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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1920
Page
24
Saturday's Daily argues Bolshevik forces press to take Lemberg and resist armistice. It condemns Soviet aims, urges Allied ultimatum, and warns against yielding to trade or political pressure. The piece stresses crushing the Bolshevik danger to deter wider anarchist threats and protect national interests.
The piece discusses contracts and presumed faith in their enforcement. It notes United Mine Workers officials brokered a wage agreement under federal influence and that some miners have broken the contract to go on strike, aiming to leverage terms or show dissent.
I F M Ramsay trustee under J K Forseck Sons bankrupts in Case 43 of the Southern District of Texas will sell August 14 1920 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Webb County Court House Door Garedo Texas the highest bid for cash including two promissory notes of 25000 each dated Oct 2 1918 payable to J K Forseck Sr and an undivided one half interest in the mine Il Centenario in Villa de Reyes San Luis Potosi Mexico plus related rights under a 1914 contract.
Los Angeles residents who earlier lived in eastern and middle western states will attend August reunions. Ten state organizations have planned meetings in Los Angeles. Ohio's will include a dual presidential ratification session. Iowa estimates about fifty thousand attendees. Gulf states Florida Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and Texas will be represented at one event with Colorado Illinois and Indiana also on the list.
Francisco Rocha, driver for M. A. Harper, ran down Jesus Sanchez near Flores Avenue and Hidalgo Street, then sped north on Flores to escape police. A Texas-Mexican freight train blocked the road, aiding capture. Rocha faced an examining hearing and was bound over to the grand jury in 3200 dollars.
Allen Walker is named receiver by the 87th District Court of Bexar County in the case W F Courtney vs Battaglia et al. He calls all creditors to present claims and all debtors or possessors of Battaglia property to surrender it to the receiver.
Will Rogers stars in The Strange Boarder at the Royal, a Goldwyn comedy drama. The cast features Irene Rich James Mason Doris Pawn Lionel Belmore Jack Richardson Sydney Deane and Louis J. Durham plus Rogers's son Jimmy in a juvenile role.
In Rossville Georgia Mrs Kate Lee Able describes her husband an engineer injuring abdomen while lifting he lost weight to 110 pounds after two weeks doctors failed to relieve constipation. A large dose of Thedfords Black Draught brought relief and he began to mend. she credits the remedy with saving his life and urges others to try it NC-13.
Economy Savage House lists stock including 20 000 Army shoes 1 000 Army wool shirts 300 Army cotton mattresses 20 000 Army leggings and many other articles 1 000 pairs ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture located at 1701 Hidalgo Street 33 1
County Agent F W Mally estimates Webb county will produce about 4000 bales of cotton this year, down from earlier 5000 to 6000 due to lighter dry farming yields. Irrigated acres average half to three quarters of a bale per acre, with dry farming belts yielding up to a bale per ten acres in some areas. Picking is active, with Laredo gin handling most of the crop and Encinas Torrecillas gins also trucking in. The crop quality is standard and will fetch solid prices.
A dark Italian count in Sadie Love at the Strand, married to Billie Burke, embodies the classic motion picture villain. The film weaves amusing complications as the suave stranger proves to be a bluff while the cheerful plot explores romance and humor, pleasing last night’s audience.
County Agent W. W. Mally and Mrs. Mally depart for College Station Texas to attend the annual county agents convention at A and M College August 2 to 7. Afterward they join a Texas farm boys special train visiting agricultural colleges in Kansas Nebraska and Iowa and then visit Des Moines and their old home before heading to lake country near Minneapolis.
There will be no band concert at Fort McIntosh tomorrow afternoon and concerts will move to Tuesday evenings each week. Further notice will come Monday about the concert next Tuesday.
A mixed notice page lists Cherry Banana Nut and Lemon Ice Cream from Consumers' Ice Company with phone numbers, plus local church services at the Presbyterian and Christ Church. It covers ads for realty, plumbing, automobiles, and social notices, and notes travels, weddings, and community events in Laredo during July 1911 to July 1951.
The Laredo Cotton Gin Co plant on the Heights has not begun ginning due to a belated motor shipment from Dallas. After arrival it will take two to three days to install, with operations expected Wednesday or Thursday of the coming week. Substantial cotton supplies are arriving to sustain round the clock production once started.
A busy day unfolds as Democratic executive committees across Texas meet and county conventions are held under Terrell election law. Webb County's committee convenes at 4:30 PM to canvass last Saturday's primary returns, then the county convention is called by Chairman Justo Penn in the district courtroom. Delegates will be announced and Webb County's representatives for various conventions chosen. The run-off primary is set for Saturday August 28, with another executive committee meeting to canvass those results.
A historical advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as trusted by users. It promotes trying the medicine when colic or diarrhoea is present and claims it earns favorable opinion and praise from those who use it.
A March gathering followed by a theatre party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. L Franklin at the Strand honored Miss Betty Freed and Miss Cecil Netherly of Austin with a Moonlight Picnic entertainment by Miss Virginia Penn and Miss Esther Penn. Guests included Chas Shafer of Monterrey and many local attendees, with dancing games and a refreshment course.
AMERICAN COTTON Galveston Texas July 31. unsettled conditions in Japan may keep it from buying heavily of the 1920 cotton crop. T Hiroshima head of the Galveston branch of the Gosho company says Japan may even ship 200000 bales back to the United States to obtain higher prices. Native merchants are overstocked with raw material and price goods.
The state sanitary engineer states that small red ants invading homes in spring and summer pose no health risk and show no evidence of transmitting diseases. The Texas Department of Health has received many inquiries on eradication methods, including using bisulphide of carbon near nests, with warnings to prevent ignition due to its explosive nature.
On Santa Catalina Island, Ralph Glidden uncovered a stone powder puff and a prehistoric toothbrush in Indian graves. The toothbrush resembles modern ones in size and color, with bristles from stingaree jaw bone. The puff, heavy like lead, was used to crush ochre for facial beautification.
Albuquerque residents push a campaign to rename the state to emphasize it is part of the United States not the republic south of the line. Promoters hope to win backing in the state legislature as easterners misplace New Mexico on maps. Native-born citizens fear loss of historic identity.
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