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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1926
Page
12
Fragments report on Love Pirates of Hawaii performances at H Auditorium April 16 and 17. Also notes on a new Stran d Barber Shop manager Francisco Velazquez and local business notices.
Laredo prepares for a new poultry industry with two major farms by James H. Winch and Edwin Wormser on their northern highway and Nuevo Laredo estates. Both promise egg production with healthful housing, feed yards, and foraging space to ensure high quality eggs for a growing local market. The piece forecasts home industry growth and ready supply of ultra-fresh eggs for residents within a year.
Society column note listing editor Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt at telephone number 70 with contact for community announcements.
Local notices list Mrs Agnes Huberich entertaining the Friday Bridge Club at 1:30 PM and Mrs A C Hamilton hosting a 3 30 PM bridge party honoring Miss Esther Penn. Other items include gala showers for Esther Penn and a Merry Wires Bridge Club gathering.
A $100 reward is posted for information leading to the recovery of four Triple XXX Root Beer Barrel Dispensing Outfits numbered 1120 1121 1122 and 1123 once owned by Mr and Mrs A M Hernandez. The items were associated with South ern Beverage Company in Galveston Texas.
The fragment notes a devotional meeting conducted by Mrs Candlei Helton with mention of individuals Ola Parker Angela Casso Aurore Peres and Maria Gonzales in a honoring context.
A terse wire service item from Huntsville Texas reports that an inmate was electrocuted at the state prison early today for a slaying. Sheriff Dick Pauley of Coleman County is mentioned in connection with the case.
Emil Fricker once wealthy farmer was convicted of engineering the deaths of two of his dairy maid's husbands. He and his wife faced the penalty today in Edwardsville.
President Coolidge, resting in his room yesterday due to a slight illness, was active and about the executive offices today as usual, continuing his duties in Washington.
The French franc hit a new low for the second straight day, closing at 29.73 to the dollar. Officials noted continued pressure on the currency amid market jitters and policy uncertainty.
Major William Abrams a Texas Pacific Railway pioneer died in Dallas today aged 83 He had lived in Dallas for 42 years and was a long time resident of the city.
Jimmie Moore returns from San Antonio with a new Chrysler Imperial Eighty roadster praised as a beauty. Stop by to see this notable car and appreciate its design.
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Washington reports Representative Berger of Wisconsin introduces a measure to make lynching an offense under federal law. The proposal would punish individuals and officials who fail to prevent or intervene in lynching, prompted by the Republican party's 1924 pledge for enactment.
Prairie fires in the Northwest yesterday cost two lives and caused extensive damage. Otto Hoehler, a farmer near Ryder, North Dakota, burned to death while trying to save stock, and Mike Brochite died of heart disease while fighting the blaze near his Emily township Minnesota home.
Physicians say perfect purification of the system is nature’s foundation of health. Take Calotabs once or twice a week for several weeks to purify the entire system. A family package with directions costs 85 cents at any drug store.
A courtroom exchange features a judge asking what proved a gentle roan horse was drunk. The defendant replies he was arguing with a bootlegger, while the officer notes no boot legger was present, illustrating the humorous anecdote from Everybody's Magazine.
Highlights include the births of Sir John Franklin and Anatole France, a Victoria Bridge milestone at Chatgow, fort reinforcement at Fort Pickens, McKinley tariff introduction, UC Berkeley fire, Wilson wartime appeal, and a 12A note on domestic immigration policy amid Japan gentry.
Los Angeles reports a shift from home baking to commercial bread, with seven of ten loaves now produced by bakeries. The article notes a decline in home flour use, a rise in uniform bakery flour, and Los Angeles leading national bakery bread shares at about 1.8 percent.
Chicago, April 16. Raymond Costello and Charles Hobbs were hanged for murder. Costello had strangled 16 year old Madeline White after pleading not guilty. Hobbs admitted killing his landlady Betty Barnett, a Black woman, in a separate case.
Ed Crowder of Harris County pleaded guilty to the March 15 daylight robbery of Citizens State Bank in Houston Heights. He refused to reveal the location of $2,957 proceeds from the crime.
The National League of Women Voters begins its seventh annual convention in St Louis with more than a thousand delegates from nearly every state attending a five day session addressing political and social issues of women across the nation.
Abraham Beekman of Philadelphia, 36, descendant of a New York family, died today after he either jumped or fell from a hotel window on the eleventh floor. Beekman had been in ill health due to a nervous disorder.
London April 16. Mrs Jane Anne Jewell living near Portsmouth marks her centenary. Her great grandfather built barges for Nelson's troops and she recalls that shingling was fashionable in 1840 when she had her back hair cut with a curl on one side.
A Cape Town inventor announces a working model of a machine that can run a commercial engine or pump indefinitely without external power. It allegedly operates by its own volition and only costs for worn parts, viewed as negligible.
A federal council driven statement cites faults on prohibition over the past ten days. It argues prohibition worsens vice and traffic, while wreckage to families and moral decline are cited as outcomes.
Assistant Secretary Andrews, in charge of prohibition enforcement, explained to Congress the need for an additional 3,000,000 dollar appropriation for next year to accelerate the practical extinction of present liquor sources.
The General Motors Plant in Oshawa Ontario suspended operations today due to Canadian tariff reductions on imported automobiles. Three thousand workers are temporarily out of work as a result.
In Dallas on April 1 a $1.6 million agreement closes with Empire Gas and Fuel Company acquiring 36 producing wells from the Ric Camney Sheerin Lucey Petroleum Company in the South Vernon Field Wilbarger County.
An explosion at a Sofia cathedral on April 16 killed about two hundred people including numerous Bulgarian officials. The blast caused extensive damage to the church and surrounding area.
In a brief exchange the new clerk asserts devotion to duties. The boss prompts hands on effort, highlighting practical shop work at Good Hardware.
Fragmentary note from Little Rock Arkansas mentions an engine crew fatality at a port area. The garbled text references coaches and rats but lacks clear details or names.
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