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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1920
Page
9
County commissioners at a special session ordered all garages connected to the county sewer system to install mud traps within thirty days to prevent grease mud and dirt from entering the sewers. The move follows recent blockages blamed on neglectful garages and aims to curb county removal expenses.
The ad touts Zemo as a fast relief for eczema blotches ringworm rashes and skin troubles. Sold at drug stores for 35c or 1.00 for a large bottle it cleanses soothes and heals most skin diseases with a non greasy easy application. The E W Reed Co Cleveland Ohio offers the product today to save distress.
A Federal Council decree permits free aerial traffic over Swiss territory in peace time. Transport by air of money munitions and explosives is forbidden.
London dispatch notes a New York claim that William Fitzherbert believed himself a great grandson of George IV through Mrs Fitzherbert. The Daily News says Mrs Fitzherbert believed her marriage valid and that she died childless, regardless of the marriage’s legal status.
A columnist notes the cost of a cold and suggests taking Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to shorten illness. It takes about ten days to recover with normal care, but a bottle in the house is presented as a worthwhile winter investment.
The Parish Guild of Christ Church meets at 3 30 p m at Mrs Omar Mann s home hosted by Mrs F B Lusk. The Missionary Society of the Methodist Church gathers at 4 p m at the church hosted by Mesdames Cone Nye and Bradbury. On Thursday the four circles of the W M A of the Baptist church hold a general meeting at the church at 4 p m.
A lyrical verse opens with a Boston Transcript attribution, then local notes mention Dr. Harvey G Heaney’s Corpus Christi return, Mrs. Henry Ward substituting at Central School, and trips by Mr. Chester Burbank and Mr. J P Colville. Community club reports cover Tuesday Music and Literary Club and Junior Auxiliary activities with readings, papers, sewing, and stories about Japan and Chas Reifsnider.
Rom Horner known as Rom, age four years, of Farmer, Texas, long resident of Laredo since age fourteen, died at his mother's home at 2:30 this morning after an illness of about a year. He suffered paralysis from meningitis in childhood but worked as a telegraph operator and later ran a cleaning business. He is survived by his mother Mrs. A. M. Horner and brother G C Horner of this city. Funeral from 1802 Washington Street at 4 PM with interment in the city cemetery.
Lord Leverhulme sought Stornoway in Lewis as the HQ for a large fishing fleet to operate across 500 miles. Islanders, faithful to strict Presbyterian beliefs, rejected Sunday labor and the plan stirred a clash of ideas. Common Sense notes Leverhulme’s big ideas clash with locals’ long-held views.
Berlin on February 25 reports the Kaiser Wilhelm statue at Hadersleben Schleswig, once hidden under potato sacks during the French occupation, has been relocated to a private club premises and is now concealed from public view.
A Black soldier limps back to the dressing station missing his right hand. Asked why he turned back, he says he intended to find his hand. When told it cannot regrow, he replies that the medicines were in that hand. Reported in The American Legion Weekly.
In Sydney the need for another Pacific cable to Australia is urged. Sir Joseph Cook, Minister for the Navy, says it is long overdue and overdue to relieve overcrowded lines. The Pacific cable links Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, owned by Great Britain and the dominions, and is financially successful.
London report shows John Farringdown, a seaman in the army for five years, court martialed fourteen times and detained four and a half years, never abroad, now serving three years penal servitude for theft of postal drafts.
An old advertisement touts Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a gentle substitute for calomel to cleanse the liver and bowels. It claims 90 percent of sickness stems from inactive bowels and liver and promises natural buoyancy and a clear complexion with olive colored tablets priced at 10 cents.
London February 25 The final horse drawn fire engine of the London Fire Brigade has been offered to the South Kensington Science Museum for display.
Washington February 25 the House military committee accepted leaders plan to remove military training from the army reorganization bill and ordered a favorable report on the bill without any training recommendation
The Third Court of Civil Appeals affirmed the trial court ruling in H. S. Lawson vs. the state depository board holding the state depository act constitutional. The Austin court decision was announced on February 25.
Workers at Pieve di Soligo seizing municipal buildings proclaimed a soviet government in a clash with authorities. Widespread disorders were reported at Vittorio, Montebelluna and other places as the incident unfolded. London notes Wilson's reply to the Adriatic question reached the allied council.
The passage notes some people never move their bowels without a cathartic and warns that mineral waters and strong laxatives can dehydrate and worsen their condition. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild tonic producing a gentle, hardly noticeable bowel movement with less risk of subsequent constipation.
General John J. Pershing to be entertained in Boston while Attorney General A Mitchell Palmer plans to address the Kentucky legislature. Iowa Democrats convene in Des Moines to name national convention delegates. Chicago hosts a dual fraternal congress and a major day for radicals indicted in Illinois faces arraignment. A Council of Agriculture for British Columbia may form from a Victoria conference.
Washington Feb 25 Senate leaders contemplate a vote on ratification of the Versailles treaty within two weeks. Pressing legislation displaced the treaty on the floor today, but Senator Lodge will call it up tomorrow and urge that it remain the senate’s business until acted upon.
Washington reports Barry Hogarty, an American, was kidnapped by Mexicans at Mapimi Durango and is being held for ransom per state department information.
Fire swept through Robert Jacobs shipyards at City Island destroying eight private yachts and three buildings, threatening Lipton’s Shamrock S V and the Vanitie race candidates before they escaped. Loss estimated near one million dollars. Brewers pledge constitutional measures to defend liquor laws amid prohibition debates. Bureau of Internal Revenue to launch full probe into Iron County Michigan prohibition controversy. Deputy Commissioner Gaylord to lead investigation.
A well dressed man was found hanging from a tree in chaparral by the Rio Grande five miles below Nuevo Laredo on the Mexican side. The body bore bullet wounds, suggesting robbery as the motive as pockets were found turned inside out.
London reports that former Frontier Asquith won the Paisley by election returning to parliament. The result was announced today, confirming his incumbent status in the constituency.
London February 25 The government presented its Irish home rule bill in the house of commons and it received the first reading immediately.
Twin tunnels six thousand seven hundred feet long will bore through the hills east of the Monongahela River to connect southern Allegheny County residents with downtown Pittsburgh. Construction starts soon and will take over two years at an estimated cost of 4.6 million dollars, with a proposed 3.5 million dollar bridge to reach the business district. Each tunnel tube will carry two vehicle lanes and footpaths.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans, provided by The Times via the Telephone Co, calls for generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday with little change in temperature.
Fort McIntosh observations report a maximum temperature of 78 degrees and a minimum of 48 degrees for the last 24 hours. Wind generally from the northeast. Skies partly cloudy.
Local application cannot cure catarrh as the disease attacks the mucous surfaces from within. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and said to act through the blood. Prescribed by leading doctors, it blends tonics with blood purifiers to address catarrhal conditions. Send for testimonials.
A Plymouth England branch of the Anglo American society is organized to aid the September tercentenary celebration of the Mayflower and Pilgrim Fathers. A suggestion proposes Plymouth subscribe for a special gift to be sent to Plymouth Massachusetts.
The Paris salons unveil a new hairdressing trend with a large low chignon at the nape. Hair is parted on the right, brushed into soft waves framing the temples and brows, contrasting with the prior bobbed look of the past two seasons.
A little girl brushes her hair and notices it crackling. Her mother explains the electricity in her hair and the girl jokes that grandmother has gas in her stomach, a light humorous exchange from the Ladies' Home Journal.
Knights Templar call a conclave of Malta Commandery No. 32 on Thursday February 26 at 7 30 pm for regular business and work in Temple. Visiting Sir Knights are invited. G L Hatley Recorder. 2 25 21.
In Los Angeles on February 25, Flom ence Houses a 50 year old owner of Huntington Hall a girls school in South Pasadena was shot in her room by an unknown assailant who then set the building on fire Her father extinguished the flames.
Salt Lake City, Feb 25. Archeologists and geologists from the University of Utah plan summer expeditions to reach and study ruined cliff cities in Zion canyon, Utah. Researchers hope rope-assisted descents will reveal large, well preserved adobe houses seen in long range photographs.
John Hoodley assistant verger of Rochester cathedral and the original of Stony Curles in Dickens The Mystery of Edwin Drood has died aged 83. He often shared stories about Dickens visits to Gads Hill and the writer wished to be buried near the wall between the old graveyard and Rochester Castle grounds.
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