Was It a Joke and Guard Reactions to Anarchist Threats
A Wednesday Daily piece discusses artillery guards at the Custom House during riots, warns against anarchist methods, and calls for harsh punishment of bombers. It notes fear’s rise, references German American politics, and critiques Viereck and German press alignment with Harding and anti Cox campaigns.
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Geeta Oo
Howe
Pieters
Revenue Department
New York
Guy Fawkes
The German Vote and Viereck’s American Loyalty
The article denounces George Sylvester Viereck editor of Vaterland for organizing German American votes against Cox and for any candidate who can win Democratic support. It questions his American citizenship claims, cites his Kaiser support and wartime subsidies, and asserts such influence is anti American regardless of methods or sources.
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Piper Re Oeare
Cox
Germany
Viereck
Hie
American Monthly
Woodrow Wilson
League of Damnations
Wilson
Wilhelmstrasee
Congress
New York
Ira G. Darrin
Alliance
United States
Cleveland
Waecher Und Angeiger
America
Harding
New York Volksgeitung
American Republican Presse
George Sylvester Viereck
Vaterland
Empire
Pilgrims in Holland Unearth Found Robinson Signature
Leyden Holland Sept 22 Associated Press reports three newly found documents from Leyden archives shed light on Pilgrim leader John Robinson. A contract bearing his signature along with a letter to William Edmonforder and a third paper from Bridget White offer details on Robinsons household and may confirm writings attributed to him.
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Associated Press
Leyden
Holland
New Hight
Eckhot
John Robinson
Wilam Evedford
Hie Degartere
Halland
Ile Wen
Massachusette
de. Eckhef
Bridget White
John Kottasen
Robinson
Eckhottas
Douglas Fairbanks Heads Wild Strand Lineup Tomorrow
At the Strand tomorrow in Triangle pictures Fairbanks stars in The Habit of Happiness with gangsters and blood tingles on stairs. The Good Bad Man offers more horseback action than ever. His Picture In the Papers follows with a dangerous auto crash a boxing scene and stunts including being thrown from a train and swimming ashore. Sweet at the Stand tomorrow.
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Douglas Fairbanks
Proteus Prindle
Fairbanks
Atlantic City
Lfe
Economy Salvage House Shoes and Uniforms at Low Cost
At 1701 Hidalgo St. S-34L, Economy Salvage House offers 20,000 Army shoes 1,000 Army wool shirts 300 Army cotton mattresses 20,000 Army leggings and many other article lines including 1,000 pairs of ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture.
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Hidalgo St. S
Daily History Lesson Highlights Key Events
A compact record notes dates and figures from 1515 to 1896. Anne of Cleves birth and death dates, Salem witch trials, Nathan Hale’s execution, political actions by John White and McClellan at Harper's Ferry, Paris surrender near Sevren, French victory over the Hovas, and a Russian imperial visit to Scotland.
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Anne of Cleves
Henry VII
England
Cleves
Salem
Mass
Nathan Hale
New York
Howe
John White
Twenty-seventh Congress
Richmond
Gen. McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Harper
Today’s historic and current political and industry meetings
Delegates from Massachusetts towns meet at Faneuil Hall to discuss grievances against standing armies. The senatorial campaign committee resumes sessions today. Cardinal Gibbons summons the Catholic Conference at Catholic University in Washington. Canadian and U S railroad telegraph heads begin a four day Winnipeg conference. The British Iron and Steel Institute opens in Cardiff with talks on industry present and future.
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Catholic of
United States
Cardinal Gibbons
Catholic University
Washington
Canada
Winnipeg
Great Britain
British Iron and Steel Institute
Cardiff
Wales
Otto H Kahn Endorses Savings Stamps For All Adults
Dallas report quotes Otto H Kahn of Muir Loch & Co endorsing War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates as safe, attractive, and convenient savings. Federal official Dinsmore W Hume notes the Kahn letter emphasizes bankers’ duty to support Thrift campaigns for national savings during the war.
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Dallas
Texas
Treasury Savings
Dinsmore W. Hume
Federal District
Eleventh
Federal Reserve District
Otto H. Kahn
International Banking House
Muir, Loch & Co
New York
Hume
Kahn
Treasury
First Northwest Women's Political Club Organized in Minneapolis
The first women’s political club in the Northwest has organized its own club house in Minneapolis by Republican women. Times Want Ads note money makers and earnings listed as three dollars.
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Northwest
Minneapolis
Gentry Bros Shows Draw Huge Crowds in Redo
Large crowds gathered at Gentry Bros Shows in Redo for afternoon and evening performances. The train ed ponies monkeys dogs elephants clowns tumblers and trapeze artistes delivered a high standard show followed by a concert. After the finish the tent was struck and the show departed by special train for Alice for two more performances today.
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Laredo
Gentry Bros
Gentry Dres
Alice
Artificial Limbs Catalog Advertises Texas Offices
Chicago Artificial Limb Co offers legs arms trusses and braces with agents Thos J Guernsey Jr at 2016 Farragut St Laredo Texas and listings at 8 9 Coles Block El Paso Texas dated 9 10 1m.
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Chicago Artificial Limb Co
Coles Block
el Paso
Texas
Thos. J. Guernsey, Jr
Farragut Street
Laredo
A Means to an End in Boy Scout Movement
A. D. Bordeaux argues that character development is the core aim of Scouting. Every program element from ranks to merit badges, troop structure, and councils serves this end, cultivating health, efficiency, chivalry, loyalty, patriotism, and good citizenship under principled leadership.
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Boy Scout Movement
National Council
A. D. Bordeaux
Despondent sufferers find relief with Cham berlain’s Tablets
Indigestion patients often feel discouraged but hundreds have been permanently cured by Chamberlain’s Tablets. They strengthen the stomach and restore natural function enabling the user to eat what they crave. If you have not tried them, do so at once.
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Red Cross
Balkans
Mutiny of the Elsinore at Rialto Theatre
Metro presents The Mutiny of the Elsinore at the Rialto beginning today. A London novel adaptation with an all star cast, the drama follows gunmen attempting to seize the ship Elsinore on a Horn voyage and the ensuing pistol and rifle battles with officers. The story, by the late Jack London, is a suspenseful, nerve tingling tale of danger and confrontation.
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Elsinore
Rialto
High Seas
Jack London
Metro
Rialto Theatre
Population figures from 1920 census for Laredo and Webb County
The Times reproduces a Census Bureau report showing Laredo population 22 710 in 1920. Ward 1 holds 8 187, Ward 2 5 947, Ward 3 3 604, Ward 4 4 972. Webb County reaches 29 152 in 1920, up from 22 503 in 1910. Precincts data and historical growth are noted. readers urged to preserve the clipping for reference.
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the Times
Department of Commerce
Bureau of the Census
John N. Gartier
Laredo
Webb County
Heights
City of
Presbytery Convened at First Presbyterian Church
Western Texas Presbytery met Tuesday evening at seven thirty in the First Presbyterian church. Dr. R. E. Hardin retired moderator opened with a sermon on preaching. Dr. Will P. Dickey was elected moderator and Rev. Robert Francis Gribble temporary clerk. The presbytery's reception followed on the church lawn and visitors dined with the Laredo Rotary Club at noon. Dr. Arthur G. Jones of San Antonio to preach at 7:30 with public invitation.
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Western Texas
First Presbyterian Church
R. E. Hardin
Goliad
Will P. Dickey
Kerrville
Robert Francis Gribble
Laredo
Saloon Closures Ordered In Nuevo Laredo On Sundays
Nuevo Laredo imposes Sunday closure on eighty or more saloons, requiring all to stop liquor sales from midnight Saturday until Monday morning. Mayor Felipe Zepeda issued the notice, countersigned by Secretary Jose Cruz Solis, with orders reportedly coming from Tamaulipas Governor and President de la Huerta.
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Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Felipe Zepeda
Jose Cruz Solis
Zepeda
Tamaulipas
de la Huerta
Mrs. Volta Bankson Praises Chamberlain Tablets
A reader from Chilli Cothe Mo reports relief from indigestion and liver backache and dizziness after using Chamberlain's Tablets. She says the medicine did her a world of good and she will always speak well of them.
What Women Want at Royal Theatre with Louise Huff
Louise Huff stars in Pioneer’s What Women Want to be shown tomorrow at the Royal Theatre. The dainty screen star proclaims women equal men in everyday business, while her sentiments are higher. Huff faces her most ambitious role yet in a tale of protecting a girl’s name against scheming men.
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Royal
Louise Huff
Royal Theatre
Pioneer
Miss Huff
Miss Hurt
Times Offer For Daily Watch Subscription
A windowed notice announces THE TIMES daily access for readers with a monthly subscription rate of 60 cents. The ad emphasizes ongoing opportunities to receive the newspaper regularly.
Ashley Leaves for Atlanta and New York Visit
W L Ashley the painter who volunteered in 1917 and served at Fort Slocum returns to his old home in Atlanta then to New York on business. He plans a new modern playhouse in Nuevo Laredo costing about 30900 dollars, promising top quality movies on opening in January 1921. He will be away two to three weeks.
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W. L. Ashley
New York
Fort Slocum
Thirtyseventh-seventh Infantry
Laredo
el Progreso” Opera House
Nuevo Laredo
Atlanta
Ashley
Stop Itching Eczema with Zemo Remedy
Stop itching eczema quickly by applying Zemo as sold by druggists for 35 cents. Extra large bottle one dollar. Zemo clears eczema tetter pimples rash and similar skin diseases, without greasiness or staining. The E. W. Rose Co Cleveland O sponsors the product as a penetrating antiseptic liquid.
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E. W. Rose Co
Cleveland, O
Officers Praised for Action at Circus Show
A Laredo citizen told The Times that Deputy Sheriff Phillips acted commendably for restraining a vendor using vulgar language and stepping on women in the reserved seats. The citizen also praised Officer Zapata for subduing other unruly individuals who interfered.
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Laredo
Times
Phillips
Zapata
Railroad Timetable Teases Corpus Christi Service
Texas Mexican Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 9 56 a m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 36 p m The notes imply a schedule with two limited services between the hub and Corpus Christi.
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Corpus
International and Great Northern Timetable Notice
Through fast train for St. Louis leaves at 9 30 a m and arrives at pm. Night Train leaves at 9 p m and arrives at 3 a m.
Rio Grande and Eagle Paes Train Schedule
Train No. 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 a m and arrives Minera at 10 20 a m Train No. 2 departs Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m and arrives Laredo at 3 16 p m
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Rio Grande & Eagle Paes
Laredo
Minera
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