fears it may have bitten other animals before its demise or escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Pasteur Institute
San Bernardo Avenue
Roberto Cruz
Adolfo Cruz
Today’s anniversaries span elites and wars across centuries
Entries note Daniel Clarke Sanders born 1768 in Sturbridge and dies in 1850 Medfield. Napoleon II wars with Austria. 1875 Nanaimo coal mine disaster with 150 deaths. 1899 Dennis O Connor installed Toronto archbishop. 1901 Jacksonville fire at $10 million loss. 1909 Wright brothers gold medal. 1912 Lake Champlain ceremonies. 1915 German submarine attack on nine British trawlers. 1915 Sinn Fein leaders executed and Fresnoy village captured in Arras battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Clarke Sanders
University of Vermont
Sturbridge
Mass
Medfield
Austria
Italy
Nanaimo
B. C
Dennis O’connor
Toronto
Jacksonville
Fla
Aeronautical Society of London
Wright Brothers
Lake Champlain
Crown Point
North Sea
Dublin
Fresnoy Village
Arras
Webb County Victory Bonds Subscriptions Reach Half Quota
Victory Bonds subscriptions in Laredo and Webb County total 239800, just over half of the 479900 county quota. Committees press on with less than a week remaining to reach the goal by next Saturday evening, counting on large future subscriptions to push toward 400000 by midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory
Laredo
Webb
Nations and events mark anniversaries and observances today
Brazil observes a national holiday for its discovery anniversary while Italy notes the 450th birth of Machiavelli. The Victory Loan parade unfolds in New York under War Department oversight. Philadelphia hosts the American Academy of Political and Social Science sessions with global speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Italy
Macchiavelli
New York City
War Department
United States
Philadelphia
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Notice of Saturday closing hours for freight offices
Beginning Saturday May 3 and throughout the summer months our freight offices and warehouses will close at 1 p m on Saturdays. W. S. Cantrell, Agent. I. & G. N. Ry. G. W. Sprague, Agent. as Mexican Ry. H. G. Cacamara, Agent, R. G. & E. P. Ry. 4-26-61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Cantrell
G. N. Ry
G. W. Sprague
H. G. Cacamara
R.G
E. P. Ry
Onion Shipments From Laredo Near 600 Carloads Tonight
The Laredo onion shipments are set to pass 600 carloads tonight, with about 30 carloads and rising daily. By yesterday 420 carloads had left, last night added 42, bringing the total to 462, and around 50 carloads are expected to depart tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Metropolitan Café Sunday Special Dinner Menu
The Sunday menu at Metropolitan Café offers a selection through 8:30 pm on May 4 1919. Dishes include Spanish mixed olives, shrimp cocktail, potage of turkey printaniere, filet of sole saute Villeroi, filet mignon parmentier, asparagus vinaigrette, orange ice, and beverages such as coffee tea and milk.
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Printaniere
Mrs Johnston hosts Married Ladies Social Club
Mrs H W Johnston will entertain the Married Ladies Social Club in the afternoon at 3 30 o clock. The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church will hold their regular weekly meeting at the Baptist Church in the afternoon Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Johnston
Sunbeam Band
The
Baptist Church
YoPo
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
League Room
Methodist Church
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Woman's Club
the Heights Civic Club
M. P. Cullinan
H. W. Keller
Bridge
Seymour Denike
Hebrew Ladies Aid Society
F. Wormyser
J. Goodman
Fort McIntosh Thirteenth Infantry Band Opens Summer
The Thir ty-seventh Infantry Band directed by Lt Carl Everlof gave the first summer concert at Fort McIntosh lasting one hour starting at 8 30 o clock. Laredo residents and others rode street cars to the post and enjoyed the selections. Concerts are scheduled each Wednesday night at the post and Thursdays on Jarvis and Martin Plazas. The next city concert is planned for Martin Plaza next Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McIntosh
Carl Everlof
Laredo
the Post
Jarvis
Martin Plazas
Martin Plaza
Record Cattle Deal Sets Regional Price Benchmark
A Friday sale on the la Josephine ranch in Jim Hogg County fetched a record price with cattle at 100 dollars per head. Buyer Juan Vera Zamora of Zapata County, a prominent cattle raiser, acquired the range cows from seller Wilbur P. Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur PL. Allen
la Josephine
Jim Hogg County
Juan Vera Zamora
Zapata County
Society News and Local Announcements Highlights
May items from The Times include society notes on visitors and departures, baptisms, and club meetings. Dr. H C Hall and Major A B Muller are in town. Miss Doris Bigden visits Miss Hazel Irwin. Baptism at Christ Church. Heights Civic Club meeting. Hebrew Ladies Aid Society event. Blue Bird Camp Mire Girls social. Boy Scout Troop 2 report. Ellis Hall dance with Villar's Orchestra.
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the Times
Noo
Blue Bird
Camp Mire
A. Poggenpohl
Mabel Barr
Mollie Swartzman
Helen Pixon
Doris
Dorothy Wilob
Eugenia Copeland
Nellie Ward
Jennie Muay Gallahan
Evelyn Kerr
Nellie Netzer
Anne McKinney
Margaret Ward
About Rheumatism and a Remedy for Relief
Rheumatism causes great pain and restlessness but Chamberlains Liniment offers relief and makes rest and sleep possible. The text promotes the liniment as a common remedy to ease suffering from rheumatism.
Cause of Headache and Relief with Chamberlains Tablets
The article states headaches often stem from a disordered stomach or constipation and can be avoided by addressing the cause. It promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a simple, mild remedy that has provided permanent relief for many users.
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Money Makers
General Mendoza
Ee Aiag
Jocal Newspew
Chacon
Ed. Sweeney
Detroit
Michigan
Gc. Co. Thomas
J. IF. Mullally
Thomas
Floresville
Running Amuck
Thomas Lawrence
Louis Davies
Supreme Court of Canada
Christian Endeavor Societies
South
Old South Church
Boston
L. 8. Ross
Texas
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
United Synagogue of America
New England
Metropolitan Cafe
Violet
Oberfeldt Society
Post
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Air
Alice Freeman Palmer
H. C. Hall
City
A. B. Muller
Robert McCulloch
Little Son
Corpus Christi
GH. Winch
Mrs
Con Mims
Lee Vollmer
Doris Bigden
Hazel Irwin
Peyton Kerr
Pearsall Yesteray
Will
Mike Butler
W. D. Butler
Birmingham
Alabama
Teo
Mary Edwards
Ursuline Convent
Falfurrias
Martha Anderson
P. P. Leyendecker
8. J. Shaffer
Dr. Davis
State Board of Health
Christ Church
C. W. Cook
Boy Scouts
Troop No. 2
Master Craig
John Maher
Villegas
Ellis Hall
Wilbur P. Allen
Hebbrowville
Austin
C. S. McKinney
Interior
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