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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1914
Page
5
Local plans call for 250 to 300 voices to join in Christmas carols at a community tree lighting in front of City Hall. Hundreds of needy Laredo children will receive gifts as part of the holiday program. multiple shop ads and notices accompany the item.
Weather forecasters indicate a persistent wet spell will make Christmas Day in Laredo and Southwest Texas unusually disagreeable with dampness and mud dominant. Last December showed sun break before Christmas, but current conditions suggest another indoor holiday as outdoor celebrations fade.
Pedro Trevino & Co advertises a holiday turkey sale with fat hens and gobblers at low prices. Order today by phone 166. December 17, 1910.
A cold spreads quickly and weakens the body. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey is advertised to loosen mucus stop coughing and soothe the lungs. The claim says the remedy is guaranteed and available for 25 cents from the local druggist.
A strong turnout at Elks Hall despite rain and mud backs the Christmas Chorus practice. Rehearsals continue tomorrow at 7 30 PM with many members needing to leave early for church services in Laredo.
Ad prints guidance on health through clean eating and promotes The Sanitary Grocery located at 12-17-161 with a focus on wholesome food and well being.
Mrs Verne Shaffer of Vandergrift Pennsylvania praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children noting it always helps and is superior to other cough medicines she has used. She advises others to try it and it is for sale by all dealers.
A freight train derailment at Kirk, fifteen miles south of San Antonio, blocked the line and held the I N G N passenger train for four and a half hours. The delayed train reached Laredo at 12:15 noon after being stalled near San Antonio.
A vintage style pest control pitch extols filth origins of flies and urges inspecting sanitary shelves and bins in a store. It emphasizes that flies are born in filth and spread slime to food, ending with an assertion that there are no flies.
Prompt action stops a cough and cold at once with Dr Kings New Discovery. The remedy penetrates throat lining, soothes irritation and loosens phlegm. Many testimonials claim quick relief from coughs and chest irritation. Available from your druggist for five cents.
Relics of a prehistoric people aged up to 5,000 years are found in a hermetically sealed Nevada cave near Humboldt Lake. A giant skull and woven cotton garments, bone and tusk remains, snake skin robes, and a baby’s rattle with corn grains show advanced civilization before Christ. University of Nevada researchers led by Prof. J. C. Jones and Nevada Historical Society figures confirm long vanished culture predates known Native American groups.
Kansas City hosts Old Home Day featuring born and raised local actors and stars from national stages for a Red Cross benefit. Alice Nielsen headlines with The Fortune Teller Serenade and Robin Hood. Yazel Kirk, Margaret Carrott, Lee Johnstone, Marion Bradbury, Jane Salisbury, Lotta Salisbury, Enid May Jackson, Katherine Kurkin and others perform at Convention Hall.
Honorio Rodriguez, piano professor from the Conservatory of Madrid and member of the Philharmonic Union of Mexico offers modern at home instruction for all grades. Satisfactory references available. 1420 Far Gut 128 Im Adv.
Associated Press reports Carranza departed Vera Cruz for the Isthmus of Tehuantepec amid claims of flight by opponents and dismissal as a business trip by supporters. The U.S. State Department notes Monterey and Saltillo authorities will keep trains between Laredo and Mexico City neutral and suspended.
Valdosta Georgia December 22 William Stakey West former United States senator from Virginia was found dead in his bed this morning in the city.
Washington December 22 the house military committee postponed further hearings on the nations war preparedness until January 2.
Commander Edward S. Kellogg departs the Naval War College staff to report to Cavite navy yard in the Philippines to address insurrectionary unrest. Authorities fear disturbances linked to insurrecto General Ricarte and his Hong Kong operations. Kellogg expected to sail from San Francisco January 6 to Manila.
In Trenton New Jersey a Court of Chancery hearing is set to review a report showing Prudential Life Insurance stockholders and policy-holders voted for mutualization. If approved the plan would buy outstanding stock at 455 per share and decide if the purchase may be funded from surplus without harming stockholders choosing to keep their stock. Prudential has until July 1 1915 to divest certain Fidelity Trust Company shares.
Bloomington reports plans for a corn stalk paper mill funded by local capitalists. Government scientist George A. Stuart from the Bureau of Plant Industry says cornstalks can be bought at five dollars a ton and used to produce book and magazine paper, potentially challenging wood pulp.
Ed H. Sanchez and Adolfo Chapa announce they have severed ties with A Deutz & Brother to start their own plumbing business. They guarantee first class work and invite orders at Ferreteria del Rio Bravo or by telephone number 626.
Amsterdam reports Dr Georges Weil a socialist Reichstag member who stood with Jean Jaures when he was shot in Paris volunteered for French army service on August 5. The Telegraph confirms the detail as part of the latest dispatches from Paris.
Petrograd reports Bulgaria to regain much of the territory Roumania seized in the second Balkan War. The Bulgarian minister says the division will restore most areas previously taken. The move aligns with London’s earlier claim that Bulgaria will refrain from attacking Greece and other Balkan states.
The French official statement says persistent fighting near Souain and in the Argonne produced progress. In Champagne and Laffre, the French recovered ground. Between the Argonne and the Aisne they fought through barbed wire and captured several trenches along with other positions.
Amsterdam dispatch reports German forces have reopened several railway lines in Northern France that the French army destroyed during their retreat toward Paris. Other lines are expected to open to the Belgian border soon.
The official statement notes the Prussian situation remains unchanged. In Poland, German forces battle to control the Bzura and Stawka rivers, with crossings reported at several points.
Premier Viviani told Parliament that France would not stop fighting until vengeance is wrought and Alsace Lor raine is recovered Bulgaria restored and Prussian military crushed in the war.
William M. Alexander retired attorney and Dallas resident was shot and killed by burglars in Los Angeles. His son William was wounded in the chest and finger while trying to aid him, and daughter Penelope struck the assailant with a silver-backed hairbrush. The family had moved from Dallas to Washington three years ago and spent last summer in Europe.
Stockholders approve a $300 million consolidation of the Lake Shore line with the New York Central in Cleveland marking a major railroad merger. The agreement unites two historic systems and reshapes regional rail service and competition.
The Times yesterday failed to mention flower girl Josephine Levendecker ring bearer Thomas Hickey Jr and page Jose Mogas at the Barreda Valdez wedding held Sunday afternoon.
Notice urges customers to place orders for holiday wines immediately to avoid last minute delays. It emphasizes the busy period and asks for prompt responses.
Washington December 22 The House opened a ten hour debate on the Hobson constitutional amendment for national prohibition. Rep Henry Texas preferred liberal debate but would oppose prohibition. Oscar Underwood warned prohibition menaces American government principles. Rep Morgan Oklahoma spoke for prohibition. Hobson claimed five million liquor victims nationwide.
A Havas Agency despatch reports a serious fire in a Bilbao theater in Spain with loss of life.
Chicago December 22 Miss Anna Harriet Schneider, dismissed eleven years ago from Chicago public schools, is slated for reinstatement tomorrow night if the investigating committee approves. She will be exonerated of falsifying accounts and the discharge attributed to a plot by enemies.
Rev. Dr. George Chalmers Richmond, ousted rector of St. John’s Church Philadelphia, predicts a vigorous defense when the ecclesiastical court convenes January 18. He accuses Bishop Rhinelander of enforcing vows and claims Wall Street controls the church. The vestry backs him amid talk of leaving the Protestant Episcopal Church for the Reformed Episcopal denomination.
The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of the federal opium act which bans importation. Sixty Californians convicted of smuggling or possessing opium await ruling, joined by 14 U.S. Customs guards appealing after being linked to an alleged opium smuggling ring involving steamship officials.
Washington December 22 blue pencil men skilled in farming and scientific agriculture vie under Civil Service rules for a government job at 2250 dollars annually. The editor in Farm Management will lead editing reports and articles produced by the scientific staff.
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