Today’s anniversaries July 29 through 1918 events
July 29 marks anniversaries from 1644 Pope Urben VII death in Rome to 1918 US Marines in battle with Dominican rebels. Notable entries include 1721 Count de Kalb Continental Army officer born in Bavaria, 1809 Sisters of Charity convent school opened in Emmitsburg, 1848 O’Brien rebellion in Ireland, 1870 Napoleon III assumes command at Metz, 1882 Duke of Connaught leaves England for Egypt, 1878 Maria Mitchell expedition to Colorado for an eclipse.
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Urben VII
Rome
Florence
Count de Kalb
Bavaria
Camden
South Carolina
The
Sisters of Charity
Emmittsburg
Mother Seton
W. Smith O'Brien
Ireland
Napoleon Iiii
Metz
Maria Mitchell
Colorado
Duke of Connaught
England
Egypt
United States Marine
Australian boxers make debut in Milwaukee showdown
Three Australian fighters Lieut Edwards Vincent Blackburn and Jimmy Ryan sail to America to display talent before Dream City A C fans in Milwaukee July 29. Edwards meets Jack Lawler Blackburn fights Joe Burman and Ryan faces Bad Christians in ten round bouts.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Tom Andrews
America
Dream City A. C
Antipodes
Lieut
Edwards
Vincent Blackburn
Jimmy Ryan
Jack Lawler
Blackburn
Joe Burman
Ryan
Distribution of Victory Medals Slow To Reach Recipients
The War Department reports only 50 936 Victory Medal applications issued so far, with about 35 000 medals per day possible and four months to finish under that rate. By month end 60 000 applications would take nearly six years to honor all entitled. Applications proceed via post or recruiting office, with medals shipped from Philadelphia once eligibility and clasps are determined. As of now 17 750 medals issued in the U S, 266 in England, 9 569 in France, plus a breakdown by battle clasps reaching into the hundreds for higher clasp counts. If a recipient dies, the medal goes to a nearest kin upon proper application.
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War Department
eDpot
Quartermaster Corps
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
United States
Engand
France
Italy
Rusia
Siberia
Social Calendar and Local Notices Digest
Social calendar lists activities at Mrs J A MacDonald home and Elks Hall with meetings and dances. Local society items include travels of Mr Goodman, Miss Paul Goldmann visiting Austin, M J Diaz birthday party with bubble contest and guests, prizes won by Edwin Atlee Foster and Ernesto Owen, and various visits and trips across Texas and the West.
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J. A. MacDonald
the Baptist Church
Elks Hall
Sam Mackin
Ethel Mackin
Denver
Yellowstone Park
California
West
M. J. Diaz
Quintin
Edwin Atlee Foster
Pisiata
Dinah
Ernesto Owen
Beatrice Baker
Francesa Crawford
Ada Mims
Lolita Llano
Kirby Walker
Jack
Idwin Atlee
Arthur
Jenny Lind Lang
Freddie Derby
Mary Louise Derby
Beatrice Floyd
Dorothy Emilie Sialski
Sidney Williams
Ernest Owens
Rose Marie Owens
Leopoldo Villegas
May Mud
Katherine May G’sell
Migratory Consumptives Study Under Texas Health Aid
George F. Granger of the Texas Public Health Association surveys indigent migratory consumptives in Austin. He reviews death records tuberculosis cases and clinical data while interviewing tubercular wanderers to map their travels and finances for care solutions across Texas.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
George F. Granger
Texas Public Health Association
Want Larkin's Release
Dublin July 29 There is renewed agitation in Ireland for the release from prison of James Larkin who is serving a sentence in America. Town councils including Mullingar have passed resolutions urging his release. A County Council member urged that any communication with the American government be through the Irish Republican government and referred the matter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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Associated Pr
Dublin
Ireland
James Larkin
America
Mullinger
Larkin
Prett
Galveston Rats Under Tight Siege by Health Officials
A nationwide state and local effort in Galveston is trapping three to four hundred rats daily. About 12,000 steel traps are used citywide as professional rat hunters map districts including the water front and cotton operations. Shippers are restricted with new fumigation and permit rules effective after midnight July 17, 1920, affecting railroad cars and cargo loading until inspection and proper documentation are completed.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
J. Holmes Smith
United States Public Health Service
Galveston's New Police Force Builds Metro Style Unit
Texas cavalrymen in Galveston rapidly form a disciplined, efficient police force. Colonel A. W. Bloor leads as provost marshal with A. E. Fer commanding. Sergt Robert E. Abbott trains troops after promotion to second lieutenant. Detectives head the department while A. E. F. riders join as motorcycle speed cops. Three eight hour shifts replace two as city policing begins.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Texas Cavalrymen
A. W. Bloor
A. E. Fer
Col. Bloor
Robert E. Abbott
Dallas
Heraus Les Roches Opens Belgian German Clampdown
Antwerp residents launch a radical movement against German merchants postwar. A parade sparked the action, with placards reading Herans les Roches and shop attacks reported. The Belgian foreign office notes few Germans remain allowed entry, many having lived in Antwerp before the war.
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Associated Press
Antwerp
Belgium
Crop Conditions Report From Eastern Texas Outlook
Galveston notes diverse conditions across eastern Texas as cotton picking nears. Reports cite boll weevil pressure in several towns, with rain and heat affecting yields, while some areas report strong blooms, open cotton, and promising prospects for a good season.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Lechetter
Irriac
Caldwell
Platonia
Gora
Willis
Lockhart
Edna
Colton
Hubturtias
Herclair
Angleton
Alice
Alvin
Bellville
Regent
Denton
Nashville Prelate's Anniversary in Bishops Service
Nashville Tenn July 29 The Rt Rev Meomas S Burpienl head of the Nashville diocese marks his eighty eighth year born Hamilton Ohio in 1841, ordained over fifty years ago. He has led the diocese for twenty six years and is among the oldest bishops in America by age and length of service.
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Nashville
Tenn
Meomas S. Bur Pienl
Hamilton
America
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved Remedy Endorsed
Mrs Henry Jewett of Clark Mills New York reports rapid relief from a severe summer complaint after using Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The note recommends the product for stomach and bowel upset and urges families to keep it on hand.
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Chamberlain
Henry Jewett
Clark Mills
N.Y
Weather Notes From The Times Fort McIntosh Forecast
Tonight and Friday partly cloudy with a high around 98 degrees and a low near 74. Observations for the 24 hours ending today at 7 a.m. show southeast wind direction and partly cloudy skies.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort Mcintosh
Royal Canadian Henley Regatta Opens Near St Catharines
The Royal Canadian Henley regatta, the blue ribbon event in Dominion rowing, starts tomorrow and runs through Saturday on the permanent course near St Catharines Ontario. Nearly all Canadian crews and scullers, plus some from the United States, enter the two day program, with indications of a record successful event under the Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen.
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St. Catherines
Ont
Dominion Rowing
Canada
United States
Canadian Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Allies in Accord on Soviet Matter
London and Warsaw dispatches report that Trance Italy and Great Britain are in complete agreement in negotiations with the Russian Soviet government. Lloyd George defended unity in the House of Commons amid sensational newspaper claims. Also from Warsaw reports note urges to fortify Warsaw before the Bolshevik advance and claim the Soviet aims to invade Poland. A Soviet revolution is said to have begun at Kovoo in Lithuania with the Lithuanian government overthrown, but details are sparse.
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Associated Press
London
Trance
Italy
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Warsaw
Kovoo
No troop movement from Galveston yet today
Galveston Texas July 29 Governor Hobby conferred with Adjutant General Cope on the Galveston strike situation after returning from Beaumont. No announcement was made of any probable movement of troops from the port.
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Galveston
Texas
Beaumont
Hobby
Cope
Democratic party to scrutinize all campaign contributions
Democratic campaign leaders vow to examine the source of all contributions rather than the amounts. George White, national chair, says the slogan Peace progress and prosperity guides the effort as Illinois Indiana and Ohio are labeled battle grounds. White plans New York headquarters and a Chicago-based western manager to organize campaign machinery.
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Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Cox
Hy Associated Press
Washington
George White
White
Ilinois
National Committee
New York
A. Western
Chicago
McAdoo Defends Campaign Ethics Against Bought Presidency
William McAdoo announced he would deliver speeches for Cox in a vigorous, aggressive campaign. He warned against a purchased presidency and urged publicity of campaign expenses during the upcoming race.
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New York
William McAdoo
Cox
Laredo Population Hits 22710 In Census Rise
Washington reports Laredo has 22,710 residents, an increase of 7,855 or 62.9 percent. The census bureau figures reflect reports from Laredo enumerators received this morning.
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Associated Press
Washington
Laredo
Census Bureau
Bread price probe sparks Texas inquiry in Fort Worth
United States District Attorney Taylor investigates bread price hikes in Fort Worth Texas. Officials seek to identify illegal schemes or organizations pushing prices from twelve to fourteen cents a loaf amid rising costs.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
United States
Taylor
William Priced Homes in Beorn as Exchange Falls
Doorn, Itelland, July 29. Former German Emperor William frets over the low exchange rate of the mark. He aims to provide housing for staff by pricing houses near Beorn in Dutch guilders, but converting to marks makes the figures seem absurd to him.
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Associated Press
Doorn
Itelland
William
Beorn
Austrian Steamer Helped Celebrations Signal Franco-American Ties
The former Austrian steamer Grof Kereny Bela captured by the French in the Adriatic aided Bastille Day festivities in Galveston. L'Union Francaise members hosted Henri Maisonneuve and staff as Paul Drouilhet noted rising France ship clearances from the port, from nil in April to seven by June and seven in the first half of July, ending with La Marseillaise.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Grof Kereny Bela
Adriatic
L'Union Francaise
Aetain Henri Maisonneuve
Paul A. Drouilhet
France
Children Clothes Drive For War Victims Cut In Galveston
Associated Press report from Galveston notes Red Cross workers urged to resume making baby clothing for European war displaced areas. Southwest divisional HQ at St. Louis directs efforts focusing on infant garments as Bucharest hospital babies are wrapped in old newspapers for lack of proper cloth.
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Galveston
Texas
Galveston Red Cross
Europe
Southwestern
St. Louis
Bucharest
Kentucky Congressman Warns Against Unassimilable Race
Congressman King Swope of Kentucky, chair of the House subcommittee on Japanese immigration, declared that the United States should not permit an unassimilable race to populate the Pacific states or any other area. The remarks came during the subcommittee’s recent Pacific coast immigration investigation.
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Associated Press
Louisville
King Swope
Kentucky
House
Pacific
Strike situation deemed very promising for miners settlement
An Associated Press report from Springfield July 29 notes a nine hour conference with fourteen mining district executives and a statement by President Perrington that the strike is very promising with prospects for a settlement in two days. Indiana mining field reports indicate about half the mines idle due to the strike, with some authorities saying 75 percent closed.
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Iy Associated Press
Spingfield
Parrington
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Mining Feild
Ilness
Report on coal crisis sent to President Wilson
Secretary of Labor Wilson's coal situation report was forwarded to President Wilson. He refused to discuss its contents, but department officials indicated the bituminous coal commission recommendation should be reopened.
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Washington
Secretary of Labor
Wilson
Department of Labor
Bituminous Coal Commission
Bank Robbery Near Grass Lake Surrounded by Posse
Jackson Ind July 29 three bandits robbed Farmers State Bank at Grass Lake near here of nearly $10 000 and are reported surrounded by a posse at Wolfe Lake seven miles southeast of the city An unconfirmed report says one man was killed in a gunfight with the posse
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Hy Associated Press
Jackson
Ind
Farmers State Bank
Grass Lake
Wolfe Lake
Flying Mail Monoplanes Leave Central Park for West
Three all metal monoplanes carrying the transcontinental aerial mail departed Central Park Long Island at 10 08 this morning for San Francisco. Pilot crews report clear weather and smooth air as the trio begins the cross country run.
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Associated Press
New York
Central Park
Long Island
San Francisco
Clothing Prices to Drop at Fall Retail Conference
Chicago July 29 at the sixth Business Builders conference retail dry goods merchants from 22 states heard that clothing prices for fall will be lower.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Boy Scout Conductors Steer Warsaw Street Cars
Warsaw July 29 Boy scouts acted as conductors during a municipal workers strike delaying the city street car system. Volunteers from technical schools operated the electric power plant water works gas plants and street cars as part of an emergency setup under the Social Self Aid Society. The strike sought wage increases of 80 to 100 percent and was settled by a compromise.
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Warsaw
Social Self Aid Society
Italian King Victor Emmanuel's Twentieth Anniversary
In Rome on July 29 flags were widely displayed to mark the twentieth anniversary of King Victor Emmanuel II's accession after the assassination of King Humbert at Monza in 1900.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Humbert
Monza
You Guard Against Burglars, But What About Rats
Rats steal millions of dollars' worth of grain chickens eggs and more. They destroy property and threaten health. RAT-SNAP promises to kill them prevent odors. Cats or dogs won t touch it. Comes in three cake sizes 25c 50c and 1.00. Sold and guaranteed by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
I Wouldn't Go Camping Without Rat Snap
Ray White promotes RAT SNAP with a personal testimonial about using it on camping trips to control rats. He notes large rats were killed and urges farmers, storekeepers, and housewives to use the product. Available in three sizes 25c 60c and 1.00, sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drag Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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Ray White
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drag Co
Sanitary Grocery
World War I era treaty debate and Hungarian leader death
One year ago today President Wilson spoke on the Anglo American French treaty before the Senate. Alexander Garbul, head of the Hungarian Soviet Government, died by his own hand.
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Wilson
Senate
Aelxander Garbul
It Looked Like a Battlefield in Europe
Mr Hunster recalls a morning in a small Pennsylvania town when he hired a rig and saw a pile of dead rats killed by RAT-SNAI the night before. The scene resembled a battlefield in Europe. The item was sold in three sizes priced 25¢ 50¢ and $1.00 by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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Europe
C. Hunster
Pennsylvania
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
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Posse
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BOY Scout
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