Rice football team to train with strong kicking squad
Rice Institute's football squad will begin training with most holdovers in good shape and a large group of booters ready after a summer of outdoor work. Captain Dain and Lindsey backfield stars lead a team expected to combine weight and speed for games against Texas in Houston and A and M in College Station. Shirley Brick shifts to coaching duties, focusing on ends and passes.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Rice Institutes
Phil Arbuckle
Carbuckle
Rice
Arbuckle
Shirley Brick
Brick
Eddie Dyer
Dain and
Lindsey
University of Texas In
A. and
College Station
Reform goals dominate ABA session in St Louis
The American Bar Association opens its annual meeting in St Louis with wide ranging reform proposals. Reports urge uniform state statutes and federal style procedure, stronger ethics oversight, and protection of treaty rights for foreigners. Also discussed are pruning the election inauguration gap and shortening Congress sessions. Prominent speakers include Sir Auckland Geddes, Albert Beveridge, and Judge Ben Lindsey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
American Bar Association
United States
Supreme Court
Committee On Uniform
League of Nations
Republic
Congress
Association
Sir Auckland Geddes
States
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Universalism 160 Years Old in Gloucester Celebration
Gloucester Massachusetts marks 160th anniversary of Universalism in America with a week of events at the Universalist Church founded in 1806. Up to 20,000 guests are expected as pageants, sermons, addresses, and shrine visits trace the denomination from Rev. John Murray’s early Boston work to its Gloucester roots and legal struggles in the church’s early years.
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Gloucester
Mass
Universalists
United States
Canada
Europe
Foundation of Universalism
America
Universist
New World
Universalist Church In
John Murray
England
Universalist Church
Cape Ann
Winthrop Sargent
James Kelly
Boston
Murray
Epes Sargent
Wauction
General Court
Today’s Historic and Civic Events Across America
One hundred fifty years after Thomas Chatterton’s death, major events unfold nationwide. The Bar Association holds its annual meeting in St. Louis with addresses by Sir Auckland Geddes and Charles E. Hughes. James M. Cox begins a weeklong Democratic tour from Evansville toward New York and New Haven. Des Moines opens the Iowa State Fair running through Sept. 3. Imperial Press delegates are hosted in Vancouver. The League of the Southwest meets in Denver to discuss desert reclamation. A new National Park to Park Motor Highway is officially opened, linking nine Western states.
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Thomas Chatterton
The
Bar Association
St. Louis
Sir Auckland Geddes
Charles E. Hughes
Evansville
James M. Cox
New York
New Haven
mid-West
Des Moines
Imperial Press
Vancouver
League of the Southwest
Denver
Money Makers in Times Want Ads Explored
A compact look at the Times Want Ads feature titled Money Makers. It highlights opportunities, pricing cues, and ad formats for sellers and buyers seeking profitable listings in the newspaper classified section.
Werner Offer Birthday Celebration and Club Gathering
On Wednesday Mrs Albert Offer hosts a 4 30 PM party for Werner Offer s tenth birthday with several young friends. A moving picture show follows at the Service Club in the evening. Thursday features a 4 PM general meeting of the W M S at the Baptist Church.
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Albert Offer
Werner
Service Club
Baptist Church
Manuscript of Earth Inspires Read in Wanderer Verse
General mentions of social visits and travel unfold through Laredo notices. Mrs. Lott Taylor visits San Antonio, Miss Rosalie Wormser returns from Brooklyn, Miss Rosina and Grace Pechin arrive from Wichita, and other relatives journey between San Antonio, Hebbronville, and Corpus Christi. A dancing party honors Miss Cecil Nethery, and a band concert on the soldiers club roof draws a crowd with jazz numbers and dancing.
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M. R. Wormser
San Antonio
Mrs. Wormser
New York
Laredo
Soldiers Club
Fort McIntosh
Billingsgate Market Founded in 400 B C in London
The market at Billingsgate, London, famous for fish trading, is proposed for abolition. It is reputed to have been founded around 400 B C, making its origins ancient and historic in the city.
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Billingsgate
London
B. C
Rotarys and Schooldays Novel Meeting of Laredo Club
The Laredo Rotary Club held a playful weekly gathering at Laredo High School with members reimagining their youth. J and Trout led as schoolmaster figures, roll call and a dunce cap featured, songs and recitations followed, and Justo Penn led a drill squad recalling San Juan Hill.
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Laredo
Trout
Jimmy Winch
Kathleen
Roy Mims
Twinkle
Johnny Ward
Justo
Old Santone
Frankee Cullinan
Charlie Deutz
Winch
Freddie Mally
Cullinan
Freddie
Rotary
Transfer of Colonel Winn as Inspector General to New York
Colonel Frank J. Winn, commander of the Laredo District, receives telegraphic orders from Washington transferring him to Governor's Island, New York, to serve as inspector general of the Eastern Department. He is succeeded locally by Lieutenant Colonel Lucius C. Bennett of the 87th Infantry Regiment.
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Frank J. Winn
Laredo
Washington
Governor's Island
New York
Winn
Lucius C. Bennett
87Th Infantry
Is Your Blood Starving For Want of Iron
A 1910s style health ad warns iron deficiency saps strength and promises renewed vigor from organic iron supplement Nuxated Iron. It instructs a two week daily dosage of five grain tablets after meals and offers money back if not fully satisfied, urging readers to test endurance before and after.
Wisconsin Rapids Renamed From Grand Rapids Wisconsin
The city in Wood County formerly known as Grand Rapids Wisconsin has officially changed its name to Wisconsin Rapids to prevent confusion with the Michigan city of the same name. The change clarifies postal and administrative references for residents and businesses.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Wisconsin Rapids
Michigan
Money Makers Ad Spotlight
Classified brief highlights a money making opportunity in want ads. Notes financial gains and potential side ventures with bold emphasis on earnings. Encourages readers to contact listings for details and applicability.
Antis press new bid to block federal suffrage ratification
Washington Aug 25 The American Constitutional League filed in the District of Columbia supreme court for an injunction to stop Secretary Colby from promulgating ratification of the federal woman suffrage amendment. Justice Simmons asked for authority to proceed and agreed to hear arguments. Decatur Aug 25 Representative Hall of Nashville said Tennessee ratification was not properly certified to Secretary Colby, claiming only a copy of the house journal was certified by Governor Roberts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Colby
State Department
District of Columbia Supreme Court
American Constitutional League
Simmons
House Journal
Decatur
Ala
Representative Hall
Nashville
Tennessee House
Tennessee
Roberts
Poland Rejects Terms in Minsk Peace Talks
London reports warn that an immediate rupture of the Russo Polish peace negotiations at Minsk will follow if Poland insists on withdrawing the main Russian forces. A Minsk despatch says Poland's reply to Soviet peace terms is a flat rejection.
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Associated Press
London
Minsk
Moscow
Poland
Foreign Posts Form New American Legion Posts Abroad
Nationwide headquarters announces the formation of new American Legion posts in Japan and Belgium. The organization now has 13 posts outside the United States.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
The
American Legion
Japan
Belgium
Legion
United States
Occupy One Room reveals stark Buenos Aires housing
In a Buenos Aires report, Alejandro Bunge notes eighty percent of families occupy only one room. He details family sizes from four to eleven living in a single room. He contrasts U S bricklayers earning in 600 days with Argentina needing 3 500 days for a house while noting US nonrent costs are higher by about 60 percent.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Alejandro Bunge
National Statistics
United States
Argentina
Four Years Ago I Used Chamberlains Remedy
A hotel man from Dupuyer Montana recounts using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with wonderful results and says he has since recommended it to friends. The piece promotes the well known remedy and includes his endorsement.
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Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
British-Backed Campaign Funds Charged in Cox Fight
Chicago reports Congressman Britten of Illinois accuses the British government of financing Gov Cox’s campaign. He cites a pending probe showing 87,600 dollars appropriated by the British Parliament for embassy entertainment and funneled to the Democratic national committee. He warns of tenfold future funding if Wilson’s ally wins.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Cox
Britten
Illinois
Republican National
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
British envoy denies British campaign funds claim
Sir Auckland Geddes the British ambassador attending the American Bar Association convention in St Louis calls Congressman Britten's charge that Parliament gave 87000 dollars to aid the Democratic campaign absurd. Geddes insists Britain made no contribution to any party for any purpose.
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St. Louis
Sir Auckland Geddes
American Bar Association
Britten
Texas Cities Growth Census Report
Washington dispatch reports Galveston Texas with a population of 44 255 up 7 274 19 7 percent Eastland Texas shows 9 368 residents an increase of 8 513 995 7 percent The figures reflect rapid expansion in these Texas cities and hint at overall growth trends across the state.
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Wasington
Galveston
Texas
Eastland
Montgomery Talks Move Of Jefferson Davis Home Site
Negotiations are under way in Montgomery Alabama for the purchase of a site to relocate and preserve the home of Jefferson Davis the only president of the Confederate States of America.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Mexican bandit Zamora offers surrender of kidnapped Americans
Washington reports the Mexican foreign office confirmed Zamora had offered to surrender the kidnapped Americans today in a development that follows months of pursuit and negotiation.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexican Foreign Office Today
Zamora
Coal Profiteers Broadened Crackdown T Tidewater Focus
The Department of Justice announced an expanded campaign against coal profiteering with emphasis on tidewater points, as of August 25 in Washington. The move targets price manipulation and hoarding, aiming to curb excess profits in coal distribution and shipping in key coastal areas.
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Wasington
Department of Justice Today
Tidewater Points
Grand Army Encampment Heads to Indianapolis in 1919
Indianapolis prepares to host the Grand Army of the Republic encampment September 19 to 25. Civic committees plan to welcome about 100000 visitors with home accommodations for veterans, entertainment, airplane rides, automobile trips, and hotel headquarters assigned to 33 state departments under a 500-member committee and an executive panel of five.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Hoosier
First Edmond loan scholar named at University of Texas
Austin, Aug 25 The first recipient of the James A Edmond loan scholarship at the University of Texas is James P Watson of Bryan. The award was announced by the committee on awards and established by Miss Edmond in memory of her nephew M A 18 who was killed in foreign service. Watson is a sophomore at the university.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
James A. Edmond
University of Texas
James P. Watson
Bryan
Committee On Award
Edmond
M. A
Watson
The
Leroy Arrested Aboard Ship in Rio de Janeiro
Associated Press report from Rio de Janeiro states Eugene Leroy, sought by Detroit police for a murder, was captured aboard the British freighter Dryden. He will be guarded by maritime police in port and handed to Detroit officers on arrival in New York after the voyage to Buenos Aires. The Dryden had sailed from New York August 3, following the discovery of a woman’s body in a trunk.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Eugene ‘Leroy
Detroit
Dryden
Leroy
United States
Buenos Aires
New York
Government declines to free Cork lord mayor in grave strike case
Lucerne August 25 premier Lloyd George said the government cannot release Lord Mayor MacSweeney of Cork despite a 14 day danger strike in Brixton jail. He warned that any outcome would not be his government’s responsibility.
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Associated Press
Lucerne
Switzerland
Lloyd George
MacSweeney
Cork
Bixton
London
Fat Cattle Shipped From Sweetwater Area
Sweetwater Texas August 25 More than fifty carloads of fat cattle have been shipped from this point in the last two months. Most were sold on the Fort Worth market at good figures. Local stockmen predict a big hog crop due to ample feed and efforts to restock farms with purebred stock.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Fort Worth
Progress of law and government at the American Bar Association convention
St Louis hosts the opening of the American Bar Association convention with sessions on constitutional government evolution and legal aid. Hampton Carson and Sir Auckland Geddas address the first session, with speakers including Albert Beveridge, Ben Lindsey, Reginald Smith, and Charles Hughes on legal aid and justice.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Hampton Jr. Carson
Philadelphia
Sir Auckland Geddas
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Reginald Heber Smith
Massachusetts
Charles EB. Hughes
New York
Ernest L. Tustin
Caer
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Earth
Louis Ginsberg
Minerva O’sell
Hebbisonville
Webster Thompson
Hebbronville
Ed, Russell
Frank O’banion
Elmendorf Street
R. L. Muller
Muller
Ida Muller
E. J. Dwan
Rosalie Wormser
Brooklyn
N. Y
Rosalie Biggio
San Diego
Julia McVicar
Rosina
Grace Pechin
Wichita, Kansas
City
Horace Hamlin
Michael and
Joseph Mireur
Corpus Christi
H. G. DaCamara
M. A. Harper
Utopia
Mr. Offer
Sam Mackin
Miss Ethel
Clifton
Kansas
B. C. Rossman
W. S. Cantrell
J. B. DaCamara
Laura DaCamara
Bertha Gongora
Cecil Nethery
Rotarys
Vangressman Britten
Democratic Campaign Fund
Geddes
ANTIS
Texas Cities’ Growth
Jeff Davis
Rio Janeiro
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