The Verdict on Bergdoll Conspiracy Probes and Punishment
Friday's editorial calls for full airing of charges against Samuel Tilden Ansell Col Hunt and Col Cresson over the Bergdoll case. It urges disbarment or removal from service if guilty and condemns Anti-Saloon League interference while defending officers who may be cleared.
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National House of Representing
Beredoll
Congress
Alrady
Samuel Tilden Ansell
Bergdoll
Ansell
Col. Hunt
Bergdall
Grover Bergdoll
Hunt
Cresson
Benedict Arnold
Anwell
Running Congress Attitude on Prohibition Sparks Senate Debate
A Missouri senator denounces Anti-Saloon League meddling in enforcement policy while parties dispute the league's influence. The speech condemns Wheeler, the league’s general counsel, and questions the league officials’ attendance at congressional sessions. The scene highlights partisan tensions over the anti beer legislation and enforcement prerogatives.
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Anti-Saloon League
Congress
Wilson
League
Harding
Wheeler
Prohibition
Anti Saloon League
Conference Committee of Congress
Feed
Reed
Missouri
General Counsel Saloon League
R Congress
Guardianship extension of mineral lease for Benavides minors
Donato Benavides as guardian of Lilia Ygnacio Victor Edna Ofelia and Guadalupe Benavides filed to extend a mineral lease on wards estate. Hearing set before Webb County County Judge at Laredo Court House on September 1, 1921.
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Lilia
Ygnacio
Victor
Edna
Ofelia
Guadalupe Benavides
Webb County
Texas
Notica
Donato Benavides
Lilia Benavides
Ygnacio Benavides
Victor Benavides
Edna Benavides
Ofelia Benavides
Ygnacio Henavides
Laredo
Parsees In London Open West End Headquarters
Fire worshippers establish a Parsees Association of Europe headquarters in London with funds from Indian donors. The West End house will host Zoroastrian religious ceremonies and provide a resting place for deceased Parsees before burial.
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London
Extensive drilling work in progress in Laredo oil district
The Times reports Bertand de Graffe notes widespread drilling across Zapata Webb and Jim Hoxy counties in Miranda Field Zapata County and surrounding surveys. Wells show oil potential at Mirando Nos 8 4 6 5 while several companies advance rigs at Survey Nos 114 240 18 457 1570 462 7 268 159 1127 and others near Torrecillas Reiser Callahan switch and Benavides Pescadito Ranch with various pumpings and shut downs pending results.
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Bertand de Graffe
Hamilton Hotel
Times Today
Laredo
Zapata
Webb
Jim Hoxy
Miranda Field
Zapata County
Zapata Company
Memphis
Tennessee
Killam-Condren
Mirando No
Mirando No. 4
Keaton Syndicate
Miranda
International Syndicate
Laredo Oil Co
Torrecillas
Rincon Petroleum Co
Reiser
Schott Oil Co
Los Orieles
Street
Fain
Carolina
Texas Oil & Gas Syndicate
Callahan Switch
N. R R
A. D. J. Syndicate
Pratt Ranch
Eneinal
Imperial Oil & Development Co
Cactus
Rio Grande Oil
Givens Oil Co
Duval County
Hebbronville
Jim Hogg Oil Co
Baluarte Creek
W. W. Jones Ranch
Hod
Ridge Oil Co
Holbein
G W Glasscock Lodge No 438 Meets Friday at Hall
G W Glasscock Lodge No 438 meets every Friday night at 8 oclock at Hall corner Iturbide Street and San Augustine Avenue. Visiting members invited. Officers listed include Angia Lou Sansen N G Co O Foley Secretary and Mrs A E Netzer Treasurer.
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G. W. Glasscock
Rebekah Assembly
Iturbide St
San Agustin Avenue
Angia Lou Sansen
N. G
Co. O. Foley
A. E. Netzer
Laredo Team Departs for Eagle Pass in Three Cars
The Laredo Baseball League team led by captain Charles Pierce left today for Eagle Pass in three cars aiming to reach by morning. They are scheduled to play the Eagle Pass team on tomorrow and Saturday afternoons in what is expected to be close contests. Return trip is set for Sunday evening, arrival Monday night. The American Legion team had planned a trip to Alice but canceled it today.
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Laredo
Laredo Baseball League
Charles Pierce
Eagle Pass
Laredos
American Legion
Alice
Kiwanis Club Hold Meeting and Plan Delegates
The Laredo Kiwanis Club met at Hamilton Cafe with 64 percent attendance. Guests included Col. John H. Zachary, W. L. Guyler, and J. D. Ramere. Prize winner was J. Seymour Donike. Salvation Army drive discussed by Guyler. Brennan reported on the Cleveland convention. Committees reported progress on hosting delegates for September 7 with musical program by Eddie Adams and Pierre Blanchard.
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Laredo
Salvation Army
Kiwanis Club
Nuevo Laredo
Eddie Adams
Pierre Blanchard
Free galvanized can for the public at Federal Fumigation House
Public notice offering free empty galvanized cans suitable for garbage use. Interested individuals may call at Federal Fumigation House between I and G N station and the railroad bridge to obtain one at no cost.
IKE ALEXANDER SERIOUSLY ILL IN LAREDO
IKE ALEXANDER a leading Laredo businessman is critically ill at his Victoria street home. He was stricken about 8 am and has been unconscious since. Brother B M Alexander rushes from New York, another brother Louis and two sisters in Rochester are advised of his condition.
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Ike Alexander
Laredo
I. Alexander
Victoria Street
Mr. Alexander
B. M. Aelxander
New York
St. Louis
Louis
Laredo News Briefs Include Births Plumber Ads And Sports Cancellations
Local notices report a newborn son to Mr and Mrs Eduardo Lachica and another boy to Mr and Mrs W J Henry. Ads promote Laredo Creamery milk plumbing services and gas prices while noting a big prize fight in Nuevo Laredo cancels local baseball games. The Times prints oil drilling updates from Bertrand de Graffe and lists licensed marriage Basilio Miranda and Florentina Campos. Also mentions flower shops and a telegraph style local forwarding of shipments from Mexico.
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Eduardo Lachica
Laredo Creamery Company
B. Juarez Plumbing
Basilio Miranda
Florentina Campos
Laredo Creamery
Laredo
Fidel Cantu
the Times Today
Bertrand de Graffe
Poles recover Brest-Litovsk claim against Reds
Court-martial at Governor's Island sentenced J. R. Bergdoll, an alleged draft dodger, to four years in prison. August 19 reports note the Brest-Litovsk issue and Allied war concerns.
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Brest-Litovsk
Governor's Island
J. R. Bergdoll
Concert Draws Big Crowd in Laredo by 17th Infantry Band
A large audience filled Martin Plaza for an evening concert by the 17th Infantry Band under Band Director Weber. The program featured popular music, including tributes to Miss Cochran and Fritz Werner. Director Weber plans another Jarvis Plaza program next Thursday before the band leaves for Fort Sam Houston.
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Laredo
Martin Plaza
17Th Infantry
Weber
Miss Cochran
Cochran
Fritz Werner
Jarvis Plaza
Aredo
Fort Sam Houston
Archbishop Montes de Oca Dies in New York
Press dispatches report the death in New York yesterday of Archbishop Montes de Oca formerly archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of San Luis Potosi and well known to many in Laredo. He was among Mexico’s most eminent churchmen.
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Montes de Oca
New York
San Luis Potosi
Laredo
Mexico
Manuel Cruz Silk Tracolette Sale Ad
Manuel Cruz offers silk tracolette in colors honeydew coral white silver oriole jade porcelain beige seal navy and black at 1.45 per yard. ad appears in this week’s listing with date 8 15 6t.
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Manuel Cruz
Today’s notable events mark historic milestones and gatherings
Madame du Jarry’s 175th birth anniversary is observed as a prominent French historical figure. Orville Wright turns 50 as the Wright brothers’ aviation legacy is celebrated. The National Women’s Christian Temperance Union begins its 47th annual convention in San Francisco. The Illinois State Fair opens in Springfield for a week. The International Congress of Intellectual Labor gathers in Brussels, inviting delegates to discuss workers’ rights and dignified livelihoods through intellect.
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Madame du Jarry
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
National Women’s Christian Temperance Union
San Francisco
Illinois State Fairy
Middle West
Springfield
International Congress of Intellectual Labor
Brussels
Journey's End at Rialto Aids Boy Scouts Troop 3
The Rialto yesterday showed The Journey's End written by Sister Ween a Dominican nun. The unique film required no subtitles and moved through four vaudeville acts by locals before a lively comedy. Proceeds benefit Boy Scouts Troop 3 as crowds praised the program and many planned to return tonight.
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Rialto Theater
Troop 3
Boy Scouts
Laredo
Sister Ween
Notice to Patrons From Harper's Dairy
Notice to patrons. Cows tested for tuberculosis and found free of disease. Harper’s Dairy owner M A Harper announces the test result and provides contact phone 494. Dated June 22.
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M. A. Harper
Harper’s Dairy
Birthday salute to NC Chief Justice Walter Clark at 75
Walter Clark, longtime chief justice of the North Carolina supreme court, marks his seventy fifth birthday. A Carolina family figure, he is a grandson of W. A. Graham and a Civil War officer who rose to lieutenant colonel at seventeen. He began law practice after the war and joined the judiciary in 1885, becoming chief justice in 1903.
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Walter Clark
North Carolina Supreme Court
Judge Clark
Carolina
W. A. Graham
States
United States
Navy
Young
Clark
University of North Carolina
Confederate States Army
North Carolina Superior Court
State Supreme Court
Prohibition Data Promoted by U S Delegates to Lausanne
Paris Aug 19 Information on the tangible benefits of prohibition is being carried by American delegates en route to Lausanne for the International Congress Against Alcoholism. The sixteenth meeting will discuss recent alcohol research, non alcoholic grape uses, and practical school and college education plus legislative action.
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Paris
Lausanne
United States
Antwerp
Belgium
French unions slump after failed general strike
Paris reports a sharp drop in union membership across France under the General Labor Confederation. Officials blame the failed May strike and Communist attempts to control unions, which deterred thousands of workers. In one district, active members fell from 14,500 in 1919 to 730, signaling a widespread retreat from organized labor.
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Paris
General Labor Confederation
Wireless telephone speeds AP speed boat race reports
Chicago August 19 The wireless telephone used by the Associated Press to cover the Great Lakes regatta Aug 4 5 6 7 proved a rapid method to get results ashore. A reporter on a ship deck named boats as they passed and fed scores to the AP office in a loop skyscraper. The Navy and Illinois Naval Reserves co operated to install the system aboard SC 419 with Lieut Forbes in charge.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Great Lakes
United States Navy Department
Naval Reserve of Illinois
Edward A. Evers
Illinois Naval Reserves
W. Wurtzbaugh
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Lieut
A. (. Forbes
Illinois Reserves
Jack Henning
Municipal Pier
Naval Wireless
Bard
Phonograph
Hot Weather Diseases Warn of Summer Bowels Peril
The notice urges protection during hot weather by using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. It touts the product as dependable and notes many have testified to its excellence.
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Chamberlain
Belgians Resent German Arrogance at Ostend
Brussels reports strong local resentment at German occupation officers who returned to Ostend for leisure. Townspeople confronted by an arrogant officer, prompting authorities to order the man to leave within three hours after ongoing scenes of friction in the famed resort area.
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Brussels
Ostend
Illinois State Fair exhibits showcase bumper crops
Springfield Wisconsin August 19. Illinois farmers displays in the agricultural department at the Illinois State Fair illustrate how bumper crops are aiding farmers during a business downturn. Judges call the exhibition one of the best in recent years and it will run through the coming week.
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Springfield
Agricultural Department
Women in Holland Form Reform Group
Women in Holland organize a reform group pledging to eschew immodest fashions and visiting shops to request tradesmen not to expose improper costumes for sale.
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Holland
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Pacific
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17Th Infantry Band
Illinois State Fair
Thedford’s
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