Claims of German Booze Powder Scam Debunked
A Saturday Daily column warns readers about a German claim to distill genuine wines by mixing powders with water. The piece notes the post office would seize any such alcohol and the ads violate mail fraud laws. It also critiques home brew schemes and discusses Germany’s wartime import debts and postwar rhetoric.
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Sahara
Moselle
Bordeaux
Burgundy
Post Office Department
Department
United States
Goerman
Ais
Beazz
Bay
American War Claims Treaty Accepted by German Government
Jubilant reactions as Germany accepts the treaty settling American war claims including Lusitania deaths. President Harding names two American members of the commission with a German colleague. Newspapers hint at prompt reparations but caution remains from Versailles treaty history and France’s stance on prewar debts.
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Germany
Lusitania
Harding
France
Sears
Sunday Band Concert to Aid Tower Clock Fund
The San Agustin Juvenile Band will perform Sunday at 8 pm in Martin Plaga to support the tower clock fund. The group organized to give boys musical education invites the public to attend and contribute to the fundraiser.
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San Agustin
Martin Plaga
Tower Clock Fund
Scarifier Removed From Convent Avenue Paving District
The scarifier and grader on Convent Avenue were ordered off the job and will pause work for about two weeks. City Paving Engineer Credulus said the machine damaged pegs and street markings, so paving work in the ravine district is suspended until lines are published and field notes collected.
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Convent Avenue
Gareld
Credulus
Ms Fore
Band of 17th Infantry Sends Warm Laredo Regards
The Band of 17th Infantry Fort Crook Nebraska sends best wishes to Laredo readers marking a pleasant year at Fort McIntosh. The band notes weekly concerts at Fort Crook draw hundreds from Omaha and nearby areas, thanking The Laredo Times for courtesies.
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17Th Band
Times
17Th Infantry Regiment
Fort Crook
Neb
Laredo
17Th Infantry Band
Fort McIntosh
Omaha
Visitors From Zapata Here Prominent Figures Visit Carrizo
County Judge J. M. Sanchez along with Ignacio Sanchez and Proceso Martines, all residents of Carrizo Zapata, are noted as prominent visitors in the local report.
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Zapata
J. M. Sanchez
Ignacio Sanchez
Pedro
Martines
Carrizo
The
New England Capitalists Target Laredo Field Developments
Boston financier C E Lang and party visit the Laredo district as drilling starts on Boston-Mirando No 1 near Mirando field in Zapata county. Lang reports favorable lease geology and extensive acreage holdings across Webb Zapata area while Aviators field, Cin Tex No 1, reaches 1410 feet with strong production prospects. Miranda Production No 1 casing set, drilling to resume Monday.
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New England
Laredo
C. £. Lang
Boston
Lang
Boston-Miranda
Comrainy
EL Peyote Ranch
Zapata County
Mass
Jim Hoge
Holbein
Haynes
Hughes
Bill” Allen
Cin- Tex
Aviators
Miranda
Aviators Field
San Ramon Sporting Club Annual Meeting Notice
The San Ramon Sporting Club will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday August 16 1922 at 3 80 oclock at the Elks Club. Election of officers and other business to transact. Full attendance urged. Albert Martin secretary.
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San Ramon Sporting Club
Elks Club
Albert Martin
Seena Owen Stars in Back Pay at Strand Theatre
Seena Owen returns to lead in Back Pay a Paramount picture from Cosmopolitan productions opening at the Strand Theatre Sunday. The prior Woman God Changed showcased her dramatic range as a simple country girl drawn into New York’s hard edge life.
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Seena Owen
Paramount
Cosmopolitan Productions
Srand Theatre
Fannie Hurst
Miss Owen
New York
Old Time Remedy Cures Major Dysentery Experience
Mrs. Mahala Burns of Savanna Missouri recounts a common tale of using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy nine years ago to cure flux and later suffering another attack, reflecting how many households report the same relief from dysentery with this remedy.
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Mahala Burns
Savanna
Chamberlain
Thia
Ren
Man Arrested in Rio Grande Standoff Extradition Sought
A man claiming to be Herbert M. Smith was seized by Deputy Sheriff Joe Flerros as he emerged from the Rio Grande from the Mexican side. He later admitted being Edwin Frederick Morse, wanted in Denver for absconding with 78 176 dollars from the International Trust Co in August 1621. He waived extradition and faced DOJ officials before transfer to Denver.
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Herbert M. Smith
Joe Flerros
Rio Grande
John Chamberlain
Edwin Frederick Morse
Denver
Colorado
International Trust Co
Morse
Mexico
Trout
Department of Justice
San Antonio Giants Challenge Laredo in Three-Game Series
The Milmos baseball team visits Eagle Pass while Laredo hosts Ullmann Stern Krause of the San Antonio Commercial League to face the Knights of Columbus in a three game set. Games start 5 PM today at Langston Park, 10 AM tomorrow, and 4:30 PM tomorrow afternoon with large crowds anticipated at Legion Park.
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Milmos
Laredo
Ullmann, Stern & Krause
San Antonio
Knights of Columbus
U. S
Sisters on Screen At Rialto Theatre
Big studio adapts Kathleen Norris novel Sisters into a motion picture. Leena Owen, Matt Moore, and Gladys Lealle star in a story of a courageous girl who battles a selfish sister to keep her husband. Engagement starts Sunday for two days.
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Kathleen Norris
Good Housekeeping
Rialto Theatre
Leena Owen
Matt Moore
Gladys Lealle
Marriage license visit and county court session announced
The Webb county clerk visited Sabino Martinez and Miss Bartola Ayala to record a marriage license. The Webb County Commissioners Court will hold its regular quarterly term next Monday morning with substantial business expected. Fort of Laredo imports from Mexico yesterday included one carload of ixile and imports appear to be down to a minimum. Corns and ingrown nails removed painlessly in five minutes with home service by Dr. Raynor Herrera's Pharmacy. Legion Park hosts games tomorrow at 10 am and 4 30 pm between the U S K Glanta of San Antonio and the Knights of Columbus of Laredo. For oil development news in the Laredo district read The Times for prompt updates.
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Sabino Martinez
Bartola Ayala
Commissioners Court
Webb County
Fort of Laredo
Mexico
Ixile
Raynor
Herrera
Legion Park
U. S. K. Glanta
San Antonio
Knights of Columbus
Laredo
Ethics and publicity in musical teaching spotlight
Vittorio Trevisan, a Chicago singing teacher, refuses to let time-claiming peddlers steal credit from his pupils Mary McCormick and Gaetano Viviani. The piece laments unethical self promotion among teachers and cites actions by Avccariation and Boston Chilet of Singing Teachers. It notes Trevisan’s public defense and the test of a competent teacher shown by pupil success, ending with two offerings at the Methodist Church: Awakening Chorus and My Faith Looks Up to Thee.
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Vittorio Trevisan
Chicago
Viviani
Europe
New York
Italy
Trevisan
Texas Music
Boston Chilet
Mme
M.E
Chas. H. Gabriel
Homer Norris
L. J. Perkine
H. J. Seaman
MAY LOSE REFUGEES
Constantinople August reports Major Claflin Davis director of the American Red Cross in Constantinople says the refugee issue will be cleared up in the coming months. The American Relief Administration will feed refugees while the League of Nations distributes them. Bulgaria and Yugoslavia will take thousands and 1,000 will be repatriated to Siberia. Australia may accept several thousand.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Claflin Davis
American Red Cross
American Relief Administration
League of Nations
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Siberia
Australia
Hunger, the Best Seuse, Food Appetite Theme
A fragment hints at appetite and food as a subject. The text appears garbled with mis-spellings and incomplete phrases, lacking clear events, names, places, or dates to anchor a full news item.
Imperial Family gains heir with Prince Yasuhito Chichibu coming of age
Tokyo reports Prince Yasuhito Atsu-no-miya, second son of the Emperor, reaching manhood on June 2. He is a military academy student now styled Prince Yasuhito Chichibu. The change marks a formal entry into adulthood within the imperial lineage.
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Tokio
Yasuhito Atsu-no-miya
Military Academy
Yasuhito Chichibu
Sunday social calendar at local churches listed
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian meets at 6 45 p m. The Junior B Y P U of the Baptist Church gathers at the church in the afternoon. The Senior B Y P U meets at 6 80 p m. at the Baptist Church. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church holds a 6 45 p m meeting.
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The
Christian Endeavor .Society. of the Presbyterian Come
Society notices urge weekly reports and meeting announcements
Society editors are urged to collect weekly club reports and announce meetings by phoning No. 70 to keep the daily society calendar accurate. Public events will be chronicled as dates are confirmed to inform readers. General mentions include travel notes and local visits.
Bridge party honors Mrs Vidaurri high score in entertaining
Mrs Vidaurri hosted a bridge afternoon where Mrs Lafon earned low and Mrs Vidaurri claimed high. Guests included Lafon Moser Swanceat Cantrell and Moser with many others. The Sunbeam Band met at the Fapiiat Church with stories for children read by Mrs Fletcher Smith and Miss Katherine Schelper.
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Halal
Fu Faehara
A. R. Vidaurrl
L. A. Lafon
Gerv
Joe
Martti
Dafches
O'Meara
Lafon
Vidaurri
Denike
Swanceat
T. 4Endecker
Cantrell
Moser
Fapiiat
Fletcher Smith
Katherine Schelper
Smith
Leslie Ewing
Tommie
Genevieve Goodwin
Louie
Lilian Simms
Margaret
Vernon Scheiper
Lamar
Truett Smith
Jane Mery Ward
Local Notables Visit Laredo on Various Interests
Geo Halsett of Dallas is in the city on business. Joe J Jurgens, formerly of Laredo and now in San Antonio, visited yesterday and shows growing interest in oil development here. Jeephie Lyman Brewster of Lake Charles, La., is visiting Laredo as the guest of his brothers J W and BE B Brewster.
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Geo. Halsett
Dallas
Joe J. Jurgens
Warning on Booze Powder Bogs Home Brewers
AP reports the Post Office warns of a fraud circular promoting “Booze Powder” claiming to make dehydrated alcoholic beverages. It targets home brewers and anti Volatendeans with offers of “one dollar only” for items like wine, sherry, port, burgundy, and more. The circulars promise a gallon or two of powder to produce alcohol, violating federal rules.
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Associated Press
Washington
Post Office Department
United
Munich
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