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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 09, 1923

Page

3

Laredo Times Subscriptions Offer Daily and Weekly Rates

The Laredo Times lists subscription options including daily editions published except Sundays and a weekly Sunday edition. Rates are shown for one month, six months, and one year with postpaid delivery to the United States, Mexico, and Canada, or via carrier in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo. The notice notes advance payment and eligibility under the 1879 act for second class mail.

United States Mexco Canada Laredo New Laredo Mexico

Associated Press republication notice appears in paper

A boilerplate AP notice states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all dispatches credited or not, appearing in this newspaper article.

Associated Press Focal News

Ingenious Crooks and Prohibition's Quiet War

A Dallas moonshining scheme using an air pump to move liquor to the yard shows the lure and risk of bootlegging. reports note gun battles, rival feuds, and the rising link between liquor smuggling and narcotics, with enforcement aiming to curb this criminal network.

Dallas Gladrant Chicago Joliet Atlantic

Rehabilitation demands jobs for rehabilitated World War veterans

The article argues veterans who were rehabilitated after World War I deserve priority in hiring. It urges unions to relax apprenticeship rules for skilled rehabilitated workers and calls on employers and citizens to provide equal job opportunities, with veteran preference in hiring where qualifications are equal.

Red Cross Navy Army Marine Corps Rome Belisarius

Cleveland basketball league expands to 800 teams this season

Cleveland reports 800 teams in a citywide basketball organization under official supervision for the coming season. John H. Gourley of the Cleveland Recreation Council says church leagues add 128 teams, while last season’s 622 teams excluded high schools junior highs colleges and many independent quintets.

Associated Presa Cleveland Nec John H. Gourley Cleveland Recreation Council

All Night Line Formed for Reichsabank Gold Money

Berlin reports goblins haunt Reichsabank entrances nightly as messengers queue before 19 oclock 80 for early access to new gold money. Officials issue numbers to orderly lines, allowing workers to sleep in blankets with their place secured each night.

Associated Press Berlin Reichsabank

New Identification Order Applies to Laredos

A new order effective December 1 requires all people doing business between Laredo Texas and Nuevo Laredo Mexico to carry identification cards issued by the U S Immigration Service. The cards facilitate passage at the international footbridge and are not passports. Mexican authorities are aware and not imposing retaliation. The notice also announces seizure of a Ford automobile, License 22 452, for tariff act violation with a 20 day claim window before auction December 26 1928.

United States Immigration Service Mexican Immigration Service Rio Grande Nuevo Laredo Mexico Port of Laredo Texas Laredo Custom House A. R. Kahn Customs

Texas-Mexican Railway Insures Employee Families

The Texas-Mexican Railway Company provides life insurance for about 250 employees and their families. The plan totals around 800000 dollars, issued by Aetna Life Insurance Company of Hartford via Ward and Shanks of this city.

Texas-Mexican Railway Company Aetna Life Insurance Company Hartford

Webb County stockmen called to discuss tick eradication

Webb County Commissioners Court orders the County Judge to convene a meeting of stockmen at the courthouse at 10 o clock A M on Monday December 10 1923 to decide whether to discontinue the county tick eradication program.

County Commissioners Court Webb County Commissioners Court

Officers Launch Mexico Hunting Expedition From Forts

Colonel Metcalf of Fort Sam Houston arrived in Laredo after noon yesterday from San Antonio and this morning, with Colonel Hickok of Fort McIntosh and Lieutenants White and Minor, they departed by auto for the Rio Salado near Rodrigues about forty miles south of Laredo for a week long hunt.

Mexico Metcalf Medical Corps Fort Sam Houston Laredo San Antonio Hickok Fort McIntosh White Lieutenant Minor Rio Salado Rodrigues Nal Alate

Laredo Hosts National Bank of Commerce Directors

Thirteen directors headed by John G. Lonsdale visited Laredo on a two week tour of the southwest and Mexico. They toured, dined at the Bohemian Cafe, and traveled through Matamoros Barwnsville Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa Oklahoma City and returned to St. Louis. The group praised Laredo and local bankers before departing for Monterey and other cities.

National Bank of Commerce of St. Lous John G. Lonsdale Laredo 1.G. N Rio Grande Lines of Mexico Monterey Matamoros Barwnsville Houston Galveston San Antonio Dallas Fort Worth Tulsa Oklahoma City The Schamm Glass Co W. S. Hemingway National Bank of Commerce E. A. Faust St. Louis Boat & Engineering Co N. L. Moffitt Moffitt Grain Co W. F Carter John Strauch More-Jones Brass Co Carl F. G. Meyer Meyer Bros. Drug Co F. W. A. Vesper Vesper-Buick Auto Co J. C. Doneghy F. J. Paro W. B. Weisenburger

Elks Hold Memorial Service In Elks Hall

Despite bad weather a sizable crowd attended Laredo Lodge No 1018 BPO Elks memorial service at Elks Hall. Lodge officers and Episcopal choir led the program with prayers, songs, and a memorial address by Robert Lea Boblitt praising departed members and the lodge’s solemn traditions.

Elks Hall Laredo Lodge No. 1018 Episcopal Church Flora Dilgarde Milton Chas. W. Cook Delbert Wright Robert Lea Bob Laredo

Laredo Creamery Switches to Cash Basis

Notice to the public that starting December 1 the Laredo Creamery Co will conduct business strictly on a cash basis. The notice is dated December 3, 1912.

Laredo Creamery CO

Laredo City Opens 1933 Tax Collection

City of Laredo announces tax collection for 1933 with office hours from 9 to 6 and a second session after 2. The notice indicates the start of levy processing and public access during designated hours.

Laredo

A Musical Golden Jubilee in New York

The New York Oratorio Society marks fifty years with a repeat program from its inaugural concert. Leopold Damroch founded the organization. his sons Frank and Walter J. Damrosch were renowned conductors. His career spanned Berlin to New York, shaping American musical life through orchestral and operatic leadership.

New York Oratorio Society Leopold Damroch Damrosch Frank Walter J. Damrosch Leopold Damrosch Prussia University of Berlin Spor Germany Lizst Weimar Philharmonic Breslau Lirst Wagner Arion Society Steinway Hall New York Symphony Society Dr. Damrosch West Metropolitan Opera House Damrosh America Dr. Damrosh

Notice of street improvement in Laredo Texas

The City Council of Laredo orders the portion of Iturbide Street between Sta Maria Avenue and the bridge over Zagate Creek improved with grading paving curbs gutters and storm sewers. A roll showing assessments against abutting properties and railways is on file. Hearing set for December 4 1923 in City Hall for owners railway and others to present evidence and be heard.

Iturbide Street Sta. Maria Avenue Zagate Creek Lamh City of Laredo Southwest Biulithic Company City of Laredo Texas Council

Sir Paul Vinogradoff to Receive McGill Honorary Degree

Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence at Oxford Sir Paul Vinogradoff, world renowned law authority born in Russia, will be awarded the honorary LL D by McGill University. He formerly taught in Moscow and England, studied English legal history, was knighted in 1917, and has lectured in America and India.

Paul Vinogradoff McGill University Corpus University of Oxford Russia England Moscow America India

First public billiard match play in United States held in Syracuse

The 1854 event in Syracuse featured Joseph N. White defeating George Smith in a billiards match described as the first public game of its kind in the country.

United States Syracuse Joseph N. White George Smith

Osawatomie Woman Credits Health To Simple Change

Mrs. E. E. Keast of Osawatomie recounts moving from Illinois eleven years ago and regaining vitality after adopting a routine she believes restored her strength. Her account emphasizes personal health improvements and a shift in daily habits over time.

Osawatomie Kans E. E. Keast Illinois Sac

Court Adjourning Term Convenes New Grand Jury

The Forty-ninth Judicial District in Webb County adjourned its eight week term in Laredo with a 100 percent conviction record. District Judge J F Mullally convened a new eight week term as a grand jury was empaneled including Valentin Puig as foreman and others named. The panel now investigates matters brought by District Attorney John A Valls.

Forty-ninth Judicial District Webb County J. F. Mullally Laredo Mullally Valentin L. Puig L. A. Lafon M. M. Trevisio Hugh Jos Henry Ike Uwirsch Arthur Evans Paul C. Sulak V. Edwards John A. Valls

Eastern Star Chapter 86 to Hold Regular Meeting

Miriam Chapter No 86 of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a regular meeting for work tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Masonic Hall. Visiting members are invited. Esther Hirsch acting W M.

Miriam Order of the Eastern Star Masonic Hall Esther Hirsch W. M

Constance Talmadge stars in The Primitive Lover at Royal

Constance Talmadge headlines First National comedy drama The Primitive Lover at the Royal Theater tomorrow and Wednesday. Manager Epstein promises a high class evening with Connie delivering laughter and charm in a capacity crowd.

Royal Theater Constance Talmadge the Royal Connie Epstein Norma Talmadge Slater Eveybody Connien

Cuban Duels Flourish Yet Rarely Prove Fatal

Havana reports show duels as a method for private quarrels remain popular in Cuba though illegal. Newspapers describe the dispute and the principals names, noting duels usually end when blood is drawn and fatalities are uncommon among educated Cubans.

Associated Press Havana Cuba Pesn

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