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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1920
Page
2
Frustrated by low wages clerical workers strike leaving city offices idle while firemen resign in large numbers even after a ten percent raise, prompting fear of a major blaze. Call for paid reform clashes with Houston style emergency plans as the nation watches Chicago’s perilous vulnerability.
The federal government threatens a cotton quarantine if pink boll worm is not eradicated in the few Texas localities. Agitated citizens urge action. debates on special legislative session versus enforcing existing regulations. A Washington conference Monday will discuss steps, with Governor Hobby attending as Texas representative.
William B. Wilson former Secretary of Labor born in Scotland 68 years ago today. Dr Carl L Alsberg chief of the USDA Bureau of Chemistry born in New York 43 years ago. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler president of Columbia University born in Elizabeth New Jersey 68 years ago. Hugh A Jennings manager of the Detroit American league club born in Pittston Pennsylvania 60 years.
The Jewish festival of Passover begins this evening and will last through the coming week with ceremonies observed by Jewish residents in Laredo. Also note a municipal election next Tuesday for mayor and city officers, two aldermen per ward, with two tickets Independent Club and Laredo Club. Easter eggs sale by Ladies Auxiliary of Presbyterian Church at 75c a dozen. Also urgent services for plumber, English Spanish translations, and local business ads.
The county clerk reports two marriages Inez Cardenas with Josefa Gonzales and Julio Garza with Evangelina Buitron. I. D. M. Valdez has been appointed receiver of Manuel Vara assets by the Webb County District Court in case 5224 Merchants State Bank Trust Co v Vara et al, with charge of all property of Vara. Also notices list The Bellmont apartments, Easter egg sale, auto painting, and Rotary Club charter members meeting at Metropolitan Cafe.
April 2 marks events from 1708 an earthquake in San Francisco with little damage. 1886 London hosts a mass protest against Home Rule for Ireland. 1895 Iowa Supreme Court upholds anti liquor law. 1903 King Edward VII visits Lisbon. 1913 Emmeline Pankhurst is sentenced to three years hard labor. 1917 Sixty fifth Congress meets in extraordinary session addressed by Wilson. 1918 Indiana enacts statewide Prohibition. Hans Christian Andersen born 1805 in Odense Denmark. He dies in Copenhagen in 1875.
The Webb County Court appoints San Juana Pefia de Vela Zamora as temporary guardian of Juan Manuel Vela Carlos Vela Ernestina Vela and Emma Vela. The appointment may become permanent at the next term beginning May 17, 1920 at the Laredo Court House. Public notice issued by Clerk J A Rodriguez and Sheriff Antonio Salinas with publication ordered in The Laredo Daily Times.
The Brand of Lopez starring Sessue Hayakawa is shown at the Royal Theatre for a one day engagement. The production uses a Spanish cafe set and Californian period exteriors at Haworth Studios, with scenes of bull fighting and a pivotal birth that brings hope to the hero. Holllister’s Rocky Mountain Tea ad follows.
The Rector CHARLES W. COOK extends Easter greetings to parishioners and friends and urges attending Eastertide services and making a dignified offering in devotion to God and His work. Good Friday, 1920.
A vintage health note advises women to improve complexion with baths diet and exercise and to keep liver and bowels healthy. It links dullness to indigestion or sluggish liver and promotes Chamberlains Tablets as a corrective remedy.
A notice of thanks from a bereaved spouse thanking kind friends for help during illness and death and at the funeral. Gratitude extended to those who sent floral tributes and offered support during the bereavement.
Hoke Smith, Georgia senator and former cabinet officer, announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination. A North Carolina native who moved to Atlanta, he rose as a lawyer, newspaper publisher, and four term Georgia governor before entering the Senate in 1911, resigning from the Interior post over party alignment.
Co. M. Greeman of San Antonio succeeds C. H. Stowers as manager of the G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. in Laredo. Greeman, an experienced furniture man, arrived yesterday and will be joined later by his wife. Stowers resignation became effective yesterday. Greeman served with the American expeditionary forces overseas. He is expected to make many friends in Laredo.
An explainer on how a cold can heighten diphtheria risk and guidance to keep children home during outbreaks. It warns that a cold makes a child more susceptible to the disease and recommends Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to treat colds and reduce germ infection danger.
John H Hesse arrives from San Antonio to lead the sheet metal department at Southern Plumbing Co and take contracts for cornices sky lights metal ceilings electric signs and automobile parts. Estimates cheerfully given on request. 3 27 61.
The article urges total wartime effort and warns that fatigue, sleeplessness, poor digestion, and irritability signal a breaking nervous system. It stresses maintaining high mental and physical energy and implies a remedy is needed.
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No 547 A F and A M Friday at 7 30 pm. Work in Masonry degree M M All visiting brethren invited to attend Fritz Werner W M April 1 1921.
Four American customs inspectors clashed with seven armed Mexican smugglers six miles south of Bruni. Three smugglers were killed, four escaped toward the Rio Grande, and are pursued. None of the inspectors were harmed. The dead were buried after an inquest. The smugglers, linked to a long-standing gang operating between Laredo and San Diego, had delivered smuggled intoxicants to other gang members.
Within the next ten to fifteen days oil burning engines will replace coal burners on the Texas Mexican line between Laredo and Corpus Christi. Locomotive No 1, a Baldwin ten wheeler, arrived in Laredo, and shops are converting old coal engines to oil burners. A schedule change will follow for faster service between Laredo and Corpus Christi.
Beginning April 1 the City Barber Shop will stay open until 10 p.m. on Saturdays and until 12 p.m. midnight on those days. A. G. Linares, Proprietor. March 26, 1936.
Drilling at Bor-Tex, Rio Grande, Imperial, Cactus, and Hughes sites proceeds with double shifts as crews aim for paying quantities. Mirada, Rio Valley, and other companies await machinery to start on new derricks near Laredo. If successful, 1080 foot depth could bring heavy production and put Laredo on the oil map.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea claims to purify blood and cleanse the body, promising spring health for stomach and bowels. Sold as tea or tablets at Herrera's Pharmacy for 35 cents.
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