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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1914
Page
12
Saturday’s Daily recounts the Enngleigh ranch owner William Benton’s murder in Juarez by Villa’s forces. The piece questions Villa’s court martial claim, calls him a cowardly killer, and argues the story mocks justice while noting broader border unrest and public reaction in the United States.
A Chicago woman's protest against a burlesque bullfight at Laredo's celebration prompts calm clarification that the advertised event was a burlesque novelty called a novillada. Readers are assured the mock bullfight will amuse attendees as it plays on a Spanish relic.
The piece recalls Thomas Sterling born February 21 1851 in Fairfield county Ohio. His family moved to McLean county Illinois where he grew up and graduated from Illinois Wesleyan University in 1877. He served as Springfield city attorney in 1880 and moved to Dakota in 1882 to continue law practice. He helped shape South Dakota's early legislature and led the University of Dakota College of Law from 1901 to 1911 before running for the U.S. Senate.
This notice offers a free home treatment from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana claiming to cure bed wetting in children and adults. It promises full instructions by mail without payment and urges mothers to write today to seek relief.
Trains on the Texas Mexican and I G N roads brought hundreds to Laredo yesterday from Corpus Christi and intermediate points and from San Antonio. This morning and afternoon more excursionists continued to arrive, with eleven coaches from San Antonio in today.
Festivities begin with a morning military field day at Fort McIntosh from 10 to noon featuring mounted contests. An afternoon mock bull fight tops the program at League Park, followed by Jamaica band concerts and carnival attractions. Tomorrow and Monday promise heavy crowds from Corpus Christi and San Antonio for a grand street parade, I O R M events, hose racing, pageants, and a full schedule of concerts and exhibitions. The 2 day program includes sacred concerts, baseball at League Park, Great Chiefs Council sessions, band concerts, and a grand illumination of the city with theater attractions. The Great Chief’s Degree ceremony, parade formations, and various floats highlight the celebratory schedule with notable entries from local organizations.
City Marshal Brennan has deployed seventy five policemen for carnival crowds each afternoon and night. A Jamaica and Mexican street fair on Martin Plaza will be in full blast tonight barring bad weather. Postmaster Ligarde notes Washington's Birthday observance will close the post office Monday. The morning sermon at Christ Church will discuss George Washington as a churchman. Applewhite Transfer and Saft's advertise supplies and services for the festivities.
Judge Mullally in district court refused the writ in Delfino Lozano et al v. A P Spohn county judge and Zapata commissioners to force appointment of election judges from both parties. The defendants testified they intend to comply with the law, reducing the matter to a brief disposition yesterday.
The document commands the Webb County Sheriff to summon unknown heirs of Samuel Newman to appear in Webb County District Court in Laredo on April 13, 1914 to answer a petition by P. J. Lawless and A. J. Hatzfeld claiming title and possession to Survey No. 2022 and related land. It lists a prize schedule for a celebration including best decorated vehicles autos and floats with monetary awards, decor themes, and goods from local merchants. The notice includes a long probate-like claim and a separate prize listing for various decorative features during the celebration in Webb County Texas. The draft includes court citation details, publication requirements, and deputy clerk signoff.
City Marshal Brennan outlined the parade route for Monday morning starting at Juarez Park on San Bernardo Avenue. The procession travels south to Matamoros, east to San Eduardo, south to Zaragoza, west to Flores, north to Iturbide, west to Zarita, north to Houston, east to Davis, south to Lincoln, east to Lin coln, north to Salinas, and finally disbands at Jarvis Plaza.
Rev. S. B. Beall, presiding elder of the district, will be here to preach at both services tomorrow. A quarterly conference business session will follow at 3 PM in the church.
On Monday at 2 30 p m three Laredo Volunteer Fire Department hose teams of nine men and a captain will demonstrate rapid hose work with nozzle handling. Third Artillery Band performs from Jarvis Plaza north side. Team 1 Mises Etta Thaison sponsor blue, Team 2 Miss Lilian Westbrook sponsor red, Team 3 Miss Julia Leyendecker sponsor white.
Thirteen year old Antonio Mencez left his school books at Guadalupe School on Thursday February 19 and disappeared. His uncle Guadalupe Almanza at 805 Scott Street Laredo Texas offers a reward for information about his whereabouts.
Chairman Christen of the parade committee asks the Times to announce that every participant in the parade on Monday morning must meet at the corner of San Bernardo Avenue and Mata Moros street by 9 o clock. They will be assigned to positions in the line of march.
The Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway will operate a special train to the coal mines tomorrow Sunday. The train departs the city depot at 8 a.m. and returns, leaving Minera at 11 a.m. (Adv) Kk. F. WAGER, & Pade.
This date in history lists executions, naval disasters, political milestones, monumental dedications, and frontier warfare. Major items include Colonel Despard’s execution for plotting against King George III, the Radetzky warship disaster with hundreds of deaths, Disraeli’s second premiership, the Washington Monument dedication, bombardment of Crete near Canea, and General Buller’s Tugela River advance against the Boer rearguard.
An ad claims deafness cannot be cured by local applications and cites inflammation of the Eustachian Tube as the cause. It offers one hundred dollars for any deafness case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure and promotes Lal's Pauly Pills for constipation, listing Toledo, Ohio and druggists as sources.
Frank Strouse of Fruitland Iowa endorses Chamberlains Tablets as the best laxative for constipation. He has sold them for years and recommends them to customers. Sold by all dealers.
A Detroit based advertising notice touts Newbro's Herpicide as a sure cure for dandruff and hair loss. It claims universal satisfaction, offers a one dollar bottle with a guarantee, and invites samples via 10 cents postage to The Herpicide Co. Dept. R. Detroit Michigan, with applications at leading barber shops and The City Drug Co. as special agents.
Maine secures two franchises in the New England league for this season, adding Portland and Lewiston to the circuit. The move places both cities into the regional baseball spotlight and expands local interest in the sport.
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