Germany's Surrender Shapes U S World Role in Postwar Policy
Thursday's Daily surveys reactions to Germany accepting allied reparations terms. Paris and American voices diverge on faith and consequences. The United States, now able to press equal rights and foreign policy aims, must decide on Senate ratification while addressing global postwar problems and future leadership.
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Paris
Germany
United States
Senate
League of Nations
State Department
Executive
Versailles
Greece
Turkey
Upper Silesia
Yap
Japan
Russia
A Texas county court’s zeal and the pursuit of conviction
The speaker criticizes prolonged trials in Kaufman and Webb counties where many defendants faced multiple cases, noting the high cost to taxpayers and the few reversals by higher courts. He argues expediting prosecutions preserves respect for law, highlights the rarity of acquittals, and praises local juries and procedures.
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Kaufman County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Kaufman
Court of Review
Webb County
Mexico
Ofr
Notable events in early American and world history
On May 12 1621 the Plymouth colony saw its first marriage Edward Winslow and Susanna White. In 1789 the Tammany Society first met in New York. 1812 Earl of Liverpool became British premier. 1846 Congress appropriated ten million dollars for the Mexican War. 1882 Israel Washburn Maine governor died in Philadelphia born 1813. 1887 James A Garfield monument unveiled in Washington. 1892 cantilever bridge opened at Memphis. 1496 Sweden marked Gustavus Vasa birth anniversary.
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The
Tammany Society
New York
Earl of Liverpool
Congress
Mexico
Israel Washburn
Maine
Philadelphia
Livermore
James A. Garfield
Washington
D. C
Mississippi
Memphis
Sweden
Gustavus Vasa
Forcing the Law on Prohibition in Texas
An editorial argues that strict enforcement of prohibition in Texas could bolster respect for law, noting 15 of 28 criminal appeals involve Dean prohibition violations and convictions of two Kaufman county brothers. It laments splitting offenses into parts to avoid penalties and calls for consistent statewide enforcement.
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Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Kaufman County
Bankruptcy Sale Notice for Fordson Tractor in Webb County
Notice of bankruptcy sale by referee J Scott in the Southern District of Texas. The Fordson Tractor 93752-H belonging to bankrupt G C Nye will be sold at public auction for cash at the Webb County Court House door in Laredo on Saturday May 28 1921 from 10 am to 4 pm. Auction held free of all liens. Witness dated May 7 1921.
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J. ©. Scott
Texas
Webb County
Laredo
Fordson
G. C. Nye
France Sets Fine For Animal Cruelty At Three Dollars
The law fixes the maximum penalty for cruelty to animals in France at a fine not exceeding three dollars. The notice notes the airless altitude of Pharjiong Tibet where the world’s highest post office stands at about fourteen thousand three hundred feet above sea level.
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France
Pharjiong
Tibet
Lewiston Woman Now Well and Happy
Mrs. Alice McCluskey of Lewiston Maine credits Tanlac with ending twenty years of indigestion and rheumatic pain. She says she gained 14 pounds, can perform housework easily, walks blocks after work, and urges others to try Tanlac. The medicine is sold at City Drug Store in Laredo and other leading druggists.
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Alice McCluskey
Taniac
Park Street
Lewiston
Laredo
City
Maine
Old Kentucky Home Day Honors Stephen Foster Songwriter
Kentucky observes Old Kentucky Home Day by governor proclamation to honor Stephen Foster creator of the beloved song. The drive to purchase Federal Hill memorial site continues, with details of Foster life from his Pittsburgh birth to his Tennessee and Ohio River region upbringing and his famous works.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Stephen D. Foster
Federal Hill
Foster
Old
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
New Orleans
Lawrenceville
Cincinnati
Susanna
Old Kentucky
John Rowan
United States
Bardstown
Rowan
Southern
Notice to Delinquent Tax Payers in Laredo 1885 1920
Public notice warns all individuals owing city taxes in Laredo for any year from 1885 to 1920 to immediately pay at the city tax collector. Failure leads to foreclosure of the tax lien, sale of the property, and accumulation of taxes penalties interest and court costs.
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Laredo
Times Ad Promotes Daily Watch Subscriptions
The Times advertises a daily watch service with a price of 60 cents per month, highlighting ongoing opportunities to stay informed through regular timing notices.
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the Times
Timely Hints by Setliffe in Illinois Legion program
Eleven commandments in reverse English offer guidance from William Q. Setliffe state adjutant of the American Legion in Illinois. The list urges self interest and minimal participation, urging avoidance of meetings in rain or warm nights and criticizing peers, while encouraging noninvolvement in post affairs and dues neglect.
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William Q. Setliffe
American Legion
Illinois
Cantonments
Brest
George
Doctor Ira L Parsons Miss Department Commander
Dr Ira L Parsons commander of the Mississippi department of the American Legion was among revived war era physicians who joined military service in World War I He was 41 at the outbreak born in Lincoln county Mississippi educated at Mississippi College and Tulane He practiced in Brookhaven and served in the Mississippi National Guard rising to major He commanded Field Hospital 153 overseas led Seventh Corps Field Hospital and later Collecting Hospital Seventh Corps at Witlich Germany He joined the Legion executive committee and was elected Mississippi state commander in 1920.
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Ira L. Parsons
Missiestopi
American Legion
Linco County
Miss
Parsons
Mississippi College
Tulane University
Brookhaven
Mississippi National Guard
Seventh Corps Field Hospital
Collecting Hospital
Seventh Corps
Witlich
Germany
Mississippi Department of the Legion
Piece From Enemy's Lines Restored as Public Square Display
A captured German 77 howitzer, retired and placed on Marshfield Wisconsin’s public square by members of William J. Lesser Young Post, stands as a commemorative relic. Argonne veterans kept their distance from the gun during the ceremony.
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Marshfield
Wisconsin
Wis
William
J. Lesser Young
Argonne
Legion Fund Cares for Sixty Two French Orphans
The adoption fund of the American Legion cared for sixty two French war orphans during 1920. Posts nationwide and individuals contributed a total of 4650 dollars to support the effort.
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American Legion
Legion
Rotary Club Luncheon Draws Large Attendance in Laredo
The Laredo Rotary Club met at Hamilton Hotel Cafe with all city members present and guests Sidney Katz F M Hicks J Newman Numsen and Dr Myron H Moen. Louis Christen was fined two bits with suspended sentence. Two new members Guy Trout and Ed Russell were introduced. The group thanked Laredo High School for the invitation to its commencement and the meeting closed with The Star Spangled Banner.
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Laredo
Louis J. Christen
Laredo High School
Rotary Club
Frank A. Lattig
Guy M. Trout
Ed 8. Russell
Robert L. Bobbitt
I. A. Matthes
Boy Scouts Second Class Exam closes May 12
Last call for second class work as the examination for Second Class Scouts will close Thursday May 12 at 6 o'clock. Those not passing must wait for the next Court of Honor. The Scout Executive will be at Scout Headquarters tonight until eight to pass the boys. Get busy.
Laredo Scout Court of Honor Set at Elks Hall
Scoutmasters and all troops urged to report to Scout Headquarters Friday night at 7 30 in Scout uniform. First Court of Honor to be held at Elks Hall Friday night at 8. Over 75 Tenderfoot Scouts to pass to Second Class in Laredo Council, Boy Scouts of America. AUGUST.C. RICHTER President A D BORDEAUX Commissioner F L MACKAY Executive.
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Boy Scouts
Scout
Laredo
Another Storm Hits Laredo With Rain and Hail
Laredo and surrounding country saw a northward storm last night bringing electrical display and light rain with a little hail. Rainfall totaled .35 inch locally, with light showers reported along the Texas Mexico road to Aguilares Peacadi to Hebbronville Realitos Zapata county and along rail routes south to Cotulla Artesia Atlee and coal fields. The storm's rainfall was light but beneficial to cotton and other crops.
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Laredo
Aguilares
Peacadito
Hebbronville
Realitos
Zapata County
Cotulla
Artesia
Atlee
Light criminal docket at district court term
The present term’s criminal docket is lighter than the prior term which ended last Saturday with fifty three indictments. The current term runs eight weeks for grand jury work and civil matters occupy the docket. Original docket includes May 28 Domingo Suarez and others for liquor violations, May 24 D F Edward theft and forgery, May 25 Van A Lile theft autos, May 26 Feliciano Esparza horse theft and Manuel Villareal auto conversion, May 27 Dionicio Rendon swindling over fifty dollars, Rodolfo Garcia auto conversion, May 30 Norberto Gutierrez murder, May 31 C R Riddle armed robbery, June 1 Alice McKinney robbery and theft, June 2 Van C Bushnell theft over fifty.
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District Court
Grand Jury
Walls
Domingo Suarez
Arturo Laurel
Lucius Clements
D. F. Edward
D. F. Edwards
van A. Lile
J. V. Rosamond
Feliciano Esparza
Manuel Villareal
Dionicio Rendon
Rodolfo Garcia
Norberto Gutierrez
C. R. Riddle
Alice McKinney
van C. Bushnell
Consul General de Saracho Named Chief of Repatriation Commission
A telegram from Mexico City reports Arturo de Saracho, consul general in this city, appointed chief of the repatriation commission of the foreign relations department. He will head efforts to assist Mexican citizens in the United States needing repatriation, while remaining consul general with headquarters in Mexico City until the work is finished, at least one month.
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Mexico City
Arturo de Saracho
Department of Foreign Relations
United States
de Saracho
Mirando wells update and Zapata Drilling to spud Friday
Mirando No 3 remains on pump producing while Mirando No 4 drops toward 800 feet and continues downward. Zapata Producing Refining Co plans to spud a well Friday on the Mirando lease north line and south side of the lease with a capable crew. Other firms have contracted derricks and ordered rigs, signaling active drilling across Zapata and Webb counties in the oil district.
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Mirando No. 4
Zapata Producing & Refining Co
Mirando No. 3
Mirando
Zapata County
Webb County
Stabbing Afffray After Yard Altercation in Nuevo Laredo
Alejo Pedraza yardmaster at the National Lines of Railways of Mexico yards in Nuevo Laredo was stabbed three times by Vicente Villareal. The assailant was arrested by the military guard after a struggle that required a rifle butt to subdue him. Pedraza was taken to a hospital with reportedly not serious injuries.
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National Lines of Railways of Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Alejo Pedraza
Vicente Villareal
Pedraza
Examination for all teachers' certificates set for June
A countywide teachers' examination will be conducted in the Puig building at the county book depository on Lincoln Street during June's third and fourth days. Applicants must notify the county superintendent one week before the exam date.
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County Book Depository
Puig
Lincoln Street
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