Notable 18th-20th Century Figures and Conflicts Timeline
An OCR fragment lists varied historical items: 1767 birth of George III and familial ties to Victoria. 1847 Major Borland and 60 men with Major Gaines and Cassius M. Clay captured by Mexicans. 1849 Lewie Cass reelected U S senator from Michigan. 1654 Stephen A. Douglas introduced the Kansas Nebraska bill. 1872 Archbishop’s case in Paris. 1891 death of Prince Baldwin of Flanders. 1903 Colonel Arthur Lynch found guilty of treason in England. 1920 Holland refuses to surrender ex Kaiser to Allies.
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George III
Mictoria
Borland
Gaines
Cassius
Lewie Cass
Michigan
Stephen “A. Douglas
United
States
Senate
January 23 marks year since Cork curfew in Killeen area
One year ago today on January 23 a near disaster struck Killean in Cork with the town nearly destroyed and a curfew placed in effect across the region.
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Killean
Als
Cork
Notice of Forfeiture for Seized Watches in Texas Case
United States District Court in the Southern District of Texas Laredo requires claims to forfeited property from seized watches. Claimants must appear in court at 10 oclock forenoon on February 1, 1922 to contest condemnation and provide allegations.
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United States
District Court For the
Southern District of Texas
America
United States Customs
Laredo
U. S. District Court
Texas
Luncheon and club meetings mark Tuesday schedule
Mia McKinney hosts a luncheon at the Bender Hotel at 1 15 honoring Miss Courtney Slaughter. The Tuesday Music and Literary Club meets at the Community Center at 4 pm. The Junior Auxiliary convenes at the Rectory at 4 pm. The Three Painters perform with lyrical verse from a Philadelphia Bulletin piece. General mentions note various civic and social events and a charity tea for the Methodist Orphanage in Waco.
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Mia
McKinney
Bender Hotel
Courtney Slaughter
Exquisite bridal luncheon with rose decor and bridge
The event featured a gift table with a Hostess gift for the bride to be. Killarney rosebuds carnations and ferns filled a silver basket with a rose tulle bow. A peach blossom chandelier arrangement lit the room as twelve bridge tables hosted by Mrs. M. T. Cogley and others. Prizes included dull-green pottery and a rose bowl. About seventy guests attended and a luncheon followed.
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Killarney
M. T. Cogley
Harry Johnston
J. H. Slaughter
Otis. Oller
Arms in China
The army conference in Washington discusses a resolution to prohibit arms import into China as a step to enforce last week’s decision to reduce the Chinese army.
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Associated Press
Washington
China
Japan Reaffirms No Territorial Designs on Russia
Washington January 23 The Japanese delegation states at the Far Eastern committee meeting that Japan has no territorial designs on Russia and that troops will be withdrawn promptly once a stable government is established, signaling withdrawal plans and regional policy.
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Washington
Japan
Russia
Far Eastern Committee
Buffalo Escape From Amarillo Stockyard Nine Run Off
Nine of twenty five buffalo escaped from the Amarillo stockyard today and headed south with the wind. Cowboys were sent in search of the animals.
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Amarillo
Teras
State Highway Commission to Name Windrow Successor
Austin Jan 23 The state highway commission will likely choose Windrow's successor at its regular meeting today. The panel also reviews many applications for state and federal aid for highway projects and considers cutting the highway engineer salary from 9000.
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Austin
Rollin J. Windrow
State Highway Commission
Fort Worth Judge Makes No Brief Address on Law Enforcement
Fort Worth district judge opened court this morning in compliance with Governor Neff's proclamation delivering no brief address on law enforcement and law observance in Texas.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Neff
Cotton Ginned Totals Pivot on Census Bureau Figure
The census bureau announced today that total cotton ginned before January 16 reached 7,913,971 bales. Texas accounted for 2,121,161 of those bales.
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Washington
Texas
Kiss on Paris Street Sparks Royal Flair and Surprise
Passers by watched a Russian admiral kiss a taxi driver in Paris while a former general, now living modestly in the Latin Quarter, shared meals. A young student also knelt to kiss a waitress apron hem, recognizing her as a former Russian court lady in waiting.
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Associated Press
Paris
Latin Quarter
Cough Remedy Held Safe and Reliable in Homes
Fragmentary text asserts a cough remedy is safe and reliable for colds and well regarded for many years in households. No clear events, dates, or named organizations are readable.
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Ntain
Sports Notes Show Diverse Early Season Moves Across North America
Nat Ray dominates the ice racing season in Canada while Jack Bentley, Baltimore, tops International League batsmen and pitched for Washington in 1914. Harvard’s Jabby Holmes shines with St Michelas New York as Clark Griffith eyes Roger Peckinpaugh for Senators. Grover Alexander winters on Catalina Island training with the Cubs. Hoddler exits the big leagues for Oakland in the Pacific Coast League. Promoters tempt boxing champions with huge purses as Jock Hutchinson and Jim Barnes face sharp golfers in California. Harvard beats Yale in baseball and football while Indianapolis sets boxing commission and wrestling gains. Willie Hoppe stays sharp after 18.2 balkline title loss. Dan Morgan and Billy Bibson secure peace with Tex Rickard. Madison Square Garden lined up for championship bouts.
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Nat Ray
Canada
Jack Bentley
Baltimore
Washinington
Jabby” Holmes
Harvard
St. Michelas
New York
Clark Griffith
Roger Peckinpaugh
Roger
Senators
Grover Alexander
Cubs
Catalina Island
Hoddler
Cincinnati
Oakland
Jock Hutchinson
Jim Barnes
Great Britain
United States
California
Yale
Mayor Shank
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Willie Hoppe
Jake Schaefer
Dan Morgan
Jack Britton
Billy Bibson
Benny Leonard
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Only One Masculine Fruit
A French teacher’s gender lesson turns humorous when she claims the lemon is the only masculine fruit, provoking giggles from the girls in the class as they recall bench and chair examples and the fruits’ genders.
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Springfield Union
Pro. Per pro. Sleepy Sara and the goat man exchange chores
A fragment shows dialogue where a daughter asks about cleaning duties and a goat man is asked if he does housework. The Lady of the house suggests not, while Sleepy Sara notes her wife handles such tasks.
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Sara
Odd and Interesting Historical Observations
A collection of curious notes: England founded peace societies in 1816, Chicago murders surpass British Isles, hollow sun could hold many globes, color blindness and color matching skills, a transparent metal for aircraft invisibility, breath-holding health test, Bavarian bill punishing public scandals from overeating, father age over fifty affects a child’s coding odds, English cottages with sloping walls from superstition, Thackeray manuscript sold in New York for 23,000 dollars.
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Bavaria
England
New York
Thackeray
Body of Pope Benedict Lays in State at St Peter's
Rome January 23 crowds pass reverently before the catafalque in St Peter's basilica as the body of Pope Benedict lay in state. Earlier the mortal remains were moved from the Vatican to the Sistine chapel and then carried in solemn procession.
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Pope Benedict
ST. Peters
Rome
St. Peter's
His Fathers
Catafalque
Pontiff
Sistine Chapel
Vatican
Counter Claim of the Soviet Counter Claim of the Soviet
Foreign debts owed by Russia and claims against the Soviet regime are being weighed. The Soviet government appears to match or surpass Western creditors in asserting its counter claims, with references to prior Civil War precedents shaping U.S. responses.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Russia
Athents
Eoosland
France
America
Lynching Case and Burned Couple Reported in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City a burning shack killed a black packing plant worker and his wife with a crushed skull noted by authorities. Charges of murder were filed against five white men and two negroes for the January 14 lynching of Jake Brooks. an eighth suspect was captured in Mart Texas.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Justice Court
Jake Brooks
Mart
Texas
Government
Robertson
Houston Delegation Urges Higher Houston Ship Channel Dredging Funds
A Houston Texas delegation led by Mayor Holcombe and ex congressman H Bell urged the rivers and harbors committee to double the federal dredging allotment for the Houston ship channel from 200000 to 400000. The group pressed for faster work and greater federal support.
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Washington
Houston
Texas
Holcombe
H. Bell
Congress
Rivers and Partnors Committee
Seek German chemists aiding denatured alcohol ring
Prohibition authorities pursue two German chemists tied to a New York bootleg group. Ben Atkins of the industrial alcohol division says the Germans aided in wholesale treatment of denatured alcohol to nullify its poisonous character.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prohibition
New York
Ben Atkins
Industrial Alcohol Division
Prohibition Bureau
Centenary and Trials Highlight Early 20th Century News
The piece recalls Felix Darley’s birth centenary as an illustrator for major authors. It notes the fifteenth anniversary of the Harry K. Thaw trial in New York for Stanford White’s murder. The ICJ convenes in The Hague and Harding proposes a national agricultural conference in Washington to ease rural distress, with Pennsylvania groups meeting annually.
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Felix O. C. Darley
Irving
Hawthorne
Longfellow
Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
New York
International Court of Justice
Peace Palace
The
Hague
National Agricultural Conference
Harding
Washington
Washington Today. ‘More Than A Dozen Date Agricultural and Allied Organizations
Pean‘eylvania
Conclave to Elect Benedicts Successor Set for Early February
Rome aims to open the Sacred College conclave February 1 or 2 to elect the pope after Benedict’s death. European cardinals are expected to attend. American cardinal attendance at the opening session appears unlikely.
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Sacred College
Bgin
Rome
Benedict
Europe
Delegates Meet in Conference on Agricultural Policy
Delegates from across the country representing agriculture and industry met in Washington on January 23 for a five day conference to address financing production distribution and marketing and to lay down a permanent agricultural policy. About 325 delegates including 26 women attended as President Harding and Secretary Wallace spoke urging credit expansion and a sustained agriculture national in interest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wallace
Harding
Prominent Figures Born on This Date Across Nations
Princess Charlotte Adelgonde of Luxemburg born in Luxembourg 26 years ago today. United States Senator O B Weler born in Reisterstown Maryland 60 years ago today. Dr Ezra E Tipple president of Drew Theological Seminary born in Camden New Jersey 61 years ago today. Holbrook Blinn famed American stage actor born in San Francisco 50 years ago today. Ernest Poole author of noted novels born in
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Charlotte Adelgonde
Luxemburg
O. B. Weler
United States
Maryland
Reisterstown
Ezra E. Tipple
Drew Theological Seminary
Gamden
N. J
Holbrook Blinn
San Francisco
Ernest Poole
Texas man uses money orders to cash theft scheme
Chicago January 23. John Cook a 20 year old from San Antonio Texas was arrested by postoffice inspectors charged with stealing 97 blank money orders. He cashed them in Fort Worth Kansas City and Chicago jewelry stores totaling about 5000 dollars by buying watches and passing money orders for more than the value to obtain change then selling the watches.
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Try
Associated Rere
Chicago
John Cook
San Antonio
Texas
Postoffice
Cook
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Radicals Gather for Far Eastern Peoples Congress in Moscow
Delegates from Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia and the Far Eastern Republic of Siberia arrive in Moscow for a congress of oppressed Far Eastern peoples. Neither India nor Islamic countries are represented. Dr. Katayama, a Japanese socialist, says the conference aims to unite the represented groups independent of their rulers. The event is described as nonpartisan with only a minor communist presence.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Japan
China
Korea
Mongolia
Far
Siberia
India
Katayama
Polgrega
Drie
Mie Waste &Tv Ae
Mexico
Rain in Texas Brings Mixed Relief to Grains and Grass
West Texas and Panhandle districts reported misty weather with rain aiding crops in places but failing to end water shortages. Amarillo saw light snow and a 18 degree reading as rainfall continued to fall this morning. Representative Anderson of Minnesota would serve as permanent conference chairman and Dr H C Taylor as executive secretary in a discussion on legislative, administrative, and farmer-led actions to advance agriculture.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Panhandle
Amarillo
Anderson
Minnesota
Joint Agricultural Commission
H. C. Taylor
Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates
Wallace
Legisla
Project Feasible, Harding Says on St Lawrence Lakes
President Harding declared before the national agricultural conference that the feasibility of the St. Lawrence Lakes water ways project is unquestioned.
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Washington
St. Lawrence Lakes
Harding
Railroad Timetable Details for Texas-Mexican Route
Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 12 10 p m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 8 36 p m International Great Northern Through fast train to St Louis leaves at 12 01 p m and arrives at 5 15 p m Night Train departs at 10 p m and arrives at 1 30 a m
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Corpus Christi
Unclear Train Schedule Between Laredo and Mines
Train No 1 departs Laredo daily at 8 30 am arriving Arrt Minera at 10 230 am. Train No 3 leaves Mingta at 1 ?
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Rio Grande
Eagte Pesa
Laredo
Arrt Minera
Mingta
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