Prices Decline In July Wholesale Figures
From Friday's Daily: wholesale prices across all commodities fell in July by about two and a third percent, with cloths and clothing materials down five and a half, foodstuffs four, and farm products nearly three. Yet costs for food articles rose twenty four percent over the past year, with clothing up over twelve and fuel and lighting materials up forty. The piece notes freight rates may keep retail prices higher for longer, and explains dealers face losses unless stock clears at new prices. It also sees sugar and coffee leading a market downtrend and expects meat costs to ease soon.
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Department of Labor
Texas Women Vote Rights and Poll Tax Debate
The piece notes women urged to pay poll taxes to gain franchise, but few did. It suggests Governor Hobbs may call a special session to pass a law allowing late poll tax payments for the November vote. It also observes men in Webb County paid few poll taxes and some regret not qualifying.
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Texas
Hobb
Webb County
Tennessee Leads Historic Vote on Woman Suffrage Fate
The text discusses the federal amendment’s ratification and Tennessee’s pending reconsideration. It notes Texas women’ s uncertain status for November and run-off voting rights for poll tax payers, with debates on whether the amendment grants full enfranchisement absent constitutional limits. It highlights the political debate, political readiness, and calls August 18 as a symbolic independence day for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tennessee
Tennessee House
United States
New Sterilizing Plant to Protect U S Corn Supply
Laredo introduces a new steam sterilizer built by A Kuhn Mfg Co to heat treat Mexican corn for four loads daily at 226 F while killing weevils and pests without harming germination. Experts from U S Department of Horticulture attest the process is satisfactory for import approval and note potential use on cotton seed to combat boll weevil pests.
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Mexico
United States
Agricultural Department
Laredo
S. E. Leonard
Brennan & Leonard
B.S. Burrowes
R. M. Johnson
Alice
A. Kuhn Manufacturin Co
Minneapolis
Frank E. Kuhn
Horticultural Department
Jewell
U. S. Department of Horticulture
Burrowes
Kuhn
Texas
Turkish Harems Face Cost of Living Crisis Abroad
American relief workers report sharp cuts in harems due to inflation. Turkish women, once kept by patron families, are being displaced as incomes shrink. Rural women remain more self supporting with farm work and crafts, while city women enter shops, street cleaning, and bank-like roles as economic pressures erase traditional gender restrictions. The war drives new schooling for women and nurses, unlocking broader work outside Greek and Armenian domains.
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Uy Associated Press
Constantinople
Watch THE TIMES everyday for opportunities
TheTimes invites readers to subscribe for 50 cents per month to receive daily opportunities and notices.
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the Times
Home Made Tamales Sale For Baptist Church
Ladies hold a sale to benefit the Baptist church with real good home made tamales. Phone orders Monday to 908 or 159. deliveries on Tuesday. Notice dated 8 20 21.
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The
Baptist Church
An Old Fault Finder and Digestive Comfort
An irritable fault finding disposition is often caused by indigestion. A man with good digestion and regular bowels is usually good natured. When troubled with indigestion or constipation take Chamberlain's Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and enable natural function with a gentle bowel movement.
DOVE SEASON OPENS SEPTEMBER 4 HUNTERS PLAN
State game laws unchanged by last special session. Open deer season November 1 to January 1 with three per year, turkey March 1 to May 1 with three gobblers, quail December 1 to February 1 with 15 daily, doves September 1 to December 15 with 15 daily, ducks October 15 to February 1 with 25 daily, geese and cranes same as ducks with eight daily. Licensing rules vary by residence and transport. Mexico game import requires permits and certificates.
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Austin
Mexico
Turkey
Alice Brady Stars In A Dark Lantern At The Royal
In a Realart release at the Royal Theatre today and tomorrow, Alice Brady portrays a young woman facing the harrowing drawing room rites and the grand court spectacle of a European presentation. The two day run features lavish settings and the contrast of courtly formality with personal charm.
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Prince Anton
Argovinia
Realart
Alice Brady
Royal Theatre
Marriage License Issued In County Clerk Office
The county clerk issued a marriage license to Candelario Canta fieda and Miss Sofia Perales. Travel on the National Lines of Mexico remains heavy with many laborers among passengers. Imports from Mexico via Laredo include two carloads of ixile and sixteen carloads of lead. Cotton ginning is slow, under 160 bales since yesterday. rains may hasten maturity. Public schools in Laredo Independent School District resume Sept 20. Democrats plan runoff elections in a Bailey Neff race with expected heavy turnout statewide.
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Candelario Cantafieda
Sofia Perales
Mexico
Mexico City
Saltillo
Laredo
Ixile
International Pontoon Bridge
Laredo Independent School District
Bailey
Neff
Daily Lesson in History Notes for August 20
Entries cover Thomas Carney born in Delaware County Ohio and Kansas Civil War governor dying in 1889, the fall of Adrianople to Russia forces, the Great Niger Expedition starting in Central Africa, a Lake Erie collision causing 250 deaths, British Columbia colony establishment, Marshal MacMahon’s maneuver to aid Bazaine, Belgium’s Congo treaty, and 450 Nicaraguan government troops massacred with prisoners taken.
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Thomas Carney
Kansas
Delaware County
Ohio
Leavenworth
Adrianople
Niger
Central Africa
Atlantic
Ogdensburg
Lake Erie
British Columbia
Marshal MacMahon
Marshal Bazaine
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Public Citation in a Texas Divorce Case 1920
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication to Guillermo M. Celis, defendant, in Webb County. The lawsuit filed August 12, 1920 seeks dissolution of marriage to Aracelli Garcia Celis, citing cruel and abusive conduct including beatings in 1917 in Mexico and a resident separation. The court requires appearance at the next Webb County District Court term, September 1920, at Laredo Court House.
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State OF
Texas
Webb County
Guillermo M. Cells
49Th Judicial District
Laredo
Aracelli Garcia Celis
Guillermo M. Celis
City of
Mexico
Republic of Mexico
Plaintiff
C. M. de la Garza
A. D
Lead shipments from Mexican mines pass through Laredo to Canada
Lead shipments traveling from English mines in the Mexican interior to Canadian manufacturers are passing through Laredo. Sixteen carloads were handled at the Laredo customs house yesterday afternoon, with another large consignment expected within days.
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Canada
Mexico
Dominion of Canada
Laredo
Notice of Lake Lease to San Ramon Sporting Club
public notice from JOSE Ma. RAMON of Laredo Texas dated August 20 1920 announces leasing San Ramon lake on his ranch to the San Ramon Sporting Club of Laredo granting exclusive control and permission to prosecute trespassers.
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San Ramon Lake
San Ramon Sporting Club of
Laredo
Jose Ma. Ramon
Texas
Ice Rates Notice From Consumers' Ice Co
Ice prices set after August 20 by Consumers' Ice Co. Cash ice sold from wagons 60 cents per hundred pounds. Platform ice: cuts under 300 pounds 40 cents per hundred. 200 or more 25 cents per hundred. One ton or more at $5 per ton. regular deliveries $6 per ton. contracts for large monthly use. No ice sold to ice peddlers.
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Consumers’ Ice CO
Mexican Railway Secures 65 Flat Cars Shipment
The National Lines of Mexico purchasing agent passed through Laredo on the way to the east to buy second-hand rolling stock. Sixty five flat cars were shipped from the Hast to the National Lines and crossed into Nuevo Laredo this morning. A further shipment of thirty more cars is expected soon along with boxcars and other stock.
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National Lines of
Mexico
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo Junior Ball Team to Meet Co D Sunday Morning
The Laredo High School led junior team faces Co D Thirty seventh Infantry at Caliche Park on Sunday at 9 oclock. Admission is 15 and 25 cents with a likely close contest.
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Laredo
Laredo High School
Co. D, Thirty-seventh Infantry
New Caliche Park
Public auction for two stray burros in Laredo
Two burros impounded for stray animal violation will be sold at public auction in front of City Hall Laredo Tuesday morning August 24 1920 at 10 o clock unless owner calls before that time and pays all accrued costs M Brennan City Marshal Laredo Texas August 20 1920.
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M. Brennan
Laredo
Texas
Seized Cars Sold Today at Federal Building Auction
Two automobiles converted into booze wagons were confiscated by officers and sold at public auction in front of the federal building this morning. Despite their poor condition the cars drew about two hundred spectators, with bidding ranging briefly lively for the Ford and Chevrolet.
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Federal Building
Economy Salvage House Ad Finds Bargains in Army Gear
The listing advertises 20 000 Army shoes 1 000 Army wool shirts 300 Army cotton mattresses 20 000 Army leggings and other articles plus 1 000 pairs of ladies shoes new at under cost. Located at 1701 Hidalgo St. Also promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a pleasant reliable physic priced at a quarter.
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Hidalgo St
70th Birthday of Otto H. Tittman Geologist Leader
Otto H. Tittman marks his 70th birthday. A long-time head of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, he joined in 1867 and led as superintendent from 1905 to 1915. A native of Illinois, he undertook global expeditions, represented the U S at international conferences, and served as boundary commissioner in Alaska and British North America. He is a member of numerous scientific societies and a prolific contributor to geology and related literature.
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Otto H. Tittman
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Dr. Tittman
Illinois
Coast and Geodetic Survey
United States
Great Britain
Canada
Alaska
British North America
Today’s events mark birthdays and conventions worldwide
The article lists milestones such as the 175th birth anniversary of Francis Asbury and 125th of Commodore Stockton, plus anniversaries for Hugh Hastings and Raymond Poincare. It notes events including American Legion in New Iberia, Rocky Mountain Coal Institute in Denver, Imperial Press Conference delegates in Banff, Roosevelt’s Seattle and Tacoma speeches, Colorado Bar Association meeting in Colorado Springs, and the Illinois State Fair in Springfield opening today.
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Francis Asbury
America
Robert F. Stockton
California
Hugh J. Hastings
New York City
Raymond Poincare
Louisiana Department of the American Legion
New Iberia
Denver
Rocky Mountain Coal Institute
Imperial Press Conference
Ottawa
Banff
Canadian Rockies
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seattle
Tacoma
Colorado Bar Association
Cololrado Springs
Henry Allen
Kansas
Illinois
Ilinoia
Springfield
London Luncheon Honors U S Delegates at ICC Meeting
At the Carlton Hotel a luncheon honored United States delegates to the International Chamber of Commerce. Fr G Kellaway urged linking commerce with a broader League of Nations while noting Americans care about home politics, and John W Davis praised commerce as a path to peace.
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Associated Press
London
Carlton Hotel
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
G. Kellaway
Overseas Trade Department
League of Nations
America
Ireland
Atlantic
G. P. Blow
John W. Davis
Annual Cruise Arrives in Galveston for Navy Sailors
Naval reserve corps members from Oklahoma and Texas arrive in Galveston in white uniforms for their annual salt water cruise. The gunboat Wheeling has reached from New Orleans and preparations are complete for sailing to New York. About 150 civilian sailors will participate.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Naval
Oklahoma
Wheeling
New Orleans
New York
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the Royal
Cc. M. de la Garza
Charles Ray
Strand Theatre
Thomas H. Ince
the Busher
Mr. Ray
Eastern Railways
Times Office
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