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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1915
Page
4
Wednesday's Daily discusses the jitney regulation issue in Texas, outlining how home rule powers may let cities control traffic and street car competition. It notes cost pressures on street railways, uncertain jitney licensing, and the risk of over crowding if the new service becomes profitable.
The Austin to San Antonio post road progresses toward 70 miles with federal funds. Engineer W A Crossland urges tree planting along the route, asking women’s clubs and schools to cooperate. He notes Texas climate favors noble trees such as pecan, which would beautify the road for future generations.
On February 3 events span exploration, battles, and notable births. Henry VIII commissions Cabot ships for western discovery. Port Royal Island, South Carolina, sees a British defeat. mutiny aboard Alliance linked to La Follette and Johnston. Illinois established with Kaskaskia as seat. Horace Greeley born. and other notes include cold in Kansas and Wilson lifting arms embargo.
A biographical sketch details Justice James Clark McReynolds of the U S Supreme Court born in Elkton on February 3 1962 to Dr John O and Ellen Reeves McReynolds. It traces his education at Vanderbilt and Virginia, early practice in Nashville, service as assistant attorney general, enforcement actions against the tobacco trust and coal road combines, and his 1914 appointment as Attorney General by President Wilson.
The Laredo Fire Department organized a racing team to challenge visiting firemen on February 22. The crew includes captain J W Palvella coach Henry Gurr a eleven firemen with roles as hydrant man nozzleman shannemen reel runners and substitutes led by sponsor Lilian Westbrook after a practice and business meeting the squad set practice nights.
A fragment from a Puck style item asks if Thomas Edison would answer a personal letter on a scientific topic. It also questions whether tapping a telephone hook up and down helps when the line is slow to connect.
Albany February 3 District Attorney Thomas Gungson of Rockland County faces allegations of negligence in the Cleary murder case. Governor Whitman backs the charges as the case centers on the slain Eugene M Newman and Cleary’s defense that the son-in-law wronged his daughter. Also noted is a city council decision to close San Dario Avenue during school hours to create a new playground for children near Independent Plaza and the central school.
The annual meeting of the Rio Grande and Eagle Pass By stock holders will be held at the company offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 4 1915 at 4 p m to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. The regular board meeting will follow immediately at the same place and date. C G Biggio secretary Laredo Texas February 2 1915.
Repairs delayed due to lack of competent workers in Nuevo Laredo. Trains between Nuevo Laredo and Villaldama halted for days, South toward Monte Rey track torn and unsafe. Only three locomotives available for Villaldama–Nuevo Laredo runs, all in need of urgent repairs.
Notice of annual meeting of the Cane Cow Company at its offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 4 1916 at 4 30 pm for election of a board of directors RIGGIO secretary Laredo Texas February 2 1916 2 2 30t CAdV
A brief notice promoting daily reading of THE TIMES to catch opportunities, priced at 6 cents per month. The blurb emphasizes steady access for readers seeking regular chances and discounts through a recurring subscription model.
San Antonio resident J. B. Pletz has been hired by the Laredo Washington Birthday Celebration executive committee to supervise and decorate ten floats and six cars for the street parade on February 22. He will also decorate forty automobiles and assist others with materials and suggestions. In Nuevo Laredo, boxing and bullfighting events are planned for February 21 and 22, with Kid Foster and Al Gray headlining a welterweight prize fight on February 21 and more bouts on February 22 after horse racing.
An old advertisement urges readers to keep Sloan's Liniment handy for rheumatism colds sore joints lumbago sciatica and similar pains. It promises instant relief without heavy rubbing and notes a 25 cent bottle available at any drugstore with a money back satisfaction claim.
Beginning Thursday February 4 the Jitney will shift route from Leay I N station to Flores avenue and Market streets via Stowers Furniture and Richter's corner expansion to the Heights, changing direction at Turbide and Market.
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