Senate approves largest war credit in history
The Senate passed a 7 000 000 000 war revenue bill with unanimous support and sent it to President Wilson after House changes. The action creates a vast war chest, with conference committee possible if House revisions differ. Treasury Secretary McAdoo conferred with Federal Reserve officials on implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Senate
Wilson
Germany
Lane
Oregon
America
Borah
Cummins
Federal Reserve Banks
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Treasury Department
McAdoo
Advisory Council of
Federal Reserve Board
J. P. Morgan
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Praised by Prof Hertzog
Linguist Prof Hertzog of Philadelphia says Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin is a reliable gentle laxative for the family. He notes its lack of griping and narcotics, recommends keeping a bottle on hand, and mentions a trial bottle offer and dealer price of fifty cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Caldwell
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello
Illinois
Loyalty in War Time Aids Police Leader Endorsement
The Grand Lodge of Hermann Sons in Waco pledges loyalty to President Wilson and allocates 1000 for American Red Cross support. The piece urges voting for an American stance and names Lewis Maverick as the best man to run the Police Department, arguing his record guarantees fitness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stars and Stripes
Grand Lodge of
Hermann Sons
Waco
Wilson
American Red Cross
Lewis Maverick
Government bond plan aims for large one time issue
The secretary reports the country can absorb about seven billion in bonds and certificates but will likely issue five billion in bonds at once and withhold two billion in short term certificates until needed. Banks could hold certificates without reducing liquidity, while bonds target individual investors nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Reserve Board
Raise Food Urges Methodist Bishop
Memphis April 18 Bishop W B Murrah of Memphis calls on presiding elders pastors and members of the Methodist Episcopal church south to grow food for at least one other person. He urges bankers merchants and business leaders to promote food production and extend credit while churches and Sunday schools form committees to mobilize neighbors to raise food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
W. B. Murrah
Budapest Premier Count Tisza Resigns
Amsterdam dispatch reports the Budapest Socialist paper Noweszárk announcing the resignation of Count Tisza Hungarian premier. Vienna ministers Urban and Baernreither resign, linked to Austrian Parliament convocation next month and viewed unfavorably by German circles amid the abroad political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
Central News
Budapest
Noweszark
Count Tisza
Vienna
Urban
Baernreither
Germany
Hotels to Cut Food Waste in Boston Committee Formed
Representatives of forty hotels and restaurants in Boston have formed a committee to study food waste. The group will seek ways to reduce dish variety while keeping patrons served with essentials, aiming to trim waste without cutting service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Zemo Promises Quick Eczema Relief with 25¢ Offer
The advertisement touts Zemo as a fast cure for eczema and related skin conditions. It claims prompt relief upon application and asserts the product clears skin without greasing or staining. The E. W. Rose Co. of Cleveland promotes it as the dependable treatment when others fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Texas Legislature Convenes for Special Session
Austin reports the Texas House opens a special session with forty absentees to address Governor Ferguson's two measures the general appropriation bills and textbook legislation. Debates over rural school funding and Senate plans proceed as lawmakers set budgets for judiciary eleemosynary institutions and other expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
House
Ferguson
Journal
Fuller
Senate
Caldwell
King
Clark
Dayton
Page
Johnston
Lattimore
McNealus
Journal Daily Correct
No Victory No Kaiser
Count von Reventlow writes in Tages Zeitung that German victory and the German monarchy are mutually dependent and that without victory the German monarchy will soon cease to exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Count von Reventlow
The
Tages Zeitung
Mrs Burnham of Jamaica Credits Pinkham Compound Cure
In Jamaica New York Mrs L N Burnham reports severe headaches backache dizziness and irregular periods for two years. After trying Lydia E Pinkham's Compound three times daily after meals she regained health and stays with a bottle at home. She invites others to contact the Pinkham company for information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
L. N. Burnham
South St
British Ship Losses Report for Week Nineteen
London April 18. The weekly British shipping losses report lists 19 ships over 1600 tons sunk and nine under 1000 tons sunk. Twelve fishing vessels also were lost. In seven weeks total 168 ships have been lost. This week’s losses of eight merchant ships are slightly above the average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Appeals Court Reverses Leonard Welch Case in Texas
The Court of Criminal Appeals reverses and remands Leonard Welch of Bexar county for a six month county jail term after finding insufficient evidence of willful and malicious gear shifting under a 1913 act. The court also overruled a state motion for rehearing in E L Bennett’s case from Bexar county and remanded, and reversed I A Huey of Cooke county from a 99 year penitentiary sentence for murder, citing error in admitting the shirt and trousers evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Court of Criminal Appeals
Leonard Welch
Bexar County
Welch
E.L. Bennett
Bennett
E. G. Miliken
I. A. Huey
Cooke County
Huey
Will Grigsby
Grigsby
Night watchman dies after fall from balcony in San Antonio
Harry Adison Longcor 51 of 302 Clinton Avenue died after falling from a vacant dwelling balcony at Avenue B and Grand Avenue at 9:45 Tuesday night. He suffered a broken neck and died en route to Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital. A Texan native and former Army enlistee, he is survived by his widow and two daughters Ruth McDonald and Mrs J P Avendorf. Funeral/ burial at National Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Adison Longcor
Clinton Avenue
Avenue B
Grand Avenue
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Longcor
Texas
United States Army
Nineteenth Infantry
East
San Antonio
W. C. Sullivan
J. P. Avendorf
Idaho
National Cemetery
Insurance Rates Rise For Army and Navy Policies
A major life insurance company announced an immediate rate hike for new army and navy policies, adding 70 dollars per thousand coverage atop a prior 30 dollar increase. The action targets service members and aligns with wartime financial measures. A separate telegram from Galveston proposes a Treasury led war risk insurance bureau to cover ports and commodities, arguing private firms cannot supply adequate coverage and government protection could reduce risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Galveston
Tex
Treasury Department
Washington
I. H. Kempner
Galveston Cotton Exchange and Board of Trade
Telecam
Whitman Supports Roosevelt For Military Commission
Albany announces Governor Whitman may confer any military commission on Colonel Theodore Roosevelt to meet the current crisis. In the same dispatch Lieutenant Baldamus is reported killed after a collision with an Allied aircraft on the western front, leaving a record of eighteen enemy planes destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Theodore Roosevelt
Whitman
Roosevelt
Baldamus
Copenhagen
London
Commons Cheer Americas War Resolution Endorsed
In the House of Commons today a unanimous vote backed a resolution moved by Andrew Bonar Law and seconded by former Premier Asquith praising the United States for joining the allied powers against Germany. The cheer-filled session expressed appreciation for the United States entering the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Andrew Bonar Law
Asquith
United States
Germany
Do You Suffer With Rheumatism
If you suffer from rheumatism try Eimer & Amend's 2851. Thousands report relief and reliable druggists sell it at 205 Third Ave New York. Also W H Whisenant and others distribute it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eimer & Amend
Eimer & Amen
Third Ave
New York
Also Mentioned on This Page
Levine
Kirschbaum
Alamo Plaza
Phone Crockett
SAN Antonio Printing Company
Soledad St
I. B. Clegg
Treas
C. Groos
Vice Pres
W. F. Sibert
Bec
Burns’ Drug Store
Houston and
Navarro Sts
Phone Crockett 900
Merchants Transfer Co
St. Mary’s Street
Paintess Matthews
Moustou St
SM Brook E Pure Food
J. Oppenheimer & CO. General Distribuors
San Antonio, Texas
Prof. Hertzog
FJ. Hertzog
Methodist
Murrah
Socialist
the Dahrooge Co. Inc
Scott
Acott & Bowne
Bloomfield
Kaiser
Reventlow
Mrs. Burnham
Jamaica, N. Y
Harry Longcor
Army
Navy
T. R
Joske’s
Joske
White Mountain
Commons
W. H. Whisenant and
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!