Fairy book memories and social notices in city journal
Local society notes list visitors from San Antonio and Austin, arrivals and departures, engagements, and a Lampazos wedding announcement. Mrs. Leonard Craig hosts a W M A Circle B quilting session with twelve members. Next Thursday the W M U circles plan a general meeting.
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Leonard Craig
Circle B
A. F. Beddoe
Gussie Pullin
Henry
Annie Pace
Mesdames Landrum
Mann
Howell
Windrow
Beddoe
Meredith
Judkins
Clingenpeel
Ww. M. U
North Laredo visit honors Miss Ernestine Tanner
Mrs. C. C. Burr hosted a "spend the day" party at her North Laredo home for Miss Ernestine Tanner of Aliice, guest of Miss Ora Lee Camp. Guests toured the farm, swam, enjoyed a country dinner, and received bright woven baskets as souvenirs. Attending were Miss Tanner, Ora Lee Camp, Dorothy Derby, Kathleen Heaner, Emilie Hassell, and Rosita Applewhite with family membersJoin listed attendees including Mr. and Mrs. Heaner and Ernest Heaner, Mrs A. H. Camp and La Fayette Camp.
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Ernestine Tanner
C. C. Burr
North Laredo
Aliice
Ora Lee Camp
Heaner
Ernest Heaner
A. H. Camp
la Fayette Camp
Dorothy Derby
Kathleen Heaner
Emilie Hassell
Rosita Applewhite
Luring Away Labor Sparks Texas Farmers’ Outcry
Associated Press reports Gulf Coast District farmers from Nueces San Patricio Kleburg Jim Wells and Refugio counties denounce labor luring as theft and call for a harsh law. They warn of vigilante measures after contractors lure workers away with higher pay, after investing time effort and money to secure labor.
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Associated Press
Corpus Christi
Texas
Gulf Coast District
Nueces
San Patricio
Kleburg
Jim Wells
Refugio
Mexico eyes home munitions under expert report
Mexico City July 23 The decision on whether to manufacture arms domestically depends on an Italian munitions expert's report. If results favor foreign purchases, Mexico will stop using foreign buyers and buy through state agents under General Plutarco Elias Calles. The army may appoint internal munitions experts as well. Local press notes Mexico has raw materials and already economizes by manufacturing airplane propellers.
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Associated Presa
Mexico City
Plutarco Elias Calles
el Universal
Mexico
NEW POTATO CROP
Prices are higher than usual for this time of year but have begun to ease over the last ten days. Demand stems from large Virginia shipments. The fall movement should start in September with good weather giving strong yield prospects. Acreage is down from last year, yet expected yield per acre may lift overall production after a short previous crop.
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Associated Press
Chicago
U. S
Bureau of Markets
Virginia
Forest policy debate marks lab decennial event
Madison footnotes a forest policy plan presented at a conference opening to honor the United States forest products laboratory. The National Lumber Manufacturers Association proposes Congress appropriations of 1,000,000 dollars yearly for state cooperation in fire protection and for a forest resources survey by the forest service.
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Associated Press
Madison
Wis
United States Forest Products Laboratory
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Lumbermen
Congress
Forest Service
Laredo Woman Praises Tanlac After Illnesses
Mrs John Glyde of 2809 Twenty-fourth Street Tampa Florida details ten years of stomach trouble indigestion heart irregularities and nervousness finally improving after taking Tanlac. She reports regain of normal heart action steadier nerves and better health and notes Windrow Bros sell Tanlac in Laredo.
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John Glyde
Twenty-fourth Street
Tampa
Fla
Laredo
Windrow Bros
Preventing Accidents Standardized Says Safety Council
W B Wilson secretary of labor urges employers and citizens to cooperate in accident prevention. He notes ten years of experience show three fourths of deaths and injuries can be eliminated with mechanical and educational methods. The National Safety Council, a non profit cooperative, leads the safety movement and holds comprehensive prevention information.
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Associated Press
Chicago
W. B. Wilson
National Safety Council
Wilson
Governor of Jerusalem Aims to Unite Warring Factions
Colonel Ronald Storrs, Cambridge graduate and son of the Dean of Rochester College, now holds the Jerusalem governorship. He faces a divided city as Zionists and Arabs clash, meeting biweekly with leaders from multiple communities to stress a single citizenship and unity under his motto unify and be friends. He helped push for an independent Arab kingdom and is 38 years old.
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Associated Prena
Jerusalem
Pontius Pilate
Ronald Storrs
Cambridge University
Rochester College
Eng
Pro Jerusalem
Lfe
Storrs
Reception for American Missionary in Tokyo Honors Rev Clay MacCauley
An American missionary in Japan, Rev. Clay MacCauley of Boston, was honored at a reception in Tokyo yesterday before returning to the United States in July. Organizers included the American-Japan Society, the American Association, the American Peace Society, the Aviatic Society of Japan and the Association Concordia, with Baron Sakata and Viscount Kaneko among the speakers praising his efforts to promote liberal religion, mutual understanding, peace, and international cooperation.
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Associated Frest
Tokio
Clay MacCauley
Boston
Japan
Unitarian Church
MacCauley
United Staes
American-Japan Society
The
American Association
American Peace Society
Aviatic Society of Japan
Association Concordia
Baron Sakatanig&sided
Viscount Kaneke
de. McCauley
Loss of Appetite Advice and Remedies
An article advises that loss of appetite is rarely serious and suggests skipping meals briefly, spacing meals at least five hours apart, and getting outdoor exercise. It notes constipation as a common cause and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to correct it.
Poland seeks U S moral support in Polish Bolshevik conflict
Washington July 23 Poland asked the state department to formally declare the moral support of the United States for Poland in its battle with Russian Bolsheviks. The note suggested a similar expression from President Wilson would boost Polish morale. Warsaw July 23 Poland sent armistice proposals directly to the Soviet government in Moscow.
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Associated Press
Washington
Poland
State Department
United States
Wilson
Warsaw
Moscow
Polish outlook grows more menacing in London reports
London dispatch July 23 says commentators view the Polish situation as increasingly threating as Bolshevik forces occupy Polish territory. The ministry may be handed to extreme radicals to seek peace with the Reds, with concern over Europe’s peace if German military factions can liaise with the Russian government.
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London
Reda
Europe
Shooting Resumes in Belfast Clash Between Groups
Shooting resumed in Belfast between Linn Veiners and the Unionists. Ten persons were killed in last night's hostilities as fighting continued.
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Belfast
Ireland
Linn Veiners
Adrianople on Fire Reported by Air Patrols
Constantinople July 23 air patrols report Adrianople in flames after aerial observation. Authorities could not confirm full extent as smoke obscures lines of sight. Military tension rises as reports spread of widespread destruction and panic in the region.
Harding's Stand on League of Nations Campaign
Senator Harding's stance on the League of Nations dominated his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination and is expected to shape the campaign. In Marion Ohio on July 23 25 he voiced hope that Tennessee legislators will back ratification of the suffrage amendment in a message to Senator Joe Hoak.
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Warren G. Harding
Harding
Associated Press
Marion
Hardings
League of Nations
Fanpelen
Tennessee Logtaisurg
Benator Harding
Joe Hoak
Senate
Ten- Hhates
Subpoenas Issued for 60 Rail Officials in Grunau Case
In Chicago on July 23 subpoenas were issued for 60 railroad officials and union leaders to testify before a federal grand jury next Wednesday. The witnesses include John Grunau, president of the Chicago Yardmen's association, and 27 other leaders arrested in April for violating the Lever Act by halting food and fuel movement.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Federal Grand Jury
Dist
Charles Clyne
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
Grunau
Villa Leads About 100 Men Toward Coahuila
Mexico City July 23. Villa and forces said to number 100 men are heading toward Coahuila poorly equipped, according to statements of deserters.
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Sy Associated Press
Mexico City
Villa
Coahuila
Farmers Seek Slayer of Beatrice Hickox near Pottersville
Leaders of a 300 strong farming band aided by state police search the countryside for an unidentified man believed to be an escaped convict who killed 13 year old Beatrice Hickox on a local farm while she carried water to the fields. They say they have the fugitive surrounded in a swamp. The attack occurred early Thursday.
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Ity Associated Press
Pottersville
Mich
Beatrice Hickox
Here
Kangaroo Drive Planned for Prince of Wales Visit
Melbourne July 23 A kangaroo hunt by automobile is planned as part of entertainments for the Prince of Wales during his Australian tour. The drive will occur on Lee Falkiner’s Boora sheep station in New South Wales and is described as a fine sport rather than cruel hunting.
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Associated Press
Melbourne
Australia
Prince of Wales
Lee Falkiner
Boora
New South Wales
Cisco and Northeastern Railway Declared Common Carrier
The Texas Railroad Commission issued an order recognizing the Cisco and Northeastern Railway as a common carrier effective August 1, 1920. The line from Cisco to Frankinridge spans 28 miles through oil country, granting the same privileges and rates as other Texas railroads and applying standard differentials.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Cisco and Northeastern Railway Company
Texas Railroad Commission
Cisco and Northeastern
Cisco
Frreckenridge
Kansas grocer combine faces anti monopoly suit
The Kansas attorney general filed suit in the state supreme court against thirty eight wholesale grocers, the Kansas membership of the Libecurnea 184aS 6 Wholesale Grocers association, charging price fixing in violation of the Kansas anti monopoly law. The action seeks to bar the firms from doing business in Kansas and to impose a fine of 100 dollars per day for each day they have been involved. Earlier criminal proceedings had targeted three Poehler Merchantile officers including the president.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Libecurnea
Supreme Court
Poehler
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans notes mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Observations at Fort McIntosh cover the last 24 hours ending 7 am with a maximum temperature of 101 and a minimum of 76. Winds are southeast and clear conditions prevail.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
Cox Preparing Speech in Columbus for July Address
Governor Cox left today for Tras End to prepare his address of acceptance. The trip aims to finalize remarks ahead of the forthcoming event in Columbus with preparations underway by his campaign team.
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Columbus
Cox
Tras End
Dodd to Address Teaching Flaw at Carnegie Meeting
Edward L. Dodd UT Austin associate professor of actuarial mathematics will speak on The Flaw and Insurance Suggested by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching before the Mathematical Association of America in Chicago on September 4. He sits on the association executive council and is an associate editor of The American Mathematical Monthly.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Edward L. Dodd
University of Texas
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Mathematical Association of America
Chicago
Professor Dodd
Association
Sta
American Mathematical Monthly
University basketball player dies diving in creek accident
Will K Nebel, last year’s Texas University basketball squad member, was killed while diving from a high bank into a creek near Burnett. He struck a rock in shallow water and broke his neck.
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Asociated Press
Austin
Texas
Will K. Nebel
Texas University
Burnett
Closed Contract In San Antonio With General Motors
Joe Moser formerly with Rio Grande Buick Co reports via telegram that he has closed a contract with General Motors for the entire Chevrolet line including roadsters passenger cars heavy and light delivery trucks. He will serve as the Chevrolet representative for Laredo.
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San Antonio
the Times
Joe Moser
Rio Grande Buick Co
General Motors Co
Chevrolet
Moser
Laredo
Former Adjutant General J M Harley Visits Laredo
J M Harley former adjutant general of Texas travels through Laredo with Judge B B Webb. Both residents of San Antonio, Harley previously visited with Governor Hobby to confer with three Mexican governors in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo about two years ago.
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J. M. Harley
Texas
Laredo
Hobby
Nuevo Laredo
B. BR. Webb
San Antonio
Coal Mines Shut Down by Laborer Strike in Illinois
Associated Press reports that only four coal mines remain working across central and southern Illinois as an unauthorized laborer strike spreads. By July 28 most mines are idle with roughly 100,000 men reported idle, and a complete shutdown expected tomorrow.
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Y Associated Press
Sprigfield
Ilinois
Belleville
Iinois
Priority Orders Call Coal Moves to Atlantic Coast
Washington July 23 coal operators dealers and railroad executives urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue new emergency orders directing priority in the movement of coal to the Atlantic seaboard for transshipment to New England to meet the fuel situation there.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
Visiting University Experiment By Champaign County Farm Bureau
The Champaign County Farm Bureau will test a new visiting university plan at the University of Illinois. Instead of focusing only on agricultural departments, members will inspect other university areas. At least half the time will be spent in departments not directly connected with agriculture.
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Associated Prensa
Champaign
University of Illinois
Champaign County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
College of Agriculture
Resolute Leads Early In International Yacht Race
Sandy Hook July 23 The Resolute dashed first across the line in the fourth international yacht race needing a win to prevent Shamrock from capturing the trophy. Shamrock followed about half a minute behind on the 10 mile leg of the 30 mile triangular course. Wind up to five knots favored a strong beat to windward along the Jersey shore.
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Associated Press
Sandy Hook
Resolute
Jersey Shore
New Baby Tractor Sets Endurance Record at Ohio Run
Army engineers in Cleveland conduct trials on tractors tanks and trailers. A new baby caterpillar gasoline tractor designed here won the endurance run from Cleveland to Ottawa Beach Michigan with a 93.47 record among fifteen entrants. The government tractor cost about $100,000 and features a waterproof engine.
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Associated Prensa
Cleveland
Army Engineers
Ordnance Department
Ottawa Beach
Mich
Holiday reading at Laredo Public Library discounts
The Laredo Public Library offers a holiday reading program at 25 cents per month. A fine selection of books including Joseph Conrad's new novel The Rescue has been added. Hours are 9 to 12 a.m. and 4:30 to 8 p.m. for borrowing.
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Laredo Public Library
Joseph Conrad
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