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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1919
Page
11
Obituary notice for Mrs. Violet S Oberfeldt society editor with listing of contact numbers and staff positions. Memorial details reflect community recognition and editorial tenure.
The Lone Scar Chapter of the Blue Bird Camp meets at Mrs. Alfred Poggenpohl's home at 4 PM Friday. Troop No 1 Boy Scouts gather at the Methodist Church in the evening, and Troop No 2 meets at Headquarters at 7 PM. Saturday features an Easter Egg Hunt at the Presbyterian Manse at 4:30 PM and Junior Troop 1 holds its regular meeting in the afternoon.
The Rev L H Wharton and Mr H G Earnest attend Presbytery in Yoakum Texas and plan to return Saturday. Local notices report greetings and an Easter sale by the Presbyterian Ladies Aid at the C O D Grocery Store with cakes pies and candies.
Regular sessions of four W M A circles yesterday afternoon focused on Bible study sewing and social time. Members and hosts included Mrs D Z Windrow Mrs C M Henry Miss Annie Pace Mesdames Henry Craig Arthur Clingingpeel Phelps Windrow Size Moore Condiff Benson Beaman Leyendecker Smith Sam Wharton Reeves Webber Wilkes A H Camp W B Heaner and Mrs Walker with a visitor.
The familiar family cough and cold reliever fast acts on bronchial attacks with a quick pleasant effect. A standard remedy now widely trusted by households, the product promises swift relief and indispensable use. Priced at 60 cents and 1.20 dollars.
An old advertisement promotes Dr King's New Life Pills as a safe way to regulate bowels and cure biliousness headaches sour stomach and tongue coating. Priced at 25 cents.
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No. 547 A F and A M tonight at 7 30 Work in M M Degree All visiting brethren invited to attend J A Burnett W M
A clipped, informal exchange shows a speaker insisting editors did not know about a matter and cannot read minds. The tone conveys frustration with delays and lack of communication while offering to handle issues when contacted.
Scores of Laredo people report relief from kidney backache and urinary troubles with Dean's Kidney Pills. Juan S. Cortez of 1702 Hidalgo St. endorses the remedy and cites quick relief and regulated kidneys. Price 60c at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The son, on his first college prefect vacation, tells his father he hopes to know more than he does now. The father answers with a wry reply hoping the son will know as much as he thinks he knows when he is that old.
A farmer would keep reliable medicines for minor ailments on hand. Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy, Chamberlains Cough Remedy, Chamberlains Ointment, Chamberlains Tablets would treat minor issues at home and prevent more serious illnesses.
A humorous dialogue from the St. Louis Globe-Democrat features That Needle making piercing remarks and the Shirt noting the needle’s fell purpose is to see the seamy side of life.
Readers learn of a cure for catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The ad claims internal action through the blood to mucous surfaces and offers a hundred dollar reward for any failing case. Testimonials available by mail from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists one dollar.
Associated Press reports photographs of General Aureliano Blanquet, whose death in a Vera Cruz skirmish was reported earlier, reached Mexico City and were positively identified as the former federal general.
Baltimore marks the centennial of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows with national and international observances led by the sovereign grand lodge. The week features parades exercises and tableaux in cities worldwide including a Baltimore memorial unveiling. The order began in Baltimore in 1819 at The Seven Stars tavern with Thomas Wildey as chief founder.
Italy and Yugoslavia press their claims on Fiume and the Dalmatian coast at the Paris peace conference as talks proceed. Allied peace terms may wait until weekend or the following week for presentation to Germany, while Japan seeks decision on Kiao-Chau. BerlinMQ networks severed with Bamberg cut off.
Washington April 18 war trade board announced forty nine Spanish firms were added to the enemy trading list. four Swedish and two Netherland firms were also added to the list.
Paris reports the council of four resumed talks today following Premier Lloyd George's return from his home visit. Leaders from Britain, France, Italy and the United States are set to discuss postwar arrangements and security guarantees.
Archangel reports peasants fleeing to allied lines say Bolshevik forces evacuated Bolshie Ozerki after two weeks of steady bombardment by Russo Allied artillery. Food shortages from thawing roads are said to worsen Bolshevik morale.
Copenhagen reports Libau captured by German and Baltic German troops who ousted the Lettish provisional government, according to Lettish press bureau advices.
Paris reports military experts under Marshal Foch drafted a report on actions if Germany refuses to sign the peace treaty. Potential measures include occupying more German territory, blockading enemy ports, and halting food shipments to Germany.
Berlin April 18 government leaders consider dispatching troops or German general staff officers to assist in relieving Munich from communist forces. Both Bavarian and central authorities wish to avoid provoking a larger confrontation.
The text notes Washington Lodge No. 1 founders John Duncan John Cheatham John Welch and Richard Rushworth. It highlights Samuel Wildey as Grand Master for twelve years before the title change to Grand Sire in 1826 and his 1835 role as traveling Grand Lodge agent. His missionary work reportedly shaped a broad fraternal movement built on reciprocity and brotherhood.
Tonight fair and warmer. Saturday will be increasingly cloudy. Observations from Fort McIntosh cover 24 hours to 7 am with a maximum of 57 degrees and minimum of 41 degrees. Winds are from the northwest and the sky is clear.
The Boston report says Governor Coolidge asked Postmaster General Burleson if he objected to the state operating the telephone system during the government outage in New England. The item notes further federal inquiries into cotton acreage reductions and price stabilization efforts by Wilson’s administration.
The report lists Arbor Day in Colorado and the thirteenth anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake and fire. It notes the Bankhead Highway Association opening its third annual convention in Mineral Wells Texas. Rev Billy Sunday to speak at the Victory Loan inauguration in Scranton Pennsylvania. Colorado Education Association hosts spring convention in Denver to discuss teachers salaries vocational education and reconstruction in education.
A terse line argues against expansive federal overreach, warning that forced policy changes could intrude on state sovereignty if avoided. The remark frames a broader political clash over constitutional balance and local autonomy amid rising federal intervention.
Advices to the White House report satisfactory progress at the peace conference. It is stated that President Wilson has entirely recovered from his recent illness.
Steamship Dante Alizbieri arrives from Marseilles in New York with 2,098 Texas troops aboard.
In the early war days a wounded officer in a French hospital is daily probed for a bullet. Unable to speak French, he asks a fellow inmate who can to translate that they are looking for the bullet. The fellow explains they search the wound, then the patient cries to check his trousers pocket.
A man in the lobby complains the show cost him $2 while a stranger claims thirty thousand. the exchange ends with the stranger identifying himself as the producer in Kansas City.
An advertisement claims Chamberlains Tablets promote healthy liver function and relieve bilious symptoms. It asserts the medicine restores appetite and banishes dull, sluggish feelings after use.
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