Barbecue Financed by Assessment Plan of Committee
The Commercial club finance committee will raise funds for the August 7 barbecue honoring returned soldiers by an assessment of listed firms and individuals. Affected parties are urged to pay Thursday morning, July 17, 1919, with amounts ranging from 50 to 1 dollars. The list includes banks, businesses, and professionals such as City National Bank First State Bank First National Bank S B Wilson Co Eugene Edge Webb Bros Edge Dry Goods Co W J Coulter Co Tyler Haswell Bryan Oil Mill Bryan Power Co G S Parker Lumber Co Cole Hardware Howell Co A M Waldrop Co Howell Lumber Chambers Wilson Motor Co W R Fairman Lawrence Grocery Co Vick Bros W E Saunders Brandon Lawrence Smith Drug Co M H James Wallace Printing Co Grant Lumber Co J M Caldwell Ed Emmel Myers Hardware Co Mc Culloch Gordon Co Hotel Bryan Lawler Storage Co Buick Co David Reid Thurston Cole B H Knox Gelber Son W E Cloud John Sebesta Palermo Bros J B Stevenson Union Warehouse Co D Mike Sanders Bros C G Walker Stephan Ice Bottling Co Globe Dry Goods Co E J Jenkins Gulf Refining Co A McKenzie Pierce Fordyce Co Bryan Telephone Co Bryan College Int Co D D White Joe Groginski R L Brogden Maloney Co Allen Smith Geo Adams Jno A Moore E J Fountain and many others with smaller donations listed.
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Commercial Club
Soldier Boys
City National Bank
First State Bank
First National Bank
S. B. Wilson & Co
Eugene Edge
Webb Bros
Edge Dry Goods Co
W. J. Coulter Co
Tyler Haswell
Bryan Ice Co
Bryan Oil Mill
Bryan Power Co
G. 8S
Parker Lumber Co
Cole Hardware Co
Howell & Co
A. M. Wal
Munday & Moehlman
Vitopil & Gelber
Kennedy Cash Store
J. M. Saladiner
Mawhinney Bros
Zubick & Mendl
Nedbalek Garage
Duke & Ayres
Texas Bakery
FE. Greisser
B. Cash
T. Woodyard
J. S. Smith
C. Wetter
Candy Factory
Frank Braczyk
Brazos County Colored Citizens to Meet for Soldier Barbecue
A general mass meeting of the colored citizens of Brazos county will be held at the Pleasant Grove Baptist church in Bryan Texas on Friday July 18 1919 at 830 pm to consummate plans for a barbecue in honor of returned soldiers.
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Brazos County
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
Bryan
Texas
British law on marrying a dead spouse’s sibling clarified
London July 16 a ruling states a man may marry his dead wife's sister but a woman cannot wed her dead husband's brother. The presiding judge made the point at Northampton in two cases where women married brothers of their husbands. Both women were held for trial.
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London
Northampton
Movies for Maids Believed Solution of Help Shortage
Evanston faces maid shortage after strikes at the North Shore hotel. Mrs. F. Klein of the North Shore Employment club says lack of affordable housing in Evanston and nearby areas causes workers to seek jobs elsewhere. She predicts continued scarcity regardless of peace, noting few weekday movies and no Sunday screenings.
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Chicago
Evanston
Fe, Klein
North Shore Employment Club
North Shore
South End
Texas Farmers Congress Opens at A and M College
The twenty second annual Texas Farmers congress begins at A and M college with many farmers horticulurists honey producers and breeders expected to attend. Auxiliary sessions Thursday and Friday morning and afternoon, general sessions Friday and Saturday. Notable talks include rural education by Dr S P Brooks Baylor and a marketing talk by Clarence Ousley. Public invited in Bryan and Brazos county to attend.
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Texas Farmers Congress
A. and M. College
Congress
Bizzell
Texas
Clarence Ousley
Bryan
Brazos County
S. P. Brooks
Baylor University
Women’s Barbecue Committee 16 Calls for Thursday Meeting
Mrs. Albert Buchanan chair of the baskets committee for Brazos county hosts a county wide celebration honoring returned soldiers and sailors on August 7. The Bryan committee is urged to meet Thursday at 9 30 a m at Carnegie library with members listed including Mrs Tyler Haswell Mrs M B Parker Mrs Frank L Webb and others.
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Albert Buchanan
Brazos County
Bryan Committee
Carnegie Library
Tyler Haswell
M. B. Parker
Frank L. Webb
R. B Grant
Floy Dansby
Jas. M. Dunn
E. J. Fountain
E. H. P. Bain
Will S. Howell
J. M. Saladiner
Horace Dansby
Mable Zimmerman
Julia Parizek
P. M. Raysor
Red Cross Workers to Form Galveston Life Saving Corps
Galveston Texas July 16 An American Red Cross volunteer life saving corps is being organized here Examinations are held twice each week and applicants must pass tests including breaking land and water strangle holds carrying a man in water diving to the pool bottom and resuscitation of a drowned person Fifteen men passing the exam will lead to a charter application and election of officers.
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Galveston
Tex
Congress authority to fix alcohol content in beverages
Washington July 16. Wayne Wheeler general counsel for the anti saloon league told the senate judiciary subcommittee that Congress has clear power to set maximum alcoholic content under national prohibition. He answered statements by Samuel Untermyer counsel for brewers and asserted that a limit of 22 4 per cent is necessary for enforcement.
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Washington
Congress
Wayne Wheeler
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Samuel Untermyer
Wheeler
Prison camp abuses charged by veterans during World War I
Six former American soldiers testified before a special House committee on alleged cruelties to prisoners in France. They named camps such as the Bastille and prison farm No 2, recounting harsh beatings and poor meals in 1918. Lieutenant Hard Boiled Smith was convicted. others await trials.
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Washington
House
France
Smith
Mason
Sullivan
Ball
Wolfmeyer
Bush
Royal Johnson
Congress
Tours
Sidney Kemp
New York City
Company F
102Nd Engineers
28Th Division
A. H. Mendleberg
Baltimore
Base Hospital 42
Mendleberg
Appropriations Run Up Into Millions In Legislative Session
In Austin on July 16 the house discussed departmental appropriations totaling four and a half million dollars. The speaker vowed to hold the bill until completion. The senate also reviewed a departmental appropriation bill exceeding nine million, with final framing expected by a conference committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
House
Senate
Death of Former minister and university rector
San Salvador reports the death of Dr. Salvador Gillesgos former minister of state and rector of the national university He will receive military honors as a general of distinction by government order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvador Gillesgos
San Salvador
The
National University
French To Seek Reparations Over German Dragoon Death
Paris reports the French government will demand reparations from Germany following the death of the sergeant major of dragoons who was stabbed in Berlin amid a riot, per La Liberte.
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Paris
Germany
Dragoons
Berlin
la Liberte
World War 15 Foretells New Armageddon
Vancouver reports Premier Massey of New Zealand predicting another conflict after World War I. He says Germany will rehabilitate and rise among top industrial nations, with chemists developing more destructive weapons.
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Vancouver
Massey
New Zealand
Paris
Germany
Harbor Hams Halt Ammunition Loaded Vessel at Wharves
Naples July 16 The steamer Cabroni arrived from London and was stopped by harbor workmen who refused to let her depart because she carried ammunition intended for use against bolsheviki Russia.
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Naples
Cabroni
London
Russia
Hague and Belgian reps to join five powers in Paris talks
Paris reports that Holland and Belgium will meet with delegates from the five great powers in Paris on July 29 to begin revising the 1839 treaty. The summit aims to renew terms governing the border arrangements and recognition.
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Paris
Holland
Belgium
Prices tumble in Berlin as blockade ends
Berlin reports a sharp fall in prices for all foods after the blockade was lifted. Rumors of relief spurred weak price drops before the embargo ended, while illicit dealers pulled out hidden stocks in a panic. Tons of provisions and supplies flooded into the city as occupied territories ship goods. Berlin’s control bureau released leather for three million pairs of shoes to curb imports.
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Berlin
Germany
Occupied Territories
Legion Post Formation Meeting in Brazos County
Former soldiers sailors and marines are invited to a preliminary meeting at the Library Thursday at 8 o clock to form a new American Legion post in Brazos county.
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Brazos County
American Legion
Republicans Set Special Day at Dallas State Fair
Fort Worth, July 15. Texas Republican Day will be added to the Texas state fair program this fall. The Texas Republican Council executive committee announced the plan in its session with Chairman C. C. Littleton. The council launched a drive to invite prominent national speakers to Texas and to invite party leaders to visit the state during 1920 campaign intervals. The meeting also set plans to finish organization work and appointed committees to manage divisions of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Texas Republican Council
C. C. Littleton
Texas
War Brides Among 3000 Aboard Transport Misonia
The transport Misonia arrived from France today carrying over three thousand officers and men. She includes forty five war brides, two war children, and one mother in law aboard. Several Arkansas casualties are also listed among the passengers.
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Newport News
Misonia
France
Sims Commended By Jellicoe For Good Use Of Destroyers
Lord Jellicoe praised Rear Admiral S. Sims for guiding American Naval forces in the war zone. He noted that the convoy system, seen as offensive, drew submarines to destroyers, and cited initial shortages of cruisers and destroyers but rapid system success.
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Sydney
Australia
S. Sims
Lord Jellicoe
Adelaide
Sims
Ship in distress off Maryland as Lakeview heads to aid
The American Shipping Board steamer Allison is reported sinking off Maryland. The Lake View, eighteen miles away, moves to assist along with the coast guard cutter Morill proceeding to the scene.
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Washington
American Shipping Board
Allison
Maryland
Navy Department
Lakeview
Coast Guard
Morill
Germans Enact Heavy Tax Measures and Social Equality Provisions
Weimar reports the government’s new tax bill imposes a 30 percent surplus assessment on capital and imposes drastic imperial income taxes with proceeds shared among federated states by need. The national assembly rejected abolishing noble ranks but supported a constitutional provision for gender equality and equal rights regardless of rank.
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Weimar
National Assembly
Mexico Debt Figures Clash in Washington Reports
Washington officials note official Mexican external debt stands at 143 472 000 dollars with 43 000 000 in interest due, while unofficial tallies reach 173 469 000 dollars. Internal debt shows 69 397 000 dollars with 17 914 000 in interest, plus disputed railroad borrowings and other claims totaling hundreds of millions.
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Washington
United States
Treasury Department
France
Mexican Congress
Carranza
Mexico
Farm Loan
Mexico City
State Department
Decline of St John’s Day Bath Fiesta in Mexico City
Mexico City reports mark a waning St John’s Day celebration with fewer bathhouses open and empty stalls in the Zocalo. Newspapers note the festival once drew capacity crowds but this year observers found diminished holiday spirit and a thin line of stalls.
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Mexico City
Capitol
St. John, the Baptist
Zocalo
Medals Awarded by U.S. Army to British Officials
General Pershing awarded distinguished service medals to prominent British government officials in London before the victory parade. Among the honorees were Viscount Milner and Winston Churchill, recognized for their services to the Allied effort.
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London
General Pershing
Viscount Milner
Winston Spencer Churchill
Mexican aid in settling row refused
San Salvador reports Mexico offered to mediate the Costa Rica Nicaraguan border conflict involving President Tinoco but both Costa Rica and Nicaragua declined mediation.
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San Salvador
Mexico
Costa Rica
Tinoco
Nicaragua
Wilson invites Republicans to White House talks
President Wilson plans to invite Republican senators to the White House to discuss the treaty and the league of nations. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Lodge is among those invited, with invitations possibly open to more members. The president aims to answer questions and will tour after the committee decides on talks.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
League of Nations
Tumulty
Lodge
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Special road law seems certain of passing in Brazos County
The Brazos county special road bill appears assured with Senator Williford and Representative McDonald stating its likely passage. It creates a county road commission including ballots elected representatives from county districts to assist in directing road construction alongside the county judge and commissioners. The Commercial club and local figures jockeyed support to ensure outlying areas receive representation before a bond issue.
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Brazos County
Williford
McDonald
Bryan
Austin
County Road Commission
J T. Maloney
F. L. Henderson
M. E. Wallace
Commercial Club
Sailors to Forego Baseball Games on Sunday for Summer
Newport reports Admiral Henry B. Wilson will maneuver Atlantic fleet ships from Provincetown Portland and Galadiners Bay for most of the summer rather than Narragansett Bay. The change follows past bases and local restrictions on Sunday baseball, with ships previously visiting Narragansett before the war.
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Newport
Henry B. Wilson
Provincetown
Portland
Galadiners Bay
Narrganset Bay
Evans
United States
Narraganset
War Trade Board Reorganized Under State Department
The war trade board became a division of the state department by executive order. All functions and records transferred. licenses will continue to be issued and correspondence conducted in the board’s name, with no impact on importers or exporters.
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Washington
War Trade Board
State Department
Department
Cotton Consumption in June Reaches 474407 Bales
Washington July 15 reported by the census bureau that cotton consumed in June totaled 474 407 bales of lint and 15 087 bales of linters.
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Washington
Census Bureau
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Colored Mass Meeting
RED Cross
Galveston Life Saving Corps
Legion Post
Dallas State Fair
Jellicoe
T3rd
U. S
U. S. Army
League
Dalay
WAR Board
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