Chronology of Historic Events From 1786 to 1919
A compact timeline lists key moments: the start of Shay’s rebellion symptoms in Worcester 1786, Monroe as US minister to France 1801, Nelson’s Boulogne action 1801, Bailey’s Tennessee senate term 1892, first Detroit postage stamps 1847, Suez water meeting 1869, Belfast sectarian riots 1872, King George V’s 1919 ratification of the peace treaty with Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shay
Worcester
France
James Monroe
United States
Nelson
Boulogne Harbor
James B. Bailey
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Montgomery
County
Tenn
Clarksville
Detroit
Suez
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Belfast
George
Great Britain
Germany
Birthday Anniversary Bulletin Highlights Notable Figures
Hon James Murdock Labour Minister in the Dominion cabinet is shown born in Brighton England fifty one years ago today. John K Shields US Senator from Tennessee born Clinchdale Tennessee sixty four years ago today. Charles E Townsend Michigan US Senate candidate born Concord Michigan six years ago today. Ethel Barrymore Philadelphia actress born forty three years ago today. Charlies A Comiskey Chicago club owner born Chicago sixty four years ago today. William H Sherdel St Louis pitcher born Hanover Pennsylvania twenty six years ago today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Murdock
Dominion Cabinet
Brighton
England
John K. Shields
United States
Tennessee
Clinchdale
Tenn
Charles E. Townsend
U. S
Michigan
Concord
Mich
Ethel Barrymore
Philadelphia
Charlies A. Comiskey
Chicago
William H. Sherdel
St. Louis
Hanover
John G. Shedd Celebrates Fifty Years With Major Mercantile Firm
John G. Shedd of Chicago marks the fiftieth anniversary of his long association with a leading mercantile house. A native of Alstead New Hampshire he learned retail from county stores in New Hampshire and Vermont. He moved west in 1872 settled in Chicago and rose from junior employee to partner and head of the firm. He now sits in advisory roles with banks public utilities and manufacturing firms reflecting his broad capitalist influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Shedd
Chicago
New Hampshire
Alstead
Vermont
Field, Leiter & Co
Aitizen
Fragmentary Last Will Notice Emerges in Local Garden Item
Incomplete OCR yields a fragment mentioning a last will and real estate, with reference to a living heir and a garden site. Details are unclear due to text damage, but the notice appears to concern estate distribution and property handling.
Burlesque Comedian Delivers Courtroom Themed Monologue
The burlesque comedian delivers an effective monologue of court style humor and a jab at marriage that leaves the audience amused and attentive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabip
Social Calendar and Society Notes From Laredo
Local society pages list a girls and boys class picnic at the Rectory route to Younkin farm, bridge at Mrs Hassell’s, and multiple homecomings and visits from Laredo to Kerrville, San Antonio, Houston, and Guadalajara. Attending families include McVicar, Applewhite, Kirkpatrick, DaCamara, Mackin, Cluck, Brooks, Bunn, Mussett, Sanchez, Reid, O’Sell, Barr, Longoria, and Cogley with Mrs J Harnell hosting a bridge afternoon with zinnias and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Derby
Mr. Morgan
Rectory
Younkin Farm
J. T. Hassell
Bridge
Business manager visits for La Prensa special edition
Jose G. Gonzalez of La Prensa in San Antonio is in the city to oversee a special edition marking Mexican national independence day on September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jose G. Gonzalez
la Prensa
San Antonio
Veiled Woman on Rialto screens from Myrtle Reed tale
The Myrtle Reed story A Spinner in the Sun is adapted as The Veiled Woman and plays two days starting this afternoon at the Blank theatre. A broken romance follows a man who marries another after assuming his lover’s beauty is marred. Years later he regrets, but too late to atone. Lloyd Ingraham directs. Hodkinson distributes.
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Rialto
Myrtle Reed
Blank Theatre
Lfe
Lloyd Ingraham
Hodkinson
National Army takes Killarney after brief engagement
Dublin August 15 National army troops occupied Killarney the last stronghold in County Kerry held by the Irish irregulars. A brief skirmish on the town’s outskirts preceded the irregulars fleeing as government forces moved in to take control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dublin
Killarney
County Kerry
National Army
Old Story, Real Relief from a Diarrhea Remedy
Mrs. Mahala Burns of Savanna Missouri recalls using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy about nine years ago to cure flux. She experienced another attack years later and was cured again after a few doses. She reports recommending it to dozens of people and will continue to do so, calling it a quick and positive bowel cure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahala Burns
Savanna
German Wedding Favors Abundant This Year In New York
A New York Sun observer notes an extraordinary surge in affordable wedding favors from Germany and other nations. Ships bring fresh designs of sugar figures and flowers for cakes, with Rhine country items featuring doves Cupid cherubs and gold wedding rings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Suns
Germany
Manhattan
Rhine
Pierre Loti Remembered as Brilliant Eccentric French Writer
Pierre Loti born Louis Jullien Viaud, famed traveler and novelist, near death at his Brittany home. He lived in Turkey Morocco and the Holy Land adopting native life, wrote The Last Days of Peking and Madame Butterfly, and befriended many rulers. He retired from the navy in 1909 and his Rochefort home houses a mosque and a throne room replica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pierre Loti
Brittany
Louis Jullien Viaud
Iis
Loti
Tahiti
South Sea Islands
Japan
Constantinople
China
Peking
David Belasco
Puccini
Pierre Lotiived
Turkey
Morocco
Holy Land
France
Rochefort
Judith Gautier
Theophile
Jane Catulle Mendes
Odd Facts From The World Of History And Science
A digest of curious points from ancient to modern times. Notes include Egypt hair customs betrothal rings Greek and Roman traditions and sunspots linked to diseases. It mentions Arctic communication without devices a famed liner captain and a laboratory kitchen for thousands of microbial cultures.
Harding to Present Rail Strike Situation to Congress
President Harding will place the rail strike situation before Congress and the nation within 48 hours. The administration states there is no ground for further settlement proposals beyond those already offered, as unions reject last proposals and mediation continues. The government and states will support the mediation efforts to serve the public good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Congress
White House
Harding Declares Government Backing for Rail Operations
Advisers say the president abandoned mediation in the rail strike and will inform railroad executives that trains will receive full government protection and aid. He has chosen a coal strike style approach, inviting employers to operate their properties under government support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Harding
Coal strike settles as operators agree to scale
Soft coal operators in Cleveland announce they will sign the scale agreed to in principle last night after caucus. The union policy committee will review the tentative plan and most miners favor acceptance. Signing is set for this afternoon at a joint meeting, with President Lewis noting delays in ratification.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
T. K. Maher
Lewis
Joseph Pursglove
Agreement Ratified to End Soft Coal Strike
Cleveland reported both operators and miners ratified the agreement aimed at settling the soft coal strike. Formal signing was postponed to the joint conference scheduled for this afternoon.
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Cleveland
Hoover urges federal coal regulation for winter supply
Secretary Hoover said congress must regulate coal distribution and prices for the coming winter though production has started. He noted a twentieth week of coal field suspensions has depleted stocks so severely that even full production cannot prevent the need for regulation over the next six months during peak demand.
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Washington
Aug. Ly
Congress
Hoover
Feast of the Assumption and public tributes mark births and anniversaries
Today commemorates the Feast of the Assumption and the centenary of James E. Bailey birth with Mrs. John A. Logan entering her sixth year. Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass marks the silver jubilee of his ordination as Salt Lake City bishop amid regional labor tension as Nova Scotia coal miners threaten a general strike to press demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Bailey
U. S
Tennessee
John A. Logan
Joseph S. Glass
Salt Lake City
Nova Scotia
Local Loco Engineers Leader Warns Santa Fe Strike Is On
Warren B Stone president of the brotherhood of locomotive engineers says Far West unions will not work until members who walked out on Santa Fe without authorization return to duty. A. G. Ells, Santa Fe president, released the statement today in Chicago.
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Chicazo
Warren
Stone
Brotherhood of Loconative Engineers
Far West
Bat
Santa Fe
Mwlava
A. G. “Elis
Canadian Railways Cut Wages Spark Threat to Strike
Montreal August 5 railways cut the half month wages of shopmen by about 200 dollars? 87,000 workers threatened to strike if the action was taken before the board of conciliation ruled on the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Canadian Railways
SON
Board of Conciliation
Births and illnesses among Seligman refugees reach Los Angeles
About 300 passengers arriving from Seligman Arizona after four days in extreme heat faced births and illnesses. Among them was Evan Burrows Fontaine’s infant son who died after the delayed Santa Fe train brought him to Los Angeles. Fontaine is suing Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney for a million dollars over a breach of promise claim.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Seligman
Arizona
Southwest
Santa Fe
Evan Burrows Fontaine
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Guards at Green Bay shops halt Milwaukee line trains
In Green Bay on August 15 armed guards were posted in the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul roundhouse after last night's disturbances. All train service men and switchmen refused to work, stoned by strike sympathizers, prompting officials to drop freight trains while attempting to keep passenger service running.
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Green Bay
Wis
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Returned to Work in Roseville Fruit-Car Yard Move
Approximately 100 engineers trainmen and switchmen returned to work today and the Southern Pacific at Roseville began moving fruit cars in the yards.
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Sacramento
Cal
Southern Pacific
Roseville
Russia Repeals Prohibition On Announced Date
One year ago today August 15 Russia abolished prohibition and began wine commerce. The note recalls widespread disruption and social impact from the change on the populace and economy.
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Russia
Red Sea
Hot Weather Dangers for Bowlers in Summer Months
Severe heat risks during summer affect bowlers and families. The text warns of dangerous disorders from hot weather and urges protective measures to prevent heat related illnesses.
British Press Pays Tribute To Northcliffe Leader Of Journalism
The British press mourns Viscount Northcliffe with extensive tributes across papers. The Times and other outlets publish biographical sketches and messages from journalists and politicians honoring the master journalist praised as the greatest of his era.
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Associated Press
Taccion
Une
Viscount
America
Carding
Lady Northcliffe
Northcliff
Fleet Street
Lord Burnham
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Telegraph
Daily Express
Northcliffe
The
Daily Chronicle
Cecil Rhodes
Joseph Chamberlain
Wilson
Cause of Appendicitis and Bowels Cavities
When bowels become constipated the large intestine fills with refuse and germs. This germ set enters the vermiform appendix causing inflammation known as appendicitis. Take Chamberlain's Tablets when needed and keep bowels regular to reduce risk.
Surface conditions rise sharply near Balinit and Red Sea
The report notes markedly increasing surface activity and turbulence across the region, with higher levels expected as conditions intensify toward the Red Sea. Strong currents and wind shear are cited as contributing factors to the worsening state of the sea surface.
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Eeaplag
Violet & Oberfaldt Society
Tatephone No
Miles
Misa Julia McVicar
Guadalajara
México
Laredo
J. B. Applewhite
J. A. Kirkpatrick
Kerrville
J. B. DaCamara
Ed. Mackin
Houston
Mrs. Cluck
Georgetown
Mr. Cluck
Ed Brooks
Baby
Phyllis Bunn
Guy Trout
Austin
Miss Bunn
Hal Halley
Anna May Mussett
Alfred
Alice
Lewis Leonard
Dan Sanchez
Sanchez Ranch
Elizabeth Mussett
Lyman Reid
Misa Minerva O’sell
Margaret Mussett
W. L. Barr
Yoakum
Methodist Church
O. L. Longoria
Laura
Nuevo Laredo
Esther Penn
M.T. Cogley
Lucille Murphy
la Josefina Ranch
Wilbur Allen
J. D
Merriman
Oklahoma
Agba Pierson
Dora Becker
Anna Suttons
Presbyterian
Misses Craven
San Diego
City
Jim ‘Oungiee
Pafege J.P. Ley
F. B. Solin
Frank Bernard Solin
First Baptist Church
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Pierre Lot
Remmark
Odd
Mississippi Valley
House of Commons
Egypt
Arctic
Bertram For Wayas
Majestic
Lister
Marding
Pacific States
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Santa Fe Line
Oregon
California
San Alaquin Valley
Fort Worth
Texas
Port Worth
Louisville
Cunberland Valley
Louisville & Nashville
Corbin
Lord Northcliffe
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