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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1918
Page
5
Rudyard Kipling recounts a council of workers from many cities and nations who resist oppression. A Yankee speaker declares workers seek homes with heat and water, and a resolve forms to fight for self and woman, lightening Adam’s curse by sharing labor and power. The poem ends with a triumphant image of laborers demanding humane wages and dignity.
Entries note events and birth or death dates for figures such as Wm Cowper the poet born November 26 1731, Isaac I Stephens arriving at Olympia 1853 to organize Washington Territory government, Serrano dying 1885, and other 19th and early 20th century milestones including Ball Act tensions, Nicholas II appointment in 1894, Rheims bombardment 1914, Kitchener meetings in Rome 1915, and Mackensen’s 1916 push toward Alexandria near Bucharest.
There is more Catarrh in this region than all other diseases and it was long considered incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is a constitutional remedy taken internally that reaches the mucous surfaces through the blood. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it fails to cure, with circulars and testimonials available. F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio sell through druggists, and Hall's Family Pills aid constipation.
Walter A. Craig of Houston arrived in the city this morning for a short visit. W. E. Smith of the Graham Paper Company is in the city in the interest of his firm.
The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church meets at the rectory at 4 PM Tuesday while the Tuesday Music and Literary Club gathers with Mrs Nye. The Shaifer Leyendecker wedding occurs at 7 PM at 1714 Hionston Street. Community singing at the Soldiers Club, and Wednesday events include travel plans to Pachuca and visits from Mr Ernst, Mr Rosenbaum, and Mr Headen. An YMCA prayer session is planned Friday at 8:15 PM and a Thanksgiving sale by the Farish Guild at the Rectory from 3:30 to 7 PM. High school students host a Thanksgiving party at 8 PM with a North Laredo trip. A dance resumes at the Young Men's Hebrew Association Hall at 8:15 PM.
A brief health note advises adopting an age and occupation appropriate diet and keeping bowels regular. It suggests using Chamberlain's Tablets when overeating or constipated to ease symptoms.
In a terse wartime scene a Tommy on leave in France is asked how the line looks. He replies nothing to worry about then recalls the new gas Fritz is sending over, noting its effect is so bad it would reach his pay packet and kill his next of kin.
A sharp-eyed woman at the door questions a hesitant man who wanted to enlist but was turned away as chicken-hearted. A farmer's wife offers light work by assigning him to tend a sitting hen that has abandoned its nest of eggs.
A Western town banker, bald and cautious, ponders why a Black employee keeps cash at hand. The worker, eyes on the Panama hat, replies he fears money staying in the bank and jokes the banker seems ready to start somewhere. The anecdote appears in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Woman's Club held an at home for soldier boys after an influenza epidemic paused weekly events. Mrs. A. S. J. Tucker Mrs. Woodman Mrs. Vidales and Mrs. McKinney hosted. Inclement weather reduced attendance but organizers hope for a larger gathering next Monday.
Minna Irving notes in the New York Sun that crowns crumble in Europe as monarchies fall while America boasts a crown of stars on service flags. Reports reach New York of Capt. J. R. Lobdell safely in France, and Lt. Lawrence Nelson visiting family on furlough. Mrs. Con Mims and Mr. Mims arrive from San Antonio and plan to stay with Mrs. Shelby, while Mrs. Stevens Waters remains in town.
Bill Hart recalls a comedian who sought a doctor for nerves and received a $5 diagnosis plus a $2 prescription. The patient could only pay five dollars, asking for two more to fill the prescription. The doctor then jokes that the real issue is enlarged gall with no cure.
Nine Protestant denominations, including the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the United Presbyterian Church of North America, will meet in Philadelphia to discuss the Presbyterian general assembly proposal for an organic union of Evangelical churches in America. An international council would draft a plan to form one federated church from the participant denominations, with sessions starting next week and lasting three to four days.
Today commemorates the one hundredth anniversary of Enckes Comet while noting the steamer Portland loss two decades ago with nearly two hundred lives in peril. Royal ties appear as Queen Maud of Norway, sister to King George V, enters her fiftieth year, with numerous regional gatherings planned in Canada, New York, and New England to honor leaders, discuss postwar policy, and unveil a Riley statue in Greenfield Indiana.
Fifteen Americans decorated with the French War Cross for gallantry. British cavalry captured Bittir Station three and one half miles west of Jerusalem as the line advanced, while British troops pressed their operations in the area.
A conversation about joining a mysterious lodge reveals Uncle Jake asking for a dollar to join and the boss quoting the Sublime Defenders ob de Royal Purple Order ob de Constellations ob Epicurus. The boss jokes about higher dues, noting a dollar is just the start.
Paris reports German delegates at a mixed conference in Spa protested the rejection of a two week delay in evacuation of Luxemburg Lorraine and the Saar region. General Nudant, a French conferee, said he regarded the protest groundless.
A German lieutenant aboard a surrendered warship declares the German navy ruined for all time and says no one will want to serve in the disgraced service as inspecting Allied forces assess the fleet. The vessels are in a deplorable state and inspection continues.
A group of nine newspapers seven Turkish and two French in Constantinople call for American supervision of the Turkish educational system and a separation of church and state. They plan to present their program to President Wilson during his Paris visit, with the proposal to be announced this week.
American forces stand on the west bank of the Moselle tonight with the Army of Occupation. The extreme left of the line reaches toward the frontier village as troops tighten positions along the strategic river through late November.
President Wilson plans to travel to Europe for the opening of the peace conference and preliminary discussions. Officials say no fixed limit, but he intends to return to the United States within six weeks after sailing.
As we age and slow activity, less food is needed to meet body demands. By age 85 or 90 many are light eaters. Occasionally one may eat too much and require Chamberlain's Tablets to correct the disorder, as they strengthen the stomach and ease bowel movement.
Alien Property Custodian Palmer 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.
New York will stage a day long Thanksgiving celebration led by Mather Knickerbocker with a parade and public meetings. The Mayor's Committee on National Defense directs the events and invites President Wilson and cabinet to ride at the head, though duties may prevent attendance. Veterans of General Pershing and encampments will appear among the attractions.
New Englanders recalled the Portland catastrophe as the 20th anniversary of the 1898 loss. The steamer sailed from Boston on November 26 with 108 passengers and 68 crew. only fragments and 33 bodies were recovered after a northeast snowstorm battered the coast between Cape Ann and Cape Cod.
The passage describes the Third division advancing to the German frontier from the Sauer region, tracing the river to its confluence with the Moselle and moving far south of Asgarsch, marking the lead in crossing into German territory.
In planning the withdrawal of American troops from England it is decided that patients unlikely to recover within two months will be sent home when ships are available. Between 5 000 and 6 000 from the flying corps sailed yesterday.
Lima reports the Peruvian government has not heard from its consular staff in Chile for 48 hours despite recalling its consuls. The missing communications come amid diplomatic tensions between the two countries.
A cabby stands before the magistrate over violent language toward a woman. He defends her nature with a crude tale about a “lady” who handed him a porn note for a fare and urged drunken kissing of a mother-in-law. The exchange ends with his boast of finding a real lady.
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