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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1920
Page
1
July 24 Sandy Hook reports the fifth international cup race was halted by regatta officials because of rough seas and heavy weather. The Resolute and Shamrock prepared for the final America cup contest as a storm past through the night. The next race is slated for Monday with about 12 knot winds and a 80 mile windward contest.
July 24 Austin. Charles A Gulick Jr of Dallas wins a 100 prize offered by a Dallas insurance company for the best fire insurance paper by School of Business Administration students at the University of Texas. Special commendation goes to Kenny Bufkin of Ennis. Judges were a UT faculty committee.
Thirteen is not always unlucky says Juan Gonzalez a local Mexican in Corpus Christi Texas. Thirteen minutes before a train departure for Portland he recruited Mexicans for cotton picking. Thirteen pickers were on the train and Gonzalez received thirteen dollars for his services.
Six men posing as federal prohibition agents entered W. S. Ireland's home in St Louis and blasted the safe securing cash jewelry and papers valued at fourteen thousand dollars. They forced entry claiming they had come for that Whiskey.
Federal officers seized an automobile loaded with whiskey in Eagle Pass Texas on July 24. Two men were arrested and said they were bound for Oklahoma when interrupted by officers during the transport.
In cooperation with the Government Saving division, Dallas federal director Dinsmore W Huem, the state normal schools offer weekly lectures on thrift education. Eleventh District teachers are prepared to instruct pupils in savings next session. District children have saved and invested over 16 million dollars in thrift and war savings stamps, with Texas schools children owning about 12.09 million dollars in government securities.
Patrick Reany, Dallas plumbing contractor and former city water commissioner candidate, was taken into custody in Detroit after a bell boy was shot in a hotel room. Police say the injuries may prove fatal. Reany is held pending the outcome.
London report from May 24 states the Russian Soviet government has notified Roland that the Soviet army command is ordered to begin immediate armistice negotiations. The wireless despatch originates from Moscow.
A fire in Desdemona, Texas, today razed three business blocks including a national bank three hotels three cafes and two drug stores. Estimated loss stands at about five hundred thousand dollars.
Galveston announces a new regular steamship service to Genoa Italy beginning mid August. The Nobles, a United States Shipping Board vessel, will be the first to sail in the inaugural voyage linking Galveston with major European ports.
Austin reports two new University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology and Technology bulletins. One covers the geology of Tarrant county and the other details the geology and mineral resources of Bexar county. Both are illustrated and summarize extensive county surveys by bureau geologists.
Word arrived that The Yankee a Poland China boar bought by a Goldfield Iowa man for 40000 dollars died suddenly in hot weather. The animal had set a record price, and the cause of death remains undetermined though heat is suspected.
The State of Texas has remitted taxation on local property for twenty years to fund a breakwater project. About $260,000 is expected to be realized for construction to protect the town, with plans underway and work anticipated to begin January 1, 1921.
Dr C H Cooper of Simmons College Abilene will give the graduating address at the University of Texas summer school commencement on August 31. With nearly forty five years in Texas education he is a leading figure, former president of Baylor University and former state superintendent of public instruction now serving as a professor at Simmons College.
The Laredo National Bank of Laredo Texas reports loans and discounts of 2 061 680 01 dollars United States bonds 287 050 00 other bonds and securities 2 401 47 stock in fed reserve bank 12000 00 redemption fund with U S treasurer banking house furniture and fixtures interest earned not collected approximate cash and exchange 6 887 40 1 460 437 89 total 3 829 416 67 officers listed J K Beretta president B M Alexander vice president Sam W Brown cashier M W Brennan assistant cashier A La Vidaurri assistant cashier J R Fasnacht assistant cashier.
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