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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1922
Page
8
A compilation of light notes from Laredo focusing on fashion, humor, and small town quirks. Items reference Fifth District Federation of Women’s Clubs delegates, local merchants, jokes about life, and social scenes with casual jabs at trends and culture.
Thursday the W. M. A. Circles meet at the regular afternoon hour. The Presbyterian Ladies Auxiliary circles meet at 3 30 in the afternoon with Mrs W D Butler and Mrs G L Hatley respectively. Friday.
Poetic rebuke against a liar contrasts with a stream of social items from Laredo era. The text cites Mary Carmack McDdougal and Mrs. John D. Dennengen among convention guests, plus visits from Mrs. Welhausen and Miss Coffman. It notes letters from Buckingham Palace, district women, and a St. Anne’s Society sale.
Mrs. Edward Stafford the only daughter of explorer Robert E Peary will unveil the memorial in Arlington National Cemetery today. Born at Bowdoin Bay during the 1890s expedition she was christened Ahnighito the snow baby. She later married Edward Stafford of Washington D C, son of Justice Wendell P Stafford.
Florence Alabama April 6 a government Muscle Shoals project area monument marks a mound fifty feet high and over an acre in size. Ethnologists say prehistoric builders erected it and later Native Americans used it as a mausoleum for chiefs.
A collection of observations and trivia on lotteries in Rome, copper as a key metal, bird lift capacity, rainless Mexican localities, two thousand years of new domestic animals, Henry VIII era dice, city colors from the air, land to water ratios, Edison’s phonograph anniversary, Eiffel Tower painting labor, dense Chinese population living on water, criminal dreams as a medical study conclusion, and early English railway seat numbering.
Justice William Enwick Riddell born in Northumberland County Ontario turns 70 today at the Supreme Court of Ontario. Archbishop Austin Dowling of St Paul born in New York City is 54. Rear Admiral Andrew Long of the U S N born in Iredell County North Carolina is 56. Major General David Shanks in Salem Virginia is 61. Dr Charles L Beach president of Connecticut Agricultural College born in Whitewater Wisconsin is 56.
The junior national diving champion will be determined tomorrow at the Ambassador Swimming Club in Atlantic City New Jersey in competitions conducted under the National A A U. The event crowns the young woman who will wear the junior diving crown for the United States.
In Washington on April 6, Representative Garner of Texas labeled Representative Blanton a disgrace to the house and urged his expulsion. The exchange followed Blanton defending Garner amid a newspaper article, causing disorder and a demand for crowd control.
Concordia Kan April 6 Officers expect an arrest today in the Tremblay farm axe murder case. The 16 year old son Philip’s alibi is solid. The investigation shifts to family finances led by I J Tremblay trustee Shirley township. Theodore 12 died, four younger brothers injured. Mortgage of 4000 dollars issued 1916 due last June with 10 percent interest. Theodore carried 3000 dollar life insurance.
Mexico City April 6 Edward L. Doheny president of the Mexican Petroleum Company warned that exhaustion of oil fields is a very remote concern and current developments promise sustained large production for a long time before any decline.
Washington April 6. Ocean transportation companies are entitled to a minimum return of their investment of 10 percent, R. H. Montgomery told the Senate Commerce and House Merchant Marine committees during joint hearings on the ship subsidy bill.
Washington reports the coal strike has not yet disrupted business as treasury officials say reserve coal stocks remain sufficient and depletion to affect industry is too soon.
New York reports agreed week-end sessions by the anthracite miners and operators sub committee to settle the hard coal strike. In Kansas City, the Southwest Interstate Coal Operators Association invites Kansas union miners to meet leaders Monday to discuss a new contract with provisional chairman Peck arranging forwarding of invitations to Missouri and Oklahoma Arkansas district presidents.
In Greenville Alabama April 6 Associated Press reports a band playing on a boiler smokestack caused Soap Monroe a 2 negro to climb out in wet clothes while two others fled. No band was present and officials call it a radio world phenomenon.
A House resolution introduced by Rep. Connally of Texas asks President Harding to take steps to adjust diplomatic relations with Mexico so official ties can be restored and cordial relations maintained between the peoples of both nations.
New York April 6 jury retires in Olivia M P Stone case charged with the murder of Ellis G Kinkhead of Cincinnati.
A hundred young men from Tralee headed to Dublin to join the Free State army were intercepted at Mallow County Cork by a strong Republican party. A clash ensued and one recruit was reported wounded.
Detectives claim a statewide method for peddling teacher examination questions for the state exams set to begin tomorrow. Three black suspects were arrested for unlawfully copying and offering the papers for sale, with four more implicated in Central Texas.
Mobile Alabama launches the 1922 trapshooting season with the Alabama State Championship opening at the Gulf City Gun Club. A large field of expert marksmen competes as the tourney begins and action continues through the week.
A note promising daily opportunities from THE TIMES at a rate of 60a per month. (Readable fragments only)
Messages of congratulation poured in on the sixtieth birthday of Rt. Rev. Joseph M. Francis bishop of the Protestant Episcopal diocese of Indiana at his residence Indianapolis. Francis born in Pennsylvania educated at Oxford University had served in Evansville Wisconsin and Japan before his elevation to the episcopate.
Washington April 6. Officers and men of the navy stood forewarned to guard against sinister propaganda emanating from certain foreign origin societies designed to undermine the morals of the navy and insinuate disloyalty and disorder into its personnel as stated by Secretary Denby.
In Washington on April 6 the nation honored Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary with a grand memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. President Harding and other officials attended as scientists and explorers joined in the ceremony. Mrs. Edward Stafford, Peary’s daughter, unveiled the monument.
Descriptive note asserts Zulu land skies are so transparent that one can discern objects three to four miles distant by starlight, highlighting exceptional clarity of the night air.
Oklahoma City April 6 county officials continue to probe the death of Lieut. Col. Paul Ward Beck assistant commandant of Post Field Fort Sill murdered Tuesday at the home of Jean H Day prominent attorney County Attorney Hughes says new angles are being explored including a possible weed and drink related motive police found empty bottles and sliced oranges in the slain man’s room
Dallas Mayor Aldredge called on the Ku Klux Klan to disband and for municipal employees who belong to the Klan to resign. He urged harmony between Klan and anti Klan factions and said the Klan is a mistake with no place here while not branding all associated as disloyal. In Houston, Invisible Empire KKK through attorneys accepted service in a $200000 damage suit against Neida Moyer for a threatening notice.
Mexico City sources say a decree will be issued to facilitate broader exploitation of Mexican territory by foreign and other companies seeking oil. The measure targets expanding petroleum ventures and investment in the sector.
Governor Smal withdrew his challenge to the jury panel and accepted a three member committee to select a pew jury list. The committee will poll the county and pick every fourth name starting with the second name in each precinct. Trial continued to April 17.
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