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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1922
Page
11
Dirty rumors about movie people and headlines
The verse claims rumors about film stars are false and lists bold claims about Hoover Ford Hughes and others. It mocks how news is portrayed with a mix of ironic lines about B&O and Englishmen Yankees and optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Ford
Hughes
Saving Habits Highlight Frugal Budget Guidance
An older commentary notes the futility of saving beyond ten percent of earnings as most of each dollar goes to living costs. It urges careful spending and offers seeds as an example where small savings can accumulate over time.
Asher R Smith Delivers Fourth of July Address in Donna
Asher R. Smith, candidate for State Senate from the 23rd District, spoke at Donna's American Legion Fourth of July celebration on Americanism. He urged civic duty, education, and faithful private and public service, urging better understanding of democracy and the need to teach civics nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asher R. Smith
State Senate
American Legion
Donna
America
Lfe
Flanders
France
Lincoln
Ufe
Texas
Ladies Auxiliary and Clubs Meet In Local Notices
Thursday church groups gather with Mrs. W. D. Butler and the W M S of the Baptist Church meets at the usual hour. The Rosebud Club convenes at 4 with Sara and Bella Leal. A Writer depicts a pen and fibs as a lake of ink thickens while Miss Clifton Hill visits Tampico, others travel or host. Birthday surprise for Fred Werner. luncheon by D A R marks the Glorious Fourth with toasts and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
W. D. Butler
W. M.S. of the Baptist Church
Rosebud Club
Sara
Bella Leal
Fred Werner
Fritz Werner
National Conference Opens to Study Child Labor Standards
In Boston on July 5, a national conference opened under the National Education Association and the Children's Bureau to examine child labor from all angles. Emphasis will be on employment certificate standards, local office organization, school attendance enforcement, records usefulness, and state supervision of certificate issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
National Education Association
Children's Bureau
U. S. Department of Labor
Native Lahore Newspaper Editor Praises Chamberlain Shoes
The Paisa Akhbar editor asserts use of Chamberlain’s Clarshoes Remod and claims broad applicability of the product for daily wear. This remark filters through the native Lahore publication, reflecting consumer praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paisa' Akhbar
Lahore
India
Chamberlain's. i
Clarshoes Remod
Notable Harp and Song Recital in Ledro
Mrs Wamilton hosts a local entertainment to praise her hearers, with Mrs Proffitt singing Annie Laurie and a toast to the Stars and Stripes. A four course luncheon followed for a long list of guests including Mrs D MacNeil Turner and Mesdames Hickok Willoughby McLemore Albert Martin and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bender
Lucy Meriwether
D. MacNeill Turner
O'Meara
A. Smith
Swancoat
F. W. Mally
Misses Virginie
Esther Penn
Helen
Margaret McGregor
Hazelrige
Mary Anderson
Cattleman Pratt Visits City. Fellheimer Heads Toward San Antonio
Encinal cattleman Pratt is in town for personal matters. Jerry Fellheimer plans a few days visit to his family in San Antonio this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QO. Pratt
Encinal
Jerry Fellheimer
San Antonio
Bandits Hold Up Street Car in Bank Messenger Robbery
Seven armed bandits boarded a busy street car in St. Louis and disarmed policeman guarding Joseph Mossop the Tower Grove bank messenger. They escaped with 22200 dollars in currency and over 78000 in checks. The holdup marked the tenth bank messenger attack on a street car in fifteen months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
St. Louis
Joseph Mossop
Tower Grove
Lenroot Warns on Tariff Bill as Almond Duty Passes
Senate majority leaders faced a warning from Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, a Progressive, that he may oppose the tariff bill unless high duties are reduced. The committee amendment setting an almond duty of three pounds was approved, while Senator Walsh of Massachusetts failed to win approval for a rate increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Lenroot
Wisconsin
Walsh
Massachusetts
Trial Postponed In Okmulgee Bribery Case
Okmulgee Oklahoma July 5 The arraignment of Governor Robertson on the charge of accepting a bribe was postponed until August 28 by Judge Bozarth in the district court. The case against 13 other men prominent in Okmulgee county, indicted with Robertson for alleged irregularities in the banking system, will be recalled on that date for pleadings and preliminary motions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Okmulgee
Okla
Robertson
Bozarth
Okmulgee County
Dallas Car Conductor Wounds Man in Jim Crow Row
In Dallas Texas John H Foster a black man is dead and W L Page a street car conductor is critically wounded after Foster allegedly violates a white reserved seat. Page shot Foster after Foster slashed him with a knife. The incident occurred late last night following a dispute over seating on a street car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
John H. Foster
W. L. Page
Foster
Page
Notable Women Highlighted In Varied Biographies
A survey of women’s achievements notes Queen Helena of Italy’s stamp collection and Ellen Peters Kansas City’s first female car saleswoman. It covers pioneers in library service ninety personal milestones and a royal wedding anecdote from Noumania and Jugoslavia with ceremonial customs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Italy
Ellen Peters
Kansas City
Prisoners Surrender After Brushy Mountain Crime
John Welch and his wife, both described as negroes, surrendered to a farmer near Brushy Mountain and were jailed in McAlester this morning. Deputy Homer Teaff alleges their involvement. they are to be confined pending trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Oklo
John Welch
Homer Teaff
McAlester
Brushy Mountain
Deer Triplets Born Near Gainesville
A buck and two does were born to a deer owned by Jack Conley near Gainesville Texas on July 6. Triplets are noted as unusual for deer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Gainesville
Texas
Jack Conley
Here
Negroes in Panic as Revenue Seize Washington Steamer
In Washington on July 6 police and revenue officers seized the steamer Madison Hall during a trip to a Potomac resort after finding a large quantity of liquor aboard. The negro owner was arrested as more than 600 excursionists reacted with near panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Madison Hall
Potomac River
Deputies Head to Temple for Auto Theft Suspects
Deputy Sheriff Florros departed on the noon train to Temple to arrest Benjamin Club and Lloyd Baucom, wanted on automobile theft charges and held by Temple officers for delivery to Webb County authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Florros
Benjamin Club
Lloyd Baucom
Webb County
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Margaret J. Walters
We express heartfelt thanks to all friends who aided us during the last illness and death of our sister and aunt Mrs. Margaret J. Walters and who sent floral tributes and attended the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret J. Walters
Chicago Rail Shopmen Drift Back From Strike Turning Point
Striking shopmen return to work in uncertain numbers after a nationwide walkout. The six shop craft unions claim the strike remains 100 percent effective, while maintenance of way workers decide against the threatened walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maintenance of Way
Associated Press
Chicago
Jounal
Presient Well
Jewell
Mys
Strike Wrecks Denison Shipyard Schedules
In Denison Texas on July 5 an order threatens to declare six shop crafts on strike without workers and cancel their transportation if they do not return to work today. Leaders said there was a break in the ranks and none expected to comply with the Reed order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewell
Hooper
Denison
Texas
Katy
Fatal outcome of Pittsburg Fourth of July sham battle
In Pittsburg Kansas an investigation into the Fourth of July sham battle death and injuries concluded with Glenn Harry 18 killed instantly by a steel jacketed bullet. Mrs Charles Depuy and Policeman Edward O Connor wounded. It remains unclear if the rifle used by participants caused all injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pittsburg
Kan
Tittburg
Glenn Harry
American Legion
Charles Depuy
Edward O'Connor
Notable Birthdays Of Public Figures Mark July Sixth
Benjamin F. Bush longtime president of the Miesauri Pacific railroad born in Wellsboro Pennsylvania sixty two years ago today Jan Kubelik famed violinist born in Bohemia forty two years ago today Judah L Magnes prominent New York rabbi born in San Francisco forty five years ago today Dwight F Davie donor of the International tennis trophy bearing bia nay bor in St Louis forty three years ago today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin F. Bush
Miesauri Pacific Railroad System
Wellsboro
Jan Kubelik
Bohemia
Judah L. Magnes
New York
San Francisco
Dwight F. Davie
St.Louis
Exoneration of Ancient Crime Echoes in Atlanta
A garbled report discusses a historical confession and a prior exoneration linked to a Texas case. Names, dates, and places are unclear, but the piece mentions an individual named A. J. George and references a distant verdict or clearing in a 26 year span with ties to South Texas.
Enclosed Fight at Sackville Street Amid Fire
Fire swept through the Filmmam Hotel area and Sackville Street stronghold as irregulars resisted surrounding flames. Four occupants of the Gresham Hotel reportedly surrendered while authorities say a nationalist call to arms may come tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asstated
Ubiia
Filmmam
Gresham
Baye
Exerden
Plain citizen President visits Marion home town
The president spent the day as a plain citizen in Marion Olio with his family and intimate friends from the Marion Star office, away from his high office and official duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Olio
Dlamting
Bardens
Gome
Drowned in the Brazos Near Graham
Four young women drown while swimming five miles south of Graham as a rescue unfolds. Gladys Davis 21 Reba Mae Davis 18 Lottie Anthony 20 and Ruth Anthony 18 perish. Mrs Davis survives with help from her son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Texas
Gladys
Reba Mae
S. Davis
Lottie
Ruth
M. N. Anthony
Brazos River
Graham
Davis
National and Regional Meetings and a Texarkana Lynching Trial
Today a Protestant Episcopal diocese of Alabama conducts a meeting to elect a bishop coadjutor. Ontario education ministers convene in Toronto on rural schooling. A national conference in Boston addresses child labor standards and supervision. In Texarkana Arkansas eight men face first degree murder indictments for the May 19 lynching of Haley Owens, a police officer slayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venezuela
Alabama
Onetario
Toronto
Boston
Texarkana
Ark
Haley Owens
Negra
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