Empress Eugenia Montijo Reaches Ninety Fifth Birthday
In today's news May 5 Eugenia de Montijo former Empress of the French turns ninety five. Born in Granada she is of mixed Spanish and Scotch descent. Married to Napoleon III she rose to Europe’s top throne before exile in 1870. She has lived in England at Chiselhurst and Farnborough Hill since.
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Today’s notable events across political and cultural fronts
Eugenie enters her 95th year and Bishop Burke turns 75 as national and regional activities unfold. Mexico marks independence day while conventions convene in Washington, New Haven, Kansas City and Vicksburg. Delaware returns to suffrage vote talks. Indiana hosts an educational conference with Hoover and McConnell speakers. California debates alien Americanization at Riverside conference.
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Delaware
Indiana University
Herbert
C. Hoover
Francis J. McConnell
California
G. O. P. Contest in Mississippi Rivals In Jackson Meet
In Vicksburg on May 5 the Mulvihill wing of Mississippi Republicans held a state convention to select delegates for Chicago. They aim to contest the Jackson faction’s delegation pledged to General Wood, which Mulvihill called irregular.
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May 6 anniversaries and historic events in brief
A compact note lists notable dates from May 6 across history, including the 1820 ban on slave trading with death penalty, Hamburg fire losses in 1842, the 1845 birth of Col. John J. McCook, Diaz’s 1877 rise, and 1898 Missionary killings response. It also includes a long 19th century health advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Medicine and a digestion-boosting product.
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Hamburg
John J. McCook
Carrollton
Rumson
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Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Social Calendar and Local Notices
Social calendar lists Wednesday and Thursday gatherings for Auction Bridge Club Parish Guild Ladies Aid Circle meetings and First Presbyterian Church event. Mentions travel updates and visits from residents including Gutierrez Nye Buenz Daiches Mims French Crutchfield and others. Also notes Junior Auxiliary activities and Sunbeam Band social at local churches with attendees listed.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
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D. Z. Windrow
J. M. Sallee
Moonlight Picnic and Bridal Shower Noted in Local Social
Mrs Pletcher Smith and Mrs H L Guinn hosted outdoor games with lemonade and cake for guests including Katherine Landrum Violet Beaman Ralph Beaman Frank Beddoe Robert Beddoe Lamar Smith Truett Smith Louis Simms Lillian Simms Bettie Louise Craig Tommy Mann Bessie Mann Dean Turner Tom Turner Margaret Guinn. Senior B Y P A outing in Chacon area chaperoned by several ladies. picnic supper around ten. Trinidad Ramon bride to be honored with party and shower at Latin American Club with eighty guests and gifts on a boat centerpiece.
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Man Killed by Windlass Catapult in Marshall Texas
Associated Press report from Marshall Texas dated May 5 describes F. P. Martin instantly killed when a rope on a windlass used to move a house broke. The windlass acted like a catapult, sending a heavy iron bar that struck him on the head.
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F. P. Martin
Colorado Republicans Meet in Pueblo for State Convention
Delegates arrive in Pueblo, Colorado, for the Republican State convention starting tomorrow. The gathering will select four delegates at large to the Chicago national convention and elect a new Colorado Republican national committeeman.
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Sporting Notes Highlight Summer Boxing and Racing Happenings
Outdoor boxing shows stage across many cities this summer promising big crowds. Veteran Frank Kramer leads in a youth dominated scene while August Cleveland meets launch the Great Western Circuit. Pitcher Hoyt and Robins teams feature in baseball and soccer news with eager fans in Brooklyn and New York golf tagging rising interest.
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Do Your Best to Stay Well and Provide for Family
Advice urging every person to maintain health to support family life. Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets for constipation bilious digestion and general well being with plain directions, promising quicker return to daily work.
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Double Marriage In Gainesville Texas Court House
A forty year old mother Mrs Ruth Romine and her fourteen year old daughter wed in a double ceremony at the county courthouse in Gainesville Texas on May 6. The pair, who had never left Montague County before, experienced their first sight of a railroad locomotive. The elder bride dismissed the day’s excitement, while the younger showed evident thrill from the events.
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Gilmore Named to Express Rate Committee in Third Zone
Austin May 5 Railroad Commissioner Clarence W Gilmore has been named to the committee of railroad commissioners for the third express zone to study requests for rate increases. A Kansas City conference held April 12 appointed a committee to thresh the matter with Ra B Mills as chairman and Gilmore named as a committeeman.
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Austin
Texas
Clarence W. Gilmore
Kansas City
Ra B. Mills
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Electric Jag and the Electronic Tag in May San Francisco
In San Francisco on May 5 Dr. Albert Abrams demonstrated an electrical device called the electronic tag claiming it can imitate alcohol intoxication by vibrating energy. The subject rests feet on zinc, a head electrode is applied, and a current induces looseness, talkativeness, and sleepiness as the barbed bystander notes.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Albert Abrams
John Barley
Pupil Court at Evansville Central High Hears Eight Cases
Evansville Indiana May 5 The pupil court of Central High School in its first session tried eight cases with one conviction. A upperclassman was found guilty of violating pupil government laws and sentenced to sit among the threshmen for an indefinite period and barred from the honor study hall.
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Jackson and Dundee to Go 12 Rounds
New York May 5 Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson clash in the Newark Armory windup. It will be the first 12 round bout under New Jersey law and is expected to draw a large crowd as fans watch how Dundee handles the longer route.
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Weather outlook from New Orleans bureau as printed
Forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans notes tonight and Thursday will be partly cloudy with no major weather events. The brief bulletin appears in The Times via the telephone company daily delivery.
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Fort McIntosh Weather: Warm Day Ahead
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m at Fort McIntosh show a maximum temperature of 83 degrees and a minimum of 70 degrees. The wind was generally from the south with clear skies.
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Knox Opens Debate on His War Resolution
Washington May 5 Senator Knox opened debate on his resolution to end the state of war with Germany and Austria. He accused President Wilson of acting arbitrarily to keep the nation technically at war to force Senate ratification of the Versailles treaty. He warned there was no excuse for extending the war beyond the armistice and alleged aims to retain autocratic powers for purposes beyond wartime needs. The speech framed fears of revolution and threats to property and liberty.
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Dallas City Workers Get Wage Increase Across Departments
Dallas city employees receive a pay raise averaging from 300 to 1200 dollars annually. The increase covers multiple ranks and includes the chief of police and the chief of the fire department in Dallas.
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Tex
Causes Of Fires In Texas Reported By Commissioner
Austin May 5 An example of the causes of fire in Texas is cited by State Insurance Commissioner T M Scott in seven consecutive reports received by the state fire insurance commission. Causes include an extension cord on an electric iron, matches in clothing, coal stove explosion, small boys smoking, hot ashes in a frame building, filling a gasoline stove, and careless cigarette smoking.
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Austin
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Texas
T. M. Scott
State Fire Insurance Commissioner's Office
Destroyer fleet sail order for Key West under Admiral Long
Secretary Daniels ordered six destroyers now at New York with the Atlantic fleet to sail immediately to Key West for potential duty in Mexican waters. The ships Sherwood Case Lardner Putnam Beale and Reidus are led by Captain Byron Long aboard the tender Blackhawk and prepared after a meeting in Washington. Reports to the state department say Americans have not been endangered in Mexico amid the revolution.
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Mexico
Brenham Population Grows by 248 to 5066
Washington reports Brenham Texas shows a population of 5066, an increase of 248 residents. The data reflects a notable rise in this Texas town as of May 5. The census figure highlights growth tied to local developments and migration trends affecting Brenham.
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Texas
Hodgson Wins Reelection In St Paul Mayoral Race
St Paul May 5 Mayor L C Hodgson is reelected over labor candidate William Mahony by about 2400 votes as unofficial returns near completion.
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William Mahony
Storm Kills Man, Injures Five Near Dallas Area
A Dallas report says a windstorm killed a man named Rogers near Wilmer 14 miles south of Dallas and injured five others. Three more fatalities were reported near Grand Prairie last night as the storm swept the area.
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Johnson Wins California Republican Presidential Preference
In San Francisco on May 5, Senator Johnson led the California Republican presidential preference in early returns from two-thirds of the state tallying yesterday's primary. His sole opponent was Herbert Hoover.
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San Francisco
Cal
Johnson
Herbert Hoover
Woman Ticket Agent at Topeka Marks Milestone on Union Pacific
Miss Minnie Doering, after 32 years as a telegraph operator, is appointed Topeka ticket agent the first woman in a station of Topeka's size on the Union Pacific system. She began in 1888 and served at Manhattan and Cheyenne Wells where a cowboys’ neck tie party highlighted frontier life.
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Water Haulers Union Forms in Ranger Texas
A new labor union for water haulers is forming in Ranger Texas with about fifty men already joining. Water is drawn from suburban wells and freight cars into the city, with haulage priced at 75 cents per barrel.
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Texas A and M dairy head chosen county demonstrator agent
J W Rudgway head of dairy husbandry at Texas A M College has been elected county demonstrator agent and secretary of the Gainesville chamber of commerce. He will start after the current school term.
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Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Hobo Thrills Draw Dallas Youths Home
Two Dallas youths aged fourteen ran away seeking adventure in oil fields inspired by movie depictions of hobos. After three days they found the life less thrilling, turned themselves in at a police station, and asked to notify their parents to return home.
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Dallas
American Architects Convene in Washington D C
Several hundred leaders of the architectural profession in America gathered in Washington for the annual American Institute of Architects convention. They will discuss how architects can aid the building movement, with sessions continuing through tomorrow and Friday.
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Railroad Workers to Take Vacation
James Eubanks of St. Louis said at a conference of the non recognized railroad yardmen association that Southern city workers will walk out today or tomorrow. The move would close gateways of the cotton belt and isolate the Southwest oil fields.
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Washington
James Eubanks
St. Louis
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Telegraph Messengers Seek Eight Hour Day and Wages
Chicago May 5. The Telegraph Messengers Union presented demands to two telegraph companies for an eight hour day and weekly wages of 28 dollars for day shifts and 25 dollars for night shifts.
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Costs Double Now Budget Triples in February
Washington reports the family budget in February was exactly twice the food expenditures of February 1913. Department of Labor statistics show costs have surged, halving affordability for households and signaling a sharp rise in living expenses.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor Statistics
Why Onions Dropped
Chicago the five May reports from the Bureau of Food and Markets cite bumper crops affecting prices. Texas Bermuda onions fell 50c after nearly 500 carloads were en route to Chicago, signaling abundant supply in the market.
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United States Bureau of Food and Markets
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Hobby Elected Honorary Confederate Camp Member in Austin
Governor W. P. Hobby has been elected an honorary member of the John B. Hood Camp Confederate veterans of Austin. His father, Judge Edwin Hobby, commanded a Confederate army company.
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Southland Persian Society tohold first cat show in Dallas
CAT FANCIERS Dallas Texas May 5 The first annual exhibition of the Southland Persian Society will be held here May 7 under the sanction and rules of the Cat Fanciers Association. Efforts are being made to ensure the cats’ comfort during their stay at the show.
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Play Rough Leads to Police Called in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas in May 1965 two policemen responded to a disturbance after a telephone report of a fight. Two Black men were involved. one claimed the other struck him with a plank during rough playing and that the assailant said he was just playing rough. The wounded man asserted the blows hurt his arm and face.
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