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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1915
Page
3
Reports from Nuevo Laredo describe rising tension after a clash near Candela eighteen miles from Lampazos. Carrancistas reportedly retreated to Lampazos while Villa forces push forward, prompting reinforcements from Nuevo Laredo and a race to the front as observers await the battle’s outcome.
Large quantity of diversified truck shipped from Laredo this season with lettuce cabbage and spinach as main items. Carload totals show 120 carloads of lettuce 180 of cabbage and 11 of spinach. Lettuce and spinach fetched good prices while cabbage prices were unusually poor. Season end.
Seth S Wilcox returns to his old post in the Laredo district court after swapping positions with John Dibrell of San Antonio. Wilcox will accompany Judge Mullaily and District Attorney Walls to Zapata county for the district court session starting Monday.
Sealed proposals from 95 Mexican Type pack mules, height 13 to 14 hands and weight 700 to 850 pounds, to be delivered to Galveston or other major rail stations. Submissions accepted until 10 a.m. Central time on April 5, 1915. Envelopes marked Proposals for pack mules and sent to Major R. H. Rolfe, Q M Corps.
A vintage promotion touts GETS-IT as the quick corn cure. It claims two drops shrink and remove corns, warts, calluses, bunions with no pain or fuss. Sold by druggists for 25 cents, via EH Lawrence & Co, Chicago. advertised as world’s best by Fla vio Vargas in Laredo.
A list of visitors and locals in Dentonia includes Sam R. Anderson from Dentonia D P D Davis from Dolores at the Hamilton, architect Herbert S. Green of Alfred Giles Co. in San Antonio, Chas. P. Lynch from Buckhannon visiting Nuevo Laredo, and N Yannis a restaurant man examining local opportunities. Several others from San Antonio Dallas Houston and New York are noted among residents and guests.
An old medical ad touts Her Bine as the cure for a torpid liver. It claims to revive liver activity, vitalize the blood, regulate bowels, and restore energy and cheerfulness. Price sic, sold by all druggists.
A Fort Scott man died recently while assisting his wife with the family laundry. The incident has sparked public discussion, with newspapers weighing whether it serves as a Horrible Warning or a Shining Example, eliciting mixed reactions from editors.
A Prudence mother monitors for pale skin, loss of play interest, and peevishness as signals of worms. White's Cream Vermifuge is claimed to quickly end the infestation with a few doses. Price 2c per bottle. sold by all druggists.
M W Brennan of the Laredo Retail Merchants association starts distributing rating lists to members. The lists will rate citizens and debtors, guiding credit recommendations. Directors met in the Trevisio Building with C Deutz presiding to discuss member obligations and future membership growth.
Advertises Ballard's Snow Liniment for rheumatism with claim it penetrates to the bone. Priced at 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle, sold by all druggists.
The city secretary will open bids on April 20, 1914 at 10 o clock for paving Jarvis Plaza constructing a band stand and seating. Plans and specs available at the city secretary’s office. The city may reject any or all bids. John Matier chairman Park Committee Laredo Texas March 26 1915.
Wilmington Del April 1 Employees at the DuPont powder works gain a twenty percent raise extending to year end and possibly longer. About 15 000 workers benefit as Bell Du Pont de Nemours Powder Company plans to pay roughly 2 000 000 annually. All workers with two weeks of service are included across black blasting powder dynamite smokeless powder and other explosives.
Mrs Khmer Hath of Pehu Indiana reports years of rheumatic attacks relief occurs immediately with Chamberlain s Liniment and she recommends it to others. 25 and 50 cent bottles for sale by all dealers.
Classified note invites readers to subscribe to The Times for daily coverage. It advertises a price of 50 cents per month and promises ongoing access to opportunities and news.
Mr Justin Stein president of the Texas Immigration Information Bureau will address business men tonight at the Laredo Chamber of Commerce. He will outline aims to shield homeseekers and investors from land sharks and misrepresentation, and promote legitimate Texas real estate investments. The bureau backed by state leaders and officials advocates truthful ads and education about lands for sale. Attendance urged due to the movement's importance.
In St Louis Missouri on April 1 the Washington University Medical School hosts three meetings of the American Association of Pathology and Bacteriology beginning tomorrow and continuing Saturday. Also today the American Section of the International Association of Medical Museums and the Cancer Research Society held its annual meeting at the University building.
Associated Press reports H M Rinehart, an American who flew a Villa aeroplane from Reynosos to Las Cruces near Matamoros, says Villa forces may use four aircraft to drop bombs on Carrancistas at Matamoros. Villa officers cite torn tracks delaying cannon as safer for Brownsville. Also El Paso notes Villa orders death penalty for counterfeiters along the border.
Washington April 1 Villa and Za pata agree to neutralization of passenger trains from Mexico City to Vera Cruz. Carranza is still unheard from on the subject.
Representative Henry of Texas said a majority of the new house will oppose any rural credit plan that does not provide for government loans to farmers separate from the federal reserve system.
Former Congressman Charles A. Korbly of Indianapolis became legal adviser to the Comptroller of the Currency in Washington. Korbly, defeated for re election, retired March 4.
The Standard Oil Company announced further price cuts on refined petroleum in New York on April 1. Cases drop 10 cents per gallon and tanks Standard white 71 1 2 cents, marking a new decrease in retail costs.
Washington announced April crews from Missouri Ohio and Wisconsin will be commissioned to sail to Annapolis and then take midshipmen on their summer cruise.
San Francisco April 1 The New Jersey building at the Panama Pacific Exposition was dedicated today with special exercises. Representatives of the state government attended.
Sofia reports Turkish troops and artillery massing at Adrianople as a precaution in case of war with Bulgaria. London notes that war on alcohol in England has overtaken the spring Allied advance, with Kitchener declaring no alcohol in his household during the war.
The French steamer Maima was torpedoed Wednesday in the English Channel by a German submarine. Nineteen crew members drowned and only two were saved.
Official report states March gains for the German eastern army include 55 800 Russians 9 cannon and 61 machine guns. Russian crosses at Rawka failed while Augustowo Suwalki district status remains. French losses east of Luneville and Vosges artillery engagements noted.
The official statement reports ongoing fighting at numerous front points. In the southwest of Peronne the French detonated four mines and near Berry-au-Bac a mine sap trench was blown up while Germans worked in it, causing a German observation post to disappear in the resulting gap.
In Tabriz on April 1 reports say fighting between Russia and Turkey has restarted. On March 25 Russian forces defeated Turkish troops at Arkutur in northern Persia with about 12,000 killed wounded or captured and many guns lost.
Newport News April 1 authority says the German cruiser Nitel Fried rich will remain in port for several days at least.
An unofficial report from Petrograd on April 1 says German forces have definitively abandoned the siege of Ossowetz. The disclosure notes strategic withdrawal and marks a potential relief for surrounding troops and residents.
Oscar T. Crosby an American explorer electrical engineer and former U S army officer will direct the American relief work in Belgium with headquarters in Brussels He succeeds A N Connett who has served notably Twenty million dollars has been spent and about 110000 tons of food have reached Belgium from the United States for free distribution.
Washington dispatch charges Germany with no justification for sinking the Krye. The note, sent to Berlin, does not address the cargo, which Secretary Curzon says was not American owned.
Raymond W. Pullman, 32, a social worker and Sunday School superintendent, with no police or criminal experience, is appointed today as superintendent of the Washington police force, a move that sparked debate last month in the capital city. He is viewed by supporters as resourceful and capable of making good.
The United Daughters of the Confederacy will meet at Mrs. Leon Daiches home at 3 30 Saturday afternoon. The old subject is Southern Literature with roll call. songs include My Old Kentucky Home by Mrs A C Hamilton and selections from Mary Johnston by Mrs Ed Brewster. Reading by Mrs Judith Buttron. Secretary Mrs E H Buenz. 31 21.
Clarence A. Bingham became the first town manager in the east, taking charge of all departments under town government. The young administrator will run Norwood like a business corporation. He hails from Elizabeth New Jersey.
Texas attorney general files antitrust suits against Swift & Co Armour & Co and Mortis & Co alleging they jointly own cotton gins and oil mills in Texas and the South and thus restrain competition in buying cotton seed oil.
In Austin on April 1 RE W Cole of the Texas department of agriculture reports that the Elberta peach crop is virtually destroyed by the cold, signaling severe damage to growers in the state.
In Mexico City on April 1 General Carranza ordered a 35 percent wage raise for textile workers, effective today. Most mills are near the capital.
A three day convention of the Northeastern Iowa Teachers Association opened in Clinton with over 1 200 teachers attending. Twelve sectional conferences are scheduled and many able speakers are on the program.
In Elizabeth and Roselle Park New Jersey wandering chickens are declared nuisances and will face a ten cent per head tax. The Board of Health rules loose chickens are to be classed with pigs and cattle as nuisance animals.
Chicago April 1 construction of the Marshall Field Museum of Natural History will begin soon. It is funded by an $8,000,000 bequest from a Chicago financier and will be located on the lake front near the city center, with completion expected in about 18 months.
Pensacola Florida is today proclaimed an open port for naval stores. The gulf coast accounts for over sixty percent of the world resin and turpentine production with Savannah previously controlling about ten percent of the total. Beginning today Pensacola quotations will be published.
New York April 1 Dr Cecil M Paoli the South American aeronaut who flew the Andes will start from Governor's Island New York Harbor to San Francisco He estimates reaching St Louis on the first day and aims for speeds near 150 miles an hour He is attempting to sell his 135 horsepower aero plane to the United States government.
The Waco News notes a severe freeze halves the Texas peach, pear, and plum crop. Producers may charge premium prices for the remaining fruit, while consumers face shortages and limited supply this year.
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