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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1920
Page
5
Alfred M Hubbard, a nineteen year old from Seattle, says he has invented an atmospheric power generator. The device is a six inch coil around an eight inch magnetic core, small enough to hold in a hand, and can light an incandescent lamp for nearly an hour without moving parts or external batteries.
Constance Talmadge stars in A Temperamental Wife a Strand attraction today and tomorrow a matri monial nightmare told as a sad sweet tale of a maid who seeks a suitor who will admire only her charms she pursues him finds him and learns about her own man in the process the film is promoted as a strong story go see it.
The William Ox special shooting scenes for Should a husband forgive? used an Arkansas race track to capture racing footage at Royal Theatre. Miriam Cooper rode in real race attire and actually won by a narrow margin after director R A Walsh urged her to go in and win.
A column urges mothers to treat early croup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It argues that no heroic action is needed and a bottle at hand, given at the first signs, is prompt and effective for child health.
The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church will hold its regular weekly meeting at the church at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Mrs. C. C. Burr will entertain with a theatre party at the Strand followed by a dinner at the Metropolitan honoring several High School teachers. The Woman's Auxiliary of Christ Church serves luncheon at the Hotel Hamilton at 2 o'clock honoring clergy and lay delegates. The Auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church hold a service at Christ Church at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Horace Hamlin will entertain at bridge at 3:30 honoring friends.
Charles Anglin of 162 Beadle Ave Memphis says a terrible indigestion episode near Jonesboro, Arkansas nearly ruined him. After starting Tanlac he gained eighteen pounds, regained appetite, slept better, and returned to work. he calls Tanlac a wonder and says drugs gave only temporary relief. All druggists sell Tanlac.
Local notices list social visits and travels from Eagle Pass to Corpus Christi and San Antonio. Mrs Woodman highlighted by a Royal Theatre box party with Mrs Moore and Mrs McNeil Turner, plus toasts and a luncheon at Mrs Moore's home, featuring American Beauty roses and La France arrangements. Archdeacon Mellen and Miss Ruth Scratchley are among readers passing through.
Paris dispatch notes Baron Kurt von Leisner expressed belief that efforts to secure former Emperor William from Holland would fail. Basle reports say Germany’s cabinet under Prince Maximilian of Baden planned to offer surrender to the Entente before November 1918, per Otto Landsberg.
Alarriot Stanton Blatch a leader in the American women suffrage movement born Seneca Falls New York 24 years ago today Furnifold McL Simmons US senator from North Carolina born Jones County North Carolina 66 years ago today Thomas Boyd president of Louisiana State University born Wytheville Virginia 66 years ago today Rt Rev Frederick Kis Catholic bishop of Marquette born near Corblenz Germany 77 years ago today Josef Hofmann celebrated pianist born Galicia 45 years ago today William H H James pitcher for the Chicago American League team born Detroit 32 years ago today
Countess Wanda Rawita Ostrowski director of the Polish Red Cross in Siberia is in this country to seek assistance for 3000 wounded and invalided Polish soldiers reported starving and freezing in inadequate barracks in Siberia.
London January 20 a private letter from the food controller influenced Premier Lloyd George to propose raising the Russian blockade He noted foodstuffs could be obtained from Russia and that English prices which depend largely on Russian supplies would fall quickly if arrangements were made
Atlanta January 20 The embargo on the movement of grain to and through all Gulf ports that had been in effect since last August was cancelled today by regional railroad headquarters in Atlanta.
The program lists multiple events for today including Indiana University's centennial celebration in Bloomington and Edward Edwards' inauguration as New Jersey governor. The Western Potato Exposition opens in Denver, along with a Dominion-wide women’s missionary prayer service. Colorado Metal Mining Association meets in Denver, Memphis hosts the Southern Hardwood Trade’s convention, and the New York Poultry and Pigeon Show debuts at Madison Square Garden. Governor Lowden speaks at the Northwestern Lumbermen’s Association in Minneapolis. Louisiana primary results hinge on Col. Stubbs vs Parker, while Pershing and Admiral Sims attend a New York Army Navy Club dinner at the Waldorf Astoria.
A note claims Camberlain's Tablets move the bowels and boost appetite, strengthening digestion without pepsin or other digestive ferment. The product purportedly aids the stomach to perform its functions naturally.
Sir William Watson recalls an autumn holiday with Lord Fisher at Dungavel Lanarkshire. He notes Fisher’s love of beauty expressed in roses wallpaper and describes how Fisher paced while dictating Memories. He adds a tip about thinking on a ship’s quarter-deck.
The band’s hired drummer refuses to play the kettle drum saying the instrument’s combination with the band recalls his kitchen police days as a discharged soldier. The remark prompts discussion on attire and lineup choices.
On January 22, 1920, a Ford automobile condemned by the U S District Court will be sold for cash to the highest bidder at the Federal Building. The sale is ordered by J A Herring U S Marshal and Allen Walker deputy. The notice appears in this government sale item.
Austin officials warn of possible civil conflict along the Texas Oklahoma boundary over disputed oil lands. W A Keeling says rangers have been dispatched and Texas forces will defend occupants unless federal courts rule otherwise. Fifteen Texas Rangers headed toward Wichita Falls aboard a train, armed and ready, destination undisclosed.
Police bomb squad and Justice Department agents hunted for about six radicals today after eighteen Reds were arrested. An alien held for deportation provided the tip leading to the bust to gain government clemency.
Washington January 20 Senate leaders in a bi partisan conference for a Versailles treaty reservations compromise report they are near suspension due to a dispute over the foreign relations committee’s equality in the league of nations reservation.
Shortly before 1 pm Juan M. Balli proprietor of the Balli Hotel on Martin Plaza shot himself with a 32 caliber revolver. The bullet pierced the left breast and caused a serious wound. he died after 2 pm. The act appears intentional with no stated motive.
President Wilson spoke at a luncheon honoring him in the French Senate and urged world organization to confront peril at the Francé frontier amid reports of Spartacan collapse in German elections.
Rear Admiral Mayo, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet during the war, who Secretary Daniels said ranked Rear Admiral Sims, is expected to testify today before the senate sub committee investigating the award of naval decorations in Washington.
Trenton New Jersey January 20 Camp Dix was closed today by quarantine because of an epidemic of influenza and diphtheria with many cases of other diseases.
New Orleans voters cast ballots in the regular Louisiana primary for governor lieutenant governor and other state offices. Leading gubernatorial candidate is John M. Parker of New Orleans with Colonel Frank P. Stubbs of Monroe as the Progressive vice presidential candidate in 1916. The result of the primary is equivalent to an election.
Digest of assorted curiosities and facts from around the world. Notes on taste dilution in saccharine, door key signs in Sweden, wood rot from cedar contacts, Ireland’s low crisis reports, a century since President Monroe’s daughter wed, longevity gaps between married and single men and women, and India’s Delhi Gate directing to Delhi.
Whistling eel in Fiji among curiosities. Scotland Yard can house three thousand officers. Russians view Monday and Friday as unlucky to start work. a 70 year old’s heart pumps about 4.29 million miles of blood travel in a lifetime.
The Times receives daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau at New Orleans. Tonight and Wednesday are unsettled with colder Wednesday.
Observations show a 24 hour period ending 7 am today with a maximum temperature of 77 degrees and a minimum of 44 degrees. Wind generally from the south. Conditions were clear throughout the period.
Tiburcio Murioz, linotype operator at the Times office, received a long distance message yesterday afternoon to go to the city at once because his wife, visiting relatives there, had been injured in an automobile accident. He left for San Antonio last night. this morning a telegram said only his wife was hurt and not seriously. He will depart for Laredo immediately.
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