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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1920
Page
17
Tuesday's Daily notes Laredo city council regular semi monthly meeting at 8 in the evening with important business anticipated. Mentions hats sale at Bon Ton, cotton gin delays and expected ginning by Thursday, and daily cotton deliveries. Also records assorted items from local ads and notices including Mexican labor movement, plumbing services, and notary public.
In a testimonial from Hixson Tennessee Mrs J B Gadd recalls a left side pain that resisted sleep. After one bottle of Cardus she improved but later regained strength with a second course. She credits Cardus with curing her and urges other women to try the remedy for fatigue headaches backache and nervousness.
A compact item notes 83 cent money makers listing with code 46551 and unclear context. The fragment implies a pricing or promotional line. No clear persons or organizations identified.
Ottawa marks the birth centennial of Donald Alexander Smith Lord Strathcona and Mount Royal born in Scotland. His career, from Hudson’s Bay Company trader to High Commissioner in London, includes guiding Canadian Pacific Railway, aiding Confederation, and funding McGill Royal Victoria College and hospital foundations. He raised Strathcona’s Horse in the South African War and left immense philanthropy across Canada and Britain.
Next to cotton, more pounds of jute are manufactured each year than of any other fiber. The jute industry began in 1824 when the East India Company shipped samples to Dundee for experimental use. Eight hundred million spools, worth nearly one million dollars, are produced annually by Maine spool factories. White birch is the main material. Spool-making machines are complex and need skilled operators. Spools are produced at one per second and must be uniform. Finished spools are chiefly sold in New York, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.
Mrs. M. Fish hosted a luncheon at noon for Miss Paul Goldmann. Mrs. R. N. Mims planned a 4 30 p m Banco party honoring Misses Florence Allen Marian and Dorothy Jackson. The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church meets at 4 p m at the church.
A long list of residents prepare for trips and visits across Texas and neighboring states. Miss Amar Penn heads to Kerrville and Center Point to spend a month visiting her sister Mrs. F A Donald while Mr John D Davis returns from Hot Springs to Joyce. Several others plan travels to Corpus Christi Denver San Antonio Dallas and El Paso and visitors stay with Dolores hosts including Mr and Mrs D D Davis.
N Windsor argues years of rodent trouble and poor poisons. He recalls a near fatal dog incident and endorses RAT-SNAP as a safe rat killer. Available in three sizes 26e 50e and $1.00, sold by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
Saturday evening baptism at Christ Church administered by Rev Chas W Cook for Edward Lee Fasnacht with sponsors listed for each child. Farewell party honors Miss Betty Fried of New York City hosted by Mrs M Fried with family and friends attending. Parish Guild meeting at Mrs R L Poster’s home honors Mrs W B Arthur before her move to Hot Springs Arkansas.
Wanda Hawley makes her Realart debut in Miss Hobbs at the Royal Theatre for two days beginning today. The Jerome K Jerome comedy satire showcases futurist art and striking impressionist interiors with Walter Hiers Helen Srome Eddy Jack Mulhall and Julianne Johnston in supporting roles.
William S. Hart stars as Dan Kurrie, a railway worker turned station agent who clashes with corrupt boss Garber in a frontier tale. He joins a cowboy outfit, foils a express train robbery, and exposes Garber’s gang, with Mary Thurman co starring.
Six armed men robbed the Commercial Savings Bank in Moline Illinois of 26000 dollars in a sensational hold up. The robbers locked tellers in the vault and restrained customers. Charles Mohler, a barber who attempted to alert authorities, was shot and may die.
Wheat surged on August 3 as speculative buying driven by European war talk pushed prices higher. March deliveries jumped to 2.32 1 4 dollars, up 17 4 cents, with nearby at 2.30 to 2.32 1 2 dollars and December at 2.29.
Tokio July 38. Marquis Shingenobu Okuma warns that indefinite handling of the Siberian problem fuels Western suspicion. He notes Japan’s aims in Sino Japanese and Russo Japanese wars were clear, urges frank discussion with powers or total withdrawal, and suggests a punitive expedition only if a genuine and earnest task is mandated.
W. H. Ireland, a Louisville traveling salesman, recounts a severe 1888 bout of cholera morbus. He credits half-dollar porter bribery and Chamberlain's Cough and Diarrhoea Remedy, taking a double dose as directed, then sleeping and waking well at five, ready for travel.
Associated Press reports that Polish allies face a mounting crisis as Moscow seeks a mandate to negotiate. Baranovitch talks fail and Poland’s resistance weakens under Soviet pressure. A provisional Soviet government forms in occupied areas while Brest-Litovsk appears fallen and Warsaw is pressed from the north.
The Mexico City proclamation declares Este ban Cantu vacant as governor of the northern district of lower California. Eduardo Ruiz, spokesman for the de facto government, says Cantu lacks authority to hold the post. General Angel Flores and Sr. Juan Prat travel from Mexicali to inform Mexico City of talks with Cantu aimed at reconciling rifts with de la Huerta forces.
An autopsy of Mrs. Eugene Leroy, the trunk murder victim, found no poison in the brain. The absence of other vital organs prevents determining the cause of death.
The Times presents a Fort McIntosh weather summary from the U S Weather Bureau. Tonight and Wednesday show unsettled weather with a max of 108 degrees and a min of 76 degrees. Winds come from the south as skies are clear.
One thousand policemen in London walked out on strike. Six dreadnoughts of the Pacific fleet were jolted by an earthquake off the Mexican coast.
Associated Press report from Los Angeles says Olmer Locklear and Lieut Milton Elliott, aviators, were killed Monday night during a motion picture stunt. Locklear failed to straighten after a 10,000 foot nose dive. both men died instantly while filming a searchlight and rocket effect sequence.
Mrs Abbie Scott Baker political chairman of the National Woman's party urged Gov Cox to press for ratification of the suffrage amendment in Tennessee. She warned that without intensified effort the Tennessee legislature may reject the amendment after a week of canvassing. She plans to visit Senator Harding for the same purpose and noted an upcoming Front Porch Speech by Harding in Marion Ohio.
Gulf Coast health officers and officials from several interior states hold a conference to coordinate rat extermination fumigation and general clean up efforts underway locally as part of anti bubonic campaign.
A Saratoga unofficial state convention to adopt a party platform and name a State ticket is planned as Luther’s birth centenary and Emerson’s musical legacy are noted. Missouri and Oklahoma hold general primaries for U S senator, Congress members, and state and local offices ahead of November elections.
The Office of Deputy Collector of Customs Port of Laredo Texas issues notice of seizure of a Ford automobile near Pleasanton Texas on July 24 1920 for violation of Section 3082. Claimants must file their claim within twenty days from the first publication. otherwise the vehicle will be sold at public auction at the Customhouse at 10 a m on September 2 1920. Bey Khan Deputy Collector of Customs.
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