Meddling union strikes spark wider labor row in 10 states
A sympathy strike by Commercial Telegraphers Union forces in ten states followed discharge of Atlanta telephone operators who joined a union. Western Union resisted, while government control and a pending salary increase for Western Union workers shaped the dispute amid broader suffrage debate and evolving roles for women in public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Georgia
Western Union
Telegraphers’ Union
Washington
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Western Union Telegraph Company
Cumberland Telephone Company
Meridian
Missisippi
Webb County farmers urged to boost cotton and hog production
Emergency demonstration agent F W Mally appeals to Webb County farmers, urging increased cotton acreage and improved care, notes Texas and U.S. crop conditions, and seeks quick acreage data to support a proposed Laredo gin. He highlights hog Breeders lists from A and M College and urges evaluating better sires and sows.
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F. W. Mally
Webb County
Texas
United States
Laredo
A. & M. College
College Station
Fred. W. Mally
The Suffrage Amendment and Texas Opinion
The national suffrage amendment has been adopted by Congress and now moves to state ratification. A majority of states are expected to ratify, possibly more than the required three fourths. Texas has shown independence from prohibition alignment, and the movement's long effort by women is noted as leaders persevere despite derision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Mission Society
Mothers
United States
China
Russia
National Congress
Texas
City Wins Civil Appeal Over Laredo Property Dispute
In San Antonio the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals affirmed a district court ruling granting the City of Laredo title to property via a trespass to try title suit filed by T A Bunn. The 1888 city ordinance requiring sale of unsold within limits underpins the decision, with a focus on alleged pleadings limitations.
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T. A. Bunn
City of
Court of Civil Appeals
San Antonio
Laredo
District Court
Cleveland Tractor Adopts Caterpillar Type in This Territory
The Cleveland Tractor is a wonderful machine advertised by Gifford & Whitaker 608 Salinas Avenue. They have sold several units to farmers in the area. Viewers note its work pulling a plow on unbroken land proving the driver’s role less crucial than with traditional plows.
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Times
Cleveland
Gifford & Whitaker
Salinas Avenue
She Can Keep a Secret? Jack and Jill Clash
In a terse exchange a woman questions secrecy while a man and a cat named Jill provoke disagreement. The fragment hints at a domestic spat centered on trust and personality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Jil
Money Makers in Times Want Ads
A compact notice highlights money making opportunities in the Times Want Ads. The piece points to varied listings and prompts readers to explore practical paid opportunities.
Annual Stockholders Meeting Texas-Mexican Railway Co
Notice of stockholders meeting at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 25 1919 at 9 00 A M to elect directors and transact business. Board to hold a good roads lecture after adjournment. L V Boniger secretary May 24 1920 Tonight at the Strand Theater the Laredo Chamber of Commerce presents views on bad and good roads with a UT lecture briefed by Secretary Mally highlighting the Webb County good roads election set for June 14 1920.
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The
Texas-Mexican Railway Company
Laredo
Texas
Good Roads
L. V. Boniger
Mally
Chamber of Commerce
Strand Theater
Webb County
Texas Mexican Railroad
Care Times
Laredo Gains Earlier Afternoon Train Under New Schedule
A new timetable on the I & G N railway goes into effect Sunday, shifting Train No 5 to leave at 6:30 a.m. and Train No 7 to arrive in Laredo at 8:30 p.m. daily. The night departure at 9 p.m. and morning arrival at 8 a.m. remain unchanged. Mail service should reach Laredo by 4 p.m. each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Muller resumes Texas-Mexican post after war service
Alden B. Muller returns from overseas duty as Major to resume his duties as secretary treasurer of the Texas Mexican Ry Co effective June 1 1919 relieving Mrs L V Younger who resigned. The company had pledged reinstate all employees who left to serve and several of the returning soldiers are back on the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. M. Leyendecker
Texas-Mexican Ry. Co
Alden B. Muller
Texas Mexican Ry. Co
L. V. Younger
Muller
Leutenant
Milmon Rifles
France
Associated Charities Meeting At Presbyterian Church Tomorrow
There will be a meeting of Associated Charities at the Presbyterian church tomorrow afternoon at 8 o clock. Important business. John Colman, President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Charities
The
Presbyterian Church
John Colman
Laredo School Tax Election Underway Today
Voters in Laredo are casting ballots in a special election to raise property taxes from six to ten cents per $100 valuation for the Laredo Independent School District. By noon turnout was light in Wards 1 and 2 at Central School and Wards 3 and 4 at Urbana School, with most ballots favorable to the tax increase and little opposition. The measure aims to fund maintaining the district’s high educational standards as determined by the school trustees.
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Laredo
Central
Urbana
Board of School Trustees
Laredo Independent School District
Ice Cream, Cakes on Hidalgo Street Lawn
Mrs John Bruni will serve home made ice cream and cakes on the lawn by her home at 1415 Hidalgo Street on Thursday Saturday and Sunday evenings. Families are invited to enjoy this treat at the residence.
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John Bruni
Hidalgo Street
Dead Body Found In Car Near San Antonio
The body of WB Patton, about 28, was found on the roadside eighteen miles south of San Antonio with the top of his head blown off. He had spent a day in Laredo, where he purchased the Buick car. It was unclear if death was by his own action.
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Laredo
WB. Patton
HW i
San Antonio
Pat
Local marriages and port imports headline brief
County clerk issued marriage licenses to Julian Salinas and Miss Julia Morales Fidel Peperz and Miss Rosa Benavides Lino Martinez and Miss Rita Mata. Imports through the port included one carload of ixtle and one carload of zinc with other goods via the international footbridge. Onion shipping season ends for Laredo area with a few cars still moving toward Crystal City and Brownsville. The Thirty seventh Infantry Band concert at Fort McIntosh drew many soldiers and civilians with a program enjoyed by all. The band will perform next Thursday night on Martin Plaza. The Thirty seventh Infantry and Laredo baseball teams play at Caliche Park tomorrow at 4 p.m.
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Julian Salinas
Julia Morales
Fidel Peperz
Rosa Benavides
Lino Martinez
Rita Mata
Mexico
Ixtle
Laredo
Crystal City
Brownsville
Fort McIntosh
Thirtyseventh
Martin Plaza
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Caliche Park
Died Dr Alice Steffian Lowry at family home
Dr. Alice Steffian Lowry died at the family residence 820 Vieres Ave today at noon. Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday at 4 p m. Interment in Masonic plot.
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Alice Steffian Lowry
Vieres Ave
Masonic Plot
Valuable Land Deals Move in City and County
Several large real estate transactions were filed with the county clerk reflecting changes in city and Webb County lands. Notable transfers include Luis R. Ortiz to W. J. Sames and J. R. Moore of two lots in Block 63 with a 10,500 dollar price, and L. R. Ortiz to S. N. Johnson of 30.74 acres for 5,900 dollars. Other transfers include Elena Ramirez de Garcia to Maria G. de Limon for Lot 7 in Block 18% W. D. at 1,200 dollars and Santos Ortiz to Guadalupe Ayala de Salinas for Lot 1 in Block 141 W. D. at 1,325 dollars.
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Luis R. Ortiz
W. J. Sames
J R. Moore
W. D. Consideration
Houston Street
Convent Avenue
Sam Mackin
M. Little
Webb County
L. R. Ortiz
N. Johnson
Porvion No
Elena Ramirez de Garcia
Maria G. de Limon
W. D
Santos Ortiz
Guadalupe Ayala de Salinas
Change of Name for Laredo Church to Creath Memorial
The Baptist Church of Laredo will be renamed First Baptist Church of Laredo, erected as a memorial to J. W. DPD Creath, per editor Beildoe in The Laredo Baptist Visitor. The change aims to restore the church’s proper title and ease identification for locals and strangers alike.
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Baptist Church of
Laredo
First Baptist Church of
The
Baptist Church
Creath Memorial” Church
Mexican Vice Consul B Zamora Dies In Laredo
Don Bartolo Zamora Mexican vice consul here died this morning at 8 30 at his home Calle Guerrero No 143 Nuevo Laredo after paralysis on May 30 He came from Bustamante five years ago and served under Consul Melquiades Garcia He was about 50 and leaves a large family Funeral will be in Nuevo Laredo tomorrow at 10 oclock.
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Don Bartolo Zamora
Calle Guerrero No
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Laredo
Bustamante
Melquiades Garcia
Twilight Outdoor Service Planned at Lincoln and Juarez
The Presbyterian Church grounds at the Lincoln Juarez corner will host twilight outdoor services this week. For the first time the service will be short and lights will not be used, with start at 8:15 and end before dark.
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Presbyterian Church
Lincoln and
Juarez Avenue
Church Groups Schedule Evening Meetings and Dance
The message lists a dance at the Officers Club at 9 PM Sunday and meetings of the B Y P A at the Baptist Church at 6 30 PM the Christian Endeavor Society at 6 45 PM the Epworth League at the Methodist Church League room at 6 30 PM.
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The
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
League Room
Methodist Church
Society Notes and Visits Highlight May Village Life
The Times invites society news from weddings parties visitors dinners and more signed communications to the Society Editor. General mentions include travelers to Seattle San Antonio Nashville Owensboro Camp Meade Monterey and Austin with several returning home for vacations. Invitations issued for the June 12 wedding of Lucia Trevino and Fidel Hale at San Agustin church.
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the Times
Lucia Trevino
Fidel Eduardo Hale
San Agustin Church
Visit to Mrs Burbank’s Old Home in Kansas
Sister Mary Lawrence from Albuquerque visited Mother Mary Edward at Ursuline Convent. Father David of Falfur has returned home after a visit. Mrs Norman Polkinhorn will read and Miss Rodgers will sing at a Woman's Club dance. Blue Birds held a social meeting with ice, cake. Methodist Sunday school had outdoor sports at Laredo Seminary. Mrs Reed's pupils gave a musical program. morning bridge party hosted by Mrs I Goodman with prize details and guests listed.
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Women'’s Missionary Society
Methodist Church
J. S. Penn
Bridge
Zara Mowry
Women's Club
Mary Lawrence
St. Joseph's Sanitarium
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Dolorine
Mother Mary Edward
Ursuline Convent
David
C. P
Falfur
Norman Polkinhorn
Miss Rodgers
Blue Birds
Alfred Poggenpohl
Elinor Morrow
Bess Brient
Nelile Ward
Jamie May Gallahan
Gladys Sauvignet
Evelyn Randolph
Jamie Ward
Genevieve Wilcox
Gene and Newell Windrow
Leonard Brest
Mary Condren
Methodist Sunday School
Laredo Seminary
Rev. Barr
Mesdames O. H. Guinn
Wilkes, Morgan
C. H. Brient
J. A. Burnett
F. B. Shanks
T. A. Bunn
Thomas Reed
Mor Ang
McKinney
Morton
Alexander
Fish
Dauiches
Postein
Marlin
Hellman
St. Louis
Schwartz
Hempstead
Lebenger
Houston
Josephine Sauvignet
Goodman
Joe Moser
What Home Means To Them
A Life magazine line poem contrasts roles within a household as sections of a larger war map. It depicts a boy at supply, a girl at theater, a young man at expeditionary headquarters, a grandmother as rest sector, a wayward relative as an awkward salient, a maiden aunt, a mother at hospital and salvage depot, and a father at disbursing office and claims adjuster.
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Expeditionary Forces
Grandia
No Man’s Land
His Wife’s Fault in Humid Bedside Tears
An elderly man plagued by rheumatic pain complains it is all his wife’s fault. The friend questions the claim as the patient acknowledges the doctor’s note that humidity worsens his condition, noting his wife sits by him and cries to keep the room moist.
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Jones
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Teen Eae
Cleveland Tractor
Texas- Mexican Railway Co
W. B Patton
Con News
Messrs
Sames and Moore
Houston and
Convent
B. Zamora
Violet
Oberteicht Society
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Officers Club
Web of Life
God
Hell
Alice W. Gallaudet
R. A. Millar
Seattle
Hazel Irwin
Lee Vollmer
Dora Becker
J. R. Moore
Evelyn
James
Philip Moore
Nashville
Tenn. Brae
R. C. Robinson
S. M. Putman
Washington, D. C
Frederick Gilbreath
Berta Garza Gongora
Antoinette Ligarde
Irene Garza
Austin
J. W. Murray
Owensboro, Ky
Otto H. Withoff
Camp Meade
Maryland
Monterey
Mr. Withoff
CIA, Minerales Y Morales
Federico Ferrara
Dayton
Ohio
Don Vicente Ferrara
Chester A. Burbank
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