Local Notices and Ads Highlight July 1931 Events
A baby was born July 18 1922 at the Fasnacht home. Webb County commissioners meet in special session. Laredo oil field activity grows with Kan-Oka No 1 as 1800 2000 barrels daily reported. Groceries promotions from The Sanitary Grocery Co and International Mercantile Co appear. Local marriages licenses issued include Werner Dudley and Ponce Salinas. Oxy acetylene welding touted by Applewhite with a year guarantee.
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Fasnacht
Queen Candy Co
Sanitary
International Mercantile Co
Commissioners Court of
Webb County
Applewhite
Commissioners Court
la France
Sanitary Grocery Co
Arthur C. Werner
Lucy Bell Dudley
Manuel Ponce
Adelia Salinas
Laredo
Holland's Great Zuyder Zee Reclamation Project
Amsterdam reports a bold Dutch effort to reclaim land from the Zuyder Zee. Engineers build a fifteen mile embankment at Wieringen and Piaam, enabling drainage of four basins and adding about 827 square miles to Holland while spending nearly $60,000,000 over nine years.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Zuyder Zee
Frieslaid
Wieringen
North Holland
Piaam
Friesland
Gossip From Gome Laredo Force
A humorous Laredo column shares local quips on thrift, manners, and manners in men and women. It riffs on thrifty talk, trust, and flirtations, with sly asides about farmers, clerks, and a radio boom. The piece playfully notes changing fashions and clock watching since the short skirt era.
Vagrant Musings on Words and Luxuries
A reflective prose piece notes that many favor the word Sold and new colors while longing for luxuries over necessities. It says novices lack virtues, not all in front rows are bald, and personal paths do not always reach desired destinations.
Road to Yesterday Town Tag Collection Chronicle
Town youngsters gathered tobacco tags in a playful drive to tally Stars Battle Axes and Spearheads collections. Prizes awaited those who turned in tags, reflecting a nostalgic schoolyard game and civic engagement in a bygone era.
Fragmentary historical notices of 1838 to 1920 events
A rough OCR of dated entries covers July 20 1838 Augustin Daly birth and death, 1899. 1847 Kentuckians buried in Frankfort. 1880 Thomas Corwin Treasury appointment. 1888 Louis Riel rebellion event. 1891 Bryceville miners overawe militia. 1890 labor clash at Welda Kansas. 1897 Mormon monument dedication in Salt Lake City. 1920 wage increase proposal and Railroad Labor Board action affecting 200000 workers.
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Augustin Daly
Plymouth
N. C
Paria
Frankfort
Thomas Corwin
Ohio
Treasury
President Fill
Louis Riel
Northwest
Regina
Bryceville
Tenn
Wele
City
Kas
Salt
Soard
Vacation Life Echoes in Border Town Notes
Local society items note baptist church activities including circles meetings and a Sunbeam Band gathering. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Monterey Beeville Dallas Laredo San Antonio and Orange with arrivals and departures at Houston Street addresses.
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Sunbeam Band
Kerensky's Memoir Materials Target Imperial Dethrone
Alexander Kerensky, former Russian Republic president, writes memoirs from a London flat revealing plans to smuggle Emperor Nicholas II out of Russia. He argues Britain thwarted the plan and claims the book will cover the war's start, the empire's collapse, and his government’s failure. He pins overthrow on royalist and Bolshevik pressure and army hostility.
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Associated Prosa
J.ondon
Nicholas
Alexander Kerensky
London
Kerensky
Russia
European
United States
Great Britain
Romanoff
Turkish Women Dress Reform Faces Police Help
In Constantinople on July 20 optimistic Turkish reformers pursue a standard dress code for women. The Committee de la Mode contemplates involving police to enforce the plan amid sharp opposition from women and nationalists.
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Hy Associated Press
Constantinople
London
Paris
New York
Committee de la Mode
Hanoum
Pera
Amita
Recognition Is Waiting Action by Obregon Government
Associated Press reports Washington awaits definite Mexican action affirming stated aims of officials regarding American interests. Washington hopes the Obregon government will guarantee protection of American rights, possibly through congressional or judicial measures instead of a treaty.
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Associated Press
Washington
Obregon
Mexico
United States
Adolfo de la Huerta
Harding
Hughes
General Obregon
Congress
Harding policy will be tested in coal strike plan
Washington reports the strike center shifts to coal fields where government plans to reopen mines face test as operators return home. Governor Morrison of North Carolina among 19 who refused cooperation. President Lewis says miners stay firm. Government worries over falling output of non union mines and rail/utility shortages. Lewis asserts workers will continue strike until collective bargaining principles and industry procedures are recognized.
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Associated Press
Washington
Morrison
North Carolina
Harding
Lewis
Miners’ Union
President Harding message on coal resumption read to Governor Neff
President Harding’s appeal for cooperation in restarting coal production will be read by telephone or sent to Governor Neff today, as announced by Neff’s secretary in Austin Texas.
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Neff
Austin
Texas
Harding
Hungarian inventor to print by wireless signals
A penniless Hungarian engineer named Szabo claims a simple wireless printing device. He says copy set in columns in the sending apparatus is conveyed by wireless waves to the receiver and may also be sent via ordinary telegraph wires. He spoke to scientists at the almshouse lecture venue.
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London
Szabo
Railroad Strike Forecast ByJewell Predicts Quick Settlement
Associated Press report from Chicago July 20 notes B M Jewell president of the six federated shop crafts union predicts railroads will capitulate and settle the strike within two weeks. He calls the seniority dispute a camouflage and says the national adjustment board will handle wage questions. Three thousand C and O clerks walked out. mail service slows on Cincinnati division. two passenger Frisco trains canceled. eight passengers injured in Southland Limited wreck citing a broken rail.
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Associated Press
Chicago
B. M. Jewell
Federated Shop Crafts Union
Jewell
National Adjustment Board
Railroad Labor Board
Memphis
Birmingham
Florida
Smithville
Leesburg
Georgia
Chesapeake & Ohio
Union
Cincinnati
Wabash
Railroad Men Flogged in Texas Dustup
Fort Worth Texas July 20 W E F Smith aged 40 a car inspector of the Texas Pacific was lured from his home and flogged by unidentified men who warned him not to return to work Three other road employees were flagged elsewhere Shreveport Texarkana and here according to sheriff reports
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Fort Worth
Texas
W. EF. Smith
Texas Pacific
Knightlinger
Shreveport
Texarkana
Governor Neff Halts Speaking Tour to Probe Rail Strike
Dallas July 20 Governor Neff ends political speaking tour and travels to Denison to personally investigate lawlessness tied to the railway strike. State aid assurances noted as needed to curb unrest.
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Dallas
Texas
Neff
Denison
Railroads of Texas Post Strong Early-Year Revenue Gain
Texas railroads earned a net revenue of 7,682,247 during the four months ending April 30, 1922, per the state railroad commission report. This marks an increase of 1,540,418 compared to the same period last year.
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Austin
Texas
Railroads of Texas
State Railroad Commission
Phillips Pleads Not Guilty in Meadows Hammer Murder
Los Angeles on July 20 Mrs. Clara Phillips indicted for the murder of Mrs. Albert Meadows last week enters a not guilty plea. The case is scheduled for trial on September 18 with an insanity defense anticipated.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Cal
Clara Phillips
Albert Meadows
Meadows
Centennial and anniversary notices across nations and cities
The item lists celebrations in Colombia Independence Day and the 875th anniversary of the St. Louis archdiocese. It notes the US Socialist party’s 21st anniversary, England marking Jean Ingelow’s death, and Franklin B. Hough’s 100th birth anniversary. Also warns all cities to send delegates to Canada.
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Republic of Colombia
Archdiocese of
St. Louis
Socialist Party
United States
England
Jean Ingelow
Franklin B. Hough
Forestry Division
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Canada
German rulers blamed for crisis on return from Berlin
An exhausted reparations committee from Paris reports from Berlin that German rulers bore responsibility for the financial crisis. The body faces difficult evidence but hopes to justify conclusions to Premier Poincare. Washington meanwhile notes a property claims commission proposal to adjudicate wartime asset payments by American citizens.
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Preasw
Paris
Guarantees Committee
Reparations Commisson
Berlin
Germany
Poincare
Oil price cut by Corning lowers barrel to 1.75 USD
An Associated Press report from Pittsburgh dated July 20 notes Corning Oil reduced its price by 1 1 2 cents per barrel bringing the quoted price to 1.75 dollars.
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Associated Press
Pitsburgh
Corning Oil Today
State Divorce Is Real Menace in Homes
New York July 20. The joint commission on homes of the Episcopal Church reports casual divorce and weak Christian teaching are wrecking American homes. Presented to the general conference in September at Portland Oregon, the document notes broken home life and race suicide as consequences and calls Christian training the only remedy.
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Associated Press
New York
America
Joint Commission On
General Conference
Portland
Oregon
George T Jester Dead Former Texas Lt Governor
George T Jester aged 76 banker and former lieutenant governor of Texas died at his Corsicana home. A Confederate veteran he served in Hood's regiment and in the Texas legislature. Survived by his widow three sons and a daughter. Jester served as lieutenant governor under Governor Culberson.
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Corsicana
Texas
Cgeorge T. Jeater
Jester
Eye of the eel and odd notes from a bygone era
A fragmented clipping mentions the eel eye enlarging during mating, shoe stitches count, a New York hotel sending beers to the wash, tears with microbe killing substance, and long-bred bulldogs. It also references Indians of British Columbia and Alaska and butter production, with garbled text and punctuation.
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New York
British, Columbia
Alaska
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