Engagement of Elizabeth Campbell to Captain Wright
Miss Elizabeth Pitt Campbell announces her engagement to Captain Burdette Shields Wright. She is the daughter of Representative Philip P. Campbell and Mrs. Campbell of Kansas. Captain Wright served in the army aircraft division during World War I and comes from a prominent Kentucky family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Pitt Campbell
Burdette Shields Wright
Philip P. Campbell
Kansas
Wright
Aircraft Division
Army
Kentucky
Scottish Inheritance Law and Crown Succession
A Scottish white paper notes ultimus haeres when no heirs remain and the crown inherits. The king's remembrancer administers without letters of administration. In 1917, 156 estates passed to the crown, yielding $337,605.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Massage for Lumbago According to Dr Pometta
Dr Pometta head of the medical department at the Swiss Accident Insurance Institute says lumbago may be rheumatic or due to muscle strain or a chill when overheated. He recommends massage as the best treatment and estimates recovery in six to eight days at the outside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pometta
Swiss Accident Insurance Institute
Today’s anniversaries list 1859 birth of Gen Doyen and other events
The page notes Charles A. Doyen born in 1859, later Distinguished Service Medal recipient, died 1918 in Virginia. It also lists historical entries from 1894 through 1917 including pork import repeal by Germany, Roosevelt’s 1902 trolley scare, Ohio woman suffrage rejection, and military actions in Europe and the Dobrudja.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Doyen
Navy Department
Concord, N. H
Guantico
Ohio
Lemberg
Galicia
Dobrudja
Roumania
Riga
Baltic Sea
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Endorsed by Mothers
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough and pleasant to take for children. Wm Scruby of Chillicothe Missouri reports raising three children using it safely for coughs colds and croup. The remedy contains no opium or narcotics and is trusted by families.
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Wm. Scruby
Chillicothe
Chamberlain
Croup
Community Calendar Highlights For The Week
The K of C hosts a regular dance at Fort McIntosh hall on Wednesday evening. On Thursday the W M A of the Baptist Church meets at 4 PM. The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church gathers at 4 30 PM at 1906 Farragut Street. Story Telling Hour starts at 5 PM at Mrs M P Cullinan's home.
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K. of C
Fort McIntosh
the Baptist Church
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
W. D. Butler
Farragut Street
M. P. Cullinan
K. of C. of Dance
Lord Halsbury Turns Ninety Five Still Vigorous in Age
The former Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, Lord Halsbury, enters his ninety fifth year as the oldest peer. His compass remains sharp and walks long, and his legal career includes defending Governor Eyre of Jamaica and the Tichborne trial client Arthur Orton earning him the nickname the weeping counsel. He became Solicitor General at fifty and Lord Chancellor in 1895.
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Lord Halsbury
Great Britain
Governor Eyre
Jamaica
Arthur Orton
Tichborne
Onward to the light in a town notice roundup
Local society notes recount numerous residents returning from San Antonio visits and trips to Corpus Christi and Pearsall. Philanthropic and social events include a K of C dance hostesses and a bridge party honoring Mrs Albert M Penn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Mally
Minnesota
Oklahoma
San Antonio
Virginia
Alice Penn
Olsen
Penn
Mrs. Penn
Mesdames Jackson
Fish, Woodman
G. W. Derby
L. A. Lafon
T. A. Austin
T. A. Leyendecker
Groff
G. J. Giles
FE. H. Sauvignet
Haynes
Miss Maria Mowry
Misidentification at Dinner Ends With Polite Refusal
A near sighted elderly woman at a dinner party dropped her napkin. A bald gentleman on her right bent to pick it up and touched her arm. She turned and, in a gentle voice, said no no melon thank you, mistaking his gesture for something else.
For a Weak Stomach Cham berlain tablets bring relief
The article notes the great relief Cham berlain's Tablets provide for weak stomachs and impaired digestion. In many cases relief is permanent and sufferers have been restored to health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Prohibition Feelings Spark Remarks on Bottled Wrath
The piece notes many people bottled up anger toward the proh ibition law and adds a wry remark that there is a kick in bottled spirits.
Personalities Return From Texas Trips
United States Consul Randolph Robertson, who left Friday for Kerrville and Corpus Christi, returned to Laredo yesterday afternoon. Dr. J. T. Halsell and son Jack, after a short seashore visit at Corpus Christi, came back yesterday afternoon. Royle K. Mims, president of the First State Bank & Trust Co., with his family to Corpus Christi last Saturday, returned to Laredo yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Colman
Corpus Christi
United States
Randolph Robertson
Kerrville
Laredo
J. T. Halsell
Jack
Royle K. Mims
First State Bank & Trust Co
Community Playground Funds Sought For City Park
Donations pour in from locals to support a new playground in town. Benches, sand boxes and swings are ready, with tennis court equipment on site awaiting labor. Contributions are requested to complete the project, sent to treasurer Mrs. J. D. Merriman via Mr. G. C. Horner arranged fixtures at cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
G. C. Horner
J. D. Merriman
Chamberlain’s Tablets Helped Bilious Stomach Trouble
Two years ago I suffered frequent stomach trouble and biliousness. I began using Chamberlain's Tablets after seeing an advertisement and I improved rapidly. - Miss Emma Verbryke of Lima Ohio.
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Chamberlain
Emma Verbryke
Lima
Ohio
Growth of the Federal Reserve System 1914 to 1919
A weekly financial review notes rapid expansion since 1914 with total resources rising from about 250 million to over 5.5 billion by mid 1919. Paid in capital grew from 18 million to 83 million and deposits surged as new banks joined the system. Federal Reserve notes rose to about 2.504 billion by July 1919 and rediscounts of commercial paper doubled from 1917 to 1919.
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve
Tariff Commission Finds Distribution Costs Drive U S Prices
The Tariff Commission reports higher U S costs stem mainly from distribution machinery rather than production costs. It cites 98 percent factory-to-consumer markup in the United States versus 54 percent in Great Britain and notes American distribution adds 71 percent over factory costs in 1918, compared with 41 percent in Britain. The piece suggests reducing distribution costs could better ease living costs than further congressional action. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
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Tariff Commission
United States
Great Britain
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Railroad Time Table Highlights
Train No. 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 12 50 p m Train No. 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m International and Great Northern Through fast train for St Louis leaves 8 30 a m and arrives 2 50 p m Night Train leaves 9 p m and arrives 8 a m
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
Rail service schedule between Laredo Minera and Rio Grande
Train No 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 6 30 a m. arrives Minera 10 20 a m. Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m. arrives Laredo 3 15 p m.
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Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Minera
Diarrhoea Advice for Children From 19th Century Remedy
Guidance recommends Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for children one year or older. Use a dose of castor oil at first sign of loose bowels and keep the remedy on hand for immediate treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Senators Clash Over Treaty Revisions in Senate Row
Senator Hitchcock accused the foreign relations committee majority of trying to kill the peace treaty with changes. He said opponents fail to see the treaty’s benefits and condemned Senator Knox’s proposal for rejection and a separate peace as folly and poltroonery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Hitchcock
League of Nations
Knox
Germany
Mob Fatally Hurdles Black Soldier Near Starr City
Pine Bluff Ark Sept 3 Flinton Briggs 26 a discharged Black soldier was struck and fatally hurt by a mob three miles south of Starr City Ark Monday after being accused of insulting a young white woman.
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Associated Press
Pine Bluff
Ark
Flinton Briggs
Starr City
Roosevelt Named Republican Nominee for Nassau Assembly
New York Sept 3 Lieut Col Theodore Roosevelt won the Republican nomination for assemblyman in the Second district Nassau county without opposition He will be opposed for election by Elias Rafe also a war veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Nassau County
Elias Rafe
Today’s Diverse Civic and Cultural Observances
festival of St Bartholomew marks Catholic diocese of San Antonio forty five years. Westfield Massachusetts celebrates 250th anniversary. Beta Phi convention opens in Chicago. Senator Spencer to speak in Cambridge Massachusetts. International meetings in London and joint Asian societies open. Georgia women vote in Atlanta city white primary. American Prisons Association meets in New York on criminology and reform. State AGs to assemble in Boston for profiteering probe. American Bar Association sessions under way in Boston with national figures and officials.
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San Antonio
Westfield
Mass
Beta Phi Fraternity
Chicago
Spencer
Missouri
Cambridge Republican Presidential Club
Cambridge
London
American Oriental Society
Royal Asiatic Society of England
Societe Asiatique
France
Georgia
Atlanta
American Prisons’ Association
New York City
Boston
American Bar Association
Oil stock pitch meets co op treacle
A terse exchange unfolds as a would be oil stock seller touts a bona fide proposition claiming ten thousand barrels a day while a rival insists on selling barrels in return. The dialogue satirically highlights crude market bragging and coop irrigation jargon.
Ex‑U S Intelligence Officer Links Carranza to Mexican Invasion Plot
Dr Paul Al tendorf former intelligence officer says Carranza admitted knowledge of a plan to invade the United States with Mexican and German forces. He cites a January 1918 interview in which Carranza allegedly promised to contact Sonoran authorities to aid the invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Military Intelligence Service
Carranza
Sonora
Associated Press
New York
Paul Altendorf
United States
Ultimatums Sent Over Romania Hungary Tension
Paris dispatch reports that the supreme council plans to send ultimatums to Romania regarding its course in Hungary. The move signals a firm diplomatic stance in the regional dispute.
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Ly Associated Press
Paris
Supreme Coun 4
Rumania
Hungary
Bolsheviki propose peace talks after rout near Kiev
Berne reports the Russian Bolsheviki announced peace negotiations after their routed forces were surrounded on the Lithuanian front near Kiev. London dispatch says anti Bolshevik forces took the southern outskirts of Kiev as fighting continues per Moscow wireless.
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Berne
Bolshevivki
Kiev
London
Moscow
Ratified German Treaty by New Zealand Parliament
Wellington Sept 3 The peace treaty with Germany was unanimously ratified by parliament after labor members criticized the pact.
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Wellington
New Zealand
Germany
Labor
Belgian Royalty Coming to the White House
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium plan to visit Washington around October 1 and will stay at the White House for about three days guests of the president.
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Washington
King Albert
Queen Elizabeth
Belgium
White House
Sober second thought on immigration limits debated
The Buffalo Commercial argues against a two year ban on foreign arrivals proposed by House immigration chair Johnson. It warns strict limits could harm labor availability and future prospects, while endorsing deportation for aliens who abandoned papers to avoid war service and supporting action against Bolsheviks and other European migrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Pacific
Europe
Buffalo Commercial
United States Recognizes Czecho-Slovaks as Co-belligerents
The United States formally recognizes Czecho-Slovaks as a co-belligerent nation in the war. In New York City a round-up arrests thirty thousand men labeled slackers. The American steamer Frank H. Buck reports sinking a submarine in the mid Atlantic by gunfire.
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United States
New York City
Frank H. Buck
mid-Atlantic
President Wilson Begins National Campaign Tour
President Wilson leaves Washington for a speech making tour to urge ratification of the peace treaty without reservations. His first stop is Columbus Ohio where he is to speak tomorrow. Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska will confer at the White House before the trip.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
National
America
Columbus
Ohio
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Senate
White House
Conference on Economic Situation Set for October Dates
President Wilson calls a conference among labor capital and agricultural interests to discuss the economic situation. The meeting will be held in Washington between October 5 and 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Dream Prediction by Lord Newborough in Beckett Fight
London reports a curious tale as Lord Newborough dreamt Beckett defeated Goddard in the second round. He gave his valet a sealed envelope to read only after the bout, and it correctly foretold Beckett's knockout in the second round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Newborough
Goddard Beckett
Beckett
Goddard
Women at the Polls Press Curious Polling Place Costs
The New York World argues the board of elections fears bid failures due to strict polling place standards. Women voters criticize conditions from dirty floors to chairs and lighting, urging simpler venues and possible reuse of city properties to ease access and reduce complaints.
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Board of Elections
Voorhis
Board of Education
New York World
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations from New Orleans bureau
The Times reports a partly cloudy forecast tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Fort McIntosh observations through 7 a.m. show a maximum of 95 degrees and a minimum of 59 with a south southeast wind and clear conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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Miss Campbell
Spain
Cuba
Prsident Roosevelt
Pittsfield
Mays
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Small, Maynard & Co
Ruth Murphy
M. C. Barlow
W. H. Garrison
Keevan Young
Charles Deutz
Julia Bell
Jimmy Gardiner
Denver
Colorado
E. Rex Tarver
Austin
Nell McMillan
Bettie McMillan
Pearsall
Josephine Laval
Mesdames Comanche, Chamberlain
Max Kahn
Will
Aruggist
Weekly Financial Review
the Times
First National Bank
St. Louis
Texas
Cardu
Roosevelt
Ment
Supreme Council
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