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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1920
Page
12
Saturday's Daily notes the packers are barred from any business beyond meat and by products. The piece details how the firms historically controlled meat fish canned goods and vegetables, plus refrigerator cars and pricing power. It warns monopoly benefits may exist but underscores unfair competition and potential impact on prices and supplies.
An article notes that a nobleman in England staffs his country estate with former service members including a former army cook as chef, claiming superior efficiency. It argues military training yields swift, complete work habits transferable to housekeeping and daily tasks, and that ex soldiers often excel in various endeavors due to discipline and prompt execution.
A critical officer's inspection inspires thoroughness and pride in quick, precise tasks learned in the army. Ex soldiers adopt strict promptness, time discipline, and reliable workmanship, making them highly dependable in business and industry. Some may pursue domestic work with the same efficiency.
A local grower praised drizzling weather and misting rain as Bermuda onions and cabbage thrive around Laredo. With no pests and six weeks to harvest, the season promises strong yields and likely high vegetable prices.
An important meeting of the Directors of the Associated Charities of the City is scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock in the Presbyterian Church.
The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band performs on the parade grounds before headquarters Sunday afternoon starting at 8 30 oclock Director Carl Everiof provides the program including Pershing's Crusaders Nabucodonosor Verdi Waltz Pluie D Or Waldtafel Medley Gems of Foster Tobani Reminiscences of Vertip stie bid von achat Hassoun One Step Colmans.
Cesario Guerra of San Antonio is jailed on a serious federal charge for conspiring to smuggle aliens from Mexico at $12 per person. He could face trial at the April term as 28 workers were intercepted and returned. others tied to the scheme remain at large.
Well Known Cattleman of Zapata County goes to Mayo Bros Sani tarium for treatment of hand. Leonard Haynes suffered a painful finger infection after an accident and, after telegraphic update, left for Rochester Minnesota for Mayo Clinic care. An operation is considered necessary and friends hope for a rapid recovery.
Bor-Tex Oil Co plans to spud a new oil well in the Ortiz pasture ten miles north of Laredo within the coming week. Driller Mr Black leads the operation as tools are moved to the derrick site. Rio Grande Oil & Gas Co also drills on the Santo Tomas tract, contesting for the first producing well in the Laredo area.
A columnist argues that a cold can cost more than time lost, noting it often takes ten days to recover with usual care. The piece advocates using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and staying well as a smart winter and spring investment.
The 1920 census is expected to show Laredo with 26 000 to 30 000 residents though many were not counted. Local estimates, including Piedmont Directory Co. efforts, place current population near 30 000. Projected growth suggests Laredo could reach 100 000 in ten years as the city rapidly expands.
Imports from Mexico passed through Laredo including five carloads of ixtle and one of hides plus goods via the international footbridge. Encarnacion Guardiola faced a preliminary hearing for liquor importation and was bound over to the grand jury in $500 bond, but failed to furnish it and was jailed. A marriage license issued for Fermin Treviso and Paula Manzano. Zapata district court term to convene Monday with Mullally, Walls, and Wilcox attending from Laredo. San Antonio traders return from Mexico seeking results from their trip. Influenza reported epidemic elsewhere but mild in Laredo. Rev. C W Cook learned James Moore Hickson will visit Portland March 4 to 6 and then Seattle.
Vitagraph's film features Corinne Griffith as a beauty of top culture and social rank, with the plot centering on a bride valued at over one million dollars. The production, billed as a landmark, plays at the Strand Theatre starting Monday.
At First Baptist Church, tomorrow at 10 45 AM, Pastor A F Beddoe will speak on What Think Ye of Christ. The talk, non denominational and inviting to all, will cover God the Devil angels prophets apostles and the world opinions of Christ. Strangers can find the church two blocks east of the post office, via School Plaza to Houston Street and Main Avenue.
Laredo sky watchers fear J Pluvius may block roads between Laredo and San Ignacio, threatening the two major races between La Conesa and Pancho Villa and El Prieto and El Pico Blanco. If heavy rain arrives, the events may be canceled tomorrow forenoon.
On February 29 many events unfold including the birth anniversaries of Henri Vieuxtem is and Lewis Swift and Cardinal Gibbons travel to New Orleans. In Tucson Arizona Republicans meet to select six alternates for the national convention while Georgia plans its state convention timing in Atlanta. Illinois Governor Lowden addresses the New York legislature in Albany becoming the first presidential candidate to speak there. Nebraska and Wyoming offer a 6000 acre homestead opening in early March. The Southern Presbyterian Church launches a mass recruiting effort for Christian workers.
Excelsior reports Henry Forres, an American formerly in Mexico, was refused a Mexican visa at Eagle Pass after testifying before the Fall committee in San Antonio that Mexico faced anarchy and that Article 27 on petroleum lands was confiscatory. Carranza may seek new arms import permissions now Lansing is gone. The secretary of agriculture plans steps to stop Mexican workers from leaving for the U S due to ample work at home. influenza boosts death toll as churches theaters and cinemas stay closed.
In Kiel on February 28 Associated Press reports intense German opposition to England. Crowds of sailors and civilians greeted British Inter-Allied Commission officers with anti English cries while shopkeepers remained friendly and trade surged. Children along Kiel Canal echoed Gott Strafe England as optimism rose for another war in five years.
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt Society Editor notes a bridge party at the officers club Fort McIntosh at 8 pm with Mesdames Buck Archer Philips and Dowling as hostesses. Sunday activities include B Y P A and Christian Endeavor meetings at 6 30 pm, Epworth League at 6 30 pm, Presbyterian church at 6 45 pm, Junior B Y P U at 6 pm, Senior B Y P U at Baptist Church 6 30 pm, and Woman's Missionary Society Bible Study at 4 pm.
A May society update lists arrivals and departures at Fort McIntosh and surrounding towns. Notables include Lt and Mrs Tarkington and Judge Hal W Greer, with Mrs A G Macdonald convalescing and Mrs Higginson traveling. Club events feature Blue Birds and a Woman’s Club dance, plus Tag Day for Heights playground funding and Y W C A anniversary events. Also notes on concerts, visitors from Brownsville and San Antonio, and local hospitality at the St Anthony Hotel.
Daily read of The Times promises access to opportunities and information for readers seeking value. The offer emphasizes a 60¢ per month rate, inviting subscriptions for ongoing updates and deals across sections.
London reports a solemn installation of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath to be held in May at Westminster Abbey Henry VII chapel. The event includes outdoor procession from the Lords Princes Chamber in crimson robes and white plumes, a full ceremony with the Te Deum, sword redemption, and oath taking by the Sovereign as Grand Master.
Berlin report states the former German Emperor and family hold estates valued up to 1 billion marks. Appraisers struggle to separate Crown from private property in inventories built over five centuries. The settlement aims for a generous adjustment with the Hohenzollerns, who reportedly agreed to a bill granting 100 million marks for seized property while allowing several castles and properties to remain.
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