Daily History Lesson Chronicle Highlights Key Dates
A compact recap of notable historical markers on March 2 across years. Includes Suchet birth and death, Leo XIII birth, Missouri statehood approval, a volcanic eruption in the Moluccas, Thaddeus Stevens impeachment role, Lorenzo Thomas death, a Barcelona consulate mob, and Mount Rainier National Park's establishment.
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Marshal Suchet
Napoleon
Lyons
Marseilles
Pope Leo XIII
Carpineto
Rome
Missouri
Union
Great Sanger
Moluccas
Thaddeus Stevens
Johnson
Lorenzo Thomas
Congress
Washington, D. C
Newcastle
Del
United States
Barcelona
Spain
Mount Rainier National Park
Henry P Fletcher Named Under Secretary of State
Henry P Fletcher, slated for Under Secretary of State in the Harding Administration, is noted for his ambassadorship to Mexico during a tense diplomatic era. His background includes extensive experience with Spanish culture regions in the Americas, prior diplomatic service in China, Portugal, Chile and Mexico, legal training, and early civic work as a Rough Rider in Cuba in 1898.
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Henry P. Fletcher
Harding
Mexico
United States
Fletcher
Central
South America
Cuba
Philippines
China
Portugal
Chile
Pennsylvania
Texas Holiday Marks 85th Independence Anniversary
Today Texas observes a state holiday commemorating the 85th anniversary of its declaration of independence. Other national and regional meetings open today in Ottawa Kansas City and Washington, including the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy sessions and a subcommittee review of Republican party reorganization in the South. A memorial session for David Lubin at the U S Department of Agriculture also takes place.
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Texas
Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
Ottawa
Kansas City
Republican Party
South
Republican National Committee
Washington
Southern Commercial Congress
U. S. Department of Agriculture
David Lubin
International Institute of Agriculture
Rome
Senate OKs Lodge Monroe Doctrine Reservation in Peace Pact
One year ago today on March 2 the US Senate adopted Senator Lodge's Monroe Doctrine reservation to the German peace treaty in a 68 to 22 vote. The action marked a major stance on postwar settlements and international policy.
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Senator Lodge
United States
Senate
Inter scholastic title swim preview for Illinois meet
Chicago March 2. A large entry list promises record performances at the second annual national swimming meet for inter scholastic championships. The event brings together top high school swimmers. early events include distance, 40 yard swim, 100 yard breast stroke, 100 yard swim, 100 yard back stroke, diving from a ten foot board, 220 yard swim and 169 yard relay for four men.
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Chicago
Illinois Athletic Club
Aged Pioneer Baldwin Reaches Remarkable Eighty-Seven
Col Elias Briggs Baldwin Kansas pioneer soldier and teacher born June 1 1834 near Poughkeepsie New York. He served as captain in the 36th Illinois Infantry and later lieutenant colonel of the 8th Missouri cavalry with roles in Pea Ridge and the Army of the Frontier.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Elias Briggs Baldwin
Kansas
Col. Baldwin
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
West Greenwich
Rhode Island
Auburn
William H. Seward
Abraham Lincoln
Baldwin
36Th Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Lincoln
Seward
Illinois
Phil H. Sheridan
Springfield
Franz Sigel
Pea Ridge
Missouri
8Th Missouri Cavalry
Frank Herron
Army of the Frontier
Ottawa
Kan
Labette County
Loyal Legion
General Grant
George Baldwin
Haselrigg
Oliver Cromwell
Oyster Bay
Peter Stuyvesant
Julia Crampton
New England
North
Belgium
Germany
Europe
Weather Bureau
U. S. Signal Corps
Peary
Greenland
Walter Well
Union Fruit Company Becomes Sames Moore & Co Unit
The Wholesale Fruit & Produce Business in the city formerly operated by Roy Campbell Company has been purchased by Sames Moore & Company. It will operate as part of their wholesale grocery business with the Market Plaza store renamed Union Fruit Company. City orders should be phoned to 1151 and 1161.
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Roy Campbell Company
Sames, Moore & Company
Market Plaza
Union Fruit Company
Parish Guild and church groups schedule meetings
Wednesday activities include the Parish Guild of Christ Church meeting at 3 30 pm at Mrs C H Kehl. Circle B of the W M U gathers at 3 00 pm at Mrs T C Mann for a study course. Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church to meet at 3 30 pm at Mrs Ramsey. Thursday features the UT Laredo ex students reunion at 8 20 pm in the High School Auditorium.
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Guild of Christ Church
C. H. Kehl
University of Texas At Laredo High School
Circle B
T. C. Mann
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Presbyterian Church
Four Things To Learn For A Truly Honest Record
Henry Van Dyke quote opens a ledger of virtues as local news notes several residents traveling to New York City San Antonio and Dallas for events and a Texas church women group meeting. Junior Auxiliary at Christ church held a quilting session at the Rectory while Tuesday Music and Literary Club at the Elks Club discussed scholarships and Western art with readings and individual performances.
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Heaven
Henry van Dyke
Elks Club
Flora Dilgarde Anderson
Laredo
F. D. Anderson
Rotarians Hear Memory Training Talk at Laredo Meeting
The Laredo Rotary Club met at the Hamilton Hotel Cafe with a large turnout. Dr. J. C. Curran of New York, founder of the Curran System of Memory Training, gave the program, recalling each Rotarian by name after introductions and explaining memory training as a tool for better future recall. The session ended after the talk with the singing of America.
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Dr. J. ©. Curran
Wonderful Memory System
Rotary Club
Laredo
Curran
Stricken From Report On Armistice Day Sacrifices
Washington March 2 Associated Press reports the house war investigation committee struck from the sub committee report charges that American soldiers were needlessly sacrificed on Armistice Day. The move changes the inquiry focus and omits the earlier accusations.
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Associated Press
Washington
House War Investigation Committee
Keelin Expelled From Chicago Board of Trade
Thomas W. Keelin head of a hay and grain dealer firm was expelled from the Chicago board of trade after a unanimous vote following a trial over short weighting in feed sales. The case involved millions of dollars in the past twenty years. he had been a member since 1907.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Thomas W. Keelin
Chicago Board of Trade Today
Harding's Final Farewell From Marion Porch
President elect Harding and Mrs Harding received a large Marion crowd in a formal farewell on the front porch with factory whistles joining in. Marion officials presented a silver plaque inscribed Gods blessings to you as the Hardings prepared to depart for Washington.
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Associated Press
Marion
Ohio
Harding
Hardings
Washington
Senate Kills Bill Making It a Felony in Baseball Fix
Austin March 2 The senate voted 13 to 10 to kill a measure making it a felony to fix or throw a baseball game. The Texas Declaration of Independence was read in the house in observance. J O Bradfield, a Hood's Texas Brigade survivor from Sharpsburg, presented the unit flag to the house.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Senate
J. O. Bradfield
Hood
Sharpsgareg
Campaign to curb migratory game law violators announced
Davenport Iowa March 2 United States Game warden Charles P S Smith announces a campaign with federal and state wardens to protect migratory birds along the Mississippi from the south to the north during the spring. The effort will include a speed launch and coverage from St Louis to Minneapolis with participation by multiple states including North and South Carolina Georgia Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Texas and Florida. The drive aims to deter persistent violators and end market hunting through stronger enforcement.
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Davenport
Charles P. S. Smith
United States
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Smith
St. Louis
Minneapolis
South
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Alabama
Texas
Florida
Senate Passes Blue Sky Bill Substituting House Version
The Senate approved the blue sky bill today, substituting the version from the House and sending the measure forward for final action. The move consolidates the proposal under the Senate’s framework and reflects negotiations between chambers.
Gets New Trial for Crosby County Man in 1920 Murder Case
Austin March 2 Sam Gates of Crosby county will get a new trial after the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled the state's motion for rehearing. Gates was convicted of murdering J W Burton on March 8 1920 and sentenced to 9 ½ years in the penitentiary. the court had reversed and remanded earlier. The same session confirmed Frank Taylor of Smith county's 25 year sentence for the murder of Jim Norris.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Sam Gates
Crosby County
J. W. Burton
Court of Criminal Appeals
Frank Taylor
Smith County
Jim Norris
Oriental Problems At Federal Labor Council Probe
Washington march 2 the executive council of the American Federation of Labor directed president Gompers to investigate the whole Japanese and Oriental industrial and labor problem to determine if restrictions on American workers and capital in the Far East were not more severe than those imposed on Orientals at home.
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Associated Press
Washington
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor Today
Gompers
Far East
Sam Houston Memorial Day Observed in Austin Texas
Sam Houston Memorial Day was observed as a semi holiday in Texas with state and city offices closed and schools closed. The day marks the eighty fifth anniversary of the signing of the Texas declaration of independence at Washington on the Brazos on March 2 1836 and honors Gen. Sam Houston as the leading figure in the Texas struggle for independence.
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Austin
Texas
Sam Houston
Washington-on-the-Brazos
League of Nations replies to American note on mandates
Paris March 2 The executive council of the League of Nations announced the text of its reply to the American note on mandates. The council says it welcomes and feels justified to claim the sympathy and support of the government that devised the scheme it administers. The note adds that the United States rights as a leading war and peace actor are not likely to be challenged in any quarter.
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Paris
Executive Council
League of Nations
United States
Rescuers Halt Efforts at Kathleen Mine Trapping
Dowell Al reports rescuers abandoned attempts to reach seven men trapped by a fire in the Kathleen mine after a shaft 144 feet into the chamber released deadly gas, making escape unlikely.
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Associated Press
Dowell, al
Kathleen
Harding administration to answer mandates notes
The state department said today that the reply to the notes from the league of nations council and the British government on mandates would be left to the Harding administration.
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Washington
State Department
League of Nations Council
Harding
Toronto to Host 23rd Canadian Whist League Congress
Toronto will entertain the twenty third annual congress of the Canadian Whist League at the beginning of April with members from various clubs gathering for the event.
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Toronto
Ontario Good Roads Convention Opens In Toronto
The Ontario Good Roads Association holds its annual convention in Toronto starting March 2 with a large, representative attendance. The gathering aims to advance a comprehensive plan for an improved provincial highway system and will remain in session for several days.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Good Roads Association
Reparations conflict deepens as Allies set terms
London reports the Allied supreme council plans to seize German customs receipts in occupied territory to enforce Germany's reparations obligations. The move follows a rejection of Germany's proposals as unacceptable by Paris papers, with Briand warning France will act decisively if pressed. Andrew Bonar Law attends the allied meeting.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Plaius
Supreme Council
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Paris
Lievad George
Briand
France
German offer deemed wholly inadequate by papers
London reports on March 2 that all newspapers call the German proposal to the allies yesterday wholly inadequate. Descriptions label the terms as impudently ludicrous fantastic and grotesque.
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London
City appoints three special policemen in precautionary move
Plainville Texas March 2. As a precaution against the national crime wave the city council has appointed three special policemen. Sheriff Terry said today he would appoint an equal number of deputies to cooperate with the policemen.
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Plainville
Texas
Terry
Chaump Clark In Extremely Critical Condition
Washington reports Chaump Clark remains in extremely critical condition today with physicians holding little hope for recovery. The update says he is under intensive care and monitored closely by medical staff.
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Associated Press
Washington
Champ Clark Dies In Washington At 70 After 26 Years In House
Champ Clark died in Washington on March 2 in his 70s, just after retiring from the House after a 26 year career. The death followed pleurisy and age related illnesses after a severe cold ten days earlier.
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Washington
Champ Clark
Disapproved Swift and Armour Stockyards Proposal
Justice Stafford of the District of Columbia supreme court disapproved the substitute proposal by Swift and Armour for selling stockyards interests. The court found the plant shows a long continued ownership by the defendants and too weak court control.
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Washington
Stafford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Swift and Armour Companies
Trust Company to Take Over Morris and Company Stakes
Washington March 2 A decree orders a Washington trust company to acquire the interests of Morris and Company and Wilson and Company in the stock yards and to dispose of them.
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Washington
Washington Trust Company
Morris and Company
Wilson and Company
Mail truck held up in Oakland by three bandits
A mail truck in Oakland was hijacked today by three robbers who leaped from a car and covered the driver with revolvers. Six packages of registered mail were taken as investigators opened a search for the suspects. The value of the stolen mail is being tallied.
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Associated Press
Oakland
Cal
Judiciary Committee Finds Judge Land's Arbiting Improper
Washington March 2 The house Judiciary committee held that Judge Land's acceptance as supreme baseball arbiter conflicts with his duties as judge and constitutes serious impropriety The committee urged full congressional impeachment inquiry led by Rep Welty of Ohio to probe the matter and consider charges against the judge
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Associated Press
Washington
House Judiciary
Land
Railroad Won’t Hire Union Men in Arkansas Strike Impact
Helen Ark March 2. Charles Patrick Phelan general manager of the Migotori and North Arkansas railroad said the road will recognize union men and operate on an open road. He noted 70 strikebreakers brought to Harrison from Kansas City. Nearly all operative clerks have resumed work.
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Associated Press
Helen
Ark
Harles Patrick Phelan
Migotouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Tech
Anti Soviet Uprising Reported in Russia
London reports dated March 2 confirm dispatches about an antisoviet uprising in Russia. The situation is described as serious and developing with ongoing tensions and potential impact on regional stability.
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Associated Press
London
Rrussia
Army bill battle stalls army expansion vote
Washington March 2 The Senate failed to concur in an amendment to the army appropriation bill. The measure would have provided for 175,000 enlisted men after June 30 but was opposed by the administration. An Associated Press dispatch reports firm opposition to the proposed expansion.
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Associated Presa
Wuaehington
Fio
Senate
Wilson Signs Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation Bill
President Wilson signed the 10.5 million diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Congress completed the agricultural bill carrying 20 million and left only three regular appropriation measures for the White House. The president’s desk was cleared of supply bills until the agricultural measure arrived.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Presidents
Costa Rica mobilizes volunteers as unity backs Acosta
Hundreds of Costa Ricans volunteer for military service against Panarma. The national assembly expresses confidence in President Acosta and solidarity with the government in defense of the national territory.
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Associated Press
San Jose
Costa Rica
Panarma
National Assembly
Acosta
Weather outlook from New Orleans bureau
The Times presents a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Thursday unsettled with probable local rains. Fort McIntosh observations show a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a maximum of 81 degrees and a minimum of 60 degrees. Wind is generally from the southeast and skies clear.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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