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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1920
Page
20
A Tuesday Daily column lambasts Ponzi investors as gamblers while criticizing societal preference for easy money. It links Ponzi to a broader pattern of swindles, condemns gullible patrons, and urges accountability for the Altendorf disappearance within the Huerta regime, stressing swift justice and safe return of him to American soil.
Reports from Mexico say officials drift toward former customs and dissidents are quietly disposed of. A San Antonio man who aided the U S and opposed Germany during the war went to Mexico on business now shrouded in mystery. Many claim he was arrested or executed by Mexican authorities as stories spread amid the de la Huerta government's hopeful reception by Americans disillusioned with prior regimes.
Yesterday around 3 o clock a driftwood floe struck a pontoon on the international footbridge across the Rio Grande between Laredos. The impact capsized and sank the pontoon, pulling 40 feet of flooring with it and leaving a large gap. Traffic was halted as workers began repairs, with the river current hindering efforts. A 15 foot rise, if it reached the area, could cause more damage, but officials expect the bridge to be open to vehicles by tomorrow morning.
Mrs Ed Sanchez of Laredo reports dull kidney pain dizziness and backache. After using Doan's Kidney Pills once box, she was cured and has had no trouble since. Price 60 cents at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY endorses the remedy.
The remains of Miss Elizabeth Deutz, from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, accompanied by her parents and two sisters, did not reach the America side in time to catch the outgoing morning train. They were moved to the Jackson undertaking parlors and will depart tonight for San Antonio with family and visitors from this city and New Jersey.
Scottish Rite in Texas to establish dormitories for daughters of Master Masons at the University of Texas. A six block property north of the university near the Presbyterian Seminary will house a three story building, four brick residences, and a dining hall. Mrs. J. B. Kaufman named director. funds from Scottish Rite bodies of Galveston Dallas El Paso Austin and San Antonio.
An irritable fault finding disposition is linked to indigestion. A man with good digestion and regular bowels is usually good natured. For indigestion or constipation, take Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen the stomach and aid natural bowel movement.
A recent Greater New York survey found women working as production managers forewomen personal directors office managers and designers across 211 establishments.
RAT SNAP kills rats and mice and even when it fails it deters. It leaves no smell as rodents dry up inside. Sold in cake form so it won’t mix with food. Safe for cats and dogs. Available in 35c 65c and $1.25 sizes through A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
Norma Talmadge presents in a dainty piquant comedy photoplay "She Loves and Lies" a delicate love story woven with tense drama and bursts of joyous humor. The Select Special features her unusual characterizations and showcases the actress’s evident comedienne talent. The Strand Theatre will screen the film tomorrow.
A large premium offer announces a $10.00 Blastman Kodak with details available by mail. The promotion runs until August 31 and invites everyone to participate. The notice also mentions films and Kodaks for sale and Kodak finishing services at Moonlight Studio Bertani Blog with phone 742.
The new Mexico to Laredo schedule restores through service both ways, enabling direct trains from Mexico City to Laredo and from Laredo to Mexico City with coordinated sleeper reservations and baggage handling. The Saltillo Nuevo Laredo Local resumes daily fast service between Nuevo Laredo and Saltillo, with precise timings for connections to Monterrey and San Luis Potosi.
Stanton Hack, who won Mae Clark in The Chinese Honeymoon, is now in Goldwyn's Dangerous Days at the Royal Theatre. A former stage performer, he once played the toreador in an opera and spent seven years with Klaw and Erlanger. His film career includes Barbara Frietchie, The Renegade, Broadway Bill, One Thing at a Time O'Day, and The Man from Texas.
Delegates from Mexico head to Madrid for the Seventh Universal Postal Congress. Cosme Hinojosa, director general of posts, leads the group with wife and son Cosme Hinojosa Jr. Others include Julio Doulat, Rodolfo Becerra Soto, Pablo Sanchez, and Julio 8. Gonzalez. The party sails from Mexico City to New York before heading to Europe. Additional Mexican diplomats Hector T. Casasus and Alfonso Acosta, with accompanying family, are also en route to post duties abroad.
This afternoon at 6 30 o clock a base ball game is set at Calleche Park with the American Legion facing Laredo. The Legion will try out a new pitcher in a closely contested matchup.
The Laredo Cotton Gin Co on the Treights is handling a heavy cotton flow, ginning 98 bales by yesterday and passing 100 bales this morning. The plant averages about 25 bales per day and operates by day only, with late cotton still maturing after recent rains. picking and ginning will extend in coming weeks as moisture helps maturity.
Webb county clerk Ambrosio Rodriguez of Laredo travels to New Braunfels for the annual State Convention of the County Clerks of Texas Association. He will be away on vacation until the latter part of the week as topics of vital importance are discussed.
Judge A W Cunningham, a Harlingen attorney, arrives in the city to speak at 8 p m in the county courthouse district court room in behalf of Pat M Neff of Waco for governor. He urges voters of Laredo and Webb county to support Neff in the run off on Saturday August 28. The Democratic race between Neff and Bailey is expected to draw a heavier turnout than the July 24 first primary, a closely contested Texas governorship battle.
The War Department asserts firm stance against wilful draft evaders, detailing the process of sorting 24 million records, identifying 173,911 possible deserters, and offering voluntary surrender options while promising publication of a state by state list. It stresses that desertion will carry consequences and that ignorance is not a defense.
The article explains drafting offenses, defining draft deserters as registered men ordered to report who fail to do so, and draft delinquents as those who did not register or report for examination. It notes courts martial for deserters, civil status for delinquents, and DOJ and War Department actions, including suspending a $50 reward due to expense, with broad public support for punishing offenders.
Dr Paul Reinsch has accepted the Democratic nomination for United States senator from Wisconsin Whacongin and formerly served as United States Minister to China. Born in Milwaukee in 1849 he studied at Madison Berlin Rome and Paris and taught political science at the University of Wisconsin before his Pekin appointment in 1913. He traveled widely and wrote on colonial administration with several books translated into Chinese and Japanese. He served as Roosevelt Professor in 1911-12 at the Universities of Berlin and Leipzig and was a delegate to the Pan American Conferences in 1906 and 1910.
Today marks the 150th birth anniversary of John T. Kirkland, longtime president of Harvard College, alongside a Columbus political convention featuring James M. Cox. In Sioux City a streetcar fare referendum is on a special election ballot and Wyoming holds primaries for federal and state seats. A new liner, the Empress of Canada, is launched toward Vancouver and the Orient.
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