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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1922
Page
9
Heard by one of the force in Laredo gossip column riffs on fashion flappers hair bobbing long skirts and autumn trends. A hosiery counter reports spun silk grey and brown hoses rising while black stocks decline. Uncle Abner quips on pep and reputation insurance.
Spinach, a cultivated pigweed related to beets, arrived from the orient and gained popularity quickly. It thrives in cool weather, can be sown early and fall planted, and rewards careful spacing and soil with large wrinkled greens.
Local club gatherings at 4 PM at the Community Center and Rectory, including Tuesday Music and Literary Club, Junior Auxiliary, and Woman's Missionary Society. A White Sale at the Rectory and a Wednesday Auction Bridge Club gathering noted with social hostesses. Plus Knights of Pythias banquet program and various travel notices and school events.
Mr and Mrs A J Byrne of San Antonio are among Hamilton guests in Laredo. Cas Withoff of San Antonio visits for business and pleasure. T D Dobbs Jr San Antonio attorney visits the city. Manuel Gonzalez Cortina and family of New York injured today en route to Mexico City. Walter Doney and Donald Bernard returned from Corpus Christi. J H Farriss and wife of Parsons Kansas returned after a visit to their old home and Farriss backs oil development in the area.
Pittsburgh fans back the Pirates while experts note Detroit and Cleveland races. Phils stumble early while Giants rely on McGraw's infield. Reds may seek Eddie Roush return. Cardinals boast power with pitching needed. Jersey City IL club wears Peter Stuyvesant statue replica on uniforms.
The commercial seaplane Santa Maria departed Key West for Nassau with six aboard including a woman and has not arrived. Naval seaplanes of the Atlantic squadron launched an early morning search from Key West.
A jumble of statements notes animals eating only living prey, sewing in Congoland, Roman lungs, salts and condiments, Norway’s naming law, London newspaper sales a century ago, Scottish serf status, St Lawrence water, saccharin, London rush hour trains, medieval kneeling, vultures as top gourmands, St Gothard railway spans, African noses, and maternal breast feeding shapes on noses.
A farmer near Patten Mills New York arrived doubled with rheumatism. After using Chamberlain's Ointment he recovered quickly and returned to buy another bottle saying it cured him and should be kept in the house.
Educators, industrialists and engineers from the United States and Canada have arrived in Detroit to take part in the national convention of the Society of Industrial Engineers under the Federated American Engineering Societies. Sessions start tomorrow and continue through Saturday.
A Heathsville Virginia project aims to introduce the art of making artificial peaks from fish scale essence, marking what is believed to be America's first step into this craft previously confined to France. The note outlines a pioneering effort to adapt a French process to the American context and economy.
Associated Press reports a catastrophic flood in Fort Worth Texas with nine inches of rain in 24 hours. Eleven people drown and thousands are homeless as public utilities fail and streetcar service halts. City water supply and lights go down while fires ignite in high water and rescue efforts continue.
Feudists in Clay county join with civil authorities to curb violence in Hill Creek after Circuit Judge Johnson issues warrants for about 200 residents. Anyone over 12 in Hill Creek territory to be taken into custody to stop lawlessness in Kentucky mountains.
The Genoa economic conference teeters on wreckage as Soviet Russia presses nationalization terms. Chitcherin says allied resistance blocks progress while Barthou in Genoa seeks acceptance of Poincare's speech terms. French delegation threatens a 48 hour ultimatum or withdrawal.
Dallas Texas April 25 labor leaders from across the state meet with the Texas Non-Partisan Political Conference to discuss announced candidates and evaluate their merits for office.
Washington April 25 25 senators of the Republican agricultural tariff bloc asked the senate finance committee to restore a 50 cent per thousand duty on shingles. The material is presently on the free list.
Sabatha Kas., April 25 Mrs Bertha Perkins marks her 98th birthday and reveals she has 274 descendants across five generations. Her lineage includes 75 grandchildren and more than 150 great grandchildren. Born in Virginia in 1824, she moved to Kansas in 1857.
St Louis April 25 004 M taker divisional director of disaster relief in charge of relief at Purlington Kansas has been ordered to Fort Worth to assist in relief work as announced at the Southwestern division headquarters of the American Red Cross.
General Pershing testified before the senate military committee urging a larger wartime establishment than proposed by Creel administration. He warned that envy and jealousy among nations and individuals produce unprepared crises and heavy financial burdens.
Reader notes curious facts on animal navigation with seals traveling 2000 to 3000 miles to return home while penguins swim with wings and a kangaroo has a small appendix similar to humans. The Chilean government plans to electrify 60 miles of railroad between Valparaiso and Santiago.
The notice lists events including the Festival of St. Mark in Venice and birthdays such as Princess Mary. Archishop Dowling marks ten years as a Dissop, while Rt Rev Granville Sherwood celebrates five years as Episcopal bishop. New Zealand observes a national holiday for the Gallipoli landing anniversary and the American Legion Women hold their biennial convention and silver jubilee in Washington, DC.
Walter R. Athern of Lofton University said Bryan will not be invited to speak at the international digas school convention in Kansas City. The reason given is that Bryan is not a practical demonstrator, not due to his theological views.
In Austin on April 25 the Associated Press reports rural school leaders urge a special legislative session to provide financing relief. Widespread funding deficits threaten bus transport teaching supplies and personnel as districts face tighter budgets and potential program cuts.
Bandits halted a street car in St Louis on April 25 and robbed about 40 passengers. They escaped with a satchel containing $70,000 in canceled checks, marking the ninth street car robbery in the city this year.
Investigators planned a hearing over the Mosher death root from a raid on the Elduavans home. District Attorney Doran vowed to identify the raiders and motives. Frank Loerner and Deputy Sheriff Geongrd Ruesge are named among those connected to the case and the Ku Klux Klan figure cited.
A 19th century industry snapshot notes coal first mined in Manch Chunk Pennsylvania in 1806. It cites Michigan timber output at 12.5 million dollars, Norway coal absence, Sweden's discovered supplies, British salmon fisheries at 36 million dollars weekly, Hankow China labor union among rickshaw coolies, and Hungary restricting farm labor employment for the year.
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