January 26 1764 to 1907 notable events list
A compact chronology mentions Jean Baptiste Bernadotte born in Pau and dying in Stockholm. It notes Michigan admission to the Union in 1837, Terre Haute and Richmond Railway charter in 1847, Senator Sherman of Ohio introducing a national bank bill, Holley Bessemer converter patent in 1869, General Gordon killed at Khartoum in 1885, Jan 28 1833 birth, 1894 reconciliation between the German Emperor and Bismarck, and the 1907 Congressional act banning corporate political contributions.
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Jean. Baptiste Bernadotte
New Sweden
Pau
France
Stockholm
Michigan
Terre
Haute
Richmondompany
Indiana
Shermian
Ohio
United States
Senate
Holley
Notice of Forfeiture Hearing in U S District Court Texas
In the Southern District of Texas United States seeks forfeiture of a Ford Truck Engine No 2746566 and Licenses and a stock of liquor seized November 18 1921 in Jim Hogg County. Claimants must appear February 20 1922 at the U S Court Room in Laredo to contest the libel and state their allegations. R A Harvin U S Marshal South District of Texas Allen Walker Deputy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Ford
Jim Hogg County
Texas
U. S. District Court
Laredo
United States Court ‘Room
United States Seizes Chevrolet Truck and Tequila Bottles in Texas
In Webb County Texas on December 27 1921 federal inspectors seized a 1919 Chevrolet truck and a lot of tequila bottles. The case now lies in the U S District Court Southern District of Texas Laredo with notices to claim the property and contest condemnation. Marshal Son Deputy LLEN WALKER signs the notice.
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United. States of America
Chevrolet
United States “America
Webb County
Dert
Texas
Towit
U. S. District Court For
Laredo
Undaunted Blind Students Succeed At Michigan University
Four totally or partially blind students at the University of Michigan pursue higher education with support from teachers and peers. Germ G. Ensing, Ned Smith, John Berlock, and J. M. Caldwell rely on readers and note takers while excelling in machine shop, law, literature, and general studies. Ensing envisions teaching at a school for the blind after graduation.
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Ase
Mich
University of Michigan
Germ G. Ensing
Holland
Ensing
Ned Smith
Detroit
Smith
John Berlock
J. M. Caldwell
Indiana
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claims Constitutional Cure
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is advertised as a constitutional remedy that acts through the blood to reduce inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and restore hearing. Circulars free. All Druggists. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Railroad Time Table Shows Citybound and Local Trains
Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 6 10 PM and arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 PM. Through fast for St Louis leaves 1 01 PM and arrives at idle. Night Train departs 10 PM arrives 7 30 PM. Laredo schedule notes daily except Sunday trains to Minera, with morning 8 30 AM and 10 20 AM departures and 8 15 PM return.
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande & Eagle Pace
Laredo
Minera
Social calendar notices and community events
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church meets Mrs. R. L. Woodul at 3 PM. W. M. U. Circle A with Mrs. J. M. Burr at 3 30 PM. Circles B and D of the Baptist Church W. M. U. meet in the afternoon. Revelter's Club hosts dance at Elks Hall 8 15 PM. Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church holds a benefit tea 4 6 PM. Friday bridge party at Ellis Hall for Miss Courtney Slaughter. Sunbeam Band meets at Baptist Church 4 PM. Numerous local visits and church gatherings noted.
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Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church
R. L. Woodul
J. M. Burr
W. M. U. of the Baptist Church
Revelter's Club
Elks Hall
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Ruth Scratchley
Maxyse Taylor
Ellis Hall
Courtney Slaughter
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
The
Baptist Church
Parish Guild of Christ Church
W. M. ‘Brennan
S. B. Woods
Meadames Arkles
Adame
Brennan
Cook
Craven
Greenstreet
Kehi
Johnston
Lusk
Lobdell
Mason
Matson
Con ‘Mims
McKinney
Poster
Shiner
Vidates
Meadames Neal
Starr Wiggins
Oil Interests Meet in Fort Worth Conference
Four oil related groups opened a two day conference in Fort Worth Texas this morning to discuss mutual problems. The Texas Oil Jobbers Association the National Petroleum Marketers Association and the Western Petroleum Refiners Association are among the participants.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
The
Texas Oil Jobbers’ Association
National Petroleum Marketers’ Association
Western Petroleum Refiners’ Association
Government to sue over $7 million war contract overpayments
Washington January 26. The government will sue the Dayton Wright Company and the Wright Martin Aircraft Corporation to recover more than seven million dollars in alleged overpayments on war contracts. Attorney General Daugherty announced today.
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Associated Press
Washington
Jan
Dayton-Wright Company
Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation
Daugherty
Fresh outbreaks reported in Cairo kill hundreds
A Rome despatch to the Evening Star says fresh outbreaks in Cairo, Egypt, left 190 dead and more than 1,000 injured. British troops reportedly quelled the insurrection.
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Associated Press
London
Evening Star Today
Rome
Cairo
Egypt
Explosion Burns Dallas Worker at Trinity Heights Pumping Station
George W. Givens, 26, was seriously burned by a crude oil gas explosion that wrecked the Trinity Heights pumping station in Dallas. Water supply to the Trinity Heights suburb will be out of commission for about 24 hours, officials said.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
George W. Givens
Trinity Heights
Blind from bootleg whiskey in Dallas incident
A nameless man arrested on a drunk and disorderly charge in Dallas was found to be blind from bootleg whiskey. Jail guards alerted a physician who confirmed the claim after examination. Police seek the bootlegger responsible for the illicit liquor.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Fire devastates Morse Dry Dock plant and garages
A major blaze at Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company in New York destroyed five shop buildings and 50 cars, with losses estimated at $200,000. The fire began in the garage, but the floating dry dock, claimed to be the world's largest, was saved as flames were quenched.
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New York
Morse Dry Dock and Repair Company
Pope Benedict Interred in St Peter's Rome
In Rome on January 26 the body of Pope Benedict was entombed in solemn ceremonies at St Peter's Basilica. The funeral, attended by Sacred College, papal household, noble families and Vatican diplomats, featured three caskets, torches, and chants including Exaltabant Dominio Miserere and In Paradisum. The bier rested in the tomb after the chapel rites.
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Associated Press
Rome
Pope Benedict
St. Peter's
Sacred College
Pontifical Household
Vatican
Exaltabant
Bankers and official report on prison system loan
Austin officials announce a campaign result to secure a $500 000 loan from Texas banks for the prison system. H A Wroe Eldred McKinnon and Ed Hall report to the governor, who says the findings will not be released publicly at this time.
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Austin
Texas
H. A. Wroe
Eldred McKinnon
Ed Hall
Tuttle Celebrates 85th Birthday Leader of Episcopal United States
Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle, eighty four bishop in the American succession and consecrator of more than eighty four bishops, marks his eighty fifth birthday. He began as missionary bishop of Montana Utah and Idaho in 1867 and later led Missouri. For twenty years he has served as presiding bishop and officiated at more consecrations than any other in the denomination.
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Episcopal Church
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
United States
Tuttle
Montana
Utah
Idaho
Missouri
America
Roanoke Hosts Virginia Corn Show Opening Day
The Virginia Crop Improvement Association and the Virginia Corn Growers Association open the largest corn and grain show in Roanoke today as part of statewide events. Michigan marks eighty five years while the White House hosts a judiciary reception for President and Mrs. Harding. The Protestant Episcopal Church head Rt. Rev. Daniel Sylvester Tuttle also turns eighty five today.
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Michigan
Harding
White House
Judiciary
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Virginia
Roanoke
Virginia Crop “Improvement Association
Virginia Corn Growers’ Association
First U.S. Train Robbery Near Seymour Indiana 1868
A historical note recalls the United States first railway theft near Seymour Indiana on May 22 1868. The event marks a milestone in American crime history and is remembered alongside other oddities such as peat as fuel and cultural beliefs about lightning and luck.
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England
London
United States
Seymour
Ind
Prospects Brighten for Shantung Settlement
Washington report says prospects for settling the Shantung question improved with President Harding's intervention. The brief item notes the change in outlook after his involvement, signaling a possible breakthrough in diplomacy.
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Associated Press
Washington
Harding
Reception for Joseph Kyle Orr in Austin
A reception for Joseph Kyle Orr, grand master of the Grand Encampment Knights of the United States, was held in Governor Neff's residence in Austin, Texas, on a morning in January.
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Associated Presse
Austin
Texas
Joseph Kyle Orr
Knights
Lar
United States
Neff
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Ad
A pleasant safe and reliable coughs and colds medicine praised for long use in homes. Favored by mothers of young children it contains no opium or harmful drugs and is recommended when a remedy is needed.
Millions Suffering As Famine Threatens Russia
Dr. Fridtjof Nansen told the League of Nations relief committee in Geneva that about 19 million people face severe hunger in Russia and 15 million may die without aid. He criticized the Russian government’s handling of the August relief agreement.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Russia
Fridtjof Nansen
League of Nations International Committee On Relief
Height differences among nationalities in a quarter inch rise
An old extract notes average heights among groups. Scotchmen are about three quarters of an inch taller than Englishmen, Irishmen stand roughly three quarters of an inch taller than the English, and the Welsh are about three quarters of an inch shorter than the English.
Manning Elected Episcopal Bishop of New York
The Rev. Dr. William T. Manning has been elected as Episcopal bishop of New York. The estate of Mrs. Russell Sage was appraised at $58,659,213.
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Wiliam T. Manning
Episcopal
New York
Russell Sage
A Learned Man Joke at Golf
Mrs Newleywed notes that young Follinshee speaks seven languages fluently. Her husband quips about the one he uses at golf.
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Young Follinshee
Mrs. Newleywed
Congressional probes into Mexican propaganda oil ties
Congressional moves seek full inquiry by the House Foreign Affairs Committee into the National Association for the Protection of American Rights in Mexico and the Association of American Owners of Land In Mexico. Separately Senate action resumes on a resolution by Senator Harris to probe fertilizer and waterpower trusts and their alleged aim to block Muscle Shoals lease.
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Washington
Senate
Muscle Shoals
Harris
Georgia
Minneapolis man fired for testifying in senate inquiry
Charles Green of Minneapolis said in letters and telegrams to Senator Watson that he was robbed and discharged as an employee of the Veterans' Bureau after testifying in the senate investigation of illegal soldier hangings.
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Washington
Veterans’ Bureau
Senate
Charles Green
Minneapolis
Senator Watson
Read
Arbuckle trial testimony on party during moon eclipse
In San Francisco on January 26 the trial resumes with testimony about Virginia Rappe at the party tied to Roscoe Arbuckle's manslaughter case. Mrs Allen Barrie of Hollywood was set to continue for the defense as details of the 1921 moonlit gathering remained to be revealed.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Virginia Rappe
Roscoe Arbuckle
Allen Barrie
Hollywood
Carriesdushe
Miss Rappe
Mrs Adair Leaves Texas Bequests in Her Will
London reports Mrs Cornelia Adair died at 84 near Bath leaving UK property valued at £40840. She bequeathed $35000 to the Adair Hospital at Clarendon and $10000 to St Matthews Home for Children in Dallas Texas, plus further gifts to Irish churches and Texas staff. She was daughter of General James S Wadsworth.
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London
Cornelia Adair
Corshcaw
Bath
United Kingdom
London Times
Clarendon
Texas
St. Matthews
Dallas
Adair
James S. Wadsworth
Notice to Contractors for Webb County Highway Bids
Sealed bids addressed to A Winslow County Judge Laredo Texas for 8 miles of bituminous topping on state Highways 2 and 12 in Webb County will be received until 10 00 am January 30 1922 at the County Clerk s office in Laredo Plans and specs are on file with County Engineer T R Spence and bidding blanks are available upon request A cashier s or certified check for three thousand dollars made payable to A Winslow must accompany each bid 1 16 12¢
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A. Winslow
Laredo
Texas
Webb County
T. R. Spence
United States Declines Genoa Conference Participation
Official circles indicate the United States opposes attending the Genoa European economic conference as scheduled. Officials say the U S would favor a later gathering after Europe stabilizes, believing extra time could yield better results.
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Washington
United States
Genoa
Europe
Oklahoma Bank Robbery Spurs Largest Statewide Hunt
Tahlequah Oklahoma January 26 authorities pursue two bandits who robbed Farmers State Bank of Park Hill. Sheriff's posse and volunteers comb Cherokee and Adair counties amid snow as trail of horses remains. Rewards totaling 4000 dollars offered for capture.
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Tahlequah
Okla
Cherokee
Adair
Farmers State Bank
Park Hill
Gould
Ac ‘Hamen
National Bank of Hulbert
Secretary seeks approval to buy Galveston site for naval aviation
Washington January 26 Secretary Ebeney today asked Congress for authority to acquire title to a site at Galveston Texas for naval aviation purposes.
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Washington
Uenby
Congress
Galveston
Texas
Agricultural policy talk at national conference
Washington January 26 scientists discussed applying research to promote a sound agricultural policy at the national agricultural conference.
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Washington
National Agricultural Conference
Opponents Fail to Strike Enacting Clause in Dyer Bill
Opponents of the Dyer anti lynching bill in Washington attempted to kill it by eliminating the enacting clause. Representative Sumners of Texas offered the motion, but it was defeated 188 to 110 with Republicans joining Democrats.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Representative Sumners
Texas
A Thought on Love and Country
A brief poetic note contrasts the love of two sweethearts with a mother’s love and elevates the love of country as divine. The quotation cites sentiments attributed to L B and reflects timeless romantic and patriotic ideals.
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L, B
Worth Considering Cough Remedy for Quick Cold Relief
The article urges readers to try Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at the first signs of a cold to minimize time and inconvenience. It notes many families have used it successfully for years and hold it in high esteem. It presents the remedy as an excellent choice.
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Monition
United States District Court For the
Southern District of Texas
R. A. Harvin
U. S
Sou. Dist. of
Allen Walker
United. States District. Court For the
S Marshal Son
Dist. of
Llen Walker
Minna Irving
New York Herald
A. Mataon
Pharr
Mr. Lucan Polke
W. N. Young
C. W. Cook
San Antonio
Francisca
Concha Martinez
Mexico City
Saltillo
W. W. MacGregor
E. E. MacFadden
Heights Civic Club
Child Welfare Circle
Daughters of the American Revolution
8. E. Woods
Chihuahua Street
the Heights
Obregon
Tom Connally
O.1
Pope
MET
Money
Makere
Congressional
Unite States
Mexico
Representative Connally
Probe Fertilizer Trust
Mrs. Adair
Oklahoma
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