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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1919
Page
17
Twenty six carloads of onions were shipped out of Laredo by night aboard the Inter National and Great Northern line. The shipments are attached to the regular outgoing freight train every night and may rise further by week end unless rain slows them.
Mrs Pearl Patrick of Meadoraville writes that after ineffective doctors and harsh laxatives she found Thedford's Black Draught to be the easy gentle laxative that restored digestion and normal bowels with no aftereffects. The drug has long been valued for stomach liver and bowel troubles.
A compilation of items on women's rights from land settlement for Land Army members to access for ex soldiers, protests against butter price rises, a memorial for Pauline Johnson in Vancouver, school dress codes in Spokane, women journalists in Saskatchewan, Dutch royal celebrations in Holland, Balmoral birth of a Scottish royal baby, and a centennial note on George Eliot as a leading 19th century novelist.
A collage of small ads and announcements appears, including service offers for plumbing shoe repair and jolt of local commerce. Social notes report attendees and travelers, court case progress, and church women circle meetings amid Easter week plans and civic events.
J P S Mennet an American oil operator of Tampico was seriously wounded when a National Lines train was held up near Tampico on April 3 by the bandit Narayveo. He is now out of danger and recuperating, US Consul Dawson forwarding word from Consul Dawson in Tampico. The incident occurred days before Governor Osuna of Tamaulipas left for Laredo to attend the April 7 conference with Governor Hobby.
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans shows tonight as fair and colder with Wednesday turning fair as well. The Times relays the daily outlook via the Telephone Co. service.
Fort McIntosh records for the 24 hours to 7 am show a high of 89 and a low of 60 with southeast winds. Skies are cloudy.
The council of four at Paris reached agreements and President Wilson indicated the German peace treaty would be completed soon. The world war weary nations look toward a return to normal international conditions with a forthcoming formal settlement.
The census bureau announced that cotton consumption in March totaled 433 720 bales of lint and 10 358 bales of linters. The figures come from the Associated Press dispatch with Washington dateline.
Buenos Aires hosts the Pan American Socialist Conference on April 25 after a delayed start due to a general strike. Organizers seek to unite socialist and labor groups across the Americas, with Latin countries more aligned than the United States and Canada. Russian links and funding of strikes are noted, with Buenos Aires as the hub for ideological spread.
Williams War Trade Board La redo Texas announces publicity effective April 14. Board mandates notices and communication with residents in Batavia and Lithuania under export and import regulations. No imports allowed. Certificates required for exports on the northern neutral free list. Exporters must contact foreign importers about import rules.
Cunard Line officials revive Charles Frohman’s plan to install theaters aboard Atle vessels. Ships would feature stages in saloons, full scenery, stock companies, and resident directors staging London and New York hits for soldiers.
Admiral Henry T Mayo born in Vermont commands the Atlantic fleet now assembling in New York harbor. His career spans 1876 Annapolis graduation to rear admiral in 1913 and 1915 as First Vice Admiral under the naval act. He earned distinction off Tampico and Vera Cruz during earlier conflicts.
An old trader recalls a moment in a dull market when a tip about buying Pacific Mail at 1 p.m. led to a profitable outcome. He humorously recalls denying ever giving tips while a grateful acquaintance claims to have made a bundle after acting on it.
Miss Cora Pearson, a faculty member at the Alabama State Normal School, becomes the first woman honored with the presidency of the Alabama Educational Association.
Boys at the Y group sit around a phonograph when Keep the Home Fires Burning plays. One crew member jokes that the only thing he remembers about home fire is the wood he carried to keep it burning, easing the mood and dispelling homesickness.
Classified note inviting readers to watch THE TIMES for daily opportunities and a monthly rate. No clear events, people, or organizations specified beyond the publication name.
President Wilson plans to sail for the United States on April 27th or 28th after attending the opening session of the peace congress at Versailles as reported by Echo de Paris. The voyage follows his presence at the opening meeting.
The peace conference credentials committee faces a tangled problem in determining the status of M. Trumbitch and other Jugo Slav delegates. Serbia Croatia and Slavonia are represented, but Jugoslavia lacks recognition by most allies and new government credentials are uncertain. Italians refuse to approve.
Berlin reports that after the Hungarian revolution the cabinet debated a note from Lenin and Lenin’s foreign minister Tehiteherin via Adolf Joffe offering an alliance and an army of 500000 to strike the Entente. It is unclear what reply was sent to Russia.
Berlin April 15 the soviet congress adopted a resolution to create a nationwide soviet system and a workers chamber representing all crafts professions and industries as a national body despite opposition from independent socialists.
Berlin reports a bank clerks strike spreading to Chemnitz and Mannheim with all major banks in those cities closed. A delegation from the striking clerks has been sent to Weimar.
Boston April 16 Associated Press operators in New England quit work at 7 am triggering widespread telephone outages. The workers seek wage increases the right to collective bargaining and union recognition as part of the dispute.
Director General Hines announces signed agreements totaling compensation to railroads including Nashville Chattanooga and St Louis for 4 182 000 dollars and Kansas City Mexico and Orient for 130 000 dollars in the latest contract list.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh at all stages through constitutional treatment. The ad claims the medicine works via the blood to mucous surfaces and offers 100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It invites testimonials and lists F J Cheney & Co as sellers at 76 cents.
Arbor Day is observed in Utah as municipal elections open in South Dakota with women voting for the first time. Illinois hosts its twelfth annual Illinois Wisconsin Ice Dealers’ convention in Chicago. Kansas holds the grand lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen in Hays. Louisville hosts the eighth annual Southern Dry Goods Association convention with over 100 merchant leaders. New York City welcomes 20 000 Atlantic Fleet officers for a two week stay. War Department in Washington accepts bids to sell 18 army camps including rail, sewerage, and facilities to likely industrial buyers.
The German cabinet will convene to discuss the current situation. Officials aim to assess implications for policy and possible responses. No further details were provided on the agenda or participants.
Brigadier General Wilds P. Richardson, newly arrived commander of American forces in north Russia, states in his first despatch from the Murmansk coast that the military situation is satisfactory, implying overall discipline among U.S. troops.
Washington reports probe into the fight between American soldiers and Japanese at Tientsin is nearing a satisfactory resolution. State department officials say a Shanghai cable claiming Japan paid 270000 for two American deaths is not supported by current information.
London dispatches claim Budapest communists executed Archduke Joseph Dr Alexander Wekerle former premier and Baron Joseph Szeptrenyic minister of commerce amid revolutionary turmoil.
In Madrid on April 16 the political scene points to a new cabinet under Antonio Maura. It is seen as a liberal consolidation with backing from former Premier Romanones and Marquis de Alhucemas.
A couple married and honeymooned at a lake. They dined, sailed a boat, and the next morning the bride’s mother received a postcard reading Arrived safely Grand row before bed. She sighed Good gracious I didn’t think they’d begin to quarrel yp soon.
A growing number of English women embrace hand made toy production as a new occupation. A New Zealand women's hockey team is preparing for a world tour soon.
The text links wakefulness to indigestion and constipation and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy to improve sleep, provide a clear head, and enhance daytime performance. It presents a health tip aimed at workers and the general public.
The remaining elective offices in Kansas not yet held by women are sheriff and county attorney, highlighting persistent gender gaps in local government roles.
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