Laredo Marriage License and Local Society Notes
The paper notes a marriage license issued to Jesse Kelly and Maria Diana Duesias, plus a flood of social items. School and theatre ads appear, with notices on clubs, baptisms, and a large Snyder Beene wedding at a Laredo residence. The event features detailed ceremony imagery and guest lists, with postreception plans and travel.
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Jésse
Kelly
Maria Diana Duesias
Benito Juarez” College
Flores Avenue
Rialto Theater
Edgar Lewis
Eddie Polo
Strand
Owen Moore
The
Royal
Mitchell Lewis
Dempsey and Carpentier Set for Sunday Movie Shows
Jack Dempsey will appear at Strand Theater Sunday in Dare Devil Jack while Georges Carpentier headlines Royal Theater Sunday and Monday in The Wonder Man. Both champions showcase in movie performances drawing crowd interest for a possible title clash.
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Jack Dempsey
Thet
Kayos
Strand Theater
Mass Meeting for Boy Scouts Council in Laredo
Citizens gather at Elks Hall tonight at 8 to form a strong Laredo Boy Scouts council. Mrs Derby J Fasnacht and A Barr deaux lead an organization committee urging mothers and fathers to attend. After the meeting enrollment will begin to build a robust local scouting force.
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Laredo
Elks Hall
Boy Scout Council
Tooke & Co
St. Anthony
Victoria Street
Laredo Optical Co
Mexico
Nuevo Laredo
Lincoln Street
J. E. Fowler
George W.W. Derby
J. R. Fasnacht
A. D. Barrdeaux
Boy Scouts
Scouts
Social Calendar notes Friday and Saturday events
The Blue Birds open the season with a 4 PM meeting at Mrs Alfred Poggenpohl’s home. A dance is planned for the Soldiers Root Club Garden Saturday evening.
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Blue Birds
Alfred Poggenpohl
Soldiers Root Club Garden
Dr Leon Rowe Assumes Pan American Union Post
Dr Leon Rowe takes office as Director General of the Pan American Union on his 60th birthday born September 17 1871 in McGregor Iowa. He held honorary degrees from three South American institutions and has served as professor at the University of Pennsylvania and in government posts including Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the war and chief of the Latin American division of the State Department. He has led the International High Commission as Secretary General for five years.
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Leon Rowe
Pan-American Union
McGregor
Iowa
Rowe
South America
University of Pennsylvania
the Treasury
State Department
Beeen
International High Commission
Railroad time table for Texas Mexican and related trains
Train No. 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 9 56 a m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m The International and Great Northern Through fast train to St Louis leaves at 9 30 a m and arrives at 1 p m
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Texas
Corpus Christi
Prohibition Advocated by Grayson County Baptists
Denison Texas Sept 17 Tobacco is as detrimental as carbolic acid and alcohol Sunday baseball and theaters are dangerous evils and bathing beaches permitting the intermingling of men and women bathers are highly immoral the Grayson county Baptist association in convention here declared today a sweeping resolution denouncing the sloped evils was adopted.
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Associated Press
Denison
Texas
Grayson County Baptist Association
Train No 1 and No 2 passenger schedule
Train No 1 leaves Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m and arrives Minera at 10 20 a m Train No 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m and arrives Laredo at 3 16 p m
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Laredo
Minera
War Taxes the Nerve Energy of the Country
The article urges total national focus to win the war and warns that fatigue forgetfulness insomnia and irritability indicate a stressed nervous system requiring rest and relief actions to restore vigor. It emphasizes maintaining mental and physical rhythm to sustain the war effort.
Blood Mic and Nerve Sedative Ad Enhances Nerve Health
A vintage drug ad touts a product described as a blood mic and nerve sedative that allegedly doubles nerve health in ten days. It promises renewed strength to face daily strain and lists two distribution sites, Se and 181.00 at your Druggist or from a City Drug Co.
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Dillons
Birthdays for September 17 Notables and Aristocrats
Our Daily Birthday Party lists prominent figures born on September 17. Earl of Granard with Beatrice Mills of New York, 46. Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Gailor of Tennessee, 64. J. L. Calder of Ontario, 52. Rt. Rev. Edwin Warren Saphore of New Jersey, 66. Sir Alfred Booth of Cunard, 48.
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Earl of Granard
Beatrice Mills
New York City
Thomas F. Gailor
Tennessee
Protestant Episcopal Church
Jackson
Miss
J. L. Calder
Privy Council of Canada
Oxford County
Ont
Edwin Warren Saphore
Episcopal Diocese of
Arkansas
Rahway
N. J
Sir Alfred Booth
Cunard Steamship Company
Fourth Liberty Bond Purchase Report by Dallas Bank
The Federal Reserve Bank reports 753,960 buyers in the Eleventh District during the Fourth Liberty Loan with bond value totaling 145,988,525 dollars. Interest payments are due semiannually on October 15, 1920 and March 15, 1921, totaling 3,102,271.15 dollars each period. It notes many bond owners have not presented interest coupons for payment.
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Dallas
Texas
Federal Reserve District
Dinsmore W. Hume
Banking Cireles
Packers plan to dispose stockyards rejected as separation
The five big packers proposed selling stockyards interests to A. Prince and Co. of Bowton. The federal trade commission ruled today that the move would not separate stock yards from packing interests. The report was sent to Attorney General Palmer in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
A. Prince and Co
Bowton
Federal Trade Commission
Palmer
Texas hunters tally licenses and fees in fiscal year
Austin reports 14 707 hunters licensed by the Texas Game Fish and Oyster Commission last year with 14 597 county licenses adding 27 007 20 dollars and 110 nonresident state licenses yielding 1 520 Receipts from 45 hunting boats totaled 90 dollars and fines for game violations brought 412 40 dollars The special game fund credit reached 28 829 60 dollars.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Texas Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
Today’s Events Across Regions and Key Anniversaries
Numerous observances mark this day including the 290th birthday of Boston dating from 1630 and the birth of Gen Karl Van Dorn. Victoria hosts the Dominion convention of Army and Navy Veterans while Toronto welcomes Chambers of Commerce delegates. Harding speaks on immigration at Marion. A Montfaucon battle reenactment opens at Camp Meade for VFW encampment.
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Boston
John Winthrop
United States
Constitutional League
Victoria
B. C
Army and Navy Veterans
Congress of the Chambers of Commerce of the Empire
Toronto
Congress
Republican National Committee
Marion
Warren G. Harding
Montfaucon
France
Camp Meade
Maryland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Chamberlains Colie and Diarrhoea Remedy Praised in Michigan
Mrs. A H Hall of Caseville Michigan thanks for Chamberlains Colie and Diarrhoea Remedy saying it saved their babys life this summer and they never are without it. Mrs Mary Carrington of Caseville Michigan reports years of prompt relief from the remedy.
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Chamberlain
Michigan
A. H. Hall
Caseville
Mich
Mary Carrington
Wall Street Bomb Probe Cites Time Bomb Cause
AP reporting from New York says William J. Miyan of the Justice Department declared the Wall Street explosion likely caused by a time bomb aboard a wagon drawn by a single horse. Authorities, including Chief Flynn and Fire Commissioner Brennan, hunt the driver while experts from the interior’s Bureau of Mines assisted in fragment analysis amid a widespread manhunt.
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Associated Press
New York
William J. Miyan
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Wall Street
Flynn
Brennan
Kvin
Bureau of Mines
Department of the Interior
Washington
Ameden
Comet
Armert
Bio Business District
Palmer and Garvan Arrive to Lead Radicals Probe
Washington on September 17 Attorney General Palmer and Francis Garvan fresh from the antiradical campaign arrive in New York to direct the investigation of the explosion there.
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Palmer
Garvan
New York
Washington
Francis Garvan
Man Detained in Hamilton Probed as Possible Insane
Edward Fisher, who says he recently was in Toronto, is detained at Hamilton police headquarters. A police surgeon will determine if he is insane. Relatives reported his location. he has not been questioned about a postcard warning to a Wall Street broker's clerk dated September 18.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Edward Fisher
Toronto
Hamilton
Ontario
Wall Street
To Go Before Grand Jury In New York Case
Edward Fisher, ex employee of the French high commission, detained in Hamilton Ontario, accused of sending postcards from Toronto warning friends of danger in Wall Street after 3 pm Wednesday September VV. He will be brought to New York to testify before the grand jury.
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Grand Jury
New York
Edward Fisher
French High Commission
Hamilton
Ontario
Toronto
Wall Street
Grand
Thirty six Lost Lives in New York Explosion
The casualty list issued at noon today reports thirty six deaths from yesterday’s blast in New York. Two unidentified victims are among the deceased as officials revise the toll and continue investigations into the disaster.
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New York
Home for Children to Build Three Waco Buildings
The Home for Dependent and Neglected Children in Waco will have three new buildings after a contract approved by a designated board. The project totals 80,900 dollars excluding electrical work, with construction to start promptly once materials can be moved.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Waco
Ladies Night a Great Success at Hamilton Cafe Scene
Last night the Laredo Rotary Club held Ladies Night in the Hamilton Cafe dining room with Rotarians, their wives and friends attending. A special program of events was carried out but space limits a fuller writeup will appear in tomorrow's Times.
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Laredo
Money Makers Advertises Four Dollar Deals
An item from Times Want Ads highlights money making opportunities with a four dollar price tag. The short listing emphasizes small investments and quick returns, inviting readers to explore the advertised offers for potential earnings.
Italians Attack US Flag At Genoa Consulate
Reported by Associated Press from Washington on September 1 describes an incident in Genoa Italy where workers displayed a red flag and attempted to tear down the American flag at the consulate during wartime, noted by the State Department.
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Associated Presa
Washington
Genoa
Italy
State Department
Prohibition Revenue Reported for Texas in Past Year
Austin September 17. Enforcement of the state prohibition law yielded about 10100 in net revenue, with receipts from various fees totaling around 1500. A 9600 appropriation and about 1500 of receipts were expended, with the balance turned to the general revenue fund.
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Austin
Texas
Wiginton
Errors in Accounts Reported by Texas Comptroller
Austin Texas Sept 17. During eight months as state comptroller M L Wigitton said $40 000 was saved for the state through auditors discovery of discrepancies in accounts of county tax collectors. Errors were found in the accounts though few showed criminal intent.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
M. Ol. Wigitton
Te Department
Three New State Banks Authorized in Texas
The Texas Banking Board this month authorized three new state banks to operate in Texas with a combined capital stock of 25,000. The Guaranty State Bank of Kilgore in Gregg county will carry 16,000, the Gharanty State Bank of Brooke Smith in Brown county 10,000, and the Farmers State Bank of Campbell in Hunt county 10,000.
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Associated Preas
Austin
Texas
Texas Banking Board
Guaranty State Bank of
Kilgore
Gregg County
Capital Stock
Gharanty State Bank of
Brooke Smith
Brown County
Farmers’ State Bank of
Campbell
Hunt County
Women gain ground in voting rights worldwide
Of interest to women reports advances in suffrage and political roles across nations. Germany lists 21,000,000 eligible female voters while Paraguay forms its first suffrage association. Oklahoma names Kathryn Van Leuven an assistant attorney general and Petrograd’s police head leads an independent women’s party. PaddingtonStation in London ends ticket collectors roles as war era shifts continue. Uruguay debates municipal suffrage supported by prominent men. Canada notes only three women elected in four years since equal suffrage.
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Kathryn van Leuven
Oklahoma
Petrograd
Inland
Woman's Party
Paddington Station
London
Congress of
Uruguay
Canada
Weather Forecast From New Orleans Bureau
The Times carries the daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau of New Orleans. Observations from Fort McIntosh cover the last 24 hours ending at 7 a m. Tonight and Saturday look generally fair with a southeast wind. Max 100 Min 74. Clear skies.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort MclIntosh
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