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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1913
Page
2
Friday's note warns of epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis as cold weather arrives. It cites contagious spread, urging hygiene, isolation, disinfecting, and early serum use to prevent infection. Families with cases should keep children from school and burn or disinfect contaminated items.
The local Redmen and citizens' committee urge all residents to help the Washington's Birthday celebration grow into the greatest yet. They stress that success relies on cooperation, hard work, and humble contributions from everyone, not just money.
The executive panel for next month’s Washington Birthday celebration in this city is named led by chairman Ferdinand Wormser with secretary Mrs. A. H. Jackson and treasurer 8. M. Alexander along with a list of members. The group has secured stationery and prerequisites and begins contacting outside parties to attract attractions and enlist local cooperation to stage a grander event than ever before. A future meeting will set up subcommittees and outline the tentative program.
A January 14 gathering near Lytle on the San Antonio Laredo highway will showcase a model road in progress. Bexar County officials invite Southwest and South Texas counties. Mayor Jones and San Antonio council members attend. Engineer George Marshall explains the clay road method. A barbecue and large spectator turnout are planned.
A dawn wagon crash on a narrow street by Zacate Bridge left Mr. J. R. Barlow with minor injuries and a delivery man named Wells with a severe chest wound and head trauma. Wells was unconscious after the fall and remains delirious as doctors attend to him. Barlow resumed work despite internal pain.
Notice to taxpayers warns that state and county taxes must be paid by January 1 to avoid a ten percent penalty. It directs payment to the tax collector HLIGARDE and provides contact details.
Local enthusiasm grows for the Washington's Birthday celebration with plans for advertising on envelopes, trees and shrubbery, and a push for better sidewalks. The improved district bonds election and Yonge Men's Booster Club formation are noted, while imports from Mexico include calamine, ixle, and beans.
Messrs Sam Mackin and Ed Denike leading a Laredo Board of Trade committee traveled to Washington with Congressman Garner to press for retention and enlargement of Fort McIntosh as a key boundary post. They met with Secretary of War Stimson and other officials to advance their case amid possible local opposition.
The Census Bureau reports 12,919,257 bales ginned before January 1, 1913, about 92.8 percent of the 1912 crop. State totals show Georgia, Texas, Alabama and others contributing large shares with Sea Island cotton included. the next report will be issued January 25.
Public invited to patronize the Woman's Exchange with items on sale. Rhode Island Red eggs offered at 1.25 per setting. Cakes and home made candy orders accepted each Saturday. Magazine subscriptions and correspondence courses sold at the Library.
New York financier Joseph Robin, once an officer at Washington Savings Bank, is sentenced to one year in Blackwell's Island penitentiary for larceny of 27000. The judge cited clemency appeals by District Attorney Whitman who credited Robin with aiding in cases against former city chamberlain Charles Hyde and William J. Cummins. Robin has already spent twenty two months in jail.
William Rockefeller plans to depart Nassau for Miami amid a congressional drive to ensure his fitness for testimony. The Pujo committee orders a physician to assess his condition upon arrival, while plans to intercept him on return remain undisclosed.
From Memphis to Mobile reports reveal a chaotic jury pool with two jurors chosen from the first hundred as excitement mounts over the Epting case. Injuries and a high death toll in river disaster are also noted, with investment funds totaling eighty-nine million dollars tied to major banks in New York.
New York Jan 10 federal court suspended the writ of habeas corpus sought by Cipriano Castro to force U S to allow him to land. The court said no action should be taken until an inquiry into Castro status as an immigrant is completed.
Ernest Rodenheim, vice consul for the French government at Cassell Germany, died by his own hand at the Blackstone Hotel in Chicago. He was despondent and the incident occurred on January 14.
A French column at Moeador Morocco engaged a large Moor force and routed it. The engagement resulted in about five hundred Moors killed while French losses were twelve killed and sixty wounded.
E H Singleton of McKinney was elected president of the Texas Corn Growers Association. Other officers named include Lee Gough of Crosbyton as vice president and John Graham of Waco as secretary. The announcement came from Greenville, Texas, via Associated Press.
19th century ad copy notes a banquet in New Orleans in 1842 where Henry Clay was paid 100 per plate and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills. Claims to ease stomach trouble indigestion and liver kidney and bowel disorders. Easy safe and sure at Reed Drug Co for 25 cents.
Salvador Chavez is named city secretary of the municipality of Nuevo Laredo and assumed the duties yesterday. He previously held a position in the district court there.
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised as a superior treatment for coughs and colds. The elixir is described as pleasant to take and free of opium or narcotics. It claims to always cure and is sold by all dealers.
Laredo residents received engraved invitations to the Inaugural Ball honoring Oscar Branch Colquitt for his second term as Texas governor. The grand social event, held biennially, will be at the state capitol on the evening of January 21, with many from the city expected to attend.
Fairbanks Alaska reports no mail since December due to a snow blockade on the Northwestern railroad. City officials expect mail delivery to resume only by the end of January after a prolonged disruption affecting the largest Alaska city and surrounding areas.
District Attorney Valis reports Governor Calquitt has asked Judge William Anderson of San Antonio to replace Judge Mullally for the temporary writ injunction hearing in the sheriff case. Anderson’s anticipated acceptance aims to assure a fair trial, with a date to be set soon after his agreement.
Cold northern winds blister skin and lips leaving rough chapped hands. Bucklen's Arnica Salve advertised as healing aid. Promises soft skin and quick relief for cold sores, burns, boils, sores, ulcers, cuts, bruises and piles. Available for 25 cents at Reed Drug Co.
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