Wichita Falls Chamber Drives Big Membership Push
A teletype from Wichita Falls Texas reports the Chamber of Commerce campaign netted 2302 members and pledges of 3.0 per annum for three years to support civic improvements making the city a desirable residential center. The piece lauds rapid growth, oil wealth, and a building boom, urging similar efforts in Laredo and criticizing European financial aid postwar.
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Times
Chamber of ComyYource
Wichita Falls
Texas
Wichita Puls
Wichita County
Hauid
Wichita Falla
Burkburnett
Chamber of Commerce
Laredo
Europe’s debts shift. US won’t fund allies’ credit now
Secretary Glass says the United States will no longer lend money or credit to reestablish foreign governments. Allies faced massive wartime loans and private paper to Germany, risking repudiation. France and Belgium will receive indemnities to rebuild. Britain remains hardest hit, with limited recoveries from loans.
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Glass
Europe
League of Nations
France
Belgium
Great Britain
Last Dance Tonight Farewell to the War Camp Club
The War Camp Community Service hosts a farewell ball on the roof garden as the Soldiers Club in Laredo dissolves into a Fort McIntosh soldiers run effort. For years W C C S leaders, notably Job Essing, provided dances and entertainment with a clean moral atmosphere for soldiers and locals alike.
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War Camp
Soldiers’ Club
Soldiers Club
Fort McIntosh
W. C. Co
Job Essing
W. GC. C
Laredo
War Camp Community Service
Boy Shot Accidentally While Playing on Truck
Frank Barberio an 18 year old son of Joe Barberio a wholesale merchant was wounded when a revolver being brought to a store discharged on a truck where he and several youths were playing. He was taken to Mercy Hospital and was reported resting as well as could be expected and expected to recover.
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Frank Barberio
Joe Barberio
Wholesale Commission
Young Barberio
Mercy Hospital
Letter of thanks to Laredo Club for Alderman nomination
Copy from Laredo Texas dated January 31 1920 to the Laredo Club members expressing gratitude for the nomination for Alderman of Ward No 2 and stating inability to accept due to business affairs. Signed by D Sanchez with respectful closing.
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Laredo, Tex
Laredo
D, Sanchez
Prominent Presbyterian Minister to Preach in Laredo
Dr Brooks J Bickey will preach Sunday morning and evening at the Presbyterian church in Laredo in Mr Wharton’s absence. Dr Dickey, in charge of the Presbyterian Progressive Program for Texas, will arrive on Saturday evening from San Antonio. He is a leading Texas Presbyterian minister and invites the public to hear him Sunday at the Presbyterian Church.
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Laredo
Brooks J. Bickey
Presbyterian Church
Wharton
Dickey
Presbyterian
Poll Tax Receipts Hit 1682 in Laredo County Totals
Poll tax receipts and exemption certificates rose to 1682 this morning as voters rush to meet the last day deadline. City wards show 1326 polls and 246 exemptions, with outside precincts contributing 110 more polls.
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Laredo
City of
Oita
Aviators Detained Not Prisoners Near Guer rero Mexico
United States Consul reports two American aviators Lieutenants Grimes and Davis landed near Guer rero are being detained for instruction on their release. Mexican authorities now place affair under military control with Governor Gonzalez ordering investigation by General Murguia in Monterey.
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United States
Randolph Robertson
Guerrero
Mexico
Zapata
U.S
Dickinson
Grimes
Davis
Robertson
McAllen
Gonzalez
Tamaulipas
Bas
Monterey
Murguia
District Court Opens in Carrizo Springs for Dimmit County
District Judge J F Mullally District Attorney John A Valls and Court Reporter Seb Wilcox depart to Carrizo Springs to open the regular term of the 49th Judicial District for Dimmit County. The four week term begins Monday with the grand jury to be empanelled after convening to examine crimes since the prior term.
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J. F. Mullally
John A. Valls
Seb
Wilcox
Carrizo Springs
Mullally
49Th Judicial District
Dimmit County
Poll tax receipts deadline and voter note at county offices
The county and city tax assessors’ offices will stay open until midnight to issue poll tax receipts for voting this year. After that, receipts cannot be issued and those without cannot vote. A late rush is expected. get your receipt today. Marriage licenses issued include Ralph Eads with Lila Shanks and Silvestre Garcia with Herlinda Zapata. Webb County commissioners plan adjourned session to appoint a successor to the late County Judge Page. Frost grips Laredo area with recurring light and heavy frosts all week.
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Ralph Eads
Lila Shanks
Silvestre Garcia
Herlinda Zapata
Webb County
Page
Community society notes and church meetings
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor lists events including Mrs Hal W Greer entertaining at 3 pmto honor Mrs G C Woodman. Miss Katherine MacGregor hosts Thursday Bridge Club at 8:30 pm Sunday church groups meet: Baptist 6:30 pm Epworth League Methodist 6:30 pm Christian Endeavor Presbyterian 6:45 pm Junior and Senior Y P U Baptist 6 pm and 6:20 pm Minnie Burr presiding Woman's Missionary Society Methodist at 4 pm Nulles Club afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs McNeil Turner.
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Hal W. Greer
G. C. Woodman
Katherine MacGregor
Re Baptist Church
Christian Edeavor Society
The
Presbyterian Church
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Christian Endeavor Soeciety of
B. Y. P. U. of Baptist Church
J. G. Burr
Baptist Church
Minnie Burr
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Nulles Club
Social News Notes From The Times May Interest You
Society items from The Times include visitors returning from San Antonio and Palestine, guests in the city, and upcoming events. Announcements mention bridge and auction clubs, a bridge gathering, a weeklong visit to Fort Sam Houston, and a Heights Civic Club meeting with officer elections.
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the Times
Birthdays of explorers and leaders mark centuries
Readable items note birthdays and deaths for Jonathan Carver Bernard Barton Marriott Arbuthnot George Coleman de Kay and others. Entries mark the 18th and 19th centuries with death locations London Washington and New York. Also cited are 1878 Russia Turkey peace preliminaries 1893 Queensland floods 1895 suffrage convention and 1916 Zeppelin raids.
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Jonathan Carver
North America
London
Stillwater
Pe Thies
Bernard Barton
Marriott Arbuthnot
George Coleman de Kay
Washington, D. C
New York City
Russia
Turkey
Adrianople
Queensland
American Woman’s Suffrage Association
Atlanta
England
War News One Year Ago Today January Thirty First
One year ago today in the war Captain Rikerbacker, king of American aces, arrived at New York. The Peace Council heard territorial claims of Roumania and Serbia, American transport Narragansett laden with troops ran ashore on Isle of Wight.
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Rickerbacker
New York
Peace Council
Roumania
Serbia
Narragansett
Isle of Wight
January 31 anniversaries of notable figures
Today marks anniversaries for Nathan Straus in New York born in Bavaria 72 years ago. Rupert Hughes born in Lancaster Missouri 48 years ago. Irvine J. Lenroot born in Superior Wisconsin 51 years ago. George W. Perkins born in Chicago 58 years ago. John Spargol born in Cornwall England 44 years ago. Zane Grey born in Zanesville Ohio 45 years ago.
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Nathan Straus
New York
Rhenish
Bavaria
Rupert Hughes
Lancaster
Irvine J. Lenroot
United States
Wisconsin
Superior
Wis
George W. Perkins
Progressive Party
Chicago
John Spargol
America
Cornwell
England
Zane Grey
Zanesville
Ohio
Civic Club Open to All Members on Heights
The Civic Club invites new residents and any civil workers to join with no membership limit. The note lists visiting locals, church activities, and recent social events including a 30 night anniversary program at the Christian church with Ruth French leading. A Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls outing is described with many young participants and chaperones Mrs Poggenpohl and Mrs Daiches.
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Heights
Civic Clu
Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Ruth French
Blue Bird Chapter
Camp Fire Girls
A. Poggenpohl
Chacon
L. Daiches
Little Withoff
Margaret Ward
Gladys Sauviguez
Helen Dixon
Doris
Dorothy Wilson
Nellie Ward
Anne McKinney
Anita Lane
Ralph
Mary Cook
Mary Besse
Helen McDonald
Jamie Ward
Josephine
Leonard Daiches
Iona Parker
Sugenia Copeland
Mary Genevieve Wilcox
Gorman Phelps
Henry Neff
Woody Bunn
Roberta
Rebecca Biggiouth Rodgers
Bess Bryant
Raymond McDonald
Road Near Completion In Mexican Border Corridor
Associated Press reports the Cuatro Chenegas to Sierra Mojada runway and future railway are 60 percent complete with 180 km of earthwork finished and 115 km of track laid. Angel Pelmbert, chief engineer, says completion in three to four months will link the old Mexican Central area with the Moncisva line and open access to the El Bolson de Mapimi desert region.
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Associated Press
el Faso
Texas
Cuatro Chenegas
Sierra Mojada
Coahuila
Mexico
Angel Pelmbert
National Linea
Juarez
Mexican International
el Bolson de Mapimi
Sierra Mojala Range
Sefior Peimbert
Will Reimburse Veterans for Training Travel Costs
Former service members in vocational training will be reimbursed for travel expenses to obtain the training. The decision was announced by Comptroller of the Treasury Warwick, Wisconsin, as reported today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Comptroller of the Treasury
Warwick
Wis
Newberry Jury Complete in Michigan Conspiracy Trial
Grand Rapids Michigan January 31. The jury to decide guilt or innocence of 130 defendants in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial was completed in United States district court today.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
United States District Court
Quiet at border as both sides halt armed demonstrations
Adjutant General Cope returned to Austin Texas reporting both sides in the disputed boundary district have agreed to cease armed demonstrations and everything is quiet. The brief notice notes a thaw in tensions with no further clashes reported.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Cope
Rumors of Evolucion Consolidation Denied in Laredo
Officials deny rumors of Evolucion consolidating with another company. There is no deal, and business continues under the existing name. The statement comes as local circulation questions the firm’s future structure.
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Laredo
Admiral Strauss to Address Gene See Banquet in New York
Rear Admiral Joseph Strauss, longtime chief of the U S Navy Ordnance Bureau, will speak at the Society of the Gene see annual banquet in New York. An authority on explosives and ordnance, he helped develop the superimposed turret system for battleships and served on the Maine explosion commission of 1898. He hails from New York, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1885, and spent early career hydrographic surveying before focusing on ordnance.
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Joseph Strauss
Society of the Genesee
New York
Ordnance Bureau
United States Navy
Maine
Havana Harbor
Admiral Strauss
New York State
Naval Academy
Navy
Centenary Birth of Horace Johnson Highlighted
Sunday notes mark the centenary of Horace Johnson a celebrated American painter. France advances clocks by one hour as fuel conservation. President Garfield of Williams College to speak at Hampton Institute Founder’s Day. New York observes Music Week starting today. Josephus Daniels Secretary of the Navy to speak at Zionist Organization dinner in New York today.
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Horace
Johnson
France
Garfield
Williams College
Hampton Institute
New York
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Zionist Organization In America
Cup of Fury brings Rupert Hughes thriller to Royal Theater
At the Royal Theater a film adaptation titled The Cup of Jury from Gold wyn studios is set to open tomorrow. The Cup of Fury, a novel by Rupert Hughes, is praised as a strong story with a fine cast and expert direction.
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Goldwyn Studios
Sterling
Rupert Hughes
Royal Theater
In Honor's Web at Strand Delays Freeing a Convicted Man
Vitagraph's drama stars Harry T. Morey as Frank Powell a wealthy manufacturer unjustly condemned for murder. The film presents the due process of law delaying release until formal hearings correct the record. The Strand shows it on Monday and calls the picture tremendously strong.
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Vitagraph
Honor
Harry T. Morey
Strand Theater
Frank Powell
Mr. Morey
Milwaukee marks seventy five years today
The city of Milwaukee enters upon its seventy fifth year today as various anniversaries and observances unfold. The day also marks the centenary of William B. Washburn born in Massachusetts and a prominent political figure. Portugal observes Memorial Day commemorating the first republican attempt in 1891. Oklahoma Socialists gather in Oklahoma City to name a ticket and select delegates for a national convention. Cleopatre's Night premieres at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York this afternoon. A Society of the Genesee dinner in New York hosts Miles Poindexter Medill McCormick Rush Rhee and other guests. New York Socialist representatives plan to attend a convention in Albany protesting the suspension of five Socialist assembly members.
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Milwaukee
William B. Washburn
Massachusettes
Charles Sumner
Senate
Portugal
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Cleopatre
Teophile Gautier
Metropolitan Opera House
New York
Miles Poindexter
Washington
Medill McCormick
Illinois
Rush Rhee
University of Rochester
Society of the Genesee
New York City
Socialist Party
Albany
General Assembly
Camberlain's Tablets Promote Digestion and Appetite
A wary advertisement touts Camberlain's Tablets as more than bowel movers. It claims they improve appetite and digestion without pepsin or other ferments, strengthening the stomach to function naturally.
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Consumers Ice Company
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God the Strong
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C. W. Cook
San Antonio
SS Mark's Cathedral
C. C. Pierce
Annie Pierce
Anna Bayha
New Braunfels
City
J. O. Buenz
E.R. Tarver
Palestine
Taylor
I. & G. N. Railway
B. F. Wright
Bridge
Asher Smith
J. 8. Penn
A. C. Hamilton
R. A. Brown
Fort Sam Houston
the Heights Civic Club
Albert G. Crutchfield
Hender ‘Son, Ky
R. P. Woodard
Will W. Gregg
Christian Endeavor
J. Goodman
Newberry
Idar Publishing CO
Eduardo Idar
Livuhs Tlcouuchse
Royal
the Strand
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