Don Quixote urged to curb Balkan wars by strong, humorous leader
Belgrade August 18 Associated Press reports Premier Vesniteh of Yugoslavia says the Balkans need a man with strong character and charitable leanings or a humorous Don Quixote to avert new wars. He warns broader tensions risk dragging Central Europe into conflict aided by Bolshevik rumor campaigns. Yugoslavs seek Fiume while mobilization and harvests fuel preparations. The piece notes strained relations with Hungary and Italy, rising prices, and limited trade due to exchange rates.
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Associated Press
Belgrade
Balkans
Don Quixote
Vesniteh
Jugo-Slavia
Central
Europe
Balkan
Jugo-Slav
Jugo-Slavs
Hungary
Bulgaria
Fiume
Transylvania
Slovakia
Budapest
Old Serbia
New
Italy
Spalato
Peter
Austria
Adverent Crichton and Historic Dates Record
Timeline of notable figures and events from 1560 to 1908 including James Crichton famed as the Admirable born in Scotland and killed in Mantua 1583 Madame du Barry at Louis XV court executed 1793 ship Lady Sherbrooke wreck 273 lives hurricane in the West Indies 1848 new Eddystone Lighthouse foundation 1879 pilgrimage to Lourdes 1895 royal visit to Cape Town 1901 Duke and Duchess of Cornwall now King George and Queen Mary at Cape Town 1908 American battleship fleet arrives at Sydney New South Wales
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James Crichton
Scotland
Mantua
Italy
Madame du Barry
Louis XV
Paris
Des
Lady Sherbrooke
Londonderry
Quebec
Cape Ray
West Indies
Eddystone
Duke of Edinburgh
Lourdes
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
King George and Queen Mary
Cape Town
Sydney
Social Calendar Notes at Miss Murphy Party and Club Meetings
Society Editor reports a morning splash party for Mary Elizabeth Jervis of San Antonio hosted by Miss Lucille Murphy. Mrs. Harry Sames hosts a bridge party for Frances and Alethea Sleeper of Waco. Circle B meets at 612 Guadalupe at 4. Circle C. W. M. A. gathers with Mrs. Wilkes. Presbyterian Auxiliary meets with Mrs. Austin at 4. A Fort McIntosh Service Club dance concludes the events.
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Lucille Murphy
Mary Elizabeth Jervis
San Antonio
Harry Sames
Frances
Alethea Sleeper
Waco
Circle B
E. G. Clingenpeel
Guadalupe Street
Circle C. W. M. A
R. R. Wilkes
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
H. M. Austin
City Streets Glow Amid Murky Light and Pine Perfume
In a city block scene the narrator hears pine-stirred murmurs and distant thrushes while describing sunset on a dusty window. Local notices list residents visiting, travels to San Antonio and Chicago, and a Bella Vista swimming party for Miss Lucille Murphy’s birthday with many young guests.
Morning chaperones listed at the event
Foster Arthur Derby Roy and William Mims are named along with a line of chaperones including Mesdames Hiatt Foster Derby Vidauri Wilson Murphy Lucile Ruth Murphy Josephine Sauvignet and Messrs Harris and Alfred Murphy in the morning lineup.
Seed Corn Loss Explained by Farmer Vaughan
Mr Vaughan describes losing prize seed corn after storing pedigreed seed in a gur ney cick hung from the roof. Rats reportedly ate all the seed, with five dead rats found the next morning after using RAT SNAP. Sizes 5c 65c and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by A Deutz and City Drug Co. and Sanitary Grocery.
Hamburg Ports Lose Glory as War Reverses Trade
From Hamburg, Aug 19 Associated Press reports 22 steamers passed Cuxhaven in 24 hours signaling a brighter moment for Elbe shipping. The harbor now hosts foreign lines as German fleets dwindle, with trade and coffee markets collapsing. Death of industry follows as Hamburg mourns leaders Ballin and Woermann. Unemployment hits 30,000 to 35,000 with weekly relief over 1 million marks amid rising labor discontent and strikes.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Cuxhaven
Kiel Canal
Elbe
Europe
Albert Ballin
Hamburg-American Line
Adolph
Edward Woermann
Woermann
Africa House
Germany
Hawnburg
A Great Remedy Described by a Dupuyer Hotel Man
A Dupuyer Montana hotel keeper, F. H. Dear, recalls using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy four years ago with wonderful results and says he has since recommended it to friends. The piece extols the remedy's merits and urges readers to consider its effectiveness based on his experience.
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Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
Soldier Grub at Camp Hutchings Delights Galveston
Texas cavalry under martial law in Galveston reports a shift from plain army grub. Finny dishes such as crab, flounder, red fish, speckled trout, and mackerel grace the tables at Camp Hutchings. Fishing details become popular, reflecting a sea wall setting and lively camp life.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
H. L
Camp Hutchings
Sea Wall Boulevard
Gulf
Russia overestimates export revival says former Duma member
Colonel B Englehard, ex Duma, warns foreigners misread Russia's collapse of transport and farm systems. He notes reduced European and Siberian lands, lower grain harvests, and limited meat wool and flax exports. Oil remains hopeful with Baku and Batum prospects, though Bolsheviks control key rail links.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Russia
B. Englehard
Russian Duma
Lloyd George
London
United States
Soviet
Englehard
Poland
Finland
Caucasus
Baltic
Soviet Republic
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Central Asia
Don and
Kuban
Odd Facts From a Curio Almanac of Quirks
A collection of peculiar notes claims Wolfskin parchment suits banjos best, brick houses outlast granite, earthenware railway ties on some Japanese lines, human and monkey vision share parallels, Persian custom frowns on male laughter while permitting female merriment, and Turkish law bars dictionaries for mentioning the Sultan.
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Japan
Persia
Turkey
Times subscription ad offers daily daily access
The Times runs a notice promoting a daily subscription at 50 cents per month inviting readers to watch the paper for opportunities and regular updates.
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the Times
Russians Flee Before Poles on Front Near Warsaw
Russian forces are fleeing in disorder along the Vistula to Bug front as Polish troops advance with tanks airplanes armored trains and artillery in the counter attack. Soviet prisoners are pouring into Warsaw in sickly condition creating a care problem.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Vistula
Bug
Soviet forces evacuate Brest-Litovsk east of Warsaw
Aug 19 reports say Soviet troops are withdrawing from Brest-Litovsk, a heavily fortified town on the Bug river about 120 minutes east of Warsaw, based on advices received in Warsaw.
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Brest-Litovsk
Warsaw
Bug River
Fighting Continuing Around War Saw Region In Soviet Statement
London reports fierce fighting continues around War saw as per Wednesday official Soviet government statement in Moscow. In the Crimea sector engagements persist with indecisive results and no clear outcome yet.
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London
Warsaw
Moscow
Crimea
Opponents plan mass meeting on woman suffrage issue
Nashville announcers said opponents of woman suffrage will hold a mass meeting tonight to discuss steps to save the South from the Susan B Anthony amendment. Speaker Walker may not seek today to force reconsideration of Tennessee house action amid invites to Senator Underwood and former Governor Pleasant to address the gathering.
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Walker
Texas
Tennessee House
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
South
Underwood
Alabama
Pleasant
Louisiana
One Vote in the Way to Tennessee Ratification
Nashville Tenn August 19 One vote in the Tennessee house in favor of ratification stood in the way of certification to the secretary of state as the thirty sixth state completing ratification in time for women to vote in November. Speaker Walker changed his vote to aye for reconsideration likely today or tomorrow and suffragists said.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee House
Secretary of State
Tennessee
Walker
Texas attorney general defers opinion on women voters status
In Austin on August 19 the attorney general said he would render no opinion about the status of women voters in Texas until the Tennessee house acts on and disposes of the motion to reconsider the ratification vote if offered.
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Austin
Texas
Attorney General Today
Tennessee House
Peace talks at Minsk halted by Polish delegation
London Aug 19 The Minsk peace negotiations did not continue as agreed on Wednesday. A Moscow message says the Polish delegation bore the fault. The report notes ongoing efforts to resume discussions and seeks a settlement to end hostilities.
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London
Minsk
Moscow
North Carolina House Defeats Woman Suffrage Amendment
Raleigh August 19 the federal woman suffrage amendment failed in the North Carolina house at noon by a 71 to 41 vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Bandits Rob Missouri Pacific Train Near St Louis
Police and post office inspectors hunt two masked bandits who held up the Missouri Pacific train bound for Little Rock last night and stole four registered mail pouches. One pouch was later recovered from weeds. the train often carried currency for Southwest banks.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Post Office
Missouri Pacific
Little Rock
Southwest
Sheriffs Close Meeting at Brownsville Select Amarillo as Next Site
The Texas sheriffs closed their session in Brownsville on Aug 19 and chose Amarillo as the next meeting location.
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Sheriffs
Associated Press
Brownsville
Texas
Texas Sheriffs
Amarillo
American wins hammer throw at Antwerp Olympics
Ryan of New York won the Olympic hammer throw today in Antwerp as the Associated Press reports.
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Hy Associated Press
Antwerp
Ryan
New York
Feeding German Children Aid Expanded Through Year End
The American Friends Service Committee in Philadelphia will ship food to Germany to feed about 500000 children daily through year end. New York has sent cocoa lard and condensed milk totaling 249 tons 317% tons and 14220 cases with cod liver oil for rickets. Dried peas beans and 880 tons of rice are stored in Hamburg with flour and sugar to come from the German government. The program was extended beyond August 21 due to acute need and a poor harvest.
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New York
Hamburg
Friends
Four More Die From Brunswick Rubber Plant Blast
Four more injured men died today in Muskegon as the Brunswick-Balke-Collender rubber plant explosion fatality toll rose to seven. Three others remained critically injured, with conditions uncertain, as investigators pressed inquiries into the blast at the Brunswicks plant yesterday.
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Associated Press
Muskegon
Mich
Brunswick-Balke-Collender Company
Cox says League of Nations linked to costs and world finance
Governor Cox addressed a large public gathering in South Bend Indiana on August 19 stating that national and international financial adjustment and the high cost of living are bound up in the success of the league of nations.
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US Associated Press
South Bend
Ind
League of Nations
Cox
Desertion case sent to hard labor at Fort Leavenworth
New York August 19 1942 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.
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Associated Press
New York
Galveston Exports Show June Value Decline
Galveston Texas exports through local ports in June totaled 82 179 183 dollars a drop of 1 129 667 from June 1919. Cotton shipments led with 90 814 bales valued at 13 875 491 dollars according to a U S customs house report.
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Associated Press
Galveston
Tex
U. S. Customs House
Weather Forecast and Fort McIntosh Observations
The forecast from the United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans, furnished by The Times via the Telephone Co, tonight and Friday are partly cloudy. Observations at Fort McIntosh show a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a maximum temperature of 99 degrees, minimum 76 degrees, wind generally from the south, and clear conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Deputy Collector Kahn Reports Pleasant Vacation in Mexico
From Bustamante A R Kahn deputy collector in charge of the Laredo customs service returned to Laredo yesterday after an eleven day absence. He spent his annual vacation as the guest of friends in Bustamante and SustMantante. He notes the people there expect prosperity under the de la Huerta government.
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A. R. Kahn
Laredo
Bustamante
Mexico
Mr. Kahn
Sustamante
de la Huerta
Wholesale prices decline in July report
Washington reports wholesale commodity prices fell about two and a third percent in July. Clothing materials led declines at five and a half percent, with foodstuffs down four percent and farm products down roughly two and nine tenths percent. Prices remain above July 1919 levels, with food up about 24.1 percent, clothing 12.4 percent, and fuel and lighting 40 percent.
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Associated Press
Washington
Department of Labor
Cotton seed crush totals drop in year ending July
Washington Aug 19 The census bureau announced that cotton seed crushed in the year ending July totaled 4,009,870 tons compared with 4,778,108 tons in the prior year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Texarkana man named U.S. marshal for Eastern Texas
Wilking_Berry man Harper of Texarkana was nominated by President Wilson today as United States marshal for the Eastern district of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Wilking Berryman Harper
Texarkana
Wilson
Texas
A Lazy Set of Men on Rapa Island South Pacific
Ny Associated Press reports on Rapa also known as Oparo in the Dangerous Archipelago. The article depicts a matriarchal labor system with women gathering, cooking, and feeding men. It notes isolation, minimal contact with the outside world, coal deposits, and past talk of a coaling station near the Panama Canal.
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Rapa
South Pacific
Beven
Rapa‘s
Micronesia
Polynesia
Tahiti
Papeste
Oparo
Tropics
Oceania
Tahitians
Papeete
South Sea Islands
An Old Fault Finder and Indigestion Remedies
A short piece argues irritability stems from indigestion and good digestion yields a pleasant mood. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion or constipation to improve stomach function and promote gentle bowel movements.
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