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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1922
Page
9
A devotional short discusses Christ's promised return and the need for steadfast faith amid uncertainty. It prays for guidance through trials and the Easter joy, then offers a hymn asking forgiveness and a purer, reverent life.
A historical digest lists events from 1822 to 1919 noting the Chios massacre after Turkish capture, Shadrach Bond as Illinois first governor, locomotive crossing of the Mississippi, Beauregard at Fort Sumter, Oceanus boiler disaster, Detroit and Grand Haven railway receivership, Siam’s first railway, McKinley’s Spain policy, and the Munich Soviet overthrow.
Charles E. Hughes born in Glens Falls New York 60 years ago today. John W. Weeks born in Lancaster New Hampshire 62 years ago today. James B. Forgan born in St Andrews Scotland 70 years ago today. Rev Paul Dwight Moody born in Baltimore 43 years ago today. William Ordway Partridge born in Paris France 61 years ago today.
The 200th birth anniversary of English poet Christopher Smart is marked. Charlies Hughes turns sixty. Rt. Rev. Patrick A. McGovern observes ten years as Cheyenne bishop. Labor Conference body meets in Rome. Lord Byng visits Niagara Falls. P C Larkin welcomed in London. Tufte College in Medford to host a faculty lecture series. Special election in Newark’s 87th district to replace Alanson B Lee.
The issue lists a Tuesday Junior Auxiliary meeting at the Rectory at 4 p.m. and includes social notices of visitors, travelers, and engagements. It notes a poetry clipping from the New York Times, announcements for entertainments, a missionary society meeting, and a library hours change. It mentions Miss Rosalie Wormser, a vocal soloist at Ohio State University, and a nearby theater program.
The Fort Mcintosh observation ends today at 7 p m with a maximum of 88 degrees and a minimum of 61. Winds are from the north as a fair and warmer forecast remains for tonight and Wednesday. Local weather notes are compiled by the New Orleans weather bureau and syndicated by The Times.
The article explains onion sets produce early young onions for spring gardens. Sets are prematurely mature onions sown thickly on poor soil, then dug and replanted. Smaller sets yield longer edible growth. larger sets rush to seed and waste the crop.
By Associated Press Chicago April 11 floods threaten many midwestern states as heavy rains push rivers higher in Michigan Wisconsin Illinois Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Ballinger Texas April 11 over 2500 dollars has been raised for the windstorm victims in the Rowena area. The relief committee warns that false quantities of bedding clothing and other necessities have been contributed for the storm sufferers.
Universal Special Attraction brings Across the Deadline to Rialto with Clarence Budington Kell as author of the story. Frank Mays stars opposite Molly Malone and Josef Swickard in a drama praised as a top screen success. Gloria Swanson in The Great Moment is also featured with Libor Gaiyn’s story. Monte M. Waterman wrote the scenario and Sam Wood directed. Milton Sills leads in Silver. Pinto and Daintels stable note.
Denvee boxing notes say fans back Johnny Scopper in the lightweight division. Other items mention Sly Stopper as a corker, Fisher backing Vio finast for Derby time, and various sports gossip about baseball, boxing, and football across multiple teams and players.
Catarrh described as a local disease influenced by constitution. Hall’s Catarrh Medicine advertised as a tonic and blood purifier. Claims to cleanse blood, build up the system, restore normal conditions and aid natural healing. Circulators free. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The note from Willie Hoppe criticizes commercialism in billiards and reveals he is stepping away from the sport, a move that invites comparisons to an amateur football player quitting for non sporting reasons.
Washington April 11 The administration tariff bill rewritten on foreign valuation with flexible rates to assert American valuation was presented to the senate by Republicans. It sets tenpound duty on long staple cotton while short staple remains free and oil stays free. Provisions suggest a higher average rate than the Payne Aldrich law and treasury experts estimate a revenue of 380 to 350 million dollars.
At Genoa on April 11 the French and Belgian reps blocked admission of Russian and German delegates to the main economic conference. Lloyd George and Premier Facta eventually permitted both Russians and Germans to join. Techitcherin protested the presence of Romanian and Japanese delegates over Bessarabia and Siberia. Facta presiding declined the protest, saying all nations ignored by the conference had a right to representation.
Freezing temperatures spread across most of Kansas last night with a cold west wind, adding discomfort to thousands displaced by Eastern Kansas floods. The waters are receding and forecasts show fair weather, suggesting the worst is over.
Waco Texas April 11 G C Niemeyer formerly bridge building foreman for the Cotton Belt railroad died at a sanitarium from a wound officials say was sustained last night in his hotel room.
Unclear report describes Omaha police staging voxing chows and a boxing cecarission amid city tension. The text mentions a hoodle wagon as a potential response to any unexpected actions, reflecting disorderly conditions and hypothetical safety measures.
In Washington on April 1 Representative Woodruff of Michigan assailed the attorney general for not prioritizing the government’s interests in the Lincoln Motor Company suit. He urged investigations into all war contracts, department settlements, and prosecutions or lack thereof, accusing justice of failing in civil and criminal courts and citing testimony before a congressional committee.
A man named Robert J. Jones, 38, or Alvin, was brought to Houston from Galveston on two charges of murder and criminal assault. He was placed in the county jail shortly before midnight on April llo.
Helena Ark April 11 reports say a severe storm wrecked the Methodist church and 23 houses on its properties. About 75 dwellings were demolished on the Lundell Land Company plantation at Lundell. Local phone messages from Melwood confirmed the damage.
Captain Roald Amundsen, recovering from a crash near Clarion, arrives in Chorign and proceeds to Pittsburgh with a party traveling from New York to Clessdun. The group remains cautious as weather and terrain are conditions of the mishap.
The allied debt refunding commission is formally terminated with Senate confirmation of the resignations of Senators Smoot Utah and Burivan Ohio both Republicans.
Dallas public office holders and candidates in Dallas County will receive questionnaires about Klan membership or sympathy. The Dallas County Citizens League executive committee announced the mailing after a committee meeting late yesterday.
Western Union Telegraph Company files petitions with the Interstate Commerce Commission seeking adjudication of its own property rights and separate consideration in the valuation case for four railroads. Only the Piorda East Coast railway is of notable interest.
Official advices indicate increased revolutionary and bandit activity in Vera Cruz Jalisco and Nayarit Mexico. A notable decline in band movement is reported in the northern states despite sporadic uprisings in Coahuila Chihuahua and Durango.
The piece promotes happiness through self care and urges taking Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to ease constipation with a gentle bowel movement.
An explosion during a flight exhibition at Camp Batadis north of here killed Private Jona A. Genter of Baltimore and John FL MP Mer of Reading Pennsylvania and seriously burned nine others. The cause was unknown but suspected faulty rockets and uranium shells caused the blast.
The House committee finished hearing on the national coal strike and plans an executive session to discuss the Bland bill creating a federal coal court. Attorney General Progherty was to resume his investigation of pending indictments against 226 coal operators and miners in Indianapolis.
Associated Press says the Plourse and the National Bank of Green closed today after being renented in cable telegrams to the commerce department.
Indianapolis April 11 ex service men urged to return to their hometowns to seek work in an appeal by Hanford MacNider national commander of the American Legion.
Weather observer reports Monday as the hottest April day in four years for the San Benito section with Tuy degrees high at 4 pm and Harlingen recording 100 degrees yesterday afternoon.
The article urges preventative care noting pneumonia follows colds when the body is weakened. It advises treating a cold early with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to avoid dangerous pneumonia and reduce delay and risk.
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