Rowdy Senate clashes threaten Harding era harmony
The piece notes GOP unity in both houses but cites Borah as a disruptor seeking a naval disarmament conference. It discusses international tensions, immigration, and Yap, warning that Europe and Japan would resist disarmament without a broader league of nations. It contrasts Borah with party leaders and reflects on Napoleon's legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Senate
Congress
Borah
Great Britain
Japan
Harding
Yap
California
Association of Nations
League of Nations
Choffers
Perah
Donnybrook Fair
Wilson
Mr. Harding
Mr. Borah
Napoleon Bonaparte Remembered Amid Reparations Debates
An article recalls Napoleon Bonaparte as France’s most influential figure, noting his dominance of Europe save for a few powers and his faith in a guiding star driven by personal ambition. It credits the Code Napoleon and unity he helped forge, while acknowledging the harm caused to France and other nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsica
Notre Dame
Europe
St. Helena
the Invalides
France
Napoleon
Grand Orient of
Franc Macons
Josephine
Lucifer
Vale
Napoleon Bonaparte
Turkey
Russia
Great Britain
National Hospital Day Observed Across Western League
May 12 observance urged by President Tearney to baseball club owners as parks decorate with flags. Wounded sailors and soldiers to be admitted free, flag raising planned, spectators to sing the Star Spangled Banner. Aim to inform public of hospital service scope and unite effort for wartime care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sun Yat Sen to be inaugurated Chinese Republic president
Dr Sun Yat Sen, to be inaugurated today as President of the Chinese Republic, is well known to Americans for Harvard studies and years in the United States. He spent twenty years in exile organizing a revolutionary movement against the monarchy. In 1911 he was in London with Gen Homer Lee, then military adviser to revolutionists. Weeks later Sun Yat Sen returned to China as the rebellion gained strength, becoming Provisional President at Nanking until April 1, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Yat Sen
Harvard
United States
London
Homer Lee
Central Committee
Sun Rat Sen
China
Nanking
Yuan Shi Kai
Friday weddings dominate in Scotland
The article notes that nine-tenths of weddings in Scotland occur on Fridays, and mentions Africa having forty thousand miles of navigable rivers and lakes along with a claim about newborn Chinese infants being blond for the first three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Africa
Well Known in Home State James T. Duane Leads Massachusetts Legion
James T. Duane commander of the Massachusetts department of the American Legion is widely known among Legionnaires in the state. He met more than 50 former service men and women while heading the military division of the state treasury and oversaw $20,000,000 in veteran gratuities. He served as a private in France, rose to captain overseas, and once commanded a battalion during the Argonne-Meuse drive. Duane has worked as a retail salesman, theater member, and electric and gas company assistant manager, and helped block a proposed transfer of ex-service mental patients to Worcester asylum while pushing for public health staff in hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James T. Duane
Massachusetts Department of the American Legion
Massachusetts State Treasury Department
Argonne-Meuse
Duane
Massachusetts
New York
Electric and Gas
State Welfare and Post
Massachusetts Department of the Legion
Old State Insane Asylum
Worcester
Mass
Rule governing G Howard Mahon in South Carolina
G Howard Mahon Jr of Greenville South Carolina, wounded in action, spent months in European and American hospitals, discharged as disabled, took leading role in American Legion affairs in state, now president of Greenville Young Men's Business League. After hospital discharge on April 8, 1920 he led as commander of his hometown post and later department commander. An alumnus of Citadel Military School, he led the First Battalion 118th Infantry since organization until wounded at Bellicourt during the Thirtieth Division advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Howard Mahon, Jr
Greenville
S. C
South Carolina
Organization of the Legion
Eliie
Mahon
Young Men's Business League of
Legion
Citadel
118Th Infantry
Boches
Bellicourt
American Legion Aids Inter Allied Veterans in Paris
American Legion delegates helped form the Inter Allied Veterans association in Paris with reps from France Great Britain Belgium Italy and Czecho Slovakia to foster cordial ties. The plan includes mutual recognition of membership cards as the alliance expands toward a World War League of Nations. Delegates Cabot Ward Arthur Kipling Norman Coster J Sadler W H L A Coleman Edmond L Gros George A Dunagin H K J Seligman reported back on amalgamation details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Inter-Allied Veterans’ Association
Paris
Union Nationale Des Combattants
France
Comrades
Great Britain
Federation Nationale Des Combattants
Belgium
Associazone Nationale Combattenti
Italy
Cruzina
Czecho-Slovakia
League of Nations
Cabot Ward
Arthur W. Kipling
Paris Post No
Norman ©. Coster
J. Sadler
W. HL. A. Coleman
London Post
Edmond L. Gros
George A. Dunagin
KH. J. Seligman
Delegation of San Antonio Oil Men Visit Laredo Postponed
San Antonio Oil Men's Association and other San Antonio business leaders plan to visit Laredo and the Mirando field after the next well comes in. They will tour the field by chartered autos and bring several coachloads of prominent men. Public interest in the Laredo oil development is widespread across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Laredo
Bankruptcy Sale Notice for Bor-Tex Oil Company Assets
Public auction to sell bankrupt estate assets including a 10 000 acre Ortiz lease in Webb County near Laredo a 60 acre DeLeon area lease in Comanche County and one drilling set with oil field machinery fixtures and tools all free of liens. Auction to be held May 21 1921 at the Webb County Courthouse Laredo Texas by referee J C Scott trustee F M Ramsay announces the sale.
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J. C. Scott
Texas
Webb County
Laredo
Fort McIntosh Notes Artillery Band and League Play
A regimental band concert drew a large crowd with numbers from The Gladiator to Dinah. Company C beat league leaders the Quartermasters 6 to 1 in bat, Silverman and Dad Fassons starred for losers and winners respectively. Regiment plans include rifle team selection for Corps and Army meets. Captain Gray nears return. Post team aims to rebound against Laredo this Sunday as Coach Stack tightens practice sessions.
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Company C
Silverman
Dad” Fassons
Evils of Constipation and a Remedy
A short note warns that constipation can lead to appendicitis and urges keeping bowels regular. It endorses Chamberlains Tablets as an easy, mild and gentle remedy.
Man Who Located Mirando Well Is Now Much In Demand
J Carpenter of Laredo, famed for locating oil strata, predicted Laredo as a premier oil district. He helped locate Miranda No 3 in Zapata County, the well producing about 100 barrels daily, despite geologists’ doubts. His forecast spans Webb and Zapata counties, with plans for a new Webb County drilling venture within 30 days. Local capitalists back his oil pool locating, and he recently collected a $500 wager on the Miranda find.
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Mirando
J. Carpenter
Laredo
Lagedo
Mr. Carpenter
Miranda Oil Co
Zapata
Carpenter
Mexico
Webb
Tampico
Mirando No. 3
Webb County
Miranda
Billie Hart
Cinco de Mayo Anniversary Marks Mexican Victory
Today marks the 59th anniversary of the Puebla battle where General Ignacio Zaragoza’s Mexican army defeated the French forces in 1862 and began the decline of Emperor Maximilian’s rule. Porfirio Diaz earned recognition for his bold assault as Zaragoza praised him for promotion. Celebrations occur across Mexico, with Nuevo Laredo’s subdued observance noted as calmer than past years.
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Puebla
Mexico
Ignacio Zaragoza
Maximilian
Porfirio Diaz
Zaragoza
Diaz
Obregon
Nuevo Laredo
Laredos
el Cinco de Mayo
Manuel Cruz’s Small Dry Goods Store in Laredo
A compact notice highlights Manuel Cruz’s tiny dry goods shop in Laredo offering a small, selective stock with small capital and small margins. It promises customers the best value and lower prices for a few quality items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Cruz
Laredo
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IN the Bay’s News
Arican Legion News Service
Massachusetts Department
Home State
SAN Antonio Oil
F. M. Ramsay
Bor-Tex Oil Company
Fort Mcintosh
Dinah
Gray
Stack
Chichester
Roel Fog
Traveler’s Hotel
Vidaurri Ave
Ausoinine
J. S. Dentxe, Inc
FORDS
Tom W. Mussett
Home Ice Company
S. N. Johnson Bottling Works
Budweiser
Bevo
Southern Select
Beers
Coca Cola
Cleveland Cider Co
Deluxe Manufacturing CO
E. V. Clare
Flores
Durgin
Donnell
Roddy
Corpus Christi
Crumpler Sales CO
Www
J. Miller
Lincoln St
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