Storm moving east as floods threaten Arizona region
A California storm shifts eastward with heavy floods reported on the Gila and Salt rivers above Phoenix. The Colorado rises at Yuma while Lordsburg New Mexico endures ten inches of snow that cut telegraph and telephone links to Phoenix and Clifton. Overland trains creep eastward. western mail service has been off three days.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Arizona
Reclamation Services
Gila
Salt
Phoenix
Ariz
New Mexico
EL Paso
Tex
Lordsburg
N. M
Clifton
Recipe to Clear a Pimply Outbreak and Toxins
Pimples sores and boils are caused by toxins from the bowels absorbed into the blood. A noted authority recommends four ounces of Rad Salts in hot water each morning before breakfast for one week to prevent toxin formation, stimulate kidneys, and clear skin. Jad Salts, an inexpensive effervescent drink from grape and lemon acids with lithia, aids blood cleansing and kidney function.
Kansas City Woman Reveals Home Hair Darkening Recipe
A prominent Kansas City resident shares a home remedy to darken gray hair and boost growth. The mix uses bay rum glycerine Barbo Compound and water and is applied every other day for several weeks. It claims to soothe the scalp prevent dandruff and not stain or rub off.
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Kansas City
Flood Area Reports Sparse as Storm Moves East
Reports to the weather bureau indicate the Arizona California storm is moving eastward. Wires to Phoenix are down with no flood loss data yet. Roosevelt Dam spillways faced eleven feet of water during the night, with another rise forecast. El Paso lines also down.
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Denver
Colo
Arizona
California
Government Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Roosevelt Dam
Salt River
el Paso
Typhus Decreasing in Mexico City Says Cable
A cablegram to the Mexican consulate reports about three thousand typhus cases in Mexico City and states the virulence is diminishing daily. It says no outside help is needed for care or prevention though the government will accept medical supplies and equipment, noting American press figures are deemed ridiculous.
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Galveston
Tex
Mexico City
Worrell Se ere Tank Explosion Injures Magnolia Worker
Condition is serious though A C Worrell, blown twenty feet when a 700 gallon tank exploded at Magnolia Petroleum plant, was reported resting easy Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Kenney sanitarium with suspected internal injuries after the Wednesday accident.
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A. C. Worrell
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Kenney
Kerrville Rail Service Halt After Creek Bridge Derailment
Passenger and freight service on the Kerrville branch of the San Antonio and Aransas Pass railroad is interrupted for two days due to an engine derailment on the Joshua creek bridge near Boerne. Wrecking crew at work and aims to resume by Friday morning.
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Kerrville
San Antonio
Aransas Pass
Joshua Creek
Boerne
Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning
The ad extols an all morning internal bath using hot water and limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver and bowels. It claims benefits for digestion appetite and overall health promising a fresh start each day and urges readers to obtain limestone phosphate from a drug store despite humorously noting its effect on readers.
War reduces U S customs revenue in 1915 report says
The Department of Commerce summarizes duties on imports from 1821 to 1915 and notes 1915 revenue dropped to 205.8 million due to war. Sugar tobacco cotton and liquor taxes form about half of this revenue with high ad valorem rates on spirits tobacco and silk. The forthcoming booklet lists roughly 3000 duty classes with rates and import quantities.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Europe
Symphony Orchestra To Play Second Concert At Beethoven Hall
The San Antonio Symphony Orchestra performs its second season concert at Beethoven Hall at 8 30 pm Thursday with Gilbert Schramm bass and Mrs Ernest Scrivener contralto as soloists under conductor Arthur Claassen A program includes Dvorak New World Symphony E minor Verdi aria O Don Carlo Mozart Overture Magic Flute and Sibelius Finlandia A public rehearsal attracted members of the Junior Symphony Society music students and others.
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San Antonio Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven Hall
Gilbert Schramm
Ernest Scrivener
Arthur Claassen
Dvorak
Verdi
Mozart
Finlandia
Sibelius
Felix Diaz Revolt Report Sparks Near Torreon
About 4000 malcontents near Torreon shout for Felix Diaz and threaten Carranza adherents and American lives and property. Reported arrivals say 300 Carranza troops are in Torreon and had not yet engaged the malcontents a week earlier.
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Torreon
EL Paso
Tex
Felix Diaz
Carranza
Pinex Syrup Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Home made Pinex syrup touted to ease dry hoarse or painful coughs within 24 hours. Mix 2 1/2 ounces Pinex with sugar syrup to make a pint, costing about 54 cents, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft Wayne Ind.
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The
Pinex Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Miners End Dispute as Mother Jones Leads Shakeup
In Indianapolis on January 20 the United Mine Workers convention defeated a bid to appoint a committee to audit the union’s finances. Elderly Mary Jones urged harmony as Adolph Germer and Duncan McDonald of Illinois shook hands with John B. White amid applause. The convention then approved the move to drop the investigation proposal.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Mary Jones
Duncan McDonald
Adolph Germer
Illinois
John B. White
White
Germer
McDonald
Elks Auxiliary Formed At Local Club
A ladies auxiliary to the Elks was formed at the Elks Club on Wednesday for social activities. Meetings are set for 2:30 PM each Tuesday with guests welcome on ladies days. Monthly card party and dance planned. first event February 1. Mrs. F. N. Sarel elected president. Mrs. J. F. Kline vice president. Mrs. J. M. Aingell secretary-treasurer.
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The
Elks
Elks’ Club
Elks’ Lodge
F. N. Sarel
J. F. Kline
J. M. Aingell
Cotton Yarn Mills Raise Wages in New Bedford
In New Bedford on January 20 a 5 percent wage advance was announced by cotton yarn mills affecting fifteen thousand operatives in the city.
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New Bedford
Cascarets for Nervousness and Clean Bowels
Claiming to brighten the liver purify the bowels and freshen breath Cascarets are advertised as a gentle candy like tablet for bedtime use and morning relief from headaches biliousness indigestion and constipation. The copy asserts safety for children and claims no griping.
Settlement prospects in Lusitania talks and Balkan stance
Washington reports cautious optimism in US Germany talks on the Lusitania case with a new proposal possible to drop the commander issue and pay indemnity. The article also covers Greek reactions to allied Balkan policy, Greek sympathy shifts, and speculation on Saloniki’s fate with remarks attributed to a Greek monarch.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Berlin
Constantine Bitter Over Allies Actions and Greek Neutrality
The Greek king condemns Allied actions in World War I claiming Greece was used without consent. He alleges Greece allowed German and Austrian forces to use its coasts, questions the Demir Hissar bridge destruction, and challenges Allied motives in Corfu and Serbia relief efforts. He argues military necessity did not justify reviving troop supply routes.
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Athens
Greece
Gallipoli
Bulgaria
Serbia
Saloniki
Demir Hissar
M. Venizelos
Entente
Germany
Constantine
Belgium
Corfuirs
Great Britain
France
Russia
Austria
Prussia
Macedonia
Serres Dramma
Corfus
Italy
Albania
Corfu
MOON TO BE ECLIPSED IN SAN ANTONIO
San Antonio astronomer Gus Duerler Jr. says a Thursday night moon eclipse may be visible if clouds clear. He notes the eclipse occurs when the full moon passes through Earth's shadow, with visibility limited by weather and cloud cover.
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San Antonians
Gus Duerler Jr
San Antonio
Mr. Duerler
Cloudy Weather to Persist Twenty Four Hours More
Major Allen Buell of the weather bureau says unsettled conditions in the Southwest will continue for about a day due to an unusual air pressure pattern. San Antonio's temperatures climbed from 50 to 64 degrees between midnight Wednesday and 7 am Thursday as light rains occur across Texas Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
T. W. Hodges Dies in Luling Texas
T W Hodges longtime South Texas settler and former Gonzales county official died suddenly in Luling after several days illness. A Confederate veteran, he leaves a large family and widow. John D Guinn of San Antonio is his brother in law.
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Luling
Tex
W. Hodges
South Texas
Gonzales County
Hodges
John D. Guinn
San Antonio
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Burruss Wagner
Merchants Transfer Company
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K. Housten
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Baker Bros
Fort Worth
Mrs
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Caogarets
Ability Egg and Washer Bros. CO
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Lusitania
Washington
Castellariza
Allies
T. W. Hodges
the Emmet Bank
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