United Labor Council of America proposed to challenge AFL
Friday's Daily reports a new federation of independent unions to be named the United Labor Council of America. To be launched at a city convention next month, it claims over one million members from outlawed groups and aims to form a single large union, uniting allied crafts and progressive labor groups under shop committee governance.
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New York
American Federation of Labor
United Labor Council of America
United Labor Council
Fragmented 18th 19th century notices mix in Long-ago dates
A readable fragment lists events from 1786 to 1899 including Massachusetts' land jurisdiction, Burr expedition clusters, Ohio governor Corwin, Indiana bishop Upfold, Tweed’s tombs commitment, plus scattered local notes on Miss Varda MacDonald, Lord Roberts appointment, and holiday society activities with bazaars, visitors, and church events amid a stray concern about begging children in the Heights.
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Massachusetts
New York
Jaffersonville
Ind
Aaron Burr
Thomas Corwin
Ohio
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
Licking County
Chicago
George Upfold
Indiana
William M. Tweed
Congress
Klondike
Social Calendar Friday events and gatherings
Friday Bridge Club meets at 8 30 p m hosted by Mrs Stanley Copeland. Camp Fire Girls host a party at Red Men s Hall from 7 30 to 10 p m. The first Posada is at the Latin American Club in the evening. Missionary Society bazaar at the Methodist Church parlors from 2 p m and during the evening.
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Stanley Copeland
Camp Fire
Red Men's Hall
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Birthday notices for notable Texas and national figures
Oscar D. Colquitt former Texas governor born in Camille Georgia sixty years ago today. Maj Gen William J Snow Chief of Artillery US Army born New York fifty three years ago today. Rear Admiral James H Helm USN retired born Grayville Til sixty six. Rufus Hardy TX Sixth District congressman born Monroe County Mississippi. Schuyler Merritt CT Fourth District congressman born New York City sixty eight.
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Oscar D. Colquitt
Texas
Camille
William J. Snow
U. S. Army
New York
James H. Helm
Grayville
Til
Rufus Hardy
Congress
Monroe County
Miss
Schuyler Merritt
New York City
Remedy for Constipation and Liver Disorder Practically
To insure a healthy action of the bowels and correct disorders of the liver take two Chamberlain's Tablets immediately after supper. They will cause a gentle movement of the bowels without unpleasant effects and banish the dull, stupid feeling that often accompanies constipation.
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Chamberlain
The War Taxes the Nerve Energy of the Country
A wartime appeal urges citizens to conserve nerve energy and maintain mental focus for victory. It warns that fatigue, forgetfulness, insomnia, irritability, and poor concentration signal strain on the nervous system and prompts a call to action to protect health and stamina.
Christmas party planned by Laredo Woman's Club
Heights Civic Club urges residents to report beggars to curb street begging among youths. Civic leaders note the issue of professional begging and ask for names and addresses. Laredo youth are invited to the Christmas party on December 28 at the Woman's Club, with a promised wonderful time for attendees. Red Cross members are asked to vote for the executive committee, boxes open now and close December 17 at Windsor Drug Store, Woman's Club, Horner's Drug Store, Chamber of Commerce, City Drug Store.
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The
Heights
Laredo
American Red Cross
Windtow Drug Store
Woman's Club
Horner’s Drug Store
Chamber of Commerce
City Drug Store
Allied reparations panel to act on German payment delay
Paris Dec 16 The allied reparations commission met to decide on extending time for Germany to pay the next two installments. The panel virtually agreed to take definitive action rather than refer the matter to allied governments.
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Fiy Associated Press
Paris
Allied Reparations Commission
Wisconsin Woman Granted Divorce For Washing Husband's Feet
Mrs Katherine Renne of Janesville Wisconsin told the judge that washing her husband s feet had been a household duty for five years. The court granted her a divorce remarking These are not Bible times.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Katherine Renne
Janesville
Wisconsin
Interstate Commerce approves sustained grain rate cuts
Washington on December 16 the Interstate Commerce Commission sustained reductions in grain grain products and hay rates for the trans Mississippi territory that carriers had sought to suspend for six months The new rates take effect December 27 and average about 16 percent lower than 1920 grain rates with corn and other coarse grains carrying at 10 percent less than breadstuff grains The action tightens the pricing structure for agricultural transport across the region.
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Washington
trans-Mississippi
Commerce Commission
Churches and Congress Represented by Church Affiliation
Chicago reports a Methodist board survey showing 24 of 4385 Congress members with known church ties and 98 undecided. Among 96 senators, 28 unknown, 4 nonmembers, with denominations including 17 Methodists and 12 Episcopalians.
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Chicago
Congress
Board of Temperance, Prohibition, and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
United Brethers
The Inner Chamber at Strand Theater Today
Several weeks were used to prepare the big bazaar scene for The Inner Chamber, the Alice Joyce production at Strand theater today. The set portrays a lawn party on a millionaire estate with a grand porch, luncheon tables, a lush garden, Japanese lanterns, pagoda booths, candy boxes, balloons, and a Turkish orchestra around a fountain under colored lights.
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Eer Chamber
Strand
Alice Joyce
Strand Theater
Jap Actor in Great Play The Swamp at Rialto
Sessue Hayakawa stars in The Swamp at the Rialto Tonight with Bessie Love in support. The feature, written by Hayakawa as a star ring vehicle, follows a youthful Chinese vegetable peddler in New York slums and his romance with a mother. He sacrifices the love when an old sweetheart returns to claim the mother.
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Sessue Hayakawa
Bessie Love
Rialto Theatre
Mr. Hayakawa
New York
Seasonal snippets across cultures and legends of Christmas
A collection of festive observations notes mistletoe beliefs in France and ancient Druids, Christmas customs in Australia and Peru, and superstitions linked to fire, wolves, and prosperity. It mentions 1907 theater, global practices, and regional myths about Christmas eve behavior and blessings.
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Japan
Fulgaria
Australia
Peru
Ages and Doctors Battle at Baseball Clans Meeting
In New York on December 16 two white headed men debated ages during a meeting of major league baseball figures. Judge Kenesaw Landis claimed 50 with a doctor’s note saying him boyish at 34, while Col George Ham boasted 75 and 120 by doctors. The exchange ended with Landis sitting down.
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Associated Press
New York
Kenesaw Landis
Supreme Court
Col
George Ham
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Judge Landis
Strikers and Packers Reach Picketing Compromise
Fort Worth Texas December 16 Strikers and packers ended a week long dispute over picketing at stockyards agreeing to withdraw all pickets except two per street to plant entrances. Pickets may display banners reading Join us but cannot speak to workers. New arrangements take effect at 4 40 this afternoon. Washington December 16 Senate finance committee heard George Armstrong Fort Worth cattle raiser claim big five packers use South American beef to manipulate and control the U S meat market by flooding with imports.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Wilson
Washington
George Armstrong
Senate Finance
Armstrong
South America
Great Gathering of Scientists in Toronto Dec 27 to 30
Scientists from the United States Canada and around the world will converge in Toronto for the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting December 27 30. Nearly 1000 members belong to affiliated societies exceeding twenty groups. The sessions will use all city halls and public spaces with retiring president Dr L O Howard to open the general sessions.
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Toronto
Ont
United States
Canada
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Association
L O. Howard
United States Department of Agriculture
Philadelphia
The
Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America
American Anthropological Society
Hentomological Society of American
American Folk Lore Society
Society of American Bacteriologists
Botanical Sociiety of America
American Chemical Society
Association of American Geographers
Veteran Mason John Colman Receives Texas Deputy Grand Master Commission
John Colman of Laredo, a longtime Mason, is named district deputy grand master by the grand master of Texas. The honor marks a respected veteran’s continued service and brings satisfaction to his friends.
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John Colman
Laredo
Grand Master of
Texas
Taking Desperate Chances with Cough Remedy Appeal
A short editorial urges readers not to ignore colds and emphasizes how each attack weakens the lungs. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a prudent, affordable preventive measure against serious illnesses.
Woman Acquitted In Texas Murder Case
Waco Texas December 16 The jury acquitted Mrs Dessie Keyes charged as an accomplice in the murder of her husband The verdict leaves pending the murder of A T Aven s child case
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Waco
Texas
Dessie Keyes
A. T. Aven
Austin Men Held on Killing Charge in Clayton Case
In Austin on December 16 charges were filed against 19 citizens for killing or aiding in the killing of taxi driver Peeter Clayton. Bonds were set at 5000 each as authorities linked the shooting to a Ku Klux Klan meeting at a hall cited in reports. Names include prominent local businessmen and several others. Clayton was shot at the wheel of his car outside the hall where authorities say a meeting occurred.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Peeter Clayton
Justice Court
Harl Shelton
Shelton
Clayton
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan Hall
Charles Baggett
Charles Bowling
J. E. Howze
Vernon Day
Clyde Radford
J. T. W. Gosslin
Moody Nivens
A. Y. McWright
C. W. Barker
Sam New
Wiley Patton
Jim Baggett
Dug Pate
Johnson
Fred Petmecky
Fatty Wright
Marven Allen
Mose Cavett
Lorenz Opens Public Clinic in New York
Cr Adolph Lorenz the Austrian surgeon today opened a public clinic under the health department in New York. Arrangements will exam 60 patients daily and Lorenz will dictate recommendations to a stenographer who will relay them to relatives of those examined.
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Associated Press
New York
Adolph Lorenz
Health Department
Pr. Lorenz
Teacher Awarded Damages Under Liability Act
Miss Mary Weeks, a Warrington Va teacher, won 1163 from Cailloway township school board under the employers' liability act. She took a stick from an unruly pupil, attempted to break it, lost balance, fell, and broke her hip, leading to months in hospital and a lasting injury.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Mary Weeks
Warrington
Cailloway Township
Mies Weeks
Ratified Treaty Clears British Hurdles On Irish Free State
London parliaments both houses ratified the Anglo Irish treaty creating the Irish Free State. The House of Commons adopted the throne speech reply, defeating the Unionist amendment 401 to 58, signaling acceptance of the treaty by Parliament.
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Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Notice of estate of Anais Masquere in Webb County Texas
W A Galbraith named administrator notifies all debtors and creditors of the Anais Masquere estate to settle or present claims within law. The administrator's address is his Laredo residence, mail received there. Court appointment by Judge A Winslow dated November 21 1921.
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State of
Texas
Webb
Anais Masquere
Webb County
A. Winslow
Said County
Laredo
Women Volunteers Needed as English School Seeks Nurses
In Chicago, foreign women attending an English class brought babies. authorities issued an emergency appeal for volunteer nurses. Brewton Georgia appoints a woman mayor and five women aldermen to the city board.
Miners Return to Work Amid Guarded Mines in Kansas
Reported mine workers resume shifts in several large mines under guard. Soldiers stationed at multiple sites. Workers recount marching women visits, with one miner recalling his sprint to escape in a flivver as the best ride of his life.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Dee
Bill
France presses for larger navy with ten superdreadnoughts
Washington reports the French delegation proposes a major naval build up. They seek ten 35,000 ton superdreadnoughts within ten years after 1926, potentially surpassing Japan and shifting the postwar naval balance. Italy backs parity if France proceeds, risking a combined French Italian fleet exceeding British or American shares.
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Washington
France
Japan
Italy
South approves conference from Texas congressman praise
Former Representative Slayden of Texas phoned Washington to laud the conference as a wonderful success seen by the South. He said travels through the region especially Virginia showed people pleased and contented with the conference achievements.
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South
Washington
Slayden
Texas
Harding
White House
Virginia
Britain to propose total abolition of submarines
Washington December 16 Arthur Bal Four head of the British delegation announced that Great Britain would ask the arms conference to abolish submarines entirely.
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Washington
Arthur Balfour
Great Britain
Japan Sends First League of Nations Report on Pacific Colonies
Geneva December 16 The Japanese government submitted to the League of Nations Secretariat its initial report on the administration of former German colonies north of the equator in the Pacific.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Switzerland
Japan
League of Nations
Pacific
Equator
Anniversary of the Boston Tea Party noted today
A foreign trade campaign man is expected to be adopted by the Pacific Northwest Foreign Trade Conference in Tacoma. Lewis Finstein arrives in Prague to begin duties as United States Minister to Czecho-Slovakia. Mrs Janson becomes the first English woman motorcyclist to ride 1000 miles non stop. Watch The Times for opportunities. 6 cents per month.
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Pacific Northwest
Tacoma
Lewis Finstein
Prague
United States
Mrs. Janson
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