Local residents attend events and travels during holiday season
Several townspeople report travels to Dallas Ranger Texas San Antonio Houston and Tampico and welcome guests including Miss Anita Johnson and Miss Frances Roberts. Community diary notes dances at the Woman's Club cancelation promises a charity sale at Stowers store and a Ladies Aid gathering with a holiday luncheon and bridge party.
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Ladies Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
R. A. Millar
Stowers Store
Mesdames Hiatt
Roberts
Dannelley
Ralston
Neff
Worsham
F. Hamilton
Phelps
Hodges
Miller
Social event notes with guest and member list
White mints were plate favors. Attendees included club members Miss Annie Alexander, Miss Frances Alexander, Miss Helen MacGregor, Miss Kathryn MacGregor, Miss Maria Mowry, Miss Josephine Sauvignet, Miss Eva Levi. Women present included Mesdames Joe Moser, Witting, O Meara, Wormser, Joseph, guests Mesdames Reiss, Woodard, Echols, Penn, Mims, T A Leyendecker, J C Martin, L A Lafon, J T Murphy, Miss Helen Woodbridge, Miss Ethel Mackin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie
Frances Aléxander
Helen
Kathryn MacGregor
Maria Mowry
Josephine Sauvignet
Eva Levi
Joe Moser
Witting
O'Meara
Wormser
Joseph
Mesdames Reiss
Woodard
Echols
Penn
Mims
T. A. Leyendecker
J. C. Martin
L. A. Lafon
J. T. Murphy
Helen Woodbridge
Ethel Mackin
Poll Taxes Due Ahead of 1920 Elections in Texas
With less than seven weeks left, Texas voters must obtain poll tax receipts to exercise the franchise in 1920. The Jan 31 deadline applies. without receipts, voting rights are lost. Women plan to secure poll taxes ahead of national suffrage expected to pass, as RedoO municipal election nears in April.
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The
United States
State of
Texas
Laredo
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Offer Gentle Liver Aid
Dr Edwards developed olive tablets as a non calomel remedy for liver and bowel complaints. For 17 years they have been used in his practice with success and no unpleasant after effects. The tablets are a vegetable mix with olive oil and provide gentle stimulation without pains or griping.
Smuggling crackdown targets arms crossing Texas border
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman orders end to arms smuggling into Mexico. Two Mexicans posing as Monterey and Nuevo Laredo merchants were detained by military police after a day of coordinated purchases. About 5 000 rounds of pistol ammunition and nearly 1 000 pistol cartridges found on them. They had traveled from San Antonio via Laredo and were in the area three weeks. A federal grand jury may indict six pawnbrokers and arms dealers for selling to Mexicans knowing the shipments would cross the border.
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Joseph T. Dickman
Department
Mexico
United States
Monterey
Nuevo Laredo
FP. P. Stretton
Stretton
San Antonio
Laredo
Federal Grand Jury
Your Troubles May Be a Warning of a Nervous Breakdown
The article warns that most nervous breakdowns start with personal physical issues such as brain strain memory lapses insomnia and irritability. It describes a progression from mild symptoms to a complete nervous system breakdown and urges early attention to health.
Mexican Treasury Chief Cabrera Shapes Carranza Policy
Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury in the Carranza government, is noted as anti American and influential in shaping internal and external policy. He has long been a leading Mexican progressive and previously chaired the 1916 U.S. Mexico joint commission. In addition, regional pasture conditions threaten cattle interests in Jarral Barrocito Burritos Tortuga and La Mota, prompting a request to deny hunting pennuts.
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Luis Cabrera
Mexico
United States
Treasury
Carranza
Cabrera
Washington
Joint Commission
Jarral
Barrocito
Burritos
Tortuga
la Mota
Coal Strike Controversy Set to Reach Showdown
Operators in central Pennsylvania reject the settlement as a postponement of the showdown with the United Mine Workers of America. The statement faults Garfield for government interference and notes the resignation of fuel administrator Harry A. Garfield will be sent to the president. Chicago reports a general rise in bituminous coal production.
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Garfield
Associated Press
Washington
Central
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers of America
Harry A. Garfield
White House
Chicago
Fuller Knowledge Is Cure For Unrest
President Wilson says fuller knowledge of American institutions will quell unrest. In an Independent article he notes rising curiosity about government and demands for open doors to reveal secret policies. He warns nontransparent doors will be battered down and passageways created.
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Associated Press
New York
Wilson
Independent
McNary Sugar Bill Advances to House After Senate Passage
The McNary bill, extending government control of sugar for another year, passed the Senate today and was sent to the House. The Associated Press report from Washington notes the measure continues government supervision of sugar policy.
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Associated Press
Washington
McNary
Senate
House
Fighting today in Muzquiz section near Palau
Reports from Eagle Fass Texas and Eagle Pass Texas describe ongoing fighting at Muzquiz near Palau between Carranza troops and Villistas. Five Muzquiz merchants and ranchmen are held for ten thousand dollars each in ransom as Villa forces attempt to retreat with loot from Muzquiz. Mexico City reports deny use of the Plan of San Diego to seize U S territory.
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Eagle Fass
Texas
Palau
Muzquiz
Carranza
Eagle Pass
Mexico City
Mexico
San Diego
United States
Manuel Aguirre Berlanga
Fall
Senate blocks action on army to guard U S soil
The senate military committee declined to act on a resolution authorizing the secretary of war to employ the army to protect American citizens on U S soil from Mexican bandits. The measure was sent back to the senate and referred to the foreign relations committee.
Return of Roumanian King and Queen to Bucharest
One year ago today in the war December 12 reports the return of the King and Queen of Roumania to Bucharest. President Wilson’s ship encountered heavy weather as it neared Brest.
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Roumania
Bucharest
President Wilson
Brest
Today’s events mark anniversaries and inaugurations
Twenty five years after Sir John Thompson's death, Browning's death anniversary is observed worldwide. A new steamship link between Norfolk and Havana is set to begin. The Association of Manufacturers' Representatives holds its Philadelphia convention. General Pershing schedules inspection at Camp McClellan. The California State Society in Washington hosts a 25th anniversary banquet. Universities of Minnesota Illinois and Iowa debate the Cummins railway plan. The International Editorial Association opens its first convention in Kansas City.
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Sir John Thompson
Robert Browning
Norfolk
Havana
The
Association of Manufacturers’ Representatives
Philadelphia
General Pershing
Camp McClellan
Anniston
Ala
California State Society
Washington, D. C
Minnesota
Ilinois
Iowa
Cummins
International Editorial Association
Chicago
Kansas City
Carranza Intervenes Over Chinese Expulsion in Sonora
In a telegram from Mexico City dated December 12 Douglas Arizona reports that Carranza has intervened to prevent the expulsion of Chinese residents from Sonora. The move delays removal and preserves status for now.
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Douglas
Ariz
Carranza
Sonora
Mexico City
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports tonight and Saturday may bring rain and a drop in temperature based on the U S Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary
Observations for the 24 hours ending at 7 am show a maximum temperature of 64 degrees and a minimum of 38 degrees. Wind lies from the east and skies are clear.
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Fort McIntosh
Splendid Cough Medicine Praised by Ferguson Station Mother
Mrs. Clay Fry of Ferguson Station Missouri extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a splendid medicine. She says she gives it to children at the first signs of croup and uses it for herself to relieve coughs and chest colds after a few doses.
Matching Her Hat in a Movie Star Shopper Tale
A cinema star sighs she forgot to buy a motor car to match her new hat. The secretary asks what was missing and the star replies with the humorous remark. The light hearted item preserves a slice of celebrity fashion gossip from the era.
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Tary
Houston Post
Money Makers 4 Times Want ADB
The text presents a fragmented headline about Money Makers and Times wanting ADB. Details are sparse due to OCR issues, but the item centers on a monetary or business focus involving the entity Money Makers and the organization Times seeking ADB.
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Money Makers
Bolsheviks Press Attacks on Esthonian Front Persist
London reports Esthonian officials say Bolshevik forces attack along the Gulf of Finland east of Narva and near Korostell Feodorovka Yamburg, threatening Denikine’s left flank as his volunteers fall back 30 to 40 miles on a 400 mile front. Moscow wire reports Kharkov captured as a base for Denikine.
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Associated Press
London
Gulf of Finland
Narva
Korostell-Feodorovka-Yamburg Tront
Esthenia
Denikineé
Denikine forces defend positions around Kiev
A war office statement from London on December 12 reports Denikine forces, after retreating, are defending themselves successfully in captured positions encircling Kiev.
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London
War Office
Denikine
Kiev
Judge Refuses Superseders for Pool Halls Pending Appeal
Fort Worth Texas Dec 12 Federal Judge Wilson with two associates upheld the anti pool hall law and refused to allow pool halls and billiard parlors to remain open pending an appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Attorneys for the pool halls withdrew their application for a writ of superseders and would transfer it to Justice McReynolds at the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Wilson
United States Supreme Court
Justice McReynolds
Women and Society Facts From Around the World
A Victorian roundup notes that Calcutta once had a women’s newspaper, a woman’s foot equals one seventh of her height, Holland opened the apothecary trade to women in 1870, a English woman preacher marries and kisses the bridegroom, Norwegian juries include women since 1897, Toronto municipal elections feature women candidates, Manitoba grants equal suffrage, and bouquets for Mme Patti filled eight carriages during a Paris farewell.
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Calcutta
India
Holland
England
Norway
Toronto
Manitoba
Mme, Patti
Paris
Chamberlain's Tablets for indigestion and constipation
These tablets ease indigestion and constipation by toning the stomach liver and bowels. They gently restore normal function and leave you feeling improved and pleased with the effect.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promises Cure for All Stages
A 100 dollar reward offer asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages. It claims internal action through the blood and mucous surfaces, with constitutional strengthening and nature’s aid, by J Cheney and Co Toledo Ohio, sold by all druggists at 10 cents.
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Hall
J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
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Mr. T. A. Leyendecker
Anna Sutton
Henry Borchers
F. Gaylord Roberts
Frances Roberts
A. H. Magnon
Tampico
Bernardino Cardenas
Josephine Smith
A. F. Beddoe
Houston
Texas Baptist Convention
G. C. Hiatt
George Dunn
George Dunn Jr
Bryan
L. A. Simms
Rafael Gonzalez Jr
Flora Dilgarde Anderson
Mista Marguerite Nelson
BE. V. Adams
A. B. Muller
Albert Martin
W. W. MacGregor
G. GC. Woodman
W. N. Young
Agnes Huberich
Thomas Reed
May Lines
Flatonia
C. W. Cook
Leon Hanchett
Prnst
Prnst Buenz, Lawrence Nelson, Leonard Nelson and Capt. Condren
Anderson
David Dilgarde
Lucille Murphy
Killarney
A. Wormser
Dr. Edwards
Ammlniton
Southern Department
City Drug Co
Dorsey
Ant
Commerce and Ryd Ss
the Businessman's Department Store
Main
Eagle Pass Lumber CO
Villistas
Ing
Berlanga
Mex
Ican Bandits
Haviland
China
Waldemar
L. Daiches the Jeweler
Weather Forecast
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Kharkov
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