England to call out married men by age groups
London Feb 25 All groups of married men who attested for service under Lord Derby's scheme will be called in batches starting April with ages 24 to 33. Later calls will cover 34 to 36 on May 13, 37 to 39 on May 27, 40 to 42 on June 10, 43 to 45 on June 24, and 46 on July 8. The plan aims to bolster manpower amid shortages and may grant status to volunteer training corps nationwide.
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London
Lord Derby
War Office
Hyomei Promises Cure for Catarrh Germs
An advertised remedy Hyomei is marketed as a germ killing inhaled vapor to treat catarrh. The ad claims rapid relief within minutes and potential permanent cure after weeks of use, with a money back guarantee from San Antonio druggists.
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Wagner
San Antonio
Wartime draft shift moves men to home defense control
The War Office will place hundreds of thousands of men under its command for home defense, freeing regular troops for overseas service. Public protest arises as married men face unexpected early calls and newspapers decry exemptions for single unattested men.
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War Office
Wage concessions eyed as miners press run of mine pay
Representatives of 175,000 soft coal miners in Western Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana and Illinois meet a sub committee to press wage scale concessions. Miners demand run of mine pay while some areas use the screen system and munition plants push for a peaceful settlement with operators.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Conference of
Child Dies From Scalds After Tub Accident
Ventura Veldez three-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ignacio Valdez of 1201 El Paso Street fell into hot water Tuesday afternoon. Relatives rescued her but scalds proved fatal with death Wednesday night. Interment followed Friday at San Fernando cemetery.
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Ventura Veldez
Ignacio Valdez
el Paso Street
San Fernando
Alkali in Soap Bad for the Hair
Soap should be used carefully to avoid drying the scalp and hair. Ordinary malsified cocoanut oil is recommended as a cleansing agent, producing a rich lather with two teaspoons and leaving hair soft and manageable.
Gossett Resigns as Texas Bank Examiner for Washington Post
E F Gossett deputy banking commissioner resigns after accepting national bank examiner post in Washington. He served six years in Texas including five as state bank examiner and will depart Saturday. Charles O Austin of San Antonio named to fill vacancy. C N Holderness returns April 1. C J Maner added among examiners.
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Patterson
Gossett
C. N. Holderness
Austin
C. J. Maner
First State Bank of Blum
Cure a Cold in One Day Patent Medicine Ad
An old advertisement promotes a cold cure promising one day relief with Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It guarantees a refund if it fails and bears E. W. Grove's signature on each box.
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E. W. Grove
Charters Issued Across Texas Firms and Amendments
Char ters issued for Henderson Lumber Company Coleman Coletex Petroleum Panhandle Refining Kemp Dry Goods Chalmers Motor Sales Philadelphia Texas headquarters Dallas Sutton Cantrell Park W Pitman Investment Company Capital Security Delaware surrender Proof of final payment Boynton Lumber Dissolutions filed for Highland Improvement Seguin Creamery Jackson Hughes.
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Austin
Tex
Henderson Lumber Company
Henderson
Capital Stock
Charles B. Farquharson
Roy B. Jones
O. B. Manross
Kemp Dry Goods & Grocery Company
Kemp
Kaufman County
Capital
J. F. Thomas
Q.S. Thomas
C. T. Johnston
Texas
Chalmers Motor Sales Company
Wilmington
Delaware
Dallas
Sutton, Cantrell & Mathews Company, Inc
el Paso
Park W. Pitman Investment Company, Inc
Capital Security Company of Delaware
Boynton Lumber Company
Lufkin
Highland Improvement Company
San Antonio
Seguin Creamery Company
Seguin
Jackson-Hughes Company
Brownwood
Free Lecture on Christian Science in San Antonio
The First Church of Christ Scientist announces a free lecture on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall on Sunday afternoon February 27 1916 at 3 30 by Jacob S Shield member of the Board of Lectureship The Mother Church Boston Massachusetts. The public is invited. Doors open 2 30 pm.
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
San Antonio
Texas
Beethoven Hall
Jacob S. Shield
S. B
Boston
Massachusetts
Russia Seeks Ten Warships From Japan in 1905 Talks
Tokyo reports Russian negotiations to buy three captured Japanese warships from the Russo Japanese War are advancing. The Tango Sagami and Soya are named targets. Tango once Poltava, sunk at Port Arthur and raised. Sagami built in Petrograd. Soya built Philadelphia 1901 and raised after Chemulpo 1904.
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Tokio
Tango
Poltava
Port Arthur
Petrograd
Philadelphia
Chemulpo
Armed Bandits Hold Up Train Near Covington
Two heavily armed bandits stopped the Northern Pacific North Coast Limited near Covington Washington and after uncoupling baggage and mail cars stole five pouches of registered mail from the Orient bound for New York. They exploded five dynamite charges to blast the express safe but it withstood the blasts. the safe held only company reports for St Paul.
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Seattle
Wash
Northern Pacific
North Coast Limited
Covington
Orient
New York
Northern Express Company
St. Paul
Flood appeals shift to lower Concordia parish
New flood relief efforts switch from Northern Louisiana to lower Concordia parish where marooned residents crave food and aid. Acme reports 150 people in urgent need as backwater from the Red Black and Arkansas rivers threatens communities along the Catahoula Concordia border including Serena Eva Chevy Chase Lane Landing Monterey and Lismore. Pougere faces backwater risk from the Arkansas river near Black Hawk eight miles below Bougere.
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New Orleans
Newellton
St. Joseph
Louisiana
Concordia Parish
Buckridge
Acme
Concordia
Catahoula-Concordia
Serena
Eva
Chevy Chase
Lane Landing
Monterey
Lismore
Pougere
Arkansas River
Black Hawk
Bougere
Madonna Enthroned by Luini Tops Lambert Collection Sale
The Brookyn Institute Museum becomes owner of a Luini Madonna En throned after a Cathelina Lambert sale where Botticelli The Madonna and Child sold for 22,000 and Sandsro del Sarto The Holy Family for 27,000. The auction yielded 592,110 dollars total.
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New York
Brooklyn Institute Museum
Bernardino Luini
Cathelina Lambert
Sandro Botticelli
Lambert
Andre del Sarto
the Holy Family
Singer Joins Army Captain Burke Heads Overseas
Edmund Burke the Canadian baritone is now Captain Burke. He will soon go overseas on special service with a Canadian fighting division. He began war service after abandoning an American concert tour in Paris, serving as lieutenant with the Cavalry Brigade at Valcartier and later on the divisional staff as aide de camp to General John Hughes. He is transferred to the 148th battalion mobilizing in Montreal and will likely enter the battle line ahead of most peers. He also finds time to sing for patriotic purposes.
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Edmund Burke
Captain Burke
Mr. Burke
Paris
Canada
Valcartier
Smart
John Hughes
148Th
Montreal
Burke
American shipyards boom with new orders along Delaware River
The surge in ocean freight rates has boosted activity at Delaware River yards. Some 61 ships ranging from 3800 to 10000 tons are under construction nearby. W R Grace & Co awarded William Cramp & Sons a contract for two steamships over 3 million dollars. Coastwise Transportation Co plans two 8000 ton steamers at about 800 thousand each. Other yards also have orders, promising years of work.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
W. R. Grace & Company of
New York
William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Company
Coastwise Transportation Company
Paymaster Held After Nuevo Laredo Rail Robbery
Nuevo Laredo authorities imprison the paymaster of the Mexican National Railways on a negligence charge after a February pay car robbery. Thieves broke into the pay car in the railroad yards, moved the safe several hundred yards away, and looted 70 000 pesos. The February payroll for the Nuevo Laredo division was stolen.
Mauretania Released From Hospital Duty
London reports that the government frees the steamship Mauretania from hospital service and returns her to her owners.
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London
Miss Frances McGovern Reunites With Missing Brother
Frances McGovern, heir to a 300000 dollar California estate, has located her brother Edward in New Mexico after a 12 year separation. She will travel to St Louis to meet him and plan a spring move to a California fruit ranch portion of the estate.
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Chicago
Frances McGovern
California
Edward McGovern
New Mexico
Noted athlete killed in action in England
Announcement says Lieutenant A. E. Atkinson, a famed English athlete and Cambridge University runner, was killed February 20. His 1914 best mark was beating Norman Taber of Brown University in the half mile with a time of 1 56 2 5.
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London
A. BE. Atkinson
England
Atkinson
Cambridge University
Norman
Taber
Brown University
German raider described as 2000 to 2500 ton vessel
A Reuters dispatch from Teneriffe reports the captain of a sunk vessel's prize crew aboard the Westburn described the German raider as 2000 to 2500 tons, armed with six seven inch guns, mines, and two torpedo tubes. The raider claimed a speed of seventeen knots.
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London
Reuter
Teneriffe
Westburn
Santa Cruz
Belgian ship Luxembourg sunk by raider crew captive
The Luxembourg crew of 200 to 250 men claim their ship was sunk 70 miles south of Fernando de Noronha, Brazil. They report being kept aboard the Westburn by seven armed Germans with hand grenades under the command of a German count.
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Luxembourg
Fernando de Noronha
Brazil
Westburn
Warships Replaced in Indian Ocean Mission
The Japanese navy announces four warships will sail to the Indian Ocean to replace other units. A report of a fleet heading to the Mediterranean is declared unfounded.
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Tokio
Japanese Navy Department
Indian Ocean
Mediterranean
Sweeten Sour Acid Stomach With Magnesia
An aid for hyperacidity suggests Bisurated Magnesia as a safe remedy. Take a teaspoonful in hot water after meals to neutralize excess stomach acid and ease indigestion.
White hats to trend in coming season says hatters
Men will wear white or light shaded hats due to shortages of analine dyes from Germany caused by wartime restrictions. Convention attendees of the American Association of Hatters expect light shades to be fashionable for years and shapes will be fully American with no freak designs.
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Chicago
Ill
American Association of Hatters
Germany
How She Ended Ten Years of Skin Torture
Weatherford Oklahoma resident Mrs C C Roberts reports ten years of face eczema cured in a month by Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap. She says pimples began on her chin, spread, itched and burned, and she avoided people until the treatment. Doctors and druggists have long recommended Resinol.
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Weatherford
Okla
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St. Anthony
T. B. Baker
Gosset
Russia
Virgin
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East
Houston Street
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Tan
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Buffalo
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