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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1926
Page
6
A brief notice lists an 8 o'clock evening event titled Christina to be held at the Heights School Building. Details are unclear but suggest a local school entertainment program scheduled for the evening.
Local society notes show many residents and visitors traveling for Christmas week. Mr and Mrs J Fu Fisher leave Welmar Texas for Christmas holidays. Mrs J R Sandefer and daughter Sara Mae head to Fort Worth for the holidays. Several relatives from Beth el Texas and Mexico arrive to spend Christmas with family in Laredo. A varied list includes hospital guests, university students, and engagements.
Mrs Miles Little hosts a Conversational luncheon at Motel Hamilton with a reading from George Dorsey and a current events program. Catholic Daughters plan Christmas baskets for the needy with December 29 meetings and New Year distribution, plus a Mass for a deceased member's father. A Fourth Posada at the Latino American Club features Jack Kane and Miss Josephine Brewster with music, dancing, and a large crowd. a birthday dinner honors Mrs Belle Wilson with a red and green Christmas table and friends.
Crowds fill Laredo streets as out of town shoppers from Nuevo Laredo and other Mexican points spend heavily on goods. Local business leader notes strong prosperity and holiday activity. Rotary Lions and Kiwanis clubs host a parade and Christmas dinner drive for Salvation Army, keeping the kettle boiling. Visitors like Husteam Col laborate with local firms and libraries see ample holiday activity.
Oil operators report all access routes to city wells are heavily sticky after rain. Trucks struggle to move essential supplies and materials to keep work progressing. Dry weather expected to improve conditions within a day or two.
The district court will observe Christmas Day as a holiday with no business on that day though it will be busy the following week to dispose of all cases per settings. A criminal case trial is set for Monday January 8. The Strand Theaters manager Jack Rowley will stage a Santa Claus free matinee on Christmas morning at 10 AM for city children, an annual event. Laredo schools begin holiday vacation tomorrow, lasting until Monday morning January 8, with many teachers and students traveling home for the holidays.
Cafes in Laredo along with Mexican side Rio Grande plan special Christmas dinners for patrons. Soldiers, prisoners, and county inmates expected to be served by Bulgarian Army volunteers and local good women at county jail.
Advertisement noting the price of art prints or pictures at one dollar fifty cents from Rio Grand Paint Company, with a line of text resembling an early 20th century catalog entry.
The county clerk issued marriage licenses listing Francisco C. Aguirthy and Herlinda Hernandez, R. G. Wert ang and Misa Magei¢ Holland, Aurelio Lopez and Misa Petra Mancha plus Alma hdarez and Idola Bortoni, and several other couples including Claudio Miller with Maria Martinez and Eduardo Almazan with Lucinda Ganein among names such as Juan Alvarado and Bernardi Romo. The list continues with Leopoldo Dalytrymple and Estein Pepi among additional pairs.
Local presses urge readers to subscribe to the Lavedd Daly Times of South Texas. A special Xmas subscription rate is offered along with a 12-17-8b scriptic option to sign up.
Fragmentary OCR reports Oklahoma authorities questioning the father in law and noting Mrs. Haith and Mrs. Bishop were present when the husband was murdered. A southwestern peace officer named Bishop is mentioned as slain, with unclear relationship to the case.
Galveston December 22 coast guard cutter Comninchia returned to port after days of surveillance off Honduras and the Sehaman, with reports of a rumored runner from Freeport. The commander at the Comiincho indicated the vessel sailed yesterday.
In the classifieds the fragment reads like an advertisement for a problem. Nodal of phrases appear scattered throughout the snippet. The piece resembles an exclamatory market note with ambiguous intent.
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