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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1922
Page
6
The item highlights a Children's Dance at Market Hall with 25¢ admission, local business notices, and civic notes. It mentions Panama-ward traffic, upcoming hotel stock sale at the Laredo Hotel Co, and various residents returning to colleges after holidays.
The report records a December Guild meeting with prize verses by members, a fundraiser postage allotment of five dollars for the Laredo church issue, and prizes of novelty items. It also notes a new Girls Club meeting led by Mrs PW Aldridge, with Kathleen Aldridge elected president and officers listed.
Webb County Texas district court orders sale of all interest of C M de la Garza and Mrs Paz de la Garza in Lot 1 Block 121 Western Division Laredo City. Sale to be held January 6 following notice dated January 4 1925 at the Webb County Courthouse. Deputy J L Mierros assists Sheriff Condren.
Society editor Violet S Oberfeldt writes brief notes on upcoming events and social gatherings, noting calendar items and member updates for the local readers.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Christian Church meets with Mrs. G C Hiatt at 3 PM. The Woman's Club hosts a children's dance at Market Hall from 7 30 to 10 PM. Mrs Agnes Kuberich entertains the Married Ladies Social Club at 3 PM Friday. The Sunbeam Band meets at the church at 4 PM.
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers announces a voluntary ethics code for its 2,000 members, aiming to extend to the broader engineering profession. The code emphasizes loyalty to country, personal honor, fairness to contractors and workers, and public welfare, prohibiting betrayal of confidences and misleading advertising.
Forty years after the first appendicitis operation was performed in Davenport Iowa a centenary is noted for Gen Peter A Osterhans and Benjamin Franklin Harding. The Minnesota Cooperative Wool Marketing Association opens its annual convention in St Paul as Charles W Bryan is inaugurated Nebraska governor Samual R L McKelvie is noted in Maine politics. A Pan American event in Washington and other ceremonial mentions close the brief.
Toronto Jan 4 A report from a seven year old committee under Quebec and Dominion governments proposes commercial peat production near Alfred Ontario. It forecasts a fully developed plant could yield peat fuel at 48 dollars per ton, with consumer costs around 149, and notes strong demand and feasible transport within a reasonable radius.
Pl Sonals L A Wilke, editor of the Corpus Christi Caller, reports the Robinson trial for a big paper and acts as state correspondent for the San Antonio Express. Ital Street, noted oilman and founder of Quilton, arrived from San Antonio and will stay several days here.
The Times reports a daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Friday are generally fair with a warmer Friday ahead.
Observations taken at Fort McIntosh for the 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. show a maximum temperature of 1 degree and a minimum of 37. Wind direction is north.
A Shreveport lynching is reported with conflicting details amid police complaints about evidence. The article notes a suspect named Lom at and references a tense, chaotic scene as officials investigate a mob killing. Associated Press reports include international dispatches on reparations and diplomacy.
Fragmented text describes suspicions around Manuel Resrick and a Turkish government decree calling able bodied men to colors in disrupted notes. Contains garbled names, places and dates, with Associated Press London dateline and references to Constantinople despatch.
In Elso Washington on January 4 a suspension bridge over the Cowlitz River collapsed. Fifty to one hundred pedestrians and at least ten automobiles were on the span when it fell. One person died, another likely fatally injured, six rescued from the river, and thirty are believed missing with no bodies recovered yet.
An OCR fragment promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to ease headache and digestive issues. It oddly references liver balance and a travel route including St. Louis and Pittsburgh with mentions of Jefferson and a strong football team, suggesting a historical ad merged with sports travel copy.
A partial OCR snippet mentions daily items and an arrival but lacks clear names, places, or events to identify specifics. The readable text shows routine phrases without cohesive context or outcomes suitable for a full news card.
Police wire authorities across the South to search for five Formeh marines said to have boarded a drench cruiser and disappeared. Reportedly, Joseph Doentenio a New Orleans chauffeur was kidnapped and driven to Baton Rouge before being released after a robbery. police believe the incident ties to the missing service members.
The report details a chaotic court scene with references to Dr Wain and Sheriff Alface. A body is mentioned under suspicion of death, with a defense objection and questions at a session described amid garbled OCR text.
Fragmentary notes report a murder charge connected to a kidnapping case in Morehouse Parish. An official, M Melvuin, was en route from Baltimore to Louisiana to pursue the case as civil authorities maintain control.
Vy Associated Press reports Nelson Manufacturing Company's lumber mill in the heart of Waco's business district was destroyed by fire this morning with damages estimated at $100,000. Fire crews contained the blaze after hours of effort.
The Times reports tonight will be partly cloudy and colder with frost. Wednesday is expected to be fair as provided by the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans.
Observations at Fort McIntosh for the 24 hours ending 7 a m report max temperature 76 degrees and min 42 degrees. Wind from the southeast. Sky clear.
Quebec reports the eleventh church or Catholic institution fire in Canada this year. The Good Shepherd Convent of St Beance, about 20 miles from here, was razed today by a blaze.
The Western Petroleum Ners Association outlines a constitutional conem hearing set for February 18. The plan proposes a mileage rate from 6? to 22? for travel distances from under 10 miles to over 75 miles.
A plain written name and address with 5 cents sent to Chamberlain Medicine Co. Des Moines Iowa yields a trial package. Contents include Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for coughs colds croup bronchial tickling throat and whooping cough and Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach troubles indigestion gas pains bile and constipation. The offer price is five cents.
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