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Newspaper
Laredo Daily Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1926
Page
4
Arthur Brisbane recalls the birth of Christ amid calendar quirks and social peril. He notes the dangers faced by infants and mothers, the harsh fates for unwelcome children, and the enduring claims of Christ about protecting children and angels.
Harry J. Leahy sentenced in November to fifty years for the slaying of 65 year old Mathis physician J A Ramsey will be retried in a new trial. District Judge T M Cox ordered the docket read Wednesday and will set a new trial in another judicial district. Martinez testified he was present when Leahy killed and buried Ramsey in a shallow grave six miles northwest of Mathis.
Fire engulfed part of the Magnolia Hotel in the bay front area of St Augustine near the city hall, part of the oldest section of the city. No injuries reported as crews battled the blaze today in Florida's oldest city.
A blaze in Commerce Texas damaged the Cameron Breechen and Bagwell clothing stores causing about 30000 dollars in losses. The fire was found at 12 30 p m and the cause remains undetermined.
New York December forecasts from railroads banks and industrial leaders say the 1927 outlook is optimistic with conservatism. James Simpson Marshall Field and Company predicts steady activity through mid year. Albert Gary and Alfred P. Sloan cite healthy fundamentals and production will only rise or hold up. Lammot du Pont and William Sprague foresee stable to improving industrial and railway performance in 1927.
Governor Miriam A Ferguson commuted the death sentence of Valeria Zapatac to life imprisonment for the offense committed in Fayette County. The clemency followed considerations regarding the defendant's unsound mind.
Wichita Falls Texas December 27 former mayor Frank Collier serving a three year term in Huntsville penitentiary for manslaughter in the killing of his son in law Elsie Robertson has been granted a full pardon by Governor Miriam A Ferguson as advised by attorney C C McDonald via telegram from the governor's office
Police say Mario Rivas gained entry through a kitchen window and shot a woman identified as a roommate and Joe Tapia in a Houston home on Washington Avenue before killing himself. Anastasio Paar was also reported dead in the triple tragedy.
The report describes a deceased man found inside a refrigerator car with his arms under the box and body in the box. Investigators believe the man attempted to sleep or rest inside the car and died there, with relatives awaiting details and authorities examining the scene in Conroe Houston area.
Reports say Mexican laborers were wounded in attacks last week near Calvert and Everglades the Consul Servando and General Alofi Ciuerra denied the severity of the reports stating exaggeration of the fight details were possible.
Fragmentary text shows an obituary mention for ages 99 and a possible surname Phillips. Context unclear due to garbled OCR. no clear date, place, or full identifiers are readable.
After cold weather Christmas morning warmed to near freezing then clear and mild. Crowds filled churches and dinners fed the hungry including Salvation Army and Fort McIntosh soldiers. Sheriff Condren provided jail inmates with Christmas meals. Citizens visited homes, relatives, and drove to enjoy the holiday.
Snow and ice covered the northeastern states with sleet and light snow causing accidents in New York. A man died in an oncoming crash and barges broke from moorings in the East River with 125 aboard rescued by fire boats and tugs. Upstate New York and New England saw heavier snowfall. Traffic in Albany and Glens Falls was disrupted and a coast crash killed a boy in Massachusetts. In Connecticut, birds struggled in sleet.
Houston December 27 reports I M Hosea a lineman for the Houston Light and Power Company was electrocuted Monday while handling a metal tape that had become charged in some manner. The accident occurred at the worksite and authorities are investigating the incident.
Fire on Christmas morning in Montrose destroyed a garage and a Lincoln automobile owned by R. J. Lester. The blaze spread to the back of the house damaging the building. furniture and fittings rented by Cristobal Villarreal were saved. Cause under investigation. neighbors aided and the hose extended to Market Street for fire control.
The entire Round Rock oilfield near Austin has been sold by its discovery operators to Pharr and Hardcastle of Houston. The sale includes one producing well, two drilled, equipment, and about 3,600 acres of oil leases. price was not disclosed but described as a large sum.
A Southern Pacific roundhouse blast sent engineer Hi C. Moore flying thirty feet through the air Monday but he escaped serious injury. Moore had just stopped his engine when the detonation occurred, blamed on a low water level in the tank.
A man aged 64 named T. J. Cotton was badly burned when a match lit his wife’s lighter and set him aflame inside their Fort Worth home on a Sunday night. He was hurled through a door and rushed to the yard before neighbors extinguished the blaze.
James H. Halston 20, of Milano Texas, said after taking his share of a bank loot he bought a $7650 radio set for his grandmother in Santa Anna Texas. He said the money for the radio and his traveling expenses was about all spent and his share of the loot was $2,660.
Widespread floods from Cumberland and Mississippi rivers drive 2600 people from their homes in Nashville and Selma ville areas. Dozens of towns report swollen streams and damaged livestock and crops. Authorities warn rains may continue and worsen conditions across Tennessee Arkansas and Kentucky.
The Laredo district in Webb County reports one of the largest gas wells, the W F Morgan No3 in the Texas Field of Webb, delivering about 90 000 000 feet of gas per day with one pound pressure. The week adds 145 000 000 cubic feet of gas and 470 barrels of oil daily from five oil wells. Completions include Associated Of Co No8 in Marion Hale subdivision Webb County at 1 688 feet with 26 000 000 cubic feet daily and Barkeley Meadowa Morgan No1 at 1 762 feet producing 30 000 000 cubic feet per day. Continued details appear on page 6.
An 80 day sentence was imposed in Des Moines Iowa on Sherman Dougherty for intoxication. The case follows a holiday incident after drinking with another defendant G Pearson cited in the same proceedings.
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