Woeful Plainti Against Tax on Stock Trades
A corrupting argument is cited to oppose a tax on stock exchange transactions, comparing it to Prohibition and gambling. The piece criticizes fictitious trading, notes the stock exchange’s influence on capital, and argues taxation should target gambling deals while preserving legitimate capital formation. It also discusses Mexican politics Carranza Obregon and possible asset movements amid turmoil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Ss Mg
United States
Wem
Pool Room
Stock Exchange
New York
Tense Rumors Surround Nuevo Laredo Frontline
Reports from the northern zone indicate heightened tension with rumors of possible retaking attempts on Nuevo Laredo. Carrancista claims, including a 15,000-strong Monterrey force, appear doubtful, while Monterrey’s troops face isolation and uncertainty amid strained loyalties in Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.
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Nuevo Laredo
Carrancistas
Consul de la Mata
San Antonio
Carranza
Monterrey
Coahuila
Nuevo Leon
Tamaulias
Mon
Hospital libraries bring reading aid to Sioux City patients
Public Library of Sioux City launches hospital library service across six city hospitals. Each hospital holds 300 to 500 volumes, with a hospital librarian visiting twice weekly to supply reading material. Book tracks help patients choose titles and storytellings occur in children’s wards. This therapy backed by the American Library Association wartime findings. C. W. Summers coined the program after camp librarian experience.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Hospital Library Service
Public Library
Public Library of
American Library Association
C. W. Summers
Impossible to mail messages in Constantinople due to courier rules
In Constantinople it is impossible to communicate by mail. Messages must be delivered by sending a servant or going in person, making direct contact the only reliable option. The rule forces travel or intermediary delivery for any correspondence.
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Constantinople
Bridge and town notes mix with theater and court news
News items include progress on the pontoons bridge with lighter traffic routes to the Mexican side, a fire destroying the international bridge a week ago, and Nuevo Laredo fall under Obregonista control. Also William Russell in Leave It to Me at Royal Theater with Spanish vaudeville, upcoming district court trials, marriage licenses for Jose Rivera and Fulalia Castillo, and routine county road matters.
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Two Laredos
Nuevo Laredo
Obregonistas
William Russell
Royal Theater
Siger
Oropeza
Times
Mexico
Jose Rivera
Fulalia Castillo
Local Bureau of Markets to close office for season
Mr Williams head of the local Bureau of Markets says the office will likely close for the season either Saturday or Monday as onion shipments have largely moved and remaining small lots do not justify keeping the office open.
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Local Bureau OF Markets
Williams
United States Bureau of Markets
Monterey Cut Off From Communication Advances in Diplomatic Talks
United States Consul Randolph Robertson, back from Monterey, reports conditions are quiet but the line of communication to Nuevo Laredo is severed. No telegraph or train service since last Thursday, with bridges and railways damaged. Monterey remains in Carrancista control while Nuevo Laredo is under Obregonista rule after last Sunday’s seizure.
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United States
Randolph Robertson
Nuevo Laredo
Monterey
Robertson
Carrancistas
Obregonistas
Catholic Educators to Meet in New York City
The seventeenth annual convention of the Catholic Educational Association will be held in New York City for three days starting next month. It opens with a solemn pontifical mass at St Patrick's Cathedral where Archbishop Hayes is expected to deliver the sermon. Sessions will be at the Cathedral College and the Commodore Hotel with educators from across the country amid renewed concern over federal school control.
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New York
Catholic Educational Association
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Hayes
Cathedral College
Commodore Hotel
Mrs Graves Promotes Rat Snap For Poultry Raisers
Mrs Mary Graves recounts her experience raising poultry after buying an incubator and discovering rats stealing chicks. After using RAT-SNAP she found two rats dead and later no more, praising it as the only sure rat killer. Sold and guaranteed by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Saultary Grocery.
Laredo ISD selects teachers and officers for 1920-21
At a regular board meeting in Laredo, John Maher qualified as a new member, M. B. Ryan was elected president, P. J. MacMahon vice president, Joe Moser secretary, and J. P. Leyendecker assistant secretary. Commencement will be at Royal Opera House May 21. The district elected numerous teachers recommended by City Superintendent Christen for 1920-21, including Laredo High School staff and many Laredo Grade School instructors. The board thanked retiring member Dr. M. P. Cullinan for his service to the city’s schools.
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Board of Trustees
Laredo Independent School District
John Maher
M. 8. Ryan
P. J. MacMahon
Joe Moser
J. P. Leyendecker
Laredo
Royal Opera House
Laredo Independent School
Christen
Laredo High School
Katherine Tarver
Mary Josephine Smith
Estelle Kline
Clay C. Watkins
Alma A. Pierce
Violet 8. Oberf
Sofia Salinas
Mary Strain
Refugio L. Diaz
Zoila de la Garza
Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald
Rex Shanks
Cecilia Leyendecker
Mary Hickey
Ruth Simpson
Maria Gonzalez
Lamar Sanchez
Maria Cardenas
H. G. DaCamara
Laura Mudd
M. B. Pinder
Henry Ward
Lucille Johnson
Zenaida Salinas
Flora Bunn
Ethel Gribble
Josephine D. Roberts
Louise Linn
Hermelinda Ochoa
M. P. Cullinan
City of
Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery Ad Prospectus
A vintage ad offering rewards for proof of artificial coloring usage, promising pure butter in cakes and pastries. It invites customers to try home baked ham veal loaf roast meats sausages cheese mayonnaise salad chips butter and eggs, and provides the phone number S41 for Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery, Reed's Drugstore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy Delicatessen and Bakery
Reed
Russian Girl Ae Villainess In The Forged Bride At Strand
Mary MacLaren stars in Universal's The Forged Bride with Dagmar Godowsky daughter of Leopold Godowsky as the arch villainess. The film written by J G Hawks and produced by Douglas Gerard will play at the Strand Theatre Saturday with MacLaren as heroine and Godowsky as adventuress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary MacLaren
Universal
Dagmar Godowsky
Leopold Godowsky
J. G. Hawks
Douglas Gerard
Strand Theatre
Miss
Miss MacLaren
Public manicure invitation from City Barber Shop
General announcement inviting the public to have manicuring services at the City Barber Shop with engagements available by calling 1103 for April 16.
Local gas official heads to national convention
Walter Stein, treasurer of the Border Gas Co. of this city, leaves tonight for Buffalo New York to attend the annual convention of the Natural Gas Association of America. After the convention he will visit several East cities and expects to return to Laredo around June 15.
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Walter Stein
Border Gas Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Natural Gas Association of America
Stein
Laredo
Taxpayers of Webb County Urged to Attend Meeting
Webb County commissioners call a conference of representative taxpayers to discuss county affairs and road construction policy. Highway engineer J G Rollins will present plans, materials, costs, and details at the county courthouse at 8 p m Friday May 14 in the district courtroom.
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Commissioners’ Court
Webb County
J. G. Rollins
Summer English Classes At 717 Lincoln Street
Notice of summer English classes starting May 16 at 717 Lincoln Street. Capacity for twenty boys or young men, sessions from 8 20 a m to 12 noon. For details contact at the above address or call 401.
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Lincoln Street
Hburg
Important Legion Meeting in Laredo Tonight
Laredo Post No. 59 of the American Legion plans an important meeting at Kika Wall this evening at 8 p.m. to discuss the constitution and by laws, a permanent charter, and a local recruitment push aimed at adding members as part of a nationwide drive to recruit about one million more. The post now has 115 of roughly 300 eligible Webb county residents, and leaders target near universal membership during May 17 to 22, with rivalry among Texas posts for a valuable prize at the next State convention.
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Laredo
Kika Wall
Legion
Webb County
Texas
City Park Rental Bids Due May 16 1920
Citizens invited to bid on renting the City Park in the northern city area comprising about thirty blocks. Bids must be submitted to the committee on public parks by May 16 1920. C Farias chairman M W Brennan and Albert Martin also on the committee.
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Committee On Public Parks
C. Farias
M. W. Brennan
Albert Martin
Mexican Consul Garcia defies orders on funds
Telegraph from El Paso reports Sonora financial agent Pesqueira demanding guard of Mexican funds under new government. Garcia replies that Mexico has not fallen, rejects his authority, and vows to uphold his duties and the republic amid alleged Carranza deposition claims.
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Paso
Roberto V. Pesqueira
Sonora
Melquiades Garcia
Ma. Carranza
Mr. Garcia
R. V. Pesqueira
el Paso
Texas
Mexico
Carranza
Republic
Nuevo Laredo Salons Reopen Under Military Orders
Saloons in Nuevo Laredo, closed after the city’s capture by Obregonistas, reopened yesterday with General Borquez’s orders barring sales of intoxicants to officers soldiers and policemen. The establishments agreed to comply and will remain open unless violations occur.
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Nuevo Laredo
Borquez
Eduardo Idar Named Assistant Agent of Revolutionary Government
Eduardo Idar, publisher of a local Spanish newspaper, received a telegram from Sonora, Mexico, announcing his appointment as assistant commercial agent to Arturo de Saracho. The post equals vice consul and will exist when the Carranza government falls to the revolutionaries.
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Eduardo Idar
Sonora
Mex
Arturo de Saracho
Carranza
Masonic Notice for Laredo Lodge Meeting
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No 547 AF and AM Friday at 8 p m Work in MM degree All visiting brethren invited to attend Fritz Werner W M 6 18 21.
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Laredo
A. F
A. M
Fritz Werner
W. M
Rat Snap Advertises Rodent Bait in Local Stores
A brief ad proclaims RAT S N A P bait works against rats. It advises breaking a cake into pieces and placing along travel paths. Available in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 at Sold and City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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A. Deutz & Brother
City Drug Co
Sanitary Grocery
Today’s anniversaries recount historic milestones and firsts
The record highlights dates from 1670 to 1905 noting Hudson’s Bay Company charter formation the Order of the Cincinnati the Fashion and Peytona match race in 1845 a 1873 Nova Scotia mine disaster California’s first woman lawyer Mary Josephine Young Carnegie Music Hall cornerstone 1890 reform plans in Armenia the death of War of 1812 veteran Hiram Cronk in Rome New York born April 29 1800.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Order of the Cincinnati
Hudson
Fashion
Peytona
Long Island
Drummond Colliery
Nova Scotia
Mary Josephine Young
California
Andrew Carnegie
New York City
Armenia
Turkey
Hiram Cronk
Rome
N. Y
Herkimer County
Government Sale of Condemned Merchandise in Laredo Texas May 28 1920
On May 28 1920 at 10 00 A M a cash sale will be held in the Court Room Federal Building Laredo Texas of condemned merchandise seized by the U S Marshal Southern District of Texas including Colt revolvers pistols cartridges and various reloading outfits plus clothing and miscellaneous items. Items listed with seizure numbers 49 L 60 L 58 L 1689 L 1690 L 70 L 75 L 76 L 1115 L 1168 L 1180 L 1214 L 1217 L 1285 L 1236 L 1237 L 1260 L 1801 L 1318 L 1344 L 1347 L 1348 L 1350 L 1361 L 1353 L 13854 L 1356 L 1357 L 1358 L 1360 L 1363 L 1364 L 12366 L 1394 L 1896 L 1404 L 1409 L 1410 L 1480 L 1447 L 1448 L 1449 L 1450 L 1451 L 1452 L 1454 L 1466 L 1467 L 1468 L 1471 L 1478 L 1483 L 1484 L 1485 L 1456 L 1487 L 1490 L 1518 L 1519 L 1520 L 1633 L 1634 L 1535 L 1540 L 1603 L 1897 L plus various firearms ammunition and accessories. The sale is conducted by J A Herring U S Marshal and Allen Walker Deputy.
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D. L
Federal Building
Laredo
Texas
Colt
Am. D. A
Colt’s
J. A. Herring
U. S
Southern Dist. of
Allen Walker
Economy Salvage House Items for Army Sale
Army surplus sale at 1701 Hidalgo St offers 20 000 army shoes 1 000 army wool shirts 300 army cotton mattresses 20 000 army leggings and many other articles plus 1 000 pairs ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture.
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Hidalgo St
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New Revolutionary Party
Huerta
Angeles
Santiago
Times Office
Jose E. Mogas
Union
BLISS
Liniment
Bliss Native
Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Co
Washington, D. C
Consul Garcia
Garcia
Emerson
Laredo Electric & Railway Company
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