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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1920
Page
9
Poll tax payments surge as Webb County residents rush to secure receipts ahead of the 1920 elections. By 9:30 am, Laredo city wards report rising totals with hundreds of women among early payers. County tax office also issues exemption certificates as demand grows and predictions hint at record numbers.
John P Dabbs of Stowers Furniture faced a string of calamities as flood losses, a infant death from spinal meningitis, and a destructive hailstorm hit his family. Recently the Dabbs moved near Holding Institute when two young boys Howard and Dan found strychnine in a bottle. Howard died within hours, Dan survived but remained critical.
District Superintendent J. W. Hucker of Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Co visits Laredo with San Antonio headquarters, meeting Local Manager M. C. Brown to assess potential service expansion. He cites Laredo as a prosperous area and notes expected oil discoveries may drive rapid growth requiring more phones and a regional line to oil fields.
A collage of town notes from Laredo shows voting advice for native-born and naturalized citizens with poll tax receipts, local ads for Daisy Maid Corn Kernels and Kennedy's delicatessen, several marriage licenses issued, a plumbing ad, room rentals at The Bellmont, weather notes, an import docket from Mexico via the port, an auto painting service, a notary public, and a Royal Theater play review about a wife’s past.
Local feature extols Laredo as the nation’s top onion producer with about two thousand carloads grown and sold annually. Cites Medical Insurance and Health Conservation claims onion provides tonic minerals, aids digestion, relieves cold symptoms, sedates and laxatives, helps insomnia, rheumatism, bronchitis, and dyspepsia, and acts as a mild diuretic.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets originated from a decision against calomel for liver and bowel issues. The vegetable compound with olive oil claims to stimulate liver and bowels without pains, griping, gum injury, or acid danger. Sold in 10c and 25c boxes.
A daily Times notice invites readers to subscribe at 60 cents per month for opportunities listings and updates delivered to subscribers. The ad emphasizes ongoing value and steady access to new chances.
A string of meetings fills the week with church circles at 3 and 8 pm, Bridging the social calendar. Mrs Beaman and Mrs Miller host W M A groups while guests travel to San Antonio and Fort Smith. A Bride shower honors Miss Benilde Lozano with prizes and a luncheon at the International Institute.
John D. Davis of Joyce visits Laredo today with O. Pratt of Eneinal on business and pleasure. W C Weight of the War Camp Community Service arrives from Corpus Christi to engage with the Soldiers' Club. Roy Miller, former Corpus Christi mayor, attends the Diocese of West Texas council in Laredo along with Er T Merriman, veteran Corpus Christi newspaperman. D D Davis arrives from Dolores for the county commissioners court adjourned session.
Statement urges parents to treat early croup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy rather than heroic acts. It asserts the medicine is accessible, prompt, and effective for first signs of croup, encouraging immediate at home use to protect the child.
On January 22, 1920, at the Federal Building, I will sell for cash to the highest bid a condemned Ford Automobile ordered sold by the U S District Court on December 30, 1919. J A Herring U S Marshal S D T Allen Walker Deputy 1-7-13t
The record lists notable events and births on January 21 across years: Junius letters in 1769. Stonewall Jackson born 1824 in Clarksburg. 185? Italian Opera House fire in Paris. Henry Hallam death. Prince Arthur arrives in New York 1870. riots at Maris prison 1871. 1921 suffrage convention in Washington. 1901 German Emperor visits Queen Victoria at Osborne.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Rew Foray and birthdays. no full details available. The readable bits suggest a brief local notice listing birthday greetings or anniversaries for an individual named Rew Foray, but specifics like dates or locations are missing.
Admiralty figure Admiral Sir Henry W L Jackson born 05 years ago today. Frederick Madison Smith once head of the Reorganized Church born at Plano Illinois 46 years ago today. Nathaniel K Harris former Georgia governor born near Jonesboro Tennessee 74 years ago today. Dr James K Morgan president of Dickinson College born near Concord Delaware 63 years ago today. Francis F E McGovern former Wisconsin governor born near Elkhart Wisconsin 54 years ago today.
Advertises a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a thirty five year reliable remedy. Claims bloodstream action to purify mucous surfaces and heal diseased areas with quick health improvements after starting treatment. Provides mailing for testimonials and lists A J Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as manufacturers with druggist sellers.
Allene Texas January funeral honors Simmons College mascot Dammit a white bulldog buried on campus in a casket with a marble headstone bearing the inscription Dammit he's dead Six hundred students and the entire faculty attended the large scale ceremony marking the mascot's final tribute on campus.
Seymour Stedman, a Chicago attorney hired to defend five suspended Socialist members, argued on the New York assembly floor that Soviet Russia faced disloyalty charges. The Associated Press report from Albany, dated January 21, notes the defense in the judiciary committee amid the disloyalty trial.
Jackson January 21 Amid cheers and laughter the lower house of the Mississippi legislature rejected the federal amendment granting women the right to vote in national elections.
Complete returns from the state outside New Orleans show John M. Parker leading Col Frank Stubbs with Parker 29,290 and Stubbs 20,082 in yesterday's Democratic governor primary. Final results awaited from about half the state outside New Orleans.
Supporters of Colonel Stubbs and the endorsing newspapers concede the nomination to Parker by a margin of about 5,000 to 10,000, signaling a decisive shift in the race.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast for New Orleans reports tonight rain and a cold wave with temperatures 25 to 30 degrees and a Thursday with fair conditions. Fort McIntosh observations cover the 24 hours ending 7 am: max 2 degrees, min 64 degrees, wind from the south and clear skies.
A Cleveland advertiser urges readers to use Zemo the 35c or 1 bottle as directed to relieve itching and cleanse the skin. It claims to banish irritations pimples eczema blotches ringworm and similar troubles, leaving skin soft smooth and healthy.
In Chicago more than 6,000 people are ill with influenza and the disease has appeared in cities and towns across the Middle West. Pneumonia also appears epidemic and more deadly. Influenza shows mild progression with a low death rate. Health commissioner Dr John Dill Robertson stated the epidemic may be near its climax.
Wireless messages report the disabled army transport Powhatan with 271 passengers on board being towed today toward Halifax by the trawler Western Comet.
Paris reports a general railway strike in northern and central Italy with limited service in the south. The government runs a few guarded trains as martial law operates in major cities. Washington says Ukraine has stored sugar wheat and hides ready for world markets when Russia blockade ends.
Tokyo reports that Japan has achieved its aims in cooperating with the United States to support Czecho Slovak troops in Siberia and that a withdrawal of Japanese forces from Siberia will follow, as decided by the advisory diplomatic council yesterday per newspapers.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held the act prohibiting glaring automobile lights inoperative and unenforceable. The ruling cites insufficient definition of what constitutes an unlawful light, leaving the statute ineffective on January 21 in Austin.
Atlantic City hosts the National Association of Merchant Tailors tenth annual convention in January. Speakers promise radical new fashion ideas for trousers cuffs coats shoulders and other menswear details as they preview trends for the coming year.
A persuasive note touts Chamberlain’s Tablets as a cure for stomach troubles. It claims many have been restored to health and can eat any kind of food they crave after use.
The Supreme Council agreed to an investigation into the Russian situation. British and American labor leaders planned to form a labor congress tied to the Peace Conference as part of ongoing war era diplomacy.
A Cubrun Kentucky druggist, J B Jones, says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is the best cough medicine he has used in seven years for his family and recommends it to customers.
In Washington on January 21 a senate resolution condemned Rear Admiral Sims for publicly releasing confidential instructions affecting international relations. Introduced by Senator Walsh Democrat of Montana, a naval committee member, it called for condemnation by all Americans. Lodge objected to immediate consideration.
British subject Alexander Fross was kidnapped Sunday near Orizaba and rescued Monday by forces under Colonel Durazo, according to Vera Cruz dispatches. No ransom was paid.
In North St Louis the Watertower Link bank robbery ended with one robber killed and a policeman shot and seriously wounded. Five of the six robbers escaped.
Lexington Kentucky January 21 The Madden sale draws prominent breeders to Hamburg Place for a major thoroughbred auction tomorrow offering seventy eight brood mares and twenty five 1919 foals from Mr Madden's stud mares in foal to sires including Kessian The Minn Ormondale Ogden Plaudit Jim Gatiney Sir John Johnson Theo Cook and Star Shoot The yearling foals go under the hammer siring with Ormande Friar Rock Plaudit Ogden The Minn among noted stock horses of wide repute.
The twenty second annual Tus kegee Negro Conference, founded by Booker T Washington, begins today at Tuskegee Institute. Ten thousand Chicago housewives plan mass meetings in public schools to press for lower living costs. Major General Sir David Watson, Frank Carrel, and Senator Besubian are scheduled speakers at a Canadian Society dinner in New York City. A Memphis meeting of a Presbyterian committee weighs organic union or federation with the Northern Church, split since the Civil War.
At Aztec Lodge No 111 Knights of Pythias regular meeting last night installed officers not present at the first meeting of the year. Full roster includes G. L. Hatley Chancellor Commander N. Polikoff Vice Chancellor Solomon Freed Master of Work Rev W Ll Barr Chaplain J W Thompson Master of Finance F McGauhey Keeper of Records and Seals R K Mims Master of Exchequer R W Belden Master at Arms A H Kelly Inner Guard J B Almand Outer Guard.
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