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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1920
Page
11
Laredo financier M Little reports from Benavides that Becher No 1 by Empire Oil Co. reaches 3522 feet with hard material encountered and 50 barrel daily output hoped. Liner stops caving as drilling proceeds with four inch hole, others plan new wells in Southwest Texas field.
Sheriff Anton o Salinas announces a Webb County real estate sale under a 1920 order of sale and a B F George judgment. The 320 acre property in Survey No 2006 Certificate No 3786 G C & S F Ray Co will be offered at public vendue at the Webb County Courthouse on the first Tuesday in March between 10 A M and 4 P M to the highest bidder for cash. Publication to occur once weekly for three weeks in the Laredo Daily Times.
A fragment from a 1900s style notice lists The Bellmoot Rooms and Apartments at 602 Main Ave with phone numbers and a date 6-20-11, plus various ads for electrical lights and auto painting with Fidel Cantu credits, a marriage license notice for Juan Alvarez and Catalina Vda Hernandez, and notes on St Valentine’s Day forecasts and exchanges with humorous lines about valentines.
Vivian Martin, a major screen star, headlines The Home Town Girl written by Oscar Graeve and adapted by Edith Kennedy. Strand Theatre manager Kintz confidently predicts the new film will delight her hundreds of thousands of admirers when shown Sunday.
Sunday afternoon 3:30 o clock concert at Fort Mc Intosh by the Thirty-seventh Infantry Band directed by Carl Everlof. The program includes marches and overtures such as Levi Overture The Mill on the Cliff DPout Pariseuse Waldteufel Concert Piece Simplicity Medley of popular songs Remick Fox Trot and Klickmann piece.
Mrs F W Mally hosts the Friday Bridge Club at 3:80 in the afternoon. The Blue Birds meet Mrs A Poggenpohl at 4. Mrs W W MacGregor entertains in the evening for her daughter Mrs T K Collins. Arthur Derby hosts a moving picture party at 7 for Miss Jimmie Steele of San Antonio. Second Lt L A Walthall is assigned to Kelly Field. Numerous residents return from trips and announcements note club meetings and society events.
Associated Press reports in London Feb 18 confirm the execution of Admiral Kolchak former head of the All Russian government at Irkutsk on Feb 7. Also cited is Detachment report of Bolshevik capture at Odessa including three generals ten other officers 5000 soldiers 100 guns four armored trains and large quantities of materials.
John H. Arnold of San Francisco urged consolidation of wartime debts and trade balances into international obligations guaranteed by all powers at the United States Mexico trade conference in Mexico City. He proposed an international clearing house and an immediate international bankers conference with representatives from manufacturers and commerce.
Pueblo Colorado hosts the annual meeting of the Colorado Commercial Congress for two days. A large attendance and the live importance of scheduled subjects promise a notably significant gathering for the organization.
A winter message notes a cold lasts about ten days with standard treatment. It argues a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy shortens recovery and advises keeping it in the house as a wise winter and spring investment.
Bergen, the genial representative of the Manhattan Soap Co. of New York, is in the city on his annual visit.
Quebec hosts a grand Winter Carnival after a strong season of ice sports. Parades pageants and events cover snowshoe races tobogganing skiing curling and hockey. Guns and whistles announce the opening as streets glow with carnival costumes and celebrations.
President Wilson met with railroad brotherhood leaders to discuss wage talks. He described the government policy as just to all interests and issued a nonpublic decision with a counter proposal to the men. The White House planned a later statement as officials awaited union reaction. The brief conference on the youth portico lasted about fifteen minutes.
Panama February 13 Governor Perri of Chiriqui province along the Costa Rican frontier was assassinated last night according to advices.
Four bandits entered Blaine State Bank in Blaine Kansas early today and escaped with 50 000 in Liberty bonds and 2 000 in cash. The heist occurred February 13 in Topeka jurisdiction with police seeking suspects. Blank.
Captain Robert L. Pollard of the state fire insurance commission and former state purchasing agent shot and killed himself in Austin on February 13 after several days of illness.
Three men attempting to steal whiskey from a warehouse near Liberal Missouri shot and killed W. E. Gowdy Liberal town marshal while he guarded the warehouse. The thieves escaped in the early hours.
Brigadier General Peter W. Davidson, second in command at Hoboken embarkation port, died yesterday at the Staten Island military hospital after a short illness.
Boston February 13 delegates from the main New England cities gather for a convention hosted by the Boston Business Women's Club. The aim is to unite business and professional women to influence policy and address their issues with full organized effort. Miss Gail Laughlin, San Francisco attorney and president of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, will address the gathering.
Montgomery Feb 14 The American Cotton Association plans its annual convention in Montgomery next week. Experts will discuss uniform warehouse systems and receipts, a spot market exchange, labor conditions, direct cotton sales, grading courses in Southern colleges, and forming women’s auxiliaries to broaden the association’s usefulness.
The Times carries a daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Saturday, generally cloudy and colder Saturday, with coastal areas possibly milder along the coast.
Chronic constipation often results from overuse of mineral waters and strong cathartics that dehydrate the body. Chamberlain's Tablets provide a gentle bowel movement with minimal awareness of medicine in use and are less likely to cause further constipation.
Observations show a high of 67 degrees and a low of 24 degrees at Fort McIntosh for the four hours ending 7 a m. Winds are from the north and the sky is clear.
With no more freezing weather expected, work to beautify the aviation camp has begun. Plants have been set, seeds planted to form floral designs around the field. The camp side of the post road is being terraced and seeded with grass.
A notice advertises a daily opportunity to access THE TIMERS service priced at zero cost per month. The item emphasizes ongoing availability and promotional framing.
Washington February 13 senator Ashurst introduced a concurrent resolution directing the shipping board not to sell 40 former German liners at public auction without proper bids. Ashurst warned the board planned to sell to the International Mercantile Marine for 28 million dollars, noting a present value of about 300 million.
The fifty first annual and final convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association opened in Chicago with 2000 delegates. The opening session focused on celebrating the anticipated early victory of equal suffrage for women.
Friday events celebrate anniversaries and gatherings across the country. Names include Oliver Murty, UNC Chapel Hill, Missouri School Superintendents Association in Jefferson City, Governor Lowden in Kalamazoo, Colorado Commercial Congress in Pueblo, Idaho Republican State Committee in Boise, a National Orange Show in San Bernardino, an American Farmer Labor Cooperative Congress in Chicago, a cooperative exhibition, and the Henry Phipps Institute launching a ten day drive for a three million dollar tuberculosis fund.
Work on the new steel hangars at the Heights is at a standstill due to a cement shortage. The project aimed to rise before February and March winds, as the camp has been nearly destroyed and planes damaged by storms on two prior occasions. No definite completion date is possible at present.
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