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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1926
Page
5
An old advertisement-like snippet claims pimples cause people to shrink from social contact. It touts Black and White Ointment and Skin Soap as a solution, noting large sales and urging use for clearer skin and better appearance.
King George contemplates changes at the royal stud and stables in Newmarket after a costly spell. Royal owners estimate losses near 160000 pounds since he took over from his father, with fewer turf victories recently. Next season may see fewer horses in training though promising two year olds to stay and some yearlings to be added.
In Austin Attorney General Dan Moody pursues recovery of alleged excessive profits on road construction by the Hoffman Construction Company. The Texas budget plan proposes 37 748 058 for all state departments, with 17 900 162 cut from department requests. In Waco the district 8 champions were decided as Waco High beat Temple 27 10. Dallas reports a merger creating the Farmers Association of America from Southern Farmers Cooperative Marketing Association and Cotton States Protective League. In Paris chiropractor M B McCoy received 16 days in jail and a $50 fine for violating the medical act. Shamrock reports three prisoners escaping, taking the sheriff’s car and 12 bottles of home brew.
New York Senator Cope, joined by two physicians, argues that four percent beer would not be intoxicating. He plans to push a bill, viewing the state prohibition vote as a mandate, and says he would sever ties with his church if required.
Texas produces over twenty percent of the nation’s natural gas and leads in petroleum production. The state’s gas output totals about one hundred billion cubic feet annually, roughly ten percent of U S gas. Texas farms and manufactured goods each approach one billion dollars in yearly value.
The Laredo Auto Sales Co announces a Ford gas mileage contest. In Charlotte N C a test of 28 cars averaged 38.7 mpg with a winner at 49.3 mpg. Prizes encourage Ford owners with improved models to enter.
The remark frames self-deprecation as a tactic to dodge responsibility and contrasts it with the idea of meekness worthy of inheritance by the earth, suggesting a critique of such behavior.
Three East Indian men were arrested by immigration authorities near Los Angeles on a reported plot to kill exiled Indian maharajah Tukaji Rae Holkar. The suspects, from central India, were brought to Los Angeles after crossing the Mexican border. a driver was also detained while two Mexicans escaped. All face immigration charges.
A plea urges readers to imagine a poor woman with hungry children near their homes and to donate to Salvation Army and Associated Charities. It notes funds support relief, contrasts local labor costs, and lists yesterday’s contributors from churches and individuals urging generous gifts to prevent local hunger and suffering.
A group from Taredo High School travels to the sixth annual Texas High School Press Association convention at Baylor College in Belton. Accompanied by advisor Mrs. Floy Moore, the students include Amado Cavazos, Conrado Farias, Arturo Garan, Radcliffe Jiliama, Jerlinda Andra, Hazen Sorrel, Sarah Leal, Sam Woods and Ablaabeth Nye, who will hear prominent Texas journalists and participate in future journalism activities.
Manila hemp industry long a global monopoly faces disruption as Singapore and Java begin exporting high quality rope fiber. About 80,000 bales of hemp shipped to Japan from Philippines plantations this year, despite a Philippine law restricting abaca exports. plantations expand, threatening the monopoly.
In Slovakia countryside, most country girls wear stockings only on Sundays. Stockings are costly, so girls who go barefoot wrap cloth around their feet to save wear.
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