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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1922
Page
12
A fragmented column with jokes on fashion, chaperones, Wild West films, and modest philosophy. It riffs on modern women voting, manners, hypocrisy, and small town observations through quips about gossip, camping, and Sunday dinners.
The piece notes that income tax silences boastful earners and favors workers over sitters. It warns hiring should favor those seeking work over a settled position. It cites a man who avoids responsibility for his wife debts as lacking credit. Gasoline is sold at filling stations with a nod to past fuel like Mquar.
A wry quip captures a character boasting self sufficiency as they fumble in the dark to locate a bottle. The line blends humor with an understated bravado about independence and misadventure.
President Harding issued a formal call for the Washington Conference. A landslide in the Austrian Tyrol killed forty people and caused widespread damage.
London August 11 The first venture of Lord Lancelies to produce an all British product to compete with the best of the American factory has fallen short. The venture intended to launch a major British effort but has failed to meet its goals and faces high costs and uncertain prospects.
The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church will meet at the church Friday at 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
The Chicago Tribune notes a list of summer visits and travel plans. Mrs. 3. E. Dobbs returns from Webb. Beverly Hall and others plan a ten day camping trip with Dr. Hall and Horace. See also Denike and Mally family travel, plus visits by Miss Johnson and Mrs. Reeves.
Reports to the League of Nations Health Section show Kharkov district Russia facing a monthly mortality of 40,000 and 125,000 hunger deaths between March 1 and 20. Across the Tartar Republic 2.5 million died by March, with 392,390 infectious disease cases January 1 to March 16. Cholera spread in Ukraine. typhus and relapsing fever rise noted.
London Aug 11 AP American and other foreign wireless apparatus could be barred from use by British broadcasters if Postmaster General Kellaway’s two year licensing rule is adopted. Kellaway urges only British instruments in broadcasting. Marconi’s W. W. Drury notes current wireless uptake is limited but expects strong future demand for receiving sets as winter evenings arrive.
By Associated Press Aug. 11 in Austin Texas the Eastern Texas railroad company was granted authority to discontinue rations and dismantle its rook in Handed down in the wee hours.
Chicago August 11 the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks selects a circular domed memorial with Grecian pillars to honor war dead. A $2 500 000 home of Elkhom will rise at Liversey Parkway and Lakeview Avenue near Lincoln Park with offices and magazine editorial rooms. The site fronts nearly 400 feet overlooking Lake Michigan and Lincoln Park. The memorial rotunda will house a tribute to lodge members who died in the war and will be open to the public with auditorium and lodge halls to accompany it.
About two dozen engineering students from Loughborough College sail September 1 to an uninhabited Pacific island under a protectorate. Ex-officers and author D. L. David join a 90 ton vessel to establish fruit growing and cattle breeding, with all hands to work to sustain the settlement 500 miles from the Panama Canal.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announced plans to create a national engineering museum the first in the United States. It will join the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum in Washington and open with models drawings diplomas and medals from Captain John Ericsson and Cornelius H DeLamater pioneers of American engineering. The DeLamater Iron Works once stood as the nation’s largest such institution and the recognition extends to all American engineering societies invited to participate.
Twenty three time bombs exploded between 1 30 and 3 am at the Santa Fe railway stockade near the roundhouse. No guards were hurt though earth and debris flew as the city went dark for over an hour. Investigators warn more blasts may come.
Deputy United States Marshal Albertson suffered serious burns when a bomb exploded in his hands shortly after 28 bombs detonated. Explosion sent debris flying hundreds of feet. investigators say the cast iron elbows filled with white powder were hurled into the stockade, causing terror around the shops.
Harold F. McCormick of Chicago wed Mrs. Alexander Smith Cochran known as Mme. Ganda Walska in a Paris city hall ceremony in the Sixteenth ward today.
Chicago lawyers say Harold McCormick and his wife cannot wed legally in Illinois unless remarried after January 12, 1923, the first anniversary of Edith Rockefeller McCormick’s divorce decree. The advisory issued notes that Illinois law may require a fresh marriage following the split.
Brussels reports M De Muyter, pilot of the Belgian bal loon Belgica, won the James Gordon Bennet cup race starting from Geneva. He is credited with a 1300 kilometer distance.
Geneva August 11 The Bennett cup committee has not decided if De Muy ter won the race awaiting his return from Conites Romania where he landed before final ruling.
The article notes Lord Byng completing his first year as Governor General of Canada. It also mentions the American Bar Association closing its annual meeting in San Francisco and a Paris event honoring Sarah Bernhardt on the 60th anniversary of her Comedie Francaise debut. Dr. George T. Harding and Mrs. Harding celebrate their first wedding anniversary at their Marion home.
Washington August 11 148 road officials formed a committee to draft a reply to President Hardings settlement idea on seniority. Seven striking shop craft unions met in executive session after 10 am to decide their response and signaling rejection of the proposal pending seniority adjustments after workers return.
New York financier Haley Fiske, president of the Metropolitan Insurance Co, attends a rail executives conference to relay financial interests’ views on President Harding’s peace proposals. Regional executives join to shorten debate with a vote expected late afternoon.
Abilene Texas Aug 11 Congress man Blanton declares in telegrams to leaders that President Harding has summoned Congress to take over railroads. He warns of national bankruptcy and autocratic unions, urges finality of labor board decisions, and calls for loyalty and opposition to patronage.
Cincinnati August 11. The railroad labor board will hear 1100 Big Four union telegraphers on August 21 over rule interpretations. The board telegram says a ruling on the controversy will await the hearing and pending decision.
A complete tie-up of trains on both divisions of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad through Evansville Indiana was indicated when engineers and firemen refused to take out the trains known as first and second No 9 It was reported that the firemen refused to man all trains.
Mrs Mahala Burns of Savanna Missouri recounts using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy nine years ago to cure flux dysentery and again several years later. She has recommended it to many others and believes it a quick positive cure for bowel troubles.
Wasahachie Texas August 11 Claiming authorities that he was whipped by men in Klan like uniforms in Fort Worth Wednesday night Ben Baker about 20 of Navasota Texas is in the county jail recovering from the beating He is held on charges of aggravated assault burning and carrying a pistol unlawfully Baker is said to be member of a prominent south Texas family.
An explosion in a ship’s hold killed two crew members and seriously injured five others, with one passenger reported missing. Officials suspect spontaneous combustion but provided few details as the wireless message was received by the White House.
The final allotment of the $35,000,000 appropriation for river and harbor improvement for the fiscal year 1912 has been made by the Army Engineers chief and announced by the War Department. The Mississippi area includes Sabine and Neches rivers and related canals with substantial funding.
The Allied news note says the French general of Alsace Lorraine announced that in pursuance of retortion measures against Germany fifty undesirables in Alsace Lorraine have been served with expulsion notices and must cross the frontier before Saturday evening.
Fort Worth report says 17 year old Houston Upton received a life sentence by a Clarendon jury for the February 27 killing of his schoolroom sweetheart Gladys Solloman at the Solloman ranch home in Ployd County.
The report states that presence of guards and faulty equipment were given as the reasons for the refusal.
In Austin Texas on August 11 Palestine was placed under the open port law at 9 o clock with Ranger Captain Jerry Gray ordered to take charge. Governor Neff proclaimed the same reasons as in earlier proclamations.
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