National holiday events and notable birthdays in the U S and Mexico
Mexican independence holiday celebrated as U S figures mark birthdays and anniversaries. Maryland senator John Walter Smith turns 76 while Simeon E Baldwin reaches 80. Episcipal bishop James M Morris consecration in Madison. Bankhead Highway directors meet in Birmingham to review El Paso to California route. American business leaders head to Mexico City for a trade convention. Bible group delegates meet in Chicago to discuss a faith declaration. Frank Lowden to speak at Michigan Agricultural College. Democratic leaders invited to a New York banquet for Homer S. Cummings.
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James M. Morris
Panama Canal Zone
Grace Church
Madison
Wis
Bankhead National Highway Ass'n
Birmingham
el Paso
California
New York
Mexico City
American Chamber of Commerce of Mexico
United States
Canada
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
Frank O. Lowden
Ilinois
Michigan Agricultural College
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic Club
Will contests seek to overturn Mrs. Conroy's will
In Lara mie county, two contests challenge the January 10 1920 will that names CG Sewall of Thompson Motor as sole heir to the estate of Ellen Boyle Conroy who died last Christmas. Contestants Daniel W. Gill and Bishop Patrick A. McGovern allege lack of sound mind, improper signing, witnesses, and undue influence by Sewall.
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Ellen Boyle Conroy
CG. Sewall
India
Thompson Motor Company
Laramie County
Daniel W. Gill
Patrick A. McGovern
Wyoming
St. Mary's Cathedral
Sewall
Gill
McGovern
Matson and Kennedy
William EB. Mullen
Bishop McGovern
C. Sewall
Hien Boyle Conroy
Gonroy
Billy Whiskers and Frances Trego Montgomery tale excerpt
Billy and Nanny escape along a country meadow path seeking grass and water. They spy boys at a lake with a bag of popcorn, plan to steal a snack, but find the bag empty. Apples spill from pockets, yielding a brief consolation before the pair drift to sleep under moonlight.
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Nanny
Mike
Billy
Nan
Saalfield Publishing Co
Akron
Figuratively Speaking and Governor Carey Disfranchisement Debate
The Tribune editor argues Governor Carey spoke figuratively to defend prohibition and critique voters rights. The piece claims Carey’s plain remarks about disenfranchising Milwaukee district voters were not literal, despite repeated assertions by defenders.
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the Tribune
Carey
Douglas
Milwaukee
Figures spoken by a governor out of reach of plain speech
The piece argues that the governor speaks in figurative terms beyond ordinary understanding. It claims Wyoming readers should not judge him by literal standards, noting his genius and century‑ahead rhetoric while urging restraint from persecuting or misreading his intentions.
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Tribune
Wyoming
Apostle of the Dawn
Children of the Dawn
Senate duty urged on treaty ratification after war ends
The article argues the Republican Senate majority must accept responsibility for treaty ratification. It criticizes past inaction and Lodge driven opposition, urging the GOP to replace partisan leadership with patriotic aim to end the war and secure peace. The Senate is charged with ratifying the treaty and restoring peace.
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United States Senate
Congress
Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Senate
League of Nations
Congressional wit on war costs and Hoover speculation
A member notes that counting 22 billion silver dollars would take 1744 years at 72 per minute, with the coins spanning 520,833 miles and weighing 687,500 tons. The piece critiques such figures as trivia while urging focus on constructive legislation and weighing Hoover’s potential candidacy.
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House of Representatives
United States
Sta 'Isticeaters
Wealthy Americans rise in numbers and ranks
The speaker notes New York City hosts 1084 millionaires and Pennsylvania 707, signaling wealth concentration. The text questions the presence of billionaires and suggests that if any exist they may stay hidden within a small circle of multi millionaires.
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New York City
Pennsylvania
Senate Delay Undermines Treaty Ratification Push
A flood of petitions and resolutions from diverse groups shows broad public demand to ratify the treaty promptly, yet the Senate continues its lengthened debate and delay.
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Senate
Winter racing and golf events across Cuba America Jersey
Racing features Cuba American Jockey Club in Havana and Business Men’s Racing Association in New Orleans. Golf highlights the St Valentine tournament at Pinehurst with the Belleair women’s tourney closing in Florida. Boxing shows an IBU meeting in Paris with Lynch facing Johnson in Jersey City and Reich meeting Hawkins in Perth Amboy.
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Cuba- American Jockey Club
Havana
Business Men's Racing Association
New Orleans
Pinehurst
N. C
Belleair
Fla
International Boxing Union
Paris
Jon Lynch
Patsy Johnson
Jersey City
al Reich
Cleve Hawkins
Perth Amboy
N. J
Maryland senator Smith celebrates seventy five years
Senator Smith of Worcester county Maryland, a prominent figure in the national Democratic circles, reaches his seventy fifth birthday. A native and longtime banker and industrial leader, he entered public life in the Maryland senate, served as a congressman, then as governor, and has been a U S senator since 1908 with two re-elections.
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John Walter Smith
United States
Maryland
Senator Smith
Worcester County
Maryland Senate
Congress
Unite States Senate
Notable historical milestones from 1813 to 1917
Timeline items include the 1813 founding of the Massachusetts Society for the Suppression of Intemperance in Boston, the 1846 Oregon Spectator debut on the Pacific coast, the 1887 White River Junction rail disaster with fatalities and injuries, and the 1917 U S Senate passage of an immigration bill over the president's veto. Also noted are deaths of Ole Bull in 1880, Emilia B. Carlen in 1892, and other reform and suffrage milestones in Amsterdam and Raleigh.
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Ole Bull
Bergen
Norway
Massachusetts Society For the Suppression of Intemperance
Boston
Oregon Spectator
Pacific Coast
White River Junction
Emilia Carlen
Netherlands
Amsterdam
National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union
Raleigh
N. Y
United States Senate
Bremen falls to German troops after heavy battle
Reports from Archangel say American forces inflicted severe losses on bolsheviks while German government troops captured Bremen after a heavy engagement ending Bolshevik resistance.
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Bremen
Archangel
Notable Birthday Announcements Across Historic Figures
A set of birthday notices marking anniversaries of prominent figures: Sir Horace Rumbold born in Poland, Mahlon Pitney born in Morristown New Jersey, Simeon Baldwin born in New Haven Connecticut, Rt. Rev Henry Beard Delany born in St Marys Georgia, and Ellioit a noted American stage satirist born in Rockland Maine. Each entry notes ages reached today.
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Horace P. M. Rumbold
Poland
Mahlon Pitney
Supreme Court of the United States
Morristown
N. J
Simeon Baldwin
Connecticut
New Haven
Henry Beard Delany
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
St. Mary's Ga
Elioit
Rockland
Foley Kidney Pills Promise Boost for Tired People
Advertises Foley Kidney Pills claiming to tone up kidneys and relieve backache and fatigue. Includes testimonial from Rev. W. F. M. Swyndale of Macon Georgia and notes the product is sold everywhere.
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Foley
W. F. M. Swyndale
Macon
Judge personally probes facts in Osage Oil case
Judge E C G Raymond ordered sheriff to appoint two deputies to guard two Osage Field wells overnight on land tied up in litigation between the Osage syndicate of Sheridan and the Freer Oil Co of Lusk. He will inspect the wells himself and warned of perjury arrests if conditions differ from court representations. He ruled title to Sheridan based on discovery priority. The Osage syndicate was represented by R B McNally and the Lusk company by Hagens & Stanley.
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Newcastle
Wyo
E. CG. Raymond
Osage
Osage Syndicate
Sheridan
Freer Oil Company
Lusk
R. BE. McNally
Lusk Company
Hagens & Stanley
Casper
Comeback Spark for aging boxing veteran Jack Dillon
Norman E B Brown notes a boxing revival after World War II as veterans consider returns. Among the popular ex fighters is Jack Dillon, age twenty nine, who retired after leg troubles but hopes renewed fitness allows a comeback in a legalized New York scene.
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Norman EB. Brown
New York
Jack Dillon
Dillon
Fifth Marines to be Recognized at Once
The Fifth Regiment of Marines, famed from Belleau Wood and demobilized last August, will be reorganized immediately. Eligible recruits must have served in the Marine Corps or Army, with efforts under way to contact former Fifth Regiment members. The unit fought in major French offensives and wore the French fourragere citation on its shoulder.
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Washington
Fifth Regiment of Marines
Belleau Wood Fame
Marine Corps Headquarters
Marine Corps
Army
Fifth Marines
Marine
Fifth Regiment
France
Champagne
Notice to creditors of Mr. C. W. Piearson
Parties owed the deceased Mr. C. W. Piearson must call and pay to Mrs. Susannah Piearson his mother at 622 West 20th Street. The notice requests creditors to contact the estate administrator promptly to settle claims.
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C. W. Piearson
Susannah Piearson
West 20Th Street
Elks Dance Planned at Elks Home on Thursday
The regular dance will be held at the Elks Home Thursday February 5 inviting all who have attended prior dances to come.
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Elks Home
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Calomel Alternative
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets evolved from a physician’s effort to avoid calomel in liver and bowel issues. For 17 years they were used with success in private practice, providing the same cleansing effect without pains griping gum injury or acid-food danger. They are sold in 16 and 25 cent boxes.
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Mexico
Simeon E. Baldwin
Catholic Church
Billy Whiskers Y
Frances Trego Montgomery
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Shepherd & Klett
Herbert Hoover
Chicago Tribune
White House
Folks In News
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Sands-Hays Drug Co
Spaulding
Knight’s
W. W. Dumm
Carey Avenue
Dr. Edwards
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