Demand for Mexican labor surges to Texas cotton fields
Tuesday's Daily reports brisk demand for Mexican laborers to pick cotton in Texas. Farmers from multiple regions come to Laredo seeking men women and children, with contracts arranged through immigration officials and workers brought from Nuevo Laredo. Wages are described as the highest in cotton history as prices enable farmers to pay well.
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Texas
Laredo
Immigration Department
Nuevo Laredo
Rex Beach Play Tonight at the Royal
Rex Beach stories captivate readers and audiences and the Royal Theater presents The Crimson Gardenia produced by Goldwyn tonight. Rex Beach stands alone in narrative appeal drawing in readers from the start to the final scene. The Crimson Gardenia, adapted from the popular story, promises a strong showing with Rathapfel Pictures, the latest motion picture release, set to thrill Laredo patrons.
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Rex Beach
Crimson Gardenia
Royal Theater
Goldwyn
Rex Reach
The
Royal
Laredo Picture Play
Rathapfel Pictures
Sir James Atkins To Chair Canadian Bar Association Meet
Sir James Atkins will preside over the Canadian Bar Association's annual meeting in Winnipeg this week. He is the current lieutenant governor of Manitoba and a leading legal figure in the Dominion. Atkins, a native of Ontario, studied at Toronto University and began law work in 1879 with the justice department. He served as counsel for the Manitoba government from 1900 and has extensive private practice with corporations and banks. He has also been solicitor for the Canadian Pacific Railway in Winnipeg and was appointed lieutenant governor in 1916, a post formerly held by his father.
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James Atkins
Canadian Bar Association
Winnipeg
Dominion
Ontario
Toronto University
Justice Department
Manitoba
Canadian Pacific Railway
Province
James Cox Aikins
Today’s Birthdays Across North America Notables Honored
Gideon Robertson born Welland Ontario 45 years ago today. Zent Gale Portage Wisconsin 45 years ago today. Most Rev James J Keane Joliet NL 62 years ago today. Joseph T Robinson Lonoke Arkansas 47 years ago today. Major Robert R Moton Tuskegee Institute Virginia 52 years ago today.
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Gideon Robertson
Dominion Cabinet
Welland
Ont
Zent Gale
Portage
Wis
James J. Keane
Dubuque
Joliet
Joseph T. Robinson
United States
Arkansas
Lonoke
Ark
Robert R. Moton
Tuskeegee Institute
Virginia
Centenary of Prince Albert noted amid varied today
Today marks the birth centenary of Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha. In Canada Winnipeg hosts the first annual meeting of the Conference of Commissioners on Uniformity of Laws Throughout Canada. In Mississippi Lieut Gov Lee M Russell and Lieut Oscar G Johnston seek the Democratic nomination in the run off. In Chicago jewelers urge repeal of the war tax at their convention. Spokane votes on a general city wage increase including a 45 percent raise for firemen and police.
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Prince Albert
Saxe Coburg and
Gotha
Victoria
Conference of Commissioners On
Canada
Winnipeg
Lee M. Russell
Oscar G. Johnston
Mississippi
American National Retail Jewelers’ Association
Chicago
Spokane
Social calendar listing for Tuesday and Wednesday events
Tuesday events include the Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meeting at 5 PM and a Community Singing at the Soldiers Club. Wednesday features a regular weekly dance at the K of C Hall in the evening.
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Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
The
Soldiers Club
K. of C. Hall
Mesdames Woodman and
MacGregor
Mesdames Mussett
G'Sell, Slaughter
Greene
Lee
Jambers
Woodard
Taylor
Adams
George Beyette
Social Notes Highlight a Busy Round of Visits and Events
A wealth of social activity spans two months of travel and greetings. Many families including the Arthurs, Sharks, Rosenbaums, and Brioks visit San Antonio Monterrey and Cotulla, while Clyde Brennan enters Annapolis prep. Eloisa Salazar's wedding at the Baptist Church is featured along with community singing plans and a Women’s Club gathering.
Mrs Salazar Weds Charley Stout in Simple Church Ceremony
The ceremony united Miss Salazar and Mr Charley Joseph Stout in a quiet service with family and close friends. The couple planned to reside in Pittsburgh, Pa, following the wedding. Salazar was active in the Baptist church and Stout served with the Army Y M C A during the war and remains connected to the association.
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Eloisa Salazar
Lulu King
A. M. Horner
Elisa
Ema Salazar
Minnie Burr
Frances Giddins
Pearl Manderville
C. J. Stout
Lieut. Herne
Horner
Ter
R. Salazar
Charley Joseph Stout
Stout
Army
Brownsville Herald official visits and Mayo treatment news
J. M. Stein business manager of the Brownsville Herald, in Laredo with military intelligence during the European war, visits today and leaves tomorrow for Brownsville after weeks in the East. County Clerk Rodriguez reports Geo R Page is safe in Rochester Minnesota to undergo Mayo Brothers treatment.
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J. M. Stein
Brownsville
For Sale and Rent Classified Items
Several small ads list a bicycle for sale at 15 dollars from American Express Co office on 8-26-21. Also furnished rooms for rent at 1812 Houston Street and a furnished house for rent at 1118 Juarez Avenue with phone contact 61, dated 8-26-tf.
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Juarez Avenue
American Express Co
Houston Street
Allies occupy the port of Odessa by sea
A Bolshevik wireless message from Moscow admits allied forces occupy Odessa, the Black Sea port, after 36 ships bombarded for two days. A Russian volunteer army is said to have taken the city while Bolsheviks retreat toward Balta. Paris reports Cle menceau presents the Versailles peace treaty and other conventions for ratification in the chamber.
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Preas
London
Odessa
Black Sea
Moscow
Balta
Paris
Germany
Versailles
Chamber of Deputies
Clemenceau
Chamber
Thompson Gains Fifteen Pounds In Fifteen Days
Kansas City man Peter Thompson says Tanlac built him up remarkably after six years with the city park board. He describes previous weakness from typhoid pneumonia, poor appetite, headaches, and nervousness, then credits Tanlac with restored strength, appetite, sleep, and wellbeing after fifteen days and plans to return to work. Tanlac is sold by druggists everywhere.
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Kansas City
Tanlac
Peter Thompson
Kansas City Park Board
Chestnut Street
Infantry units ordered overseas to police Silesia
Washington Aug 26 The Fifth Infantry Camp Taylor Ky and the Fiftieth at Camp Dix N J are ordered to prepare to go overseas to aid in policing Silesia under the peace treaty during the plebiscite. Neither unit has been overseas.
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Washington
Fifth Infantry
Camp Taylor
Camp Dix
N. J
Silesia
Troops Deployed as Riots Erupt in Charlotte Strike
Four companies of state troops ordered to Charlotte to quell riots tied to a street railway strike. Last night violence left at least two dead and a dozen injured as troops and deputies patrol main streets to prevent further clashes.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Charlotte
Railroad Time Table Shows Texas-Mexican and Fast Trains
Train No 1 to Corpus Christi leaves at 12 50 p m Train No 2 from Corpus Christi arrives at 3 36 p m International and Great Northern Through fast train to St Louis leaves at 8 30 a m Arrives 2 60 p m Night Train departs 9 p m arrives 8 a m
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Corpus Christi
Railroad Shopmen Reject Wilson Rates in Strike Vote Push
The committee of one hundred from the railroad shopmen said they would not accept President Wilson's proposed rates as the settlement basis. They urged unions nationwide to conduct strike votes to decide acceptance. Director General Hines then asked the wages and conditions board to promptly address any readjustment claims from railroad employees.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hines
Wilson
Board of Railway Wages and
Canadian Colonel Barker First to Arrive in Toronto to New York Race
Mineola N Y Aug 26 Colonel William Barker a Canadian arrived at 9 30 completing the first half of the air race from Toronto to New York and return His machine was a captured German Fokker Five planes unable to start from here yesterday got away just before Col Harker arrived.
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US Associated Press
Mineola
N. Y
William Barker
Toronto
New York
Col. Harker
Colonel Weybrecht Dies After Eating Cold Storage Turkey
Alliance Ohio Aug 26 Colonel Charles Weybrecht recently returned from France died today from what physicians believe was eating cold storage turkey at Lake side Country Club Canton. One veteran is dead a man and his wife are paralyzed with recovery doubtful from the same cause.
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Associated Press
Alliance
Ohio
Charles Weybrecht
France
Lakeside Country Club
Canton
Warman
Train No 1 and 2 Schedules Between Laredo Minera
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass service lists Train No 1 departing Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m and arriving Minera at 10 20 a m Train No 2 departing Minera daily except Sunday at 11 40 a m and arriving Laredo at 3 15 p m
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Snow Flakes in Sunshine Dazzle Hornell Crowd
Snow briefly fell in bright sunshine today as five minutes of wet flakes melted on the ground in Hornell New York with Associated Press reporting.
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Associated Press
Hornell, N
Remedy to Restore Digestive Health with Chamberlains Tablets
A consumer advisement describes bilious attacks harming liver function and digestion. It claims Chamberlains Tablets tone the liver, cleanse the stomach, and relieve nausea and headache, priced at a quarter for three tablets.
Americans Eliminated From International Commissions
Washington reports a senate foreign relations committee plan to remove American representation from most international commissions overseeing European reconstruction. The exception is the reparations commission and actors named by the League of Nations.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
League of Nations
Bailey Democrats Name 34 to Meet August 30
Chairman Greenwood of the Bailey Democrats in Fort Worth announces an advisory committee of 34 to convene in Dallas on August 30. The group aims to coordinate local party activities and strategy ahead of upcoming elections.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Greenwood
Bailey Democrats
Fort Worth
Adelina Lecca Dies From Wound Inflicted by Brother
Miss Adelina Lecca died at Mercy Hospital one week after a rifle wound to the stomach inflicted by her eight year old brother at their Nuevo Laredo home. Her remains were taken to Nuevo Laredo for the funeral at the parents’ home this afternoon.
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Adelina Lecca
Nuevo Laredo
Mercy Hospital
Gregorio Lecca
Government to Open Retail Stores for War Surplus
The war department will establish retail stores for surplus household commodities on September 26 at depot centers and large cities. Stores will accept mail orders, with fixed prices to prevent discrimination, and orders sent directly to stores. Sub stations at each location will speed mail orders. Stores to open in fourteen zones including San Antonio and El Paso.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Department
Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Clites
San Antonio
el Paso
Government to Own Refrigerator Cars Move Proposed
The federal trade commission advised President Wilson that refrigerator cars for shipping meat should be government monopolies and railroads licensed to run them. The big five packing companies reportedly own about 90 percent of equipment used for fresh meat transport.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Trade Commission Today
Wilson
Big Packers
Texarkana Train Crash Fatally Injures Hagler Hemphill
Hagler Hemphill died from injuries after an engine and two coaches derailed from the Cotton Belt at Bassett Texas. Fireman Dyer was hurt. The Tyler based enginemen and the passengers escaped serious harm.
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Associated Press
Texarkana
Texas
Hagleer Hemphill
Dyer
Cotton Belt
Bassett
Tyler
Labor campaign aims for Winnipeg city control
Labor organizes ward committees in Winnipeg to place men with Labor sympathies on the city council. The Dominion Labor Party announces semi monthly meetings as it moves to run Winnipeg as a Labor city, with nominations for aldermen and mayoralty to follow at a later date.
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Winnipeg
Man
Dominion Labor Party
Centenary of Prince Albert Observed in London
London marks the hundredth anniversary of Prince Albert birth with wreaths at the Frogmore tomb. Prince Albert, born Coburg August 26 1819, was Victoria’s husband and the grandfather of the present sovereign. He died in 1861.
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London
Prince Albert
Frogmore
Prince Consort
Queen Victoria
Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha
Coburg
Odd and Interesting Factoids on Industry
A needle undergoes eighty operations in its manufacture while railways consume almost half of the world’s yearly steel output. The figures highlight the vast scale difference between precision production and infrastructure needs.
The War Taxes the Nerve Energy of the Country
The piece urges full mental and physical concentration to win the war. It warns that fatigue, memory issues, insomnia, digestive problems, and irritability indicate the nervous system is breaking down and calls for a corrective measure.
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times presents the daily outlook from the U.S. Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Wednesday are expected to be partly cloudy.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Times
the Telephone Co
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Aims Internal Cure
Catarrh cannot be cured with local applications. It is a constitutional disease best treated by internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. Described by leading practitioners, it combines tonics and blood purifiers. Send for testimonials. Hall's Pills offer constipation relief.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Weather report from Fort McIntosh
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am show a maximum of 97 degrees and a minimum of 62 degrees. Wind was from the south with partly cloudy skies.
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Fort McIntosh
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