Prices Decline In July Wholesale Report
Friday's Daily notes a July wholesale price drop of about 2.33 percent across all commodities with larger cuts in cloths and clothing materials at 5.5 percent and foodstuffs at 4 percent. Despite the decline, year over year costs remain higher: food up 24 percent, clothing 12 percent, and fuel 40 percent. The piece discusses implications for retail prices, freight-rate effects, and retailer margins, noting sugar, coffee, flour, and lard prices near cost and the risk to dealers' profits while suggesting a gradual return to normal pricing within a year or so.
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Department of Labor
Tennessee Ratification Ends Grim Uncertainty for Women Vote
The federal amendment has been ratified and Tennessee faces reconsideration. Texas women await poll tax status before November voting, with debate over full enfranchisement. Some claim president election voting remains barred for those unpaid. August 18 is noted as independence day for women.
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Tennessee
Texas
South
America
Tennessee House
United States
Turkish Haresms and Women Rise in Economy
Turkish women, once kept by large harems, are increasingly employed as shop staff, street sweepers, cashiers, and hospital nurses as wartime hardship shrinks incomes. American relief workers note rural women endure less disruption, while urban Moslem women gain new independence amid calls for better education and self support.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Zohe
Texas Women Urged to Pay Poll Tax for Voting Rights
Texas women leaders urged paying poll taxes to qualify for the franchise as Governor Hobby faced pressure to call a special session for a law allowing late payments. The piece notes women now can vote in presidential elections and predicts further suffrage progress, while Webb County voters show low poll tax payments.
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Texas
Hobb
Webb County
Hobby
Watch The Times Everyday for Opportunities
An advertisement offers daily access to opportunities with a subscription at 50 cents per month. It promotes ongoing access to listings and prospects through The Times.
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the Times
New Sterilizing Plant in Laredo Promises Pest Free Corn
Laredo introduces a new sterilizing plant from the Kuhn Manufacturing Co to kill weevils and other pests in corn from Mexico without harming germination. The system uses 226 F heat in two upper cylinders, then rapid cooling, with capacity to sterilize four carloads daily under supervision of Frank E. Kuhn and U S Department of Horticulture oversight.
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Mexico
United States
Agricultural Department
Laredo
EB. Leonard
Brennan & Leonard
Frank E. Kuhn
Horticultural Department
Jewell
U. S. Department of Horticulture
Burrowes
Kuhn
Texas
Home Made Tamales for Baptist Church Sale
Ladies will hold a sale to benefit the Baptist church. Phone orders Monday to 908 or 159 and deliveries are made Tuesday.
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The
Baptist Church
An Old Fault Finder and Indigestion Treatment
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 it to perform its functions naturally. They also cause a gentle movement of the bowels.
Open dove season set for September first in state rules
Wildlife officials outline hunting laws with a Sept. 1 dove season opening and bag limits for deer turkeys quail ducks geese and cranes. Licensing requires $2 for out of county hunts. within county no license. Shipping game from Mexico requires permits and customs certificates. Alice Brady film review notes for Royal Theatre presentation.
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Austin
Mexico
Turkey
Local Marriage License Issued for Casta fieda and Perales
The county clerk issued a marriage license since the last report for Candelario Casta fieda and Miss Sofia Perales. Travel remains heavy on National Lines of Mexico with full passenger quotas to and from Mexico City and Saltillo. Imports from Mexico through Laredo included two carloads of ixile and sixteen carloads of lead, plus goods via the international pontoon bridge. The cotton gin runs part time as Laredo’s crop is late, though rains may improve maturity. Public schools in Laredo ISD resume Sept 20. vacancies from resignations will be filled. A Democratic primary runoff is set for next week, with Bailey and Neff as focal gubernatorial contenders and a likely high turnout.
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Candelario Castafieda
Sofia Perales
Mexico
Mexico City
Saltillo
Laredo
International Pontoon Bridge
Laredo Independent School District
Bailey
Neff
Ice Prices Post August Rates From Consumers’ Ice Co
The Consumers' Ice Co announces post August 26 price changes for coupon books and bulk ice. Cash ice sold from wagons and platform pricing are specified by weight, with discounts for larger lots. No ice may be sold to ice peddlers. Date shown 8-20-31.
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Consumers’ Ice CO
Daily History Lesson August 20 Highlights
A daily history round up notes Thomas Carney Kansas governor born in Delaware County Ohio died at Leavenworth 1889. Adrianople surrender by 100000 garrison to Russians. Niger expedition colony begins ascent. Steamers Atlantic and Ogdensburg collide on Lake Erie with 250 dead. British Columbia colony established. Marshal MacMahon moves to aid Bazaine. Belgian Chamber passes Congo annexation treaty. Nicaraguan rebels massacre 450 government troops taken prisoner.
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Thomas Carney
Kansas
Delaware County
Ohio
Leavenworth
Adrianople
Geat Niger
Central Africa
Niger
Atlantic
Ogdensburg
Lake Erie
British Columbia
Marshal MacMahon
Marshal Bazaine
Belgian Chamber of Deputies
Congo
Publication Citation for Divorce Case 1920 Webb County
Texas citation commands Webb County sheriff to publish once weekly for four weeks for Guillermo M Celis in a Webb County or 49th District paper. Case No 5283 demands Araceli Garcia Celis seeks divorce on grounds of cruelty in Laredo and City of Mexico during 1917, with scars from saber.
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State OF
Texas
Webb County
Guillermo M. Celis
49Th Judicial District
Laredo
A. D
Aracelli Garcia Celis
City of
Mexico
Republic of Mexico
Plaintiff
Lead shipments en route to Canada through Laredo
Lead consigned from Mexican mines to Canadian manufacturers passes through Laredo with sixteen carloads yesterday and another large shipment expected within days. Also notice to the public: the San Ramon Lake is leased to the San Ramon Sporting Club of Laredo with exclusive access, trespassers prohibited.
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Canada
Mexico
Dominion of Canada
Laredo
San Ramon Lake
San Ramon Sporting Club of
Conto
Jose Ma. Ramon
Texse
Mexican Railway Secures 65 Flat Cars for National Lines
The National Lines of Mexico purchasing agent, traveling via Laredo, secured 65 second-hand flat cars in the East to replenish stock. A further shipment of 30 more cars is expected soon, with additional boxcars and rolling stock anticipated. The 65 cars arrived and crossed to Nuevo Laredo this morning, as the article notes. The piece also mentions a Local baseball game where the Laredo Junior team, largely Laredo High School students, will play Company D of the Thirty-seventh Infantry at Caliche Park on Sunday morning with 16 and 25 cent admission.
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National Lines of
Mexico
Laredo
Nuevo Laredo
Laredo High School
Co. D, Thirty-seventh Infantry
New Caliche Park
Seized Cars Sold Today At Public Auction
Two automobiles previously converted into booze wagons were confiscated by officers and sold at public auction in front of the federal building this morning. About two hundred people attended, with lively bidding at times. The sale included Army shoes shirts mattresses leggings and other items from Economy Salvage House at 1701 Hidalgo St.
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Federal Building
Hidalgo St
The Best Physic Promoted for Gentle Relief
When you want a pleasant physic try Chamberlain's Tablets. They are easy to take and mild in effect. They are highly prized by people who know their good qualities. They cost three dollars per quarter.
Ot goologist Tittman Turns 70 as Coast Survey Leader
Ot to H. Tittman celebrates his 70th birthday. A native of Illinois, he joined the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1867, rising to superintendent from 1899 to 1916. He led expeditions worldwide, represented the U S at international conferences, and acted as boundary commissioner in Alaska and British North America disputes. He is a member of numerous scientific societies and a prolific contributor to his field.
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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 commemorations and conferences across regions
Birthday anniversaries mark Francis Asbury Commodore Stockton and Hugh Hastings while Raymond Poincare turns sixty. Louisiana American Legion opens its convention at New Iberia and Rocky Mountain Coal Institute convenes in Denver. Imperial Press Conference delegates head to Banff. Roosevelt tours Seattle Tacoma as Colorado Bar Association meets in Colorado Springs with Governor Allen. Illinois State Fair exhibits open in Springfield today through Aug. 28.
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Robert F. Stockton
California
Hugh J. Hastings
New York City
Raymond Poincare
French Republic
Louuisiana Department
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
Springfield
American delegates honored at London ICC luncheon
A luncheon at the Carlton Hotel honored U S delegates to the International Chamber of Commerce. Fr G Kellaway urged broader co operation and suggested a League of Nations might follow. G P Blow praised trade cooperation. John W Davis highlighted business leaders as key to peace and goodwill.
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Ty Associated Press
London
Carlton Hotel
United States
International Chamber of Commerce
Fr. G. Kellaway
Overseas Trade Department
League of Nations
America
Ireland
Stille
Atlantic
G. P. Blow
John W. Davis
Annual Cruise Arrivals Gather Reserve Sailors at Galveston
Okla homa and Texas naval reserve corps members clad in whites begin to arrive for their annual salt water cruise in Galveston. The gunboat Wheeling has reached from New Orleans and preparations are ready for the voyage to New York. About 150 civilian sailors will embark on the trip.
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Sy Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Oklahoma
Wheeling
New Orleans
New York
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