Rice football team to train with strong kicking options
Rice Institute football squad will begin fall training with most holdovers in good shape and a strong kicking cadre. Captain Dain and Lindsey will anchor the backfield as Shirley Brick shifts to coaching duties. The team, weighing in on pace and power, will face Texas in Houston and A and M in College Station this season.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Rice Institutes
Phil Arbuckle
Arbuckle
Rice
Shirley Brick
Brick
Eddie Dyer
Dain and
Lindsey
University of Texas In
A. and
College Station
Legislative Reform At ABA Session In St Louis
The Associated Press reports that comprehensive legislative reforms are under review as the American Bar Association meets in St Louis. Proposals aim for uniform state statutes and federal procedure modernization, with emphasis on bar ethics, removal of causes to settle district jurisdiction, and protection of treaty rights for foreigners. The convention features talks by Sir Auckland Geddes, Albert J Beveridge, and Ben B Lindsey, ending with a Friday banquet.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Comittee
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
Hampton IL. Carson
Philadelphia
Bar Association
Universalism 150 Years Old in Gloucester Celebration
Gloucester marks the 150th anniversary of Universalism in America with a week of events centered on the 1806 Universalist Church. From 16,000 to 20,000 guests are expected as histories are presented, sermons given, and pageants staged. John Murray founded and led early, facing opposition before establishing the denomination in Gloucester.
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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
General Court
Today’s Events Mark Notable 19th Century Moments
On this date in history Thomas Chatterton dies, the Bar Association holds its annual meeting in St. Louis with speeches by Sir Auckland Geddes and Charles E. Hughes, and James M. Cox begins a week long campaign stop in Evansville. The Iowa State Fair opens in Des Moines and runs to Sept. 3. Imperial Press delegates are welcomed in Vancouver. The League of the Southwest meets in Denver to discuss desert reclamation. The National Park to Park Motor Highway opens, traversing nine Western States as the world’s longest scenic boulevard.
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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
Times Want Ads Money Makers Feature
Classified item highlights include a $333 prize pot and multiple money making opportunities advertised by local sellers. Readers are invited to explore listings for cash incentives and practical ways to earn income through quick-start tasks and proven ventures.
Local Social Calendar Highlights
Wednesday Mrs Albert Offer hosts a 4 30 party for her son Werner on his tenth birthday with many young friends. A Moving Picture Show will be held at the Service Club in the evening. Thursday a general meeting of the W M S at the Baptist Church at 4 pm.
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Albert Offer
Werner
W. M
Baptist Church
Bertha Gongora
Cecil Nethery
Manuscript of Earth Inspires Talk Amid Local Visits
General Mention notes Mrs Lott Taylor visiting her mother in San Antonio while Miss Minerva O Sell returns from Hebbronville. Numerous residents travel, visit relatives in Austin Corpus Christi Wichita Kansas and Brooklyn. band concert on soldiers club roof entertains Fort McIntosh crowd with jazz numbers and dancing.
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Soldiers Club
Laredo
Fort McIntosh
Rotarys and Schooldays Novel Meeting Recalls Youth at Laredo High
The Laredo Rotary Club gathered at Laredo High School for a nostalgic weekly meeting, led by J. E. Trout as schoolmaster. Members reenacted schoolroom rituals, recited poems, staged drills, held a spelling bee, and sang Rotary songs while recalling days of youth.
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Laredo
Trout
Jimmy Winch
Kathleen
Roy Mims
Johnny Ward
Justo
Colonel Winn Transferred to Governor's Island NY New Inspector General
Colonel Frank L. Winn, commander of the Laredo District, receives telegraphic orders transferring him to Governor's Island New York to serve as inspector general of the Eastern Department. He is succeeded here by Lieutenant Colonel Lucius C. Bennett of the 87th Infantry Regiment.
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Winn
Frank L. Winn
Laredo
Washington
Governor's Island
New York
Lucius C. Bennett
87Th Infantry
Is Your Blood Starving for Want of Iron
Overwork poor sleep and bad air drain iron from food causing weakness irritability and fatigue. Iron supplements like Nuxated Iron promise rapid relief with a two week test of five grain tablets three times daily after meals. If unsatisfied money refunded by your druggist.
Billingsgate Market Founding Believed 400 B.C.
A noted London institution in Billingsgate is said to have its origins around 400 B.C. The proposed abolition of the market would mark a historical shift in the city’s trading landmarks.
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Billingsgate
London
B.C
Wisconsin Rapids Renames City to Prevent Confusion
Grand Rapids Wisconsin changes its name to Wisconsin Rapids to avoid mix ups with Michigan city of the same name. The move aims to simplify mail, travel, and regional identifiers for residents and businesses.
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Grand Rapids, Wis
Wisconsin Rapids
Michigan
Money Makers Ad Promises Big Returns in Brief
A terse Times Want Ad touts high earnings with bold figures and repeated dollar signs. The snippet hints at a quick money opportunity, urging readers to inquire for details. No concrete names, dates, or locations are provided in the readable text.
Antis Seek Injunction Over Federal Suffrage Ratification
Washington Aug 26 An injunction to stop Secretary Colby from promulgating ratification of the federal suffrage amendment was filed in DC by the American Constitutional League. Justice Simmons ordered argument on authority and agreed to hear the counsel later that day. Decatur Aug 26 Representative Hall leader of insurgent Tennessee lawmakers said ratification by Tennessee was not properly certified to Colby.
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Associated Press
Washington
Secretary Colby
State Department
District of Columbia Supreme Court
American Constitutional League
Simmons
House Journal
Decatur
Ala
Representative Hall
Nashville
Tennessee House
Tennesee
Colby
Roberts
Rupture of Peace Parley Imminent As Polish Demands Stand
London reports warn that an immediate rupture of Russo Polish peace talks at Minsk will occur if Poland maintains withdrawal of main Russian terms. A Minsk despatch says Poland’s reply to Soviet terms is a flat rejection.
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Associated Press
London
Minsk
Moscow
Poland
New American Legion Posts Formed Abroad in Japan and Belgium
The American Legion announces new foreign posts in Japan and Belgium. There are now 18 Legion posts outside the United States, with Indianapolis nationwide headquarters confirming the expansion on August 26.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
The
American Legion
Japan
Belgium
Legion
United States
Occupy One Room in Buenos Aires Report Highlights Rents
Buenos Aires July 30 report by Alejandro Bunge, Director General of National Statistics, reveals startling living conditions due to high rents. Eighty percent of families occupy only one room. As few as four to eleven persons share a single room, with distributions listed. He contrasts a bricklayer in the United States, who could build a house in 1919 with 600 working days’ wages versus 3,500 days in Argentina, noting U.S. costs for necessities besides rent run about 60 percent higher than in Argentina.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Buenos Airres
Alejandro Bunge
National Statistics
United States
Argentina
Chamberlains Colic Remedy Endorsed by Dupuyer Hotelier
A Dupuyer Montana hotel man F H Dear relates four years of successful use of Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and says he has recommended it to friends.
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Chamberlain
F. H. Dear
Dupuyer, Mont
Britten links British funding to Cox campaign in Chicago
Congressman Britten of Illinois accuses the British government of financing Governor Cox's campaign. He claims Parliament appropriated 387,000 pounds for the British embassy in Washington for entertainment expenses and that funds have reached the Democratic national committee. He warns of larger sums if Cox wins by wealth over issues.
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Washington
Democratic Campaign Fund
Geddes
Associated Press
Chicago
Cox
Britten
Illinois
Republican National
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
British ambassador denies Britten charges on British funds
Sir Auckland Geddes, in St Louis attending the American Bar Association convention, called Congressman Britten's claim that Britain appropriated 87000 dollars to support the Democratic campaign utterly absurd. He asserted the British government gave no contributions for any party.
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St. Louis
Sir Auckland Geddes
American Bar Association
Britten
Texas Cities Growth Sparks Population Surges
Census figures for Galveston Texas show 44,256 residents, up 7,274 or 19.7 percent. Eastland Texas reports 9,368 people, an increase of 8,518 or 996.7 percent.
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Wasington
Galveston
Texas
Eastland
Jefferson Davis Home site purchase under negotiation
Negotiations are underway in Montgomery for the purchase of a site to move and preserve the home of Jefferson Davis, the only president of the Confederate States of America.
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Associated Preas
Montgomery
Ala
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Mexican bandit Zamora offers to surrender kidnapped American
Washington dispatches report that the Mexican foreign office confirmed Zamora's offer to surrender the kidnapped American, marking a possible resolution to the incident and outlining the diplomatic contact.
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Associated Press
Washington
Mexican Foreign Office Today
Zamora
Coal profiteers broadened profiteering campaign at tidewater points
Washington Aug 25 The department of justice today announced a broadened campaign against coal profiteering with special attention to tidewater points.
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Associated Press
Wasington
Department of Justice Today
Tidewater Points
Grand Army encampment returns to Indianapolis after 27 years
The Grand Army of the Republic will hold its national meeting in Indianapolis from September 19 through 26, the first since 1893. Civic committees expect about 100,000 visitors, with home listings for veterans, entertainment plans, airplane rides, automobile tours, and hotel headquarters assigned to state G A R departments. A 600-member business committee and a five-member executive panel oversee preparations.
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Iy Associated Press
Indianapolis
Ind
Grand Army of the Republic
Grand Army
Hoosier
G. A. KR
First Edmond Joan Scholarship Winner Named at UT
The University of Texas awards its James A. Edmond Joan scholarship to James P. Watson of Bryan. Watson, a sophomore, is the first recipient of the scholarship established by Miss Edmond in memory of her nephew M. A. ’18 who was killed in foreign service. Aug. 25. Austin, Texas.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
James A. Edmond Joan
University of Texas
James P. Watson
Bryan
Committee On
Edmond
M. A
Watson
University
Leroy Arrested Aboard Dryden in Rio De Janeiro
Eugene Leroy, reportedly wanted by Detroit police for the murder of a woman thought to be his wife, was taken into custody aboard the British freighter Dryden as it arrived in Rio de Janeiro. He will be guarded by maritime police in port and will be sent to Buenos Aires then New York for transfer to Detroit authorities.
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Associated Press
Rio de Janeiro
Eugene Leroy
Detroit
Dryden
Leroy
United States
Buenos Aires
New York
Government cannot release Irish hunger striker in jail
London August 25 Premier Lloyd George stated that the government cannot assume responsibility for releasing Lord Mayor MacSweeney of Cork, whose condition worsened after a 14 day hunger strike in Brixton jail.
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Associated Press
Lucerne
Switzerland
Lloyd George
MacSweeney
Cork
Bixton
London
Fat cattle shipped from Sweetwater in two months
SHIP FAT CATTLE Sweetwater Tex Aug 26 More than fifty carloads of fat cattle have been shipped from this point during the last two months majority sold on the Fort Worth market at good figures A big hog crop is predicted by local stockmen due to abundant feed and efforts to restock farms with purebred stock
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Associated Press
Sweetwater
Tex
Fort Worth
Fancera
Progress discussed at ABA convention in St Louis
St Louis hosts the American Bar Association with sessions on constitutional government legal aid and the administration of justice. Hampton L Carson Henry Geddes Albert Beveridge and Judge Lindsey headline addresses amid sectional meetings and committees presenting recommendations.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
American Bar Association
Hampton L. Carson
Philadelphia
Auckland Geddes
Albert J. Beveridge
Indiana
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Reginald Heber Smith
Massachusetts
Charles £. Hughes
New York
Ernest L. Tustin
National Conference of Commissioners On Uniform State Laws
National Association of Attorneys General
Association of American Law Schools
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Oberfeldt Society
Earth
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Minerva O’sell
Hebbrsonville
Webster Thompson
Hebbronville
City
Mrs. Id. Russell
San Antonio
Frank O’banion
Elmendorf Street
R. L. Muller
Muller
Ida Muller
KE. J. Dwan
Rosalie Wormser
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mis
Rosalie Biggio
San Diego
Julia McViccar
M. R. Wormser
Rosina
Grace Pechin
Wichita, Kansas
Horace Hamlin
Michael and
Joseph Mireur
Corpus Christi
H. G. DaCamara
M. A. Harper
Utopia
Mr. Offer
Sam Mackin
Kihel
Clifton
Kansas
B. C. Rossman
W. S. Cantrell
J. B. DaCamara
Laura DaCamara
Rotarys
Vungressman Britten
ANTIS
Texas Cities’ Growth
Jeff Davis
Rio Janeiro
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