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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1920
Page
2
The article critiques Charles Ponzi and other confidence schemes noting the gullibility of investors and the ease of profit promises. It argues against easy money, urges banker checks, and warns renters and builders in Laredo about housing costs, rents, and a looming building boom as wages and lumber prices shift.
A San Antonio paper reports chief Al Massey has been arrested on liquor law violations. Sensational followups include the arrest Monday of a federal prohibition agent for conspiracy to import transport and sell intoxicating liquors. Since then about eight more people have been taken into custody in San Antonio on bootlegging charges.
The piece condemns wartime rent profiteering by landlords causing severe housing shortages. It notes rising rents for inadequate homes, families doubling up, and city housing commissions exploring remedies. It mentions cooperative apartment plans in New York as a proposed solution, but warns feasibility issues for many.
The Laredo Cotton Gin Co. resumed ginning on Wednesday afternoon after delays caused by a late motor arrival and installation. By last night the plant had turned out forty bales, with the gin now operating day and night. Officials expect rapid cotton intake and a steady supply to keep the plant busy throughout the season, with 3000 to 4000 bales in sight.
Gen Garza and bride arrive in Laredo with General Me Gard chief of staff of General Alvaro Obreron. They travel to Nueva Laredo with Mexican Consul Arturo de Laracho meeting at the rail station. The couple, recently married in Bermosillo, depart in a special car toward Mexico City.
Blanche Sweet appears as a London shop girl drawn into a tangled romance in the Jesse D. Hampton production of Simple Souls at Strand Theatre tomorrow. The drama, adapted from John Hastings Turner novel, contrasts two dreamers with the girl’s vision coming true amid remarkable experiences while the Duke’s day-dreams falter, then renew.
A sale listing from 1701 Hidalgo St promises large quantities of military surplus including 20 000 Army shoes 1 000 Army wool shirts 300 Army cotton mattresses 0 00 Army leggings and many other articles plus 1 000 pairs of new ladies shoes at less than cost of manufacture.
Mack Sennett’s five part comedy Down on the Farm, praised nationwide, heads to the Royal Theatre for Sunday and Monday showings. The film features trained farm animals and is hailed as a landmark in comic spectacle produced by United Artists. Dancing lessons and classes led by Mrs. F A Mac Donald are listed with schedules at Elks Hall, Hike Pavilion, and 1519 Lareda Street.
In Toby's Row at the Royal Theatre a risqué strip poker tableaux unfolds in Greenwich Village. Tony Moore stars as Tom Biases as a group gathers at his apartment for a late roving game, with Mona shedding clothing step by step until an early morning interruption ends the scene.
A Montana hotel keeper FP H Dear from Dupuyer recounts using Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy four years ago with wonderful results and says he has recommended it to friends since.
The Rural Land Owners Association plans an evening and next day meeting in Nuevo Laredo with Mexican officials to establish an employment bureau. The goal is to secure Mexican laborers to harvest a record Southwest Texas cotton crop, with protections, fair pay, and subsequent farming or ranch work options. The conference seeks to finalize arrangements for labor supply.
A Texas-Mexican conference delegation destined for Nuevo Laredo is due this afternoon aboard a train. United States Consul Randolph Robertson confirms four delegates from Corpus Christi and Victoria including labor leaders and officials will attend. Also mentioned is John G. Kenedy arriving yesterday from the north. Thomas Fadlom may visit Dallas if itinerary permits as part of the American tour.
The commissioners court focuses on routing and road matters with new roads in operation. A shipment of Samo set chocolates arrives at Olympia Candy. Nuevo Laredo to restore service with a new time-card, doubling daily train service. Help wanted in sewing and plumbing. Real estate and vehicle trades noted by International Realty Co and local garages. Mexican workers arrive for cotton fields as Texas commerce and port imports expand. Various small ads on printing and auto services conclude the page.
Reports from the drilling site say little new information is available about the well. Workers returning from the scene say no significant production yet but anticipate a surge soon, while the driller moderates output awaiting clearer results.
Washington Aug 13 The only tree planted in memory of Abraham Lincoln after his assassination has been nominated for the American Forestry Association Hall of Fame. The tree was planted by John Fish in Chisago and later moved to the street in front of his home where it rooted and grew into a tall hackberry. The piece details other historic trees and the associations reviewing “trees with a history” for the exhibit.
Public notice commands publication of a divorce petition against the plaintiff and defendant in a nearest newspaper. The clerk of the district court, Garza, requires the notice be published weekly for three consecutive weeks with a return day set and the case recorded in the Webb County District Court.
A court report notes a trust fund of sixty thousand dollars to aid Dublin via a distribution organized by New Hampshire officials. Arthur C. Whittemere of Dover and Anna Sharpe of Dover are connected to the matter as local participants with ties to the Sharpes firm.
The community braces for runoff elections on August 8 across the region with narrowed governor contenders Bailey and Neff in focus. Voter turnout appears modest, with Laredo and Webb counties contributing a smaller share of total ballots as candidates vie for party nominations.
Augustine report traces George St. Lunn of Schenectady from Socialist leader to two-term mayor and 1910 radical Democrat congressman. Born in Iowa, educated in Nebraska and at Union Theological Seminary, he started in the Presbyterian ministry before entering politics and returning to the Schenectady mayoralty after a break with the Socialists.
The clamming trade along the Mississippi shows growth as shipments of shells and pearls rise. Workers like Wadley and Disen indicate a thriving industry with high prices for large shells, while divers, open-shell handling, and careful processing shape the profit, the best pearls fetching up to 150 dollars per shell and a new record shipment noted near La Crosse.
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