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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1926
Page
10
A farm raised youth became a district school teacher then funded medical college. He moved to Buffalo New York and became Dr R V Pierce famed for Golden Medical Discovery. Over fifty million bottles sold. If not available locally, mail 65 cents to Dr Pierce Clinic Buffalo NY for tablets and free medical advice.
Crown Point Indiana thrives as a national hub for rapid marriages led by Justice of the Peace H H Kemp. The area reports thousands of ceremonies yearly with Kemp estimating 30,000 marriages in eleven to twelve years and about 4,000 this year.
Box scores from the 1925 American League show 264 players. Only six appeared in every game: Joe Sewell of the Indians Sam Rice Al Simmons Bib Falk Bob Meusel and Marty McManus. Boston and Detroit did not have any player in all games.
The column blends a Ted Robinson verse note from the Cleveland Plain Dealer with society updates. Read of Miss Batey visiting Mrs. Ramsey in North Carolina, students returning to A and M and St Mary’s, baptisms, and a long roster of local residents resuming studies or traveling to San Antonio and Dallas after holidays.
Friends report Joe T. Agan was taken to Santa Rosa Infirmary in San Antonio for medical treatment this morning. Well wishes surround his recovery as friends hope he will be back on the road to health soon.
Washington January 4 the supreme court announced approval of a boundary commission report marking the Red River line between Oklahoma and Texas.
Rising Milwaukee burglar moves to Chicago wins Chi Bessie, boasts of cracking the biggest crib in town and bumping off a couple of harness bulls, then hurries home before dawn. His wife dismisses the boast, saying you’re in Chicago now.
Marshal Fong, who has held control of Peking after recent victories, issued a telegram circular on January 4 announcing his retirement from public life and plans to go abroad soon.
Denison Texas January 4 Othel Snow seventeen and Dinner Smith twenty three of Coffee Bend Oklahoma were killed Sunday night when their car overturned four miles north of Denison. They were pinned under the wreckage and not found until morning.
In Waco Texas on January 4 Lloyd Haynes 33 was found dying in the arms of his wife of six weeks 23 who lay dead beside him a pistol found near the scene authorities said. The case appears to be a double tragedy with one firearm.
A masked highwayman robbed George McDonald, a cigar stand employee, in a theater lobby in Dallas this morning. The gunman escaped with between 176 and 200 dollars in a crime centered in the heart of the business district.
T B Carroll former bank cashier pleaded guilty in circuit court to a fraudulent breach of trust and received a three year sentence. His son John Carroll assistant cashier at the time of the bank’s closure last summer was cleared of aiding and abetting in alleged peculations totaling about 381000 dollars.
Glace Bay Nova Scotia January 4 one store burned and several looted by about a thousand unemployed coal miners after urgent meetings. No arrests. A store burned in New Aberdeen and in Glace and New Aberdeen raiders took flour meat and canned goods from the stores.
The Supreme Court ruled that income from community property in California is taxable under the revenue act of 1918 as a whole. The husband is required to pay the federal tax on it in the appeal brought by the government.
Mr Newlyrich enters a club and greets a lawyer named Mr Briefs with a sparkling ring. The lawyer replies he would sell the ring and buy a nail brush, delivering a witty critique of vanity and ambition.
Mrs. Lee Trinkle, wife of Virginia's governor, suffered serious burns when she leaped from the third floor of the executive mansion to rescue her son Lee Trinkle Jr. from a Christmas fire sparked by a fireworks sparkler.
Paris reports floods and gales worsening across Europe with central Europe hardest hit. Communications falter and the full scope remains unclear. A London report claims Transylvania alone has seen about a thousand deaths.
The semiannual dividend of 6 percent was paid to stockholders on January 1. The bank has paid dividends regularly for thirty years and is one of the strongest national banks in Southwest Texas. A quarterly statement will soon show a rapid increase in business in the community.
The Miriam Chapter No. 86 C S invites visiting members to a regular meeting Tuesday at 8 PM in the Masonic Hall. Virg ie M Netzer signs as W M.
Associated Press reports Queen Margherita of Italy died today at age 74 75 after a sudden illness. She sank into a coma last night and passed away at her bedside despite doctors efforts. Her husband King Humbert was assassinated at Montreax in 1900. The cause was a cerebral blood clot developed overnight.
Osage County deputies and Bert Lawson confess to a murder plot against W. B. Smith, wealthy Osage husband, by bombing his home. W. K. Hale Fairfax King and others face charges filed March 10, 1923, in Leavenworth penitentiary.
Congress resumes daily sessions in Washington facing a longer calendar than before the Christmas recess. Pending measures include world affairs tax cuts debt settlements and appropriations alongside new issues such as farm surplus and electronics disarmament talks. The majority aims to form a joint committee to push work toward completion by April 1.
Secretary Mellon told the senate finance committee that the House approved tax reduction of about 330 million dollars must not be exceeded by the senate.
The Travis county grand jury in Austin, Texas, resumed its investigation after a two week holiday adjournment. The panel met to continue examining state affairs and potential issues uncovered before the break.
The forecast issued today notes a short reprieve with tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. If clouds stay dry and temperatures dip, a brief wet cold spell is unlikely to be severe.
Public and private schools in Laredo resume sessions after holidays ending December 28. Teachers returned on time to begin classes this morning as the city restarts its academic term.
In Greenville Texas on January 4 a car carrying Holland Goodwin of Dallas Will Morgan of Sulphur Springs and Lee Mayfield of Leonard overturned on the Greenville Dallas highway. Mayfield is reported seriously hurt and Morgan fatally injured with others hurt as the vehicle overturned near Caddo Mills last night.
The monthly meteorological report of the Signal Corps United States Army at Fort McIntosh covers December. It notes precipitation with one day showing measurable rainfall. total precipitation amount is recorded in inches.
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