Today’s anniversaries for September 18
Dates recount notable events and figures: 1819 John Langdon died in Portsmouth NH. 1820 Missouri first general assembly in St Louis. 1879 Daniel Drew died in New York. 1891 fishing boat wreck deaths near Labrador. 1894 Levi P Morton chosen NY governor candidate. 1914 Belgian stand at Termonde. 1915 Entente note to Bulgaria. 1916 British advance near Bapaume. 1917 War Deficiency Bill passage for 7 billion dollars.
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John Langdon
New Hampshire
United States
Portsmouth
N. H
Missouri
General Assembly
St. Louis
Daniel Drew
Wall Street
New York City
Carmel
N. Y
Labrador
Levi P. Morton
New York
Termonde
Bulgaria
Bapaume
House of Representatives
Today’s Birthdays Highlight Notable Figures Across Fields
A list of prominent individuals celebrating birthdays. John H. Clarke, associate justice, born in Lisbon Ohio. Maj. Gen. William B. McVicar, Camp Zachary Taylor commander, born Tecumseh Michigan. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, U S senator from Nebraska, born Omaha. Henry C. Wing, Oberlin College president, born Hillsdale Michigan. Rt Rev Paul P. Rhode, bishop Green Bay, born Prussian Poland. Henry K. Groh, Cincinnati third baseman, born Rochester New York.
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John H. Clarke
Supreme Court of the United States
Lisbon
Ohio
William 8. McVicar
Tecumseh
Mich
Gilbert M. Hitchcock
United States
Nebraska
Omaha
Henry C. Wing
Oberlin College
Inter-Allied Commission
Syria
Hillsdale
Paul P. Rhode
Green Bay
Wis
Poland
Henry K. Groh
Cincinnati
Rochester
N. Y
National Independence Day observances and political events abroad
Today marks National Independence Day in Chile and Ecuador. John Langdon, a New Hampshire statesman, played a role in early U.S. presidency. The Prince of Wales plans a Banff area tour in Canada. Congress will honor General Pershing with a sword. The National Petroleum Association convenes in Atlantic City. Pendleton hosts the Round-Up carnival. The Missouri Valley Medical Society holds a Victory convention in Des Moines. Brewers' conference in Atlantic City postponed to late November. Grain Growers of Saskatchewan meet in Regina. An international conference of women physicians opens in New York City. John M. Parker launches a campaign for Louisiana governor in New Orleans.
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Ined
John Langdon
New Hampshire Statesman
Washington
Prince of Wales
Canadian Rockies
Banff
Congress
General Pershing
National Petroleum Association
Atlantic City
Frontier Sports
United States
Canada
Pendleton
Ore
Missouri Valley Medical Society
Des Moines
Brewers of the
Atlanticity
Grain Growers’ Association of Saskatchewan
Regina
Worren Physicians
New York City
John M. Parker
New Orleans
Progressive Party
Louisiana
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Promoted by Mothers
This remedy is praised as a top cough and cold medicine for children and adults. It is described as effective for coughs croup and whooping cough and pleasant to take. It has years of favorable use with many mothers endorsing it. It contains no opium or narcotics.
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Wm. Scruby
Chillicothe
Chamberlain
Croup
Social Calendar Notes for Thursday and Friday
The Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church meets Mrs Robt McCulloch at 4 PM The Ladies Aid of the Christian church meets Mrs E F Hamilton at 4 PM The four W M A Baptist church circles hold afternoon meetings On Friday Blue Birds meet Mrs Alfred Poggenpohl at 4 PM Story Telling Hour at Mrs M P Cullinan at 5 PM Boy Scouts Headquarters hosts 8 PM gathering.
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Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian Church
Robt. McCulloch
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
E. F. Hamilton
The
Baptist Church
Blue Birds
Alfred Poggenpohl
M. P. Cullinan
Boy Scouts Headquarters
Diverse Social Dispatches From Laredo City
A telegram reports Miss Katherine MacGregor safe arrival in New Orleans from New York and a stop in Laredo looming for Monday. Various arrivals and visits mark local life including the Westbrooks, Catherine Gravis, and Misses Mina and Lupe Rosenbaum.
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Katherine MacGregor
New Orleans
New York
Laredo
Miss Olivia Guajardo Weds Ernesto Vidales in City Ceremony
Olivia Guajardo daughter of Dr and Mrs J G Guajardo married Ernesto Vidales son of Mr and Mrs Agustin Vidales. They will reside in San Antonio. The Parish Guild of Christ Church opened its meeting at the Rectory with reports, officer elections and plans for the Thanksgiving sale. Members listed include Amanda Allen Arkles Arthur Anderson Adams Cook Johnston Kehl Lines MacGregor Poster Vidales Mason Younkin Woodman. Next meeting set for Wednesday at 4.00 pm with Mrs Arkles.
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Parish Guild of Christ Church
Joe Vidales
W. W. MacGregor
Treasury
H. W. Johnston
Harry Mason
R. L. Poster
W. B. Arthur
C. W. Cook
Amanda Allen
Mesdames Arkles
Arthur
Anderson
Adams
Cook
Johnston
Kehl
Lines
MacGregor
Poster
Vidales
Mason
Younkin
Woodman
Mrs. Arkles
Diarrhoea Remedy Advises Early Home Care
The notice recommends Chamberlain's Celic and Diarrhoea Remedy for children one year old or older with diarrhoea and to follow with castor oil. It urges keeping the remedy handy and giving it at the first signs of loose bowels.
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Chamberlain
Local Showers Expected Tonight and Friday
Weather forecast from the U S Weather Bureau New Orleans for The Times with tonight and Friday unsettled conditions likely bringing local showers. Gentle to fresh southerly winds.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
the Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh Weather Report Today
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m show a maximum temperature of 85 degrees and a minimum of 52 degrees. Winds from the southeast with clear skies.
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Fort McIntosh
Railroad Time Table Highlights for Texas Lines
Texas-Mexican trains run No 1 to Corpus Christi at 12 50 p m and No 2 from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m. International and Great Northern offers through fast service to St Louis leaving 8 30 a m and arriving 2 50 p m. Night Train departs at 9 p m and arrives at 8 a m.
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Corpus Christi
Train Schedules Between Laredo and Minera
Train No. 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m and reaches Minera at 10 20 a m Train No. 2 departs Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m and arrives at Laredo at 3 15 p m
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Laredo
Minera
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Claim in Cure All
There is more catarrh in this section than all other diseases and it was long considered incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional internal remedy that works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Sold by druggists for 75 cents.
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Whall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Hall
Notice to Truck Owners in City of Laredo
Notice to truck owners performing public hauling in Laredo that licenses expired August 31 and must be renewed at City Hall for the year ending August 31, 1920.
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City of
Laredo
Wilson argues for orderly agitation and League aims in Montana
President Wilson on a western tour defends radicalism when lawful and condemns violence as he promotes the League of Nations. In Billings he urged orderly agitation and discussion, praising counsel over chaos, and in Helena he denounced radicalism while praising self-control and public duty of police.
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Montana
Wilson
League of Nations
World Care
Pacific Coast
Billings
League
George W. Frazier
Columbus
Helena
Pacific
Cotton Markets Report From The Times Daily
The Times daily notes live pool opening spots show good demand with steady to easier prices for cotton. Good middling prices near 19.57 with various month quotes around 18.8 to 18.9 and steady close across markets in New York New Orleans Houston and Galveston with sales and arrivals listed.
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Houston
Death toll from Sunday storm climbs in Texas area
Corpus Christi reports 256 dead with totals spread across White Point Rocita Portland Port Aransas Odem Linton Aransas Pass Rockport and West Portland while crews search Nueces Bay for wreckage. Officials warn food and supply efforts should keep population near normal as refugees arrive.
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Associated Press
Corpus = Christi
Corpus Christi
White Point
Rocita
Portland
Port Aransas
Odem
Linton
Aransas Pass
Rockport
E Vicini
West Portland
Texas
Syndee
Nue«es Bay
Railway and Steamship Workers Routed to Strike Vote
Two hundred thousand railway and steamship men have been ordered to take a strike vote, announced in Louisville Kentucky on September 18 by the Associated Press.
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Py Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
Model City Beautification Planned in Utah
Delta Utah to become a model city as Utah Agricultural College plans street tree plantings across ten varieties and a thirty acre park. About 10 000 trees to be planted with extension of the plan to Brigham City Ogden and others if successful.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Delta
Millard County
Utah Agricultural College
Brighan City
Ogden
Paris
Iitaly
Fiume
Gabriele d'Annunzio
d'Annunzio
Refugees Reach San Antonio After Coastal Storm
In San Antonio Texas on September 18 a train carried the first refugees from the storm swept coast into the city. About 700 people walked miles to reach transportation and were aided by an old sea captain who rescued the inhabitants.
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San Antonio
Texas
Public Utility Problems to be discussed at national convention
Indianapolis hosts the thirty first annual convention of the National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners next month. The program will cover railroad and public utilities under state commissions, and questions about postwar return to private control and government supervision will receive special attention.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Association of Railway and Utility Comissioners
Wiping Out a Debt Story From Leicester Fair Week
Frank Bertram relays a tale from Leicester during fair week where a distressed man rides a merry-go-round to repay a debt. The owner of the ride reportedly owes him money and the rider seeks revenge by frequenting the rides despite illness.
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Frank Bertram
Leicester
Mme
London
Speed the Day
A matter-of-fact gentleman meets a friend and urges him to fix a day for his dying. The friend laments the weather and his health, while the tale centers on grim humor about fatalism and mental resolve.
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Halloa
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress Set for Momentous Meeting
Hamilton Ont September 18 The Dominion Trades and Labor Congress plans its annual gathering next week amid anxiety over the big union question and wartime labor and industry disruptions. The meeting is expected to be the most momentous in Canadian organized labor history.
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Hamilton
Ont
Canada
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Dominion
Pershing Receives Formal Thanks in Congress
General John J. Pershing stood in the House chamber as the full membership of the Senate and House gathered to extend the formal thanks of Congress for his services. Adoring galleries and officials witnessed the ceremony, marking a ceremonial salute to the general.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Adiirers
John J. Pershing
Congress
Public Ownership Conference Planned in Chicago
The Public Ownership League of America seeks a fall conference in Chicago to discuss public ownership of public utilities. Labor, business, farm, and professional groups nationwide will be invited to send delegates.
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Chicago
Public Ownership League of America
Plans Big Municipal Market in Philadelphia
The Philadelphia City Market Commission lays out a plan to spend 12.5 million for a permanent municipal market to curb living costs. It seeks a city appropriation of 20 million to build transportation storage and market facilities rented to private dealers under municipal direction. The plan envisions a central terminal market with freight yards and warehouses or multiple regional distribution centers consolidating sales for community centers.
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Philadelphia
City Market Commission of
Commission
Cone
Port Aransas Survivors Describe Government Boat Rescue
Eyewitnesses recount a government vessel commanded by a captain steering through sand ridges to rescue terrified islanders. The ship ferried passengers to higher ground and returned with provisions as floodwaters rose. A hotel structure collapsed but some occupants remained inside amid three feet of water.
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Tants
Port Aransas
Ope Tan
Aran
Naeces Hotel
Rescue Report From Ports After Storm Chariet
Lieut Col Davis and Capt March returned with news from Port Aransas that all but five people were saved from the storm wreckage. The five perished attempting to reach safety in a lifeboat. Additional casualties included eight dead at Rockport and two at Aransas Pass.
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Corpus Christi
Davis
March
Chariet
Port Ararcas
Rockport
Aransas Pass
Oddities and curiosities from history
A collection of curious facts notes birds of prey lack song, human skin pores reach 25 000, Norwegian couples travel for a tare and a half, London endures daily soot near four and a half pounds per acre, scales balance with an eyelash, and kissing a spouse or child was a crime in seventeenth century England.
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Norway
London
England
Sporty Worm Lesson Ends With Pun
A father lectures his son for late nights and early rising, declaring the early bird catches the worm. The son asks what the worm gained, and the father replies the worm hadn’t slept all night, it was on its way home.
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Chile
Ecuador
Ngociety
Violet S. Oberfeldt
Henry Bryan Binns
B. W. Huebsch
8. A. Westbrook
Cty
el Paso
J. S. Westbrook
Catherine Gravis
Austin
Florence ‘Shanks
Philip Moore
Staunton, Virginia
Staunton Military Academy
G. C. Hiatt
Mary Melissa
Indiana
San Antonio Express
J. K. Beretta
Quebec
Toronto
Mina
Lupe Rosenbaum
Monterey
Augustina Cotero
J. B. Fasnacht
Annie Stephenson
Baby
R. P. Woodard
Gunter Hotel
C. T. Wharton
City
San Fernando
Cathe
Rio Grande
Eagle Pass
F.M. Espinoza R
Box
Laredo, Texas
Scorfs
Boston Police
Mount Clemens News Bureau
Ben R. Stewart
Boston
America
Idealism
T. A. Austin & Agents
Gee F. Meckadde and Company
Galveston
Nueces Bay
Dannunzio
Piome
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
Clemencean
Canadian Labor Congress
Bordeaux
Pershing
Public Ownership Conference
Odd
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