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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1918
Page
22
Saturday's note explains that paving Laredo streets will not occur quickly. A public vote, survey, bids, and sewerage plans precede any work, likely taking three to four years for full urban paving and drainage, with downtown streets possibly earlier if sewerage is completed first.
A wartime circular dropped by German planes in American trenches on October 26 urged desertion and internment. The American bombardment in reply lasted a day and a night, reflecting anger at the insult and denying genuine German repentance.
Damp, cloudy spell across Laredo and Rio Grande country boosts Bermuda onions and young grasses for cattlemen. Farmers hope for a spell of sun to aid diversified vegetation and crop maturity as irrigation can assist if dry periods return.
Readership is invited to subscribe to THE TIMES for daily opportunities at 60 cents per month. The offer emphasizes affordable access to news, ads, and notices, promising concise coverage and ongoing updates.
Laredo Lodge No. 101% B P O E will hold annual memorial services Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the lodge hall. Public invited. Program includes hymns, prayers, ceremonies by officers, violin solo, address by Asher R. Smith, and benediction by Rev. J. P. Ward. Music directed by Mrs. T. A. Austin.
Mayor McComb announced that sewerage for Laredo will be placed before voters soon. After finishing preliminary work with engineer Frees, a bond election will decide issuing bonds for a modern system, before street paving can proceed.
Social items note the Busy Bees meeting with Miss Josephine Brewster at 3 30 pm Sunday plans for a Soldiers Club dance and Epworth Society and B Y P U gatherings at local churches. Also updates on Woman's Club events, civic league, and notices seeking social submissions for The Times.
Robert E Essing and 37th Infantry minstrel troupe entertained crowded Corpus audiences last Monday and Tuesday then stayed in Laredo. In Fort McIntosh, boxing moves to Army Y M C A tonight due to bad weather. A long list of licenses issued includes Hagan Davis and Lopez Lopez. Mexico imports pass Laredo port with calamine lead pecans baskets garbanzo ixtle and beer. Lorendo Rendon of Laredo died in France. details not secured. Saturday night Soldiers Club dance postponed. Tenor Ricardo Clark to sing at San Agustin mass tomorrow wearing black hats and white chrysanthemums. Flower procession for wedding featured Cristina Garcia Lupe Villar Amada Guerra Eloisa Flores Lila Yzenguirre Amalia de La Chica and little Maria Cristina Martin flower girl. Bride escorted by Fidel Cantu. reception at Latin American Club. Miss Courtney Slaugehter with Villar’s orchestra sang For You Alone. Maria Villareal raises 17590 for orphans fund, gifts going to toys and garments bought from soldiers and local seamstresses.
War tribute from Laredo listing fallen service members including Lieut. E J Cousineau Lieut Luke W Loftus Sergt Percy R Winch Sergt George Bigden Sergt Charles Woodus Corporal Jack Correu Private Edmundo Lopez Private Benjamin Hastings Private Moises Carrejo Private Miles Little Private Francisco Garcia Private Lorenzo Rendon among others with orderly accounts of their service and sacrifice in the conflict.
Adjourned meeting of the creditors of J. K. Forseck & Sons, set in the U S District Court room at Laredo Texas, originally for November 30 1918, is postponed to December 11 1918 at 11:00 A M in the same court. Witness dated Corpus Christi November 27 1918.
Notice of bankruptcy for C Ross of Laredo Webb County Texas adjudicated on November 12 1918. First meeting of creditors set for December 11 1918 at 10 o clock a m in the U S District courtroom Laredo to prove claims appoint a trustee examine the bankrupt and conduct business before the referee in bankruptcy ING C Scott issued November 11 1918.
Charles Ross a bankrupt business owner in Laredo has filed for bankruptcy with John C Sott as referee. The first meeting of creditors will be held December 11 at 10 o clock in the U S District Court Room in Laredo Texas. Creditors may attend prove claims appoint a trustee and examine the bankrupt.
The Retail Clerks Union of Laredo calls members to the new headquarters Room 14 Pappas Building upstairs tomorrow Sunday. Rooms open 9 to 12 in the morning and 8 to 6 in the afternoon. Ignacio Pisa, Secretary.
The Times announces a recurring roster under the heading Laredo's War Sacrifices for local soldiers who died in service. Relatives missing from the first list are urged to send names so they may appear, as the roster may later be inscribed on a monument in Laredo.
The Thirteenth U S Cavalry, stationed near the Brownsville area, camped at Dolores on the Rio Grande and will march into Laredo tomorrow forenoon about 10 oclock. The regiment with wagons will rest at Fort McIntosh after arrival and head to Fort Clark a few days later. A dance at the Elks Club Monday night will honor the troops.
A notice signed by JOHN REYNOLDS, Teacher, urges parents to enroll boys who cannot attend Day School in Night School, pointing to compulsory education law enforcement and the location Central School Building Li-SU-101.
The Rainbow Division of the United States Army reached France as stamp tax provisions from the War Revenue Act took effect. Vigorous fighting in the Cambrai salient produced slight German gains.
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