American Troops Cross Into Mexico Near El Paso
American forces crossed the border into Juarez area as a rear guard action against Villa rebels. Cavarly and artillery executed envelopment maneuvers, with shrapnel fire directed at Juarez race track and the bridge crossing completed by engineers. Approximately 3600 troops participated under Brigadier General James B. Erwin and Colonels Tompkins and Radadeli.
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el Paso
Tex
Villa
Juarez
Fort Bliss Stockade
Fifth Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Seventh Cavalry
Chigas
International Bridge
San Lorenzo
Chituahua
Mexico
Hi Paro
James B. Erwin
Francisco Gonzales
Carranza
Erwin
Lie Stock Yards
Selah R. H. Tompkins
Jorda
Radadeli Wag
Allies Final Peace Reply Delivered to Germany at Versailles
The allied powers handed the German delegation their peace terms on May 7 at Versailles. Germany has seven days to accept or reject the treaty. If accepted, peace is signed immediately. if rejected, the armistice ends June 23 and enforcement steps will follow.
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Paris
Versailles
Texas Constitutional Amendment Election Returns
Complete returns from the May 24 Texas election show Prohibition for 168 983 against 138 907 majority for 20 075 Suffrage for 140 911 against 165 940 majority against 95 029 Governor salary increase for 108 803 against 194 570 majority against 5 767 Home ownership for 150 812 against 161 782 majority against 969 Moore and Upton counties did not hold elections.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Moore
Upton
Texas Road Bonds Approved And County Projects Outline
The attorney general approves 3.5 million in serial road bonds with allocations to Hunt and Lamar counties. Elkhart voters back better roads with a petition for a 1.5 million Anderson County bond election. Counties plan farm demonstration funding for the new year.
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Hunt County
Lamar County
Elkhart
Commissioners Court
Anderson County
Texas
Governor Hobby Calls Second Texas Legislature Session
Governor Hobby issues a proclamation convening the Thirty-Sixth Legislature for a special session at 10 a.m. on Monday June 23 to consider state appropriations for 1919 21 and related items. Potential topics include board of control and state depository amendments, stock merchants bonding, hard metals prospecting, Goodnight ranch breeding station, and expanded intangible assets tax, with tax scope to be decided.
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Austin
Tex
Hobby
Board of Control
Mve Stock Commission
Goodnight Ranch
Annual Convention of Cotton Seed Crushers in Texas
Galveston Texas hosts the twenty fifth annual convention where officers were elected J A Underwood Honey Grove president and treasurer R F Crow Houston vice president Major Robert Gibson Dallas secretary Dr W B Bizzell of A and M College delivered the keynote on reconstructions in business and the need for higher production prices and profits.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers
J. A. Underwood
Honey Grove
R. F. Crow
Houston
Robert Gibson
Dallas
W. B. Bizzell
A. and
M. College
Bizzel
Labor leaders denounce radicalism at AFL opening
Delegates representing over three million American workers at the AFL session in Atlantic City express strong disapproval of radical agitators and outline plans to tackle reconstruction problems facing organized labor.
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Texas
Men of the
Texas Press Association
San Antonio
Kelly Field
Atlantic City
N. J
American Federation of Labor
Fire destroys palace of Yil iz Kiosk in Constantinople
A fire today razed the palace of Yil iz Kiosk, where the sultan resided, in Constantinople. No further details on cause or casualties are provided in the report.
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Constantinople
Yiliz
Clear idea and strong incentive drive satisfactory work
A clear plan and a strong motive are essential to ensure satisfactory performance. The combination of concrete objectives and meaningful rewards motivates action and steadies effort toward the goal.
Kidney health promise ad for Haarlem Oil capsules
An advertisement urges readers to protect kidney function and purify blood with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil capsules. It claims quick relief from kidney troubles and warns against delaying treatment, noting three sealed package sizes and money back if unsatisfied.
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Haarlem
Holy Land
Ady
Third Time Down in Water Teaches Safe Swimming
Observations from 20 years of teaching swimming by George H. Corran highlight that swimming is the only exercise to alter body fat balance and that women tolerate cold water better. He debunks the myth that going down three times means death and stresses breathing in rhythm to avoid drowning. A Missourian saved after falling overboard by recalling a swimming lesson, though his companion died.
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George H. Corann
Kansas
Night Work
A man jokes that law barred a woman from his job in a cartoon caption describing gender-based employment restriction.
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Toon
Du Barry’s Forgotten Jewels in Bank Vaults
The Manchester Guardian suggests if banks must reveal valuables in their safes, legends of Madame du Barry’s jewels at Coutts may surface. It recalls émigrés’ treasures hidden in Britain during the Terror and left with uncertain heirs.
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France
Hngland
Mancchester
Brutal Materialism Reflections on Marriage and Money
A senator critiques divorce by noting husbands’ material view of marriage. A banker voices fear of separation, not from romance but from the loss of coin, prompting a terse exchange about attachment to wealth over partnership.
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Kendrick
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J. A. Radford
Florence Radford
Wichita Falls
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Ranger
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Prison Commission
Yoakum
Yorktown
Cuero
Nordheim
Attorney General's Department
State Highway Department
KR. J. Windrow
Solons
Speaker
Libby
Libby, McNeill & Libby
Chicago
Dandruff
Bowens
Brooklyn
Fletcher
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