Birthday list marks notable figures born on January 25
Charles RR Flint merchant and financier born Thomaston Maine 73 years ago today. Albert Russell Erskine president Studebaker born Huntsville Alabama 42 years ago today. Dr Richard Steed moderator Southern Presbyterian General Assembly born Harrison Tennessee 72 years ago today. Robert Grant jurist and author born Boston 71 years ago today. Davis Ikins U S senator born Washington DC 47 years ago today. Edith Wharton author born New York City 61 years ago today.
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Charles RR. Flnt
Thomaston
Albert Russell Erskine
Studebaker Corporation
Huntsville
Ala
Richard Steed
Golumbia
S. C
Southern Presbyterian
Asembly
Harrison
Tenn
Robert Grant
Massachusetts
Boston
Davis Ikins
United States
West Virginia
Washington, D.C
Edith Wharton
New York City
Public citation in Webb County Texas court case No 6191
Publication commanded to summon Maria Naranjo Francisco Naranjo Ricardo Sepulveda E B Eaton and others in the T A Bunn suit filed November 24 1922. Notice seeks appearance at the March 12 1923 term in Webb County District Court for title recovery possession rents and costs over land in block 72 eastern Laredo.
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State OF
Texas
Webb County
Maria Naranjo
Ao Feme Bola
Francisco Naranjo
Ricardo A. Sepulveda
I. B. Atom
EB. Eaton
49Th Judicial District
Judicial District
45Th Judicial District
Laredo
A. D
T. A. Bunn
Feme
Ricardo
A. Sepulveda
E. B. Faton
E. B. Eaton
City of
Laredo Gossip Mixes Cheer and Civic Talk
A fragment of community chatter from Laredo covers social habits, student hopes, fashion trends, and local notes. Mentions of family discipline, a college student’s future, tobaccos, motorist jokes, club life, and upcoming school events appear among humorous reflections and brief local updates.
Reformist Bishop Inspires Debate Across Episcopal Church
The Rev Dr Percy Stickney Grant, famed for sermons attacking church structure, has stirred protest from clergy and laity alike. A Boston native and Harvard graduate, Grant led the Church of the Ascension in New York for thirty years and has written several volumes on social issues.
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Percy Stickney Grant
Episcopal Church
United States
Church of the Ascension
New York City
Crandt
Martial Law Threat Looms in Morehouse Parish Hearing
Governor Parker may declare martial law to protect witnesses after open hearing and before indictments in hooded men outrages case. Adjutant general to inform Ku Klux Klan leaders Captain J K Skipwith and Sheriff Carpenter. Leon Jones of Mississippi to testify about August Lake La Fourche incident. Attorney general seeks murder indictment against Captain J K Skipwith.
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Associated Press
Bastrop
Parker
Morehouse Parish
Adjutant General
Ku Klux Klan
J. K. Skipwith
Carpenter
Leon L. Jones
Moselle
Miss
Watt Daniel
Thomas Richard
Lake la Fourche
Jones
Fragmented Prose Reflects Shifts in Public Discourse
The text presents a garbled critique of politics and social change. It hints at housing, harmony, and economic power, using old maxims reimagined in a modern voice. Readers encounter distorted phrases and incomplete arguments signaling a damaged OCR source.
Today in History and Events Worldwide
Today marks the Boy Scout movement’s fifteenth birthday and the 70th anniversary of direct rail link between New York and Chicago via the Cleveland Norwalk and Toledo line. The 34th Madison Square Garden Poultry Show opens in New York as Woolgrowers gather in Spokane for the National Woolgrowers Association convention. John Magnuson, linked to the Marshfield Wis bomb case, faces arraignment in Wisconsin Rapids. Northwest grain production costs discussed in Sioux City with South Dakota agriculture officials.
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Boy Scout Movement
New York
Chicago
Cleveland
Norwalk
Toledo
Madison Square Garden
United States
Spokane
National
Woolgrowers’ Asociation
John Magnuson
Wis
John A. Chapman
Wisconsin Rapids
South Dakota
Norbeck bill seeks $250 million for European agricultural credits
Washington January 24 Senator Norbeck Republican of South Dakota advances a bill to appropriate 250 million dollars to grant credits in Europe for buying American agricultural products. The Senate Agricultural Committee reported the measure favorably.
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Associated Press
Washington
Norbeck
South Dakota
Europe
Senate Agricultural Committee
Thyssen and six Germans fined in Ruhr coal trial
Fritz Thyssen and five fellow German industrialists were found guilty by a French court martial for resisting Ruhr coal demands. Fines ranged from 5 100 to 24 300 francs. The prosecutor urged leniency citing patriotic motives. Thyssen admitted refusing January 15 orders to deliver coal and pledged allegiance to Germany amid troops in the Ruhr.
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Associated Press
Mayence
Jan
Fritz Thyssen
Ruhr
Waa
Mayenens
Thyssen
Abolish Poll Tax Proposed and Other Legislative Moves
The Texas House approved a Davis senate bill to empower the attorney general to revoke charters of domestic corporations violating anti trust laws and barred foreign firms from doing business after conviction. Sen Burkett proposes constitutional amendments to abolish the poll tax and create state terminal care houses at seaports. The Rio Grande land purchase and education requirements for schools are also discussed.
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Austin
Texas
House
Todiuy
Davis Senate
Guilcy
Burkett
Eastland
Parr
Police link embassy liquor source in Washington bootleg probe
Police officials in Washington say they have traced a key source of contraband liquor into the capital’s bootleg trade. They warn that sensational disclosures may lead to action by state and Treasury on diplomatic imports. Cuban legation heads deny knowledge of any leakage.
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Associated Press
Washington
State
Treasury Departments
Arturo Almeida
Legation
State Department
Almeida
John Lynch
Recital Highlights Bach and Handel Pieces
Mrs C H Jump read on early composers. Dorothy Borchers played Bach inspired pieces. Marie Murray offered four violin selections including Handel Largo with Mrs Bunn. Mrs Kufeht presented Bach Handel sketches. Mrs Bunn concluded with Bach Italian Concerto.
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C. H. Jump
Bach
Dorothy Borchers
Maroin Murray
Handel
Bunn
Kufeht
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Trusted by Households
A long standing cough and cold medicine praised as pleasant safe and reliable. It is favored by mothers for containing no opium or harmful drugs and has been used for many years in households where its good qualities are well known. Try it when you need such a remedy.
Raw Cotton Exports Rise in Early Year Totals
Washington reports American exports of raw cotton including lint and seed amounted to 6 113 813 bales valued at 675 249 613 dollars for the period, up from 4 144 195 bales worth 534 241 735 dollars in the prior period, per the Commerce Department announcement.
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Washington
Tye
Commerce Department
Bandits Loot Jewelry Store. Marshal Wounded in Shootout
Posse squads search for two teen bandits after a jewelry store robbery in Yupda Mississippi worth two thousand dollars and a pistol battle wounds the town marshal. A third suspect identified as Tom Juff from Shawnee Oklahoma was captured.
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Asanciated Press
Yupda, Miss
Tom Juff
Shawnee, Okla
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES
Egypt has founded three societies for women’s liberation while Denmark opens homes for Danish women students in France and England. Europe’s female surplus tops 25 million, and Russia shows the greatest excess. Silk stockings praised as hygienic though too light shodds warn against. Sarah Flower Adams dies sixty five years ago. Princess Mary of Lan caster joins Glasgow Grand Antiquity Society, first woman member. Munich professors tally women students hair counts. Scottish mills require women to abstain from betting, citing poor losses. Spanish women gain university access since the 13th century but few used it until recently.
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Egypt
Denmark
France
England
Europe
Russia
Sarah Flower Adams
Spain
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau New Orleans station. Tonight is fair and warmer with frost likely. Thursday will bring increasing clouds and further warmth.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Times
the Telephone Co
American forces leave Ehrenbreitstein Rhine post
On January 24 American troops in Germany completed their Rhine watch and moved home. The flag was lowered at noon as women and children of the contingent headed to Antwerp ahead of the troops who sail Thursday. Major General Allen received a cordial German note from Chancellor Cuno praising their exemplary conduct. No salute was fired and many Americans wept. British and Belgian officials stayed away, unable to witness the flag’s lowering.
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Ehrenbreitstein
Germany
Rhine
Antwerp
Allen
Cuno
Rhineland
Ruhr mine workers resume after 24 hour protest strike
Bertin January 24 workers at Thyssen and Stinnes mines in the Ruhr returned to work after a 24 hour protest aimed at maintaining coal production for an unoccupied Germany. A semi official statement emphasizes renomination of policy that sanctions and pledges by Germanys creditors are essential to any successful reparations negotiations with the German government.
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Bertin
Thyssen
Stinnes
Ruhr
Germany
Polish troops mobilized along German frontier report
Reports from Cler many indicate mobilization of Polish troops along the German frontier. Russia is taking all measures necessary to guard its Polish frontier against attack.
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Moscow
Clermany
Russia
Tageblatt Building Collapse Kills Twenty inBerlin
A collapse of the Tageblatt top story in Berlin today killed twenty people and wounded many more. The editorials and mechanical departments suffered heavy damage.
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Berlin
Tageblatt
Mayfield Buried Today In Sherman Funeral
In Sherman Texas today the body of Allison Mayfield chairman of the railroad commission was buried amid state officials and citizens.
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Associated Press
Sherman
Texas
Allison Mayfield
Railroad Commission
Five men sentenced for mob killing in Oklahoma City
Five men were sentenced to life imprisonment in Oklahoma City after pleading guilty to complicity in the mob fatality at a packing-house where a Black worker was killed.
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Oklahoma City
Weather notes from Fort McIntosh observations
Fort McIntosh logs show a 34 hour period ending at 7 am with a maximum temperature of 62 degrees and a minimum of 37 degrees. The wind blew from the north with clear conditions throughout the interval.
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Fort McIntosh
Deputy Collector to Aid Taxpayers in Laredo Dates Set
Announcement from H C Glover division chief deputy collector of internal revenue Austin says a deputy collector will be stationed in the Federal Building Laredo February 12 to 17 1928 and February 23 to March 15 1923 to assist taxpayers in filing 1922 income tax returns.
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H. C. Glover
Internal Revenue
Austin
Federal
Laredo
Appeals Court Affirms Cases Involving Embezzlement and Assault
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed two sentences for Lon D. Morgan a state treasury clerk for misappropriation of funds and Cook Connelly former cashier of Masons National Bank Sour Lake for embezzlement of 100 dollars. Ewell Simpson hotel case involving criminal assault was reversed and remanded due to trial court not providing necessary jury material evidence.
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Austin
Vo Osxas
Lon D. Morgan
State Treasury
Court of Criminal Apteon
Cook
Connelly
Masons’ National Bank
Sour Lake
Urditr County
Unds
Ewell Simpson
Williamson Suntv
Hie Jary
British at Near East conference push Mosul clause
Lausanne January 24 British spokesmen said the draft treaty with Turkey should include a provision to refer Mosul oil district disputes to the League of Nations for examination and directions. Officials added the Mosul incident would not delay the conference or the allied treaty draft, which is nearly finished.
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Lausanne
Turkey
Mosul
League of Nations
Rialto to Present The Proof of Innocence
Rialto Theatre manager Daniels announces two day engagement of The Proof of Innocence starting today starring Laurae Burre. The young actress has stage experience and film background with Pathe Vitagraph and Famous Players and has served as understudy to a famous screen star because of her striking resemblance.
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Daniels
Rialto Theatre
Laurae Burre
Pathe Vitagraph
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