Pioneer Citizen Jane Polkinhorn Dies at Home
Mrs. Jane Polkinhorn a nonagenarian pioneer resident of Laredo died peacefully at 2 30 Sunday morning. Born in England November 6 1822 she came to America with her husband in 1883 and settled in Laredo in 1885 where she lived with her son Fred Polkinhorn and grandchildren. Funeral services were held this morning at 9 30 from the home with Rev Allen officiating and interment in the Masonic plot. pallbearers were Ed Denike J W Thompson Sam Mackin Joe Netzer Robert McCulloch and J S Westbrook.
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Jane V Polkinhorn
Jane Volkinhorn
England
America
New Orleans
Waco
Laredo
Rev. Allen
Methodist Church
Messrs
Ed. Denike
J. W. Thompson
Sam Mackin
Joe Netzer
Robert McCulloch
J.S. Westbrook
Grand Jury Still Investigating In Secret In City
The district court grand jury reconvened Saturday in this city and continues to grind away in absolute secrecy. Many witnesses have been summoned and two attempted murder cases along with a recent street bombardment are under investigation.
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Investi
Rain and Thunder Hit Laredo and Surrounding Area
Heavy rain accompanied by thunder and lightning struck Laredo and nearby areas early Saturday night. The downpour lasted about fifteen minutes with small hail and lively hailstones. Friday night rain was widespread across the region, filling tanks and boosting ground for grasses and crops, including alfalfa and cotton, aiding livestock and crops at an opportune time.
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Laredo
Chance Day at Chicago Ends the Welcome Soap Factory Tale
Multiple accounts indicate Chance Day in Chicago on May 17 will cap the tribute to the former Cubs boss, signaling the final word on the ongoing welcome to our soap factory narrative.
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Chicago
Cubs
Visitors and registrations fill city hotels this morning
Several out of town guests arrive in the city and register at the Hamilton and Ross hotels. Notable arrivals include Frank Reiser from Reiser Leonard Haynes from San Antonio H. C. Yaeger Hebbronville A Peyton Dallas R. A. McMurray Houston William Haspel New Orleans H R MacMichael El Paso Sam Lewin San Antonio A E Weidemer St Louis E Albersworth St Louis H G Castleberg New York F Garcia Zuazua Eagle Pass and L Rodriguez Encinal. Henry Borchers leaves for Pearsall on business. Estaben Vidaurri departs for an onward trip this morning.
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Sam Lewin
San Antonio
The
Ross
A. E. Weidemer
St. Louis
E. Albersworth
Henry Borchers
Pearsall
F. Garcia Zuazua
Eagle Pass
Hamilton
Social notes from Laredo and visits across Texas
Local gossip lists residents and visitors including Henry Crumpler returning from San Antonio, Jesse Billings from Gonzalez County, Mr. and Mrs. C. J. E. Watson arriving from New York, and Leonard Haynes back from San Antonio. The crowd mentions A B Bishop from Underwood Typewriter Co. in San Antonio, teacher Sarah Gray vacationing in Austin, and others visiting or traveling via San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Robstown, and El Paso.
Return from Elba Is a Possibility Delegation to Diaz
A Mexican delegation arrived in Corunna on May 19 to urge General Porfirio Diaz to return to Mexico and take the reins of government. In Eagle Pass Texas Governor Carranza moves to notify President Wilson that U S Consul Ellsworth at Piedras Negras is persona non grata.
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Associated Press
Corunna
Spain
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
Eagle Pass
Tex
Carranza
Wilson
United States
Ellsworth
Piedras Negras
Webb anti alien land law signed by California governor
Governor Johnson of California signed the Webb anti alien land law today in Sacramento. The Associated Press reports the measure targets land ownership by non citizens and is now law after the May 19 signing. The act sets restrictions on land ownership and residency for designated groups.
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Webb
Johnson
California
Associated Press
Sacramento
Cal
Italians Push Arabs From Sidi Garba Camp
May 19 report from Benghasi describes heavy losses on both sides in the clash at Sidi Garba where Italian forces drove Arabs from an entrenched camp and were later attacked on both flanks by returning tribesmen.
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Associated Press
Benghasi
Africa
Sidi Garba
Baseball Chatter and Team Luck in Early Texas League Notes
Base ball chatter notes that luck favors good teams with Ralph Glaze, former Dartmouth and Boston American pitcher, now managing Beaumont in the Texas league. If Harvard and Yale tie the annual series, the deciding game would be at Ebbetts Field. In Brooklyns June 21 dispatch the Newport News Virginia League team plans to open the regular season later after losing ten games.
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Ralph Glaze
Dartmouth
Boston Americans
Beaumont
Harvard
Yale
Ebbeta Field
Brookliys
Newport News
Fireman killed in head on crash near Austin
May 19 Austin Texas a San Antonio fireman Chris Reek was instantly killed and five seriously injured with twenty three others slightly hurt in a head on collision of International and Great Northern passenger and cattle trains five miles south of the city. The wreck happened when the passenger engine ran by a switch it had been ordered to stop. Serious injuries included United States Marshal Rogers of Austin Mrs Holland of Palestine and Dr W R Simcock of Austin. A fire in the wreck was put out.
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Austin
Tex
Chris Reek
San Antonio
International & Great Northern
Here
United States
Marshal Rogers
R. D Holland
Palestine
W. R. Simcock
Mrs Longstreet Stimulated Push for Georgia Railway Legislation
Mrs Helen Longstreet widow of a Confederate general told the Senate post office committee she was targeted by the Georgia Railway and Power Company for urging curtailment of its favors. She defended her Gainesville Georgia office and called Burleson Wilson’s sixty day postmaster general in response to criticism of mismanagement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Helen Longstreet
Senate Post Office Committee
Georgia Railway and Power Company
Gainesville
Burleson
Assembly Roused by False Report Sparks Presbytery Turmoil
In Atlanta Georgia on May 19 the Northern Presbyterian assembly erupted over a New York paper story claiming Dr John Stone of Chicago was elected moderator via a deep laid political scheme. The assembly denounced the report and urged organic union among Presbyterian churches in America.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Assembly of the
Northern Presbyterian Church
New York
John Stone
Chicago
Presbyterian
America
Lawyer Gibson Again On Trial For Newburgh Murder
Newburgh New York May 19 The case of Burton W Gibson a New York lawyer accused of murdering Mrs Rose Menshik Szabo on Greenwood Lake January 16 was called in court today for its second trial The proceeding will be before Justice Tompkins who presided at the Goshen trial last November when the grand jury disagreed.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Burton W. Gibson
New York
Rose Menshik Szabo
Greenwood Lake
Jay
Tompkins
Goshen
Kansas Equal Suffrage Convention Celebrates Victory
Enthusiasm marked the opening of the thirtyeth annual Kansas Equal Suffrage Association convention in Lawrence on May 19. The two day program and the first gathering since ratification of equal suffrage aim to honor the victory.
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Lawrence
Kas
Kansas Equal Suffrage Association
Kansas
Camorra Traitor Delfino Targeted After Ten Years
New York May 19 agents of the Camorra finally found Angelo Delfino once said to be a traitor to their society. After a decade long pursuit around the world and five failed assassination attempts, Delfino was killed last night and the killers escaped.
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Associated Press
New York
Halian Camorra
Angelo Delfino
Rheumatism Quickly Cured By Liniment Claim
A Newton Iowa resident writes that his brother in law suffered rheumatism in the arm and found relief after using Chamberlain's Liniment. The ad claims the next morning the rheumatism vanished and recommends Chamberlain's Liniment for chronic rheumatism available from all dealers.
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Newton
Iowa
Chamberlain
Notable Names in Mexican Texas Business Contacts
A list of individuals and places linked to Texas and Mexican commerce appears, naming H J Cassieborg N Yi A E Peyton Dallas and others across San Antonio Houston Dallas and Boston. The fragmentary item mentions multiple surnames and locales including Hebbronville Eagle Pass Lampasas Sonora Mex St Louis and Fort Worth in a contact-like ledger.
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Mexico
H. J. Cassieborg
N. Yi
A. E Peyton
Dallas
Briscol
Dilley
H. C. Yaewer
Hebbronville
G. G. Zuazno
Eagle Pass
E. L. Klewer
San Antonio
Ross
M. S. Culver
Frank Masterson
South Laredo
J. M. Sims
Matio Barreientos
Sonora
Mex
D. O. Brien
Lampasas
Tex
Another Kind of Dynamite Trial in Massachusetts
William M. Wood president of the American Woolen Company with Dennis J. Collings and Fred R. Atteaux were arraigned in Suffolk Superior Court to stand trial on an indictment charging conspiracy in connection with the planting of dynamite in Lawrence to inflame opinion against striking mill operatives last summer. Eminent counsel has been engaged for the defense and the trial is anticipated as a notable Massachusetts legal battle.
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Boston
Mass
William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Dennis J. Collings
Fred R. Atteaux
Suffolk Superior Court
Lawrence
Massachusetts
Old Guard Battalion Leaves Atlanta for Peace Mission Tour
The Old Guard Battalion of Atlanta departs for a tour to Washington Philadelphia New York Baltimore and Boston to renew ties with military and other groups that warmly backed its 1879 mission of peace.
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Atlanta
Old Guard Battalion
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Boston
Official Visit to Laredo by BPOE District Deputy
L. BR. Clegg, district deputy of the B. P. O. E., arrived in the city this afternoon for an official visit to the Laredo Lodge of Elks. He will address the lodge at tonight's regular meeting and a smoker in his honor will follow after the business portion.
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L. BR. Clegg
City
Laredo
Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Fast Flesh Healing
In the field of medicine there is no remedy that repairs flesh faster than Ballard's Snow Liniment. It treats cuts, wounds, sprains, burns, scalds and rheumatism with extraordinary healing and penetrating power. Available in 26 cents, 50 cents, and 1 dollar bottles at druggists.
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Ballard
Real estate dealer defies poisoning in Macon amid hopeful prognosis
B Sanders Walker, a prominent Macon real estate dealer, reportedly swallowed poison by mistake last Wednesday. Doctors said he could not live, yet he rose today, took no pain, received messages from physicians nationwide, and even held a reception at his home despite the grim prognosis.
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Macon
B. Sanders Walker
Walker
Senator Yon amendment targets monopolies in tariff bill
Washington May 19 Senator Yon offered an amendment to the tariff bill stipulating that when a corporation is adjudged a monopoly its products should automatically be placed on the free list.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kenyon Today
Switchmen Hold Grand Lodge Session in Houston
The grand lodge of the Switchmen's International Union opened in Houston on May 19 with about one thousand delegates attending the biennial session.
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International Union of Switchmen
Bayou City
Houston
Tex
Grand Lodge of the Switchmen’s International Union
Mulraney Dies Under Crooks Code Martyr Claim
John Mulraney was electrocuted at Sing Sing for the murder of Paddy Breen, the saloonkeeper. He proclaimed he died a martyr to the crook's code of honor and bade farewell to Charles Becker and the four gunmen in the death cell for Herman Rosenthal's murder.
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Associated Press
New York
John Mulraney
Sing Sing
Paddy Breen
Charles Becker
Herman Rosenthal
National Sons of the American Revolution Meets in Chicago
The twenty fourth annual meeting of the National Society Sons of the American Revolution convened at the Congress Hotel in Chicago. President General James M Richardson of Cleveland called the session to order. Officers will be elected tomorrow morning and a banquet will close the convention this evening.
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Chicago
National Society, Sons of the American Revolution
Congress Hotel
James M Richardson
Cleveland
Pacific Coast Ad Men Open Annual Convention in Sacramento
The Pacific Coast Advertising association opened its three day annual convention in Sacramento with large delegations from Los Angeles San Francisco Portland Tacoma Spokane Seattle and other cities in attendance.
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Sacramento
Cal
Pacific Coast Advertising Association
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Tacoma
Spokane
Seattle
Teachers to Summer Schools in Laredo
A sizable group of Laredo teachers plan summer study trips to various sites. At least five will travel to Knoxville Tennessee for six weeks of summer school. Others head to San Marcos and additional destinations. Most depart mid June and return by late August, some visiting sites nationwide after study.
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Knoxville
Tenn
San Marcos
Laredo
For meat and accurate job work ring up 43
A brief line reports a full outcome noting a notable figure or result. Details are sparse but indicate a numerical figure 43 tied to a particular task or transaction. The language suggests a concise newsroom item without broader context or names.
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