Accept the challenge on league of nations presses
The piece argues the Democratic nominees should seize the league of nations issue, warning that failure to ratify harms civilization. It links European peril to US inaction, condemns isolationism, and portrays Germany and Bolshevik moves as threats while urging firm US support.
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League of Nations
United State Senate
Europe
United States
Poland
Senator Lodge
League Or Nations
Germany
France
England
Why People Buy Rat Snap in Preference to Rat Poison
RAT-SNAP kills rats and mice and leaves no lingering odor as they dry up inside. Sold in cake form with no mixing, it with stands up to dog and cat exposure. Three sizes available for $1.25, sold and guaranteed by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Innocent Bystanders in Rat Extermination Camp
Associated Press report from Galveston dated August 10 notes animals suffer amid bubonic plague fumigation efforts. Birds near a waterfront warehouse fell dead from cyanide fumes, other birds over ships undergoing disinfection perished, and several cats and dogs left in buildings did not survive.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Unfriendly act worries Brenham county workers
Washington county businessmen met to curb labor exodus. Resolutions condemn out of county employers for luring workers, urging locals to harvest crops at fair wages. A committee was appointed to conserve county manpower and resist perceived unpatriotic hostility.
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Associated Press
Brenham
Tex
Washington County
Werslington
Archbishop Mannix in Sinn Fein stir over Irish republic
A fragment from a historical column notes Archbishop Mannix of Australia, an Irish-born prelate, traveling from the antipodes and suspected of aiding Sinn Fein Ireland. It questions the Pope’s view amid debates on recognizing the Irish republic and Mannix’s possible Rome-bound agenda.
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Archbishop Mannix
Australia
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Mannix
Antipodes
Rome
Eduich
Holy Father
Irish “Republic
Rat Snap Beats the Best Trap Ever Made Says Mrs Shaw
Mrs Emily Shaw proclaims RAT SNAP outperforms all traps and reports twelve rats killed in a week after husband bought a two dollar trap and a box of RAT SNAP. The product comes in cake form in three sizes priced 1.25, sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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Emily Shaw
A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Chief Prohibition Agent Arrested in San Antonio
San Antonio paper reports T H Stevie chief prohibition enforcement agent for the district and three alleged conspirates arrested on bootlegging charges. He was held on conspiracy to unlawfully import transport and sell intoxicating liquors with bonds set and an ongoing examination waiver.
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San Antonio
Laredo
Stevie
Neal
Prohibition Enforcement Office
Federal
Prohibition
Custome
Bureau of Investigation
Prohibition Enforcement
Dancing and physical culture classes listed
Schedule under Mrs J A Mac Denald director lists children class Monday and Friday at Elks Hall 9 a m. An e class in ballroom dancing Thursday at Elks Hall 8 p m. Adult class Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at residence 1519 Laredo street 9 a m. and 9 a m notes.
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J. A. Mac Denald
Elks Hall
Laredo Street
Five Year Test Asks If Truth Stands
A Laredo reader from Durborow recalls back pain starting after a cold and says Dean's Kidney Pills eased the attacks. He notes relief lasting through 1919 and recommends the medicine, bought at Ideal Drug Store, with Foster Milburn Co. as the maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Durbarrow
Farragut St. Laredo
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co. Miers
Buffalo
N.Y
Seizure Notice on Automobile at Laredo Port
Office of Deputy Collector of Customs Port of Laredo Texas issues notice that a Mord automobile seized near Tden Texas for violation of Section 3682 R Ss. Claimants must file their claim within twenty days from first publication or the automobile will be sold at public auction at the Customhouse at 10 a m September 2 1920. A R Kahn Deputy Collector of Customs.
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Port of Laredo
Texas
Thden
Pleasanton
A. R. Kahn
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
A compact listing notes opportunities in THE TIMES with a subscription offer at 50 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Immigration to Mexico and United States Seen to Surge
The Laredo port report shows 3833 aliens admitted from June 30 1919 to June 30 1920. The Times notes widespread emigration from Mexico as workers seek higher wages, while American workers move to Mexico due to restored conditions and industrial openings, signaling the heaviest international movement on record next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. ‘Rrout
U.S. Immigration Service
Laredo
the Times
United States
Mexico
Chicago Crime Commission to present at Indiana meeting
Chicago business men form the Chicago Crime Commission to present its program at the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology annual meeting in Indianapolis starting September 16. Prof H H Gault of Northwestern University released the initial program outline. The agenda includes analysis of Detroit police court data, criminal procedure, immigration, police, probation, parole, expert testimony, and statistics. Governors Goodrich of Indiana and Rabion of Indiana, plus judges and experts, will participate in discussions on pardoning power, indeterminate sentences, juvenile treatment, and family court issues.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Chicago Crime Commission
American Institute of Criminal Law and Crimnology
Indianapolis
Institute
Fl HH. Gault
Northwastern University
Detroit
Committee of
Kteparte
P. Goodrich
Indiana
Lemuel Rabion
Fr. H. Goddard
Ohio Bureau of Juventie Research
Columbus
Upd
Fragmented note on music and culture from past era
A garbled excerpt discusses music by women and men, dialect translations, and cultural observations. It mentions records, phonographs, and a contest in 1888, with scattered references to insurance, police, and Scotland Yard using X rays to detect hidden items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schantiet
Lancy
Wilmington
Tuy Whves
Scotland Yard
New Sunday Schedule On Mexican Railways Announced
An official in Nuevo Laredo says a new Sunday schedule goes into effect August 15 on National Lines between Nuevo Laredo Saltillo and Nuevo Laredo Mexico City. It restores the Nuevo Laredo Saltillo service with two daily northbound and two daily southbound trains, plus revised timings for trains Nos 1 3 and 4, enabling smoother transfers with connections to Laredo and Texas Mexico routes.
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Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Saltillo
Mexico City
Loreto Trevino
Monterey
San Luis Potosi
Gonzalez
Baltillo
Laredo
Drilling Progress Near Laredo At Two Oil Sites
Drilling at Bor-Tex Oil Co near Ortiz pasture nine miles northwest of Laredo and at Rio Grande Oil & Gas Co on the Santo Tomas tract 24 miles northwest of Laredo is advancing. Bor-Tex has completed a water well and will resume oil drilling. Rio Grande has hit a favorable sand at 40 feet and seeks better indications as the drill proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BorTex Oil Co
Ortiz Pasture
Laredo
Io Grande of & Gas Co
Santo Tomas
Bor-Tex OU Co
Rio Grande OW & Gis Co
Willel
Chaplin Performs New Carmen Burlesque at Strand Theatre
Manager Kintz books Chaplin in A Burlesque on Carmen at Strand Theatre beginning yesterday. The piece showcases Chaplin’s acting range with a blend of drama and his famed slapstick, surprising audiences with pathos during the Carmen stabbing scene. Also note a Ford seized near Pleasanton on July 24 1920 for legal action, with public auction set for September 2 1920 at the Customhouse. A. R. Kahn Deputy Collector of Customs. New plumbing firm McKeon & Lott opens offering services in the city with phone 164.
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Kintz
Strand Theatre
Charlie Chaplin
Dha Puryviance
E. Fie
Times of McKeon & Lott
Fort McIntosh
Stow Garlick to Take Vacation Then Marriage Notices
Dr. H Stow Garlick leaves tomorrow for ten days or two weeks in San Antonio and Saltillo. Fidel Gonzales and Miss Refugio Hernandes have issued a marriage license. Mexico importations through Laredo yesterday included two carloads of ixile three carloads of deer eleven head of horses and goods over the international footbridge. Webb county commissioners court met at the courthouse and adjourned for lack of a quorum. The Nuevo Laredo Saltillo passenger train will resume next Sunday yielding two trains daily. T. Rt. Stevie, San Antonio prohibition enforcer, was arrested in San Antonio, with expected sensational developments to follow.
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Fidel Gonzales
Refugio Hernandes
Mexico
Laredo
Ixile
Webb County Commissioners’ Court
Winslow
Nuevo Laredo
Saltillo
National Lines
San Antonio
T. Rt
Stevie
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Keans notes tonight and Wednesday partly cloudy. Fort McIntosh observations show a 24 hour period ending at 7 am with a maximum temperature of 99 degrees and a minimum of 75 degrees. Wind is generally southeast and skies partly cloudy.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Keans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Kansas Wheat Harvest Hits Peak Across State
Topeka Aug 10 Kansas has harvested more than ten thousand acres of wheat with only sparse fields remaining in the far northwestern region. The big crop drive began in the southern counties a month ago and in thirty days farmers have produced enough wheat to feed a year for about a third of the United States population. Kansas again leads the nation as the premier wheat growing state, with the crop's notable comeback in recent months.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kas
Kansas
United States
Notable Birthday Anniversaries for August 10
Herbert C Hoover born at West Branch Iowa 40 years ago today. Edward H W Peple born in Richmond Virginia 41 years ago today. William Ernest Hocking Alford professor at Harvard born in Cleveland 47 years ago today. Rear Admiral Thomas B Howard USN retired born at Galena Illinois 57 years ago today.
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Herbert C. Hoover
Amon
West Branch
Iowa
Edward HW. Peple
Richmond
William Ernest Hocking
Alford
Harvard University
Cleveland
Thomas B. Howard
IS. Nu
Galena
commemorations and political contests across states today
Today marks Enoch Lowe’s birth anniversary and the 32nd Maryland governor’s honor. Across states, US political races heat up with Ohio, Arkansas, Texas conventions and primary battles for senator and governor. Lone Star activities include Fort Worth party convention and a Philadelphia draft-dodger trial at Governor’s Island.
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Enoch K. Lowe
Maryland
Plattsburg
Joseph McKenna
Supreme Court of the United States
New American Party
Texas
Fort Worth
United States
Ohio
Arkansas
Toledo
Bickett
North Carolina
Irwin R. Bergdoll
West Philadelphia
Governor’s Island
New York
Daily History Lessons Highlight 14 Events Across Years
Entries note figures such as Gen John Pemberton born in Philadelphia and Gen Nathaniel Lyon killed at Wilsons Creek, plus milestones from 1870 Madrid Baptist church to 1905 Roosevelt address in Wilkes-Barre and a 1898 San Francisco deportation.
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John CC. Pemberton
Vicksburg
Philadelphia
Penllyn
Nathaniel Lyon
Wilson’s Creek
Rashford
Conn
First Baptist Church
Spain
Madrid
San Francisco
United States Steel Corporation
Roosevelt
Wilkes-Barre
Edward VII
Cronberg
British cruiser Renown meets Dauntless off Newfoundland
The British cruiser Renown carrying the Prince of Wales is intercepted by the cruiser Dauntless about 120 miles off St. John’s Newfoundland, amid tense maneuvers in the North Atlantic. The encounter signals heightened naval activity near the Newfoundland coast during the dispute.
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Renown
Prince of Wales
Dauntless
St. John's
Newfoundland
William P Kirby seeks renomination in Arkansas primary
William P Kirby, seeking another term in the United States Senate, is a former Arkansas Attorney General and state Supreme Court justice who resigned to join the Senate. He faces Thiad Jeans H Caraway, a veteran Arkansas congressman, in the renomination contest.
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William P. Kirby
Arkansas
United States Senate
Senator Kirby
State Supreme Court
Thiad- Jeans H. Caraway
Congress
Dirt costs and dirt piling up in Gary early homes
In Gary the cost of covering sand with soil rises to about 1 million dollars as home building began around 1906. About 506,000 cubic yards of earth have been moved to create yards and lawns. Dirt priced at 3 per cubic yard plus 200 per lot surfacing strains budgets, with poor material causing fires in hot summers.
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Associated Press
Gary
TI ‘Invis State Line
Joliet
Plainfield
New Trade Routes Aimed From Texas Gulf Ports
Galveston announces new trade routes to South and Central America will open once the U S Shipping Board has enough tonnage. A recent Commerce Department survey by George Hooker factors in, urging private capital to run lines, with government ships to be sold as conditions permit.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
Texas Gulf Ports
South
Central American
United States Shipping Board
Galveston Commercial Association
Washington
Central America
Shipping Board
Texas Chamber of Commerce
United States Trade
George Hooker
Department of Commerce
Wine Board
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Vatican
Urna Aepainat
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Mide
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Muller
Chaplin
Jocat
H. Stow Garlick
Weather Forecast
Local Weather Report
Kansas Wheat
Linco
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