Troop Trains Pass Through Palestine Headlines
A steady stream of troop trains moved through Palestine Texas en route to San Antonio and Galveston. The Eleventh cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe Georgia, under Colonel James Parker, comprises about 50 officers 780 enlisted men nearly 1000 horses and mules and 113 cars. Armored units from southern forts for Galveston also transit this route. Most troops are equipped as infantry and officials, while keeping quiet about movement details, look forward to a break from routine garrison duties.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Tex
San Antonio
Galveston
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
James Parker
Troops Reach Galveston For War Game Arrival
The first troops for the Galveston war game arrived at 10 45 A M on a special train from New Orleans. The 164th coast artillery company from Fort Jackson Mississippi led by Captain H C Merriam boarded three passenger cars plus support cars and moved to Fort Crockett for rehearsals.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
New Orleans
Fort Crockett Reservation
P. Whitworth
Quartermaster’s Department
164Th Company, Coast Artillery
Fort Jackson, Miss
H. C. Merriam
Money Back MI O NA Stomach Tablets Promise
An advertisement touts MI O NA Stomach Tablets as fast relief for fermentation and heartburn plus a general tonic claim. It asserts long-term health benefits, promises renewed vitality, and offers a money-back guarantee with a 50 cent price at Bexar Drug and other druggists.
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Bexar Drug Company
Militia Officers Invited to Train with Army at San Antonio
Washington March 9. Militia officers from all states will be invited to participate in army operations at San Antonio Texas to gain practical field experience. About 8000 officers exist but acceptance is optional and numbers are uncertain. Three standard aeroplanes will be purchased and rushed to the front for service with the troops.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
States of the Union
San Antonio
Tex
War Department
National Guard
Ashington
Congress
Texas officers ready to join officers school
State Adjutant General Hutchins wired Washington that Texas National Guard officers stand ready to participate in the officers instruction school if the Secretary of War deems it practicable. The notification followed a ruling that mobilizing the Texas Guard as a whole on border maneuvers was impracticable or unnecessary.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Hutchins
Secretary of War
Washington
Texas National Guard
State Guard
School of Instructions
Diaz Not Dead Many See Him
In Mexico City General Diez met Admiral Lajartes and staff at the national palace. By evening he conferred with Guanajuato’s governor at his town residence. Col Porfirio Diaz Jr. cabled that his father is in excellent health after rumors from Barcelona. The president spent the morning in the national palace offices and walked in Chapultepec grounds.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Diez
Admiral Lajartes
National Palace
Guanajuato
Barcelona
Col
Porfirio Diaz Jr
Pne
Chapultepec
Two Thousand Troops Pass Through Dallas En Route to San Antonio
Dallas Texas March 9 Over two thousand troops moved through Dallas on special trains bound for San Antonio. Units included the Eleventh cavalry from Fort Oglethorpe Ga Third field artillery from Washington DC First battalion Twenty eighth infantry from St Paul hospital corps 183 from Washington and the headquarters band from Cincinnati under General Carter. They will reach San Antonio this evening.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
San Antonio
Eleventh Cavalry
Fort Oglethorpe
Third Field Artillery
Washington, D. C
Twenty-eighth Infantry
St. Paul
Washington
Cincinnati
Aneara
Carter
Marines Sail From Philadelphia to Guantanamo aboard Prairie
More than 700 marines departed from the Philadelphia navy yard at 9 a m aboard the transport Prairie for Guantanamo. The ship also carried general stores and 366000 rounds of ball cartridges for the movement.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Guantanamo
Destroyer flotilla finishes coaling on Pacific coast
San Diego March 9. The twelve torpedo boats and destroyers of the Pacific coast fleet completed coaling last night. Officers denied sealed orders and said sailing orders have not yet been received.
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Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Pacific Coast Fleet
Foley’s Honey and Tar touted as best cough remedy
A customer from Princeton Nebraska, J. W. Kuhn, praises Foley’s Honey and Tar for quickly stopping a severe cough. The ad urges refusing substitutes and lists Bexar Drug Co. as a supplier.
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Foley
J. W. Kuhn
Princeton
Ned
Bexar Drug Co
Ruef Sentenced to Fourteen Years at San Quentin
San Francisco's former political boss Abe Ruef begins fourteen years at hard labor at San Quentin after confessing guilt. His allies had long controlled city politics and public works for personal gain. An appeal failed and Ruef was taken into custody with $350,000 bail. He has seven days to settle affairs.
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San Francisco
San Quentin
Ruef
the Golden Gate
Big Ships Ready to Sail for Gulf Mobilization
In New York a thick haze shrouds the bay as the armored cruisers Tennessee Montana and North Carolina complete coaling and await orders to sail for the Gulf of Mexico. The three ships stand ready to join a joint naval military movement toward Texas and the Mexican border with no major obstacles besides weather and low tide.
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Associated Press
New York
Gulf of Mexico
Texas
Mexican
Tennessee
Montana
North Carolina
Staunton
Soldiers Leave Fort Barrancas for Galveston
Pensacola Florida March 9 three hundred soldiers including the fifteenth and Twentieth artillery the Eighth artillery band and the hospital corps left Fort Barrancas this morning for Galveston. A cold la gripp e then pneumonia is too often the fatal sequence. Foley's Honey and Tar expels the cold checks the lagrippe and prevents pneumonia. It is a prompt and reliable cough medicine that contains no narcotics. It is as safe for your children as yourself. Bexar Drug Co.
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Associated Press
Pensacola
Fla
Eighth Artillery Band
Hospital Corps
Fort Barrancas
Galveston
Foley
Bexar Drug Co
Fire apparatus bogged in trench after fueling blaze
Aerial truck and steamer from Travis street station bogged in a trench at Augusta and Romana streets while responding to a small fire caused by a gasoline stove explosion. They were stuck for nearly three hours but no one was injured. damage was minor to a wall and the blaze was out before chiefs arrived. Riebe Undertaking Co. listed for auto ambulance service.
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Travis Street
Augusta
Romana Streets
Augusta Street
Wright
Eczema Cure Beauty Wash Promoted by D. D. D.
The text promotes D. D. D. Prescription as a universal skin remedy for eczema psoriasis and acne like pimples and blackheads. It urges a 25 cent bottle as a household must have and notes Fischer's Drug Store Gibbs Building as the outlet.
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Fischer’s Drug Store
Gibbs Building
Troops to Stay Two Months at Fort Sam Houston
Local wholesale produce dealers report that troops arriving for maneuvers at Fort Sam Houston will remain about two months. Bids on roughly $500,000 in provisions are due with deliveries by March 15. Captain Cusack lists large meat and grocery orders, signaling sustained occupancy.
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San Antonio
Cusack
Quartermaster’s Department
Fort Sam Houston
Taft assures Mexico frontier maneuvers pose no threat
President Taft informs President Diaz via Fred Morris Dearing that Texas frontier military maneuvers have no significance or cause for concern. Diaz replies through Creel thanking the United States for clarifying the situation and its friendly intent.
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Associated Press
City of
Mexico
Taft
Diaz
Texas
Department of Foreign Relations
Fred Morris Dearing
United States
South
Creel
Foley's Kidney Remedy Promises Quick Relief for Ailing Elderly
Elderly patients report rapid relief from kidney and bladder troubles with Foley's Kidney Remedy. Isaac N Regan a Missouri farmer credits a complete cure after using the treatment and urges others to try it, as promoted by Bexar Drug Co.
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Foley
Isaac N. Regan
Farmer
Bexar Drug Co
Mexico says it can handle its internal affairs
Mexican consul Enrique Ornelas stated that Mexico does not seek U S intervention and can control the uprising with its own forces and public opinion. He emphasized that foreigners receive protection in Mexico and that mobilization of troops is not at the government's request.
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Republic of Mexico
United States
Enrique Ornelas
Mexico City
City of
Mexico
San Antonio
Tex
Enrique C. Creel
Mr. Ornelas
Chihuahua Cut Off From World
El Paso report from March 9 quotes G Klaffert and two companions stating Chihuahua is isolated. Bridges on all lines into the city are destroyed and telegraph wires cut. Provisions will last about six weeks. insurgent forces surround the city and 1200 federal troops are ready to meet any attack.
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Associated Press
el Paso
Tex
G. Klaffert
Chihuahua
Mr. Klaffert
Joske Opening Displays Fine Style For San Antonio
San Antonio's Big Store opens with a grand fashion show. Joske Bros. Co. unveils windows interiors and a vast apparel display including gowns hats and foulards. Elegant fabrics lingerie dresses and petticoats headline the spring 1911 collection with wide praise from critics and shoppers. E R McBride of the Menger hotel recovers from pneumonia and plans to resume duties soon.
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San Antonio
Joske Bros. Co
Alamo Street
Georgette
Maison Lewis
Lichtenstein
Commerce Street
Joske Men’s Store
Joske Ateliers
Burby
Joske
Voise
Marquisette
Foulard
Foulards
Milady
San Antonians
Prescription Worth Knowing for Kidney and Bladder Trouble
A dated medical note advises a mixture of mu rax compound, buchu extract, and gin to treat kidney or bladder issues. Consume one to two teaspoonfuls after meals and at bedtime, starting at first signs to prevent diabetes Bright's disease or chronic rheumatism.
Locomotives Now All Burn Oil on I and GN Line
J and G N locomotives pulling passenger trains north from San Antonio on the International and Great Northern are now oil burners. D J Price, I and GN general passenger agent, announced on arrival from Palestine. The change followed months of work and improves passenger comfort. Dining car service has expanded on all through trains, with more diners. Price is in San Antonio to assist homeseekers headed south, including a 100 plus party bound for Santa Lucretia Mexico arriving from Kansas City tonight.
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San Antonio
International & Great Northern
D. J. Price
Palestine
Mr. Price
Price
Santa Lucretia
Mexico
Kansas City
After Effects of the Grip and Vinol Claim
A health notice warns the Grip can have serious after effects this year though milder than before. It recommends Vinol a cod liver oil tonic with iron as a strength restoring remedy and cites a Long Branch, New Jersey testimonial. A. M. Fischer, San Antonio pharmacist, offers money back if not restored.
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Long Branch
N. J
A. M. Fischer
San Antonio
Texas
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Behles & Boelhauwe
Cts
United Optical CO
West
Houston Street
Abe Ruef
Riebe Undertaking Co
Enrique Creel
Linen Department
Saul Wolfson
Alamo and Commerce
Josee
Hood
E. R. McBride
Menger Hotel
Woodward Carriace CO
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