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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1926
Page
3
The Laredo Times lists daily and weekly subscription options including evening editions except Sundays. Rates show 60 cents for one month and 8.00 for a year with mail postpaid to US Mexico or Canada and carrier delivery in Laredo or New Laredo Mexico. Subscriptions require advance payment.
The notice states that The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not credited in this paper and also to the local news published herein. The clause preserves AP rights and local publication consent.
After a Guadalajara to Mexico City raid, federal troops pursued and dispersed the band, killed many, and captured eight. Summary executions followed for captured leaders while others were imprisoned or shot. The incident, amid rumors of revolt, underscored the Mexican government’s harsh response and raised comparisons to U.S. courts.
Officials weigh whether it pays to ignore law amid clear loot prospects. The discussion centers on legal risks versus potential gains in a contested scenario.
The piece argues for more miles of decent roads over patching 47 miles in La Salle County, Texas. It urges connecting miles to improve state highways, noting Webb County roads serve locals but a gap disrupts travel and commerce across counties and to the gulf coast.
Madame Caroline Bjoernson of Norway, famed as the grand old woman of Norway, who recently turned ninety, says she will occasionally drink strong liquor to show disapproval of prohibition. The teetotaler, widow of poet Bjorn Bjornson, plans a schnapps habit in response to Norway's prohibition, writing to her son Bjorn Bjoernson about her stance.
A large planning effort is underway for a Meridian Highway convention in the city on February 18 to 20. Committees organize events including a possible meeting between Presidents Coolidge and Calles on the international bridge, with governors and highway officials from the United States and Mexico invited. A special train is planned to bring delegates, and a dedication ceremony for the Mexican Highway from Nuevo Laredo toward Monterey en route to Mexico City is slated.
For rent a nicely furnished five room house with all conveniences in Montrose. South Texas Realty Co at W717 Salinas Ave lists contact number 1248 for inquiries.
Regular meeting of Miriam Chapter No. 86, O. E. S., Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in Masonic Hall. All visiting members are cordially invited. VIRGIE M. NETZER, W. M.
Crowds in Laredo expect the man known as the human fly to crawl up the Hamilton Hotel on Wednesday afternoon and evening. He will perform vaudeville stunts at the Royal Theater on Friday, offering feats never before seen on a showing stage.
Notice calls stockholders to a meeting Monday evening January 18 at 8 o clock in Elks Hall. All stockholders urged to attend. C. C. McKinney, Secretary. 1-13-Bt.
Camphor acts quickly in Lavoptik eye wash with witch hazel hydrastis and other ingredients. A small bottle eases gore weak or strained eyes. Aluminum eye cup offered free by City Drug Company.
The Times receives postcard greetings from Mr and Mrs Frank ParQeion posted in Buenos Aires. They mention Mr Bartetton and War venue Budible Co as Argentine links. The message wishes a pleasant new year and notes a voyage arrival on October 6 and frequent visits with Mr and Mrs Robert Heil sby in the city.
Coronel Beaumont Buck, former Fort McIntosh commander, will speak on the Radio Exposition program at the Gunter Hotel Wednesday evening. The WOAL broadcaster will carry his address on The American Soldier, drawing listeners from Laredo and nearby areas.
A brief but intense storm swept through Laredo and Nuevo Laredo on Saturday night. Thunder lightning and hail up to eggsize interrupted clear weather and caused a rapid but limited downpour with no reported plant damage.
Norma Talmadge stars as the princess Romantic Eugene O Brien plays the American in Graustark produced by Joseph M Schenck from the Barric Cutcheon novel. The tale of love and intrigue in a mythical southern European kingdom features princes envoys conspirators dungeons and soldiers with a modern twist for today’s audiences.
Advertises a three room modern Heights home with $1100.00 equity at 717 Salnas Ave. Prospective buyer offers trade for vacant property of equal value and provides phone number 1248 for contact.
Col Roscoe Hearn formerly stationed at Fort McIntosh was fatally injured when struck by a car while repairing a tire in Washington. He died while being rushed to Walter Reed hospital after the other vehicle caught fire. he collapsed in Dr Thornag E Conrad's office.
The funeral for the late Edward M. Allen was held from his home at 712 San Francisco Avenue to the Episcopal Church on Saturday afternoon at 4 30. The service drew many Texas Mexican Railway employees and family friends. Interment followed in the Episcopal plot of the city cemetery. He is survived by his wife and by niece Miss Annie Stephenson of San Antonio and nephew Alexander Allen of Eagle Pass.
Valentin L. Puig came home after six weeks away. Mrs. Puig and daughter Bruna remained in Baltimore for Bruna Puigandergoes treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital while Mr. Puig enjoyed a Christmas visit with Dr. Val Dulz in New York and Cadet Joe Puig at West Point.
The Clover Leaf Gasoline Stations directors, creators of a successful chain, visited Laredo and will establish stations here under Leopoldo Garza of the Lincoln Garage at 1207 Lincoln Street.
Notice states Dr A T Cook has established his offices in the Richter building above City Drug Store. The text dates as 1-7-10t.
Strands shows Danger Signal tomorrow and Wednesday with Jane Novak Dorothy Revier and Robert Edeson in a Wil liam Z Doty story adaptation directed by Erle C Kenton. The plot follows a widow giving up her child to her wealthy father in law as a sensational railroad wreck unfolds with a surviving maternal arc.
A local agricultural expert says the Bermuda onion crop in the Laredo district and statewide onion belt is retarded by recent cold snaps and frosts. Maturity is set back by a few weeks though damage is not reported, delaying shipments beyond the usual schedule.
The county clerk issued many marriage licenses beginning January 7 listing couples including Lauritz Laursert with Lilla Belle Taylor Espir, Morales with Jesusa Valle PoHcarpo, Maravilla with Emilia Martinez, Clarence Nicholson with Margarita Ponce, Penaquia with Zeferina Anarado, Rubola with Luisa Merel, Homera Villareal with Josefina Acosta, Jose Villegas with Josefa Garcia, Harry Goodwin with Maria Escamilla, Susana Martinez with Emilia Valdez, Calixtro Cruz with Josefa Ybarra, Busey Lowery with Vidaurri, Evaristo Blanca with Benita Barron, Luis Villafranca with Matilda Gutierrez and Guadalupe Fernandez with Inez Villareal.
A collection of small classified notices mentions new library books for reading, local weather talk, lost dog, garden seeds, cafe hours, office space for sale, and various advertisements across Laredo Texas with several dates in 1920s.
The American League played 48 extra inning games in 1925. Four reached 15 innings, including a July 4 Yankees victory over the Athletics with Herb Pennock tossing four hits without a walk. Other 15 inning games involved the Browns White Sox and Indians Tigers. Connie Mack’s A’s also figured in long contests.
A 21 year Laredo resident says no single contractor controls cement curbs gutters or walks and offers better work for less money with a two year guarantee and favorable terms.
Mrs R E Sankey reports years of catarrh and a three month cough finally eased by Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets plus Dr Sage catarrh remedy. She recommends the medicines and notes local dealer stock. Free advice from Dr Pierce and trial offers advertised.
A roundup of remarkable women includes 10,000 applicants for British telephone operator posts with only 1,550 qualifying. Irish diplomat Mrs. A. L. MacFeat is the sole woman in Washington’s foreign corps. UCL plans a Danish lectureship in memory of Queen Alexandra. Florence P. Kahn may seek renomination in California. Elsie Hurst rises from sweatshop skirt maker to London concert success. The YWCA World Committee plans a London 1925 biennial. Jane Jennings notable for mother roles in film, 178th appearance. Daisy B. Teeple of Detroit tops lumber sales to dealers. A Indian tribe allows wives to remarry for compensation. Chinese women making hair nets near Chefoo depend on missionary aid. Athens enacts a regulation banning short skirts for women over twelve inches from ground. Oakland steeplejack Wissella’s injury prompts wife and Miss Canfield to paint a 150 foot stack. Florence Ayscough, Shanghai-born Canadian-Boston traveler, has circled the globe seven times and crossed oceans countless times.
Mass Institute of Technology alumni plan a Phantom Dinner with forty simultaneous alumni dinners nationwide. Speakers in Boston, Washington, Schenectady and Rochester will be heard across the United States via multiple broadcasting stations. Thomas C. Desmond will toast at the Waldorf Astoria in New York.
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