Today’s Birthdays July 23 8
Mary Anderson de Navarro a renowned American stage actress born Sacramento California 61 years ago Ballington Booth founder of Volunteers of America born Brighouse England 61 years ago Hon A B Arsenault former premier of Prince Edward Island born 60 years ago H Garland Dupre U S Representative for Louisiana Second District born Opelousas 47 years ago today
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Mary Anderson de Navarro
Sacramento
Calif
Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Brighouse
England
A. EB. Arsenault
Prince Edward Island
H. Garland Dupre
Congress
Louisiana
Opelousas
Canon Carnegie To Head Westminster Abbey Choir In Lincoln Statue Ceremony
Canon Carnegie, famed churchman and former House of Commons chaplain, will lead the Westminster Abbey choir in London today for the unveiling of the Abraham Lincoln statue. A Scotsman born in Ireland sixty years ago, he gained wide recognition in the United States through his American connections. His career included curacy in East End London, leadership at Birmingham Cathedral, and the rectorate of St. Margaret's Church. His book Churchmanship and Character is highly regarded.
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Canon Carnegie
Westminster Abbey
London
Abraham Lincoln
House of Commons
William Endicott
Cleveland
Ireland
East End
Birmingham Cathedral
St. Margaret's Church
Former German Empress Auguste Victoria Fights Heart Disease
Doorn Netherlands July 28 Associated Press says the former German Empress Auguste Victoria has endured years of heart disease with aggravated attacks in recent months. She lives at Doorn under constant care, aided by Countess Kellar and Berlin staff. A special elevator helps her avoid stairs and pursuit of quiet life amid family visits and medical guidance.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Holland
Auguste Victoria
House of Doorn
Berlin
Countess Kellar
Potsdam
William
Amerongen
Kapp
Auguste
Haehner
Utrecht
Lfe
Today marks Peru's 100 years of independence
Today Peru enters the centennial celebration of its national independence. Six years ago at noon on July 28 1914 the world war began with Austria declaring war on Serbia. Regional and national meetings open today in Canada and Virginia while the St Gaudens Lincoln statue is unveiled in London with notable participation.
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Peru
Serbia
Western Canada Irrigation Association
Lethbridge
Alto
Richmond
Virginia Retail Clothiers’ and Furnishers’ Association
St. Gaudens
Lincoln
America
London
Social Calendar Highlights From Laredo Society Page
Mrs. M. J. Diaz hosts a 6:30 to 7:30 party for Quintin’s birthday. W. M. A. meets at Baptist Church at 4 pm. Several residents travel to San Antonio Toledo Ohio and Moorestown New Jersey to visit relatives and attend events. An engagement notice announces Margarite Capra and John Thomas Dee’s July 27 1920 wedding in Brooklyn. A Fort McIntosh splash party and a camp dinner salute Lieut and Mrs Johnson with a silver serving tray and open air dancing. A Joplist Church group hosts a swimming party atManadas with a picnic lunch and car shuttle.
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Johnson
Lieut. Stowell
Aviation Corps
Mercier Lake
Clifton Hill
Olivia Schultz
Joplist
Manadas
Lacy If Wiese
TC. Mann
Russian women act as waitresses in Constantinople cafes
New York dispatch reports that cultured Russian women now work as waitresses in Constantinople restaurants. They wear outfits brought from Bolshevist Russia and are greeted with customary gestures, as compatriots and friends assist them in their serving.
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Associated Press
New York
Constantinople
American Central Committee For Russian Relief
Bolshevist
Russia
Theda Tara Seeks Husband Who Obeys Before Breakfast
Theda Tara, famed vamp of the idos, states her ideal husband would be a mean man who would be agreeable before breakfast, reflecting her unique standards for a mate.
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Theda Tara
Idos
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A brief promotional note touts Chamberlain's remedy as consistently effective for colic and diarrhoea, claiming it earns favorable opinion and praise from users who turn to it when in need of relief.
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Chamberlain
Good Old Days the Hard Lot of German Ex Officers
Former German army officers, forced from government payrolls and unfit for work, face hardship in democratic Germany. Many receive paltry pensions, some form an ex officers’ association seeking land and subsidies. Ex officers are now taking manual labor jobs, with students and reserves returning to streets after the Kapp coup.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Democratic
United States
Belgium
Rhineland
Kapp
Head of the Table Purists and Classic Writings
A San Francisco Chronicle remark contrasts purists who rail at phrases about seating at the head of a circular table with famed lines from Macgregor and Don Quixote. The exchange highlights traditional notions of leadership and the upper end as a place of honor.
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Macgregor
San Francisco Chronicle
Harold Fragile Lays Down After Feasting on Hearth Rug
A short anecdote notes Harold Fragile enjoying a day of feasting then dozing on the hearth rug. He murmurs a quip about being put to bed without bending, as someone carries him upstairs to rest.
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Harold
Land of Nod
Canadians plan colonization scheme in Mexican estate
Calgary July 28 General Critchley a noted Canadian military figure has recruited three battalions of British and Canadian veterans to settle on a million acre Mexican estate. The venture includes four air squadrons and is organized on a military basis funded by a 300000 pound British government appropriation.
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Associated Press
Calgary
Alberta
General Critchley
Mexico
Critchley
Murder Mystery Under Investigation In Detroit Case
Birmingham July 28 two men named Fernandez were questioned by Lieut J P Smith of the Detroit police in a territorial murder probe and freed Allan Tatum provided the first clue and offered to accompany the officer to New York or Detroit Identified Woman’s Body New York July 28 Mrs Leo Trumbull wife of a Detroit policeman identified the body of a young woman found in a trunk at an express warehouse as Mrs Eugene Leroy
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Associated Press
Birmingham
Ala
Fernandez
Lieut
J. P. Smith
Detroit
Territuk
Freed
Allan Tatum
Tatum
Lieut. Smith
New York
Leo Trumbull
Bellavue Morgue
Express Company
Eugene Leroy
Arrested man held for investigation in Kansas telegraph
Lawrence Kan July 28 A telegram from Detroit police ordered a man held for further investigation. He was arrested yesterday and matches the description of Eugene Leroy.
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Lawrence
Kan
Woodward
Detroit
Eugene Leroy
Hayward Denounces Democratic Admin in New York Rally
Col. William Hayward, permanent chairman of the unofficial Republican state convention, denounces Governor Smith's administration in Saratoga Springs. He urges colleagues to follow Chicago National convention and adopt a platform to win this fall.
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Associated Press
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
William Hayward
Smith
Chicago
New German Canal Links Elbe and Rhine Network
Berlin July 28 Germany plans a 93 mile inland canal to connect eastern grain regions with western industry completing the Elbe to Rhine link. The Prussian State ministry will fund the final section, easing wartime transport blocked by the Allies.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Elbe
Rhine
Hanover
Magdaburg
North Sea
Baltic
Railroad Timetable Highlights for Texas and Nearby Lines
Texas-Mexican line shows Train No 1 to Corpus Christi at 9 55 a m with Train No 2 from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m. International and Great Northern runs a through fast train to St Louis leaving 9 30 a m and arriving 4 p m. Night Train departs 9 p m arriving 8 am. Rio Grande and Eagle Pass lists Train No 1 from Laredo daily excluding Sunday at 8 30 am arriving Minera 10 20 am and Train No 2 from Minera excluding Sunday at 11 am arriving Laredo 3 16 pm.
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Corpus Christi
Laredo
Minera
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans notes tonight and Thursday partly cloudy to cloudy. Fort McIntosh observations show a 97 degree maximum and 76 degree minimum with a south wind and partly cloudy sky.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort MclIntosh
Army surplus sale at 1701 Hidalgo Street
Economy Salvage House advertises 29,000 Army shoes 1,000 Army wool shirts 300 Army cotton mattresses 20,000 Army leggings and many other articles 1,000 pairs ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture located at 1701 Hidalgo St. August 3 1.
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Hidalgo St
Villa Surrenders to End Manhunt in Mexico
Francisco Villa capitulated after an all night talk with General Martinez and will retire from bandit life. Carl Haeglin, the American kidnapped, has been released and goes to Mexico City. U S authorities pressed Mexico to secure Haeglin’s freedom as Villa is reportedly due in Mexico City within three days to surrender to President de la Huerta.
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Mexico City
de la Huerta
Associated Press
Nagle Pass
Texas
Francisco Villa
Martinez
Mexico
Carl Haeglin
Villa
Washington
State Department
May Air Routes ready to cross continent by air mail
A trio of all metal monoplanes at Long Island prepare to launch for San Francisco carrying the first cross country air mail. The flight aims to map a regular route set to begin in early September.
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Associated Press
New York
Long Island
San Francisco
Death toll from Sublette mine explosion rises to eight
Kemmerer Wy July 28 The death list from the powder magazine explosion at Sublette mine near here was raised today to eight by the death of injured persons.
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Associated Press
Kemmerer
Wyo
Sublette Imine
Here
Statue of Lincoln Presented by Root to British People
Ellu Root former American secretary of state formally presented to the British people Saint Gaudens statue of Lincoln in Channing Square as a gift from Africa Premier Lloyd George accepted. The event was widely heralded by the British press as further cementing Anglo American friendship.
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Hy Associated Press
London
Ellu Root
St. Gaudens
Lincoln
Channing’ Square
Anfrica
Lloyd George
Mothers Meet in Diting November Ten Fort Worth
The Texas Congress of Mothers is slated to hold a meeting in Diting on November 10. Fort Worth AP reports the event as part of state Mothers organization activities.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Texas Congress of Mothers
Diting
FENCE REPAIRING AT WAKEFIELD BIRTHPLACE ISSUE
Washington column notes Congress allocates 100 dollars yearly for fencing repairs and upkeep of the 2 acre Wakefield Virginia reservation where George Washington was born. The site has no dwelling, a monument marks nativity, and reach is difficult from Washington 110 miles away. Water access is hindered as excursion steamers stopped after the old government wharf was damaged by ice and floods.
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Associated Preane Washington
Congress
Wakefield
George Washington
Washington
Potomac
Government Wharf
Irrigation Congress Opens in Lethbridge
Delegates from all western provinces gathered in Lethbridge Alta for the annual Western Canada Irrigation Association convention. The sessions run through Friday with discussions on irrigation projects and regional water management.
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Lethbridge
Alta
Western Provinces
Western Canada Irrigation Association
Rat catchers now busy in Charleston
Five port rat catchers from New Orleans work in Charleston on a drive to trap 6,000 rodents along the water front as a bubonic prevention survey by the U S public health service. No infected rats found yet. Charleston plans a representative for the five states conference in Galveston in August to discuss plague prevention.
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Uy Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
New Orleans
United States Public Health Service
Galveston
Antisuffrage Campaign Opens in North Carolina
The Southern Rejection League will launch the antisuffrage drive in Raleigh with speakers on Thursday as a special legislative session looms within two weeks. The fate of ratifying the federal suffrage amendment is set to be debated while the pro suffrage activists are already active.
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Iy Associated Press
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Southern Rejection League
Amundsen Arrives in Nome After Arctic Ocean Journey
Roald Amundsen, the Norwegian explorer, reached Nome Alaska today from the Arctic Ocean confirming his dramatic voyage finish. Local officials and crowds greeted him as he stepped ashore in the bustling Nome harbor.
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Associated Press
Nome
Alaska
Roald Amundsen
Arctic Ocean
Coal miners idle in Fort Smith district
More than 1,100 coal miners are idle in the Fort Smith district due to the ongoing strike. Across the state, industrial St. Louis, Missouri faces a coal famine as a result of the same labor action amid shortages.
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Associated Press
Fort Smith, Ark
Fort Smith District
Rt. Louis
St. Louis
German Stammtisch Club Disappears Amid Beer Price Rise
The Stammtisch, once a venerable middle class German club for talking politics, art, and philosophy, is fading as beer prices climb from 30 pfennigs to 2 marks per pint. Historic artist Stammtische like the Siechens in Behrenstrasse vanish, ending a tradition tied to Gemuthlichkeit and convivial gatherings.
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Ay Associated Press
Berlin
Stammtisch
Stammtseh
Siechens
Behrenstrasse
Death of Mrs A R Villareal in Nuevo Laredo
Mrs Ascension Ramos de Villareal aged 60, widow of Nicolas Villareal of Nuevo Laredo, died after a month’s illness at her home. Funeral held yesterday from the home to the Catholic church in Nuevo Laredo, with large attendance. Sister of Jose Maria Ramos of this city. Pallbearers named Lic M Guerra, Lic Tercero, Garza Cantu, D Echavarria, Antonio Gonzales and V L Puig.
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Ascension Ramos de Villareal
Nicolas Villareal
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Jaredo
Jose Maria Ramos
M. Guerra
Tercero
Garza Cantu
D. Echavarria
Antonio Gonzales
V. L. Puig
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Panocety
Violet
Oberfeldt Society
M. J. Diaz
Quintin
Baptist Church
G. C. Hiatt
Little Daughter
San Antonio
N. C. Windrow
H. W. Johnston
Mr. Johnston
Toledo
Ohio
Chas. Deutz
Julia Belle
Moorestown
N. J
Washington, D. C
Georgia
Mr. Tody
Tampico
Edward Alexander
O. H. Guinn
J. T. Murphy
Bender Hotel
Men
J. S. Westbrook
G. R. Weber
Captain Leach
Fort McIntosh
H. C. Hall
Lyle Perkins
DeRosette Thomas
John Thomas Dee
Brooklyn
Richters
C, Richter
Mildred Leyendecker
Odette Bunn
Kathleen Heaner
Emilie Halsell
Marjorie Fish
Agnes French
Condren
EB. J. Foster
Mesdames Groff
Williams
Barlow
Dew
Evelyn Moore
Maria Mowry
Hudson
Donnelly
Wood
Harris
Decker
Tarkington
Republican
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Harding
Senate
Panghho Villa
Rio Grande
Eagle Pane
Weather Forecast
Economy Salvage House
Ask Haeglin
Root
Public Health Service Con
Atlantic
Seaport
Amundsen
A. R. Villareal
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