Reparations Payments Reach 56 Million, via Morgan Sums
The Associated Press reports Germany has paid 56 million dollars in reparations through this center, latest 5 million deposited with J P Morgan for the Bank of England and Belgian government. Payments follow Reparations Commission terms as the United States maintains gold currency and strong dollar remittance. German exchange had weakened with the mark at 1.05 bid.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
J. P. Morgan & Co
Bank of England
United States
France
Belgium
Plans to finish Davis monument shifted to height goal
Louisville plans to complete the Jefferson Davis monument to 351 feet by June, making it second only to the Washington monument. Dedication of the Davis home memorial at Fairview, Kentucky is postponed. Daughters of the Confederacy aim to raise 200000 dollars via one dollar souvenir certificates.
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Louisville
Jefferson Avis
Fairview
Daughters of the Confederacy
John H. Leathers
Jefferson Davis Home Association
South
Leathers
Jefferson Davis
Home Association
Odd and Interesting World Facts From History
A compilation of curiosities: Mongolians eat one meal daily. England’s first tea sold high. Burma teaches smoking to children. Stevenson enjoyed flute playing. Indian workers earn about one cent daily. horses remain valuable amid auto use. the Great Sunken Lake in Cascade is 2000 feet deep. giraffes vanish in Africa. Japan plans a emperor pyramid using stones from subjects. Pacific shark ventures show profits in shark oil and meat. shark parts including fins teeth and skin hold high value for various products.
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America
England
Burma
Robert Louis Stevenson
India
United States
Sunken Lake
Cascade Mountains
Africa
Japan
Tokyo
Far East
Pacific
Exploiting Desert Aims in Mongolia Plans
Tokio reports a Kokuminto led effort to exploit Mongolia guiding plans to bring the Living Buddha of Mongolia to Japan. Coal salt mines and vast pastures are said ready. Mongolian Society forms to persuade the Living Buddha's son to visit Japan for better ties and development.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
China
Buddha
Mongolia
Baron Ungern
Thee Living Buddha
Kokuminto Party
Tokyo
Takeshi Inukai
Kokuminto
Hussuru Toyama
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Mr. Tanaka
Wireless in Japan expands message reach to Americas
Tokyo reports that talks between Japan and the United States have enlarged the western hemisphere wireless dispatch area. Radios can now be sent to all parts of South, North and Central America, broadening transpacific communications.
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Tokio
Japan
South
North
Central America
Steam method eyed to halt water hyacinth menace
New Orleans reports nine teen years of effort toward stopping the water hyacinth choking Louisiana bayous. Gov. John M. Parker suggested live steam as a simple solution. Government agents note progress from experiments, potentially checking or eradicating the plant that has clogged streams since 1884 and threatens canals in the hot months.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Panama Canal
South America
Congress
Heights Civic Club meeting and Sunbeam Band gathering
Vociety social calendar lists a 4 pm Heights Civic Club meeting with Mrs M P Cullinan, a 5 pm Sunbeam Band gathering at the church, and an evening theater and supper party entertaining Mr and Mrs Clarence Lee Milton hosted by Mrs Elisabeth Reed.
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the Heights Civic Club
M. P. Cullinan
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Elisabeth Reed
Clarence Lee Milton
Vesuvius eruptions and stable sun parable
Lines reflect on Vesuvius erupting across two thousand revolutions, praising the volcano as an immutable site near Naples while weaving historic and literary allusions. The piece shifts to a newsy column noting social updates and local travel, including visits to Monterrey, San Antonio, Tampico, and Yoakum, with church and Camp Fire Girls activities and a Little Women chapter meeting.
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Naples
Vesuvius
Your Troubles as Warning of a Nervous Breakdown
A concise caution notes nine of ten failures arise from personal physical conditions. It cites brain fag, weakened memory, insomnia, nervous indigestion and irritability as causes that strain nerves until a complete nervous system breakdown occurs.
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Emory
Sensapersa Promises Nerve Health Boost in Ten Days
An old style drug advertisement touts Sensapersa as a blood tonic and nerve sedative that supposedly doubles nerve health in ten days. It claims every nerve and tissue will gain energy and warns readers to heed the warnings. Sold in two sizes, 60 cents and one dollar, at druggists or City Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Drug Co
Women to enter most Civil Service branches in Britain
The House of Commons adopted a measure mandating that within three years women be admitted to virtually all branches of the British civil service under the same conditions as men. This broad move ends formal barriers and aims for equal employment opportunities across government offices.
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House of Commons
Regular meeting of Laredo Lodge Elks No.1018 this evening
Elks members of Laredo Lodge No. 1018 B P O Elks are called to a regular meeting this evening at eight o'clock. Secretary A B Muller notes important business to be transacted.
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Laredo Lodge No
B. P. O. Elks
A. B. Muller
Arkansas Representative Samuel M. Taylor Dies in Washington
Representative Samuel M. Taylor of Arkansas died at his Washington home early today after weeks of illness with pleurisy and pneumonia. He served in Congress and was known for his work on fiscal and agricultural issues. The death occurred in Washington after an extended illness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Samuel M. Taylor
Arkansas
Fort M&Intosh Notes On Post Activities
Mrs. Jefferson Isbell and her children left for Fort Worth Texas while Chaplain Isbell heads to Camp Knox Kentucky for Chaplain's School tonight. Captain John R Kaiser and Lt Herbert Willis hosted dinner. A roof is being built over the new open air dancing pavilion near the Service Club. Post officers reviewed new clothing allowance regulations aimed at economy and neater uniforms.
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Jefferson Isbell
Fort Worth
Texas
Isbell
Camp Knox
Kentucky
Pioneer Texas cattleman Captain C. H. Snyder dies at 88
Dallas report says Captain C. H. Snyder aged 88, a pioneer Texas cattleman and church worker, died at his Georgetown home. He helped organize Southwestern University at Georgetown and telegrams to relatives here announced the death.
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Dallas
Texas
C. H. Snyder
Georgetown
Southwestern University
Attempted self-hanging thwarted in Texas jail
In Wichita Falls Texas on September 13 Henry Toussaint was found with a bed clothing rope in his jail cell a note outlining a plan to hang himself was intercepted in time to stop the attempt Toussaint had just been found guilty of murdering his father and faces the death penalty
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Henry Toussaint
Toussaint
Three Convicts Shot in Penitentiary Escape Attempt
Jefferson City Missouri September 13 guards shot three of four convicts who tried to escape from the state penitentiary at ten o clock today one is not expected to recover all were brought back to the penitentiary
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Associated Press
Jefferson City
State Penitentiary
Federal Federations Open Fifth Annual Federal Employees Meet
Federal workers from scientist to charwoman attend the opening of the National Federation of Federal Employees fifth annual convention in New Orleans. Topics include merit based civil service reclassification, ending politics in appointments and promotions, and a standardized pay scale by skill. Luther Steward of Kansas City presides, with R J Newmyer of Washington DC as secretary treasurer, and delegates from all government divisions expected.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
National Federation of Federal Employes
Luther
Steward
Kansas City
Federation
R. J. Newmyer
Washington, DL. C
Sawed Apart: New England Mansions Split for Modern Homes
Pottsfield Massachusetts reports the trend of sawing up old mansions to create apartments. A 20 room house was divided into two dwellings and moved to a new site. The Whitehead mansion with 27 rooms will be torn down to yield many small houses. Its chimneys allegedly hold enough bricks for two modest homes. Many mansions of the era are being sold due to rising maintenance costs.
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Pottsfield
Mass
New England
Whitehead
Peking Union Medical College to be dedicated week of Sept 16
The new Peking Union Medical College in Peking will be dedicated during September 16 to 22. It is described as the most complete institution of its kind in the East. Americans form the largest group among foreign medical men and scientists invited to participate, with others from London Paris Toronto and Tokyo also attending.
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Associated Press
Peking
Peking Union Medical College
East
London
Paris
Toronto
Tokyo
Unclear quotes on artists and women in painting
Fragmentary dialogue contrasts artist perceptions of angels as women with a speaker remarking he may have known only men. The exchange implies commentary on gender and art without concrete facts or context.
District Attorney accuses influence in Arbuckle case
District Attorney Matthew Brady states perjury by a key witness in the Virginia Rappe death grand jury inquiry. He alleges undue influence and pressure on witnesses including Zey Provost and Alice Blake, who vanished. Arbuckle remains in custody as the investigation continues after the grand jury adjourned without indictment.
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Ly Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Virginia Rappe
Patty” Arbuckle
Matthew Brady
Brady
Zey Provost
Zey Pyrron
Miss Rappe
Miss Pyrron
Adid
Alice Blake
Grand Jury
Pam
Sintster
Alice Bhike
Kerkeley
Enda
Juellin
Arbuckle
Mystery of Murder at Hervey Church Clears In Fort Worth
Washington authorities say last night and today confessions tie up the murder case of B. J. Daugherty and Cerl Ausmus, auto salesmen. Hervey Church admitted help from two accomplices, naming Leon Parks of a local garage and Clarence Wilder. Both men are in police custody.
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Washington
B. J. Daugherty
Cerl Ausmus
Hervey Church
Church
Leon Parks
Clarence Wilder
Flood disaster in Texas claims up to 150 lives
San Antonio reports floods in south central Texas Friday night and Saturday. From 100 to 150 victims feared dead, with 40 known dead in San Antonio. Majority were Mexicans in low lands along the San Quadriel Brazos Colorado and Little rivers. Property loss estimated at six to ten million dollars. Known dead by county listed, thousands of residents missing and 14 people unaccounted. Recovery slow as flood waters recede in the business district.
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San Antonio
Texas
San Quadriel
Brazos
Colorado
Little Rivers
Milam County
Georgetown
Erath
Laneport
San Gabriel
Taylor and Vicinity
Elm Grove
Brushy Creek
Temple
Vicinity
Flood Death Toll Expected From Texas Floods at San Gabriel
Taylor Texas September 13 The flood death toll along the San Gabriel may reach 40 with the worst at Lanesport where five houses washed away and 26 Mexicans drowned. Only two Americans are confirmed dead a boy of five and a girl of seven from a Brushy Creek camping party named Barfield.
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Taylor
Texas
San Gabriel
Lanesport
Brushy Creek
Barfield
Missing Cameron men Bailey Turner and H Sullivan
Cameron men Bailey Turner and H Sullivan remain missing after a reported incident. Authorities urge any witnesses or those with information to come forward to assist in locating them.
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Cameron men—Bailey Turner and
H. Sullivan
Bodies of two officials found near Santa Fe trestle
Waco Texas Sept 18 The bodies of F W Leatherberry and M Robert son officials of the Santa Fe missing since Sunday have been found a mile from the railroad trestle where their boat capsized Two prominent local figures were known for their civic work and were beloved in the community Authorities say the search is now called off pending formal identification and burial arrangements
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Waco
Texas
F. W. Leatherberry
M. Robertson
Santa Fe
Governor appeals for flood relief tents and cots
Austin Texas September 13 Major Black of San Antonio requested aid and the governor wired General Haines at Fort Sam Houston to supply 600 tents and 2000 cots for flood sufferers in San Antonio. The state cannot provide the relief directly.
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Austin
Texas
Black
San Antonio
Haines
Eighth Army Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Flood Toll Rises In Central Texas Regions
More deaths reported from the Texas flood. A Rockdale despatch says 52 known drowned between Thorndale and San Gabriel, with over 80 deaths total in that part of the state. Authorities continue to assess the disaster’s reach.
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San Antonio
Texas
Rockdale
Thorndale
San Gabriel
Teachers Strike Ends in Peking After Salary Guarantee
In Peking on September 12, officials announced the teachers strike of eight higher schools ended as the Finance Minister agreed to fund salaries from salt revenue surplus. The settlement counts as a 4% clear victory for the teachers who had demanded a $2,000,000 monthly fund to support higher government educational institutions.
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Peking
The Ideal Purgative Chamberlain’s Tablets Promise Comfort
A purgative hailed as strong for adults yet mild for children. It ensures an agreeable bowel movement without gripping, and is easy and pleasant to take with a soothing effect.
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Chamberlain
Tariff on Copra Alarms Tahiti Trading Interests
Papeete Tahiti Sept 13 trading interests are alarmed by a new tariff on copra in a U S bill now before Congress. Copra production is below cost and many plantation owners feed coconut meat to livestock rather to pay for labor to process it. Tahiti’s copra has long been shipped to the United States and a sudden loss of that market causes widespread consternation amid stagnating trade and reduced purchasing power of locals.
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Papeete
Tahiti
United States Congress
United States
Western rail reductions to aid livestock men
In Washington on September 13 the Interstate Commerce Commission said rail rate cuts for cattle hogs and sheep will aid Western livestock raisers hit by plummeting prices since July. Reductions start September 20 and cut 20 percent where rates exceed 600 pounds but not below 40 cents per hundredweight.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate committee approves rollback of excess profits tax
Washington Sept 19 The senate finance committee approved a house provision to repeal the excess profits tax effective January 1 next, instead of the prior January 1. The panel also backed Secretary Mallon’s recommendation to repeal the capital stock tax in 1922 and voted to raise the corporation income tax rate from 1 to 15 percent effective January 1.
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Ty Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Secreary Mallon
Neff Will Filed for Probate in Waco Texas
The will of Mrs. Isanana Neff mother of Governor Neff was filed for probate naming the governor as executor without a bond. The estate is valued at about $15,000.
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Waco
Texas
Isanana Neff
Goover Netf
Ihey
Women voters in New York primaries shape mayor race
Four Republican hopefuls vie to challenge Mayor Hylan as women voters enter the first time. Party leaders hope to harness female influence to decide which candidate proceeds to the general election. no Democratic challenger is on the ballot against Hylan.
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New York
Hylan
Lecture on public hygiene series announced
Washington announces a series of public hygiene lectures by the Public Health Service. Courses run about a week in each city with two to six lectures per city. Dallas schedule set for January 16 to 21.
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Washington
The
Public Health Service
Dallas
Texas
Notice of sale of unclaimed freight by railway company
The International & Great Northern Railway Company announces a cash sale at Laredo Texas on September 23 1921 between 10:00 and 11:00 A M at the Freight depot. The item is 2 boxes H H Goods weighing 710 pounds shipment Ardmore Oklahoma to Laredo way bill 1 1238 dated February 28 1921 consigned to Mrs J B Young shipped by Mrs J F Young. The sale follows Texas law on sale of refused and unclaimed freight for charges.
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International & Great Northern Railway Company
James A. Baker
Raceiver
Laredo
Texas
Ardmore
Okla
J. B. Young
J. F. Young
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Yoakum
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Little Women Chapter
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Jennie May Gallahan
Helen Dixon
Nellie Ward
Anne McKinney
Bess Bryant
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Peking Medical School
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