A Daily History Lesson Dates and Figures
A chronology notes events and births across years from 1811 to 1894. Notable items include Frances Whitcher birth, Caledonian Canal opening, Bertha M. Clay birth, England Persia war, Papal States invasion excommunications, Palmer House opening, Charles Faulkner death, and Emperor Alexander II’s death and succession by Nicholas I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances M. Whitcher
Widow Bedett
Whitestone
N. Y
Scotland
Charlotte M. Braeme
Bertha M. Clay
England
Persia
Herat
Papal States
Palmer House
Chicago
Charles J. Faulkner
U. S
France
Boydvillie
W. Va
Martinsburg
Emperor Alexander II
Russia
Nicholas I
Bossé Penrose Turns 60 as Pennsylvania Senator Seeks Re election
Bossé Penrose, senior U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, marks his 60th birthday and faces re election in tomorrow's balloting. A lawyer by trade, he began in the Pennsylvania legislature, then served 13 years in state lawmaking before election to the U.S. Senate in 1911. He has long led the stalwart conservative Republican wing and acted as a guardian of Pennsylvania protected industries in national conventions and his senatorial career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bossé Penrose
United States
Pennsylvania
Senator Penrose
Republican Party
United States Senate
Birthday anniversaries of notable figures on November 1
Madame Albani born near Montreal 68 years ago today. Rodolphe Lemieux born in Montreal 54 years ago today. George W. P. Hunt born in Huntsville Missouri 61 years ago today. Edward Robinson born in Boston 62 years ago today. Margaret Sherwood born in Ballston New York 56 years ago today. Chester Rowell born in Bloomington Illinois 53 years ago today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame Albani
Montreal
Rodolphe Lemieux
Canada
George W. P. Hunt
Arizona
U.S
Siam
Huntsville
Edward Robinson
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Boston
Margaret P. Sherwood
Wellesley College
Ballston
N. Y
Chester H. Rowell
California
Progressive Party
Bloomington
An Old Pioneer Colonel James B McDougall dies at 101
Col James B McDougall a Gray son county pioneer dies in Denison at 101. He helped shape early North Texas days when guns and strong men ruled. He was vice president of Denison Bank and Trust Co and a director in several firms. He built a fortune near 1 060 000 and was famed for McDougall's Bar and his blunt character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denison
Texas
James B. McDougall
Grayson County
Col. McDougall
Denison Bank and Trust Company
North Texas
Day of Remembrance and Political Finale Across the Nation
All Saints Day services mark memorials for fallen soldiers across France while a US political finale unfolds. Erastus O Haven centennial noted, Boies Penrose turns 60. Western Royal Livestock Show opens at Spokane and runs through the week as Cox and Harding close campaigns with last speeches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Erastus O. Haven
Boies Penrose
U. S
Pennsylvania
Spokane
Wash
United States
Cox
Toledo
Harding
Marion
Social Calendar Highlights This Week
Monday features a Woman's Club meeting at 4 PM and a Halloween party by Mr and Mrs J B DaCamara at 8 30 PM for friends. Also Monday a Woman's Missionary Society gathering at the Methodist Church at 4 PM. Tuesday the Sunbeam Band meets at 4 PM at the Baptist Church. Mrs KF Masterson hosts a 4 PM party celebrating daughter Mary Frances birthday at Mrs Ee Sharkey's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
J. B. DaCamara
Woman's Missionary Society
Methodist Church
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
KF. C. Masterson
Mary Frances
When You Came and News From San Antonio
Long column of social notes and announcements lists visitors and travel to and from San Antonio and other Texas towns. Mr Don Mims was expected home from San Antonio after a Steiners Convention. Mrs C M Fish and Miss Marjorie Fish planned to visit relatives in San Antonio. others include Captain George Condren, Helen MacGregor, Miss Hazel Irwin, Reverend Travis Bruce Bunn, Ian Bennett, and Miss Belva Bergman engaged to Clarence Graham with a November wedding planned. News also covers Miriam Chapter meeting, Junior Auxiliary, and a Halloween party hosted by Mrs R L Poster for Alta Gracia with games, prizes, and treats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Fish
Marjorie Fish
San Antonio
Wm. Bergman
Belva
Clarence E. Graham
Hallowe'en Parties at Soldiers Club Roof and Aldridge Home
A large crowd attended the Soldiers Club Roof Hallowe en dance with decorations of corn stalks pumpkins and streamers and music by the 17th Infantry Band. Mr W Aldridge hosted a second Halloween party for Nazileen with colorful decor costumes prizes and games for a list of attendees including Mrs J E Applewhite and Mrs F B Adams and numerous guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soldiers Club Roof
17Th Infantry
Weber
New Orleans Port Urged as Key Shipments Route to Chile
Greater use of the port of New Orleans for shipment of exports from the central Mississippi valley to Chile would aid manufacturers and importers, says Tomas A. Page Chilean consul in Cincinnati, who favors making New Orleans a port of call for ships now plying between New York and Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Valparaiso
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Chile
Tomas A. Page
Cincinnati
New York
Industrial highlights from 19th century notes
A survey of early industry lists progress across sectors. Meadville straw paper in 1828, California’s 265000 acres of beans, Hartford edge tools for a century, and fifty years since automatic self binders. Washington starts a fish culture school while U S engineers aid disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadville
California
Hartford
Conn
Susquehanna
Money Makers Ad Feature in Times Want Ads
Classified column highlights lucrative opportunities and practical tips for readers seeking passive income and small business ideas. Advertisements emphasize low startup costs, quick returns, and accessible options for individuals exploring side ventures.
Land Reform Empowers Romania Peasants In One Year
Romania with the Agrarian Reform Act has distributed 5 009 000 lands to peasants, giving cut right ownership. King Ferdinand led expropriations, improving contentment though displeasing private proprietors. Agriculture sustains 85 percent of the population, crops rise, but widespread illiteracy and stark poverty persist in rural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Jussy
Rumania
Ruimanta
Ferdinand
Romania
Europe
Odd Facts From History A Curio Of The Times
A column notes bananas as brain food, Ovambo plaits in Africa, Bellevue Hospital’s vast patient load, Mozart’s early compositions, New York telephone traffic, prickly pear spread in Australia, porpoise oil value, Ireland's size relative to Denmark and Holland, a long interurban trolley, and vellum maps in Trinity College Dublin from Elizabethan times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Hospital
New York City
Mozart
Australia
Ireland
Denmark
Switzerland
Holland
Belgium
United States
Cleveland
Akron
Trinity College
Dublin
Dresden to open institute for color science study
Dresden will establish an institute dedicated to developing the scientific study of color and applying research results to industrial purposes. The venture aims to advance color theory and practical uses across manufacturing and design sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Night riders burn farms in Alabama Black Belt attack
Associated Press report from Montgomery details a night rider assault in the Alabama Black Belt. Two white farmers’ houses and multiple negro cabins and outbuildings burned, with extensive cotton, mills, barns, and seed destroyed. A sheriff’s party was fired upon. two black assailants died and others fled as the Montgomery county grand jury was summoned to investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Black Belt
Alabama
Montgomery County
Leaders Confident at Polls in Tight Presidential Race
New York, Nov 1. With polls opening within 24 hours, Democratic and Republican leaders reiterate confidence their candidates will win. Both parties focus on doubtful states led by Ohio with 24 electoral votes and include Arizona, Kentucky, Maryland, New Mexico, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Tomy
Fire at Seymour McLain Hotel Kills One Man
Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 1. The McLain Hotel in Seymour was burned early today, leaving one man dead and two others missing. The three story rock building was a total loss. The victim was We. G. Whiteside, a local Seymour real estate man. The fire began at the Majestic Cafe when a coffee urn exploded under a gas flame, sparking rapid spread and multiple narrow escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Texas
McLain
Seymour
We. G. Whiteside
Rock
Sub Treasury to Close November 3 in Chicago局
Secretary Houston announced the end of the sub treasury at close of business November 3. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago will be prepared on that date to handle all exchanges including paper currency and United States money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sub-Treasury
Houston
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
United States
California anti Japanese law deemed unacceptable
Washington November 1 The state department stated that no anti Japanese legislation in California will be acceptable to the United States unless it complies with existing law and the national standard of justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
State Department
Weather outlook predicts rain on election day in several regions
Weather bureau forecasts rain along the Atlantic states, upper Ohio valley, and Great Lakes with possible snow in northern Michigan Wisconsin and Minnesota. Clearing cooler weather follows in Gulf states Tennessee lower Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Much cooler conditions expected across plains Rock Mountains and western states.
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Associated Press
Washington
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Plains
UT Mechanical Engineering Students Seek ASME Chapter
Students in UT Austin mechanical engineering petition the American Society of Mechanical Engineers to form a university chapter. ASME is a national body of graduate engineers and upperclassmen in recognized colleges and universities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Texas Pearl Shells Survey Opens Pearl Industry in Texas Rivers
Texas mussel beds in the San Saba Llano and Concho rivers are to be surveyed by pearl factory representatives from To wa. Shells fetch 50 to 170 dollars per ton based on size and color, with pearls of varying value. The state will collect a one dollar royalty per ton and a ten dollar operator license.
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Austin
Texas
Towa
San Saba
Llano
Concho
Drag Harlan’s slow draw earns him a fearsome name
William Farnum stars as Drag Harlan in At the Royal Theatre's tomorrow and Wednesday engagement. Storm Rogers explains the character’s habit of delaying his draw then shooting first, a tactic that wins him the advantage as villains rush to draw. The notorious gunslinger’s method always leaves opponents at a loss.
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Warlan
Storm Rogers
William Farnum
Harlan
Royal Theater
Gold Fields in Russia Reported by German Journal
A German trade journal notes new goldfields across Russia including the Amu Darya upper watershed near Buchara Afgh an frontier with rich placer deposits and ongoing prospecting on Safeti Darya and Yatchan. Placer gold is reported in the Ussuri district Imen Basin in eastern Siberia with additional finds of gold bearing quartz in several Siberian areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Navy
Russia
Buchare
Afghan Frontier
Amu-Darya
Safeti- Darya
Yatchan
Ussuri
Imen
Siberia
Communists Urge Workers Boycott Election Posters Found
In New York on November 1 three men were arrested in Harlem after large placards urged workers not to vote but to strike and boycott the election. Signed by the United Communist Party the signers defended their actions while admitting a $20 daily promise for distributing the placards.
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Associated Press
New York
Harlem
United Communist Party
Trains Crash Near Staunton Kill Four Persons
Four persons were killed in an early morning Burlington train crash near the Staunton depot. The dead include two engineers a fireman and an unidentified tramp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Staunton
Ilowa
Burlington
Dutch War Dept Sends Observers to U S Army on the Rhine
The Hague war department plans to study American army methods and has sent a commission of officers to observe the U S Army on the Rhine with permission from the United States government.
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Associated Press
The
Hague
Dutch War Department
United States
Rhine
Texas corn crop yields and wheat output estimates
The 1920 Texas corn crop is estimated by the State Department of Agriculture at 167d bushels, with wheat production estimated at 13.08 percent of 000 bushels. These figures assume 45000 acres planted for corn with 25.17 bushels per acre, and 1,000,100 acres sown to wheat at 1.356 bushels per acre.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Texas
State Department of Agriculture
Women Medics Join Texas Pre Medical Society at UT
In Austin on November 1 twenty of sixty new Wegnhers of the Texas Pre Medical Society at the University of Texas were women in pre medical work. The addition brings the society's membership to over 100, with most planning to enter the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas Pre-Medical Society
University of Texas
School of Medicine
Gelveston
German breweries seek relief to stem near beer decline
Berlin reports economic experts say many German breweries face ruin from falling near beer consumption. The Imperial Council adopts an ordinance allowing breweries to thicken brews by increasing malt content to counter the downturn.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Economic Expertia
Imperial Council
Spanish waterpower project aims to end coal use in Catalonia
In Lerida Spain engineers surveyed the Pyrenees and already control torrents to supply 200000 horsepower. A capital of 300000000 pesetas has been invested. Daily gains in power and trained engineers promise Catalonia a coal-free future in a few years as water power from the region is transformed into electricity.
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Associated Press
Lerida
Spain
Pyrenees
Catalonia
Weather forecast and Fort Mclntosh observations in New Orleans
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans notes tonight and Tuesday as fair and colder. Observations at Fort McIntosh report a maximum of 4 degrees and a minimum of 47 degrees with a south to east wind and cloudy conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort MclIntosh
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Stellaby, Saxton
Don Mims
San Antonioa
George Condren
Marta
Sth Cavalry
Helen MacGregor
Dolores
Leo Purwin
Philadelphia
Hazel Irwin
Travis Bruce Bunn
Tampico
Ian Bennett
Fagle Pass
City
John Colman
D. McNeil Turner
Corpus Christi. . . S
Miriam Chapter No. 86
Masonic Hall
R. L. Poster
Alta Gracia
Helen MacDonald
Ben Wright
Bessie
Woodrow
Mary Applewhite
John Lowry
Katherine Loomis
Dan Derby
Mary Ernestine
Dorothy Sielski
Wilbur Wright
Arline
Hallowe'en Dance
Hallowe’en
W. Aldridge
Nazileen
Hallowe'en
Nellie Ward
Ruby Colman
Ruby
Pearl Colman
Anita
Ethel Lane
Gladys Sauvignet
Etta May Niendorff
Hazen Sorrell
George
Horace Kehl
Jamie
Teresa
Joe Fasnacht
Elizabeth Nye
Anne McKinney
Dorothy Jennings
Helen Dixon
Bobby Derby
Evans
Jack Younkin
Ralph
Mary Cook
Janie Mary
John E. Ward Jr
Margaret
Mary Ward
Barbara Biggio
Hassell Mims
Woody Bunn
Evelyn Randolph
Bess Bryant
Rebecca
New Orleans Port
Industry
State of
Bombay
India
Pacific Coast
Lower
New Zealand
Thedford’s
Vero
Py Associated Press
Japan
ANTI
Engineer Society
At Royal
Foreign Office
Tokio
Women Medics
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