Teanesoee House Defeated Motion Ten Reconsider Suffrage
Engrossed thirty anti suffragists fled from the state and went to Alabama last night.
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Alabama
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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1920
Page
13
Drowning Tragedy As Two Steamer Collide Near Whitefish Point
Associated Press reports 29 aboard the freighter Superior City are believed lost after it sank following a collision with the Willis King four and a half miles northeast of Whitefish Point, Lake Superior. Four crew saved including the captain. the missing include a woman, wife of the second engineer. Officials in Cleveland fear all 28 aboard the Superior City may be drowned and have not yet heard of any survivors.
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Associated Press
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Superior City
Whitefish Point
Lake Superior
Cleveland
Ohio
Pittsburgh Steamship Company
Freight rates rise while passenger fares stay blocked
Austin Texas August 21 The railroad commission granted a 33 1 3 percent intrastate freight rate increase and higher excess baggage charges effective August 26. An application for a 20 percent intrastate passenger rate hike was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission Today
Elgin National Road Race Delayed One Week
By Associated Press Elgin J Aug 21 The Elgin National road race scheduled to start at noon is postponed a week due to rain as the flooded course prevents a start even if weather clears by noon Officials say the same start hours will apply next Saturday as today’s schedule
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Associated Press
Elgin
Grasshoppers Cut Twine Affects Harvest in Maple Creek
Moose Saskatchewan Aug 21 Grasshoppers are interfering with harvesting in Maple Creek country by cutting the twines on winter rye stocks, according to the Yield crops branch of the provincial department of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Moose
Maple Creek
Department of Agriculture
Rich coin and medallic art collection shown at Chicago convention
The Am erican Numismatic Association opened its annual convention with a display of a rich coin and medallic art collection at the Art Institute. Collectors and dealers from across the field attend as exhibits include early media of exchange such as stones and crude trinkets, plus a large block of compressed tea leaves once used as money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Til
American Numismatic Association
Art Institute
Tennessee House Defeats Reconsideration of Suffrage Amendment
Associated Press reports Nashville August 21 the Tennessee house defeated a motion to reconsider the suffrage amendment by 60 to 0 and ordered the senate joint ratification resolution sent back to the senate to be engrossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House Today
Governor restrained from certifying woman suffrage ratification
Chancel lor James Newman issued a writ of injunction temporarily restraining Governor Roberts Secretary of State Stevens and the speakers of the Tennessee house and senate from certifying to Secretary of State Colby Tennessee's ratification of the woman suffrage amendment. The papers were served on Governor Roberts immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
James Newman
Roberts
Stevens
Tennessee House and
Senate
Colby
Tennessee
Tennessee House Suffrage Meeting Blocked by Absentees
In Nashville the Tennessee house failed to open for ratification of the federal suffrage amendment as 30 anti-suffrage members left for Alabama to prevent a quorum. Only 59 members answered when called, seven short of quorum. Speaker Walker recessed for an hour to round up absentees, with the absent group reported in Decatur, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
Alabama
Walker
House
Decatur
Tennessee House Quorum Crisis Over Woman Suffrage
More than thirty members of the Tennessee house opposed to woman suffrage were missing from their hotels early today. They left for Alabama after midnight to try to break a quorum and delay final action on the amendment. Suffrage leaders said a quorum was nearly certain not to exist when the house met at 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House of Representatives
Alabama
Tennessee House Members Arrive in Decatur
Twenty five members of the Tennessee house arrived today from Nashville, visiting Decatur, Alabama, for a scoped schedule of events and official engagements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Ala
Tennessee House
Nashville
Senator Bailey Accuses Pat Neff of Draft Evasion
Special to The Times from Temple Texas Aug 21 Senator Joe Bailey read Pat Neffs autobiography and a Waco draft board affidavit showing Neff did not register on September 12 1918 as required The biography Neffself has been distributing places his age within the second draft limit The failure to register is classed as draft evasion and punishable Senator Bailey drew cheers from about 7000 listeners who had heard of Neffs attack on his war record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Temple
Texas
Joe Bailey
Pat Neff
Waco
Neff
Senator Bailey
Mr. Neff
Greenville's Growth Population Rise in Texas City
Washington reports Greenville Texas shows a population of 12,384, up 3,534 residents, an increase of 39.8 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Greenville
Texas
Jefferson Hotel Demolished for Traffic Way in KC
Kansas City dispatch reports the Jefferson Hotel, famed for night life, has been dismantled. Built history and wartime decline led to closure of the cabaret in 1919 with prohibition, and the hotel recently ceased substantial business before being torn down for a new traffic route.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Jefferson
French Capture Tarsus As Poles Surround Bolsheviks
Advices to the French mission report the capture of Tarsus in Asia Minor on August 12 by French troops. Warsaw dispatches say Poles have taken 15,000 Soviet prisoners and 30,000 to 40,000 Bolsheviks are surrounded between Siedle and Brest-Litovsk. News from Paris notes 15,000 Bolsheviki captured and the broader encirclement.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Tarsus
Asia Minor
Adana
Mersina
Warsaw
Paris
Siedle
Brest-Litovsk
Predicted Sugar Drop Tied to Massive 1914 Beet Crop
Chicago reports sugar is expected to fall to about 10 cents per pound by January. Rus Sell Poole, secretary of the city council high cost of living committee, presents findings from the investigation. The beet crop is forecast 30 to 40 percent larger than ever before, and the Cuban crop may triple the 1914 output.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Russell Poole
City Council
Veteran Colonel McCloskey Takes Camp Henry Knox Command
Louisville dispatch reports Colonel Manus McCloskey, a Spanish American War and Boxer Rebellion veteran and World War I figure, has become commander of Camp Henry Knox Stitchton Kentucky, succeeding Colonel George G. Gatley who moved to the General Staff College in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Louisville
Manus McCloskey
Camp Henry Knox
Stitchton, Ky
George G. Gatley
General Staff College
Washington
Stole His Bride in Paducah Habeas Case
A. B. Johnson of McCracken County filed habeas corpus to recover his fifteen year old wife Mary Brewer Johnson after her mother took her during the honeymoon in Paducah Kentucky. The court restored the bride and her mother fainted upon the decision.
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Associated Press
Paducah
Disabled veterans plan national group in Cincinnati
Disabled veterans of the world war will form a national organization in Cincinnati early in September. Each Carry On club may send one delegate as plans are developed by the Cincinnati Association of Disabled Veterans executive board.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Association of Disabled Vet
Laredo National Bank financial statement May 4 1920
At close of business the Laredo National Bank in Laredo Texas filed a condensed statement to the Comptroller of the Currency. It shows loans and discounts totaling 2 061 689.91 dollars, U S bonds 287 050, other bonds and securities 2 401.47, stock in Federal Reserve Bank 12 000, cash and exchange 1 450 457.83, and total assets 2 820 416.67. Liabilities include capital stock 200 000, surplus 200 000, undistributed profits 51 971.96, circulation 287 864.04, and other items. Officiating officers listed are IM W Brennan Assistant Cashier Vidaurri Assistant Cashier and J R Fasnacht Assistant Cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
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Panama
Alexander
Clothier
A. B. Galo
Laredo Optical
Teanesoee Hiouse
Commission
Passen
Ger Fares
Coin Collection
Abandon Hotel
Paul
Erans
THE
Laredo National Bank
Laredo, Texas
J. K. Beretta
B. M. Alexander
Sam W. Brown
Ledesas
Pocono
IM. W. Brennan
Ra Vidaurri
J. R. Fasnacht
T. Cashier
A. Deutz &*& Brother
Joseph Netzer
Cannel Coal Mines
Ward & Company
Lincoln ST
Over Jos
Netzer Holw
L. Daiches Jeweler
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