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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1919
Page
18
The Laredo Times announces daily and weekly editions with mail delivery to U S Mexico and Canada. Subscriptions are due in advance with pricing for one year six months and three months. Communications addressed to Penn Publishing Co Laredo Texas.
The paper states AP rights for use and republication of all AP and locally credited dispatches and local news published herein.
Washington state officials warn Carranza plans to confiscate foreign oil holdings risk disaster for the regime. The piece notes Germany’s reversal on submarine warfare and urges Mexico to honor prior agreements, restore oil properties to rightful owners, and grant fair treatment to all foreigners.
The essay argues against an international labor conference under the League of Nations, warning that a European driven minimum wage could lower American living standards. It cites wage gaps, productivity, and Chinese competition, claiming foreign workers would erode the United States’ status as the best paid and treated labor force.
Lady Rhondda, a leading British businesswoman and director of about thirty concerns, arrives in Toronto for the Canadian National Exhibition opening. She is the only child of the late Lord Rhondda and inherits a vast fortune. She travels with Sir Humphrey Mackworth and the Dowager Viscountess Rhondda to inspect Ontario mining and pulpwood properties in which she holds millions in investments.
An advertisement promotes daily watch opportunities in THE TIMES with a subscription offer of 60 cents per month. It invites readers to subscribe for ongoing access to the newspaper.
Public notice to unknown heirs of Jose Guajardo deceased. Webb County District Court at Laredo issues four weekly citations before October 6, 1919 for a suit No. 3683 with defendants including T A Coleman and John Rosetti. Interveners claim land in Porcion No. 14 and seek quiet title and possession.
The Louisville Courier Journal lauds Ruggiero Leoncavallo as the creator of a single masterwork Pagliacci and credits him with guiding Italian opera toward modernity alongside Mascagni. It notes Puccini's rise and asserts Wagnerian influence fused with Italian temper in Pagliacci and other works. His death is mourned while his enduring operatic legacy is celebrated.
Local salves fail to cure catarrh as the disease is constitutional and requires an internal remedy. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is said to affect the bloodstream and mucous surfaces. Endorsed by a top physician, it combines tonics and blood purifiers. Testimonials offered free by F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. All druggists.
The 90th Division Association opens headquarters in the Southwestern Life Building Dallas to publish a history of the unit and plan a reunion at the State Fair in Dallas on October 11. Membership costs 1 dollar yearly and 20,000 copies are ordered for the first edition with more possible.
Notice states the partnership between A E Younkin of Laredo Texas and C L D Younkin of Boston Massachusetts is dissolved by mutual consent. All debts owed to the firm are to be received by A E Younkin and all demands presented to him for payment. The signatories are A E Younkin Co and L D Younkin. Laredo Texas July 29 1919.
Julia Hortensia Farias two Gonzalo and Mrs Warias died Saturday afternoon at 1102 Grant street after a three week illness at age three. Funeral held from the family home to Catholic cemetery Sunday at 5 PM.
Royal Arch Masons earnestly request attendance at a called convocation Tuesday evening August 26 for Past Master's degree work. JOIN COLMAN, Secy. 225-2
Stop itching eczema quickly with Zemo from any druggist. Extra large bottle $1.00. Healing begins the moment Zemo is applied and most cases of eczema pimples rash and similar skin troubles are claimed removed. Zemo is a penetrating antiseptic liquid not a greasy salve and does not stain. The E. W. Rose Co Cleveland Ohio.
Forecast from the United States weather bureau New Orleans via The Times notes tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy. Fort McIntosh observations show 24 hours ending 7 am with a high of 97 degrees and a low of 62 degrees and a south wind amid cloudy conditions.
A bilious attack harms liver function causing constipation stomach fermentation nausea vomiting and head ache. Three Chamberlain's Tablets are recommended to tone the liver and cleanse the stomach restoring health at a cost of a quarter.
A flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Liniment bound on the seat of pain is more effective than a plaster and costs far less.
Duval county observes a pivotal moment as Empire Oil Co drills to 3315 feet into thick oil sand near Noreda and aims for a major gusher. Northeast of Laredo new drilling begins on the Santo Tomas tract with derricks rising and additional local outfits preparing to drill at Orville. If successful, Southwest Texas becomes proven oil territory.
County Judge Geo R Page, in declining health, departed Saturday night for Rochester Minnesota to enter the Mayo Brothers Sanitarium for several weeks of treatment. During his absence special judge John L Danneley, recently elected by the Webb County Bar Association, will preside over county affairs.
A telegram from Wichita Falls reports Burk 54 Oil Co. headed by Sam Sparks and S N Lewis showing a large new output. Laredo subscribers holding 1200 shares in the $60,000 company expect significant returns as the well is estimated to yield about fifteen hundred to two thousand barrels. The Laredo Times notes the financial excitement among local investors and women and men alike.
The decomposed body of 21 year old Jose Fernandez of Monterey Mexico was found in Hein pasture south of Webb. An inquest by Justice Slaughter concluded and interment occurred near the sight. A Mexican passport issued by Governor Zambrano of Nuevo Leon identified the deceased. He had come to the U S seeking work and likely died of exhaustion while walking from Laredo toward San Antonio.
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