Daily Lesson in History Highlights 1805 to 1920 Events
Thursday's Daily notes several historical items including General William Moultrie’s death in Charleston in 1805, the 1810 Busaco victory by Wellington, Harrison’s 1813 Canadian invasion from Detroit, patent lawyer Thomas H. Dodge born in Eden Vermont, Nicholas Brown’s death linking to Brown University, Wyoming's capital choice in 1889, President Cleveland's 1894 amnesty for polygamy followers, and the 1920 American Legion convention in Cleveland.
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William Moultrice
South Carolina
Charleston
S. C
Wellington
Busaco
Wiliam Henry Harrison
Canada
Detroit
Thomas H. Dodge
Eden
Worcester
Mass
Nicholas Brown
Rhode Island College
Brown University
Providence
Chyenne
Wyoming
Cleveland
Nation Convention of the
American Legion
Eminent Scholar diplomat Maurice F Egan critically ill
Maurice Francis Egan, a Philadelphia born scholar and former United States Minister to Denmark, is reported critically ill at his New Jersey home. He taught English literature at Notre Dame and another university before Roosevelt invited him into diplomacy. He educated Americans about Danish thrift and rural development during his Copenhagen service and produced fiction poetry and translations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Francis Egan
New Jersey
United States
Denmark
Egan
University of Notre Dame
Indiana
Roosevelt
Copenhagen
Notable National Figures Born On This Date
Hon William Pugsley former Dominion cabinet officer and Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick born in Sussex New Brunswick 73 years ago today Martin H Glynn former governor of New York born at Kinderhook New York 62 years ago today Augustus R Hatton professor of American Government at Western Rescue University born at Vevay Indiana 40 years ago today Rear Admiral Robert B Griffin USN retired former chief engineer of the US Navy born at Fredericksburg Virginia 66 years ago today Louis F Swift prominent figure in the Chicago packing industry born at Sagamore Massachusetts 62 years ago today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Pugsley
New Brunswick
Sussex
N. B
Martin H. Glynn
New York
Kinderhook
N. Y
Augustus R. Hatton
Western Rescue University
Vevay
Ind
Robert 8. Griffin
Today’s events span births elections evacuations and meetings
Centenary of Gen James S Jackson birth noted in Kentucky. Egypt begins elections for its first parliament today. Italy sets evacuations of Corfu date amid regional tensions. Berkshire festival of chamber music opens in Pittsfield today and runs through week. Dayton hosts the American Electro Chemical Society annual convention. Oxford University debating team starts its second US tour with Bates College in Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James S. Jackson
Kentucky
Egypt
Italy
Corfu
Europe
Berkshire
Pittsfield
Mass
Dayton
Ohio
American Electro-Chemical Society
Oxford University
Bates College
Lewiston
Sheriff’s Sale of Carleton Piano in Webb County
In Webb County Texas on the 2nd Tuesday in October 1923 the sheriff will sell at the courthouse in cash the personal property of S J Withoff to satisfy a judgment in favor of Thomas Goggan & Bros for 648 07 with 6 percent interest and costs. The item listed is a Carleton Player Piano No 63203.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bexar County
Thomas Goggan & Bros
San Antonio
S. J. Withoff
Thomas Goggin & Bros
Court House
Webb County
Texas
Carleton
Trial package offer from Chamberlain Medicine Co
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MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain Medicine Co
Des Moines
Yowa
Chamberlain
Scotchman and Australian Debate Scotland and Rabbits
A Scot notes many Scots in Australia while an Australian adds that the worst feature there is the rabbits, highlighting the contrasting views on empire life and local wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Commonwealth
Australia
Street Sanitation Experts Convene in Chicago
Delegates from major U S and Canadian cities attend the annual convention of the International Association of Street Sanitation Officials in Chicago. Proceedings begin today and continue tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Ill
United States
Canada
International Association of Street Sanitation Officials
The Sound Heard Around the World Quotation Note
Phinease Shark, noted statistician and mathematician, claims 98.4 percent of cities worldwide allow waking at any hour to hear a flivver winding, a remark cited by the Detroit Motor News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phinease Shark
Detroit Motor News
King Constantine Abdicates Greek Throne
King Constantine abdicates the throne of Greece while Raisull the Moroccan chieftain surrenders to Spain showing shifting power in the Mediterranean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantine
Greece
Raisull
Uniform success of Chamberlains Colic Remedy
The remedy shows pronounced success in relief and care of bowel complaints for both children and adults. It is now widely used and widely trusted, with few rivals and is considered without equal by users.
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Bas
Chamberlain
Social Calendar Highlights from Thursday Gatherings
The Rose Walker Circle meets with Mrs. J. R. Sandefer at 4 PM. Clara Keith and Rose Walker Circles of the W M U share an afternoon meeting at the regular hour. Hannah Fair Circle hosts Mrs. T C Mann at 4 PM. Mrs. Oscar Johnson entertains at 3 30 PM for Mrs. N L Brewer. Ladies Aid of the Christian church with Mrs. S T Phelps at 8 30 PM. St Anne's Society visits Mrs. Hal Brennan at 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Walker
J. R. Sandefer
Clara Keith
Hannah Fair
W. M. U. of the Baptist Church
T. C. Mann
Oscar Johnson
Bridge
N.L. Brewer
Ladies Aid of the Christian Church
5. T. Phelps
Card and Bunco party slated by St Anne Society in Laredo
The St Anne Society hosts a Card and Bunco gathering at Mrs Lott Taylor's home on Tuesday afternoon October 2 at 3 36. Reservations via Mrs Taylor, Phone 421. Noting visits and social updates follow including locals returning from trips and a Lions Club meeting previewing the play Brother Josiah at Strand Theater on October 19 with a large cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne Society
Lions Club
Lion Neal
Lion Morgan
Joe Leyendecker, Jr
Perry Jefferies
Leyendecker
Jefferies
Joe
Josiah
Lions
Strand Theater
Josiah Armstrong
Lion Dannelley Wallington
Lion Hackenjosa
William le Blanc
Lion Roark
Henry Newcombe
Lion Paul Hill
Hiram Penstrose
Wellington Armstrong
Lion Wolcott
James
Lion C. C. Young
Wellington
Allen Stowers Jemimy
Dorothy W. Crutchfield
Gladys Armstrong
Tom Simpson
Edith le Blanc
le Blanc
Mildred Leyendecker
Laredo
Guild meeting closes with ice course and cake social
After the business session a pleasant social hour followed with an ice course and cake. Present were Miss Penn and Mesdames Brennan Craven Cook Greenstreet Huberich Johnston Joseph Kehl Mussett MacGregor Marshall Poster Shiner Shahady Harry James Shaw Vidales Ben Wright Fred Wright and Younkin. The guests were Mesdames Traylor Hamor and Mrs Morgan and the latter joined the Guild. Next meeting is Wednesday of next week with Mrs J W Mussettet.
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Miss Penn
Mesdamey Brennan
Craven
Cook
Greenstreet
Huberich
Johnston
Joseph
Kehl
Mussett
MacGregor
Marshall
Poster
Shiner
Shahady
Harry James
Shaw
Vidales
Ben Wright
Fred Wright
Younkin
Mesdames Traylor
Hamor
Mrs. Morgan
Guild
J. W. Mussetet
Notice to Luisa Martin and heirs on land frontages in Laredo
Notice to Miss Luisa Martin and heirs of Agus tin Salinas and others with an interest in Lot 10 Block 40 Flores and Lot 1 Block 1 Salinas in Laredo Webb County Texas. They must appear October Sunday 1923 at 10 am in City Council Chamber to show cause why strips fronting Flores and Salinas Avenues should not be condemned for street widening under a city resolution and state law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luisa Martin
Agustin Salinas
City of
Laredo
Webb County
Texas
Salinas
Flores Avenue
Salinas Avenue
A. D
L. RR
Ortiz
Sam Mackin
Clarence Jeffries
German government declares emergency across nation
Berlin reports a midnight cabinet session led to an immediate state of emergency proclaimed to cover all Germany General von Seeckt authorized to deploy military and police measures Bavaria names Java Kahe military dictator amid Ruhr resistance Dresden sees street fighting between communists and radicals with one dead and many wounded
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Praag
Berlin
Germany
von Seeckt
Gersler
Ja van Kahe
Bavaria
Havaria
Ruhr
Ndolph Wither
Opinon
von Saber
Corfu Returns to Greek Authorities After Occupation
The island of Corfu, occupied by Italy since August, was handed over to Greek authorities this morning in Athens. Italian warships had appeared earlier, and despatches indicate Corfu’s status shifting from occupation toward possible evacuation or continued control.
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Associated Press
Athens
Corfu
Italy
Vidarm
Poe
Cori
Anehes
Sta Pense
Oklahoma Legislature in Turmoil Over Status and Inauguration
Oklahoma State faces a constitutional fight as lawmakers seek to convene the house despite military presence. Fifty militiamen occupy Wagoner County as injunctions are prepared to challenge Governor Walton. Indictments involve flogging incident at Broken Arrow and Campbell Russell faces charges related to pamphlet distribution.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Walton
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
House
Wagoner County
Federal Supreme Court
Representatives
Wagoner
Ben Wagner
Broken Arrow
Campbell Russell
State Corporation Commission
Hitler Followers Banned Meetings Across Bavaria
In Munich on September 27 Dictator von Kahr forbade gatherings of Adolf Hitler followers and all political meetings. The Ruhr region miners later declared a general strike protesting Berlin’s passive resistance and French exploitation while Paris comments on dangerous Germany prospects. Premier Baldwin in Northampton said talks with Poincare restored friendly relations between Britain and France.
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Munich
Ept
von Kahr
Adolph Hitler
Bavaria
Duesseldorf
Gelsenkirchen
Recklinhausen
Wann
Ruhr
Berlin
Northampton
Pag
Baldwin
Poincare
France
Great Britain
Russian border chairman slain at frontier in assassination
Jav roff chairman of the Russian Karelian border commission was killed and two others wounded by unknown assassins at the frontier while returning from Finland a Petrograd dispatch reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moskow
Javroff
Germany’s High Court Hangs Treason Conviction
Leipzig reports Germany’s highest court imposes a life sentence on Gerhard Strey for treason in 1916. He deserted to the French, revealed fortifications to the enemy, and returned to Germany in 1920 where he was arrested and charged after admitting the act. His defense cited mistreatment by superiors and inability to endure more duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Leipzig
Germany
Gerhard Strey
Strey
Magdeburg
Romania offers military aid to Bulgaria
Bucharest reports that Romania has offered the Bulgarian government military assistance to restore order if the communist revolution there gains the upper hand. The note signals regional concern over Bulgaria's internal turmoil and shifts in Soviet influenced affairs.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Bulgaria
Negro pursued after attempt on white woman in Savannah
County police chase an unidentified black man through surrounding swamps after an attempted assault on a white woman at a store on the Ogeechee road, three miles from Savannah.
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Savannah
Ogeechee Road
Pani Succeeds Huerta as Mexico's Treasury Secretary
Alberto J. Pani, Mexico City secretary of foreign affairs, is named secretary of the treasury succeeding Adolfo de la Huerta who resigned and assumes office today. No foreign secretary candidate has been named yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Mexico City
Alberto J. Pani
Foreign Affairs
the Treasury
Adolfo de la Huerta
Explosion and Fire Devastate Bayonne Distillery
Three men were killed and seven injured in an explosion and fire that wrecked the Baker Castor Oil Company distilling department in Bayonne New Jersey on September 27. Two of the injured were probably fatally harmed.
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Associated Press
Bayonne
N. J
Baker Castor Oil Company
Lumberman Killed in Camden Area Auto Crash
A. R. Goolsbee, 32, lumber company engineer at Camden, was killed and Cade Bethea, Livingstone attorney, injured when their car overturned one mile south of Lufkin Texas last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sy Associated Prega
Lufkin
Texas
A. R. Goolsbee
Camden
Cade Bethea
Livingston
Here
Cotton stocks worldwide and in spinners hands decline
World cotton stocks on July 1, the end of the cotton year, total 5,359,000 bales, as estimated by the International Federation of Cotton Spinners. The figure is 1,041,000 bales below the Commerce Department’s September 10 estimate, reported by the American agricultural commissioner in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
International Federation of Cotton Spinners
American Agricultural Commissioner
London
Cable
Department of Commerce
Attempted Jail Break in Dallas Ends with Wounding
A violent attempted jail break at a Dallas jail left one convict wounded and several officials killed or wounded. Authorities, including Sheriff Willis Champion, reported a clash between inmates and guards, with one slave trader named Sidney Wells among the injured. A woman was said to have driven the incident, and investigators pursued possible accomplices as the scene quieted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Ballas
Texas
Padkns
Hearby
Wid
Charles I. Gaines
Willis Champion
Sidney Wwells
Hundine
Wind
Engineer Mleenor Killed In Rock Island Wreck
Okhthomset City Sept 27 John Mleenor engineer of a Rock Island freight was killed and several injured when his locomotive collided head on with passenger train No 31 near Concho Oklahoma. Both crews said they were under orders to proceed. Engines telescoped baggage car demolished mail car derailed train left rails.
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Gy Associated Press
Okhthomset City
John Mleenor
Rock Island
Concho
Oklo
Dallas
Fort Worth hotel man killed in Louisiana crash
Leon Alsup of Fort Worth and his mother died when their car overturned near Alexandria Louisiana last night An Associated Press dispatch notes the fatal auto crash involved the Fort Worth resident and his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hines
Baird
Ed. Arnold
Fort Worth
J. O. Quinn
Texas
Leon Alsup
Alexandria
Raid at Philadelphia Distilling Company Heist
About 40 masked men raided the Philadelphia Distilling Company warehouse at Middletown near Philadelphia, binding guards and fleeing with seven to ten truckloads of whiskey. This marks a second raid in a month, with whiskey valued at about 2.5 million dollars stored in the warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Distilling Company
Mddington
Fatal fall at Chicago restaurant claims Margaret Carson
Margaret Carson aged 25 died after a window broke sending her to the sidewalk twelve feet below at a downtown Chicago restaurant. Norman Stahl, reportedly her escort, was held for questioning as police investigate the fatal accident. Waiters heard the crash and found her body at the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Margaret Carson
Norman Stahl
Sitges to Open New MultiSport Arena Near Barcelona
Sitges located 24 miles from Barcelona will inaugurate a new motor race track this autumn. The facility will include tracks for automobiles motorcycles and horses with banked turns and grandstands. Surrounding hills offer spectator vantage and the site also houses athletic fields football grounds tennis swimming pools golf and air hangars for airplanes. A seawater backdrop 500 yards away will host rowing sailing boxing and fencing venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sitges
Spain
Barcelona
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