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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1918
Page
17
Rudyard Kipling tells of a council as Kaiser decrees reform to ease toil for all. Workers from East and West, diverse and tired, seek rest and fair pay while a Jersey City girl sparks change. A lone Yankee links labor and home, urging self help and equal rights. The Lords resist yet a vision of brotherhood awakens.
November 26 marks notable events and births including poet William Cowper born 1731 and later death 1800. Other items note Isaac J. Stephens arriving in Olympia 1853 to organize Washington Territory government, and various 19th to early 20th century events involving Serrano Powderly Nicholas II Kitchener and wartime actions near Rheims Alexandria and Bucharest.
There is widespread catarrh thought incurable by local cures. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co. claims to work through the blood and mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any case not cured, with circulars and testimonials available. Sold by druggists. Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Walter A. Craig of Houston arrived in the city this morning for a brief visit. W. E. Smith of the Graham Paper Company is in town on firm business.
The column lists residents traveling to Pachuca Mexico and Washington DC, visits from Mr Charles Ernst of Poteet Texas and Mr S Rosenbaum in Mexico, and several church and club activities. It mentions the Shaffer Leyendecker wedding at 1714 Houston Street, prayer at the Y M C A, a Thanksgiving Sale at Christ Church Rectory, a high school girls party at North Laredo, a Young Men's Hebrew Association dance, and readings from Minna Irving in the New York Sun. Local notices include updates from Capt J R Lobdell in France, a Soldier boys at home gathering by the Woman's Club, and arrivals of Mr Don Mims from San Antonio. Lt Lawrence Nelson on furlough visits his parents, with Mrs Stevens Waters noted as well.
The guidance advises a diet aligned to age and occupation and keeping bowels regular. It recommends taking one Chamberlain's Tablet when overfull or constipated.
In a beseiged French outpost a weary Tommy takes a breather and jokes with a comrade about new gas Fritz is sending over. The reply warns the gas is very bad and will threaten pay and next of kin.
A man pleads to join the army but is refused for fear of cowardice. A farmer's wife offers him light work tending a sitting hen that abandoned her nest, giving him a chance to earn a living despite his affliction.
A Western town banker Mr Roberts, bald and hat wearing in the bank, questions a Black employee who cashes wages weekly. The worker, eyeing the Panama hat, explains fear of starting an account, saying he is always afraid and the banker appears ready to begin somewhere.
Representatives of nine Protestant denominations will meet in Philadelphia to discuss a proposed organic union of Evangelical churches in America, forming one federal church. Delegates include leaders from Presbyterian Church in the USA, Protestant Episcopal Church, Reformed Church, United Presbyterian, Methodist Episcopal, Congregational, Disciples of Christ, Evangelical Synod, and Moravian Church. The conference begins next week and lasts three to four days.
New York on Thanksgiving Day will stage a day long parade with evening meetings as Father Knickerbocker leads, arranged by the Mayor's Committee on National Defense. The administration favors celebrations and has invited President Wilson and cabinet to ride at the head of the procession. General Pershing's veterans and military units from encampments will also participate.
Today marks the one hundredth anniversary of Encke’s Comet discovery and the 20th anniversary of the Portland’s sinking with nearly 200 lives lost. Queen Maud of Norway enters her fiftieth year. Canadian building industry representatives meet in Ottawa to organize an after the war program. Manitoba Municipalities meet in Winnipeg for their annual convention. New York teachers convene in Albany to discuss postwar education. Grain growers and Canadian Council of Agriculture meet in Winnipeg on postwar policies and tariffs. New England governors attend a tribute to Maj. Gen. Clarence R. Edwards in Boston. A statue of James Whitcomb Riley will be unveiled in Greenfield, Indiana.
British forces pressed their line before Pullecourt while fifteen Americans were decorated with the French War Cross for gallantry. British cavalry captured Bittir Station, three and a half miles west of Jerusalem, in an action reported with bold tactical movement.
Bill Hart recalls a screen star who visits a doctor. The physician mislabels the ailment as nerves and charges five dollars, then offers a two dollar prescription. The patient asks for a loan to fill it. The doctor later admits the real issue is enlarged gall with no cure.
A humor vignette shows a character asking for a dollar to join a grand lodge. Uncle Jake questions the name and the cost. The reply names the Sublime Defenders ob de Royal Purple Order ob de Constellations ob Epic irus and jokes that a dollar barely covers admission.
As we age and reduce activity, less food suffices for the body. Even a light eater may overindulge and need Chamberlain's Tablets to restore balance. The tablets do not contain pepsin but strengthen the stomach and promote natural digestion and gentle bowel movement.
Paris reports German delegates at a mixed conference in Spa protested the rejection of their request for a two week delay in evacuating Luxemburg Lorraine and the Saar region. General Nudant, a French conferee, deemed the protest groundless.
A German lieutenant aboard a surrendered warship warned that Germany’s navy is ruined for all time describing it as a dishonorable record. The Inspection of the vessels by the allies continues as the ships are found in a deplorable state.
In Constantinople on November 26 a group of nine newspapers including seven Turkish and two French papers urge American control over the Turkish gendarmerie and finance. They also seek American supervision of education and a separation of church and state. A deputation will seek permission to present the program to President Wilson during his Paris visit. the plan will be announced this week.
American Army of Occupation holds west bank of the Moselle tonight with the extreme left at a frontier village as of Nov. 26. Frontline positions and troop posture described as steady amid patrols and artillery observations along the river.
Washington reports President Wilson will travel to Europe for the peace conference opening and initial talks. He plans to return to the United States within six weeks after his departure, though no fixed return date is set.
Palmer, the property custodian, seized 14 enemy-owned seats in the New York Stock Exchange, the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and the New York Cotton Exchange. The seats will be sold to American citizens.
Boston marked the twentieth anniversary of the steamer Portland wreck of November 26, 1898. The loss claimed 108 passengers and 68 crew. only 33 bodies were recovered along the Cape Cod coast amid a northeast snowstorm. Officials noted rail and wire disruptions and widespread travel paralysis in the days that followed.
The Third division was the first to reach the German frontier as forces moved along the Sauer to its confluence with the Moselle and then followed the Moselle stream far south of Asgarsch.
London dispatch reports planning to withdraw American troops from England. Patients not likely to recover within two months will be sent home as ships become available. Between five and six thousand from the flying corps sailed yesterday.
Lima Peru Nov 26 The Peruvian government has not heard from its consular representatives in Chile for 48 hours, even as it recalls its consuls there.
A cabby faces a magistrate for violent language toward a woman. The exchange turns jocular with insults about recognizing a lady and a bizarre tale of a porcelain note for a shilling fare. The cabby defends himself claiming the woman’s behavior justified his tone.
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