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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1920
Page
11
Local page highlights a Mother Goose Market event at 7:30 in the corner room of the Canvery building featuring goods for personal use, cakes and jellies for sale, and likely visits from Jack-a-Dendy. The Christian Ladies Aid Society invites attendees and promotes community social activity.
Warsaw reports Poland has intercepted documents showing Germany planned armed occupation of Upper Silesia if the plebiscite favored Poland. The plan included a Breslau based corps to pose as demobilized soldiers and spread propaganda, with other detachments to sabotage factories and aid the German cause through a league of former officers named Spree. The plebiscite date was postponed again.
An advisory article explains how nine out of ten nervous failures stem from personal physical conditions. Early signs include braining, memory weakness, insomnia, indigestion, and irritability, gradually leading to a full nervous breakdown.
The Friday Bridge club will be entertained by Mrs. H. F. Watson in the afternoon. The Cotillion Class meets at 7 30 o clock in the evening at the Woman's Club under Mrs J A Mac Donald. A bridge luncheon at 2 30 o clock at the Hamilton Hotel honors Mrs Hal W Greer hosted by Mesdames Turner Shelby and O Meara.
Washington marks the 175th anniversary of John Jay birth with attention from the Supreme Court where he was the first chief justice. The piece outlines Jay’s roles as diplomat, advocate of Jay's Treaty, and his varied public service from 1779 to 1795 and later retirement.
May Allison stars in Are All Men Alike at the Rialto Theatre Sunday and Monday with Earl Cooper’s famed Stutz racing car. Teddy Hayden’s dare-devil stunts include high speed driving and airplane flights as the plot centers on reckless driving showcasing Miss Allison’s thrill scenes. Adapted from Arthur Stringer’s The Waffle Iron and directed by Philip E Rosen.
A condensed timeline lists figures such as Gilbert Stuart born Narragansett and died 1928 Boston, John Carroll born Upper Marlboro and died Baltimore, Francis Joseph becoming Austrian Emperor, and Robert Louis Stevenson dying in Samoa. It also notes Belfort bombardment 1870, Philadelphia street lights 1881, and Wilson’s 1918 departure for the Peace Conference.
M Bilinis a Lithuanian assembly member accuses the Polish government of instigating Vilna seizure. He says Warsaw seeks control of Baltic ports and criticizes Polish leaders for landowner influence. He notes the League of Nations plans an international force to restore order in Vilna.
AP reports Geneva that a resolution to remove Article Ten from the league covenant may be adopted this session as the assembly opens. In Washington officials note the United States has been invited to name a delegate to consult with the league on armaments but have not decided on representation.
Frank Mason North, marking his 70th birthday, completed a four year term as president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America representing 25 million evangelical adherents. The Methodist Episcopal clergyman’s career spanned Wesleyan University graduation, pastorates, and a move to New York City in 1892 where he worked to conserve his denomination’s interests and advocate Protestant unification as a charter member and pioneer organizer of the council.
Washington December 32 The senate committee led by Senator Kenyon of Iowa plans to ask for authority to extend its inquiry into campaign expenditures.
London December 3 Dr Joseph Puryckis Lithuanian Foreign Minister arrived to plead his country’s case with Britain He said Russian emissaries tried to spread Bolshevism but there is no truth to rumors of a pro Bolshevist dictatorship In Lithuania there is not even a Communist party He listed the National Assembly composition: 69 Christian Democrats 26 Farmers Union 13 moderate socialists six Jews and three sympathetic to Poland
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans notes unsettled weather tonight and a colder Saturday. Fort McIntosh observed 24 hours to 7 am with a high of 79 and a low of 61 degrees, winds southeast and clear skies.
In Sebastopol on December 2 a dramatic swift retreat by Wrangel’s troops near the Takuak region ends with General Bogaevsky leaping from his carriage into a car, pursued by Bolsheviks, the bridge collapsing and the car tumbling into the river. He escapes into a swamp and hides as Reds advance. Northeastern Alexandrovek yields two foreign reporters who observe Bolshevik defeat near a hungry, worn regiment, then guide prisoners back to Russian lines with bread.
The meeting planned for Sydney in 1922 has been postponed due to travel costs and difficulties. No new date is set, and officials say the congress cannot meet before 1922.
Ardmore police and other officials seek Clara Smith of Kingfisher Oklahoma in connection with the fatal shooting of Jake Hannon at a local hotel. A warrant charges Assault with intent to kill and Smith has vanished after the incident two weeks ago.
Trieste Dec B A state of war between the kingdom of Italy and the regency of Quarnero at Fiume began at midnight with no visible signs of conflict minutes before. The blockade of Volume has commenced. The only hint of trouble was D An nu n zio's denunciation of General Calgila who commanded the Italian troops encircling the city.
In Palestine the Y M C A is urged to open centers in Hebron Bethlehem Haifa and other towns. Dr A J Harte overseeing the effort outlines plans for an international Y M C A building in Jerusalem including a memorial tower to honor every worker who died in the great war.
Goldsboro North Carolina was quiet early today after an unsuccessful mob attack on the Wayne county courthouse last night. A machine gun company of state troops was sent to restore order. one man was wounded during the assault while five Black men faced murder charges.
Fort Worth Texas reports Mrs Z T Robertson who was badly burned in a Sunset hotel fire last Sunday died last night. She and her husband were forced to leap from a second story window to escape the flames. her husband suffered only minor injuries.
In Fort Worth on December 8 AP reports plasterers who won a $1 daily raise starting December 1 chose to reject the increase and keep the $11 day rate. They cited building conditions as the reason for continuing their existing wage.
Washington on December 3 where Treasury officials told the joint senate and house committee on agriculture they are considering the farmers situation amid falling prices but have yet to reach a solution.
Two masked bandits boarded a mail car on train No. 6 just outside Minneapolis early this morning bound the crew and jumped from the moving train with 100 pieces of registered mail. No arrests reported.
A survey of women’s roles notes Norway first with policewomen, a Crete era dress, English towns gifting wedding sums for brides, and a protean view of women's work. It highlights historical attitudes to dress, labor, and status with several measured facts and anecdotes.
Mrs. Carolina G. Vda. de Elizondo, 65, died at the home of Mr. A L Vidaurri in Laredo after a short illness. She had lived in San Antonio recently and visited her daughter Mrs Vidaurri. The funeral is set for 10 a m tomorrow from the Vidaurri residence on Zaragoza street with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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