War reports from the western and Carpathian fronts
The latest dispatches detail German and Austrian setbacks on the Niemen front and in the Carpathians. Russians press through Dukla and Uzsok passes while German submarines strike British and French vessels off Beachy Head and Dieppe. Berlin marks Bismarck’s birth with celebrations as wartime patrols and air raids continue.
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Niemen
Chotin
Beachy Head
Berlin
Asquith
Foreign Office
Edward Grey
Bismarck
Reichstag
England
Flaminian
Crown of Castile
Dieppe
Poland
Uzsok
Lupkow
Carpathians
Dukla Pass
Hungary
Germany
Alles
London
Petrograd
von der Goltz
Constantinople
Przemys
Dardanelles
British Isles
Falaba
Maioes
Rat
Governor Signs Wide Range of Bills in Texas Action
Austin announces the governor signed twelve bills and a house joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment for a student loan fund to be voted on July fourth. Aransas County causeway bonds up to 300000 were approved, with emergency clause. validity starts ninety days after adjournment. Several other bills covering court timing, school and county audits, bond provisions for improvements, stock law, and tax and election provisions were signed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Aransas County
Aransas Bay
Lamar Peninsula
Thve Oak Peninsula
Senate
House
Sixty Sixth Judicial
Hill County
United States
Railroad Commission
Denton
German Commandant Says Dardanelles Defenses Stronger Than Expected
Field Marshal von der Goltz, the German commandant of Constantinople, told the Adeverus interviewer that Ottoman defenses at the Dardanelles proved more effective than anticipated and that the allied fleet would not force a passage.
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Bucharest
Paris
von der Goltz
Constantinople
Adeverus
Dardanelles
Sugar Firm Wins Texas Permit For Local Biz
Borderland Sugar Corporation of Wilmington Delaware with capital stock of 500000 was granted a Texas permit by the state department to do business in Texas. The company will transact business at San Benito Brownsville and other Tex as places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Borderland Sugar Corporation
Wilmington
Del
Capital Stock
State Department
Texas
San Benito
Brownsville
Washington
Villa-Zapata
Mexico
Carranza
National Treasury
Interior Consolidated Debt
Interior
el Imparcial
el Independeiente
Municipal Council of
Puebla
Compania de San Gabriel Anexas
Compania Industrial de Tepesi
Compania Agricola de Rio Bravo
Pachuca Light, Power and Tramway Company
Compania Maderera de Durango
Vera Cruz Terminal Company
Compania Algodonera Industrial de la Laguna
Funston
Trinity County Prospects Signal Record Year Ahead
Groveton Texas reports Trinity county crop conditions are favorable with indications that 1915 will yield one of the best crops in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groveton
Tex
Trinity County
Night Rider Convicted in Blytheville Farmcase
Mark Rogers, among the first farmers tried on night riding charges in Blytheville Arkansas, was convicted by a jury on three counts on Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blytheville
Ark
Mark Rogers
Compulsory School Law Promises 100000 More Students
The Texas state superintendent estimates the compulsory attendance and rural school laws will raise scholastic enrollment by at least 100000 over 1914 1915. Natural increases plus inclusion of Mexican refugee children push the total higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Doughty
Department of Tion
State Department
House
Texas
Hundreds Rescued as Bay Steamer Strikes Near Expo
The General Frisbie carrying about 300 passengers most of them women and children including forty five orphans struck a submerged rock a hundred yards off the Panama-Pacific Exposition Monday and began sinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Rich Nome Dexter Divide Placer Strike
A placer gold strike of unusual richness near Nome Alaska on the Dexter divide four miles from town has pay dirt averaging three dollars a pan. Operators estimate about 150000 dollars worth of dirt already blocked out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Dexter Divide
Railroad Builder Is Dead in Kingsville Texas
Colonel Uriah Lott prominent Brownsville railroad builder and an architect of three major Southwest Texas lines died in Kingsville on Monday. His work helped shape regional rail transport and connected local towns to wider markets. He was known for engineering skill and pioneering routes in the early era of Texas rail development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsville
Tex
Uriah Lott
Brownsville
Texas
J. W. Fuller
Denver
Former Lincoln Partner Zane Dies at 84 in Salt Lake City
Charles Zane, once law partner of Abraham Lincoln and Utahs first chief justice, was found dead in his bed on Monday in Salt Lake City Utah. He was 84 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Charles
Zane
Abraham Lincoln
Aeroplanes and Gunboats Clash in Mexican War Effort
Fighting Mexicans attempt to install latest war machines as aeroplanes and gunboats are pressed into service amid scrap.
Texas Border Well Guarded at Brownsville
United States artillery units guard Brownsville as tensions rise over Matamoros. An aeroplane damaged near the border, Villa and Carranza forces maneuver while Funston orders restricted cross border movement and increased firepower on the Rio Grande.
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Brownsville
Tex
Matamoros
Villa Camp
Mexico
H. M. Rinehart
Dayton
Ohio
Villa Aviation Corps
Monterey
Villa
Carranza
Rio Grande
Frederick Funston
Las Rusias
Europe Loses Sweet Tooth as War Curb Bites Candy Trade
During the early war period Europe restricted Austria’s exports and the United States cut candy shipments in retaliation. In the first five months, US candy exports dropped by 153,823 dollars from the prior year, with total annual candy exports reaching 1,185,894 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tommy
United States
Austria
New America
Old World
Hicks Capucine Cures Headaches and Colds Ad
An advertisement touts Hicks Capucine as easy to take and providing quick relief from headaches and colds. The ad appears in Reflections with a brief humorous aside about marriage following a ceremony.
Give Yourself a fair chance
The article emphasizes health through proper digestion liver activity and bowel regularity. It warns that any disturbance of these functions warrants immediate trial of remedies or measures to restore normal digestion and vitality.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters Tonic Restores Digestive Health
A historical advertisement promotes Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a tonic and strength maker to aid digestion and restore health and vigor to the entire digestive system. The claim emphasizes its known ability to support Nature in restoring balance.
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Carpathian
Aransas County Causeway
Students’ Loan Fund
Lincoln
U. S. Artillery
Breckenridge
War Department
Third Field Artillery
Texas City
Hicks
Capucine
Samuel Pitcher
the Centaur Comp, Company
New York
Castoria
Hostetter
Cuticura
Dept. V
Boston
Tutt
Cutter
Berkeley
California
Sloan
Joseph Tamblyn
Coneverse Street
McKeesport, Pa
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