Local recruits seek Texas National Guard company in Eagle Pass
Earl T. Moore and M. Earl McFarland prepare to recruit a Texas National Guard company in Eagle Pass. More than six hundred men aged 21 to 31 registered, with local officers hoping to form a company quickly. Men prefer volunteering over drafting to avoid conscription.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Earl T. Moore
M. Earl McFarland
Texas National
Texas
Coune 6
Clifford Recruits for Artillery in Cuero Texas
Secretary F N Clifford of the Commercial Club opens a Cuero recruiting office for the Coast Artillery now organized at Galveston Major Baushell authorizes him as recruiting officer Cuero men show interest in entering the service Work has begun on railroad electrification in Sydney Australia.
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Clifford
Cuero
Tex
F. N. Clifford
Commercal Club
Coast Artillery
Galveston
National Guard
U.S
Baushell
Sydney
Australia
Girl Struck by Auto Dies. Man Placed Under Custody
Four year old Flournoy Mary Noll died after being hit by a car while crossing Kingsbury Street with companions. Driver Lewis Eisenberg, 43, faces negligent homicide charges after the crash near Cameron Street. Funeral arrangements set for Saturday at St. Marys Church with interment in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Flournoy
Mary Noll
Albert Noll
Kingsbury Street
Lewis Eisenberg
San Pedro Avenue
Kingsbury
Cameron Streets
Baylor Hospital
Eisenberg
Central Police
Justice Court
St. Mary's Church
San Fernando Cemetery
May Deport Anarchists Berkman and Goldman
Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, both anarchists, were arrested on a federal conspiracy charge linked to articles in the Blast and Mother Earth. Expected high bail and potential deportation after prison terms, given their non citizen status and prior convictions in this country.
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New York
Alexander Berkman
Emma Goldman
United States
Harold A. Content
John C. Knox
Blast
Mother Earth
Berkman
Miss Goldman
H. C. Frick
Blackwell's Island
Pipe Fire Fatality Sparks Prayerful End
Matthews Cook a 75 year old invalid of Okmulgee Okla perished when a pipe ignited his bed and he prayed beside it. Neighbors rushed in and extinguished the flames causing only minor damage. Cook had been helpless for months.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Matthews Cook
Okmulgee
Cook
Catholic Women Urged to Register for National League Service
Rev J W Shaw bishop of San Antonio urges Catholic women to enroll in the National League for Woman's Service and offer service to the national government. The letter to Mrs J B Lewright stresses patriotism and active participation. Nuns and Sisters of Charity are the first to register. Also notes refugees and farm labor issues in Texas and corporate dissolutions or registrations in Archer City and Martin's Mills.
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J. W. Shaw
San Antonio
National League For Woman's Service
J. B. Lewright
League
Sisters of Charity
Academy of the Incarnate Word
Army
Ladies of
Menger
E. O. C. Ord
Robert E. Lee
U. S. Grant
Phil Sheridan
Nelson A. Miles
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Fair Daughters
South
Southland
Mammy Hannah
Uncle Manasseh Plantation Shore
Camp Funston
Elizabeth Walde
Ethel Lee Buxton
H. Dybwad
Crockett
the Menger
Edwin H.*lee
Carlos Bee
National League For Women’s Service
Women of
Mexicans Return to Texas From Interior of Mexico
J. M. Quincy reports from Eagle Pass that a large Mexican exodus back toward Texas is underway amid conscription fears. Refugees headed as far as Torreon before finding work scarce and food expensive, then returned to Texas, while many others still travel toward the republic.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
J. M. Quincy
Mexico
Quincy
Torreon
Texas
Mr. Quincy
The
Republic
Charters Issued in Texas Ventures and Cemetery Association
Charters issued show The Pioneer Hay Company of Houston with capital stock $10,000 to buy and sell merchandise Incorporators W L Edmundson and Walter H Warne of Houston J W Edmundson Jr of Pearland Brazoria County Archer City Cemetery Association.
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Austin
Tex
Pioneer Hay Company
Houston
W. L. Edmundson
Walter H. Warne
J. W. Edmundson ,Jr
Pearland
Brazoria
Archer City Cemetery Association
Foley's Honey and Tar for Coughs and Croup Advertised
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for children and adults, claiming relief from severe colds and croup. J. A. Parker of Lundgren, Indiana, reports immediate relief for his two and four year old children, and notes personal benefit from the same remedy. Sold by A. M. Fischer.
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Foley
J. A. Parker
Lundgren
A. M. Fischer
Toll in munition explosion 41 deaths reported
London authorities announced 41 killed and 130 injured in a munitions factory explosion at Ashton-Under-Lyne on Wednesday.
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London
Ashton-Under-Lyne
No Dust in Eagle Pass Street Oiling Initiative
Eagle Pass will become a dust free town as city officials announce arrival of new street oiling machinery. Mayor 8 P Simpson says an expert will supervise the initial oiling to ensure proper surface condition before operation begins.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
8. P. Simpson
Texas
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