A Grave Problem Smuggling Liquor Fights Border Law
Wednesday's Daily warns that border contraband very much thrives in the whiskey trade despite Prohibition and Volstead enforcement. It notes organized smugglers using remote frontier lands near Laredo to push illicit liquor into the United States, urges Mexican and U.S. action, and calls on citizens to aid arrests by reporting sellers offering delivery to homes.
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Laredo
Mexico
de la Huerta
Uaredo
Webb County Teachers Head to Corpus Christi Summer Normal
About twenty five rural Webb County teachers, led by County Superintendent B Richardson, will depart Sunday for Corpus Christi to attend a Summer Normal from September 6 to 10. They will return September 11 before county schools resume September 18, ensuring timely arrival for the new term.
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Webb County
B. Richardson
Corpus — Christi
Just What She Needed From Chamberlains Tablets
Mrs Volta Bankson of Chillicothe Missouri writes that a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets relieved her indigestion and helped her liver backache and dizziness. She says they did her a world of good and she will always speak well of them.
Laredo Woman’s Club Launches Library Sustaining Drive
The Laredo Woman’s Club started a campaign to fund the library for a year by securing 300 annual memberships at five dollars each. The effort appeals to citizens to support a local institution that provides access to current fiction, reference sets, and unlimited book borrowing, funded by reader contributions.
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Woman's Club
Laredo
Lie
Lie Laredo Library
Battle resumes in Streeterville as Streeter invites Legion
Chicago era reports Captain George Streeter eighty invites American Legion to aid his long running claim that Streeterville lies outside U S state boundaries. He and William H Niles vow to enforce the disputed Lake Shore Drive frontage with a September 6 opening, promising armed resistance and a firing squad if needed.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Streetville
Lake Michigan
Gold Coast
United States
Bradely
George Wellington Streeter
Lake Shore Drive
Cap” Streeter
William H. Niles
Army of the “Destrict
Streeterville
Union
American Legion
Bradley
Superior Street
Legionnaires
Captain Streeters
Lake Front
Captain Streeter
Streeter
Skeeterville
Gaseral
Niles
Mnks Sd
Straoter
Dohis
Slevamibost
Sleritix
Tyne
Elimie
Hilhote
Maeander
Seed for immortality: cultivate reading through membership
A call to support literature through annual membership, arguing that even modest gifts enable purchase of good books that inspire young readers toward higher achievements. Each donation is seeds for enduring influence and immortal ideas.
Legal dispute over state ownership of lake land dispute
Courts held that Illinois extended to the center of Lake Michigan and that land formed by natural secretions belonged to adjacent owners while artificial land created by Streeter's steamship stranding belonged to the state. The text notes allegiance considerations and county boundaries in defiance of district placement outside the state.
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United States
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Tie Lake
Streeter
Trouble at the Strand: Al St John star in new two reel comedy
The Strand Theatre features Al St John in a two reel comedy titled Trouble today and tomorrow. He is praised as a natural, funny screen comedian with a background as a circus clown and stage comic and previously with Fatty Arbuckle.
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Strand
al St. John
Strand Theatre
Fatty Arbuckle
Fat Boy
The Cost at the Royal Theater Opens Run
Violet Heming stars in The Cost a dramatic tale of gambling in love and Wall Street that began its engagement yesterday at the Royal Theater It returns today with A Roman Scandal and a Matt and Jeff cartoon adding light fare to the program The Cost grips audiences from start to finish with sharp tension and intrigue.
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the Royal Theater
Violet Heming
Matt and
Jeff
Wall Street
Wampus Bet Turns Wheelbarrow Stunt Through Laredo
A humorous gubernatorial bet in Laredo pits D. Bordeaux against KB Odem. The loser must wheel the winner barefoot through downtown from the federal building to the Laredo National Bank, starting at six with Bordeaux in the barrow singing This Is the Life. A brass band plans to accompany the procession as onlookers watch the spectacle.
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D. Bordeaux
Nett
KB. Odem
Plaza Caiv
Alley
Federal
Lareto
Lareio National Bank
Odem
Pordeaux
Jim
Charles Chaplin
Laredo
Jarvis Plateso
Work: Sewerage Plant Begins Soon at Fort McIntosh
F. C. Youmans, holding two contracts in Fort McIntosh and Laredo, arrived with heavy machinery from Houston to begin sewerage plant construction. A digging machine, unloaded this morning, will be used in the project.
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F. C. Youmans
Fort Mccintosh
Laredo
Asseng Machinery
Houston
Mixed Play Scene Reveals Disguised Boy in Town
The excerpt describes a theater scene in which a boy in disguise appears in a railroad yard setting. Miss Mates recalls the performance with playful energy as the half-wild youth interacts amid a lively stage presentation in California.
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William
mAtes
Laredo Mayor Proposes Library Fund Continuation
The mayor L VILLEGAS declares a plan to continue the public library program starting September 1920. The administration recommends sustaining this branch as a free fountain of knowledge for the community.
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Laredo
Pabie School
Fountain of Knowledge
Body of First Laredo Boy Brought From Over There
The remains of Private Jose Ibarra, a Tuscania victim torpedoed off Ireland in 1917, will be transported to Laredo by tomorrow morning’s train as the first Laredo soldier to return from foreign fields. Romulo Ybarra travels from Laredo to meet the remains in San Antonio for burial with full military honors.
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Jose Ibarra
U. S
Laredo
Ybarra
United States
Jose Ybarra
Romulo Ybarra
National Army
France
Tuscania
San Antonio
S Eldiery
Births and local notes from the Heights and Laredo
A baby girl was born this morning to Mr and Mrs Donato R Medina at their home on the Heights. Cotton arrivals surge thanks to recent showers aiding maturity. The Heights gin handles seed cotton from this county and Zapata county. Dove hunting season is open with deer season starting November 1. September Morn visits Laredo for thirty days. A marriage license issued for Ernesto Garcia and Mrs Ruhilde Medina. Laredo Public Library launches a drive for 300 new members at $5 yearly. Readers urged to join. literacy praised as vital to the community.
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Donato R. Medina
Heights
Zapata
Prairies
Laredo
Ernesto Garcia
Ruhilde Medina
Laredo Public Library
Committee of Indies
Timaes
The
Honohilt
4. B. Teotter
Territorial Board of Health
Hawaiian Islands
Tanlac credited by Halifax contractor for relief and weight gain
Robert McAlong of 33 York Street Halifax reports Tanlac relieved five years of stomach trouble and added twenty five pounds. He describes sour stomach bloating pains and sleepless nights before, and says constipation headaches and fatigue vanished after taking Tanlac, now able to eat three meals daily and feel like a new man.
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Tanlac
Robert McAlong
York Street
Halifax
N. 3
Mr. MecAloney
Gos
Tanhie
Tanlee
Laredo readers to see Home Ice Co story by A J Neff
The Times previews an in depth article by Home Ice Co manager A J Neff on the fee question. The piece promises rich dialogue about cooperation between the local company and Laredo patrons and is described as educative and highly interesting for tomorrow’s issue.
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Mr. Neff
Home Ice Co
Tomorrow's Times
the Times
Aal
A. J. Neff
Laredo
Medina Valley Irrigation Company Offers Irrigated Farms
Notice to Farmers from Medina Valley Irrigation Company advertising irrigated lands for rent at seven dollars per acre plus one dollar for farms with improvements and five dollars per acre for water. Promotes food tenant subtenants and urges applicants to apply in person to Ro U. Atkins, Superintendent, Natalia, Texas.
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Medina Valley Inrigation Company
Ro U. Atkins
Natalia
Texas
Laredo Postoffice Names New Superintendent of Mails
Effective September 1 a department of superintendent of mails and postmaster was created at the Laredo postoffice. N Worsham named John Conwiss for the new role, while Mr Twiss took charge as superintendent of mails this morning. Twiss has 30 years in the U S postal service, most recently in Laredo, and is described as an experienced appointee. Labor Day on September 6 will close merchants and employers nationwide to honor workers as urged by Mayor L Viлегas.
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John C. Twiss
Worsham
Laredo
Best advertisement from Guion Drug Store
E B Milburn proprietor of Guion Drug Store in Guion Arkansas praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy saying they have sold it for years and have always found it gives perfect satisfaction.
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E. B. Milburn
Guion Drug Store
Guion, Ark
Bids Sought for School Fund Depository in Laredo Texas
Call for bids received up to 10 a m September 7 1920 at the superintendent s office Central School building for depository of the Independent School district of Laredo Texas for term ending August 31 1921. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids.
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Independent School District
Laredo
Texas
Oysters in Market Open Season This Month
Oysters, known as the luscious bivalves, are sizable in markets as the new oyster season begins with an R month. Coast reports say the oysters are fat now and prices may rise accordingly.
Eaves for Washington and Will Report for Duty
Colonel Frank LL. Winn, successor to Buck as Laredo District commander, has been ordered to Washington to serve as inspector general of the Eastern Department with headquarters at Governor's Island New York. Mrs. Winn is visiting Milwaukee and will join him later. Lieutenant Colonel Lurcius Bennett of the Thirty-seventh Infantry takes over the Laredo District duties after succeeding Colonel Withes.
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Frank LL. Winn
Beaumont B. Buck
Laredo
Washington
Governor's Island
New York
Dove Hunting Opens With Plentiful Doves Across Texas
The opening of dove season across Texas brings fat, plentiful birds and hunters ready to reach a daily limit of fifteen. Warned to avoid overharvest, hunters may face jail or legal action if found with excess doves, as deputies enforce game laws.
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Becmmber
Nimrod
Prairies
State of
Texas
Pershing Sail to U.S. and Pacific Fleet Review Recalled
One year ago today Gen Pershing sailed from Brest for the United States While Secretary Daniels reviewed the Pacific Fleet at San Francisco police destroyed red flags and emblems at a socialist convention in Chicago The items recall postwar events and actions by military and civic authorities in 191 An OCR fragment notes these historical moments from a newspaper page.
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Gen. Pershing
Brest
United States
Daniels
Army Shoes and Clothing Sale At Hidalgo Street
Auction note lists 20 000 Army shoes 1 000 Army wool shirts 3860 Army cotton mattresses 29 000 Army leggings and many other items including 1 000 pairs of ladies shoes offered at less than cost of manufacture. Sale at 1701 Hidalgo St. August 3, 1911.
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Hidalgo St
Railroad Time Table for Texas Mexican and Other Lines
Train No 1 on the Texas Mexican departs for Corpus Christi at 9 55 p m with Train No 2 arriving from Corpus Christi at 8 36 p m The International and Great Northern offers a through fast train to St Louis leaving at 9 30 a m and arriving at 4 p m The Night Train runs from 9 p m to ? a m Rio Grande and Eagle Pass schedule shows Train No 1 from Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 am arriving at Minera at 10 20 am Train No 2 from Minera daily except Sunday at 11 am arriving at Laredo at 2 16 p m
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Corpus Christi
Rio Grande & Eagle Paes
Laredo
Minera
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