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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1923
Page
9
Whispers from the force and town chatter cover weddings gossip and daily life in Laredo. The column lists visitors residents and social events with notes on upcoming trips and parties plus a long list of names linked to local newspapers columns and society editor Miss Violet Oberfecht.
The bronze sculpture stands ten feet tall on a granite pedestal of five feet. Sculptor Po asek aims to fuse strength with beauty, portraying music’s grace through a female figure. The work is set along Michiy avenue in Chicago.
A new foreign method embeds ice pieces in concrete to create channels for water drainage as the ice melts. This technique aids reinforced concrete with iron by eliminating the usual repeated moistening, since evaporation replaces water loss.
A reflective collection notes that nature prevents foolish acts, praise can stall progress, true knowledge lies in resource finding, and a friend’s silence can derail you when headed wrong. The piece uses aphoristic lines to urge self awareness and honest guidance.
A light exchange notes that women can be effective electrical engineers and are less easily shocked nowadays, reflecting a playful progressive attitude in entertainment writing.
The play Counterfeit Love features a Dixie belle facing counterfeit money and love while a county fair backdrop leads to a pivotal horse race. Ralph Ince directs a fast moving production with Joe King Marion Swayne Norma Lee Jack Richardson and Alexander Giglio in the cast.
The hostess served a yellow and white ice course with heart shaped birthday cake surrounded by eleven yellow candles. Twenty five guests attended the hospitable occasion. Mrs Mahala Burns of Savanna Missouri shares a familiar kitchen tale praising Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as a quick cure for dysentery and bowel troubles.
A historical note promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy to improve digestion, raise appetite, and ease bowel movements, claiming gentle stool movement and healthier eating experience.
St. Louis Aug 7 Lee Fohl has been released as manager of the St. Louis Americans the announcement said Fohl departs after managing the club for the season.
DeW illiam M. Hughes former Australian premier warns that Japan’s surplus population may seek refuge in Australia due to starvation. He argues Australia must fill vacant spaces with white men and women to avoid being unable to bid them away if invasion occurs.
London Aug 7 Associated Press says Pullman cars will soon run with radio receiving sets on England railways. Experiments on express trains show success with inside and outside aerials. Passengers can hear concerts at 60 miles an hour without interference. Tunnels do not affect music or messages.
Fifty Moros were killed and several wounded in a pitched battle on Mindanao island. Three members of the constabulary were wounded. No further details were released as of today with the report routed to the governor general’s office.
Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice, former Chief of Military Operations, argues in an AP London article that growing air forces in France and Britain demand serious limits talks. He notes Britain nearly doubling its air capacity and warns competition could worsen relations while urging a conference like Washington for arms reduction. He says Britain's air strength must match France for self protection and that sea power no longer dominates home defense.
Mexican property owners in Yucatan form a league to curb socialism by promoting baseball and physical development. The Socialist Resistance league buys 250 athletic players from the United States and sends a physical culture director to learn the game. Booklets and Spanish descriptions are printed as part of the effort amid ongoing Mexican political turmoil.
The United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans provides a forecast for tonight and Wednesday showing generally fair conditions with continued high temperatures. Fort McIntosh reports 24 hour observations ending 7 a.m. with a maximum temperature of 101 degrees, a minimum of 89, and southeast winds.
Despatches from Wholungkiang province report 750 bandits slaughtered by soldiers under the military governor. The victims were among 1,200 outlaws who had surrendered and were being trained for Chang Tsolin's army. Fifty prisoners executed. others attempted escape followed by a battle in which 50 regulars died and many were wounded.
Fifteen hundred Klan members gathered in Denison Texas last night and initiated 50 candidates A KKK official from Atlanta spoke at the event which also included a public ceremony Thousands of onlookers attended the proceedings and witnessed the display and proceedings of the rite.
Denison Texas August 7 Paul Jones 24 a former Katy firefighter dies from a bullet wound suffered during a restaurant altercation. William Swinney owner of the restaurant is jailed in connection with the shooting.
Five persons were killed and four injured when a freight train on the Elgin Joliet & Eastern railroad hit an automobile at Griffith Indiana as it tried to cross the tracks. Two of the injured were not expected to survive. The accident occurred early this morning.
Vernon Texas Aug 7 The last claimant for the Texas Technological College was heard today by the locating board which then left for Fort Worth to begin deliberations on the site choice from 36 towns and cities. Vernon urged the college be placed here arguing the institution serves the entire Southwest and should be preferred.
Baltimore officials say the funeral train for President Harding will reach Washington well after midnight due to heavy crowds along the line. Reports from Western Pennsylvania and Ohio note massive outpourings as the body train delays persist with thousands sleeping at depots.
Washington and neighboring towns along the route honor the late President Harding as his funeral train proceeds slowly. Crowds applaud the bier despite heat and haze, while plans for the burial remain unchanged amid the long journey.
The Tite pares dent train traveled along the Baltimore and Ohio right of way from the distant suburb to Glenwood station. It arrived at 1 32 this afternoon and halted at Leawood for a change of engines as it continued toward Washington.
In Marion Ohio on Avenue 7 a single funeral service will be held for President Harding. The event will test the receiving vault in the cemetery as part of the arrangements.
Six Texas men were indicted in two Texas counties on charges of using the mails to defraud. The grand jury also indicted a Los Angeles man and a Los Angeles corporation. The defendants named are W. B. Chaplin Glenn Black T. F. Howland John Maulding George Ripley and Jack Carillo. They allegedly misrepresented oil land in Zapata and Webb counties Texas as rich and fertile valued at 10 000 to 20 000 per acre, though the government says it is worthless.
Excavations at Kennysham cemetery in Somersetshire uncover a hypocausta heating chamber in a Roman villa about seventeen centuries old. The villa 120 feet long used floor passages and flues to heat rooms via hot air beneath floors. The find reflects ancient engineering in a burial site context.
Notice calls all members to attend a Catholic Daughters of America meeting at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Tuesday August 7 at 7 30 P M All members are requested to attend.
Washington Aug 7 an appropriation of 15000000 for improving the fortifications of the Panama Canal will be requested after Secretary Weeks reviewed notes with his budget officer. The total military appropriation is expected to rise by about 3 000 000 to 6 000 000 from the present level.
The Rev Jesse Swank and George aodis announce financial plans for the body to be viewed at the Tordine home from 2 until 3 in the afternoon and from 1 to 5 pm on Friday. The event offers all friends a chance to pay respects and finalize arrangements.
In Morion Ohio the body of President Plarding will not be buried beside his mother and sister in Marion Cemetery. After funeral services here Friday the body will be placed in the cemetery receiving vault and held there pending construction of a monument to receive it.
Marion report notes close associates of Tresitoot bidding to bear funeral costs Friday. Thomas Edison Henry Ford Harvey Firestone and Bildrog Willian Anderson to attend with their wives. Harding previously spent nights with Filison Ford and Firestone.
President Calvin Coolidge authorized the statement that official ceremonies end when the body is placed on the funeral train bound for Marton, completing the procession to the funeral site.
A brief account states President Collete took a short walk before breakfast with only the security detail present. Reported fea mimes and en wapemt Het were said to have had appointments mostly to pay respects, with further conferences on public functions deferred until after President Harding's funeral.
The Moving Picture Producers and Distributors of America announced that all member theaters would remain closed until 6 pm Friday during the Marion Ohio funeral for President Harding. They urged all other motion picture venues to observe the day similarly.
Telegram reports the death of Graciela Maria Dodier in Monterrey while visiting her grandmother. The 18 month old child fell ill Sunday and died at 6 this morning. Mr and Mrs Emilio Dodier plan to travel tonight by train to Monterrey.
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