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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1923
Page
6
Secretary Weeks denounces pacifist associations for spreading misleading statistics and aiding revolutionary aims. He warns readers against radical ideas and claims national defense costs are negligible, urging vigilance against wolves in sheep’s clothing and implying pacifists threaten the nation.
Ethel Clayton delivers a radiant performance in Can a Woman Love Twice as the film debuts at the Rialto for Sunday and Monday. The production follows a cabaret entertainer turned mother fighting for her child's future, with rich emotional shifts highlighted in this second starring vehicle.
Oil operator W G Burton from Smackover visits Laredo as guest of J K Sandefer. He will start Burton No 1 on the Trammell ranch nine miles northwest of Carolina Texas Field, drilling to 4000 feet if needed. Burton has a record of dry hole avoidance and aims to bring in a deep producing well amid rival success by E O Burton and Carolina Texas No 5.
Quick cash sale due to summer travel. Ford sedan under 6000 miles on pavements with new tires and many accessories. Excellent choice for a fine motorist. For appointment call 258 or arrange a car and vet demonstration.
District Attorney Walls reports a perfect record at the term with 22 criminal cases heard. Twelve were liquor law violations reducing bootlegger activity. other convictions included forged checks and various offenses. Juvenile case punished at the state training school. one case continued to next term.
Funeral services will be held from the residence to San Agustin Catholic Church tomorrow afternoon at 4 20 o clock after the I G N train from California brings the widow and child of the deceased. Interment will follow in the family plot at the Catholic cemetery.
Judge J F Rowe a senior Houston attorney of twenty five years in federal and district courts has moved to Laredo to hang out his shingle. He arrives highly recommended by Houston district judges and Harris county lawyers and is noted as affable and quick to make friends in this section.
Merchants from Fort Worth Dallas Austin San Antonio Houston Galveston and St Louis urged a strong Laredo turnout for the Juiml Conference of Chambers of Commerce of Texas and Mexico in Monterey next week. A sleeper car was to be chartered and a one fare round trip offered from Nuevo Laredo authorities urged rapid contact with committee chairs to assure broad representation and prestige for Laredo Gateway status.
Real estate firm Laredo Realty offers to locate properties matching buyers needs for use and price. Clients may remain unnamed until a satisfactory deal is reached, while the firm handles the search and negotiations.
Forecast hints a chance of rain by Sunday in the Laredo region with slight moisture potential. W G Burton predicts Webb county and Trammell ranch may see water amid local oil field notes. Buick for sale, $150, contact Yantis Motor Co. News covers school vacation soon, local cinema listings, and Webb county wells activities as Carolina-Texas plans No 5 gusher.
April 7 marks birthdays of Randall Thomas David 75 Walter Camp 64 Edward Acheson 64 John J. McGraw 50 Benny Leonard 27 plus noting England born and New Haven born origins. The list centers on religious leaders sports figures and writers celebrated in the day.
Violet Mra Oberfeldt serves as society editor for the G Society, with the editor’s telephone line listed as 70.
Sunday gatherings schedule for the Presbyterian, Baptist and Christian churches. The Christian Endeavor Society meets at 6 46 in the church, the Senior BYP meets at the Baptist Church at 6 30, and the Christian Endeavor Society at the Christian Church meets at 6 46. Monday circles of the Methodist Missionary Society hold their monthly business meeting at 4 o'clock.
Local society notices urge reporters to send weekly updates to the Society Editor and phone dates to maintain the daily calendar. The column mixes social events, visits, library reads, church activities, and community suppers with names of residents and hosts.
Mrs. George Stroup of Solvay New York reports severe indigestion and loss of flesh from poor health. After using Chamberlain's Tablets her digestion improved and she was cured of constipation.
Telegram notes call for weekly musical notices to Mrs Reed by Thursday noon. The piece discusses music in public schools, quotes Strayer Weet Eliot on arts education, details Laredo budget cuts, and praises Mrs Bonn for three mornings of free music instruction. It also previews a Royal Opera House benefit, Matilde Reuter concert plans, and a Musician's Club meeting with program items.
The Pan American Round Table sets its next meeting with a nominating committee and a program including songs by Mrs Travis Bruce Bunn and Mrs A Hamilton. Music at local churches features violin solos and choral performances by several artists.
Dr Randall Thomas Davidson archbishop of Canterbury celebrates his 7th birthday. Lord Robert Cecil speaks in Toronto at the National Conference on Education and Citizenship. Des Moines hosts delegates to the National League of Women Voters convention. London wedding of Gwendolyn Marshal Field and Charles H Wilmanstone noted. New Orleans readies for the United Confederate Veterans annual reunion for veterans and families.
On Sunday April 8 Today will be observed as American Lesson Sunday. Greetings are sent to Mary Pickford, described as the most popular of film actresses, who is 30. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore and the sees of New York and Boston mark the 116th anniversary of their creation.
An old piece describes Hindu rice swallow tests for truth, noting a man’s dry rice verdict error due to fear. It also recounts London firefighters during the Great Fire aided by Dutch boatmen who earned a perpetual Thames mooring from King Charles, kept until a new Ulster vessel took the slot.
The Times presents the United States Weather Bureau forecast for New Orleans. Tonight and Sunday are unsettled with colder conditions expected on Sunday.
Observations at Fort Mcintosh show a maximum of 84 degrees and a minimum of 62 degrees. Wind direction from the south east. Sky conditions not specified.
Army surplus sale lists 600 steel cots 1000 railroad picks 500 shovels 41600 bake pans 16 refrigerators 60 to 500 lb capacity 200 garbage cans 1666 lbs Manila rope 5 typewriters 2 telephone booths 500 army mosquito bars and other second hand furniture at 1.00 each. Sale location 1701 Hidalgo Street.
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