Texas joint resolution proposes constitution amendment on bonds and taxes
A joint resolution proposes amending Section 52 of Article 3 to authorize counties districts and subdivisions to issue bonds for public improvements and levy taxes for interest and a sinking fund with limits. It calls for a special election on the fourth Saturday in December 1915 and outlines ballot wording and gubernatorial proclamation. John G. McKay is Secretary of State.
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Texas
State of
State of Texas
Bui
Elac
Proeclamahon
Gail
Chamberlain's Liniment Ad Highlights Uses and Prices
A dated advertisement extols Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatism lame backs sprains and travel. Mrs Charles Tanner of Wabash Indiana praises it as the best remedy for lame backs and sprains, noting twenty years of use. Bottles priced 95 and 50 cents sold by all dealers.
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Charles Tanner
Wabash
Ind
Personalities at the Bender Hamilton and surrounding visits
Local social notes list guests and visitors at the Bender and Hamilton hotels including John A Landrum Santo Tomas, J W King San Antonio, James Breeding Eneinal, Chas F Eckert, and many others. The column also notes Mrs M T Kitt ill after Pixie Theatre fire and a rescue of Howard Uzzell health. A late dispatch reports the Belgian liner Belgia seized as a prize at Newport with 400 tons cheese and 73 German reservists aboard.
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John A. Landrum
Minera
Bender
Eugene Buck
Dimmitt County
James Breeding
Encinal
W. ©. Husderf
San Antonio
Hamilton
Chas. F.ebert
Corpus Christi
Hender
James O'Keefe
Asherton
CC. Thomas
Cotulla
J. W. King
Hatouilton
J. R. Smith
J. M. Ball
Thos. R. Worsham
Dolores
M.T. Kitt
Pixie Theatre
Miet
L. W. Uzzell
Howard
C. H. Bush
Granada
Niaragua
R. L. Poster
Bush
Florence Sutherland
T. A Helm
Houston
L. LaGrange
Dallas
Mrs. Sillman
E. C. Rae
L. O. Rayman
Galveston
J. F. Martin
Fowlerton
W. H. Matlock
C. W. Smith
Chas. F. Eckert
D. P. Allen
James O
Newport
Rockefeller Wins Injunction Over Local Tax Levy
United States district court grants John D Rockefeller an injunction to stop the county tax collector from levying more than 1 500 000 in personal tax on Rockefeller. President Wilson tightens note to Germany and France reports a brilliant success near Arras with Notre Dame de Lorette fort taken and over 1 000 prisoners captured.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Ohio
United States District Court Today
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Paris
Arras
Notre Dame de Lorette
Carency
Notre Dame
Ballard's Snow Liniment Heals Wounds Quickly
Barbed wire cuts and ragged wounds heal fast when Ballard's Snow Liniment is applied. It is described as both healing and antiseptic. Prices listed are 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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Ballard
French Bank Sues Crook Who Became Wealthy
Poston May 13. Clark Parker formerly a roguish traveler who supported himself as a professional burglar now faces four suits totaling about half his $800000 estate. La Banque de France seeks 250000 for alleged robbery in Lyons July 2 1884. Parker gained wealth through his brother Benjarmin Parker's will and has defended claims by a secretary, executors, and his lawyer for various bonds and fees.
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Poston
Clark Parker
Winthrop
Mass
la Banque de France
Parker
Lyons
France
Benjarmin Parker
Clagi ’Arker
Pasadena
Calif
Boston
Frederick P. Gay
University of California
Parkers
Chaplin at The Strand Saturday
Charley Chaplin appears at The Strand this Saturday in a featured engagement announced as a top attraction for local cinemagoers. Tickets are available at the box office.
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Chas. Chaplin
the Strand
Chase Chaplin
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Relieves Coughs Fast
The remedy by Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey offers quick relief for whooping cough and other coughs by loosening mucus and soothing the throat and lungs. It helps reduce coughing spells and is advised for families with children, priced at 25c and available at your druggist.
Senate probes lobby linked to Gibson bill
A resolution was introduced in the senate to investigate the lobby Ferguson alleged exists in connection with the Gibson bill. No action will be taken until tomorrow when the fate of the Gibson bill is expected to be settled.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
Lav. Ferguson
Boys to Fight Typhus in Servia
Fifteen college students from Harvard MIT and Brown University sail to Servia to perform sanitation work against the typhus epidemic under Dr Richard P Strong of the Harvard biology team leading the American Red Cross relief effort.
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Boston
Harvard
Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Brown University
Richard P. Strong
American Red Cross
Lay-Off for Uncle Sam's Scrubwomen
Washington May 18 A furlough of eight days without pay for scrub women elevator men engineers and watchmen in the employ of custodians of public buildings has been ordered by the treasury department due to a deficiency in the appropriation. Each employee must take eight days off between now and June 30. Practically every government building in the larger cities is affected.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Congress
Despm Rate Gunman Faces Hangman Tomorrow
Peter Melba, identified as gang leader, is to be executed between ten and three tomorrow for the murder of Officer Francis X. Tierney in Wilmington. The case tied to the New Britain Connecticut priest and housekeeper killings as four gunmen robbed the parish house and fled through a crowded street.
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Wilmington
Del
Peter Melba
Joseph Zebroys
New Britain
Conn
Connecticut
Melba
Francis X. Tierney
Bernard Montvid
Mantvid
Evening of Grand Opera at Market Hall
A two night benefit concert at Market Hall presents high class selections by Laredo’s best talent. Mrs D F Anderson directs the evenings which feature different programs each night in support of the library department of the Woman's Club. Reserved seats are on sale at Reed's drug store for Friday and Saturday.
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Market Hall
Laredo
D. F. Anderson
Woman's Club
Reed's Drug Store
Torpedoed Battleship Goliath Loss Report
London May 13 Winston Church is announced in the house of commons that the British battleship Goliath was torpedoed in the Dardanelles. It is feared that 600 lives were lost while 20 officers and 160 men were rescued. The British submarine Ed4 sank two Turkish gun boats and one Turkish transport. The Goliath carried four 12 inch guns and was the third British battleship lost in the Dardanelles.
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London
Winston Church
House of Commons
Dardanelles
Turkish Destroyers Sink Goliath Off Straits
London reports Turkish destroyers torpedoed the Goliath as she protected the French flank just inside the straits. The action occurred near the strategic waterway, signaling ongoing naval clashes in the region.
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London
Straits
Asquith Orders Enemy Civilians Returned to Home Countries
Premier Asquith announced that all male enemies over military age would be sent to their home countries. Women and children will also be sent to Germany and Austria, while all male enemies of military age will be segregated for their safety.
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London
Asquith
Germany
Austria
British Troops Take Windhoek Capital of German Southwest Africa
London May 13 Gen Botha announced British forces yesterday captured Windhoek capital of German Southwest Africa. The seizure signals near complete control of German Southwest Africa by Allied troops.
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London
Botha
Windhoek
German Southwest Africa
Allies' Decided Advance Reports at Dardanelles
London dispatches say Allied land forces have a decided advance at the Dardanelles with some reports claiming control of most of the Gallipoli peninsula. Constantinople advises Turkey may move British and French subjects into the Gallipoli war zone.
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London
Athens
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
Constantinople
Turkey
Dowager Queen Orders Palace Floor Turned Into War Hospital
In a May 13 decree the dowager queen commands the second floor of her palace be converted into a hospital for wounded in case of war, reflecting royal anxieties and preparedness.
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Tome
No Change in Policy as Regards Mexico
Secretary Bryan announced there would be no change in administration policy due to Duval West's Mexico trip. West's report will not be made public. Carranza despatches say Zapata forces withdraw from Mexico City and Carranza troops reach the outskirts of Monterey.
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Washington
Bryan
Duval West
Mexico
West
Carranza
Zapata
Mexico City
Monterey
Are Fighting Again El Paso Mission News Note
El Paso Texas reports that Villa and Obregon are fighting again, with fresh clashes noted on May 13 signaling renewed hostilities in the region.
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el Paso
Texas
Villa
Obregon
Foot and Mouth Conference in Austin with Governor
The stock commission will meet Monday to confer with Gov. Ferguson on modifying the foot and mouth disease quarantine and further lifting the embargo.
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Austin
Texas
Stock Commission
Ferguson
Alabama Supreme Court Upholds Anti Liquor Advertising Law
The Alabama supreme court today upheld the legality of the anti liquor advertising law in a Montgomery ruling. The decision reinforces restrictions on alcohol promotion and signals continued enforcement by state authorities.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Tome School Celebration at Port Deposit
Port Deposit Maryland May 13 Fouders Day is celebrated at Tome School with a formal memory of Jacob Tome the founder and endower Dr Hamilton Wright Mabie Outlook associate editor will be the principal speaker this afternoon A reception follows at the residence of Dr Thomas S Baker head master of the school
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Port Deposit
Tome School
Jacob Tome
Hamilton Wright Mabie
Outlook
Thomass. Baker
Hobo Society Awaits Melon Cutting
In St. Louis on May 13 James How the millionaire hobo has not resolved how to distribute wealth for wanderluster uplift. The National Brotherhood Welfare Association based here thrives with credit for two months as the Hobo News, its official organ, runs on credit toward How's planned $125,000 welfare endowment.
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St. Louis
James Bbads
Hobo
America
National Brotherhood Welfare Association
Fresh fish and oysters market sale by Hopkins
At the southeast corner of the market a shop offers fresh fish and oysters daily in any style. Select and extra select oysters by the dozen or hundred and select fish by the pound are sold for take home pickup. No delivery is offered. J. W. Hopkins.
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J. W. Hopkins
McKinley Memorial Plans Ready in Niles Ohio
Plans for a half million McKinley Memorial rise in Niles Ohio project approved by the National McKinley Birthplace Memorial Association. The marble building on a purchased city block will house a library a theater and relic rooms with busts of Hanna Hay Taft and iron and steel leaders. A statue of McKinley will front the building near his birthplace drawing on community and national support.
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Niles
the Tribune
William McKinley
United States
Washington
William C. Frick
Grand Army
McKinley
Mark Hanna
John Hay
Taft
Youngstown, C
Myron T. Herrick
W. A. Thompson
John G. Milbern
New York
J. G. Schidlapp
Cincinnati
Dr King’s New Life Pills Promoted For Liver Health
A vintage advertisement touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as a remedy for sluggish liver and stomach issues. It claims to prevent constipation biliousness and indigestion and promises clear blood with a 25 cent price at the druggist.
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Dr. King
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