Balkan War Prospects Warn of War by Strong Leader Hopeful
From Belgrade Aug 18 AP reports Premier Vesnitch says Balkans need a man of strong personality or a humorous Don Quixote to prevent new wars. He warns that Central Europe could become a battlefield, aiding Bolshevik agents stirring rumors. Jugo-Slavs want Fiume but fear mobilization strains and tensions with Hungary, Italy, and Transylvania while peasant mobilization looms after harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Belgrade
Balkans
Don Quixote
Vesnitch
Jugo-Slavia
Central
Europe
Balkan
Jugo-Slav
Jugo-Slavs
Hungary
Bulgaria
Fiume
Transylvania
Slovakia
Budapest
Old Serbia
New
Italy
Spalato
Peter
Austria
Daily History Facts Aug 19 Through 1901
A compact chronicle of notable dates: 1560 James Crichton the Admirable born in Scotland and killed in Mantua 1583. 1746 Madame du Barry at Louis XV court. 1821 ship Lady Sherbrooke wreck near Cape Ray with 272 lives lost. 1848 hurricane devastates West Indies. 1879 Eddystone Lighthouse foundation laid. 1895 Paris Lourdes pilgrimage drew 30000 devotees. 1901 Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visit Cape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crichton
Scotland
Mantua
Italy
Madame du Barry
Louis XV
Paris
Lady Sherbrooke
Londonderry
Quebec
Cape Ray
West Indies
Eddystone
Duke of Edinburgh
Lourdes
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
King George and
Queen Mary
Cape
Social Calendar Highlights From Mrs Oberfeldt Page
Thursday events include Lucille Murphy hosting a splash party for Mary Elizabeth Jervis of San Antonio. Mrs Harry Sames hosts a bridge party for Frances and Alethea Sleeper of Waco. Circle B meets 612 Guadalupe at 4 PM. Circle C meets with Mrs Wilkes. Presbyterian Woman’s Auxiliary meets at 4 PM. a dance at the Fort McIntosh Service Club in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Jervis
San Antonio
Harry Sames
Frances and
Alethea Sleeper
Waco
Circle B
E. G. Clingenpeel
Guadalupe Street
Circle C
R. R. Wilkes
Morning chaperones listed for event including Derby and Mims
The document names the morning chaperones as Mesdames G. C. Hiatt KK J. Moster A Derby A E Vidaurin Jas A Wilson J F Murphy and Misses Lucille Ruth Murphy Josephine Sauvignet plus Messrs Harris and Alfred Murphy with Foster Arthur Derby Roy and William Mims noted among participants.
Seed Corn Loss Despite Pedigreed Seed Order
Mr Vaughan, a farmer, explains he lost all his pedigreed seed corn to rats after storing it in a gunny sack hung from a roof. He states the rats killed the corn and mentions finding six dead rats in the morning after using RAT-SNAP. The product sells in three sizes 35c 65c and 1.25 and is sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Vaughan
A. Deutz & Brother City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Hamburgs Port Hope Dims as War Strains Weaken Trade
In Hamburg on Aug 19 a record 22 steamers passed Cushaven signaling a brighter days sign for the war era port. Yet the harbor, once a bustling coffee hub and European trade center, lies largely empty with foreign lines dominant, German houses reduced to agents, and unemployment soaring as a million marks weekly are given in aid while strikes rise and discontent grows.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Kiel Canal
Elbe
Europe
Albert Ballin
Adolph
Edward Woermann
Woermann
Africa House
Germany
Enlehard
Ly United
Sunset in a City Street and Coastal Visitors
A poetic city vignette by Martha Haskell Clark notes a sunset glow through murky streets. Local notices list Mr Weiderman of San Antonio visiting, Mrs A B E McCulloch returning from Chicago, the Hunton family from Mexico bound for Virginia and England, plus several local social movements and arrivals. A Splash Party at Bella Vista hosted by Miss Lucille Murphy honors Mary Elizabeth Jervis with a swimming picnic and a list of young guests attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Murphy
Bella Vista
Mary Elizabeth Jervis
San Antonio
Rosita
Margaret Barlow
Hortense
Rosita Leyendecker
Roberta
Rebecca Biggio
Mary Melissa Hiatt
Reba Mims
Pearl
Ruby Colman
Marion
Dorothy Jackson
Josephine Daiches
Carolyn Brennan
Claire Derby
Anita
Iona Parker
Tassie
Charlotte Vidaurrt
Eleanor Morrow
Jack
Buddie
Russia Will Not Export Much In Near Future, Says Colonel Englehard
Colonel Englehard, ex-Duma member, warns foreign observers overstated Russia’s export capacity. Civil war wrecked transport, land, and livestock. grain prospects dim with reduced area and broken estates. Sugar, wool, and fuel shortages plague Soviet Russia, delaying any significant exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Constantinople
Russia
B. Waglehard
Russian Duma
Lloyd George
London
United States
Soviet Russia
Englehard
Poland
Finland
Caucasus
Baltic
Soviet Republic
Siberia
Central Asia
Don and
Kuban
Chamberlain's Remedy Praised by Dupuyer Hotel Man
A Dupuyer Montana hotel keeper F H Dear extols Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. He recalls using it four years ago with wonderful results and says he has since recommended it to friends. He endorses its merits and widespread appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
Soldier Grub and Fishing Details At Camp Hutchings
Texas cavalrymen on martial law duty in Galveston report improvements in army grub at Camp Hutchings. menus include crab, flounder, red fish, speckled trout and mackerel, boosting morale. sea wall site spurs fishing schemes, with regular fishing details now run by the top cutter and few complaints from enlisted men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Camp Hutchings
Sea Wall Boulevard
Gulf
Oil as Bolshevik oil diplomacy and Baku supplies
Colonel Englehard asserts oil remains the Soviet Union's hope with large Baku fields still producing. He notes repeated interruptions of the Baku-Batum pipeline, a Georgia Bolshevik accord improving Batum sales prospects, and Bolshevik control of the Vladikavkas railway enabling transfer to Baku if stock is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englebard
Baku
Baku-Batum
Georgia
Bolsheviki
Batum
Grozny
Vladikavkas
Englehard
Odd and Interesting Observations from Around the World
A collection of curious claims and cultural notes. Parchment for banjos by Wolfskin, brick houses outlasting granite, earthenware railway ties in Japan, and eyes similarity in humans and monkeys. Persian social norms on laughter and gender, Turkish dictionary ban on mentioning the Sultan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Persia
Turkey
Times Subscription Offer Alert
The Times advertises a daily watch subscription opportunity offering 60 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Russians Fleeing Before The Poles In Front Between Vistula And Bug
By Associated Press Warsaw reports Russian forces retreating in disorder along the Vistula Bug front as Polish troops press forward with tanks planes armored trains and heavy artillery. Soviet prisoners flood Warsaw in ill health creating care concerns for authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Warsaw
Vistula
Bug
Soviet Evacuate Brest-Litovsk Near Bug River
Warsaw reports Soviet forces are evacuating the fortified town of Brest-Litovsk on the Bug river, about 120 minutes east of Warsaw, according to received advices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Brest-Litovsk
Bug River
Fierce fighting near War Saw region persists
London reports ongoing heavy clashes around War saw with Soviet official statements on Wednesday. In the Crimea sector engagements continue with indecisive outcomes despite active operations by both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Warsaw
Moscow
Crimea
Peace talks at Minsk halted by Polish delegation
London reports Minsk peace negotiations did not resume on Wednesday as agreed, blaming the Polish delegation for the halt. The Moscow message notes the breakdown halted progress in the stalled talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Minsk
Moscow
Train bandits loot Missouri Pacific for Little Rock
Police and post office inspectors hunt two masked men after they robbed a Missouri Pacific train to Little Rock. Four pouches of registered mail were seized, one pouch found later in a weed clump. The train often carries bank currency for the Southwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
Post Office
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Southwest
Feeding German Children Aid Expanded by Friends in Philadelphia
The American Friends Service Committee plans to ship food to Germany to feed children through year end. New York shipped cocoa and lard and condensed milk, plus cod liver oil for rickets. Hamburg stores hold dried peas and beans and 880 tons of rice will arrive. Flour and sugar to come from the German government. value around 1.5 million dollars supporting about 506,000 meals daily through January. The effort continues beyond August 21 due to acute need and poor harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
American Friends Service Committee
Germany
New York
Hamburg
Friends
Vacations and Prosperity Seen in Bustamante Visit
Deputy collector A. R. Kahn returned to Laredo after an eleven day absence spent in Bustamante, Mexico as a guest of friends. He reports a pleasant time and notes that locals expect prosperity under the de la Huerta government and hold strong confidence in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Kahn
Laredo
Ier
Bustamante
Mexico
Mr. Kahn
de la Huerta
Mass meeting called by anti-suffragists in Tennessee
Associated Press reports Nashville hosts a mass meeting to oppose the Susan B Anthony amendment with speakers invited from Alabama and Louisiana to urge saving the South. One pro ratification vote in the Tennessee house blocks certification to state secretary. Speaker Walker finesses reconsideration to possibly today or tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
South
Susan B. Anthony
Walker
Tennessee House
Underwood
Alabama
Pleasant
Louisiana
Secretary of State
Tennessee
Texas attorney general withholds opinion on women voters
Austin Texas Aug 19 The attorney general says he will render no opinion on the status of women voters in Texas until the Tennessee house takes final action and disposes of the motion to reconsider the ratification vote if offered
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Walker
Texas
Tennessee House
Austin
Attorney General Today
Defeat of federal woman suffrage amendment in North Carolina House
Raleigh August 19 the federal woman suffrage amendment was defeated in the North Carolina house at noon by a vote of 71 to 41.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sheriffs Close Meeting in Texas City
Brownsville reports the Texas sheriffs closed their session yesterday and chose Amarillo as the next meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Texas Sheriffs
Amarillo
American wins hammer throw at Antwerp Olympics
Ryan of New York captured the Olympic hammer event today in Antwerp as the United States added a victory to its Olympic program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Antwerp
Ryan
New York
Four More Die From Brunswick Plant Blast In Muskegon
Four more men died today after the Brunswick Balke Collender rubber plant explosion in Muskegon Michigan raising the death toll to seven with three others in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Muskegon
Mich
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
Bound Up in League
South Bend Indiana August 19 Gouvernor Cox declares at a large public gathering that national and international financial adjustment and the high cost of living are bound up in the success of the league of nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
League of Nations
Cox
Desertion conviction sends man to Fort Leavenworth
Edwin Berg doll of Philadelphia was found guilty of desertion from the army by evading the draft and sentenced to four years at hard labor at Fort Leavenworth, announced today at Governor's Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Galveston District Exports Decline in June Trade
Galveston Texas exports for June totalled 38,179,183 dollars, down 1,129,667 from the previous year. Cotton shipments led with 90,814 bales valued at 18,875,491 dollars, according to the U S customs house report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
U. S. Customs House
Weather outlook and Fort McIntosh observations
Forecast from the United States weather bureau for New Orleans area provided to The Times. Tonight and Friday partly cloudy. Fort McIntosh reported 24 hour observations ending 7 am with a maximum of 99 degrees and a minimum of 76. Wind generally from the southeast. sky clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Wholesale Prices Decline Across Commodities in July
Washington reports July wholesale prices fell about two and a third percent with cloths and clothing materials down five and a half percent, foodstuffs down four percent, and farm products near two point nine percent. Despite the drop, prices remain above July 1919 levels, with food up twenty four point one percent, clothing up twelve point four percent, and fuel and lighting up forty percent for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Cotton seed crush totals drop for year ending July
The Census Bureau announced that cotton seed crushed in the year ending July reached 4,000,870 tons, down from 4,778,108 tons the prior year. The figures were reported from Washington by the Associated Press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Census Bureau
Texarkana Man Nominated U S Marshal for Eastern Texas
Washington Aug 19 Wilkins Barryman Harper of Texarkana was named by President Wilson as United States marshal for the Eastern district of Texas.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilkins Barryman Harper
Texarkana
Wilson
Texas
A Lazy Set of Men on Rapa Island in the South Pacific
A magazine style travel sketch describes Rapa or Oparo in the Dangerous Archipelago south of Tahiti. It portrays the island as isolated and sparsely touched by civilization with a description of gender roles and daily life. The text notes coal deposits, a good harbor, and rare visits by ships or French gunboats.
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Associated Press
Rapa
Dangerous Archipelago
South Pacific
Seven Seas
Micronesia
Polynesia
Tahiti
Papeete
Oparo
Tropics
Oceania
South Sea Islands
An Old Fault Finder and Digestion Aid
An irritable fault finder 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 it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels.
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
The
Presbyterian Church
H. M. Austin
Serevice Club
Mir
Martha Haskell Clark
Mr. Weiderman
A. BE. McCulloch
Chicago
Victor Hunton
City
Virginia
England
J. Q. Adams
Pearsall
Katherine Tarver
Berkeley
California
University
R. L. Leach
A. H. Camp
Washington Street
Davis Avenue
Raymond V. Martin
Odd
Anthony
Weather Forecast
Tance
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