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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1916
Page
11
A total shipment of thirty-one carloads of imports from Mexico passed through Laredo yesterday afternoon. Goods moved from Nuevo Laredo to this side and on to trains early this morning. The importations included twelve carloads of lead bullion thirteen carloads of cala mine two carloads of skins and four carloads of ixtle.
L Villegas, chairman, calls for one hundred Indians to participate in the Attack on the 22nd and states suits can be procured by contacting him. Date indicated 2-12-71.
Army and Navy Journal reports Secretary Daniels testifying before the House Naval Affairs Committee on Navy manpower, officer resignations, officer restoration cases, Marine Corps duty, ammunition plants, ship needs, and other personnel and future requirements. The exchange includes praise for Smedley Butler and Butler’s pointed remark about his civilian life.
A bilious attack is described with severe headache coated tongue food loathing constipation torpid liver and vomiting bile. Relief is promoted by taking three Chamberlains Tablets noting they are prompt and effectual and available everywhere.
By execution issued in the case Eduardo Y. Martinez v Perron and Sanchez No. 6651 from Bexar County Court, the sheriff of Webb County will sell at the county courthouse in Laredo on the first Tuesday in March 1916, Lots 4 5 6 7 8 9 Block 72 Eastern Division, for $841 plus costs. Sale at cash. Sheriff Antonio Salinas, Deputy M G Benavides.
Mrs Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio writes that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been used in her family for twenty years and has never failed to cure a cough or cold. Obtainable everywhere.
Sport notes indicate East distance runners are preparing for the annual Boston marathon to be held on April 19. Eastern college relay teams will participate in the Missouri Athletic Association indoor games in St. Louis next month. The only living old-time billiard champion, John Deary, marks his 74th birthday today.
A vintage remedy touts avoiding drafts and exposure while endorsing Dr. King's New Discovery. The formula blends pine tar healing balsams and mild laxatives to kill cold germs soothe the throat and heal mucous membranes. It claims a 45 year use as proof of satisfaction.
Society notes list meetings and gatherings across civic groups. Laredo Choral Club meets at four, Christ Church Junior Auxiliary at four, B Y P U Jr at noon, Sextette Club with Miss Lurline Davis at four thirty, Nulles Club hosts Miss Amar Penn at three, J U G with Miss Ernestine Sanchez at four, and a Sextette Club dance with the Light Brigade at eight.
A fragmentary domestic notice recalls a poem about white roses and lost love. Then local items report Daisy Wright Field, the Madero family leaving Laredo for Corpus Christi, Mrs Kirby Walker’s upcoming trip to Fort Leavenworth, and Mrs Hamilton’s escort to San Antonio. Social events include the Ladies Card Club at Fort McIntosh and a Christian Church Aid meeting with attendees listed.
Robert Bates aged 96 of Whitesburg Kentucky is noted as the father of a baby son at the age of 96. A Kaiser bust given to King Edward reportedly rests in Buckingham Palace cellar with its face turned toward the wall. American soldiers are served distilled water to prevent infection from drinking water. Rissop Van Buren of the Episcopal Church in Pennsylvania is identified as a scenic painter and playwright.
Washington February 18 nationwide interest grows in the sheep industry as the Philadelphia Wool and Textile Association campaigns to restore wool growing and mutton raising. The plan urges domestic production to guard clothing and meat supplies in peace and possible war, backed by proposed laws protecting flocks from dogs and promoting a small flock approach.
Misses Peart and Maude Brennan return to Laredo after months in Dallas to stay during the celebration with City Marshal Brennan and family. Dr. C. C. Pierce back from Brownsville business trip and staying at the Bender. Garland L. Mayes and W. Taylor of Asherton guests at the Bender. James O’Keefe back in the city staying at the Bender. W. S. Evill of Prudential in town representing the company. Roy Campbell of San Antonio visiting Hamilton. Listed guests at the Hamilton and Bender inns include numerous names from San Antonio Dallas El Paso and other cities.
St Louis reports Grace Gassette of Chicago, once an art student, has invented new bandages for war needs at the American Hospital in Paris and leads fifty volunteers producing surgical dressings. Carries suffrage activism as Democrats plan June convention protests led by Carrie Chapman Catt. In Boston, Charlotte Chorpenning’s prize winning play Between the Lines debuts at Castle Square Theatre.
The 8:20 p m departure for Corpus Christi runs nightly on the i and G N Night Train. Trains leave at 8 p m and reach the destination at 7:16 a m, outlining the schedule and travel window.
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass service via Train No 1 departs Laredo at 8:00 a.m. daily except Sunday and arrives Minera at 10:30 a.m. Train No 2 departs Minera at 1:16 p.m. daily except Sunday and reaches Laredo at 3:20 p.m. TIMES WANT ADS.
President Wilson is described as the most punctual man in Washington always on time for his appointments and demanding punctuality from his callers.
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