Luling forms home guard to keep order amid race tensions
At a July 5 mass meeting in Longer Park Luling Texas about 350 Americans and 150 Mexicans pledged harmony and formed a home guard to counter agitators. President C T Greenwood led the gathering with Rev. Robert Paine as chief speaker and a joint committee was appointed to report any disorders.
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Luling
Tex
Mexico
C. T. Greenwood
Luling Commercial Club
Robert Paine
Mexicans Watch Troops Lolling Through Texas Border Move
Troop trains from the North and East pass through Texan cities en route to San Antonio and the Mexican border. Brooklyn soldiers see the Mexicans they face and endure July heat, sparking unease among locals who monitor sentiment. San Antonio recruiters extract five enlistments during a visit lasting Wednesday through Sunday.
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Loling
Tex
San Antonio
Brooklyn
Texas
Texas National Guard seeks to fill existing brigade strength
Austin July 5 Members across Texas continue to apply to the adjutant general for enlistment in cavalry infantry regiments and field batteries as part of the Texas National Guard for service on the Mexico border. Adjutant General Henry Hutchings notes no new regiments are needed since the war department has met the Texas militia quota and emphasizes filling the present brigade to war strength. Recruiters in nearly every city report efforts intensifying with about forty men enlisted and sent to border companies after medical examination.
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Austin
Tex
Adjutant General's Department
Texas National Guard
Mexico
Henry Hutchings
War Department
Texas
Hutchings
Starr County Sees Rain End Drought in July Downpour
Heavy rain struck Starr county on July 8 ending a ten month drought. About an inch fell with Rancho La Puerta recording the heaviest shower between Rio Grande City and Sam Fordyce, delaying mail until 11 p.m. Stockmen express jubilation over the relief.
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Rio Grande City
Tex
Starr County
Rancho la Puerta
Sam Fordyce
United States Mail
Women welcome troops en route to the border in San Antonio
San Antonio women under Red Cross led a multi‑day effort to greet troops passing through the city. Volunteers provided ice cream sandwiches and fruit at the Southern Pacific depot and later at the International and Great Northern depot. Donations from individuals and the Chamber of Commerce funded refreshments. Special committees oversee ongoing support for incoming units and a watermelon feast at Camp Wilson.
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San Antonio
Southern Pacific
International & Great Northern
A. P. Ward
Red Cross
J. L. Browne
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Our Country Circle of the Red Cross
J. E. Jarratt
Council of Jewish Women
Hannah Huschberg
William Aubrey
Winchester Kelso
L. B. Clegg
Camp Wilson
Chamber of Commerce
Kelso
Clegg
Jet Gunter
Oliver Townsend
L. Ward
R. R. Gaines
Sol West
A. P. West
R. L. Ball
Earie Scott
W. B. Clarkson
J. C. Griswold
Robert Maxey
A. P F. Ward
G. W. West
Josephine Frost
John Bennett Jr
Joske Bros
Thomas Goggan Bros
J. M. Bennett
Fomby-Jones
W. J. Moore
R. KB. Pumphrey
Richard Weller
Joe Kincaid
Charles H. Burns
G. H. Moody
J. M. Chittim
Marshall Terrell
Sam Barcley
Dick Terrell
J. D. Houston
George Houston
Doris Houston
M. Kokernot
Ira Ogden
Elizabeth Kokernot
E. E. Hillie
Tuleta Chittim
Maryland Infantry
Fagle Pass
New York Cavalry
Field Artillery
Missouri
Twenty-second Infantry
Maine
Leroy Denman
Henry Burney
Mary Aubrey
Carlos Bee
Fairfax Janin
Thomas Franklin
Dodson's Liver Tone Promise Safe Liver Start
A promotion warns against calomel and urges taking Dodson's Liver Tone a half dollar bottle to start the liver and restore energy without stomach upset or salivation. It claims the remedy is harmless for adults and safe for children.
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Dodson
Local Social Figures Named in Wedding and Engagement List
Mrs A C Pancoast Mrs J T Woodhull Miss Else Pancoast Miss Emma McDonald Miss Catherine Franklin Miss Henrietta Altgelt Miss Jane Polk Miss Josephine Woodhull and Miss Laura Lee Dorsey are named among a group of social connections in a formal society notice.
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A. C. Pancoast
J. T. Woodhull
Else Pancoast
Emma McDonald
Catherine Franklin
Henrietta Altgelt
Jane Polk
Josephine Woodhull
Laura Lee Dorsey
San Antonio Chosen Next Meeting City for Joint Post Office Conventions
San Antonio was selected as the next meeting city for the joint convention of the Texans branch of the United National Association of Letter Carriers and the State Association of Postoffice Clerks. Fort Worth Amarillo and Corpus Christi were contenders. Officers were elected: L. Winston president, H. Lopez vice president, Mrs. Bertha Ford secretary, W. H. Cunningham treasurer.
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Austin
Tex
San Antonio
United National Association of Letter Carriers
State Association of Postoffice Clerks
Fort Worth
Amarillo
Corpus Christi
State Association of Post Office Clerks
L. Winston
Dallas
H. Lopez
Corsicana
Bertha Ford
el Paso
W. H. Cunningham
Luling Seeks Rain As Drought Persists
Showers have fallen nearby in Luling Texas but have missed the town. Cloudy skies, thunder and lightning have been frequent, with storms two to three times daily for a week, yet no rain has fallen. Rain is needed for cotton while hay from the first cutting is ready for moisture.
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Luling
Tex
Dublin Water Inspector Confronted During Night Turnoff
A water inspector in Dublin, turning off a street mains for repairs, is accosted by a intoxicated man in evening clothes who, with gleeful menace, claims to have tracked him down for causing disruption in the street. The incident ends without detail of consequences.
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Dublin
Eagle Pass Observes Quiet Fourth Amid Border Tension
Eagle Pass Texas marked the Fourth of July with no parades or cannon salute due to disturbed border conditions. Troops and civilians kept a quiet day while national flags decorated homes and camps across the city and Piedras Negras.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Wedding of Rob Roy Sturdivant and Sadie Elder in Beeville
Beeville Texas July 5 Rob Roy Sturdivant and Miss Sadie Elder, prominent local youths, were married at 8 oclock in the Methodist Church with Presiding Elder T F Sessions officiating. Co Clerk Troy issued licenses to Claude Reynolds and Florence May Robertson and to George Irwin and Alice Schweikert.
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Beeville
Tex
Rob Roy Sturdivant
Sadie Elder
Bis City
Methodist Chi
T. F. Sessions
Troy
Claude Reynolds
Florence May Robertson
George Irwin
Alice Schweikert
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