A Daily Lesson in History For December 30 1661 1906 1812 1830 1879 1894 1906
A digest of historical milestones dated December 30 across years: Argyle’s treason imprisonment in 1661 Edinburgh Castle. 1769 Dartmouth College charter. 1812 Theodosia Burr aboard the Patriot vanished after Charleston to New York voyage. 1830 Francis Drake born Rushville Illinois, later Iowa governor and founder Drake University. 1860 U S arsenal seized at Charleston. 1879 attempted regicide against King Alfonso XII. 1894 Delavan House fire in Albany killed sixteen. 1906 Baroness Burdett-Coutts dies born 1814.
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Earl of Argyle
Edinburgh Castle
Dartmouth College
Patriot
Theodosia Burr
Charleston
D. C
New York
Francis M. Drake
Iowa
Drake University
Rushville
Ill
Centreville
United States Arsenal
South Carolina
Alfonso XII
Spain
Gon
Delavan
Albany
N. Y
Burdett-Coutts
City of London
Birthday day for Kipling Leacock Guggenheim and Smith
The notice marks December 30 as the birthday date for Rudyard Kipling born in Bombay now 55, Albert E Smith governor of New York born in New York City 47, Stephen Leacock of McGill born in England 51, and Simon Guggenheim prominent capitalist and former senator born in Philadelphia 63.
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Rudyard Kipling
Bombay
India
Albert E. Smith
New York
New York City
Stephen Leacock
McGill University
England
Simon Guggenheim
United States
Colorado
Philadelphia
Djamba oil concession bill may exclude Americans
United States authorities in The Hague warn that a Dutch Parliament bill to grant the Djamba oil fields concession to a Batavia Oil subsidiary could bar American interests. The plan envisions a joint stockholding with the government and Batavia, with voting and control details shaped to placate foreign investors while keeping government influence.
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Associated Press
the Hague
United States
Djamba
Dutch East Indies
Batavia Oil Company
Batavia Company
Amsterdam Handelsblad
Mrs Laura M Hoyt Praises Chamberlain's Tablets
Mrs Laura M Hoyt of Rockport endorses Chamberlain's Tablets praising their effectiveness for headaches and bilious attacks. She notes frequent use over the past three years and offers to speak a word in praise at any time.
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Laura M. Hoyt
Chamberlain
Rockport, Rx
New Orleans Weather Forecast Tonight and Friday
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans, relayed by The Times via the Telephone Co, calls for tonight and Friday to be generally fair with moderate temperatures.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Local Weather Report and Social Calendar Notes
Fort McIntosh observations for the 24 to 26 show mild days with a gentle breeze. Social calendar lists Busy Bees, Ladies Auxiliary, musicale tea, Rosita Applewhite dancing party, St Hopkins versus Rotarians at Caliche Park, masquerade ball, New Year events at Fort McIntosh and Nuevo Laredo, and Centro Social Fronterizo party. Various local residents traveling for holidays and hosting gatherings are noted.
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Fort Mclntosh
The
Presbyterian Church
Charles Deutz
Anne Heath Miller
Rosita Applewhite
Sts Hopkins
Rotarians
Caliche Park
Fort Mcintosh
Hike Wall
Centro Social Fronterizo
Nuevo Laredo
Toyland Christmas Play at Strand Laredo
A community holiday event at the Strand featured the International Institute of the Y W C A and Mrs A Hamiltons classes presenting a Toyland stage show. Costumed youngsters and adults enacted scenes with Dick and Jane, Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, and other characters amid festive mistletoe and tamales. The balcony audience of 160 children and many helpers enjoyed dances and songs from many lands, applauding the toyshop fantasy until the curtain call.
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International Institute of the Y W. C. A
A. ©. Hamilton
Strand
Laredo
International Institute
Lupe Delgado
Mercedes Burgess
Sarah Leal
Bertha Bodet
Rebeca
Carmen Garcia
Mexico
Kathleen Heaner
Toyland
Jane
Madonna Sorrell
Ora Lee Camp
Margarita Canseco
Jackin
Teddy Bear
Rabbit
Gladys Sauvignet
Mary Cooper
Trene Leyendecker
Mildred Leyendecker
Consuela Saenz
Dorothy Derby
Hans
Jeannette
Mildred Anderson
Josephine Leyendecker
Angelina Farias
Antonia Valls
Eugenia Copeland
Charlotte Vidaurri
Anna May Mugsett
Odette Bunn
Miss Mercéd Lake
Minnie Martin
Anna May Duggan
Laura Benavides
Red Riding Hood
Josephine Daiches
Jack Horner
Elizabeth Bryan
Ay Bryan
Russian Refugees Arrive At Constantinople Harbor In Cries For Food
About 100000 Russians, including 200 children of Wrangel officers, reach Constantinople after Crimea collapse. Refugees on exhausted ships barter valuables for food as American destroyers land them at the Near East Relief trachea orphanage. Mothers with infants fed first, then children. many look well bred, some share toys, while fatigue and hunger dominate.
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Wrangel
Constantinople
Trachoma
Near East Relief
Morocco
Crimea
Miss Gunther
Miss Hastings
United States
Russia
Trachems
Bosphorus
Railroad Time Table and February Power-boat Race Note
Texas Mexican schedules Train No 1 to Corpus Christi at 9 65 am Train No 2 from Corpus Christi at 3 36 pm International Great Northern through fast train for St Louis leaves 11 15 am arrives 4 30 pm Night Train leaves 10 pm arrives 7 30 am Rio Grande Eagle Pass trains run daily except Sunday Laredo to Minera 8 30 am arrive 10 20 am Minera to Laredo 11 am arrive 3 16 pm Power boat racing for 1921 begins second week of February at Miami Fla with events for the Fisher TP phy.
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Miami
Fla
Deportation of Alien Radicals Planned January 15
The Department of Labor plans another deportation of alien radicals to Russia on January 15. It will include detainees and parolees in this port and in New York, announced in federal district court by Assistant United States Attorney Lewis Goldberg.
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Hy Associated Press
Rowton
Russia
Department of Labor
New York
Federal District Court
United States
Lewis Goldberg
Inauguration Plans Spark Harding Conference Arrangements
Marilou Olla Dec 30 reports plans for the inauguration day with Harding's conference schedule. E B de Lean, Washington publisher, chairs the congressional committee on inauguration while Will Heys leads the Republican national committee’s efforts. Marin Ons Dec 30 notes a statement after a meeting with President-elect Harding about the league of nations and a proposed nations association.
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Associated Press
Marilou
Olla
Harding
E. B. Dic Lean
Washington
Congressional Committee of
Will Heys
Republican National Commuities
Marin
Ons
Bento Knox
Pennsylvania
League of Nations
California Spars Offensive Prowess Prepares for Rose Bowl
California’s 1920 undefeated football team relied on off tackle power and strong interference to move the ball, with aerial plays limited. The squad, set to meet Ohio State on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, showed only occasional passing effectiveness, except against Stanford where the aerial game opened up late.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
University of California
Ohio State
Pasadena
California
Stanford University
Plue
Rum-Running Curbed on Vancouver Border by Reinforcements
Heavy reinforcements to Canadian and American customs forces and vigilant border surveillance have sharply curbed rumrunning across the Vancouver border into Washington. Indications suggest many liquor smugglers are abandoning their previously lucrative trade.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Washington
Southern census hearers clash over White charge of southern lawlessness
AP reports in Washington that Southern members of the house census committee confronted Walter White of the N A A C P over his claim that white Southerners are lawless. Georgia Democrat Larsen called the charge untrue and urged witnesses to confine testimony to personal knowledge, not hearsay. Texas Democrat Bee also objected, defending progress on uplifting the Negro race.
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Negro Advancement Society
Larsen
Carlos Bee
Washington
House Census Committee
Walter White
New York
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Representative Larsen
Georgia
United States
Representative Bee
Texas
Town Wiped Out by Fire in Pareatine Texas
Pareatine Texas. Dec 40. A large fire nearly destroyed the town of Marquez. Ten business houses and a hotel were burned. The fire origin is not known and no injuries are reported.
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Associated Press
Pareatine
Texas
Marquez
Here
Captured Armed Negroes in Alabama Fighting Group
In Seale Alabama on December 30 three members of an armed negro band were wounded a deputy sheriff and four others in a search party were captured by a posse led by Sheriff Ragland in Pitaview. The sheriff plans to bring the prisoners to Seale.
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Associated Press
Seale
Alabama
Ragland
Pitaview
No Longer Primitive in Tahiti The Jazz Invasion
Visitors fleeing civilization to Tahiti find the islands disrupted by metropolitan jazz. The once quiet shores now echo with nightclub blare and vaudeville screeches, replacing the tranquil native songs and distant surf.
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Associated Press
Koeete
Tahiti
South
Tahith
Barrier Reef
Poland Grants Asylum To 2000 Wrangel Refugees
The Polish government permits 2000 peasant refugees from Wrangel territory to enter Poland, responding to a telegram from General Wrangel. They are mostly wives and children of Russian soldiers and are in a state of severe need. Poland anticipates further appeals as winter threatens massive refugee movements from South Russia toward the Black Sea coast.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
American Red Cross
General Wrangel
Poland
Russia
Black Sea
Kostroma
Rjasan
Kaluga
D'Annunzio Plans South American Mission
An Associated Press report from London notes D'Annunzio is expected to travel to South America. It cites a correspondent claiming Italian forces around Keyume will be dissolved and granted amnesty, with the general now called Cuvigia.
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Associated Presa
London
Dee
Keme
Pannanzia
Cuvigia
Kiume
D'Annunzio
South Americiu
Army Barracks Not To Be Constructed
Washington reports a stalled Army barracks project as key war department plans face congressional scrutiny. Debates reveal contention over funding and location, with officials arguing for or against phase implementation and expense controls amid broader defense priorities.
New militia chief named in Washington notice
Agency Press from Washington reports the appointment of a new militia chief by President Wilson. George Fuchweds of Ol City and Penny Sylvecia are named in the assignment, with Richards to oversee national guard employment as part of the army reorganization.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dee
War Department
Uie
Ptary Baker
Asgociitaud Press
Wailington
Feck
Otonel George Fuchweds
Penny Sylvecia
Wilsoivehial
Wit
Obh Richards
Woo Hee Beey
Che Gondrat
Nationik Guard
Army of the
Jury Plan for Japan Dropped Amid Privy Council Opposition
Tokyo November 23. A special committee weighing adoption of the jury system in Japan faces strong opposition from influential privy councilors who argue the nation is not ready. It is expected that the proposal will be dropped.
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Tokio
Legis
Japan
Sporting Notes Preview New Year Fistic Feud Match
Bryan Downey and Augie Ratner plan a New Year boxing entertainment for the feud ét Ooelum bis Cricle Siany South Tandicap. A new event in Southern teapehioot aug cleies is set for Mo ua ton in February. Lake Erie Trotting Circuit season dates to be decided at a January 13 meeting in Pittsburgh 0000. Manistee eyes a possible central league franchise.
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Bryan Downey
Augie Ratner
Cricle
Merchants State Bank and Trust Company Annual Meeting Notice
Notice of the annual meeting of the shareholders of Merchants State Bank and Trust Company of Laredo Texas to be held in the banking room on the second day of the month for the election of officers and other business legally before the bank.
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Merchants State Bank and Trust Company of
Laredo
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