Movement of Trevino Forces to Round Up Mexican Bandits
Carranza commanders move to destroy the bandits who killed eighteen Americans near Chihuahua as Western border concerns push to evacuate foreigners. Carranza troops escort a relief train to Juarez while Villa is rumored to move toward mountains near Columbus New Mexico.
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EL Paso
Tex
Jacinto Tre Vino
Carranza
Chihuahua
Parral
Juarez
Mining Company
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Torreon and
Casas Grandes
Villa
Santa Ysabel
Guerrero
Columbus
N. M
Don Pancho
U. S
Gabriel Gavaria
United States
General Gavaria
Andreas G. Garcia
Z. L. Cobb
Mr. Cobb
Watson
American Smelting and Refining Company
el Potosi Company
Escalon
Argumedo
Thomas D. Edwards
Gavaria
State Department
Edwards
International Bridge
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria fighter. It endorses quinine and iron ingredients and highlights the label’s printed formula.
Blacksmith Shot in Pendleton Narrowly Poised For Recovery
TEMPLE Texas January 15 J B Warren a Pendleton blacksmith was shot and seriously wounded at his home late last night T Miller a Santa Fe railroad telegraph operator was arrested and jailed at Belton no motive is known
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Pendleton
Temple
Tex
J. B. Warren
County
T. Miller
Santa Fe
Belton
Papers Show Von Papen Financed German Agents in US
Seized correspondence from Capt. Franz von Papen shows payments to individuals linked to sabotage in the United States. Entries include $700 to Werner Horn tied to a Missouri bridge blast and $500 to Seattle consulates before a Seattle explosion in 1915. Other letters from German officials discuss recall and coordination with Washington and New Orleans officials.
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London
Franz von Papen
Washington
Falmouth
Germany
State Department
Captain von Papen
United States
Werner Horn
von Papen
St. Croix
New Orleans
Seattle
Count von Bernstorff
Riggs National Bank of
Washington, D. C
America
Jron
Brave dogs in war toil under heavy fire for Red Cross
English police dogs attached to the Twenty first flying column of the Russian Red Cross aided in locating forty nine wounded near Kute. They carry brandy flasks and dispatches, guiding sanitars through no man’s land while remaining unfazed by battle.
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Associated Press
Red Cross
Kute
Lovitch
London
Vernaya
Jack
Airdale
First Siberian Corps
Sanitar
Amsterdam
Netherlands
No Man’s Land
Explosion on Maine New Brunswick bridge linked to German reservist
The February 2 explosion wrecking the St. Croix bridge near the Maine New Brunswick boundary led to the arrest of Af ter Horn who was indicted in Boston for transporting explosives on passenger trains to destroy the bridge. He appeals Habeas corpus arguing invalid extradition. An Anglo Canadian extradition request was filed but not granted. Horn is identified as a German reservist. Anton Kuepferle, once in Brooklyn, sailed to Liverpool and was arrested in London for informing a neutral country about British military moves. He later killed himself in a British prison during his trial.
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St. Croix River
Maine
New Brunswick
Horn
Boston
United States
Canada
Anton Kuepferle
Brooklyn
New York
Liverpool
London
Europe
Von Papen Seizure Dispatch Sparks Diplomatic Stir
London dispatches report seizure of Captain Franz von Papen's correspondence en route to Germany. The German ambassador Count von Bernstorff expresses disbelief, suggesting British agents may have planted the documents. US officials await copies sent to the State Department.
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Washington, D. C
London
Franz von Papen
United States
Falmouth
Eng
Germany
Count von Bernstorff
von Papen
State Department
Obituary for Theresa Carroll 57 Dies at Daughter’s Home
Theresa Carroll 57 died at her daughter Mrs Maggie Gotthard 1519 South Laredo Street at 730 PM Friday. Born in San Antonio she lived here most of her life. Survived by son Daniel Koenig Fairfield Texas daughter Mrs Gotthard sister Mrs Clem Cotton San Antonio and three grandchildren. Funeral from Gotthard home Sunday at 3 PM conducted by Rev A L Wolff St Johns Lutheran with interment in New Lutheran Cemetery.
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Theresa Carroll
Maggie Gotthard
South Laredo Street
San Antonio
Daniel Koenig
Fairfield
Tex
Gotthard
Clem Cotton
A. L. Wolff
St. John’s Lutheran Church
New Lutheran Cemetery
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment
Local ad lists Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment with two phone numbers for contact.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Fire destroys thirteen buildings in Wirt oil field
A fire in the oil field at Wirt near Ardmore Oklahoma damaged thirteen business buildings early today causing about 25000 dollars in losses as reported from Ardmore Oklahoma on January 15.
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Wirt
Okla
Ardmore
Here
Huerta’s Body Placed In Vault In El Paso
General Huerta’s coffin lies in state in El Paso a vault for now as Carranza officers reject immediate transfer to Mexico City. The body, draped in a Mexican flag with jeweled sword and orders, lies under guard as mourners and officials, including Huerta’s attorney Mayor Tom Lea, bid farewell.
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EL Paso
Tex
Huerta
Mexico
Carranza
Mexico City
Venustiano Carranza
Juarez
United States
Fort Bliss
Tom Lea
Vera Cruz
Republicans in New York Name Delegates and Alternatives
The New York Republican state committee voted to hold an unofficial state convention February 15 in New York City to nominate four delegates and four alternates for the Chicago national convention. Elihu Root named as president of the convention. Names for potential at large delegates discussed include James W. Wadsworth Jr. and Governor Whitman, with Root as a possible candidate for the four spots alongside William Berri Frederick C. Tanner David Jayne Hill and Job E. Hedges.
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New York
Republican State Committee
Chicago
Elihu Root
United States
Committee On Resolutions
James W. Wadsworth Jr
Whitman
William Berri
Frederick C. Tanner
State Committee
David Jayne Hill
Rochester
Job E. Hedges
Bible Class Meet at Travis Park Methodist Church
The Wesley Adult Bible Class Federation held its first regular meeting at Travis Park Methodist Church with about 50 members from various Sunday schools. The program included songs prayers readings and talks on Bible study and federation benefits. The next meeting is set for the second Friday in February at Travis Park.
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Wesley Adult Bible Class Federation
Travis Park Methodist Church
J. N. Rentfro
Alamo Heights
J. Wesley Weddell
Travis Park
Little Grace Jean Ellis
Bessie Stanfield
J. W. Woodson
Aliie Mae Dockery
A. E. Rector
West Texas Conference
Aoe
FP. Boone
McKinley Avenue
V. P
Myers
Fast End
Rentfro
Weddell
Wesley Adult Bible
Foley's Honey and Tar Trial Package Offer
An advertisement invites readers to mail a slip with name and address to Foley & Co. Chicago for a trial package of Foley remedies including Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold by A. M. Fischer in the Gibbs Building.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Ill
Foley
A. M. Fischer
Gibbs Building
Cold Wave Forecast Hit By Uncertain Durability
A local forecast warns of a unsettled Saturday night and Sunday with colder Sunday as a new high pressure system drives another cold wave from the northwest. Temperatures rose in parts of Texas then plummeted to 6 to 26 degrees below zero across the northern plains as a broad trough and low pressure shaped the pattern. Local towns report 48 in San Antonio up from 25 earlier.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Pacific Coast
Texas Panhandle
Utah
Texas
San Antonio
British Northwest
Nebraska
Chapel at Fort Sam Houston to be pushed toward completion
Funds authorized by Congress amounting to 5000 dollars will finish the main auditorium of the Gift Chapel at Fort Sam Houston. Bids have been received and will go to Washington for approval. The project includes wiring, plastering, plumbing, painting and carpenter work. Senator Morris Sheppard touted a future 7500 dollar appropriation to finish the chapel.
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Fort Sam Houston
Congress
Quartermaster’s
Washington
Morris Sheppard
San Antonio
Draft and Pack Mule Proposal at Fort Sam Houston
Sealed proposals for furnishing 111 draft and 150 pack mules will be received at Office Depot Quartermaster Fort Sam Houston Texas until 11 a m central time February 8 1916. Further information on application.
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Office Depot Quartermaster
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Ady
Paving Progress Report For City Streets
City Engineer Helland notes progress on nine paving streets despite cold weather. 13 percent, 295 square yards laid. Roach Manigan Co leads with 7650 yards on North Hackberry and 2610 on Avenue C, both expected finished next week. Steel flume project advances with 13 spans of 60 inch pipe and 30 percent riveted. additional gutters manholes and inlets installed on Grove avenue storm sewer.
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Helland
Roach-Manigan Company
Hackberry Street
Avenue C
Grove Avenue
Live Wire Rotary Chief Jones Returns From New Orleans
R Clarence Jones president of the Rotary Club pictured as one of the five wires at the Southern Conclave in New Orleans. He helped the 1918 fair delegation to Washington but left the party at Marshall Texas and traveled by T and P to New Orleans. Representatives from Texas Louisiana Georgia Florida Mississippi and Tennessee attended the gathering.
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R. Clarence Jones
Rotary Club
San Antonio
New Orleans
Light Want Ads Promise Easy House Hunts in San Antonio
A woman laments small living space and wasted travel until a friend suggests calling Crockett 1742 or New 176 to place Light Want Ads. The ad notes phone orders, paid home circulation, and that The Light leads in circulation with 70 percent more paid homes, promising quick results for wants in home or business.
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Crockett 1742
Crockett
Light
San Antonio
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