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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1914
Page
11
George W Maxwell and Charles G Spencer, top figures in national trapshooting, praise Tuxedo tobacco for relaxation and steady nerves. Maxwell calls it a nerve steadier and a sure fire slow burning tobacco, while Spencer prefers a pipeful for satisfaction and avoids tongue bite.
Tom A. Marshall, renowned for his trapshooting skill, extols smoking as the acme of perfection. He asserts that Tuxedo tobacca tsame enhances life and makes it more divine.
A cluttered roster notes residents and visitors in the city including L. A. Reiser, Wm. Dickson, Chas. Bikel, O. S. Newell, J. C. Allen, D. N. Cobb transferred to Customs, Judge M. D. Slater, J. R. Withers, Leonard Haynes, Oscar Thompson, Mrs. H. A. Clark, Roy Jennings, Miss Adelaide Hoffman, Estelle Moser, George A. Kemper, and A. C. Richter. Mentions travel from San Antonio, Buffalo, Monterey, Zapata county, Pearsall, Humble field, and Fort McIntosh with guests at Hamilton and Ross hotels during the celebration period.
A three hundred yard race on Aguilares Texas Mexican Ry line pitted two sorrel mares against each other. Eutiquio Flores of Aguilares bred the winner, beating Armando Gareta of Benavides. A large Benavides turnout and many Laredo visitors witnessed the affair with bets favoring the Benavides horse.
Mathulka of Puffalo endorses Pr. Wing's New Life Pills as the king of all laxatives. The product claims to aid the whole family and a box at home ensures well days. Price 25 cents available at druggists or by mail from H. E. Bucklen & Co. Philadelphia or St. Louis.
A fragmented text listing individuals including Saito tb A Reiser Reiser James YY Plaver Jr Chicago Jack Watson AR Butler SV Patrick JT Ford QO Newell San Antonio Oscar Thompson Hebbrowville WH Daw son Springfield Tenn MM Dodds Big Wells.
By alias execution issued from Webb County Justice court, Axtell Co. sues J. L. Simpson. Sheriff Amador Sanchez will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday in April 1914 before the Webb County Courthouse, Laredo, two parcels of land: 680 acres and 140 acres northwest of Aguilares, to satisfy a judgment of 216.98 with 10 percent interest from 1912 and costs.
Los Angeles on February 20 reports drivers from Ralph De Palma to Barney Oldfield testing the Santa Monica course for the Vanderbilt Cup and International Grand Prize races. With speeds of eighty mph anticipated, officials plan tight crowd control and safe policing along the route near the Pacific beaches.
The advertisement touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as superior to many medicines for coughs and colds. It claims to loosen and relieve coughs, aid expectoration, open secretions, and help the body expel a cold without suppressing it. It asserts safety for children and adults and notes availability through all dealers.
Richard Harding Davis details the March Scribner trip to Santiago in Cuba with Augustus Thomas and a company of players to recreate his Soldiers of Fortune in its authentic setting for readers.
The Times presents the daily weather note from the United States Weather Bureau at New Orleans. Tonight and Saturday unsettled conditions are expected with possible changes in temperature and precipitation.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 6 p m yesterday show a maximum temperature of 81 degrees and a minimum of 72 degrees. Wind generally from the southeast with clear skies.
Terry Turner of the Naps, Joe Bush of the Athletics and Grover Alexander of the Phillies were among the first big leaguers to reach Hot Springs for the annual tuning up. Fred Glade, ex St Louis Browns pitcher, has become a baseball magnate and is interested in the Grand Island club of the Nebraska State league.
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