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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1926
Page
3
Daily edition published every evening except Sunday by mail to US Mexico or Canada. One copy one month 60 cents and one year $6.00. Weekly Sunday edition by mail postpaid to US Mexico or Canada. One copy six months or three months rates listed. Subscriptions due in advance.
The Associated Press holds exclusive republication rights for all dispatches credited to It or not credited in this paper along with the focal news published herein.
In the Hoffman Construction Company trial overcharges, the state's highway cost estimates clash with defense figures. Experts differ on asphalt, labor, and material costs, with weather and supply conditions shaping apparent profits.
The author argues against rule by industrial workers alone, citing Blum and historic shifts in France and Russia. He claims democracies require broad representation, noting that effective governance comes from a mixed populace including farmers and professionals, not a worker-only regime.
The piece notes the California ring-tailed cat also known as Miner's cat or cacomixtle faces extinction without trapping ban legislation. It details a gentle face and varied diet, and mentions protection in national parks but widespread trapping elsewhere threatens its numbers.
The search for American folk songs reveals connections to negro spirituals and Overland stage music. Joe Bowers and other frontier figures are sung with lively rhythms, reflecting riders, stage drivers, and frontier life in early Western songs.
Bernard Averkamp, a cashier at a Quincy financial institution for more than 37 years, likely holds a record for continuous service with the same firm. The article notes his long tenure and that he has rarely, if ever, erred in his accounting duties, though it mentions he is in his seventy seventh year.
Four Mexicans including Juan N Garza Juan N Garza Jr Julian Garza and Gumersindo Cortez were arrested after a Webb County chase from Encinal LaSalle, where $150 worth of tires and auto goods were buried on a tract south of Encinal. Authorities recovered stolen items and conveyed the quartet to Laredo.
Notice states a regular meeting of the Catholic Daughters of America at the K C Hall on Tuesday February 2 at 7 45 P M All visiting sisters are invited C Dallmer G R 2 1 121
A new highway from Santa Maria through Calton Gardens to San Bernardo Avenue will be paved. A temporary graded road through Christen farm serves as a gap between Laredo and the county highway, with hard surfacing planned soon. The routes promise a continuous paved thoroughfare toward the Webb county line near Encinal in La Salle county.
A meeting of Huusman Ros Parking Company stockholders is scheduled on February 1st at 3 to 4 o'clock. The session will be held at the corporation offices in North Laredo to consider company matters.
Committee of local bankers prepares for a Second District Bankers Association event in Laredo on February 34. Afterward they travel to Momweres to use the Paterta bed and entertain visiting members with a stay in Laredo and Old Mexico, hoping for a good time.
Mr and Mrs Skile tour broadcasting from WJAB Waco as they host a celebration event. The pair announce to the country that Laredo will hold its celebration on February 20 21 22 and 23 with the Taylor University Program on air.
Emilio Puig leaves Laredo Electric and Railway Company to become head of the electric power company in Guadalajara. He will move today with his wife and stay there until March 15 before taking the new position.
The Texas- Mexican Railway Co station in San Diego was entered after midnight. A safe was dynamited and $76 and $90 in cash were taken along with checks and papers. The blast wrecked the door. authorities suspect expert burglars and the Duval county sheriff and officers search for clues to arrest the culprits.
The West Texas Decorating Co with Jess L. Cunningham as manager and San Angelo HQ has won the contract to decorate Laredo streets for the Washington birthday celebration. The firm will bring new flags bunting streamers and other decoration paraphernalia. Orders for decorating homes and business houses can be placed via W F Jones at telephone No 28. Work will start early and finish well before the event.
The Forty ninth Judicial District of Texas resumes work after sixteen weeks across two terms in Laredo. Judge J. F. Mullally District Attorney John A. Walls and Court Reporter Seth Wilcox traveled to Carrizo Springs to convene the Dimmit county portion of the circuit.
Rudolph Valentino returns to the screen in The Eagle a glamorous pre revolutionary Russia tale showing at the Royal Theatre tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday. The film features Vilma Banky Louise Dresser and a strong directing team led by Clarence Brown with the Pushkin tale Dubrovsky adapted by Hans Kraly.
Mixed 1920s classifieds list office rental sale rogravure preview florist notary public and civic notes. Items include office at 1211 Farragut with Feb 1 1926 possession, honey delivery by Mrs. Geo Lake, car advertisement, rogravure edition around Feb 15 for Laredo, flower shop contacts Crockett and San Antonio, and Rice Institute baseball captain Shirley DaCamara. Also Duco paint and electric lighting prompts.
Sheriff Condren traced shoeprints to Arnulfo Rodriguez and Zaragoza Rodriguez after a laborers camp on the Jose Ramirez ranch was robbed sixteen miles south of Laredo. Detectives recovered all stolen goods within hours and jailed the suspects pending hearing.
O'Connor Brothers open a factory near the G N tracks in eastern Laredo to manufacture Spanish Mosaic tile. They supplied the Hamilton Hotel and Robert Force Hotel floors and coffee room tiling and now work overtime to meet orders from local buildings.
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