Ide Maru Safe After Rudder Post Breakdown
The Japanese freighter Ide Maru, sailing February 25 from Puget Sound to Vladivostok with a $3,000,000 cargo including explosives, limped into Honolulu with a broken rudder post. Lloyds in London reported the ship two weeks overdue at Vladivostok. A separate item notes a District of Columbia school forum bill facing local opposition.
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San Francisco
Cal
Puget Sound
Vladivostok
Honolulu
Merchants Exchange
Lloyds At
London
House
District of Columbia
Margaret Wilson Urges Public Forums Nationwide
Miss Margaret Wilson daughter of Woodrow Wilson urges public forums to be held across the country to discuss education and civic engagement. She stresses inclusive participation and attention to school concerns as a matter of national interest.
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Margaret Wilson
Washington, D. C
Weekly Sutherland Springs Trip Schedules Release
Advertised service runs 60 cents for round trip from Sutherland Springs every Sunday. Departure times listed as 7:55 WS in the southern Pacific region.
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Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific
Gm Southern Pacific
Senator Bee to Speak at Cuero Graduation
Cuero Texas April 13 Superintendent A B Bush states Carlos Bee of San Antonio will address the Cuero high school graduating class at the commencement exercises on May 23. Bee will deliver the commencement address to graduates and attendees.
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Senator Bee
Cuero
Tex
A. &. Bush
Cuero City
Carlos Bee
San Antonio
Ten Day Sargol Flesh Building Trial for Weight Gain
A self testing plan suggests using Sargol with meals to boost weight by ten to twenty-five pounds for underweight individuals. Readings show some users gaining 16 to 18 pounds in weeks, with notes on safety, affordability, and a money back guarantee offered by local druggists.
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Colorado
St. Louis
Sargel
H. L. Wagner
German Bomb Plot Suspects Arrested In New York
Four Hamburg America and North German Lloyd line employees are held on arson charges tied to bombs placed on ships carrying war munitions to the Entente. Detectives seek a “well known German” financier and a Hoboken fertilizer factory link as probe expands involving Captain Charles von Kleist and others.
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New York
Hamburg- American Line
North German
Lloyd Steamship Company
Ernest Becker
Charles von Kliest
Otto Wolpert
Enno Bode
Brooklyn
Gay
Kirk Oswald
Marseilles
France
Thomas Tunney
Franz von Papen
Washington
Becker
von Kleist
Say von Kleist
von Briesen
State Department
Paris
Rattler in Cellar Found at Bergfeld Drug Store
Workmen moving stock in Seguin Texas discovered a twelve rattle rattlesnake with a button in the cellar of the A Bergfeld drug store. The building on Seguin’s main square is being demolished for a new structure. How the reptile entered or how long it had been there remains unclear.
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Seguin
Tex
A. Bergfeld Drug Store
Bergfeld
Three Potatoes Stealing Fine In Goliad Court
Alfred Streadel was fined 25 dollars plus costs in county court for stealing three sweet potatoes from Otto Foester’s field. Costs totaled 46 dollars and 30 cents. Three Mexicans were arrested for cattle stealing and jailed. their home yielded the stolen hide and head.
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Goliad
Tex
Alfred Streadel
Otto Foester
Swamp-Root Claims Backache and Kidney Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a physician s prescription for kidney bladder and urinary disorders promising rapid results. It sells bottles for 50 cents and 1.00 at druggists and offers a sample for ten cents by mail with San Antonio Light noted.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
San Antonio
Seventh Cavalry Hardship Report From Guerrero Front
Dispatches describe Seventh Cavalry troops marching through snow and cold toward Guerrero, living with little food and constant motion. Officers recall long cold nights, scarce coffee and tobacco, worn clothing, and improvised shelter as they press toward Villa’s forces.
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J. J. Pershing
Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Seventh Cavalry
Villa
Guerrero
San Antonio
Man Sees After Death As Still the Same Man Says Theosophist
Irving W. Cooper, national lecturer for the Theosophical Society, told a Carnegie Hall audience that a man remains the same after death though his body is gone. He argued science confirms an unseen realm beyond Earth and warned against dangerous psychic practices. He urged training of character first and announced a Thursday talk on The Mystery of Sleep.
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Irving 8
Cooper
The
Theosophical Society
Deliveerd
Carnegie Hall
Public
San Antonio
Society
Mr. Cooper
United States
Europe
Seguin Weighs Sewer Bonds in May Election
Seguin Texas votes May 15 on issuing $35 000 in bonds to fund a city sewer system. City council approved the action following Mayor Bruns recommendation for improvements and nine months of public sentiment in favor.
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Seguin
Tex
Bruns
Charters Issued for Texas Firms on April 13
Austin reports multiple Texas charter actions. Farmers' Gin Co of Gonzales with 15000 capital stock. Hughes Co of Port Arthur with 20000. Prince Baxter Oil Co linking Humble and Houston with 20000. San Saba Marble Co 25000. United Music Co of Dallas 20000. United Ex-Slave Association of America in Houston no capital stock. California-Rio Grande Land & Stock Co granted permit to operate in Texas. Foster-Fain Drug Co amend extends 40 years and boosts capital stock from 10000 to 20000. El Paso University Club formed for social and scientific aims. Bertram Thrall Oil Co dissolving.
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Austin
Tex
The
Farmers’ Gin Company of
Gonzales
Capital Stock
John B. Ryland
United Ex-Slave Association of America
Houston
T P A Elects New Officers Cuero Tex April 13
The T P A Post of Cuero elected its officers for the coming term. C Eb Moore was named president and Charles Weller vice president. W P Meissner became secretary with a full slate of post directors and committee chairs including G J Tips R Flick P H Caldwell H Currlin R E F Kleas A B Rowden H W Wallace J H Ruess F P Sames C Flick P Caldwell and Louis O Gohmert among others.
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Cuero
Tex
T. P. A. Post
C. Eb. Moore
Charles Weller
W. P. Meissner
G. J. Tips
R. «. Flick
P. H. Caldwell
H. Currlin
R. E F. Kleas
A. B. Rowden
H. W. Wallace
J. H Ruess
F. P. Sames
CC. Flick
Louis O"gohmert
Dakin
Danderine Promise for Thick, Lustrous Hair
A 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's Danderine is advertised to end dandruff and falling hair. The copy claims immediate effects, restored growth, and shinier, softer hair by conditioning the scalp and reaching the roots.
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Knowlton
Delegates Named for Corpus Christi State Convention
W. P. Meissner announces each member as a delegate to the state convention set for Corpus Christi on May 4 5 and 6. A membership drive will start soon and culminate with a chicken barbecue event.
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W. P. Meissner
Corpus Christi
The Multiple Inventor of the Automobile
The Christian Herald notes many unnamed inventors behind the automobile. Early steps include Trevithick’s 1802 horseless carriage and 1845 pneumatic tires, with later feats by Dudgeon and Olds. Gottfried Daimler’s 1884 internal combustion vehicle marks the modern start, as the machine becomes common in the 20th century.
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Christian Herald
Richard Trevithick
Richard Dudgeon
KR. E. Olds
Serpollet
France
Lenoir
Gottfried Daimler
Mexican Veterans And The Old War War Costs
The pension commissioner notes 563 living veterans from the Mexican War, 70 years since it began and 68 since its end. About 105,000 US troops fought, with 1 600 regulars and others militia. Modern figures imply a much larger force would be needed today, potentially 400,000 men.
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Commissioner of Pensions
Philadelphia Ledger
Mexico
United State
Civil War Widows Likely to Draw Pensions in 1976
The piece notes 563 living veterans from the Mexican War era and 3929 widows receiving pensions for their husbands service, with the last Revolutionary War soldier dying in 1889. It suggests civil war widows may still receive pensions at the national bicentennial in 1976.
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Mexico
Scott
Taylor
Royal proclamation widens contraband list in London
A royal proclamation issued in London on April 13 extends the contraband list to gold and silver, paper money, negotiable instruments, and realizable securities. The notice appears amid standard market and trade advisories.
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London
School Tax Increase Defeated by One Vote in Goliad
GOLIAD Tex April 13 The election to raise the special school tax was defeated by a single vote. Notice of contest of the election was filed today.
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Goliad
Tex
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Texaco
Houston, Texas
Richter’s Steam Bakery
Merchants Transfer Company
Chas
Zoller
Dolorosa
Aopel
Imbumne
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Rattler
Heart of Seguin Business District
Lock
Old Bee
Cae
Crockett
Texas
Heileman
G. Heileman Brewing CO
LA Crosse
Wis
Logan T. Trousdale
N. Flores
San Antonio, Texas
State of
Beileman’s
Chile
Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
Invalids
W. R. Bray
O. K
Dr. Pierce
Cibolo Gravel Company S. P
Nolan Street
Phone Crackett
San Aenosto
J. oPevens
Pres
Harry. Hatch
Anville
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