Mexico Crisis Deliberations and Trade Road Talk
Reports from Mexico indicate improved conditions as Envoy Lind may return after conciliatory notes from Minister Federico Gamboa. Gamboa proposes keeping ambassadors until after October elections and notes Huerta’s ineligibility for the presidency. Editorials in London Paris and Washington weigh Wilsons policy and preparedness while American troops movements are debated. The piece also urges road-building to aid farmers, stressing better roads save time and money and boost trade and health. The article touches on insurgent gains, the Imperator fire, and Osage oil leases, reflecting a broad wartime and economic landscape.
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Mexico
Lind
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Federico Gamboa
Senor Gamboa
London
United States
London News
Wilson
London Mail
Washington
Paris
Petit Parisien
Berlin
Good Roads Movement In The South Gains Steam
The era of good roads spreads across the South as automobiling boosts highway advocacy. States show progress with better rural and town roads, driven by urban citizens, farmers, and a renewed call to nature and improved transportation costs.
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United States
Rebel Executed After Bridge Destruction Aroused Federal Troops
A detachment of federal cavalry captured a rebel at Sanchez station as he and a companion vandalized a railroad bridge. The captured man refused to name his partner, was sentenced to death by firing squad, and his body was displayed on a telegraph pole as a deterrent to others.
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Sanchez
Jackson Square White Label coffee wins ribbons at Southern fairs
Jackson Square White Label coffee captured fifteen blue ribbons at Southern date fairs, with an Adv. promoting a $26 price tag. The event spotlight emphasizes strong performance and notable awards for the brand.
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Jackson Square
Frank Rabb New Collector At Laredo District
Hon Frank Rabb of Brownsville appointed collector of customs for the Laredo district now including Brownsville. J J Haynes resigns after sixteen years, Rabb expected to assume duties soon after confirmation. The banquet featured at League baseball park with Odd Fellows led by M G Delling and W O Staver, concluding with iced watermelon and praise for organizers.
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Laredo Customs District
Willi Soo
Haynes
Frank Rabb
Brownsville
J. J. Haynes
Wilson
Senate
Washington
Laredo
Rabb
J. B. Wells
Rio Grande
Marshall Hicks
San Antonio
Customs
James J. Haynes
Taft
League Baseball Park
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
W. O. Staver
The
Odd Fellows
M. G Delling
Joseph Netzer
Fee is the Best By Test Trial
A concise note promotes fee quality as rich and test worthy with an August reference and a general endorsement not tied to a specific event. It hints at a trial evaluation to convince users of its value and superiority.
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Jackson Square
Elevator to Run Daily in Federal Building
Postmaster F Ht Ligarde, custodian of the federal building, has secured permission to contract with the electric company for power and to employ Sidney A Adams as elevator conductor. The elevator, previously in service only during federal court sessions, will operate daily moving forward.
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F. Ht. Ligarde
Federal Building
Ligaride
Electric Company
Sidney A. Adams
Cole Car Agency Seeks Buyers for 1914 Series 9 Demo
L. M. Clifford announces he has taken the Cole automobile agency and will soon showcase a 1914 Series 9 in Laredo. He urges prospective buyers to investigate Cole before other makes, offering demonstrations through Ritter & Bertrand’s shop or by phone 342, dated August 28, 1921.
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Cole
Laredo
Ferions
Ritter & Bertrand
L. M. Clifford
Pushing Jackson Square Coffee in Southwest Texas
Mr. M. R. Perron district manager of Importer's Coffee Co. from San Antonio visits the city to promote Jackson Square coffee. He reports strong sales growth across Southwest Texas and expects continued gains as the fine coffee gainsmerit in the market.
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M. R. Perron
Perron
S Coffee Co
San Antonio
Jackson Square
Texas
Remarkable Cure of Dysentery
A Snow Hill North Carolina man reports severe dysentery starting mid July with weight loss from 145 to 125 pounds. After two months of illness he used Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, took two bottles, and claims permanent relief. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
B. W. Hill
Snow Hill
N. C
Woman dies after gas stove accident at home
Fusebia Segova, about 35 and married, died at Mercy Hospital after a gasolene stove explosion lit the room. Investigators note careless handling of the fuel caused the blast, setting her body ablaze and leading to her death several hours later.
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Fusebia Segova
Mercy Hospital
More artillerymen arrive join Battery A at Fort McIntosh
A company of about twenty five artillerymen from Battery A, First Field Artillery, arrived from Fort Sam Houston to reinforce Fort McIntosh. The 150 men are now complete, with those left at Fort Sam Houston having finished arranging matters after the force's hasty departure for Laredo. The men express satisfaction at being sent to the border and feel at home in their new quarters.
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First Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Fort McIntosh
Laredo
Use Jackson Square for the best economy says ad
An advertisement urges readers to choose Jackson Square for greater value, insisting on no substitutes and stressing cost efficiency as the key benefit.
Colquitt Eyes Intervention in Mexico Amid Banquet Remarks
Governor Colquitt stated at a governors banquet that the United States should not stand by while Americans are murdered in the rebellious republic and would send every American soldier into Mexico if necessary. In Los Angeles, Captain Alcalde, a constitutionalist, claimed that a plan to smuggle Masson's aircraft failed because bombs sent to federals carried only invitations to desert, causing many to desert.
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Associated Press
Colorado Springs
Mexico
Colquitt
United States
Republic
Guaymas
Alcalde
Viscount Haldane Arrives in New York for Bar Meeting
Viscount Haldane the first lord chancellor to leave England in 490 years arrived in New York to attend the meeting of the American Bar Association in Canada.
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Associated Press
New York
Viscount Haldane
England
American Bar Association
Canada
Roger Thompson Freed on Bail in Canada Conspiracy Case
Roger Thompson released on five hundred dollar bail to await trial in Sherbrooke Quebec on the charge tied to the Harry Thaw case. The bail was provided by the Thaw family in a move deemed a Thaw victory. In Fort Worth Texas the church fire conspiracy inquiry adjourned awaiting the arrest of Clarence Miller the former leader of Rev Frank Norris church. A witness testified Miller said Norris secured three favorable jury commissioners and supplied a typewritten juror list.
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Associated Press
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Roger Thompson
Harry Thaw
Canada
Thaw
Fort Worth
Texas
The
Baptist Church
Clarence Miller
Frank Norris
Miller
Rev. Norris
Norris
Were Just Dreams McDermott Said Were Just Dreams
Representative J T McDermott of Illinois defended himself before the house lobby committee denying Mulhall and McMichael charges as dreams. He admitted borrowing large sums from pawnbroker George D Horning but said Horning acted as a friend. Mulhall and McMichael had charged McDermott received 7500 dollars from pawnbrokers to oppose the loan shark bill.
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Associated Prena
Washington
J. T. McDermott
Ilinois
Mulhall
McMichael
McDermott
Senator Hitchcock Denounces Democratic Caucus as Unpolitical Machine
Washington Aug 29 Senator Hitchcock a Democrat denounced the senate caucus as an unpolitical machine He refused to be bound by the caucus and spoke during debate on an amendment to the tariff bill to penalize monopolies controlling more than one quarter of the country s production The amendment was defeated 41 to 30
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Washington
Hitchcock
Senate
Democratic Caucus
Exchanges Close Until Tuesday Labor Day Holiday
New York markets including the New York Stock Exchange and Cotton Exchange closed today for Labor Day and will resume operations on Tuesday.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
The
Cotton Exchange
Taft to Address Judges in Montreal Conference
Montreal August 29 A conference of judges from the United States and Canada will be held in the city tomorrow as a prelude to the American Bar Association meeting next week. Former President William H Taft is slated to deliver the principal address.
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Montreal
United States
Canada
American Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
William H. Taft
Celebrate Pickle Day in Platteville Colorado
Residents of Platteville and nearby areas suspended business to join the annual Pickle Day carnival. Festivities ran on an elaborate scale highlighting this year’s cucumber crop, the largest on record for the region.
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Platteville
Colo
Chinese Pupils Meet at University of Illinois Conference
Urbana Aug 29 The annual conference of Chinese students in Middle Western colleges and universities opened at the University of Illinois and will run for a week. The aim is to foster acquaintance among students from distant regions of China to enable better cooperation when they return home.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
China
Costly Treatment
C H Hines of Whitlow Ark reports prior constipation indigestion caused hundreds spent on medicines. After failing at St Louis and New Orleans hospitals he used Chamberlain's Tablets and improved. Sold by all dealers.
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C. H. Hines
Whitlow
Ark
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Chicago University Convocation Honors 88th Ceremony
Chicago University awards degrees to many graduates at the eighty eighth convocation in Chicago New Jersey. Prof John H Latane of Washington and Lee University delivered the address on Our Relations With Japan.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
John H. Latane
Washington and Lee University
Japan
Archbishop Messmer Reaches Sixty-Sixth Anniversary
Milwaukee archdiocese head Most Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer marks 66th anniversary of his appointment as archbishop. The milestone was noted in Milwaukee on August 29.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Sebastian G. Messmer
Milwaukee
Burley House Reopens Opposite depot with new owner
The Burley House near the I G N depot reopens under Mrs Chas Hockheimer after a complete renovation. Railroad men will receive special attention and rates. The dining room offers market fresh fare and first class service. August 27, 1861.
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Burley
Chas. Hockheimer
Reconsidered Plan to Return Keeps Lind in Vera Cruz
Washington reports John Lind has reconsidered travel to Mexico City and will stay in Vera Cruz. Officials say the decision was left to Lind, who was expected to depart by早 train for Mexico City. Eagle Pass dispatch notes General Carranza praising President Wilson’s Mexican message and predicting ongoing conflict as Huerta resists American suggestions.
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Washington
John Lind
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Mr. Lind
Eagle Pass
Texas
Wilson
Jesus Carranza
Carranza
Torreon
Huerta
Texan Proposes Probe of Armor Plate Trust
Representative Gregg of Texas introduced a resolution in the House seeking an investigation of the armor plate trust. The move aims to uncover practices and potential abuses within the steel and armor supply sector affecting national defense.
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Representative Gregg
Texas
Washington
Gregg
House
Armor Plate Trust
Tragic Fire Kills New York Consul and Wife
Senor Hipolito Uriarte aged 82 former Spanish consul in New York burned to death in his apartments, his wife also killed by jumping from the window to escape flames. Fire started while lighting a cigar igniting curios from around the world that filled the room and burned like powder.
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New York
Hipolito Uriarte
Senor Uriarte
Benedictine Abbot to Lecture Here in New York
Abbot Gasquet head of the English Benedictines arrives in New York on August 30 to deliver a series of lectures in the United States and Canada. He chairs the commission appointed by the Pope to revise the Vulgate. The Catholic clergy and laity plan a warm welcome.
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New York
Abbot Gasquet
Europe
Pops
United States
Canada
Missouri First in U S Production of Plug Tobacco
The Nevada Missouri Post notes that Missouri leads the United States in plug tobacco production with few rivals aside from Arkansas and Kentucky in accuracy of use, marking the state’s standout position in this industry.
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Missouri
United States
Arkansas
Kentucky
Nevada
Nuff Said Laughs From Old Time Dialogue
A fragment from a Statesman piece presents a playful exchange with dialect humor about liking chicken and finding love. The dialogue humor emphasizes casual street slang and a character named Sam, framed as light entertainment in a column.
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Yonkers Statesman
Jackson Square White Label Coffee Ad in New Orleans
An old ad touts Jackson Square White Label coffee as a New Orleans delicacy, claiming it as the best. The brief note reads like a local promotion dated 8 26 with a business tag Ady.
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Jackson Square
New Orleans
How The Trouble Starts Constipation Cure Ad
An old advertisement claims constipation causes many ailments and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular and avoid diseases. For sale by all dealers.
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la Follette
Vardaman
Mississippi
Imperator
Iohoken
Standard Oil
Cato Selis
Osage
Laredo Oda
League Park
Los Angeles
Calif
Joaquin Alcalde
Masson
Alleg
Ling
Cerning
Illinois
Associates Press
Ady
Chicago University
Messmer
Burley House
Probe Armor Plate Trust
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