Robbers Hit El Clarejo Ranch Store in Rio Grande Raid
Mexicans Santos Rendon and a companion robbed El Clarejo ranch store eleven miles below Zapata on the Rio Grande. They bound storekeeper Humberto Vela, looted hats, rifles, clothing, fabrics, shoes, and money, damaged the safe, then fled across the river. Rangers pursued. Mexican authorities report the suspects detained for identification.
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el Clareno Ranch
Zapata
Rio Grande
Humberto Vela
Santos Rendon
Will Ryan
State Ranger Company
Franklin
Keene, Spruill and
Alsebrook
Blackwell
Frog Aag
Vela
Rendon
Laredo
Cuellar
Zapata County
el Clarefio Ranch
Auier
Mier
Auction of seized goods at Port of Laredo
Notice from the Deputy Collector of Customs announces public auction on December 22, 1919 at ten o'clock at the Customshouse for cash. Items include face powder three boxes, two lots of silver dress, a diamond ring, opals, eight bicycles, ten pieces of lace seized for violation of Section 3082 Revised Statutes.
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Port of Laredo
Texas
Customshouse
A. K. Kahn
Social Calendar Details Meetups This Week In Town
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt society editor lists upcoming events Including Monday 3 30 pm bridge club at Mrs E H Sauvignet Women Missionary Society at Methodist church 4 pm Tuesday Junior Auxiliary Christ Church Rectory 4 pm Sunbeam Band Baptist church 4 pm Community Singing at Soldiers Club in evening
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Bridge Club
E. H. Sauvignet
Women’s Missionary Society
Christ Church
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Soldiers Club
Laredo Society Notes Feature Weddings and Visits
A flurry of social events fills the page as local families announce travels to Dallas and San Antonio, birthdays in Laredo schools, and a high school boys club party. The centerpiece is the elaborate wedding of Otilia Cardenas to Julius S. Kunkel of Tampico with a white and gold Hamilton Hotel reception and a California bridal tour.
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Chartette
Fea High School
Virginia Penn
Jefferies
Threadgill
Tarver
Kline
Pierce
Smith and Watkins
Otilia Cardenas
Bernardino Cardenas
Julius S. Kunkel
Tampico
Mexico
Cardenas
Priedieux
Mendelssohn
Zulema C. de Anaya
Maria C. de Magnon
Eloisa Cardenas
Benito Gonzalez
San Agustin Church
Bernardine Cardenas
Z. Anaya
EB. Saenz
Zenaida Salinas
Hamilton Hotel
Dr. &. H. Sauvignet
Villar
Mrs. Kunkel
Los Angeles
San Francisco
California
New York
Notable visitors check in from Austin and Tampico
S. H. Lewis of Austin arrived in the city this morning on business and will stay a day or two. Capt. P. J. Blackmon, vice-president of the New England Fuel Co., is in the city en route to headquarters at Tampico, Mexico.
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S. H. Lewis
Austin
Capt
P. J. Blackmon
The
New England Fuel Co
Tampico
Mexico
Dec 8 1829 to 1917 anniversaries in brief
A compact list of historical anniversaries: Henry Timrod born in Charleston 1829 and died 1867 in Columbia. Jefferson Davis entered Congress in 1845. 1888 Australian colonies union vote. 1885 Monongahela coal strike. 1887 Johann Most jailed. 1907 King Oscar II died. 1914 British naval victory Falklands. 1915 Wilson notes to Central Powers over sinking Ancona. 1916 Romanian army surrender. 1917 Jerusalem surrender to Allenby and British forces.
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Henry Timrod
Charleston
S. C
Columbia
Jefferson Davis
Congress
Mississippi
Monongahela Valley
Johann Most
New York
Oscar II of
Sweden
Stockholm
Falkland Islands
Washington
Ancona
Roumania
von Mackensen
Jerusalem
Allenby
Dr King’s New Discovery Promoted For Colds And Cough
An old drug advertisement extols Dr King’s New Discovery for grippe colds and coughs. It touts relief of congested chest and sore throat for all ages and lists price as 60c and $1.20 per bottle.
Dr King’s New Life Pills Ad Reprint
An old advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve constipation and associated symptoms. The copy urges regular bowel movements and claims relief from headaches sour stomach indigestion dizziness and bad breath with occasional use.
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Dr. King
Cardinal O Connell Celebrates Birthday and Cardinalate Honor
William Cardinal O Connell marked his birthday as a senior member of the Sacred College of Cardinals alongside Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore. Born in Lowell Massachusetts he studied at St Charles College and Boston College before entering the American College in Rome for priestly formation. He served in Boston area parishes then led the American College in Rome before being named bishop of Portland and later archbishop of Boston. He conducted a special mission to Japan and was elevated to cardinal in 1911.
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William Cardinal O'Connell
Sacred College of Cardinals
Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Cardinal O'Connell
Lowell
Mass
St. Charles College
Maryland
Boston College
Rome
American College
United States
Boston
American College At
Portland
Japan
Williams
Notice to Hunters in Pastures Affects Cattle Owners
Notice warns that hunting in Jarral Barracito Burritos Tortuga and La Mota pastures harms cattle interests and states no hunting permit requests will be entertained.
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Jarral
Barracito
Burritos
Tortuga
la Mota
Allies Edit Treaty Protocol Terms With Germany
The Associated Press reports Allies agreed to modify several protocol terms to ease Germany’s objections before final signing. Indemnity for Scapa Flow fleet destruction now refers to the Hague tribunal, and the post treaty coercion and Baltic evacuation clauses are removed. D Annunzio plans a trip to the United States after the Fiume issue is settled.
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Associated Press
Aris
Dec
Germany
Scapa Flow
Hague
Baltic
Fiume
D'Annunzio
Spalato
Laibach
United States
Observances and Dignitaries Across Nations Today
Today marks the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and the Falklands victory anniversary. Cardinal O Connell turns 60 as the North American College in Rome nears 69, while Alsace Lorraine deputies open the French parliament. L W W trial begins in Kansas City Federal Court. Viscount Grey visits Harvard to speak as Savannah hosts General Pershing. A Mississippi to Atlantic waterways conference precedes the National Rivers and Harbors Congress in Washington.
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Falkland Islands
Cardinal O'Connell
Boston
Rome
Alsace-Lorraine
Kansas City
Viscount Grey
United States
Harvard University
Savannah
General Pershing
Washington
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
Tonight and Tuesday rain and colder. Observations at Fort McIntosh show a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a maximum temperature of 69 degrees and a minimum of 59 degrees. Winds from the north and cloudy skies.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
President Wilson warns against severing relations with Mexico
President Wilson tells Senator Fall he would be gravely concerned by any move in Congress to sever diplomatic ties with Mexico. He says such a resolution reverses constitutional practice and could confuse foreign affairs guidance, noting executive authority rests with the president. Senator Lodge then halts further action on the Mexican situation.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senator Fall
Mexico
Lodge
Fall
Brandegee
Otion
Me Barred Relations Debate Delayed by Senate Committee
President Wilson had not declared a position on the Meéesicon crisis as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee met to consider the Pall resolution to sever diplomatic relations with the Carranaa government. The committee again deferred action on the measure.
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Washington
Dec
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carranaa
Mexico City Bail Firm Says Action Was His Alone
Dec and J Salter Tan sen said today that he furnished the bail for Jenkins and acted on his own initiative.
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Mexico City
J. Salter Tansen
Jenkins
Hope for settlement of miners dispute in White House plan
Washington reports hope grows for a Tuesday afternoon settlement of the mining controversy among miners operators and the government. The plan, proposed by the president in memo form, was handed to Acting President Lewis by Mr Palmer Saturday night. Secret actions prevented official details being released.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dec
White House
Lewis
Palmer
Tumulty
Grand Jury to Hear Lever Act Probe in Indianapolis
The federal grand jury summoned to investigate alleged Lever Act and antitrust violations by operators, miners, and coal dealers in connection with the coal strike will not be empanelled today but tomorrow at 10 o clock in Indianapolis Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indi
Dee
Chamberlain's Tablets for Indigestion and Constipation
Tablets designed to ease indigestion and constipation. They tone the stomach and stimulate the liver and bowels, restoring a healthy function. If you feel dull or constipated, give them a trial and expect a pleasing effect.
Marine pilot Chamberlain dismissed by court martial
Washington December 8 Secretary Daniels approved the dismissal sentence imposed by a naval court martial on Captain Edmund George Chamberlain Marine Corps aviator for sensational claims of defeating German air ships on the Western front The San Antonio native’s case now goes to the president for final action
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Washington
Edmund George Chamberlain
Marine Corps
Daniels
Chamberlain
San Antonio
Cotton Ginned To Date Reaches 855712 Running Bales
Washington report says cotton ginned before December 1 totals 855,712 running bales with 94 percent completed, 656 round bales, 24,210 bales of American Egyptian and 5,589 bales of Sea Island cotton, per census bureau.
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Washington
Sea Island
Notable Customs and Royalty Highlighted in Era Observations
The article surveys diverse topics from traditional wedding rites in Scotland to the first Missouri female Methodist pastor Josie Smart and Chicago Household Workers Union seeking shorter hours. It notes Greenlandic attitudes to women and a Duchess of Aosta famed for big game hunting across Africa and a prospective European royal succession.
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Scotland
South Methodist Church
Missouri
Josie Smart
Kansas City
Greenland
Apory
Aosta
Italy
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Orleans
Paris
England
Abyssinia
Africa
A Canny Scot Prospective Groom in Furniture Shop
A witty Edinburgh Scotsman quips that high prices in a furniture shop deter marriage and that a breach of promise suit would be cheaper. The remark reflects humorous social attitudes of the period regarding engagements and costs.
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Edinburgh Scotsman
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