From a Patriot Priest Hidalgo and Mexico’s Independence
The piece chronicles Padre Miguel Hidalgo as the Dolores parish priest who sparked the Mexican revolt. It notes his ascent from humble cleric to revolutionary leader, his execution as a traitor, and how his death energized Mexican patriots. It links Hidalgo’s legacy to Juarez and calls for unity in facing future conflicts.
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Delores
Padre Miguel Hidalgo
Spain
France
Frolivar
Mexico
Anahuac
Americas
Dolores
Mather Fildalgo
Title Church
Hidalgo
Toa
Atel
Migebo Oa
Mame O
Midalco
Pan Ecclesiastica Council
Benito Juarez
Lherry
Geologist Reports Promising Webb Zapata Oil Structure
F J S Sur, a known geologist, describes a 25 mile folded structure from Miranda Valley to Barnsley field in Webb and Zapata counties. He notes a defining fault, near-surface gas and oil in the Mt Selman formation, and projects a potential continuous field up to 20 miles wide.
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F. J. S. Sur
Miranda
Webb
Zapata
Miranda Valley
Barnsley Fan
Aviators
Sehort
Barnsley
Mt. Selman
Taylor
Call For Bids For School Fund Depository Laredo Texas
Bids will be received until 10 a.m. September 25 1922 at the Superintendent's office Central School Building for the term ending August 31 1923 to qualify as depository of the Independent School District of Laredo Texas. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids.
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Central School
Independent School District
Laredo
Texas
Teachers Institute Ends. Schools Start on Monday
The City Teachers Institute of the Laredo Independent School District adjourned after a five day session. Teachers of the city are eager to begin the 1922 23 term Monday morning as school bells ring. Miss Clara M Parker urged habit formation in teaching and proposed A Better English Campaign. Dr W Sauvignon spoke on hygienic habits to prevent disease among pupils.
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City Teachers Institute
Laredo Independent School
Clara M. Parker
Laredo
WW. Sauvignet
Susanna A Adams Funeral Held At Catholic Cemetery
Mrs Susanna A Adams died Friday morning after a lingering illness. Her funeral from her Convent Avenue home proceeded to San Agustin Church for a requiem mass and continued to Catholic cemetery where interment occurred. The obituary notes many flowers and tributes and lists several pallbearers.
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Susanna A. Adams
Catholic
Susanna A Adams
Convent Avenue
Zaragoza Street
San Agustin Catholic Church
Bruni
J. A. St. Ortiz
A. Salinas
Farias
P. P
Slow Rainfall Benefits Vegetation Across Wide Texas Region
Rainfall spread across the state bringing steady soaking rain to the lands from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and beyond along the L and G N. It freshens soil and pasture, aiding onion beds and fall plantings while reviving cattle ranges with new, nutritious grasses. A cool north wind accompanied the rain, but ground moisture remains high for continued growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Five Indictments and Five Convictions Returned
District Judge J. J. Mullally District Attorney John A. Walls and Court Reporter Seth S. Wilcox returned home after a Carrizo Springs Dimmitt county trip where the grand jury reported five indictments after a four day session. The term yielded five convictions each receiving one to two years in the penitentiary. Next court sessions are set for Zapata county October 2 and a Webb county Laredo term beginning October 9 followed by eight more weeks, totaling sixteen weeks. The first term grand jury will tackle the murder of Mounted Customs Inspector Robert S. Rumsey Jr and other arrests are anticipated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Mullally
John A. Walls
Seth S. Wilcox
Carrizo Springs
Dimmitt County
Robert S. Rumsey, Jr
Rumsey
Webb County
State Penitentiary
Dimmitt
Pathfinder Magazine seeks advertisers in Laredo edition
Miss Renfro representing Pathfinder Magazine published by Rev. Walter AL Barr Yoakum Texas visits Laredo soliciting ads for the upcoming special edition next month. She reports strong local response due to the publisher's many friends and admirers in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Miss Renfro
Pathfinder
Walter AL. Barr
Yoakum
Texas
Six Married Couples in Comedy at Strand Theatre
Paramount presents Is Matrimony a Vullure a new special comedy directed by James Cruze at the Strand Theatre Sunday and Monday. The film turns on matrimonial errors in a witty tone and ends with a question mark as it begins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paramount
James Cruze
Strand Theatre
Four Year Old Gama Fame Plays Key Role in The Song of Life
Four year old Gama Fame Riichard readrick, known for screen work in The Woman in His House and The Child Thou Gavest Me, stars in The Song of Life directed by John M Stahl for Associated First National Pictures at the Royal Theatre starting Sunday. The Rival Theatre will feature Ma and Pa, a Mack Bennett comedy, Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riichard
Mack Sennett
Pecans and ixtle shipments pace toward Monday destinations
Seven carloads of Mexican pecans from Monterey Linares and Montemorelos arrived yesterday with three carloads of ixtle. Local events include a Woman's Club program with music and dancing next Monday and a silver offering for club funds. Also noted are marriage licenses, facial services ads, and local notes on rain, Mexico independence day, Dimmitt County grand jury convicts, and plans for a Washington Birthday Celebration Association in Laredo.
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Monterey
Linares
Montemorelos
Ixtle
Santone Stars Take First From Laredos 4 to 2
San Antonio All Stars defeated the Laredos 4 to 2 at Legion Park in the first game of the series as Fields and Chittenden formed the strong battery for the locals. Henry Crumpler drove in a run to cut the lead late.
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Fields
Chittenden
San Antonio All Stars
Laredos
Legion Park
Llaredos
Langsdon
Merkle
Henry Crumpler
Mike
Re-elected Leader Dr Alexander Mann Heads Episcopal House
Rev. Dr. Alexander Mann has been unanimously re-elected president of the House of Deputies of the Protestant Episcopal Church, a role he has held since 1918. The Geneva, New York native and son of a clergyman studied at Hobart College and the General Theological Seminary, later serving in Buffalo, Orange New Jersey, and Boston's Trinity Church.
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Alexander Mann
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Church
Geneva
N. Y
Mann
Hobart Colleges
General Theological Seminary of
New York
St James’ Church
Bffalo
Grace Church
Orange
N. J
Newark
Trinity Church
Boston
Bcome Missionary
Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor Notice
Brief society notice noting Violet S Oberfeldt as society editor with contact telephone number 70.
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Violet S. Oberfeldt
Sunday and Monday Social Calendar Highlights
The Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church meets at 6 45 p m Sunday. The Junior B Y P U of the Baptist Church gathers at 6 00 p m. The Senior B Y P U meets at 6 30 p m. The Christian Church group meets at 6 45 p m. Monday features the Woman's Club at 3 30 p m led by Mrs G W Derby and the Woman's Missionary Society at 4 00 p m with a musical program in the evening.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Woman's Club
G. W. Derby
Woman's Missionary Society
Elfin Secret Poem and Local Arrivals in City News
The page blends a poem about elves and a parade of city social notes. Readers are told of Mrs Hi and Miss Alice arriving from San Antonio to join Mr. Taylor, families visiting from Temple and Bruni, travelers returning from Alabama and Tennessee, and students heading to Bryan and Austin for university terms. A grand ball in Nuevo Laredo marks September 16.
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M. Taylor
Alice
City
San Antonio
Mr. Taylor
Centro Social Fronteriza Club
Nuevo Laredo
Telegraphing Saturday Notices to Mrs Milton
All notes for publication in this column each Saturday should be telephoned to Mrs Milton not later than Thursday noon. Phone 1349 J.
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Milton
Church Music Program Sees Solos From Stowers and Morgan
Tomorrow at the Christian Church Mrs. Allen Stowers will sing the offertory solo and Ms Mendell H Morgan of Christ Church Choir will sing the invitation solo The Penitent by Van de Water.
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The
Christian Church
Allen Stowers
Ms. Mendell H. Morgan
Christ Church Choir
van de Water
Benefit musicale at Woman's Club rooms in Laredo
A Monday evening benefit concert at 8 15 features Mrs Travis iruce Bunn with Miss Genevieve Camp and Miss Marjorie Murray at the Woman's Club rooms. Bunn, a New York artist, will sing a soprano solo and Camp will be piano soloist and accompanist. Murray, from San Antonio, will play violin with a program including MacDowell and Verdi works and pieces by Chopin and Dvorak.
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Travis Bruce Bunn
Genevieve Camp
Marjorie Murray
Woman's Club
Laredo
Travis Iruce Bunn
Bunn
Institute of Musical Art
New York
Stojowski
de Bernyz
Prilfiwitz
Miss Camp
Regional Anti-Saloon League Conference Opens in Boston
In Boston Massachusetts a regional conference of the Anti-Saloon League of America will be held starting tomorrow and run through Monday and Tuesday. Delegates from across New England will discuss plans including a referendum on state prohibition.
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Boston
Mass
Anti-Balgow League of America
New" England
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Laredo Fields
Laredo Territory
Zapata Counties
Teachers Institute
Dimmit County
Gama Fame
Toca News
Rio Grande
H. M. Babcock
P. O. Box
Santone Stars
M. M
J. Rh. Rodriguez
J. R. Rodriguez, Jr
Austin
Amos Martinez
Tampico
W. J. Baker
Alabama
Tennessee
Market Street
W. L. Guyler
Pred Bueng
Victor Sauvignet
University
Horace Greenstreet
Bryan
A. & M. College
Clara Parker
Evelyn Moore
James Moore
Philip Moore
Jack iXing
CG. M. Henry
Texarkana
Crystal
Springs
Miss
Robbye Clyde Hennington
Joe Condrenta
Santila
Baby of
Brownavillé
J.T. Murphy
Charles Deutz
Misa Julia Besle Deutz
California
Denver
Mary Besse MacDonald
J. A. MacDonald
Helen MacDonald
Mercedes
MacDowell
Fort McIntosh
Grider
Brownsville
Hickok
Beigain
Allen ‘Sewell
Hebbronville
H. Smith
Woman’s Club
Mrs. Bunn
Jones-Gribbie
Janie
R. W. Jones
Corsicana
Herbert G. Gribble
Elks Wall
Kansas City
Mexico City
Sunbeam
Altist
Pletcher Smith
Southwestern Baptist Hospital
Lamar Smith
Margaret Schelper
Louie Simms
Mary Graves
Methodist Church
Casa Blanca
Mr. Perkings
Mendel H. Morgan
Kiwanis Club
Pierre V. Blanchard
Flora Dilgarde
Church Music
Mra
Travis
the Silver King
Rosamonde
Chaminada
Summer
MacDowell-Hartman
Murray
Arla
Caro Nome
En Verdi
Amar Y Soufrir
Seu Jorda
Clavelitos
Valverde
Hlumoresque
Dvorak
Orientale Oo
Liebesfreud
Kreiser
Cyril Scott
Greenwood
Sree
Clarke Mrs. Bunn
Venice
Nevin
Alba
Buona Notte
Guy d’Hardelat
Anti-Saloon League Conference
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