A Daily Lesson in History April 7 Events
A chronological listing notes historical moments on April 7 including William Wordsworth birth, James Brown death, the 1846 Connecticut State Teachers' Association formation, Prince Leopoldo birth and death, the 1862 Island No. 10 surrender to Foote, 1868 Polish cruelties remonstrance, 1781 Paris guillotine burning, and 1919 Beatty lowering his flag after dispersing Britain’s Grand Fleet.
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William Wordsworth
England
James Brown
United States
France
Philadelphia
Staunton
Connecticut State Teachers’ Association
Prince Leopoldo, Duke of Albany
Queen Victoria
Windsor
Cannes
Island No. 10
Tennessee
Admiral Foote
Russia
Poland
Paris
Great Britain
Grand Fleet
Sir David Beatty
Birthday List of Famous Figures From April Seventh
Most Rev Randall Thomas David son archbishop of Canterbury born 73 years ago today Walter Camp writer on athletics born New Haven 62 years ago Rt Rev Edward Campion Acheson suffragan bishop of Connecticut born in England 62 years ago Adrian C Pop Anson baseball figure born Marshalltown Iowa 69 years ago John J McGraw manager owner of New York club born Truxton New York 48 years ago
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Randall Thomas Davidson
Canterbury
Walter Camp
New Haven
Edward Campion Acheson
Episcopal Diocese of
Connecticut
England
Adrian C
Pop) Anson
Marshalltown
Iowa
John J. McGraw
New York National League Baseball Club
Truxton
N. Y
Notice in Probate Guardianship Webb County Texas 1921
Notice to the sheriff to publish a probate notice in a Webb County newspaper for guardianship of minors Rita Martinez Petra Martinez Antonia Martinez and Socorro Martinez. Hearing for letters of guardianship set for May 16 1921 at Webb County Court House Laredo Texas. appearance and contest allowed.
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State OF Texas
Webb County
Webb
State of
Texas
Rita Martinez
Petra Martinez
Antonia Martinez
Socorro Martinez
Leonor Uribe
de Martinez
Laredo
J. A. Rodriguez
Preventative Medicine Prevents Pneumonia
The article urges preventative care as easier than cure and warns pneumonia often follows a cold or grip. It stresses taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first cold signs to prevent pneumonia, noting the remedy is inexpensive and timely use reduces risk.
Tornado Insurance Notice Urges Immediate Policy
A weather risks alert urges homeowners to secure tornado insurance as high winds sweep the month. Westbrook Insurance Agency offers policies and contact details for readers seeking coverage and protection for property.
Farmer Cured of Rheumatism by Liniment
A man from a farm near Patten Mills New York suffered severe rheumatism. After using Chamberlain's Liniment as recommended by C P Rayder the man recovered, walking straight again and requesting another bottle to keep at home.
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C. P. Rayder
Patten Mills
N. Y
Fine benefit at playground with The Naked Truth play
A Royal performance of The Naked Truth three act comedy earned praise for all cast members led by A J Norton. The evening featured strong women roles and two standout interludes including A Summer Night's Fantasy and Just Like a Rose in a Garden. The show ran late and will raise funds for playgrounds with broad audience approval and solid financial result.
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the Royal
A. J. Norton
Mrs. Russell
Bunny
Mr. Norton
Mr. Bobbitt
Mr. Blanchard
Jack Lobdell
Messrs
Guernsey
Morgan
Travis Bruce Bunn
Mildred Leyendecker
Consuelo Saenz
Odette Bunn
Stella Gonzalez
Laura Taylor
Dorothy Derby
Jong
Arthur Claude Hamilton
Court
Hosalie Biggio
Anda May Musgett
Marjorie Fish
Merceil Lake
Ruth Cooper
Helen Dickman
Angelina Farias
Roberta French
Jennie Gallahan
Agnes Garcia
Lilia de la Garza
Leonore Judkins
Anita Lane
Josephine Leyendecker
Melda Ostos
Dora Ostos
Antonia Valls
Charlotte Vidaurri
Nettie Landrum
Margaret Ward
Lily Withers
Miss Amalia Garcia
Social Calendar Highlights For Thursday And Friday
Thursday features Mrs J A Wilson hosting the Thursday Bridge Club at 8 30 pm The Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meets at Mrs R L Sutton s home at 4 pm Circle A of the W M A of the Baptist Church gathers with Mrs Robert Jennings at 3 30 pm On Friday a dance is scheduled at the Bik s Hall at 8 30 pm
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J. A. Wilson
The
Presbyterian Church
R. L. Sutton
W. M. A. of the Baptist Church
Robert Jennings
Biks Hall
Just As She Spoke On Grammar Changes and Local News
A verse on language usage from the Kansas City Star is cited as Miss Ruth Murphy returns from San Antonio with her sister, and a stream of local notes covers social visits to Corpus Christi for district meets, chaperoned trips, a Fort McIntosh dance postponement, and the Mexican custom wedding of Petra Flores to Gabriel Salinas with a family supper following the ceremony.
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Kansas City
Ruth Murphy
San Antonio
J. A. Gallagher
Jucille Murphy
California
H. M. Austin
Corpus Christi
Laredo
Genevieve Camp
Rosalie Biggio
Lois Derby
Rosario Street
Petra Flores
Gabriel Salinas
San Agustin Church
Prominent visitors roam city on business and official duties
W. G. Henne of New Braunfels visits the city. John D. Davies of Joyce and John Seymour of Dallas are in town on business. Capt. Francisco A. Rivera of President Obregon’s staff from Mexico City visits briefly. Geo. Bispham of Monterey passed through en route to San Antonio.
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John D. Davies
Joyce
Texas
John Seymour
Dallas
Capt
Francisco A. Rivera
President Obregon
Mexico City
Geo. Bispham
Monterey
San Antonio
San Agustin Library Receives English Catholic Texts
San Agustin parish parochial library adds a list of English titles including Fabiola Life of St. Augustine The Life of Our Lord and Credentials of Christianity. Directors praise moral reading while seeking to remove books contrary to Catholic principles and morals.
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San Agustin
San Agustin Church
St. Aloysius
St. Alphonse
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Augustine
Blessed Virgin Mary
Ignese
Callista
Carroll O'Donoghue
San Agustin Parish
Fight Over Compulsory Pooling Opens Tenaciously
Associated Press report from Chicago notes the fight over compulsory pooling of farmers grain intensified as the farmers ratification contest reopened. Kansas Wheat Growers Association chairman Bearly led opposition to optional pooling while backing a 32 1/3 percent compromise.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Committee of Seventeen
Bearly
Kansas Organization Committee
Wheat Growers’ Association of America
President Harding to Attend Calvary Baptist Church
President Harding is expected to attend Calvary Baptist Church in Washington where he worshiped as a senator. The visit underscores the church's role in his public life and his prior association with the congregation.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Washington
Harding
Silent Addresses at Gallaudet Club Dinner
A remarkable banquet in Adelphia featured sign language addresses by five speakers for the Gallaudet club’s nineteenth annual dinner honoring Rev. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of deaf mute instruction in America.
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Adelphia
Gallaudet Club
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
America
Philadelphia Ledger
Labor Leader Ordered to Leave Arkansas Strike
Fort Worth Tex April 7 Joseph L Saxe of Fort Worth a labor leader who agreed to leave Arkansas after meeting the Committee of One Thousand at Harrison is vice president of the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Arizona He left Fort Worth for Harrison when the Missouri and North Arkansas railroad strike began to safeguard clerks interests He had not returned today
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Joseph L. Saxe
Arkansas
One Thousand
Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Texas
Oklahoma
Arizona
Missouri and North Arkansas
Coal strike worries miners as talks with Lloyd George stall work
London April 7 leaders of the miners union who met Prime Minister Lloyd George declined to order pump engineers in strike affected mines back to work pending negotiations with owners. Miners and employers failed to meet as talks broke down. Transport workers federation and railway union awaited conference results before deciding support.
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Associated Press
London
Lloyd George
Transport Workers’ Federation
Railway Men's Union
Will Support Strike By Railway Men Union
London April 7 the national union of railway men today unanimously decided to support the coal miners strike.
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London
National Union of Railway Men
Benny Kauff Barred From Organized Baseball
Chicago April 7 Benny Kauff star outfielder of the New York Nationals was declared ineligible to play in organized baseball by Commissioner Landis following indictments charging theft of an automobile.
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Chicago
Benny Kauff
New York Nationals
Landis
Plans for Revenue for Next Fiscal Year
Secretary Mellon said that proposals to raise four billion dollars for the next fiscal year's government will be sent to Congress early next week. Discussion of source options for the new tax program is likely to conclude Saturday, with repeal of the excess profits tax the only definite decision so far.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Mellon
Fisher Al sup appeals libel conviction from McLennan court
Austin April 7 Fisher Al sup who was convicted of libel in McLennan county court relating remarks affecting the reputation of Pat Neff governor of Texas filed an appeal in the court of criminal appeals.
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Austin
Texas
Fisher Alsup
McLennan County
Pat Neff
Court of Criminal Appeals
Watch THE TIMES everyday for lopportunities.
The notice invites readers to subscribe to The Times daily for access to opportunities, pricing at 60 cents per month, with emphasis on ongoing daily coverage.
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TIMES
Japan Advances Tax Payment Prizes and Medallion Reward
The Japanese government offers prizes for prompt and uncertain tax payments, from 2 shillings to 5 pounds. Prompt payers receive a slip granting lottery chances and, after years of good standing, a porcelain medallion to display on their home as a citizenship badge.
Woman lumberjack shows grit in Wisconsin log skid work
In Stanley Wisconsin on April 7 Mrs John Ingles of Polley joins on a contract skidding logs. Dressed in lumberjack attire she performs regular logging tasks with vigor and skill. A mother of four she has worked in this field for nearly five years alongside her husband.
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Associated Press
Stanley
Wis
John Ingles
Polley
Ingles
Justice Department Warns Business on Illegal Practices
Washington April 7 Attorney General Daugherty warned businesses that the department of justice will not tolerate violations of the law. He announced a nationwide probe of practices in the building material trades and urged those guilty to amend their ways. The department will enforce the law under the Sherman act despite the unconstitutional profiteering sections of the Lever act.
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Department of Justice
Associated Press
Washington
Daugherty
Winter wheat outlook forecasts 621 million bushels
Washington April 7 The Department of Agriculture forecasts a winter wheat crop of 621 million bushels based on April 1 conditions at 91 percent of normal. The estimate reflects acreage planted last fall and assumes average abandonment and typical influences through harvest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Agriculture Today
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
Ohio
Indiana
Illlinois
Michigan
Two Texas Girls Die From Rat Poison In Yard
Gladys May Jenkins and Emalee Spaulding both six years old died in Coleman on April 7 after eating rat poison found in the yard. A third child is seriously ill from the poison.
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Coleman
Texas
Gladys May
W. B. Jenkins
Emalee
Enormous Mail Pouch Loot Recovered in Chicago
Police report an abandoned registered mail pouch found today contains wrappers for money indicating robbers obtained between 500000 and 750000 dollars. Earlier estimates suggested a loss of about 50000 dollars. The pouch was stolen from a mail truck late Wednesday and recovered by authorities.
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Chicago
Griffiths Suspended by Michigan Board of Athletic Control
Johnny Griffiths of Akron Ohio welter weight suspended for six months by the Michigan Board after a bout with Jack Perry in Detroit ended in the seventh round when the referee stopped it for Griffiths failure to contest. He had been warned several times.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Johnny Griffiths
Akron
Ohio
Michigan Board of Athletic Control
Jack Perry
Griffiths
Rail wage revision request denied by labor board
Chicago April The railroad labor board today denied permission to wake a provisional revision of wages of unskilled labor on the New York Central railroad. The railroad sought a cut from 17 to 31 percent effective April 1. The dispute, after talks with employees, will be heard April 1 in connection with similar disputes filed by other railroads.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
New York Central Railroad
Smilar
Changed Belief in Red System in Earth Reval Esthenia
Dr Mor ris Zucker, once a US communist party leader, arrives from Moscow after five months in Russia and denounces Soviet conditions as tyrannical. He notes foreign trade offers little relief and reports enduring Red terror. Zucker was pardoned by President Wilson last year after a sedition conviction and had left the US in September. He arrived in Russia in November and was imprisoned shortly after arrival.
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Associated Press
Reval
Esthenia
Morris Zucker
Communist Party
United States
Gronkivyn
Froinv Moscow
Russia
Zucker
Wilson
Bing
Iewie
Moscow
Infant Drowns In Bucket Near Lockhert Texas
In Lockhert Texas on Tuesday Huton Houselak's eleven month old son was found dead after drowning in a half filled bucket of water. The mother had been outside feeding chickens when she returned to discover the child head foremost in the bucket.
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Associated Press
Lockhert
Texas
Huton Houselak
Dilworth
Roundheaded Londoners Rise In City Demographics
London readers learn that anthropologists report a two percent rise in roundheaded individuals over 200 years due to Middle European in-migration. A commentator notes Britons were historically long headed with strong initiative and colonizing drive, while round heads show patience and large labor capacity.
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Associated Press
London
Middleurope
Harding's bed a special order for White House use
Grand Rapids April 7 President Harding will sleep in a bed five feet wide and eight feet long, six inches wider and one foot eight inches longer than standard. The custom bed rushed by a local furniture firm has been sent to Washington and will be set up in the White House president's bedroom. Special testers were used in making the bed.
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Associated Preas
Grand Rapids
Mich
Harding
Washington
White House
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