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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1926
Page
9
Community notices from Laredo include a 9:30 a m Epiphany Holy Communion at Christ Church, spinich shipments update with weather impacts, a 25 percent clothing sale at S Alexanders, and local business ads for florists and hotels plus a February 1 opening at the Robert E Lee Hotel.
A collage of poetry lines by Esther Clark Hill from McClure's Magazine is cited. Local notes report Mrs. Violet Oberfeldt, society editor, and various residents returning home for holidays and attending events. Church groups meet for Epiphany and Baptist WMU circles hold meetings with circle Ruth leading.
A. B. Bardell Frank Dawson and Frank Celli were arrested in the city Monday on narcotics act violations. They were held after a preliminary trial and bound over to the federal grand jury in bonds of 5000 2000 and 2500 respectively. Nine one ounce morphine bottles and twenty bottles of a chemical substance believed to be morphine were found. In default of bonds they were committed to Webb county jail.
Toshita Iwaki rode a horse to the top and back down the 90 foot staircase at Atagoyama Shrine in Tokyo. The 60 degree incline posed a dangerous test, marking the third time in Japanese horse farming history that such a feat was completed without injury to rider or animal.
A promoter advertises ongoing opportunities with a subscription offer of zero cents per month for daily access to the Times. The notice emphasizes continual availability and suggests readers subscribe to catch new chances.
J R Ledbetter, employed by the Austin Gas Company, was discovered at his worksite with his head crushed and a pistol wound in the shoulder. He is in critical condition and cannot name his attackers. The incident occurred at the Austin gas plant this morning and police are investigating.
In 1848 Adolph Gustav Russ, age 20 and poor, sought a land grant from Spain and acquired land that would later form part of San Francisco's financial district. His Montgomery street lots have been leased for 99 years to a corporation to build a 30 story office building with eight acres of floor space, plus a mezzanine garage, becoming the tallest building in California and the largest on the Pacific Coast.
The piece notes a cold spell aiding winter sports programs for the New Year. It cites Princeton’s two Eastern Intercollegiate titles since 1902, contrasts Yale and Pennsylvania with six each, and mentions Columbus leaving the Grand Circuit. It mentions Johnny Dundee’s January 8 comeback bout with Joey Glick at Madison Square Garden. It also previews New England skating championships at Worcester January 23. It adds Jack Root’s post boxing career in Southern California, noting his past as a stone mason.
Fdovards Horemann of Belgium and Youngs Jake Sebagter meet for the 18.2 billiards world crown in a 1590 point bout starting tonight at Orchestra Hall. The match follows Horemann dethroning Schaefer in a dramatic 1 600 to 1 496 race, with both players showcasing open table nurse and masse shot mastery as the chalk line rule frames two final shots.
The Thaw murder trial and Evelyn Nesbit’s testimony dominate headlines. Reports describe Thaw’s era defaming sensational court scenes and the celebrity case drawing wide reader attention as details of the alleged abuse unfold and the trial advances.
Glace Bay Nova Scotia January 6 unemployed coal miners resumed looting of a provision store and food shops that began Sunday. After city aid promises by Mayor Morrison the unrest briefly quieted but mobs looted six stores in Sterling and Dominion after midnight.
A meeting of cotton men in Atlanta announced by J. L Wannamaker of the American Cotton Association proceeded with delegates from the cotton belt despite the Southern states agriculture commissioners canceling their meeting. The association plans an annual Washington conference in February to seek price fixing and farmer relief.
In Austin on January 6 the state’s suit against Hoffman Construction Company of Toastland was delayed to January 19 at earliest due to a jury demand. The case seeks 100000 dollars in damages for alleged excess highway profits and 296000 dollars in approved highway estimates. Also in Austin on January 5 R L Batts representing Wolfman Construction Company asked for a jury in a separate suit by the state for 396000 and cancelation of highway contracts and the company’s charter, as Judge Calhoun set the trial date.
The weather bureau forecast a return of cold weather to Texas with freezing temperatures in Dallas and near freezing in Taylor. Early today the Panhandle recorded freezing conditions with Amarillo at 30 degrees.
New York reports Evelyn Nesbit Thaw attempted suicide in Chicago and previously in October 1921 in New York when a ten room dwelling she opened there faced eviction for nonpayment of rent.
Representative J. M. Donnell of Bell County resigns from the Texas legislature to take by Hillsboro produce house management. The resignation was sent to Governor Sarguson.
Senator Walsh of Montana proposed in the senate an inquiry into the delays in instituting contempt proceedings against the Aluminum Company of America for violations of federal court decrees.
National Cash Register common stock offering priced at 56 million dollars through Dillon Read was oversubscribed within five minutes after books opened. This marks one of the fastest subscriptions on record for a stock issue.
APPROVED PROVISION, Washington, Jan. 6 The provision raising the income limit for the 25 percent earned income tax reduction from $10,000 to $20,000 was approved today by the Senate finance committee.
A petition to extend half-rate terms on feedstuffs to Central Texas was heard by the railroad commission in Austin on January 5. The action would benefit the breath-stricken area while railroads affected opposed the extension.
A 26500 purse marks the Kalamazoo Pacing Derby for 1926 while the new University of Missouri stadium will seat 90000. The South Atlantic Baseball League anticipates its silver jubilee in 2027. The National Archery Association’s 1926 championship tourney will be in Philadelphia next August. Bobby Jones began golf at seven and played tournaments by fourteen.
Mrs. Nelligan Taylor Ross becomes the United States first female state governor as she completes her inaugural year in Wyoming. Ottawa expects many arrivals for today’s preliminaries toward the new Dominion Parliament. A Northwest Section convention of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Association meets in St. Paul today and continues tomorrow. Delegates from numerous states converge in Richmond Virginia for a joint meeting of the American Forestry Association and the Southern Forestry Congress.
An Associated Press report details a federal grand jury investigation into a conspiracy to murder an Indian to gain a fortune. The probe centers on alleged ringleaders and an alleged plan valued at about 2 million dollars.
Estimates released by Associated show the Interior department proposing total expenditures of 226,473,000 for the year. The largest outlay is 192,921,000 for pensions, with current appropriations and supplies also noted.
An automobile carrying 18 year old Aim Smith and city employee Buckland collided with a street car in Beaumont Texas. Smith died and Buckland was severely injured as police investigated the wreck.
Washington January 5 Associated Press reports the Senate today demanded information from the Treasury Department about tax returns filed by companies mining anthracite. The inquiry seeks details on financial dealings and government revenue impacts.
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