Travel allowances in Texas courts draw debate and reform
The piece argues current expense allowances for district judges and prosecutors are outdated compared with rising travel costs. It endorses Senator Dudley’s plan to raise mileage, private conveyance, and hotel allowances, noting rail taxes and higher fares erode the value of today’s reimbursements. It also urges salary-based pay to attract capable officials and highlights Laredo’s need for permanent residents and better housing to spur growth.
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Irving
Dudley
el Paso
Zapata
WANTED A HOME No room for families in new arrivals
A discontented Iowan cited by the Corpus Christi Times finds his family with nowhere to live upon arriving to start a business. The article warns of similar conditions in Laredo where strangers come with business openings but no suitable housing. It notes light housekeeping rooms and furnished two room apartments as insufficient for stable homes and highlights the wider housing shortage for newcomers.
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Laredo
Florida
Corpus Christi Times
Poe
Sir Francis Younghusband Explorer and Mount Everest Seeker
Sir Francis Younghusband, famed traveler and explorer, aims to become the first to scale Mount Everest. His career spans Far East journeys since 1886, roles as political officer in Hunza and Chitral, and a Tibet commission. He has traveled in Rhodesia, contributed extensively to geography, and earned university degrees and the Royal Geographical Society gold medal.
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Francis Younghusband
Mount
Everest
Far East
Manchuria
Pekin
India
Chinese Turkestan
Hunza
Chitral
Rhodesia
Tibet
Sir Francis
Royal Geographical Society
Mail Train Delays After Sidetrack Stunt In Laredo Run
A comical sidetrack stunt delayed the U S mail on the I G N railroad. The mail car was damaged and could not proceed to Laredo, leaving letters and newspapers nine hours late. The morning train arrived on time with all paying passengers and passes.
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Merning
United States Mail
Laredo
U.S
Card of Thanks for floral tributes and sympathy
To the many kind friends who sent beautiful floral tributes and kind notes expressing their sympathy in our bereavement over the loss of our beloved mother, we desire to extend our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. HG. and J. B. DaCamara.
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J. B. DaCamara
Youngest Vice President John Breckinridge
Washington D C Jan 20 Breckinridge youngest man ever to hold vice presidency elected with Buchanan in 1856 at age 36. Served in Congress and Kentucky legislature, joined Confederacy, became Confederate general and secretary of war, later died at 54 after a storied political and military career.
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Washington, D. C
John Cabell Breckinridge
United States
James Buchanan
Breckenridge Familly
Virgiinia
Kentucky
Breckeinridge
John Breckenridge
Virginia
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
United States Senate
John Cabell Breckenridge
Kentucky Volunteers
House of Representatives
Congress
Pierce
Breackinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
Breckinridge
Lincoln
Bell
Douglas
Missouri
Senate
Shiloh
Murfresboro
Chickamauga
Chatooga
Cold Harbor
Jefferson Davis
Charlotte
N. C
Cuba
Europe
Carpveer
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Advertised as Safe for Children
A longtime favorite cough and cold medicine praised for safety and reliability. It is described as free of opium or harmful drugs and popular with mothers of young children, recommended for use when such a remedy is needed.
Tanlac credited with curing rheumatism and stomach trouble
R Hndson of Knoxville Illinois testifies that Tanlac freed him from twelve years of rheumatism and stomach agony. He describes severe pain, sleep loss, swelling, and inability to work before the remedy, noting swift improvement and renewed strength. Tanlac sold in Laredo at City Drug Store and by leading druggists.
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Tanlac
R. Hndson
Knoxville
Ill
Laredo
City
County Funds Bid Notice Webb County Texas 1921
Bids for county deposits for two years must be submitted to the County Judge in Webb County by 10:00 A M on February 14 1921. Banks and bankers must provide a certified check of 1336 dollars and state the proposed daily balance interest rate. The County Commissioner's Court will open bids and may reject all bids.
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Webb County
Texas
Webb
Laredo
A. Winslow
Elizabeth St. Michael’s 15th Marriage to Samuel Pepys
A fragment notes Elizabeth St Mich ael wed diarist Samuel Pepys at age fifteen. The item highlights Pepys’s famous status and early marriage, reflecting historical record detail from a dated source.
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Elizabeth St. Michael
Samuel Pepys
Woman’s health improves after Cardui treatment in Navasota
Mrs. W. M. Peden of Navasota Texas describes recovery from nervous run down health after using Cardui. She details fatigue lifelessness sleeplessness and difficulty with chores then reports improved appetite rest stronger health and ability to work. She endorses Cardui as a tonic and notes many other women benefiting. All druggists sell it.
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Navasota
Texas
W. M. Peden
Cardui
Cardus
Rotary Club Approves City Parking Ordinance Endorses Enforcement
The Laredo Rotary Club met at Hamilton Hotel Cafe with Dan Pue presiding. A resolution endorsed the city council parking ordinance and urged broader enforcement, praising police for progress and calling for continued vigilance. J R Moore spoke on The Wholesale Grocery Business. M C Brown announced a new member and delivered an ovation on Hello Central Im on the Line.
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Laredo
J. R. Moore
M. C. Brown
Central
Rotary
Laredo District Onion Crop Prospects Good for Season
The Bermuda onion crop in the Laredo district is advanced and healthy with an anticipated yield near 1,200 carloads, roughly matching last year. Small recent cold spells caused no serious damage, irrigation and moisture have kept fields well supplied, and harvesting should begin in March or April with strong demand as new Texas onions enter the market.
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Laredo
Texas
South Texas
Probate Court Busy With Wills Filed Therein
The probate court heard several matters yesterday afternoon. In the estate of Alfonso Rodriguez a minor, J Manuel Cortez was appointed temporary guardian with a 1400 bond, and appraisers C R Molina F H Ligarde and M P Juarez named. In the Will P May estate, Alman May named executrix and appraisers R K Mims S W Brown and M W Brennan appointed. In the W H Mims estate, Annie C Mims named executrix with apraisers UL A Lafon C C Biggio and J S Penn listed.
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Alfonso Rodriguez
J. Manuel Cortez
C. R. Molina
F. H. Ligarde
M. P. Juarez
Will P. May
Will
Alman
R. K. Mims
W. Brown
M. W. Brennan
W. H. Mims
Annie C. Mims
A. Lafon
C. C. Biggio
J. S. Penn
Plantation owner Mrs Ide J Rose valued estate at nearly three quarters of a million
Mrs Ide J Rose owns and manages a large plantation near Indianola Mississippi. The property is described as valued at nearly three quarters of a million dollars.
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Ide J. Rose
Indianola
Oliver Am Trading Co Expands Locomotive Fleet
H C Oliver president of the Oliver American Trading Co says the firm has purchased a large fleet of motive power. Nine locomotives will arrive within 20 days and twenty five more within ten days for use in freight service. Special freight trains will run from Laredo to Tampico and other parts of the Mexican republic.
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H. C. Oliver
Oliver- American Trading Co
Laredo
Mexico City
Houston
New York
Tampico
Mexican Republic
Returns to Laredo to Manage Hamilton Hotel
Charles J. Soltau, renowned hotel executive formerly of the Bender Hotel here, has returned to Laredo and assumed management of the Hamilton Hotel succeeding J. W. Durst. He previously spent two years with Hotel Belle Calaise in New York and is celebrated for his extensive experience in the hospitality industry.
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Charles E. Scltau
Bender Hotel
Laredo
Charles J. Soltan
Bender
New York
Soltau
Rio Grande Section
Hamilton Hotel
J. W. Durst
Pioneer Texas Woman Anna Janschke Stein Dies at 84
Anna Janschke Stein aged 84 died peacefully in Laredo at 6 30 am after a long Texas life. Born in Germany in 1837 she sailed to the United States in 1860 with her family, settled near Indianola and Gillespie County, married Frank Stein in 1857, and later moved to San Antonio then Laredo to live with her daughter Mrs J Kline. Surviving are two daughters Mrs J H Wright and Mrs J Kline both of Laredo, a son H R Stein of San Antonio, six great grandchildren and twenty one grandchildren. Funeral from St Peter's Catholic Church to Catholic Cemetery tomorrow at 10 50 am.
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Texas
Laredo
J. Kline
Santa Maria Avenue
Anna Janschke Stein
Stein
Anna Janschke
Germany
United States
Old Indianola
Indianola
Gillespie County
Janschke
Frank Stein
Tomorow
Prairie Trails at Royal Theatre tomorrow one more Mix film
Tom Mix stars in Prairie Trails based on James B. Hendryx Prairie Flowers adapted by William Fox. The two day Royal Theatre engagement features Mix performing riding roping and acrobatic stunts along with Benton's love romance in a sequel to The Texan.
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Tom Mix
Royal Tomorrow
James B. Hendryx
William Fox
Royal Theatre
Mix
Tex Benton
Hendryx
Benton
Empire of Diamonds at Strand Theatre Today
The Strand Theatre presents The Empire of Diamonds a French adapted photoplay from Valentin Mandelstamm. A New York conspiracy centers on artificial diamonds sold as real for two years as thriller unfolds through Paris Monaco and Nice with a French Secret Service agent and a chase across famous French locales.
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Strand Theatre
Empire of Diamonds
Valentin Mandelstamm
New York
Secret Service
Diamond House
Paris
Monaco
Monte Carlo
Nice
The
Riviera
France
Rialto to Feature Hearts Are Tramps at San Juan Mission
The Rialto Theatre opens Hearts Are Tramps, a Cecil Raleigh melodrama filmed at San Juan Capistrano. Rex Ingram directs a cast including eighteen performers as they shot scenes around the old Franciscan mission, a landmark preserved from California’s early days.
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Rialto
San Juan Mission
California
Metro Allstar
Cecil Raleigh
Rialto Theatre
Rex Ingram
San Juan Capistrano
Golden State
June Mathis
Tzerland
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Mae
Nt. Sallee
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Pearsall
Oliver-American Trading Co
Lardo
Anna Stein
Laredo “Movies
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