Bryan and his bid to derail the Democratic ticket
A satirical critique blasts William Jennings Bryan for obstinacy and meddling in the Democratic platform. It likens him to a windbag and villa figure, arguing his opposition and anti-saloon stance harm the party and threaten defeat at the convention. The piece casts Bryan as seeking attention through insurgent demands, while urging the convention to curb his influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Bryan
Wilson
Mr. Bryan
Villa
The American Vote and Foreign Influence in Elections
The piece argues that ethnic voting blocs influence U S political strategy, noting Sinn Fein and Irish voters as pivotal forces. It contends campaigns may pressure parties to adopt planks appealing to foreign-born or foreign-extracted Americans to win elections.
Irish and other ethnic votes in American politics analyzed
The piece argues American allegiance overrides foreign ties for citizenship. It questions the idea of a unified Irish vote while noting Irish Americans loyalty to friends and loyalty in elections. It contrasts ethnic blocs with a broader American voting pattern, and warns against weaponizing ethnicity in party platforms. It also touches on Sinn Fein, Russia, Poland, Bohemia, and the Black vote, asserting most citizens vote as Americans rather than by blood line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion Feiners
Great Britain
United States
Washington
Ireland
Porcupine's Needles And Animal Terror Of Camera
Neil Shipman discusses the challenge of training animals for the photoplay Back of God's Country at the Royal Theatre. The film adapts Wapi the Walrus by James Oliver Curwood and needed months of effort to achieve naturalistic animal scenes, including handling a porcupine that can project needles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Shipman
Miss Shipman
Died in Corpus Funeral Here
Benito P. Rosales aged about 55 longtime Laredo resident in piano business as agent for Goggan Bro. moved to Corpus Christi four years ago after his wife’s death and died there yesterday morning at 3 30. The remains with a brother arrived this afternoon and funeral plans will be made after the body’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus
Benito P. Rosales
Laredo
Thos. Goggan & Bro
Corpus Christi
Eaton to assume Salina vice consulate post
FE W Eaton former vice consul under Randolph Robertson for two years sailed this morning to Salina to take charge of the vice consulate there. He made many friends in Laredo who wish him success in his new field of labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. W. Eaton
United States
Randolph Robertson
Salisno
Mr. Eaton
Laredos
Western Union Cable Extends to Brazil with Lower Rates
Western Union Telegraph Co announces reduced cable rates to Brazil and other countries. The new direct Brazil route cuts Brazilian word rates from 86 to 66 cents and soon to 50 cents, undercutting rivals relying on longer overland and interAmerican routes. The company cites shorter, direct links and improved reliability as reasons for the rate cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union Telegraph Co
United States
Brazil
Western Union Co
Western Co
Western Union-Western
Western Union
Buenos Aires
Santos
Rio
Argentina
Chile
Andes
J. J. Garcia Moves From Texas Co to Humble Oil
After twelve years with the Texas Company J. J. Garcia joins Humble Oil and Refining Co. Contact phone listed as 449 with reference code q 2 2t.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Garcia
Texas Company
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Nazimova Dances In New Photodrama Stronger Than Death
Nazimova, the Russian star, appears in Stron ger Than Death at Rialto Theatre for a two day run. She plays Sigrid, a London dancer, who finds love in India amid a mutiny and massacre plot, with a temple dance noted as a highlight and a hermit doctor as the key male figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazimova
Rialto Theatre
Maude Fulton
Morosco
Gaya
Fourth of July Observance Notice from Leonard Nelson
To customers and friends. The Fourth of July falls on Sunday so celebration moves to Monday the 7th. We will be closed all day on the 5th. Notify customers to supply themselves beforehand. Respectfully Leonard Nelson. 6 30 41.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Nelson
Juarez Plumbing
Times
Fidel Cantu
Fourth of July Concert at Fort McIntosh
Tomorrow afternoon at 4 15 the Thirty seventh Infantry Band directed by Carl E Everlof will give a Fourth of July concert at Fort McIntosh. Laredo residents are urged to attend and enjoy the music. The program includes Patrol The Red White and Blue Rollinson Selection The Rainbow Girl Goetz Waltz Dearest Heart Bennett Paraphrase on Massas in the Cold Cold Ground Bennett Descriptive Cavalry Charge La hore March American Conquest Groenewald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort McIntosh
Thirtyseventh Infantry Band
Carl E. Everlof
Soldier Boys
Laredo
Patrol
Rollinson
Rainbow Girl
Goetz
Dearest Heart
Bennett
Massa
Lahore
Mayor Villegas and Chamber to host July Fourth concert
Mayor L Villegas and Secretary Mally of the Chamber of Commerce arranged with the Thirty-seventh Infantry Band to give a concert on Martin Plaza tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. A good program of patriotic selections will be rendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Villegas
Mally
Chamber of Commerce
Thirty-seventh Infantry Band
Martin Plaza
Royal and Select Master Masons Stated Convocation
Royal and Select Master Masons Laredo Council No 1283 holds a stated convocation Monday evening July 5 all members urged to attend recorder John Colman 7 3 21
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal and
Laredo
John Colman
Pearsall and Laredo to clash in Fourth of July baseball
The Pearsall team arrives tomorrow morning to square off against Laredo American Legion at Aviation Field on the Heights at 4 PM. Both squads are in top condition and expect a close, high quality game. Tickets cost 50 cents and may be bought in advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Pearsall
American Legion
Aviation Field
Fourth of July Closure Notice From Laredo Water Co
Laredo Water Company announces offices will be closed Monday July 5 in observance of Independence Day. Customers are advised to plan for service disruptions and delayed administrative responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo Water Company
Anniversaries Marking Historic Events on July 3
July 3 anniversaries note Quebec founded in 1608 by Champlain, George Clinton elected New York’s first governor in 1777, and the 1888 Pan Angli can Conference opening at Lambeth Palace. Also listed are Olympia’s 1889 Washington Equal Suffrage Association, 1893 Royal Geographical Society excluding women, Salvation Army jubilee 1894 at Crystal Palace, 1900 Egyptian Khedive welcomed in London, and Harriet Lane Johnston’s death in 1903 with birth in 1833.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Champlain
George Clinton
New York
Church of England
Lambeth Palace
Washington Equal Suffrage Association
Olympia
Royal Georgraphical Society
Salvation Army
Crystal Palace
London
Egypt
Harriet Lane Johnston
White House
Buchanan
Narragansett Pier
Mercersburg
Fourth of July notices and local advertisements in Laredo Times
Birth announced for Ernesto Vidales family a fine boy. Various Fourth of July goods and services advertised including Saft's decor, sewing by Mrs Bennett, and plumbing by W J Miller. Marriage licenses issued for Matzow Hillert, Martinez Perales, Flores Quintanilla. Imports from Mexico noted with baskets, hampers, cotton cloth. Movie listings for Fourth of July. Real estate ads by International Realty Co. Cotulla Fourth of July barbecue announcements. Obvious local classifieds cover services, light fixtures, and notary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernesto Vidales
Saft’s
Hidalgo Street
San Bernardo Ave
Peter J. Matzow
Jessie W. Hillert
Anastacio Martinez
Juanita Perales
Arcadio Flores
Guadalupe Quintanilla
J. E. Bennett
Coke Street
Laredo
Mexico
W. J. Miller
Fourth of July observance hours noted for July 5
Consumers Ice and Fuel Co announces Sunday hours will apply on Monday July 5 in observance of Independence Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consumers Ice & Fuel CO
Major Van Sentvoord Merle Smith rises in State Department
Major Van Sentvoord Merle-Smith, now Third Assistant Secretary of State, joined the department less than a year ago as a drafting clerk. A New Jersey native, Princeton and Harvard Law educated, he served in World War I earning the Distinguished Service Cross. He later acted as military aide and private secretary to Secretary Lansing during the Peace Conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Sentvoord Merle-Smith
Washington
State Department
The
Hague
Tokio
New Jersey
Princeton University
Harvard Law School
United States
165Th Infantry
Lansing
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy advertisement
Tis medicine always wins the good opinion if not the praise of those who use it. Try it when you have need of such a remedy.
Paris Aligns U S and Britain on French Defense Pact
One year ago today Paris published text of alliance between the United States, Great Britain and France for military protection of France against German aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Bids for the Laredo Sewerage System
Bids will be received in the City Secretary's office until July 6 1920 at 5 pm for the Laredo sewerage system. plans on file. A certified check of 5000 is required with bids. The city may reject any or all bids and will open bids at the July 6 1920 council meeting at 8 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Laredo
Summer Complaint in Children
Mr. W. G. Cambell of Butler Tenn reports widespread use of Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer complaint in children. He notes that with castor oil as directed and proper diet ninety nine out of a hundred cases recover and the remedy is far ahead of others previously used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
W. G. Cambell
Butler, Tenn
Sunday church groups schedule meetings across the town
The Christian Endeavor Society at Presbyterian Church gathers at 6 45 P M Sunday. The Junior B Y P U at Baptist Church meets at 4 P M. The Senior B Y P U also at Baptist Church gathers at 1 P M. Haworth League of the Methodist Church holds a 6 30 P M meeting in the League room. The Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church meets at 6 46 P M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
The
Baptist Church
Haworth League of the Methodist Church
League Room
Methodist Church
Christian Endeavors Society of the Christian Church
Local social news covers visitors and travel
Greetings from Mrs Hal Greer of Beaumont and others mark a week of reunions. Chaplain Vincent spent a year in Siberia and the Philippines, then returned to Fort McIntosh. Many relatives plan visits to Marlin Waco Washington DC and California as June events unfold. A Fourth of July auto trip to Cotulla accompanies a Fort McIntosh club dance and church society announcements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Z. T. Vincent
Fort McIntosh
Chaplain Vincent
Siberia
Philippine Islands
Quiet Texas wedding and social events in galveston area
A quiet wedding was held at the First Methodist church as Miss Kate Baker of Lexington Texas married Mr. Johnson B Hurst of Giddings Texas. Mrs Hurst, sister of Mrs B F Burroughs, has been a teacher, and the couple plan to reside in Giddings. Earlier events featured a hostess luncheon, a tee course with cake, and entertainment by Misses Mary Cook and Anita Lane, followed by multiple social gatherings hosted by Mrs G W Derby and Mrs Otto Withoff, with a notable guest list including Torreon Mexico residents and Galveston ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cook
Anita Lane
Firet Methodist Church
Kate Baker
Lexington
Texas
Johnson B. Hurst
Giddings
Hurst
B. F. Burroughs
G. W. Derby
Mesdames Otto Withoff
Torreon
Mexico
A. B. Derby
C. M. Fish
Lloyd Depp
J. P. Leyendecker
L. J. Christen
Elizabeth Dew
Pred Baird
J.S. Jones
Galveston
Otto Withoff
A. BE. Derby
the Royal
Maria Mowry
Josephine Sauvignet
Lloyd Dopp
J. Foster
J. A. Wilson
Fred Baird
City to Move Corral and Clear Cemetery In 60 Days
City Council on May 18 1920 authorized disposal of lots 7 and 8 block 116 W D for no less than 3000 each and decided to move the corral to Old Cemetery Block 220 W D residents with kin buried there are ordered to remove bodies within sixty days from this notice dated June 11 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land Board
W. D
Today’s Birthdays Include Noted Political and Literary Figures
Habibullah Khan, Ameer of Afghanistan, born 48 years ago, threatens trouble for British India rule. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Hartford native and sociologist, born 60 years ago. Ralph B. Perry of Harvard, APA president, born Poultney Vermont 44 years ago. Sarah Pratt Greene, novelist born in Suesbury Connecticut 64 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Habibulla Khan
Ameer
Afghanistan
India
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Hartford
Conn
Ralph B. Perry
Harvard
American Philosophical Association
Poultney
Sarah Pratt Greene
Suesbury
How to regain appetite with meals and exercise
The text explains that missing meals for a few days can restore appetite. It recommends five hours between meals, eating only what is craved, and daily outdoor exercise. It notes loss of appetite from constipation and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crass Obstinacy
Sinn Fein
Telegraph Company
Nazivoma
Story of India
Sun
New No
Oliver
Groenewald
Pearsall VS. Laredo
Royal
God's Country
Rialto
Strand
Dorothy
Crescent Garage
International Realty Co
Salinas Avenue
J. E. Cotter
Cotulla
Lincoln Street
J. EB. Fowler
Will W. Gregg
Notary Public
Times Office
Farragut Street
Wm. A. Parker Co. Distributors
Flores Ave
Gex
Violet
Oberfeldt Society
P.m
Hal Greer
Beaumont
Judge
Mrs. Greer
Emilie Halsell
Dorothy Emilie Stelski
San Antonio
Miss May Netzer
Austin
C. H. Kehl
Horace
Mr. Kehl
Marlin
Waco
Miss Krause
Chester Nye
Littleton
Mass
Mrs. Nye
Little Son
Helen MacGregor
W. W. MacGregor
California
Wayne MacMillan
Tyler
City
O. H. Guinn
C. F. Yeager
Margaret
Vancouver
B. C
Matias de Llano
Lampazos
John M. Martin
Encinal
Chas. D. Adams
Crestonia
Mercy Hospital
Paa
H. 1D
Shelby
Ernst Buenz
John Martin
Poteet
J. Q. Buenz
Olivia Schultz
Maxine Taylor
Eva Scratchley
Evelyn Moore
Merceil Lake
Ruth Scratchley
Harry Sames
Jack Hill
Tom Nye
Will Austin
Will Sames
George Hodges
Lieut. Laramie
Service Club
37Th Infantry
Woman's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Hurst-Baker
L. Daiches
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