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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1920
Page
13
In Marion Ohio on July 31 Senator Harding kicked off his front porch campaign with a Mansfield delegation visiting to hear national issue talk. Farmers storekeepers and professionals joined in a friendly crowd along with air plane escorts as locals lined the path to shake hands and hear the Republican nominee.
New Orleans July 31 fire destroyed a Mam moth warehouse section causing an estimated loss near 1.5 million dollars. About 20,000 bales of sisal worth 780000 and other goods valued at 200000 burned. The damaged section is 400000 and smoke water damage reach 200000. Corporate officers say all stored goods were insured.
A large blaze at Camp Eagle Pass in Eagle Pass Texas last night destroyed lumber and building materials valued at about $50 000 authorities said there were no reports of injuries and the cause was under investigation the fire began in a storage area adjacent to several structures
Archbishop Daniel Mannix sails to Ireland despite Britain’s premier banning his landing on Irish soil over his Irish question views. Eamon de Valera, president of the Irish republic, did not sail.
In St Louis on July 31 futures wheat settled at 2.14 and a half cents, 9 cents below yesterday morning, marking the first drop below the 2.21 minimum since food control expired.
Farmers in Galveston operate a curbstone market daily in the market place. Stands rent 25 cents a night. No license fee as long as sellers offer only their own produce. The arrangement has materially reduced the high cost of living in the area.
Marion Ohio July 31 Senator Harding on his front porch campaign says the greatest usefulness of the nation requires the interdependence and mutuality of interest of all our people addressing Richland county Ohio delegates.
Washington July 31 The Democratic party position on the league of nations will be stated when Governor Cox accepts the presidential nomination. George White the new national chairman answered Senator Harding asking the party's view on the administration foreign policy.
Bolsheviki cavalry reach the east Prussian frontier and reportedly fraternize with German troops. The French Warsaw mission notes German Soviet negotiations while Suwalki’s wing threatens Warsaw. General Joseph Haller gains supreme command of northern Polish forces as reorganization begins under Anglo French leadership. Morale in the Polish army rises with allied support.
Governor Cantu of Lower California says he is assembling troops for defense against a proposed Mexican federal invasion. He asserts that defense is not aimed at independence for Lower California.
President Lewis of the United Mine Workers of America ordered striking miners in Indiana and Illinois back to work in a telegram to every local union. He directed immediate meetings to arrange steps to return workers to their jobs.
Galveston Texas July 31 Hearing in the injunction suit to stop enforcement of martial law in Galveston is scheduled for August 10. The complaint is filed on behalf of four city commissioners.
Austin student Joe Moss captain of the Texas 1919 track team and UT Longhorn hurdler will represent the United States in Antwerp during the summer as 110 meter high hurdler. His selection follows final tryouts in Boston. Moss holds the Southern record for the 120 yard high hurdles with 14.45 seconds, one fifth second slower than the world mark. He is UT's first athlete to win an Olympic place.
Construction of a 600000 breakwater project advances with trackage extending 2600 feet from the S A and P line to the waterfront. Rip rap stones will form the harbor barrier rising six feet above low tide, topped by a concrete cap to four additional feet. The landlocked harbor will boost pleasure shipping and protect the business district from storms.
The Galveston tax rolls rise by 4.7 million dollars over last year as the city commission sits as a board of equalization. The Galveston Wharf Company leads with a valuation jump from 4 million to 5.7 million dollars, up 1.7 million.
Harry Pidgeon of Wilmington California completed a 26 day single handed voyage in a 34 foot yawl from San Pedro to Honolulu. A customs inspector met him on arrival as word spread that Senator Harding had been nominated. Pidgeon traveled without a dog and planned to sightsee and take pictures.
The fragment lists M. W. Brennan Asst Cashier A te Vidaurri Asst Cashier and J R Fasnacht Ass't Cashier in a brief memo style with no context or dates provided.
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