Affidavit of Commissioners Court on Webb County finances
In regular February 1920 session the Webb County Commissioners certify the quarterly report of A M Bruni Treasurer for the period Nov 1 1919 to Jan 31 1920 is correct. They recount cash on hand and summarize balances for Jury Fund Road and Bridge Fund General Fund Court House and Jail Fund Stationery Fund and Contingent Fund with credits and disbursements as recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Bruni
Webb County
Texas
Commissioners’ Court
A. Winslow
Said County
Am't
Am’t
A. D
J. 8. Johnson
W. L. Puig
J. M. Martin
J. A. Rodriguez
Webb Co
Tex
Webb County finances and social calendar, 1920
The Webb County Treasurer report shows balances due across funds including General, Highway Maintenance, and Special Road Bond, with a total cash on hand of 8,332.01 dollars as of February 14, 1920. The social calendar lists auxiliary and ladies aid meetings, church events, arrivals, and community notices across local churches and clubs.
February 18 anniversaries in history and landmark events
Today marks notable anniversaries from 1776 to 1900 including William Scarbrough birth and first Atlantic crossing steamship builds. 1820 Missouri Compromise passage. 1828 storm losses near Gibraltar. 1876 constitutional amendments ratified by Texas. 1876 actress Charlotte Cushman death. 1892 Irish Local Government Bill introduction. 1898 Willard death. 1900 British reoccupation of Colenso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Scarbrough
Savannah
Belfast
US. C
New York
United States Senate
Gibraltar
Texas
Charlotte Cushman
Boston
Arthur J. Balfour
House of Commons
Frances EK. Willard
New York City
Churchville
N. Y
Colenso
Gen. Buller
One Year Ago Today in the War February 18
Italy refused to arbitrate territorial claims in Dalmatia. Austria restored 200 million dollars in treasure taken from Trieste during the war week.
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Italy
Dalmatia
Austria
Trieste
Selecting a Cough Remedy Safe for Children
Parents are urged to choose a cough medicine carefully for children. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for safety and effectiveness, with long experience showing it pleasant to take and free of harmful drugs, earning favor with many mothers.
Choir Honors Mrs Woodman With Surprise Party
Mrs Cook and Miss Martha Anderson assisted as Christ Church Choir hosted a Monday evening surprise at Mrs Huberichs home honoring Mrs G C Woodman. Progressive games Victrola selections and a refreshment course followed. Mrs Anderson presented an electric stove as a gift from the choir members.
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Woodman
Christ Church
Huberich
G. C. Woodman
Anderson
Albert Martin
Los Angeles
Tie Howe
Jos Vidales
Fiora Dilgarde Anderson
Justo
Penn
Jos. Martin
John Martin
Chas, Shiner
Tom Leyendecker
A. G. Hamilton
Witting
Robert Muller
George Derby
Flora Dilgarde Anderson
J. Dwan
Isaac Gill
Mabel Barlow
W. N. Young
Join B. Lobdell
Prince Buttron
Lawrence Nelson
Lavish Bridge Parties Honor Local Club Members
Mrs T A Leyendecker hosted a refined Tuesday Bridge Club event with violet and iris decor, springlit tallies, and prizes for club and guest winners. A post game luncheon followed, with many members and guests attending in a tasteful social afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Leyendecker
KK. L. Muller
Shiner
Vidaies
Vi _daurri
Kueste
Mesdamen Cogley
Gill
Penn
A. Wovinser
Yeouer
Jefferies
Shelby
Luion
Leyendecker
J. C. Martin
Adela Bruni
German Opera Restored At Metropolitan After War Ban
New York reports German opera returns to the Metropolitan Opera repertory with Parsifal to be performed tomorrow afternoon in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Metropolitan Opera Company
MADD REFUSED 10 PERMIT HIS WAVE OF BALLOTS
A garbled local item notes that a figure named Madd refused to permit a wave of ballots in an election. The fragment references presidential context and freedom of action, but details are unclear and no dates or places are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madd
Prsident
Bailey Announces Candidacy for Texas Governor
Joseph Weldon Bailey former United States senator today formally announced his candidacy for governor on the Democratic ticket in Texas. He also released a telegram from former Congressman Thale L. Henry of Waco withdrawing from the gubernatorial race in his favor. Bailey was in Gainesville to fire the opening gun of the 1920 Texas political campaign.
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Ry Associated Press
Gainesville
Texas
Joseph Weldon Bailey
United States Enitor
Today
Congress
Man Thalel
L. Henry
Waco
Bailey
Forter
Wreck Causes Two Deaths Near Gibaland Depot
By Associated Press. Shreveport La Feb 18 Two white men killed and nine injured, three seriously, when a Vicksburg Shreveport and Pacific passenger train crashed into a freight car at Gibaland forty miles east of here. The freight car was thrown onto the depot platform where those killed and injured stood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sheveport
Lat
Vicksburg
Shreveport and Pacific
Gibaland
Here
Gas Station Explosion Kills Gauger in Ranger Area
William K. Carlisle, gauger for the Prairie Vipe Line, was killed and three other men injured when an air tank used to start gas engines at the pumping station four miles west of Ranger, Texas exploded yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Associated Press
Ranger
Texas
William K. Carlisle
Prairie Vipe
Here
Angling for Invitations Aboard Foreign Ships at Galveston
Galveston residents again seek invitations to dine aboard foreign owned vessels entering port after a treasury department ruling allows enough unsealed wet goods for officers and crews within the three mile limit. The change reverses a prior lock and key policy deemed to hinder crew recruitment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
Spain
Italy
Treasury Department
United States
Marines Find Air Fishing Tribe Near Manila
U S Marines report a discovery north of Manila of an air fishing tribe that flies odd kites with baited hooks on their tails each dusk to fish for bats in the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Here
U.S
McAdoo Declines Presidential Primary Ballot Spot
William Gibbs McAdoo said he would not allow his name on presidential primary ballots in various states and urged sending uninstructed delegates to the Democratic National Convention. He stated he is not seeking the nomination and seeks leadership free of individual candidacy, advocating a great Democratic conference where service matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miler Bell
Milled
Lipton Challenge Accepted for America Cup Races
The New York Yacht Club has accepted Sir Thomas Lipton's challenge for the America cup races to be held July 16 off New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
New York Yatcht Club
Sir Thomas Lipton
General Mickle Dead in Mobile at 74
Mobile Alabama February 18 General William Ed Mickle long time adjutant general of the United Confederate Veterans and a leading Confederate figure died here today at age 74.
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Associated Press
Mobile
Ala
William Ed. Mickle
The
United Confederate Veterans
Confederacy
Cureton Files Answer in Texas-Oklahoma Boundary Case
Attorney General Cureton left Austin for Washington to file the answer in the Texas Oklahoma boundary case pending before the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Cureton
Washington Today
Supreme Court
Have Young Ideas at Cincinnati Infirmary
Cincinnati report notes the infirmary loses over 200 staff and residents as older men and women take up better paid work. Employers praise the shift as a new idea that benefits both sides. The groundswell of younger attitudes reshapes life at the facility.
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Associated Press
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Infirmary
Paupers Decreased Says UT Professor in Texas
Galveston February 18 Associated Press reports that prohibition has reduced the number of paupers nationwide, causing medical colleges to face a shortage of bodies for laboratory instruction. Dr William Keiller of the University of Texas cites fewer sick people in sober times and attributes scarcity to the absence of intoxicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Galveston
Texas
United States
William Keiller
University of Texas
Keiller
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
Weather forecast from the U S weather bureau for New Orleans limited to tonight and Thursday. Fort McIntosh observations show a max of 70 and a min of 53 degrees with a south wind and partly cloudy conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Deschanel Becomes French President at Elysee Palace
Paul Deschanel was inaugurated as the 16th president of the French Republic at the Elysee Palace, succeeding Raymond Poincare after a crisis period. A sweeping amnesty was announced for civil and military offenders, with treason cases excluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul Deschanel
Raymond Poincare
Elysee Palace
French Republic
Payne Recommends Rejection of Bids on Ships
Washington February report states the shipping board, led by Chairman Payne, urged the senate commerce committee to reject all bids for thirty former German passenger ships offered for sale. Payne asked authority to renew negotiations to operate the vessels under the American flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Feb. Jr
The
Shipping, Board
Senate Commerce Committee
Payne
Shipping Board
Richards Nominated in Waco Mayoral Primary
Ben Richards defeated Albert Boggess in the city primary here to advance to the mayoral race. A second primary will be needed to choose commissioners in three precincts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. G. A. Camphuis
Waco
Texas
Ben €. Richards
Albert Boggess
Central Whist Tournament Opens in Omaha
Whist players from many middle western cities have arrived in Omaha for the Central Whist Association congress and tournament starting tomorrow and running through the week. The event emphasizes serious play with whist sessions morning, afternoon, and night and a long list of prizes awaits the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Meb
Middle West
Central Whist Association
Today’s political and religious events across the nation
Ash Wednesday marks the start of a day of events with Republican nominee hopeful Lowden touring South Dakota while Gen. Leonard Wood speaks in Minneapolis under the Women’s Roosevelt Memorial Association. New York will hear the Bates bill ending daylight saving. Prohibition party plans in Victoria. The National Retail Drygoods Association meets in New York with Secretary Baker. Wisconsin hosts its first interdenominational pastors conference in Milwaukee this week.
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Governor Lowden
Illinois
South Dakota
Leonard Wood
Minneapolis
Women's
Roosevelt Memorial Association
New York General Assembly
New York
British Columbia Peoples Prohibition Party
Victoria
National Retail Drygoods Association
New York City
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Keithley
John P. Stolander
Mrs. T. A. Austin
J. C. Gravis
San Antonio
R. C. Shaw
T. M. Walsh
George Kenedy
C. B. Kenedy
Harry Shelby
San Diego
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H. D. Shelby
Ed Cotter
Baby
Mary Elizabeth
Port Aransas
Mrs Cotter
Carl Utterback
Presbyterian Church
Ladies Society of
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Childs Welfare Circle
Junior Auxiliary
Mrs. Cook
Europe
Mr. Cook
Kathleen Aldridge
George
Horace
Jack
Bobby
Elinor Kehl
Joe
John Robert Fasnacht
Nellie
Jamie Ward
Elizabeth
Charline Nye
Leonard Ernst
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Jack Younkin
Woody Bunn
Hazen Sorrell
Frederick Werner
Hunter
Evelyn
Curtis Randolph
Ethel
Alta Gracia Poster
Anita Lane
Dorothy
Walter Seaman
Mary Besse
Helen MacDonald
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Anne McKinney
Katherine O’sell
Mary
Ralph Cook
Mary An
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Martha Anderson
Georgia
Treasury
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Manila
Mr. McAdoo
General Mickle
Deschanel
Central Whist
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