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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1919

Page

8

Laredo Penn Publishing Senet Publishers and Prop

Publication details show daily edition with mail delivery to US Mexico Canada and local carrier for Laredo. Subscriptions listed with rates for daily and weekly editions including three month, one year and six month terms. Public notice style pricing and delivery options appear in a promotional notice.

THE Laredo Ee Penn Publishing Senet Publishers Prop United States Mexico Canada New Laredo

PENN PUBLISHING CO Address Information

Address communications to PENN PUBLISHING CO in Laredo Texas via telephone 43.

Penn Publishing CO Telephone Laredo, Texas

Law and Order in Desdemona Prompts Ranger Action

A Desdemona law and order league forms amid alleged vice and disorder in the oil town. Officials resign, bootlegging cited, and the Texas ranger force prepared to restore order, with warnings to criminals to leave before rangers arrive.

Desdemona Keeling North Texas Law Law and Order League San Francisco Texas Massachusetts

Winter Display At A Deutz & Bro Show Window Attracts Attention

A Deutz and Brother present a full Arctic scene in their window. A modeled mountain railroad shows a electric freight train through a tunnel and bridge with a non functioning block signal, drawing hundreds of observers daily.

A. Deutz & Bro A. Deutz & Brother Arctic

Volpe Brothers Move to New Office and Store in Laredo

Volpe Brothers announce relocation of their office and store from Tour Hide to 1119 Grant Street corner Convent Avenue in Laredo Texas effective January 1. They thank customers for past favors and pledge prompt careful attention to future orders. Dec 19 1919.

Tourhide Grant Street Convent Avenue International Foot Bridge

Record Rainfall For Laredo Reaches 57.22 Inches In 1919

The article notes that Laredo's rainfall this year approached five feet, far exceeding past years. By October 15 the city had 47.29 inches, with 1.59 more in October, 7.4 inches in November, and 0.96 in December to bring the total to 57.22 inches, with the year not yet finished.

Laredo

Indigestion Tablets Promised to Restore Digestive Health

The ad copy claims these tablets are for indigestion and constipation and will tone the stomach, aid liver and bowels, and restore natural function. It urges when feeling dull and constipated to try them, promising pleasing effects.

Thanks for Help During Illness and Death of Ruben Villareal

The Villareal family expresses gratitude to friends who assisted during illness and death and at the funeral. Sincere appreciation for gentle floral offerings and support from Mrs. Ruben Villareal and Mr. and Mrs. Matias de Llano.

Ruben Villareal Matias de Llano

Local ads and notices mix of sales and births in Laredo area

Homemade fruit cakes offered at 1 dollar per pound with phone orders. Various classifieds list taxidermy, pharmacy moves, marriage licenses issued, turkeys for sale, and local business promotions. A baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dickey. Kennedy's delicatessen and Pappas candy ads appear along with jewelry, music shop deals, and Christmas notices.

Borders W. R. Muter Hidalgo Street Flores Avenue Horner Farragut Street Elk’s Electric & Ry. Co Pablo Barde Vicenta Gonzales Ignacio Sepulveda Aurora Mendez Power Fenner Pauline Rosalie Roach Francisco Prado Juana Bustos Francisco Gonzalez Jesusa Garza D. R. Muter’s Laredo Music and Jewelry Co Eugene Dickey Kennedy Sanitary Pappas Moving Picture Shows Laredo Borchers

Kilsbys Winter Tour Takes Them From Laredo to California

Mr and Mrs R H Kilsby of this city travel on a winter tour of California and the Pacific Coast. Robert H Kilsby of the Scotch Woolen Mills, with his wife, are in California for the winter and expect to stay until about March. They visited Santa Paula on December 17 as guests of Mrs Staben and Eddie Staben and left for Los Angeles to spend a month or six weeks there possibly visiting Honolulu before returning to Laredo.

J. L. Fierros Farragut Street J. Kilmer Corpus Christi William Barton Laredo R. H. Kilsby California Pacific Coast Robert H. Kilsby

Business Change at Mateo Lopez Barber Shop

New owner announces purchase of the Mateo Lopez barber shop in the Laredo National Bank building on Market plaza. He pledges a strictly first class and modern shop and invites friends and customers to visit. contact by phone 1171.

Mateo Lopez Market Plaza Laredo National Bank

Bainbridge Colby Turns Fifty in New York

Bainbridge Colby marks his fiftieth birthday. A former United States Shipping Board member during the war, Colby is a leading New York City lawyer with a long record of civic reform and commercial involvement. Born in St Louis, he attended Williams College and Columbia Law School, later settling in New York to build a broad practice and public service. He has battled wrongdoers in insurance, rail transport and finance and shifted from Liberal Republican ties to support Roosevelt’s independent movement in 1912 and Wilson in 1916.

Bainbridge Colby United States Shipping Board Colby New York City St. Louis Williams College Columbia Law School Roosevelt Independent Movement Wilson

Anniversaries and Historic Dates Marking 1819 to 1917 Events

December 22 1819 Franz Abt born in Ehrlenburg Saxony died 1885. 1823 Higginson born Cambridge Massachusetts died 1911. 1845 annexation of Texas senate passage. 1869 Ocean Grove Association organized. 1880 George Eliot died born 1819. 1894 income tax suit began US Supreme Court. 1914 Dover England bombed. 1915 Yasuka Maru sunk in Mediterranean. 1916 Vienna defeat of Russians in Dobrudja. 1917 Canada bans liquor imports as war measure.

Franz Abt Ehrlenburg Saxony Wiesbaden Thomas Wentworth Higginson Cambridge Group Cambridge Mass Texas United States Senate Ocean Grove (Methodist Episcopal) Association George Eliot Mary Ann Evans Supreme Court of the Dover England Mediterranean Vienna Dobrudja Borden Canada

Today’s Birthday List Highlights Noted Figures

Frank Kellogg born in Potsdam New York and 63 years ago today. Bainbridge Bain born in St. Louis and 50 years ago today. Edna Goodrich born in Logansport Indiana and 36 years ago today. Opie Read born in Nashville Tennessee and 67 years ago today. Harvey McClelan born in Cynthia Kentucky and 25 years ago today.

Frank B. Kellogg United States Minnesota Potsdam N. Y Bainbridge Dain United States Shipping Board St. Louis Edna Goodrich Logualisport Ind Opie Read Chicago Nashville Tenn Harvey M. McClelan Chicago American League Baseball Cynthiana

Isolate Colds Early With Chamberlains Cough Remedy

Physicians urge strict isolation for anyone with a bad cold to curb spread among family and coworkers. They warn colds are highly contagious and note that quickly ridding a cold lowers danger, recommending Chamberlains Cough Remedy as effective.

Chamberlain

Also Mentioned on This Page

Associated Press Associated Presa le LAW and Order Volpe Brothers A. Saft C, Hein Farragut St John D. Buenz Lumber F. M. Ramsay R. B. Hooker Hudson Nash Maxwell Ford Texas Auto Sales CO Ea Chamberlain Buick Automobiles Republic Trucks Butch RIO Grande Buick CO Goodrich LocatyArews Ixile A. M. Horner Washington Street B. Juarez the Times Margaret Clarice R. Clendenin Springfield Windis Bellans Purina Walker-Morrow Company Azvecs Oaxacas Sonora News Company Webb County Lumber CO H. Brent Sales Mgr KE. G. Clingenpeel Convent Ave Wormser Brothers Iturbide St Juan Lopez W. H. Mims & Company W.W. H. Mims Sr. A. Westbrook Lincoln Garland” Gas Ranges Border Gas Company Laredo Business College Laredo Plumbing Company Iturbide Street Chichester Diamond Brand Ville
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