Trifling With Bolshevism by Villard Sparks Debate
The Portland Oregonian denounces Oswald Garrison Villard for praising a soviet system in the United States. It argues a soviet would erode liberty, contrasts it with lawful legislatures in Albany and Harrisburg, and warns Bolshevik influence as dangerous, urging allies to treat Bolshevism as organized crime to quash it.
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Oswald Garrison Villard
United States
New York
Munich
Albany
Harrisburg
Bela Kun
Budapest
Hungary
Tinoco
Costa Rica
Wilson
Germany
Lenine
Villard
Russia
Portland Oregonian
Curiosities From 250 Years Ago In Abridged Gazette Text
A collage of historical notes recounts the Triple Alliance of Britain Sweden and Holland to shield the Spanish Netherlands from France. It notes a landlord who offers rent-free periods after births, the US Naval Academy's 75th anniversary, and the Duke of Hamilton as England’s greatest landowner. Also cited are potato nutrition basics and Russian wealth stashed in Sweden, along with remarks on atmospheric effects on wireless telegraphy and historical glove and handkerchief fashions including Marie Antoinette’s push for square handkerchiefs and Louis XVI’s 1785 decree on right angled edges.
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Great Britain
Sweden
Holland
Spanish
Netherlands
France
Paris
United States Naval Academy
George Bancroft
Navy
Polk Ingland
Duke of Hamilton
Nicholas
England
Africa
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
Times Offer: Daily Watch Subscription at 60 Cents
The Times announces a daily watch subscription option priced at 60 cents per month. This brief notice highlights a simple entry point for readers to access daily news as part of a monthly plan.
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the Times
Community Meeting and Scout Events Schedule
Phone 48 see BOCIAL CALENDAR. Friday the Blue Birds meet at 4 PM with Mrs Poggenpohl. Troop 1 Boy Scouts meet at 8 PM at the Methodist Church. Troop 2 Boy Scouts meet at 8 PM in the hall. Dance at Ellis Hall Saturday. Misses Helen and Kathryn MacGregor host a 4 PM bridge in honor of Zara Mowry bride of the month. Sunbeam Band Baptist Church meets at 4 PM.
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Blue Birds
A. Poggenpohl
Methodist Church
Ellis Hall
Helen
Kathryn MacGregor
Bridge
Zara Mowry
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
The Dreamers and Local News from Laredo
The poem The Little Joys appears alongside social notices from Laredo society in 1919. Local movements include Mr. George D. Moyer visiting Mrs. Moyer’s relatives, and multiple residents traveling to San Antonio, Eagle Pass, or Houston. News covers engagements, weddings, club meetings, a moonlight B Y P U picnic, a Knight's of Columbus social, and a Coburn Hull and Vesta Sutton wedding at the Presbyterian Manse with plans to reside in Weston Missouri.
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Coburn Hull
Vesta Irene Sutton
L. H. Wharton
Presbyterian Church
Dorothy Borchers
Anna Sutton
Henry Borchers
Missouri
Laredo
Hull
Border Service
France
San Antonio
Galveston
Kansas City
Weston
Miss Sutton
Miss Zara Mowry Honored at Fort McIntosh Dance Party
A social week highlight at Col. Howie quarters on Fort McIntosh featured a dancing party and kitchen shower for bride of the month Miss Zara Mowry. The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band played on the lawn as electric lights and daisies created a festive setting. Nearly one hundred guests attended, gifts were exchanged, and a French chef pie surprise preceded an ice course finale with Shasta daisies on the dining table.
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Fort McIntosh
Col. Howie
Zupann
The One Step and the Judge’s Resignation
A judge unable to control temper and disorder in court announces taking the one step to stop it. After a long pause a leading counsel asks when the resignation would take effect, implying the judge may quit.
Tobay's Anniversaries 1766 to 1917 notable events
A compact roll of historical anniversaries from 1766 to 1917 lists Isaac Morris leading Quakers in Pennsylvania, Gates ordered to South Army command, Cluseret born and died, the opening of United Canadian Parliament in Kingston, Naval War College at Newport, suffragettes marching in London, and Allied battles in World War I with Russian and Canadian actions and Pershing's Paris reception.
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Isaac Morris
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Gen. Gates
Congress
Gustave Paul Cluseret
Paris
Kingston
United States Naval War College
Newport
Red
London
Dniester
Ypres
Gen. Pershing
Texas Jury Pay Raised to Three Dollars a Day
The Texas legislature has enacted a law increasing petit juror pay from 2.50 to 3 per day, effective on Manci pation day. Counties will face higher costs, but support remains that better compensation will attract diligent jurors.
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Texas
Sons of Hamam
Annual Stockholders Meeting Texas-Mexican Railway
Notice states the Texas-Mexican Railway Company stockholders will meet at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 25 1919 at 9 00 A M to elect directors and conduct business. The board will meet immediately after adjournment. Secretary L V Boniger signs the notice.
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
L. V. Boniger
Telegrapher strike moves toward settlement terms
Union officials submitted wage adjustment conditions to Postal Telegraph for an agreement to end the nationwide commercial telegraphers strike. The plan hinges on immediate wage adjustments once the Postal Telegraph company gains full control from the wire administration.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Postal Telegraph Company
Wire Administration
Locomotive Blows Up Near Avondale Express
Fort Worth Texas June 13 a Fort Worth and Denver passenger train left at 10 o clock today exploded at Avondale killing the engineer and several other passengers and crew members the tragedy stunned local officials and rail workers as investigators began inquiries into the blast.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
Denver
Avondale
Bank Hold Up In Manhattan Nets Large Sum
Six armed men raided two Colonial Bank messengers in Manhattan at noon today, stealing a large sum of money as they escaped in an automobile bound for the federal reserve bank.
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Associated Press
New York
Manhattan
Colonial Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Oddities From Far North and Far South In A Single Bizarre Chronicle
A reminiscence describes the Samoyed tribes of Archangel as fearless wanderers living off reindeer and untouched by civilization. It then notes New Zealand’s Kea parrot attacking flocks, its indiscernible sexes, and unknown breeding. A 1883 Sunda eruption produced a blue sun, blotting the sky and lighting Batavia at noon.
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Archangel
Arctic
New Zealand
Sunda States
Batavia
Equator
The Baptist Missionary Publishes New Assoc Paper
The Rio Grande Baptist Association has begun an associational paper edited by Laredo pastor Rev. Albert F. F. Beddon. The paper is well edited and neatly printed, promising considerable good in its chosen lines. We welcome it to the journalistic fold.
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the Baptist Missionary
The
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Laredo
Albert FF. Beddon
Allied reply draft faces delay amid reparations row
The drafting of the allied reply to German counter proposals advances today but is slowed by Britain’s bid to reopen reparations. A delivery likely delayed to Monday. While many expect German acceptance, doubts persist about signing by German delegates or government. Paris reports radical socialist administration possible but not guaranteed by allies. Plebiscites in Silesia and Sarre discussed with league approval, exact terms undisclosed. Five powers pledged to support Kolchak with supplies and munitions. Britain’s late bid to reopen the reparations plan seeks to integrate raw material control into the permanent reparations commission.
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Associated Press
Silesia
Germany
League of Nations
Sarre
K Kolchak
Kolchak
Paris to rewrite peace treaty with Germany revised again
Paris June 15 The peace treaty with Germany will be entirely rewritten and reprinted to incorporate explanations and clarifications from the allied reply to German counter proposals. The principal aim remains unchanged as a virtually new document will be presented.
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Paris
Germany
Democrats Oppose Knox Treaty Resolution After Conference
After a June 13 conference, leading Democratic senators announced plans to block a vote on Senator Knox's resolution declaring the peace treaty covenant with the league of nations unacceptable.
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Associated Press
Washington
Knox
Addicts in the United States Surpass One Million
The treasury department’s investigating committee reports more than 1,000,000 drug addicts in the United States and rising despite strong enforcement of federal law.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Treasury
Germans Near Halt in Noyon Montdidier Front
June 18 report notes French and American forces halting German Compiègne drive with London announcing the German advance had practically ceased in the Noyon Montdidier sector.
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London
Noyon- Montdidier
Francisco Villa Reported Married Again in Mexico
A traveler claiming to be present at a Valle de Allende ceremony reports the bandit Francisco Villa wed a 20 year old bride near Varral. The account says the wedding occurred as Villa attended by a young Mexican girl.
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Associated Press
Mexico City
Francisco Villa
Krxcelsior
Valle de Allende
Varral
Baroness de la Noche Tops Ruth Law Altitude Record
Paris June 13 Associated Press confirms French aviatrix Baroness de la Noche climbed 15 700 feet today setting a new altitude record surpassing Ruth Law by more than one thousand feet.
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Associated Preas
Paris
Baroness de la Noche
Ruth Law
Council Drops Attachments to Public Document
Four council members ruled it impracticable to attach the reply to the original document, fearing key causes would be obscured. The action renders obsolete the text published in the United States.
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Council of Four
United States
Berlin Councils Endorse Citizens Strike Quietly
A secret-session of Greater Berlin's council on Wednesday voted in favor of a citizens' strike, according to the leading independent socialist paper. The chairman said the strike is needed because the current government cannot redeem Germany from chaos.
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Berlin
Counci of
Greater Berlin
Germany
First cotton ship arrives at German port since war outbreak
Berlin reports the steamship Gulf at Mexico arrived in Hamburg from New Orleans. It is the first cotton boat to reach a German port since the war began.
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Berlin
Gulf
Mexico
Hamburg
New Orleans
Friday Events Across Nation Mark Key Anniversaries
Friday activities include the centennial birthday observance of Henry R. Pierson, with prominent speakers at the New Jersey Bar Association meeting in Atlantic City. Carter Glass to address the National Association of Credit Men in Detroit. Three thousand missionaries gather in Anderson Indiana for the Church of God camp meeting. National Assembly of Civil Commissions meets in Rochester focusing on women in civil service and veterans' preferences. Montana farmers meet at Bozeman on wheat, postwar agricultural plans. Princeton Class Day features ivy planting and cannon ceremony.
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Henry R. Pierson
University of the State of New York
New Jersey Bar Association
Atlantic City
Carter Glass
the Treasury
National Association of Credit Men's
Detroit
Anderson
Ind
Church of God
National Assembly of Civil Commissions
Rochester
Montana
State College
Bozeman
Princeton University
Chronic Constipation Advice and Remedies
This piece explains constipation results from low moisture in residual food matter and suggests drinking ample water, eating raw fruits, and outdoor exercise to improve it. It cautions against harsh laxatives and endorses Chamberlain's Tablets as mild, pleasant to take, and effective.
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Chamberlain
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141St Infantry
36Th Division
Hoboken, N. J
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Chas. Florian
B. F. Walker
Otis
Pearsall
Hattie Blake
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Miss Lula King
Gladys Bell
Sue Brennan
San Marcos
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Earl Brennan
Victoria
City of Roses
Clarence Jefferies
Seabrook, Texas
August Charles Richter
Helen Mary
Horace Edward Watson
Christ Church Laredo
Mabel
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Edward Richard Garner
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Bishop
J. M. Sallee
Mesdames Camp
Guinn
Heaner
Sallee
Circle C
W. C. Beaman
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Reeves, Yeary, Smith and Beaman
Chacon
Mesdames Q
J. Burr
Camp
Helen Lindsay
Bella Vista
Genevieve Camp
Ora Lee Camp
Kathleen Heaner
Margaret Copeland
Odette Bunn
Mattie May Ryan
F. A. Lindsay
Knight's of Columbus
Hof
Lucy
Magdalene Leyendecker
Mesdames Ryan
Morton
Mussett
Mullaily
G. P. Farias
W. T. Winter
C. S. McKinney
el Paso
A. C. Hamilton
J. B. Morton
W. N. Young
Maria Mowry
Maude McKnight
Clara Nelson
Mesdames Woodman
MacGregor
Young
Boniger
Cogley
Booth
O'Meara
Colbern
G. W. Derby
Fish
J. A. Wilson
McComb
Christen
Mally
A. C
Hull-Sutton
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Permanent
Commission
G. H. Knaggs
Times
Cotulla
George H. Knaggs
LaSalle County
Traveler
Bandit
Ruth
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