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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1914
Page
5
The Times laments tardiness due to inkroom sickness and staff shortage, omitting items. Webb County crops expect record yields aided by rains with no boll weevil in sight. Community notes cover candidates filing for representative, bicycle repair, and various local ads and notices.
An ad promotes Eckmans Alterative as aiding recovery from tuberculosis and related lung conditions. It claims relief from night sweats and fever, notes no narcotics, and urges sufferers to seek the booklet from Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
Monterey guest Vick visits Hamilton while Clack travels to Georgetown. Gen Markley leaves for Radnor Pennsylvania for weeks. Mr. and Mrs. Benson return from Kansas after funeral. Ottos Winter arrive from San Antonio with other guests from Hebronville San Antonio and Philadelphia among attendees. District names and destinations include Monterey Georgetown Radnor Dallas San Antonio Philadelphia St Louis and New York in a parish of visitors.
The district court docket resumes after disposing of a damage case against Texas Mexican Ry Co. Trials for Guadalupe Miquivel theft from the person Jose Abaresa theft from a person Aaron Davila and Bernardino Clavarria theft under $50 are scheduled. Murder trials of Francisco Martinez and Simon Hinojosa for the Porifirio Peta couple killing at San Ignacio on April 15 will be called next Monday. Martinez confesses to the old couple's murder, clubbed to death in their sleep.
LT has tried various colic and diarrhoea remedies, but only Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave complete relief. He recommends it to friends at all times, speaking from personal experience in Stewart, S. C. Mar.
The contest to elect a Fire Queen of the Laredo Volunteer Fire Department ends tomorrow at 10 o clock at the telephone office. An up-to-noon standings list will be published in The Times and Thursday the final result will be announced to the public.
Notice to all persons indebted to the City of Laredo for taxes from 1884 to 1899 call and pay promptly to the City Tax Collector. If unpaid, suit will be brought to foreclose the tax lien on your property for taxes, penalties, interest, and costs. A Winslow.
Mr and Mrs George Winch announce the approaching marriage of their daughter Pearl to Dr Robert McCutloel of Corpus Christi. The wedding will be held in this city on Wednesday June 24. Both contracting parties are well known in their communities. The bride to be is noted as one of Laredo's most popular young ladies and the groom is a leading professional man from Corpus Christi.
John R. Early who had been quarantined in many cities for possible leprosy arrived in Washington and checked into the hotel where Vice President Marshall resides. He was recognized by a reporter and returned to his isolation quarters as hotel guests panicked.
Two hundred nine fewer marriage licenses were issued last month than in May of 1919 as labor troubles are blamed. Associated Press dispatch from Chicago on June 2.
Washington June 2 The federal court at Trenton New Jersey ordered the dissolution of the alleged thread trust organized under the Thread Company name.
The French government will grant Charles Roosevelt, former ruler, the same passage rights as visiting sovereigns when he travels through France for his son's wedding in Madrid. He may pass through all police lines as happens with visiting rulers.
Five robbers in an automobile entered Mahomet and robbed the village bank of $2500. Four attacked residents while the fifth fled with the cash as the terrified villagers watched and authorities pursued.
Washington dispatch reports the cabinet weighing a Carranza statement as officials refrain from comment noting the issue is not yet before them. At Niagara Falls the mediation conference remains deadlocked over constitutionalist representation as delegates consider provisional government candidates.
A brief note from Mexico City dated June 2 states a wish that peace conferences stay on a good road and that honor and dignity be maintained. The fragment reflects a formal appeal to safeguard national prestige during diplomatic efforts.
In New York on June 2 authorities bar a rebel supplies shipment of five hundred tons of ammunition bound for Tampico from sailing. Officials insist the steamer cannot depart yet no objection will be voiced as sailing time nears. An airplane and related equipment are among the cargo.
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports Commander Scott stating revolutionists have surrounded Sebo in the Dominican Republic, with the town expected to fall soon. Federals are cut off from aid as desultory fighting persists at Puerto Plata.
The Prohibition party of Indiana assembled a convention in Tomlinson Hall with delegates from nearly all counties. Tomorrow the convention will nominate candidates for U.S. senator and various state offices to be voted on in November.
Private sources report Tampico oil firms pause operations amid the revolution. Advice urges Americans to stay away while Aguila, the largest company, allegedly pays off U.S. workers and plans to hire Europeans. Large numbers of Americans still seek work but conditions worsen.
Representatives of organized labor from across Maine attend the opening of the state federation of labor convention in Waterville. The sessions will run several days with plans to grow membership and expand the organization’s influence statewide.
New York yachtsmen gather in Greenwich Connecticut to watch the Tiret race between Defanee Resolute and Vanitie for the defending America's Cup. A series of trial races begins, not counted toward the defender but useful for owners and crews to tune trim and rig and test improvements.
An advertisement touts Dr Hobson's Headit Ointment to cure stubborn itchy skin conditions like Rezemi Tetter and Teh. A testimonial from Einfeldt of Rock Island UL says after nine years free of the ailment, the relief is immediate and lasting. Guaranteed, available at your druggist.
Mattoon Illinois June 2 the city is aglow with national colors as members of the Grand Army of the Republic begin arriving for the annual encampment of the Department of Mingis encampment opens tomorrow and sessions continue until Friday veterans expected to attend in large numbers under favorable weather and civic preparations mark the event
The Anti Cigarette League of America opens its annual meeting at Mohonk Lake New York on June 2 with representatives from many states in attendance. Reports and plans for future work will be heard as physicians, business leaders, and others address the convention on the all effects of tobacco on national efficiency. The keynote stresses conserving human resources by abolishing the cigarette habit.
Santa Clara California June 2 hundreds of persons gathered for the second annual California Cherry Carnival opening this week. The event features a large fruit and flower exhibition plus elaborate entertainment and pageantry as cities across the region join in the celebration.
A three day conference in Washington D C opened by the Department of Agriculture aims to improve wool handling and sheep husbandry. Delegates and industry members discussed the value of American wools, foreign method adaptation, farm and ranch handling, clip standardization, and preventing damage by dogs and predators.
Coughs and colds weaken the system and reduce weight and appetite. A live bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery stops coughing, helps the first dose, and is praised by Mr D H Brown of Muscatine for saving his wife’s life during illness. Suitable for children. price one dollar at druggists.
Leading clothing manufacturers from many cities attend the annual convention of the National Association of Clothiers in Atlantic City New Jersey. The programme includes a banquet where Prof Joseph F Johnson of New York University will discuss Economics and United States Senator Roles Penrose of Pennsylvania will speak on The United States as the World Power.
Washington June 2 The House discussed sections of the Clayton bill restricting injunctions in labor disputes. It adopted the section legalizing peaceful picketing and persuading workers to quit work without a record vote.
A hose detached and knocked Sim Meemer of Dallas into an oil pump in Petrolia Texas on June 2. He died instantly while two others were knocked unconscious.
George Jacobs aged 26 collapsed after eating candy he claimed was poisoned. He died en route to a drug store in Worth, Texas. Jacobs, resident of Oklahoma City, had been poisoned according to hospital staff.
June 2 in Austin Texas the attorney general department issued an opinion to Angeline county’s county attorney that a local option election held less than two years after a previous uncontested election is valid.
Redding California June 2 Thus far Mount Lassen in Shasta county has done no damage in the sudden eruption beginning yesterday Further activity of the old volcano would endanger millions of feet of lumber and disrupt regional timber operations in the area.
Jamestown North Dakota June 2 delegates and visitors fill the city for the North Dakota Sunday School association convention. The three day program includes addresses by officers of the international organization and noted Sunday school experts, signaling a large gathering.
In New York on June 2 a portrait statue of Thomas Jefferson, a gift from the late Joseph Pulitzer, was unveiled before Columbia Universitys School of Journalism during commencement. The statue by William Ordway Partridge portrays Jefferson at age 58 during his presidency.
A society party from New York Philadelphia and Boston traveled by special train to Westbury L. I. to witness the wedding of Miss Martha B Bacon and Mr. George W Whitney at the Church of the Advent. Rev Richard Pope officiated with assistance from Madicott Peabody. The bridal party included prominent New York Philadelphia and Buffalo women while Harold Vanderbilt and Robert Whitney served as ushers and best man respectively. A reception and breakfast followed at the bride’s parents Westbury home.
Rome reports Pope Pius marking his seventy ninth birthday with no public celebration. Messages from around the world arrived at the Vatican while cardinals and foreign prelates visited Rome for the consistory. This morning he said mass attended by a small invited faithful group.
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