Wormser and Mason Win Electrical Contracts for Two Buildings
Wormser and Mason, electrical contractors, secured the contracts for electrical work on the Joseph building and the Ferrara building. The construction forces on the new highway from Laredo to the La Salle county line progress well, soon to surface the five miles graded. Miss Cora Haywood arrives from San Antonio to locate, formerly with Wolf & Marx designing and dress-making, now with Mr Ledy's Shop, 1311 Farragut street, 9-2-61. The county clerk issued marriage licenses to Johannus Cornelius de Vries and Luz Ochoa, Eliseo V. Reyes and Fidela Patito. Importations through the port of Laredo include Mexican parrots. today one carload of ixtle and one carload of pecans cross the international foot bridge. A big boxing card is set at Teatro Independencia in Nuevo Laredo next Sunday at 3 p.m. Colonel Wood of Salvation Army arrives in Laredo to organize a corps, staying with the Webb County Adsory Board.
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Johannus Cornelius de Vries
Luz Ochoa
Eliseo V. Reyes
Fidela Patito
Laredo
Mexico
Teatro Independencia
Nuevo Laredo
Colonel Wood
Salvation Army
Texas
Oklahoma
Dallas
Wood
Webb County Adsory Board
Funeral Held Yesterday for Thompkins J Guernsey
The funeral for Thompkins J. Guernsey was held at 4 30 PM from the family home at 2016 Farragut Street with military honors. Chaplain Isbell of Fort McIntosh officiated and an escort from the fort accompanied the remains to the city cemetery where a volley and taps marked the interment. Pallbearers included J N Worsham B J Leyendecker Leonard Nelson Justo S Penn Clarence Jefferies and G B Tunnison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompkins J. Guernsey
Farragut Street
Isbell
Fort McIntosh
11Th Cavalry
J. N. Worsham
B. J. Leyendecker
Leonard Nelson
Justo S. Penn
Clarence Jefferies
G. B. Tunnison
Citation by Publication in Webb County Court 1921
Legal notice commands Sheriff to publish weekly for four weeks to summon Ventura Hinojosa by publication prior to October 10 1921 in Webb County Texas to answer Trinidad Diaz de Hinojosa petition for divorce and custody alleging abandonment since 1905 and there is a 16 year old son Victoriano Hinojosa the custody held by the plaintiff with the court to decide dissolution and child custody in Laredo Texas and the official date and signatures.
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State OF
Texas
Webb County
Ventura Hinojosa
District Court
Laredo
A. D
Trinidad Diaz de Hinojosa
Victoriano Hinojosa
Derby Family Social at Home September 9 Dance
Society column notes Mr and Mrs G W Derby with Miss Lois Derby and Miss Dorothy Derby hosting at 920 Vidiurri Avenue on Friday September 9. Dancing at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Derby
Lois Derby
Dorothy Derby
Vidiurri Avenue
All Souls Night Echoes and Local Social Updates
Poem lines reflect the dead on All Souls Eve while local notices report residents returning from San Antonio and the East. Social items list visits from Miss Barnett, Miss Sauvignet, Mr. Winters, and others, plus upcoming events at the Woman's Club and YWCA meetings with ministers and performers named.
Reds Offer Sympathy to West Virginia Socialists
In Mexico City the communist congress extended a vote of confidence in the revolutionary socialists in West Virginia and agreed to assist them in any way possible during its session last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Revolutionary Socialists
West Virginia
Communist Congress
Forty Warrants Issued in Logan West Virginia
Forty warrants issued by Magistrate Gore in Logan county to arrest men alleged to have formed part of armed forces in West Virginia coal fields last week. Prosecuting attorney's office initiates the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
W. Va
West Virginia
Gore
Logan County
Four Horsemen Statue by Lee Lawrie at Laredo Movies
Lee Lawrie, famed American sculptor, designed a bronze group statue of the Four Horseman rider inspired by Rex Ingram’s edition of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Rex Ingram film will be shown at Rialto Theatre on September 12 13 and 14 with the director and sculptor longtime friends since Ingram studied under Lawrie at Yale. Gladys George stars in The Easy Road at Strand as a novelist loving a wealthy heroine, with her writing hobby highlighted.
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Rex Ingram
Lee Lawrie
Ibaffer
Rialto Theatre
Ingram
Lawrie
Yale University
Metro
Strand
Gladys George
Thomas Meighan
Strand Theatre
Miss George
Cotton ginned for 1921 crop reaches 481,788 bales
Washington reports from the census bureau that cotton ginned before September 1, 1921 totals 481,788 running bales. This compares with 351,589 running bales ginned by the same date in the previous year.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Harding plans weekend trip on Mayflower yacht
President Harding intends another week end voyage aboard the presidential yacht Mayflower to enjoy additional recreation days before Congress reconvenes.
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Washington
Sept
Harding
Congress
Yankees Establish Ten Point Lead As Giants Top Pirates
By Associated Press New York Sept 8 the Yankees hold a ten point lead over the Indians while the Giants lead the Pirates by eight points in a late season basketball style standings snapshot.
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Associated Press
New York
Yankees Today
Indians
Giants
Pirates
Dr Charles Herty To Lead International Chemistry Session
Dr Charles Holmes Herty, head of a joint session in New York today, represents eminent chemists from Britain, Canada, and the United States. A former American Chemical Society president, he hails from Georgia and trained at the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins. He studied in Berlin and Zurich before returning to Georgia teaching at the agricultural college and the University of Georgia. He later served in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and was a professor at the University of North Carolina.
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Charles Holmes Herty
New York
Great Britain
Canada
United States
American Chemical Society
South
Georgia
University of Georgia
Johns Hopkins University
Berlin
Zurich
State Agricultural College
Department of Agriculture At
Washington
University of North Carolina
Edward J. O'Dea
Seattle
Fresno
Calif
Joseph Sehrembs
Cleveland
Chemical Profession
Convicts Escape From Eastham Farm No 2 Raid
In Houston Texas a hospital steward and a sick convict overpowered a guard and freed 16 convicts at Eastham farm No 2. They escaped via Trinity river bottoms. about 12 were recaptured by morning. George Maynard named as hospital steward involved.
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Trinity Bottoms
Houston, Teas
Eastham Farm
Trinity River
Ford Invited To Bid On Missouri And North Arkansas Railroad
Henry Ford is invited to buy the 264 mile Missouri and North Arkansas railroad at public auction next month in Joplin. Joseph Pile of the Joplin chamber of commerce says Detroit meetings occurred with Ford interests and buyers aim to bid, rail crosses timbered country with manganese deposits.
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Hy Associated Press
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
Missouri and North Arkansas Railroad
Joseph Pile
Joplin
Chamber of Commerce
Ford
Pile
Arkanesas
Bord
Nations League notes blunt U S negative stance cited
An assembly session in Geneva features Lord Robert Cecil criticizing the United States for delaying League of Nations mandates. He urges earlier reception of the U S note and argues mandates should be settled for the peoples involved, amid audience interest as the speaker prepared to discuss mandates.
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Geneva
United States
League of Nations
Robert Cecil
South Africa
Assembly
League Council
Lord Cecil
Ford car seized near Cotulla Texas for customs violation
Office of Deputy Collector of Customs Port of Laredo Texas gives notice that a Ford automobile motor number 2589599 license 243820 seal 35696 seized August 30 1921 near Cotulla for violation of section 3082 R 8S Claimants must file within twenty days from first publication otherwise the car will be sold at public auction at the Customhouse at 10 A M on October 7 1921 A R Kahn Deputy Collector of Customs.
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Port of Laredo
Texas
Cotulla
A. R. Kahn
Lloyd George outlines Sinn Fein conference plan in Inverness
Inverness sept 8 official confirmation that Britain's cabinet replies to Valera invites Sinn Fein representatives to further conferences. Lloyd George says refusal to negotiate does not reject allegiance to the crown and argues the issue should be discussed at the Inverness conference, with Weld Therapty proposing a September 20 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Inverness
Valera
Sinn Fein
Lloyd George
Vilera
Soviet denies probe into Russian famine relief efforts
Moscow reports the Russian soviet government has refused to permit the International Russian relief commission appointed by the allied supreme council to investigate conditions in Russia ahead of famine relief aid.
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Moscow
International Russian Relief Commission
Allied Supreme Council
Russia
Argentina May Withdraw From League Over Amendments
Buenos Aires reports indicate the assembly rejected Argentina’s amendments to the league covenant. Reliable sources say withdrawal from the league by certain American republics, possibly including Chile, may follow. Argentina had already withdrawn from the first assembly when its amendments were rejected.
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Buenos Aires
League of Amendments
Argentina
Chile
Piano Lessons Questioned by a Child in Heaven
A seven year old girl named Doris asks her mother why she learns piano when harp music rules in heaven. The mother affirms harps are played in heaven, prompting Doris to question the value of her piano lessons in a tender, humorous exchange.
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Doris
Monument Honors Pilgrims on Plymouth Coles Hill
The General Society of Mayflower Descendants dedicates a granite sarcophagus as a permanent memorial to Pilgrims who perished in the first winter. The monument crowns Coles Hill overlooking the harbor, with inscriptions recalling the hidden graves to deter Indian discovery. Bones of some Pilgrims from Plymouth dock were deposited in the memorial.
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Plymouth
Mass
General Society of
Mayflower Descendants
Coles Hill
Plymouth Dock
Birthday Honorees Mark Notable American Figures
Howard Sutherland United States senator from West Virginia was born near Kirkwood Missouri 56 years ago today Col Robert C Clowry former president of Western Union Telegraph Company born in Will County Illinois 83 years ago today Bertha Kalich actress born Lemberg Galicia 47 years ago today Rt Rev Charles P Anderson Episcopal bishop of Chicago born Kampville Canada 58 years ago today Walter R Cox harness race driver born Epsom New Hampshire 63 years ago today
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Howard Sutherland
United States
West Virginia
Kirkwood
Robert C. Clowry
Western Union Telegraph Company
Will County
Bertha Kalich
Lemberg
Galicia
Charles P. Anderson
Chicago
Kampville
Canada
Walter R. Cox
Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Widely Used
The uniform success in relief and care of bowel complaints for children and adults has made Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy almost universally used with no rival and no equal known by users.
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Chamberlain
New York Girl Completes Albany to New York Swim
Millie Gade aged 22, at 10 57 this morning reached Battery Park completing a roughly 153 mile Albany to New York swim begun Friday. She swam 63 hours 35 minutes with aid from a launch and rowboat, slept on board, and carried a message from Albany to New York mayors. She reportedly is the first to accomplish the Albany New York crossing in 25 years and lost eight pounds during the voyage.
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Sy Associated Press
New York
Albany
Millie Gade
New York Young Women's Christian Association
Battery Park
Hudson
Finde
Idle Workmen Begin Nationwide Unrest in Britain
Unemployed demonstrations swept England with red flags seen in several cities. In Liverpool crowds delivered a ten minute ultimatum to the council, promising not to bear consequences after the deadline. Four thousand Welsh protesters marched from Abertyleri to Tredegor, while Sundeland saw a clash at the workhouse gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Liverpool
Bristol
Wales
Abretillery
Tredgar
Sundeland
Six Negroes' Execution Stand To Proceed Sept 22
Washington Sept 8 Officials said the execution of six condemned men in connection with the Blaine Arkansas riots two years ago set for September 22 cannot be stopped or delayed by filing with the Supreme Court clerk or by seeking a writ of certiorari. Writ application had been forwarded by the defendants' counsel from Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Blaine
Arkansas
United States Supreme Court
Little Rock
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau for Fort McIntosh
The Times reports tonight and Friday showers from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Fort McIntosh observations show a maximum temperature of 99 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees with southeast winds and partly cloudy skies.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh
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John J. Dannelley
Elgin
Mrs. Noffinger
Mr. R. BE. Winters
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Pharr
Jess Adams
Mises Frances Bothwell
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Laredo Movies
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Laredo Times
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John D. Rockefeller
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