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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1922
Page
12
Fragmentary notes mention court house cynic and remarks on marriage and public office. The readable lines reference personal opinions about political figures and the idea that marriage affects social outcomes, but no coherent event or person is clearly identifiable.
The article profiles Lord Esther a British leader in public life and disarmament efforts as England’s representative on the temporary mixed commission for disarmament under the League of Nations. It notes his background from Eton to Cambridge, his 1840 entry into Parliament, roles as Secretary to the Office of Works, and his literary contributions including a Life of Queen Victoria.
The piece recalls when men adopted Palm Beach suits with matching shoes and Panama hats. It notes the era and invites humor at old fashioned styles seen in vintage plates.
Ex Prince Adalbert son of the former Kaiser born at Potdam 38 years ago today. Owen Wister author born in Philadelphia 62 years ago today. Arthur Capper U S senator born in Garnett Kansas 57 years ago today. Morgan G Sanders U S House member born in Van Zandt County Texas 44 years ago today. Richie Mitchel light weight boxer born in Milwaukee 7 years ago today.
Friday events include Mrs. G N Witting hosting the Tuesday Bridge Club at 9 45 AM and the Sunbeam Band meeting at 4 PM at the Baptist Church. A social bridge party hosted by Mrs Arthur Claude Ambion honored Miss Lois Derby with floral decor and a three course luncheon for guests.
One year ago today Japan accepted the invitation to the Washington conference. Lloyd George and De Valera conferred in London on Irish peace in a related diplomatic round.
The Associated Press report describes pickpockets as speculators who plant a coin before a target and render assistance to recover it, then lift the wallet from the victim's hip pocket as the stranger stoops to pick up the money.
The editor of Palisa Akhbar Lahore says he has used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy with his children and servants for colic and diarrhoea and always found it effective.
Expert hatter and cleaner advertises hand pressed suit cleaning for 40 cents and suit cleaning with pressing for one dollar. Services include cleaning and blocking felt and Panama hats with no acids. Call and deliver. Phone 227. J. Schwartz, 1017 Iturbide Bt. 6-21-f.
A Wednesday evening dance at the Latin American Club drew about sixty couples. Monte Carlo Jazz Band provided music while Miss Esther Hirsch hosted Miss Helen Oosterschill of Dallas and guests including Lois Derby, Dorothy Derby, Alice Taylor, Evelyn Ryan, Kathleen Heaner, Evelyn Moore, Odette Bunn, Phyllis Bunn, Rosatle Higro, Emilie Halsell, Megsra Halsell, Jack Halsell, Horace Greenstreet, Edward Mullally, Hubbard Jr, Joe Leyendercker Jr, Lewis Leonard, George Hodges, J C Hall, John Maher, Murt Cullinan, and Marnest Biskamp.
Associated Press reports Gustave Bouvet anarchist fired three shots at Prefect of Police Mandin believing him to be President Millerand. None hit. France’s military pageant at Longchamp before Millerrand drew hundreds of thousands as Bastille Day marked by a grand parade.
A snapshot of global commerce with daily London port goods valued at nine million dollars and Britain’s unemployment at one hundred thousand mine workers. The piece also notes the Southern Textile Exhibition in Greenville South Carolina October to October, a new large oil gas generator for Los Angeles, Ohio's iron industry roots in 1804 Mahoning Valley, lignum vitae bearings in steamships, Inchcape’s career tale, and Amsterdam stock exchange wireless quotations flowing every fifteen minutes.
Two men described as traveling salesmen were seized on a southbound Katy train near Denison Texas early today. One man was taken into the country and warned not to return, the other released by guards. Union strikers claimed the seized man was a strikebreaker. Army and state officials moved to investigate as Denison remained quiet.
Indianapolis July 14 The Baltimore & Ohio railroad filed a petition in federal court asking for a temporary restraining order. Fifty six defendants are named including the railroad officers and individual members on strike in the dispute over interstate commerce and transportation of the US mails.
Chicago July 14 A strike call to 8000 stationary firemen engineers and oilers on railroads nationwide was announced by International President Timothy Healy. The walkout becomes effective July 17 following a referendum approval. Firemen and oilers had already joined a sympathetic walkout with shopmen.
Topeka authorities vow prosecution under the industrial court act for any union officials who issue or post strike notices. In Washington, KE F Grable of the maintenance of way brotherhood travels to confer with President Harding amid threats of a broad walkout, expressing confidence a general strike can be averted.
About a hundred stevedores employed by the Southern Steamship Company at the Houston port walked off the job over wage disputes. The city port department is investigating the strike.
Sedalia Missouri July 14 Under sealed orders but with their destination believed to be Poplar Bluff two hundred twenty enlisted men and nineteen officers of National Guard artillery entrained this morning heading to an unknown assignment off a city rail line.
One thousand commercial aircraft in aviation centers nationwide were ordered held in readiness after Postmaster General Work accepted the aid offer from the Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America to maintain the mail service.
Washington July 14 It becomes definite that President Lewis and other national UMW officers negotiating with the government since arbitration talks began plan to urge union members to reject the government plan. Dynamited Mine Train Whiteaville West Virginia July 14 One miner killed ten injured four seriously when a mine train struck a dynamite trap near Mordue. The mine had operated under a federal court injunction since June 1.
The Hague July 14 The sub commission on credits of the conference on Russian affairs failed to reach an agreement after a three hours session. Both Russlans and non Russians agreed there was no choice but to continue the conference. No further joint meetings will be held until the Soviet representatives indicate they will submit new proposals.
Secretary Hughes said there is no prospect for the United States joining a permanent court of international justice unless a provision allows America to have an appropriate voice in electing the court's judges without membership in the league of nations. The reply came in response to a letter from Hamilton Holt, president of the Woodrow Wilson Democracy of New York.
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Eastland Wichita Falls and Gulf railroad to issue 556000 dollars in stock and 355000 dollars in bonds. The securities will be delivered to John Ringling as repayment for an advance for construction and operation of the Texas line.
Senator Moses of New Hampshire charged the Chemical Foundation Inc E I DuPont de Nemours Co and the Textile Alliance with being three actors in the gigantic fraud he opposed in the opposition to the dye embargo provision of the administration tariff bill.
A Rock Island passenger train from Oklahoma City struck and killed three unidentified men two miles east of Armadillo Texas. The fourth man, Will Barry of Sioux City, Iowa, said they were headed to Treumendil and knew nothing about the others. No cause for the accident has been released.
The Interstate Commerce Commission cancelled grain rate proposals from Sioux City Iowa to Texas and Louisiana points that added 5c per 100 pounds over Omaha rates. The ruling upheld Kansas City shippers protest, saying the Iowa routes would gain an advantage over Kansas City Omaha and other points.
Tokyo announces Japan will withdraw all troops from the Siberian mainland opposite Sakhalin by September 30 and evacuate the northern half of Sakhalin once satisfaction is secured for the Nicolaievsk massacre.
Sheriff George White of Santa Cruz county was killed as Manuel Martinez and Placido Silvas escaped following a crash on the Nogales Tucson highway near Continental. The convicts were being moved to the state penitentiary at Morones when the automobile overturned 18 miles south of here.
Thirteen indictments returned by the supreme court grand jury name Edward M. Fuller and William F. McGee, partners in EK M Fuller Co, accused of bucketing customers orders at the Wankgrupt brokerage firm.
Official sources decline to comment on the unexpected departure delay of Secretary de la Huerta after a conference with international bankers. Staff crossing at Laredo indicate the hold relates to non banking matters possibly tied to a political visit to Washington.
A policeman leads a child along a street toward the police station in Glasgow when a middle aged woman nearby jeers at them. She accuses the child of being malnourished and unwashed and questions its upbringing. The officer responds with a sharp retort.
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