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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1923
Page
3
The Laredo Times announces daily and weekly subscription options. Rates: daily edition mailed nationwide. weekly Sunday edition by mail. Pricing includes one month and one year options with payments in advance. Mexico and Canada deliveries included.
A notice stating entry as second class matter at the post office in Laredo Texas under the act of March 3 1879.
The passage states that The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited or not credited in this paper and to the focal news published herein.
Monday's Daily cites a Turkish spokesman attacking Allied aims at the Near East conference. Riza Nur Fey accuses Allies of inciting minorities, mocks Turkish rule, and denounces a proposed Armenian national home, suggesting the conference may fail due to great powers' conditions.
A fragment notes the Turk’s error in not recognizing that his hours have struck, capturing a moment of missed timekeeping and attention in a historical vignette.
A Texas Austin conference debated taxation on oil production and gross production, with calls for gasoline tax to fund highways and flood control. Lawmakers warn of years needed for dam and levee work, urge fiscal restraint, and stress state finances must match revenue to avoid higher local taxes.
Send your name and address with 6 cents to Chamberlain Medicine Co Des Moines Iowa for a trial package. The kit includes Chamberlains Cough Remedy for coughs colds croup bronchial flu and whooping cough tickling throat Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach troubles indigestion and constipation Chamberlain's Salve for burns wounds piles and skin ailments all for 5 cents not to be missed.
A Laredo district oil forecast predicts Webb and Zapata counties will yield at least 2,000,000 barrels in Webb and over 1,000,000 in Zapata in 1923. Predictions foresee seven or eight Webb fields, Miranda City, Schott and Aviators Fields merging into a massive Texas oil region with rapid development and new wells across Webb county and adjacent areas.
Sealed bids for the city street paving contract will be opened January 23 two weeks from tomorrow. The project covers Matamoros street to the T and G N tracks and aims to complete paving across the business district by February and extend to other districts in stages.
A column of sly quips from Laredo readers mocks watered kindness and big bargains at cinemas, riffs on preachers, reformers, vanity, birth control satire, and street wisdom. It closes with a quip about church hypocrisy and a jokey line from a local “Biggest Hypocrite.”
The Webb County Assessor announces his office in the county courthouse is open until April 6 for property inventories with hours 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. B J Leyendecker is the assessor representative in Austin. Robert Lee Bobbitt, new district representative in the Texas legislature, has arrived in Austin and joined the session.
The notice states that Mr. Luis Avila has retired from management of the Laredo Plumbing Company and is no longer authorized to purchase materials, contract for goods, or collect any company accounts.
Notice to taxpayers that the last day to pay state and county taxes is January 31. Failure to pay before the date makes property owners liable to the penalty provided by law. H. Ligarde, County Tax Collector. 1-4 20t.
In Chicago Orchestra Hall tonight Jake Schaefer former world champion faces Roger Conti French champion in a 1500 point backers match across three evenings to decide who earns a title shot at Willie Hoppe. Hoppe recently reclaimed the world balkline title in New York.
Premier Lloyd George and Briand held talks at Cannes on January eight. In Toronto Joseph Oliver, noted as grand sire of the I O O F, died.
The residence of jeweler A B Galo at 1016 Main Avenue was broken into Saturday evening between 6 and 10 PM while family members were away. Items missing include a platinum bar pin with thirteen diamonds, twenty rubles, two wrist watches, two medals, a revolver, a perfume box, and some money. No clue yet identifies the burglar.
Notice of a planned regular meeting of Varedo Lodge No. 1018 B P O Elks on Tuesday evening January 9 at 8 o clock. Members are advised to attend as per lodge procedures and schedule.
Large Sunday crowds from Corpus Christi and Nueces county visit the movies while others toured Nuevo Laredo. Local ads mention rental of card tables and chairs, a furniture company, and a florist. A Texas Mexican train wreck near Hobbroville disrupted traffic with track damage repaired next day. A county commissioners court met with an important docket.
A delegation of more than 100 prominent Mexican business men from Southwest Texas assembled in Laredo and rode a Pullman to Nuevo Laredo to attend the dedication ceremonies of two new institutions in Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Mexico. The $500000 funded colleges were built with funds from Mexican residents in the United States, especially Texas, and the party plans a trip to Guadalajara and Mexico City before returning to the border around January 17.
Annual meeting of the Home Ice Company of Laredo Texas will be held Monday January 15 1923 at 5 p m in the offices of the institution for the election of a board of directors and the transaction of such other business as may be legally brought before the meeting.
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