Daily Lesson in History December 14 1776 to 1892
Wednesday's Daily lists historic milestones from 1776 Philander Chase birth to 1892 Henry P. Smith suspension. It notes Washington death 1799, 1814 U S Congress carriages duties, 1846 Douglas elected senator, 1860 Cass resignation, 1861 Albert death, 1871 Williams Oregon AG, with brief birth and death details for each entry.
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Philander Chase
Ohio
Illinois
Cornish, N. H
Robin's Nest
Ill
George Washington
United States
Mount Vernon
Westmoreland County
U. 8
Stephen A. Douglas
Mlinots
Lewis Cass
Buchanan
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
Coburg
George H. Williams
Oregon
Grant
Cincinnati Presbytery
Henry P. Smith
Armament Budget Recommendation From League Assembly
One year ago in Torbay, a December 14 report notes the League of Nations assembly recommended that armament budgets for 1922-23 should not exceed those of 1921. The item highlights early postwar disarmament pressure and international budgeting guidelines.
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Assembly of the League of Nations
Thomas Nicholson named new leader of Anti-Saloon League
Thomas Nicholson has been elected president of the Anti-Saloon League of America and served as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church since 1916. A Ontario native, he studied in Toronto, Northwestern University, and the Garrett Institute, taught school five years, and entered the ministry in 1884. He has held high state teaching posts, lectured widely, and led the Church's Board of Education.
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Thomas Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League of America
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ontario
Normal School
Toronto
Northwestern University
Gerrett Institute
Michigan
Iowa
Dakotas
United States
Ilowa
South Dakota
Board of Education
Notice to Trespassers in Pastures Prohibited
Hunting in any pastures is strictly prohibited. Trespassers will be vigorously prosecuted. A. M. Bruni. November 17, 1930.
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A. M. Bruni
Memorial to Soldier Lawyers in Illinois War Service
Springfield Ill December 14 Representatives of the Illinois States Bar Association will appear in the State supreme court tomorrow to present a memorial to Illinois soldier lawyers in the World War The memorial will be placed in the permanent records and include biographies of those who died along with a list of the 800 Illinois lawyers who served in the war
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois States Bar Association
State Supreme Court
Illinois
Mary Graham Bonner Prolific NY Children's Author
Within the past few years Miss Mary Graham Bonner of New York has written over four thousand stories for children and all of them have been published.
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Mary Graham Bonner
New York
Citation by Publication in Webb County Texas
Public notice orders Sheriff to publish a citation for unknown heirs of four deceased owners. Court action in Webb County District Court seeks resolution of land claims on Lots 4 and 5, Block 2, Western Division of Laredo, after long adverse possession, with publication to appear in The Laredo Daily Times.
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State OF
Texas
Webb County
Luis Garcia
Maria del Patrocinia de Benavides
Maria Patrocinia Trevislo
Lorenza Gill
District Court
Laredo
A. D
A. C. Richter
Chas. BE. Richter
M. Vizcaya Sierra
Leon Daiches
Maria Patrocinia Trevinho
Lorenzo Gill
Grant Street
C. M. de la Garza
Social Calendar and Holiday Notes From Laredo High
Rotarian Luncheon guests from Girls Club and Faculty of Laredo High at 12 15. Circle 1 hosts Circle 2 at 3 30 at Mrs Henry Borchres home. Autumn poetry excerpt and local social notices include visits from T A Austin Jr and others, a Fort Mcintosh service club dance for enlisted men, Posada at Latin American Club, and community club programs and reflections.
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Laredo High School
Circel
The
Presbyterian Church
Henry Borchres
Miss Kowalski
Fort Mcintosh
Today in History and Local Matters
Various events mark today including the South Pole discovery anniversary the 60th death anniversary of Prince Albert and the 122nd death of George Washington The Federal Council of Churches in America meets in Chicago Muskegon voters decide jitney competition with streetcars The Pacific Northwest Potato Show opens in Spokane aiming to boost potato production Interstate Commerce Commission hearings begin in Washington on general freight rate cuts
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South Pole
Prince Albert
Queen Victoria
George Washington
United States
Federal Council of the Churches of Christ In America
Chicago
Muskegon
Mich
Northwest
Spokane
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Toys and Firework Bargains at La Campana Store
La Campana offers a large selection of toys with special discounts on big dolls, plus fireworks and sparklers. Located at 6517 San Agus tin avenue, the sale is promoted by R. C. Gonzalez & Bro.
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la Campana
San Agustin Avenue
Evening program at Community Center delights audience
Mrs Adams sang The Sea Gulls while Mrs Cantrell presented Life of Edward Grieg. Dorothy Borchers performed Dance Caprice and The Will of the Wisp, with Grieg and Jensen works. Mrs J A McDonald spoke on The Development of Swedish Ballet. Next meeting December 27 with Mrs Biggio leading Famous English Poets of the 19th Century.
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Palmgreen
NOW THE ISSUES. Conference Faces Naval Ratio and Shantung
Associated Press reports Washington on December 14 1924 the arms conference concentrates on two major issues naval ratio and Shantung. Naval ratio talks advance with favorable appearances while Shantung negotiations reach a very delicate phase signaling careful diplomacy ahead.
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Washington
Shantung
Agricultural Inquiry Recommends Cooperative Marketing Legalization
Washington December 14 the joint Congressional commission on agricultural inquiry filed its report in the senate. It calls for legalization of cooperative marketing associations lowering freight rates on agricultural products and creation of agricultural attaches in European capitals.
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Associated Press
Washington
Capitala
Joint
Congressional Commission On Agricultural Inquiry
Senate
American affiliation at Oxford University League of Nations Union
The American Club at Oxford University voted to affiliate with the Oxford University League of Nations Union and to send three delegates to the League of Nations Assembly. Representing Athens and institutions included L. J. Burlingame, Oriel. W. R. Burwell, Merton. and R. M. Carson, Balliol. The assembly debated a motion favoring a Britain United States alliance with emphasis on the Pacific, which was defeated.
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Associated Press
Oxford
Eng
Oxford University
Oxford University League of Nations Union
League of Nations Assembly
Oxford Union
L. J. Burlingame
Wisconsin
Oriel
W. R. Burwell
Rhode Island
Merton
R. M. Carson
Delaware
Balliol
Great Britain
United States
Pacific
Japan
China
Make Laws More Rigid Call For State Convention
Associated Press reports from Fort Worth Texas that on December 14 a call was issued by A ticus Welch superintendent of the Anti Saloon League for a state wide convention on law enforcement to be held in Fort Worth January 17. The meeting will discuss tightening dry laws and plans to elect Anti Saloon League candidates to public office.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Atticus Welch
Anti-Saloon League
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN IN GLOBAL COURTESY AND LAW
A survey notes women in parliaments in Norway and Sweden and in Australia as the leading country for women justices. Quebec opposes women’ s admission to the bar while Nova Scotia’s first woman lawyer is Florence Seymour Bell. Missouri delegates seek nominations for a constitutional convention. Dusun women in British North Borneo dominate religious roles. A Montreal magistrate cites at least half of women in his court as practicing perjury.
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Norway
Sweden
Australia
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Florence Seymour Bell
McGill University
Missouri
British North Borneo
Montreal
Farewell to America Foch Leaves for France
Marshal Foch, now an American citizen, sails for France bearing six gift cases. He credits American Legion members for hospitality and praises American fighters and civilians. He lauds Franco American friendship and calls for peace and world freedom, ending with long live the American people and the American Legion.
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Associated Press
New York
Ferdinand Foch
America
France
Marshal Foch
American Legion
Legion
Pershing
United States
American People
Dallas Man Dies After Tower Shock Accident
Jesse M. Nickelson died in Dallas hospital after being struck by 66 000 volts when he climbed a wire tower. Doctors said it was remarkable his life was prolonged after the accident on Saturday.
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Dallas
Texas
Jesse M. Nickelson
Trotzky Warns Bolshvik Forces For War Oppose Japan
Moscow dispatch reports War Minister Trotzky has issued warlike appeals to the Bolshevik army and navy via wireless. He demands increased preparedness for hostile action and says Japan, aiming to strengthen its Siberian position at the Washington conference, has launched an attack against the Far Eastern Republic.
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Moscow
Trotzky
Japan
Siberian
Washington
Far Eastern
Court of Criminal Appeals Affirms Alsup Libel Case
The court affirmed Fisher Alsup's conviction on criminal libel for a published article about Governor Neff and the governor's age. Alsup was fined $2,000 in McClellan county after the jury found the statements untrue and libelous.
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Austin
Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals Today
Fisher Alsup
McClellan County
Alsup
Neff
Soldiers Mobilize as Women March on Kansas Mines
Pittsburg Kansas reports riot threat as Sheriff Gould asks Governor Allen for aid. Three National Guard companies ordered to Pittsburg and immediate entrainment planned. About one thousand women march at mines this morning challenging workers. Topeka issued notices calling all Kansas National Guard to prepare to entrain for the field.
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Allen
National Guard
Pittsburg
Associated Press
Kan
Agai
Kansas Coal Field
Gould
Pittshbure
Topeka
Kansas
White man hanged by mob in Texas. investigation opened
In Waco on December 14 Mayor Richardson began an inquiry into the storming of the city jail and the removal of Curley Hackney who was hanged by a mob three miles from town. A girl aged eight was assaulted but not seriously harmed. Deputy Sheriff Burton cut Hackney down early morning to return the body to town. Dallas reports Hackney as the second white mob victim in Texas in recent years and the third lynching this week.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
Richardson
Curley Hackney
Burton
Dallas
Nurse Held After Fatal Shooting at Federal Building
Dallas December 14 Miss Jeanne La Moore a nurse at the National Guard armory shot and killed Ras Cooksy a negro janitor at the federal building. She remained in custody at the city detective headquarters early today as officers investigated the case.
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Dallas
Tex
Jeanne la Moore
National Guard
Ras Cooksy
Federal
Boxing Season Opens in Atlanta at Auditoriun
The Atlanta boxing season begins with a show in the Auditoriun. The main event features Midget Smith of New York against Tim O'Dowd, a local bantamweight, slated for ten rounds tomorrow night.
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Atlanta
Big Auditoriun
Midget Smith
New York
Tim O'Dowd
First Woman Appointed Newark Constable and Ireland Bar Pioneers
Mrs. Mary L. Todd, a widow with two children, becomes Newark New Jersey’s first woman constable. Katherine Deverill and Frances Christian Kyle, Dublin graduates, are the first women called to the bar in Ireland.
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Mary L. Todd
Newark
N. J
Katherine. Deverill
Frances Christian Kyle
Dublin University
Ireland
Kinnaird Castle in Brechin Burns in Destructive Fire
Brechin Scotland December 14 Kin naird Castle home of Lord Southesk was a 14th century Gothic and Italianate fortress. The famed gallery of 170 old master pictures and a vast library of 10 000 volumes including rare missals and early Shakespeare editions were largely lost. Estimated loss reaches one million pounds.
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Associated Press
Brechin
Scotland
Kinnaird Castle
Lord Southesk
Great Britain
Widow Claim Fight Over Bandit Tom Slaughter’s Body
The body of bandit Tom Slaughter, buried amid thousands in Little Rock, faces disputed burial authority as G D O'Brien of Dallas, brother-in-law, claims the woman presenting as Mrs Myrtle Slaughter is not Slaughter’s wife. The governor reports O'Brien’s protest and plans to come to Arkansas to claim the body.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Ark
Tom Slaughter
McHae
G. D. O'Brien
Dallas
Texas
Myrtle Slaughter
Eldorado
Arkansas
O'Brien
Slaughter
Saline County
Mrss. Slaughter
Confessed Murder in Weakon Iowa Case
Karl Krost aged 26 confessed to killing Miss Inga Magnussen a 23 year old school teacher near Barwhster on Monday. The sheriff's office announced he described the motive as she had turned him down daily.
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Associated Press
Weakon
Iowa
Karl ‘Krost
Inga Magnussen
Barwhster
Miller dies in Oklahoma after sons slain in Wortham
F F Miller sr father of Elliott and F F Miller sr who were fatally shot at Wortham on Saturday died suddenly at his Frederick Oklahoma home this morning from excitement over his sons death according to private telegrams received today
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
F. F. Miller
Elliott
Wortham
Frederick
Okla
Ulster Plans Aloof Stance in Irish Question
A Belfast despatch reports Sir James Craig told Lloyd George Ulster would remain aloof from the Irish Free State and seek direct talks with Great Britain and Southern Ireland.
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Associated Press
London
Ulster
Irish Free State
Great Britain
Southern Ireland
James Craig
Lloyd George
Belfast
Sutton Acquitted in Texas Criminal Trial
Fort Worth jury acquitted Jerry Sutton in a week long trial. The state alleged the 18 year old girl was his daughter, but the defense contended she was his step-daughter.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Jerry Sutton
Woman recounts shooting in post office rest room incident
A young woman told police she acted in self defense after a man assaulted her in a post office rest room. She later described her statement, noting she sat on a dead German soldier’s body and finished a meal, implying she could now eat her supper.
Buff to defend titles in no decision bout at Milwaukee
Johnny Buff of Jersey City will defend his flyweight and bantamweight titles in a ten round no decision bout against Pal Moore of Memphis at the Milwaukee auditorium. Buff will receive a $600 guarantee plus 35 percent of gross receipts. the event is set for tomorrow night with both fighters appearing in the main show.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Johnny Buff
Jersey City
Pal Moore
Memphis
Milwaukee Auditorium
Buf
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