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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1920
Page
5
The Jewish festival of Passover extends through the coming week with a liberty theme. LaRedo residents will observe the observance Friday through Saturday.
Rev Father Juan Coma conducts Holy Saturday and Easter Day services at Encinal Catholic Church with Prof IL Perez directing music. Saturday morning Alleluia services, night concerts, Easter morning 7 am first communion and 10 am high mass with orchestra and sermon. Sunday 4 pm baptismal vows renewal, 8 pm rosary benediction and music.
A condensed want ad note highlights 949 percent income claim and five dollar pricing. It lists an 8 money makers package with a five dollar base and ninety five dollar ultimate option, implying a sales pitch.
One year ago today on March 30 the Presbyterian Church moved to wage a worldwide battle for Prohibition. Reports from Archangel district said American troops faced near mutiny under front-line orders, a claim later denied by officials.
Theodore Sanford of Fenmore Michigan suffered seven years of stomach pain and insomnia, unable to eat vegetables or fruit. After taking Chamberlains Tablets he can eat produce without pain or sleepless nights. Indigestion or constipation sufferers are urged to try these tablets for relief.
At Stowers Store an Easter egg hunt for Presbyterian Sunday school children is planned for Saturday afternoon at Mrs H M Austins home. The Methodist Woman's Missionary Society met at the church with Mrs Burnett in charge and approved plans for a white sale at Stowns store on March 31 starting 9 AM. Attendees included Mesdames A G Thompson J K Thompson Emerson Crawford Burnett F E Shanks Bradbury K Shanks Guinn Cone Mims Buenz Barr Marvin and visitor Mrs Rodgers.
A persuasive pitch extols vitality remedies claiming to renew nerve tissues, boost red blood cells, and sustain performance. It urges readers to seek help and endure through fatigue with promised strength, urging action despite vague therapeutic claims.
Stop brain fag and irritability with Sensapersa. Take for ten days to double nerve health, restore energy, and improve sleep. Available in 50c and 1.00 sizes from druggists or Mighty Drug Co.
A timely suggestion promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. It is described as pleasant to take and widely reputed for its relief and cures, encouraging readers to use the product when ill.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases combined and long thought incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. claims a constitutional remedy taken internally, affecting blood and mucous surfaces. A one hundred dollar reward awaits any failure to cure.
Honolulu gears for a five day centenary celebration of missionary enterprise in Hawaii to honor the 1819 voyage and arrival. Notable speakers include Dr. Henry A. Van Dyke Frank A. Vanderlip and Mary E Woolley. The event centers at Kawaiahao church with coral block walls built in 1840.
A wartime consumer notice urges soldiers and families to use RAT SNAP to combat rats that spread disease from the front. It pitches three sizes priced 25c 50c and 1.00 and lists A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery as suppliers.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI, proprietor of the Hardwick Inn, lauds Chamberlain's tablets as the best laxative he has found after trying many. He notes his sedentary routines necessitate occasional use and endorses the product for guests at a model New England hotel.
The Associated Press reports the Sunday tornadoes raised the death toll to 158 as more reports from isolated areas and injured deaths are tallied. Stricken communities begin relief work, with millions in property damage expected in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Georgia.
Albany March 30 a judiciary committee report urges declaring as vacant the seats of five socialist members of the New York state assembly. The 20,000 word document also advocates a law barring any organization that admits aliens from ballot status. The report says the assemblymen are not obedient to the U S or New York laws and oppose the country’s welfare.
Chicago clerks stenographers and bookkeepers in municipal offices walked out on March 30 demanding higher salaries. The walkout threatened paralysis of city business as negotiations continued.
Copenhagen March 30 King Christian announced his refusal to comply with the social democrats ultimatum demanding the reinstatement of the Zahle ministry and related government crisis actions.
The forecast from the Weather Bureau at New Orleans provided to The Times notes tonight will be cloudier and warmer and Wednesday will be cloudy. Fort McIntosh observations show a 24 hour high of 83 degrees and low of 50 with southeast winds and clear skies.
John H. Hesse has arrived from San Antonio to lead the sheet metal department. The Southern Plumbing Company now accepts contracts for cornices sky lights metal ceilings electric signs and automobile fenders and speed bodies. Estimates cheerfully given on request. SOUTHERN PLUMBING CO. 3-27-6t.
Chicago markets faced an air embargo on livestock shipments except horses as 400 members of the live stock handlers union struck, threatening four days of stoppage that packing firms warn could suspend plants and put 50,000 workers out of work, with hundreds of loaded cars halted on city fringes and plans to divert to other markets.
Rev. Thomas J. Mackay, founder of Fort Worth’s first Episcopal church and called the father of the denomination in West Texas, died yesterday in Omaha Nebraska.
Schmonod Va March 30 Judge Munson overruled the state's request for a continuance in the Blue Ridge case and trial began. The state argued some interests were not represented but the judge said a continuance could be granted later if representation is warranted.
A March 17, 1920 calendar blip in San Francisco caused by U S Marines sailing to duties in the Orient. Westbound ships set clocks 24 hours ahead crossing the 180th meridian, making the transport reach the meridian on March 16 and wake to March 18.
Frankfort Ky March 30 Gover or Morrow signed the measure passed by the legislature granting women the right to vote for presidential electors. Jackson Miss March 30 The Mississippi senate ratified the federal woman suffrage amendment reversing an earlier rejection.
El Paso March 30 The Mexican national congress has submitted a memorandum to Carranza asking the attorney general to punish a high official for causing the retreat of two congressmen. Police say congressmen threw powdered poison mixed with confetti at a reception for Ignacio Bonillas in Mexico City. many onlookers fainted. The congressmen were released pending investigation.
Fifty years after enactment the Fifteenth Amendment is in force as the nation reflects on voting rights. The battleship Renown with the Prince of Wales aboard nears Colon in the Panama Canal Zone. Delegates gather for a Southern Baptist Convention in Louisville and an NY club dinner invites GOP hopefuls. Maine Democrats convene in Bangor to pick electors and San Francisco delegates. Western and Canadian ag authorities meet in Regina to discuss drought and farming methods. New Jersey Prohibition case arguments loom in the U S Supreme Court.
The Maria Caballo Company finishes its Royal Opera House run with tonight's performance before departing for San Antonio for another engagement. The venue was filled to capacity for last night's show.
A quirky collection of facts notes canal boats housing over 25 000 people in England and piano equipped dining cars on Argentine rails. It mentions India setting marriage age at ten for consummation, New York wasting water enough for 100 000, and ex Kaiser guarded at Amerongen costing over 10 000 annually. Also cites celluloid button shortages, a rider powered bicycle, New York hotel with world largest private switchboard run by 120 people, and a giant Atlantic liner consuming vast quantities of meat tea flour and potatoes. It adds that Indian sons remain with parents while married, under parental authority.
Luke Rielly asserts a river bound rat died after nibbling RAT SNAP. The testimonial notes the rodent’s burning stomach and rapid death before reaching water. Product offered in three sizes 25c 60c and $1 000 sold by A Deutz Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
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