Constructive platform critique of parties in Democratic debate
A Friday Daily editorial urges Democrats to craft a concrete platform with enforceable reforms. It supports budget reform, anti profiteering laws, child welfare and maternity care, equal pay and civil service reform, separate citizenship for married women, and a tough but workable stance on labor disputes while critiquing the Chicago GOP platform as weak.
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Republican Party
Democratic Party
Civil Service
Alexander
Chicago
Cranks and their faith in bold ideas through history
A reflection on cranks in history and their role in progress. From prohibition and suffrage to Columbus and abolition, advocates once mocked as cranks often spurred change. The piece argues many cherished advances began as questionable notions later proven true, praising cranky perseverance despite ridicule.
Parents urged to help curb Wichita youths crime
Associated Press report from Wichita Texas says local police seek parental cooperation to curb juvenile trouble. Officers note sixteen youths have been sent to reformatories since the new term began and urge parents to monitor where children roam at all hours. Crowded living conditions and easy street access are cited as factors making parental control hard.
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Associated Press
Wichita
Texas
Wichits
Monument to Clemenceau by Associated Press Parisfront
In the Vendéen monument planned for next year sculptor Francois Steward shapes a dramatic scene of Clemenceau, eight feet tall, in a trench with soldiers and officers. The work, described as vivid, natural, rough and muddy, captures the Tiger leader at the edge of a trench with maps and a standing officer guiding his gaze.
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Associated Press
Paris
Daly 2
Clemenceau
Polius
Vendee
Francois Steward
Franca
Wardigs
Shanghai Student Strike Fails to Force Direct Talks with Japan
Thousands of Chinese students in Shanghai and across 14 provinces quit classes in a strike aimed at forcing the Peking government to renounce direct negotiations with Japan on the Shantung settlement. Leaders blamed lack of popular support and untimeliness as the government ignored their ultimatum. About 30,000 in Shanghai remained out for a month or more before ending the action.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
China
Peking
Japan
Shantung
Jolly Prisoners In Dallas Jail Affray Over Rooms
Jailer Kelsey recalls a comical scene in Dallas where prisoners request preferred cell configurations and times. The exchange shows crowded conditions and the jailer’s wry humor as he assigns a row and replies to sleepy inmates.
New Military Teacher Joins Texas A&M Campus
Associate Press report from College Station Texas notes Capt Morris is appointed professor of military defense and tactics at Texas A&M. He is a World War I veteran who earned the Distinguished Service Cross and lieutenant colonelcy, with prior service in the 60th Infantry and 260th Infantry Texas brigade. His arrival increases the college’s cadre of regular army officers on detail to seven, including CoM Muller and other captains.
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Christopher Columbus
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College Station
Texas
Liver Springs
France
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City Council authorizes land disposal and cemetery relocations
May 18 1920 council motion lets Land Board sell Lot 7 2nd 8 Block 116 W D for at least 5000 each and move Corral to Old Cemetery neck 220 W D changing burial grounds. bodies must be removed within sixty days from this gathering date June 11 1929.
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Land Board
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Ladies Night entertains Rotary at Hamilton Hotel
About 100 Rotary Club members and guests attended a Ladies Night dinner at the Hamilton Hotel Cafe. Rev. L Wharton spoke on The Spirit of Rotary. were followed by songs by Courtney Slaughter Adela Bertani and Gate City Quartet. Program ended near 1 o clock. Also notice store closed Monday for Fourth of July holiday.
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Rev. L. Wharton
Rotary
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H. C. Hall
A. Lattig
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Adela Bertani
Gate City Quartette
WL Cook
Ir. B. Adams
G. C. Inutt
Ernest Buenz
Mra
Abent
Gate City
Pearsall to Host American Legion Team Sunday
Pearsall fans anticipate a top sectional clash as the Pearsall team, touted among the best in southwest Texas, faces the American Legion squad at the Aviation Field next Sunday morning. A large crowd is expected for this close race between strong teams led by notable local players. Dorothy Dalton stars at Rialto in a Vampire drama presented by the New York sensation Aphrodite with a cast including Enid Markey and Howard Ikman.
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Legion
Dorothy Dalton
Rialto
Harott
Dor
Dorett Dati
New York
Aphrodite
Tissatre
Thomas H. Ince
A Sheata
Ionte M. Katterjohn
Enid Markey
Howard Ikman
Secrecy and censorship under Spanish government rule
A 1919 Madrid report criticizes the regime as a liberal paper notes constitutional rights suspended in all provinces on a marked date. It states elections were held yet free expression and press rights remained restricted, with censorship extended to Spanish papers and foreign telegrams.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Spain
Russa
Libralens
Summer Complaint Quickly Relieved
Mrs Henry Jewett of Clark Mills New York reports rapid relief from a severe summer attack of colic and diarrhoea after using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The testimonial urges every family to keep this remedy at hand for such afflictions.
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Ghamberlain
Henry Jewett
Clark Milla
N.Y
Film actor dies amid Arctic film production ordeal
Ronald Byron, cast as Peter in Back to God’s Country, died after defying his doctor’s orders to avoid the Arctic setting. The Australian actor’s insistence on helping Nell Shipman to film the melodrama led to prolonged inactivity and a pneumonia fatality during scenes shot at 52 degrees below zero.
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God
God's Country
James Oliver Curwood
Real Theatre
Peter
Byron
Nell Shipman
Nell
Mobiiod
Bootleggers Union Protests Beer and Wine Law
Corpus Christi Caller reports Judge J. O. Luby in Nueces as guest at the Nueces says the Amalgamated Union of Bootleggers Rio Grande Valley Local No 1 San Diego joined with other locals to back William Jennings Bryan against introducing beer and light wines. The group warns their trade would suffer serious and irreparable loss if such law passes.
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J. 0. Luby
San Diego
Duval County
Nueces
Luby
Uootleggers
Rio Grande Valley
The Vampire at Rialto Theatre Feature
The Vampire a United Picture Production Corporation release plays Rialto Theatre today. A powerful dramatical story steeped in human interest with tenderness and pathos, presented as a true life tale that engages from start to finish. J. J. Garcia, after twelve years with the Texas Company, has joined Humble Oil and Refining Co. Phone 449 F-2-Rt.
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United Picture Production Corporation
Rialto Theater
Telife
J. J. Garcia
Texas Company
Humble O & Refining Co
Hart as Bandit Chieftain in The Toll Gate at Strand
William Starr appears as Black Deering the bandit chieftain in The Toll Gate at the Strand Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. Lambert Hillyer directed this Paramount Artcraft release, depicting pre-fence era desperadoes, train holdups, and border heroism in a dramatic tale of the southwest.
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William Starr
Strand Theatre
Extension specialists visit Uaredo to oversee cotton and livestock programs
Short extension specialist from A and M College arrives in Uaredo to inspect county cotton demonstrations led by FW Mally focusing on long staple cotton. J L Thomas from the A and M College extension department, expert in live stock, joins to organize livestock breeding clubs for fine hogs and dairy cows to meet local needs and the Mexico trade.
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A.& M. College
Uaredo
FW. Mally
J. L. Thomas
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Mally
Mexico
Laredo Residents Plan Fourth of July Coastal Trip
A large number of Laredo residents plan to travel to Corpus Christi tomorrow to celebrate the Glorious Fourth by the sea. Reports from Mexican ports indicate peace and improved conditions, with Americans crossing the border for safety assurances. Local imports include buckets rope and ix tle products via the international footbridge.
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Laredo
Corpus
Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Ixtle
Forgery Suspect Bound Over In Examining Trial
Clarence Folsom was arrested yesterday on a forgery charge. He faced an examining trial this morning before Justice of the Peace Atlee, was bound over to the grand jury in $200 bail, failed to furnish it, and was remanded to the county jail.
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Police Department
Justice of the Peace Atlee
Local business visitor Hu Schweers tours Laredo region
Bill Schweers known as Hu Schweers of the Schweers Kern Commission Co. of San Antonio visited Laredo yesterday on business. He counts many regional friends and was warmly received by locals.
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Hu Schweers
Schweers-Kern Commission Co
San Antonio
Laredo
Mr. Schweers
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad claims
An advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a trusted medicine that always wins favorable opinion from users. It urges readers to try the remedy when a colic or diarrhoea issue arises.
Public notice: Bigely Wiggly to close Monday for Independence Day
The Bigely Wiggly will be closed all day Monday in celebration of Independence Day. Customers are advised to govern themselves accordingly.
Shriners Enjoy Portland Visit Before Departure
Mystic Shriners from across the country spent a comparatively quiet day in Portland delaying their departure. Visitors left with fond memories of Rose City hospitality while many plan further Northwest sightseeing before returning home as orders linger over the holiday.
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Mystic Shriners
Rose City
Anniversary Notes and Historic Events From Early Years
Today's anniversaries recall key events from 19th and early 20th centuries. Figures include suffrage leader Anna Howard Shaw, Garfield's assassination, and race riot fatalities in East St Louis. Also noted are Britain Ireland union talks, Danish Prussia moves, and Russian actions along the Danube.
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Prussia
Danubian Principaliteis
Garfield
Baltimore and Potomac
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East St. Louis
Dil
United States
France
Montenegro Rebellion Marked Anniversary With Air Endeavor
One year ago today on July 2 Montenegro rose against occupation by Serbian troops as a British dirigible departed Scotland seeking a flight to New York amid the unrest and global tension surrounding the conflict.
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Scotland
New York
Warrior William Wyeth James dies after a life of constant fighting
Fort Worth Texas July 1 William Wyeth James known as captain lieutenant outlaw and guerrilla fought under three flags across the Civil War Americas and Europe. A cousin of Jesse James he survived battles with Quantrells Hellions and later rode with the James gang enduring reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan activity. He sought to rejoin the world war but was deemed too old and died in a hospital bed surrounded by care.
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Texas
William Wyeth James
Cuerrila Hellion
Willam Wyeth James
Mississippi Bottoms
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Ohio
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Quantreil
Jesse James
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Ku Klux Klan
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France
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Willan Wyeth James
Notable Birthdays of Religious and Academic Figures Today
The Catholic Archbishop Mundelein of Chicago, born in Brooklyn 48 years ago today, Crown Prince Olav heir to Norway born in England 17 years ago today, William H. Hobbs geologist at University of Michigan born Worcester 56 years ago today, and Walter Williams dean of the First Texas district born Blossom, Texas 41 years ago today.
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