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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1926
Page
9
An old advertisement extols Blood Purifier Hall's Catarrh Medicine or Combined Treatment for catarrh and blood diseases, claiming 40 years of successful results. Promotes asking your druggist and lists F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio.
The Aberdeen youth, now famed author John Paris of Kimono, repaid a ten shilling loan in Glasgow after ten years. An I O U found in old papers prompted the repayment. Paris’s global travels and Japan as a literary theme helped fuel his success in England, America, and beyond.
Following months of preparation the first national golf show in America opens in Chicago at the American Exposition Palace. The display includes golf wares and sport clothes, appealing to enthusiasts and exhibitors alike for the week.
The Associated Press reports Chicago hosts the National Petroleum Marketers' Association annual convention opening with a large attendance. Sessions run from April 6 and continue through Friday, featuring representatives from across the industry.
In Tokyo on April 6 a canvass of a girls high school shows opposition to arranged marriages. Fifty three girls fear marrying strangers, sixteen oppose go betweens, and ten seek deeper consideration. Officials top the list for preferred husbands followed by businessmen educators farmers physicians and officers.
A compilation of curiosities cites a square-stem bamboo in Japan, Texas leading U S sulphur production, Pacific salmon as a top value crop, and Greek Church tent distributions. It notes animal vocal expression, early European tea coffee and cocoa introductions, Java petroleum belts, and oil seepages from soil. It mentions Emperor Numa adding January February and a Russian method to teach the blind via sounds. Also: a London hawker profiting from weddings and a English trend toward restoring old houses with aged materials.
A compact chronology notes: 1731 Daniel Defoe dies in London. 1789 Washington and Adams presidential pair elected. 1851 Britain hands postal service to Canada. 1862 Confederate Gen Albert Sidney Johnston killed at Shiloh. 1876 Alabama Congregational Association organized. 1882 Henry M Teller appointed Secretary of the Interior. 1910 Robert Peary claims North Pole discovery. 1925 Archbishop Alexander Christie dies in Portland.
Edward T. Jeffery former president of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad born in Liverpool England three years ago today. Harry Houdini born in Appleton Wisconsin sixty two years ago today. Rev John Round Straton of New York born in Evansville Indiana fifty one years ago today. Alexander W. Waddell American consul general at Mexico City born in Richmond Virginia six hundred fifty years ago today. Most Rev Austin Dowling archbishop of St Paul born in New York City fifty eight years ago today.
Mesdames Morton Wilson and J A Wilson along with Miss Amar Penn host a 3:30 PM bridge event at the Robt BR Lee Hotel Tuesday. On Wednesday Miss Annie Alexander and Miss Frances Alexander entertain at 8:30 PM in the afternoon.
A lyrical verse by Frank X. Pratt appears beside community notes from Laredo. The column lists engagements, visits, church meetings, and social events featuring Mrs Beulah Hellman, Esther Helen Penn, Edward Leyendecker, and local hosts.
A two day run at Straw Theatre features a fast paced thrill story about a young reporter who uncovers a jewel robbery. Stars Novak and Fairbanks lead with strong support from Lucas Farley Gordon McCoy Weigel Clark and director Scott Dunlap delivering a film noted for action and continuity.
Associated Prana reports preparations to exhume the pauper grave at Gainesville to recover the body of Chris Evers a San Antonio butcher missing since March 28 1925. Information from Gainesville indicates the move aims to verify identity and advance the case.
In Freeport New York on April 6 Mrs William Watson 60 wife of Slid ing Bill of the Watson Burlesque fans and Henry Kothe 41 owners of the Three Hundred Club restaurant were found shot to death. Karl Khieferle a recently discharged waiter surrendered to police.
Three men remained in serious condition and 13 others received first aid after a six mile from San Marcos automobile crash near town. Police say a broken radius rod caused the car to overturn during the accident.
Rioting between Hindus and Muslims broke out in Calcutta on April 6 with a mosque in the northern section attacked by Hindus amid renewed sectarian clashes.
Joe Hala of Waco announced his acceptance as manager of Lynch Davidson's gubernatorial campaign. Headquarters will be in Dallas, succeeding A A Allison of Corsicana who stepped down due to illness.
London news reports Flight Lieutenant H Cooch describing devices guiding pilots through dense fog. Cockpit instruments alert height within 1 500 feet and indicate descent loss and exact aerodrome location to ensure safe landings even when ground visibility is poor.
Seattle April 6 reports the frigate Constitution being rebuilt at Boston navy yard will use Douglas fir spars and masts from the Pacific Northwest. The West Coast Lumbermen’s Association donated timber from a new forest seeded fifty years after the ship’s 1812 engagement. Fir will partly come from Bainbridge Island Puget Sound honoring Commodore Bainbridge who led the Constitution in major actions except its Guerriere encounter.
Wethernfield Conn April 6 Ger ad Chapman's sensational criminal career ends on the gallows at 12 04 morning He is executed for the murder of Dr Police man James Skelly of New Britain Conn in a department store robbery October 12 1924 The man aka George Chartres 88 years old began crime at 16 Father Barry claims the robber's body for burial in Hartford today
A heavy wind followed by hard rain struck National City near San Diego causing several houses to collapse. Two women and a man were injured and hospitalized but expected to recover. The storm also knocked out power across the city amid the region's heaviest rainfall in recent years.
Los Angeles and surrounding districts assess profit and loss from the heaviest April rainstorm in over two decades. Highways washed out and traffic halted in parts of Southern California. Trains to Santa Barbara delayed by earth slides after rainfall reached 3.60 inches.
In Moscow the Supreme Court sentenced Nicolas Trapt Sukin to death for murdering numerous people and committing multiple robberies over the past six years.
Cardinal Pompet calls Rome Catholics to an hour of prayer in all churches Thursday to seek divine intervention for the Mexican clergy and people. The appeal follows instructions from Pope Pius issued in a billet yesterday.
The item notes the ninth anniversary of the United States entering World War I, cites the first Grand Army of the Republic post mustered in Decatur 60 years ago, and mentions Vancouver and Louisiana commemorations including Alabama Decoration Day for soldiers.
In Washington from the Associated Press, Commissioner Dennis accuses the taikee commission of a gag rule during debates. He cites that under current procedure two fifths of time go to Commissioner Glassie, one fifth to Chairman Marvin, and one fifth to Commissioner Costigan leaving only one fifth for the remaining members.
In New York on April 6 citizen volunteers and over 1000 armed policemen hunted an elusive radio burglar who had shot the fourth officer and stolen about 150 radio sets in two months as the raid continued through Queens with lanterns torches and flashlights.
Associated Press reports traffic cops guard Avenida Rio Blanco in downtown Lima to keep pedestrians on the correct side. Officers enforce walking along the right and turning at corners to view shop windows while preventing wandering against traffic.
A filing from ybakinston Alabama alleges that rates described as products of mid continent are unreasonable and unfair to destinations in South Dakota. The document focuses on shipping and pricing concerns. It cites field to destin and notes objections to the valuation of transport services.
District Judge overruled defense objections today in Belton Texas as Falls County Constable Tris Frazier led a warrant proceeding. Associated report notes the warrant was deemed necessary and served publicly to all concerned parties.
A fragmentary notice references a debt claim involving a person and a firm. Details are unreadable, but the snippet indicates a legal action or filing related to debt recovery or creditor proceedings.
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