Mexico Bandit Ransom Trade Expands Across Regions
Thursday’s Daily notes emboldened bandit gangs in Mexico as ransom schemes grow after prior high profile captures. Galan dynamited a Vera Cruz train and two American lieutenants are held, while debates over peace treaty ratification and wartime status frame US political tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jenkins
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Galan
Cabhins
Poyrole
United States
Decatur
Leoatur
Tripoli
Philadelphia
Still at War Despite Peace Treaty Failure in Senate Action
The United States remains officially at war as a peace treaty failed ratification due to Republican reservations. Allies made peace with Germany and Austria, but the Senate vote prevents a formal end to hostilities. The move is viewed as political capital against the administration, hindering world rehabilitation and the League of Nations.
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Wilson
Senate
Germany
United States
Austria
Congress
Republican Party
League of Nations
Arete
Peo
Methodist Juniors Seek Basketball Games with City Teams
The Methodist Juniors, a boys basketball team aged ten to thirteen, request matches with any city boys teams. Interested teams can call number 1506 to arrange games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Times
Gravel Wagon Wanted for Second-hand Purchase
Wanted gravel wagon in good condition or used with dump boards. Inquiries to C, D, McMillan at Consumers Ice and Fuel Co. Reported as a public classifieds item.
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C, D, McMillan
Consumers Ice and Fuel Co
Birth anniversaries mark figures across nations today
Dowager Queen Margherita of Italy, 68. Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, 61. Col. W. J. Wilgus, organizer of AEF rail work in France, 54. Most Rev. Patrick J. Hayes of New York, 52. Frederic A. Hall, chancellor of Washington University, 65. Names span Italy Sweden United States and Maine to Missouri.
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Margherita
Victor Emmanuel
Italy
Selma Lagerlof
Sweden
Vermland
W. J. Wilgus
France
Buffalo
Patrick J. Hayes
Archdiocese of
New York
New York City
Frederic A. Hall
Washington University
St. Louis
Brunswick
Maine
Australia Prepares Campaign For Vote On Hughes Leadership
Australia enters a campaign ahead of a general election to decide whether William Morris Hughes should remain prime minister. The wartime leader rose from poverty in London to political power, entering the New South Wales parliament at 30 after arriving penniless from Britain.
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Australia
William Morris Hughes
Commonwealth
Hughes
Imperial Council
London
New South Wales
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Pain Relief
Dated old fashioned ad touts Sloan's Liniment to ease rheumatic pains sprains strains and nerve pains without rubbing or staining skin. Claims muscles loosen lumbago sciatica and neuralgia relief with a handy bottle for all druggists priced 3Sc 70c and 1 40.
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Sloan
Gets-It corn remover promises painless, immediate peel
Ad claims Gets-It uses a secret formula to remove corns and calluses in seconds, without tools or rips. It features a one piece removal, dries instantly, and requires no fussing, with a money-back guarantee. Sold by H Lawrence & Co Chicago and city drug stores including City Drug Co in Laredo.
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H. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Ill
Laredo
Annular Solar Eclipse Visible Saturday Morning
An annular solar eclipse will be visible Saturday morning in West Texas from sunrise, starting about 7:25 and ending by 8:50 as it travels toward the Gulf. The event will be partial before and after the seven minutes of near night in the annular phase, the only eclipse sighting in the U S until 1930.
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Gulf
Africa
West
Texas
Union
City Barber Shop Moves To New Quarters Name Change
The Linares Barber Shop relocates from Lincoln Street and Convent Avenue to Flores Avenue and Hidalgo Street and rebrands as City Barber Shop. It touts modern sanitary equipment, ten barbers, and hot and cold baths with shaved, cut, shampoo, massage or bath services available. November 20, 1921.
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Linares
Lincoln Street
Convent Avenue
Flores Avenue
Hidalgo Street
City
Lure of Ambition and Impossible Katherine at Royal and Strand
The Royal Theatre opens Lure of Ambition featuring Theda Bara as Olga Dolan on November 25 and 26 with Edmund Lawrence directing. The Strand Theatre screens Impossible Katherine starring Virginia Pearson, a farce drama about Katherine Kimberley and women’s independence this Saturday.
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William Fox
Theda Bara
Royal Theatre
Miss Bara
Olga Dolan
Duchess of Rutledge
Edmund Lawrence
Julia Burnham
Katherine
Frank 3. Beresford
Katherine Kimberley
Virginia Pearson
Catherine
Strand Theatre
Benefit of Chamberlains Tablets for Digestive Comfort
When wake with bad taste and dull tired feeling and constipation you may need Chamberlains Tablets. They promote an agreeable movement of the bowels and cleanse and invigorate the stomach and improve digestion.
Zapata County Farmers Report Record Cotton Crop
Mercurino Martinez former Zapata County treasurer in Laredo says Zapata county farmers produced their best cotton crop in twenty years and plan larger acreage next season. They hauled much seed cotton to Laredo Torrecillas and Hebbronville for ginning, with a cotton gin expected locally next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercurino Martinez
Zapata County
Laredo
Torrecillas
Hebbronville
Thanksgiving Campaign for Associated Charities Sets Nov 25 Tag Day
Citywide drive to support the Associated Charities includes a $2000 fundraising goal to equip a hospital at 402 Vidaueri Avenue. A committee will solicit business leaders Nov 25, with tag days by city clubs the same day and a Protestant Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian Church aiding the fund. Dr. G C Hiatt announces office move to 516 Salinas Avenue.
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Vidaueri Avenue
Johnson
Associated Charities
Charities
Beddoe
Laredo
Miss Mullally Returns to Laredo After Storm Ordeal
Miss Anita Mullally daughter of Judge and Mrs J Mullally of this city returned to her Laredo home with her mother after surviving the Corpus Christi hurricane and Nueces bay tidal wave on September 14. She was washed to White Point and rescued later after her aunt perished. She had been treated in Odem and at the emergency hospital in Linton where she contracted pneumonia but is now recovering and on the road to full health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita Mullally
J. &. Mullally
Corpus Christi
Corpus’ Christi
Nueces Bay
White Point
Laredo
Mullaby
Chamberlain's Tablets Offer Permanent Relief for Constipation
Advert says most laxatives give only temporary relief and should be used for that purpose. For permanent relief, Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended, claiming to move the bowels improve appetite and strengthen digestion when directions are followed.
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Chamberlain
Two Tickets Vie For Nuevo Laredo Municipal Victory
There are two tickets in the field for the December 7 municipal election in Nuevo Laredo. One is led by Juan M Barrera with nine alderman candidates. the other by Donacano Echavarria with a full slate. The race for mayor and a board of ring aldermen draws vigorous campaigns as voters await what may be one of the most interesting elections in years.
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Juan M. Barrera
D. Echavarria
Nuevo Laredo
Donacano Echavarria
Laredos
Precpect
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Berlin
Vienna
Poland
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Sher
Jarral
la Mota
J.D. Jennings
Hidalgo St
Thede Bara
Free Hospital
the Heights
Salinas Avenue
Brannan
G. C. Hiatt
Miss Mullally
Larea
Corpus Storm
Purina
Walker-Morrow Company
Sonora News Company
Webb County Lumber CO
Cons
H. Brient
Sales
Mgr
Clingenpeel
Yard Mgr
Convent Ave
Wormser Brothers
Iturbide St
Webb-Zapata Oil Co
Webb- Zapata Oil Co
J. Devine
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