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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1919
Page
15
The May Queen will be crowned on May 1 at School Plaza after a campaign with voting open until April 24. Funds from vote sales go to the Public Schools Library, aiding the city’s school children. Votes available at Richter's City Drug Co. and Windrow's Drug Store with ballot boxes onsite.
The Laredo onion shipment moves in full blast with a special trainload and attached cars. Demand and prices are strong as harvest accelerates. Within a week three to five trainloads are expected to depart nightly to supply markets nationwide.
A prudent mother notices paleness lack of interest in play and peevishness in children signaling worms. WaITELS CREAM VERMIFUGS is given and soon the child returns to normal. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Webb county records show a rush of oil and gas leases filed by speculators and operators. Notable filings include Jose Benavides leasing a large tract to W. J. Cornell, Ignacio Benavides transferring fifteen tracts to Frank Howard, and A M Bruni adjoining three tracts to Howard who then assigns to Depositors Oil & Gas Co of Oklahoma. In the last two days forty four additional leases on large Webb county tracts have been recorded.
On this day I withdraw from the firm of O Meara and Neblete W T Neblett doctor based in Laredo Texas dated April 16 1919 and filed for record. I acknowledge resignation from partnership effective immediately.
Promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a cure for wakefulness caused by indigestion and constipation. Claims a dose improves daily performance with a clear head and better digestion.
Local notices list Ladies Aid Church Circle meetings at 4 PM at various homes Thursday. Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scout troops also meet in the afternoon and evening. The column also carries wedding announcements for Nettie Bell Pierce and Charles Chesney and Milton Worsham and Annie Despain with brief social updates.
April 17 marks Benjamin Franklin’s death in Philadelphia in 1790. Notable events include 1794 Polish expulsion of Russians from Warsaw, 1820 Black Sea navigation opened to American vessels, 1856 Quebec became seat of government, 1871 Versailles Army capture, 1879 Mons mine disaster, 1915 Vienna asserts Russian drive checked, 1916 Austrians and Russians repelled, 1917 first US Germany war shot aboard destroyer Smith.
The Frankfort Gazette reports Germany will seek compensation from the Allies at Versailles for damages from aerial attacks and occupation, and for delays in peace, amid Bolshevik and Spartacist turmoil. Also notes anxiety over unrest in Turkey with feared Armenian reprisals in Constantiople.
Mineral Wells Texas April 17 The Bankhead National Highway Association opens its annual sessions as the United States Good Roads Association ends. Delegates from Virginia North Carolina Georgia Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Arizona and California attend to determine the route of a proposed Washington DC to Pacific Coast highway.
The Texas Federation of Music Clubs meets in Sherman for its annual session. New England wholesale grocers hold their first annual Boston convention. Frederic T. Woodman mayor of Los Angeles faces trial today for bribery. Educators address the Southern Association of College Women in Columbus Mississippi. Senator Hitchcock speaks in Boston under the League to Enforce Peace. Eastern Arts Association convenes in New York to discuss postwar arts issues. Two US Supreme Court justices reach milestone birthdays. Frederick H. Gillett delivers first major speech since becoming House Speaker in Boston at a Home Market Club dinner. Mississippi Valley Waterways Association meets in St Louis two-day session on trade, marine, and inland waterways.
If I were a farmer I would keep at hand reliable remedies for minor ailments not requiring a physician. Chamberlain’s Coke and Diarrhoea Remedy for bowel complaints, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for coughs colds and croup. Chamberlain’s Ointment for sprains bruises and rheumatic pains. Chamberlain’s Tablets for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation.
Berlin reports a large Bavarian force with artillery moved toward Munich yesterday morning as reinforcements and home throwers led the advance. It remains unclear if a decisive battle has occurred.
The Swiss government issued an official note announcing an April refer endum to decide if the confederation will join the League of Nations, highlighting the issue's extreme importance. The vote is set to determine Switzerland's future international alignment.
Reported decision by the Swiss government to recognize the new German government as legally elected by a national assembly chosen by popular vote causes a sensation in political circles in Berne.
The Munich communist government reportedly opened negotiations with Italy offering valuable Munich woodlands as collateral for a one billion mark loan to buy food.
General Plumer issues a proclamation in Coblenz demanding workers return to duty due to spread of strikes in the Cologne district. He warns that strongest measures will be taken against promoting or countenancing strikes in the British zone on the Rhine.
General Aureliano Blanquet war minister in Huerta's cabinet was killed yesterday near Chavaxtla village in a Vera Cruz region fight. Press reports from Vera Cruz quote General Urquize, head of military operations, as the source.
Colorado observes Arbor Day with broad public participation. Governor Shoup proclaims the day to honor fallen American servicemen by planting memorial trees to perpetuate their memories, urging citizens to join the observance statewide.
A galaxy of eminent men will discuss all phases of world peace at the American Academy of Political and Social Science twenty third annual meeting in Philadelphia. The two day program includes six public sessions with national and international figures. Invited participants include Vice President Thomas R. Marshall John Hay Hammond United States Ambassador to Russia David R. Francis Samuel J. Graham Assistant Attorney General Abraham J. Elkus former Ambassador to Turkey Samuel W. McCall ex Governor of Massachusetts and Felix Adler of Columbia University.
A general offered military mediation if other settlement methods fail. Today a squadron of British planes flew over the affected district signaling heightened tension and external involvement.
Copenhagen reports the Moscow Red Cross director says Bolshevism in Russia is giving way to the new bourgeoisie. Premier Lenin and War Minister Trotsky are seeking accord with moderate elements in Russia.
Four people were killed and several wounded during clashes in Milan on Wednesday between socialists and opponents. The socialist Avanti newspaper office was wrecked, and workers in Milan, Bologna, Turin and Genoa began a 24 hour strike.
The former German Crown Princess Cecilia has begun divorce proceedings citing cruelty by Frederick William, according to a Swiss newspaper quote from Anastasie of Mecklenburg Schwerin, her mother.
Moscow reports continued victories of the Russian soviet forces along the western front from the Baltic to the Black Sea in an official wireless received today.
The Times prints a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau New Orleans site. Tonight and Friday will be fair with temperatures rising.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 a m show a maximum temperature of 70 degrees and minimum of 42 degrees at Fort McIntosh. Wind favored a general westward direction.
A rural tale from Kentucky tells of Uncle Sam Hodge and his produce team slowly entering town under a fifteen mile per hour speed limit. He ponders the rule, then tells his team they will do their doggone best despite the odds.
Sandusky Ohio April 17 The third annual tournament of the Ohio Elks Bowling Association opens tomorrow with teams from Elks lodges statewide to compete over several weeks.
Viscount Milner replaces Lord Derby to lead Britain's War Office during World War I. British forces on the western front hold lines against repeated German attacks amid ongoing combat risks.
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