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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1919
Page
3
Interest builds in the May Queen election with voting ending April 24. The May Day coronation occurs May 1 on School Plaza with ceremonies. Votes are sold at Richter's City Drug Co and Windrow's Drug Store to benefit the Public Schools Library.
Twenty six cars of Laredo onions rolled out last evening with a special train and attached cars. The movement is expanding to several trainloads nightly as harvest peaks and demand stays strong.
A prudent mother is advised to watch for worm symptoms in children such as paleness and irritability. The advertisement touts Wirth's Cream Vermifuge as stopping worms after a few doses with the child returning to normal behavior. Price is 25 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists.
Webb county records show a flood of oil and gas right leases as speculators and operators rush to secure prospects statewide. Notable filings include Jose Benavides leasing land to W. J. Cornell Ignacio Benavides leasing fifteen tracts to Frank Howard A. M. Bruni granting three tracts to the same party and Howard assigning to Depositors Oil and Gas Co. of Oklahoma. Forty four additional leases on large Webb county tracts were filed in the past two days.
A notice states W. T. Neblett Jr withdraws from the firm of O'Meara and Neblett. The signer is in Laredo Texas dated April 16 1919 and appears as a legal notice with filing tag 4-17-6t.
To be at his best a man must have sound, refreshing sleep. Wakefulness at night reduces daytime efficiency, often due to indigestion and constipation. Chamberlain's Tablets quickly relieve these issues and restore a clear head and good digestion.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church and four W M A circles plan 4 o'clock meetings at Mrs. Sutton home and with Circles A through D with listed hostesses. Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls and Boy Scout troops also hold 4 and 7 o'clock gatherings.
A fragment shows playful slang as Mickie calls to Derry to meet at Vern’s next time they wander the ink fountain and then stroll the boss’s desk. The note ends with a stray creature reference.
Benjamin Franklin dies in Philadelphia born Boston January 17 1706. 1794 Russians expelled from Warsaw by Poles. 1830 Black Sea navigation opened to American vessels. 1856 Quebec becomes provincial government seat. 1871 Versailles Army captures Chateau de Brem from Communists. 1879 Belgium mine disaster at Mons. 1915 Vienna says Russian drive checked. 1916 Austrians repelled at Monte Cello and in Galicia. 1917 First U S submarine attack on destroyer Smith marks start of war.
London reports describe the Maundy Thursday ceremonies with King’s distribution of Maundy money to 53 aged poor in Westminster Abbey. Paris dispatch notes Germany seeking indemnity from Versailles for damages and delays, while London warns of grave anxiety over Armenian massacres amid Turkish unrest.
The Bankhead National Highway Association begins its annual sessions in Mineral Wells Texas with delegates from Virginia to California. The group will decide the route for a proposed road spanning Washington D C to the Pacific Coast and set the path for the national highway project.
The Texas Federation of Music Clubs meets in Sherman for its annual session. New England wholesale grocers hold their first annual convention in Boston. Frederick T. Woodman the Los Angeles mayor faces trial on bribery charges. Educators speak at the Southern Association of College Women meeting in Columbus Miss. Senator Hitchcock speaks in Boston for the League to Enforce Peace. Eastern Arts Association hosts its annual convention in New York City. Two U S Supreme Court justices receive birthday greetings, Day at 70 and Van Devanter at 60. Frederick H. Gillett to address Home Market Club dinner in Boston. Mississippi Valley Waterways Association holds its second annual convention in St Louis for a two day session focusing on foreign trade, merchant marine, and inland waterways.
A farmer would keep reliable medicines for minor ailments at hand. Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy helps bowel complaints. Chamberlains Cough Remedy eases coughs colds and croup. Chamberlains Ointment treats sprains bruises and rheumatic pains. Chamberlains Tablets aid stomach troubles biliousness and constipation.
Berlin reports a large Bavarian force with artillery and mine throwers advancing on Munich yesterday morning. It is unclear if a decisive battle has occurred.
A telegram from Omsk reported by official quarters says eighteen hundred people were murdered by the Bolsheviki at Ufa, a major city in the Orenburg district near the Siberian border, including four hundred women.
Geneva reports the Swiss government will hold a referendum to decide if the confederation joins the League of Nations due to the issue's extreme importance. The April 17 note signals a nationwide vote on this international association.
Berne reports the Swiss government will recognize the new German government, saying it was legally elected by the national assembly chosen by popular vote. The potential move causes a sensation among political circles.
Berlin reports the Munich communist government opened negotiations with Italy to pledge valuable woodlands for a loan of one billion marks to buy food. The move signals a bid to secure grain amid growing shortages.
In Coblenz on April 17 Lieut. General Sir Herbert Plumer, commander of British forces on the Rhine, issued a proclamation demanding the immediate return to work after German strikes spread to the Cologne district. It threatens the strongest measures against promoting or counting strikes in the British zone.
General Aureliano Blanquet war minister in Huerta's cabinet was killed near Chavaxtla village after landing at Vera Cruz to start a revolution against Carranza. Press reports from Vera Cruz quote General Urquize, chief of military operations.
Denver April 17. Arbor Day in Colorado will be the most general observance since the custom began in the state. Governor Shoup proclaims it a time to honor those who shed blood in France by planting trees and dedicating them as memorials to perpetuate their memories.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science will hold its 23rd annual meeting in Philadelphia starting May with six public sessions. Prominent participants include Vice President Thomas R. Marshall John Waves Hammond David R. Francis Samuel J. Graham Abraham J. Elkus Samuel W. McCall and Felix Adler.
The general proposed military mediation if other methods failed. A squadron of British aircraft conducted a low level flyover over the affected district today.
Copenhagen reports the Moscow Red Cross director arriving with word that Bolshevism is yielding to a bourgeois leadership in Russia. Premier Lenin and War Minister Trotsky are seeking accord with moderates amid ongoing turmoil. Four killed in Milan during clashes between socialists and anti socialists as Avanti office is wrecked. Workers in Milan Bologna Turin and Genoa begin a 24 hour strike.
The former German Crown Princess Cecilia has taken steps to divorce her husband Frederick William. A Swiss newspaper interview with the former Grand Duchess Anastasie of Mecklenburg Schwerin, Cecilia's mother, states that Frederick William inflicted cruelty on his wife.
London reports a Russian official wireless received claims continued Soviet successes on the western front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. The statement asserts gains and ongoing advances by Soviet forces across the region.
The Times presents a forecast from the United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans. Tonight and Friday will be fair with temperatures rising.
Observations at Fort McIntosh for the last 24 hours end at 7 a m report a maximum temperature of 70 degrees and a minimum of 42 degrees with winds from the west direction.
Sandusky Ohio April 17 The third annual tournament of the Ohio Elks Bowling Association opens tomorrow with matches to be held over several weeks. Teams from Elks lodges across the state will compete at local venues.
Uncle Sam Hodge arrives from the Kentucky mountains with yearly produce to market. His weary team of oxen faces a fifteen mile per hour speed limit at the city limits and he mutters, we’ll do our doggone best.
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