Oil stock frauds tied to Chicago firm and four guilty pleas
A Fort Worth federal attorney said four men tied to a Chicago brokerage were guilty of using the mails to defraud in the General Lee oil stock case. They received fines, not prison, as part of plea deals. The piece critiques fake oil stocks and warns voters about manipulation and violence linked to elections locally and abroad.
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General” Lee
Fort Worth
Chicago
de Berg
Cnstomer
Sabesiman
Jookinge
Ecardial
Amency
Jess
Amy
Mexico Orders Disarming Citizens Before Elections
La Prensa San Antonio reports the Mexican government has ordered all citizens disarmed ahead of elections in multiple states. The paper calls the measure a wise precaution and argues peaceful suffrage best preserves democracy while condemning rule by force or intimidation.
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la Prensa
San Antonio
the Prensa
Mexico
Vagrant Yellow River
The Yellow River is to be returned to its original course after two years of flood damage. Ten thousand laborers are building dykes, expected to rise to 200000, with costs estimated at about 5000000 Chinese currency funded by government relief. Hundreds of square miles north of the old river bed were flooded in 1921, leaving thousands homeless and sparsely repopulated.
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Associated Press
Pekin
Yellow River
Ois
W. O F. Mallory
Ching International
Stoc
Finance Commission
Government Relief Bureau
Kung Chia Pa
Sand Library Highlights Concrete Research at Lewis Institute
Chicago’s Structural Materials Research Laboratory houses a unique sand library with over a thousand samples from all U S states and foreign lands. Each sand entry records source, grading, silica content, organic impurity tests, and mortars or concretes tested to assess suitability for concrete use.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Technical
Lewis Institute
Canada
Cuba
Mexico
Tex Mex Upsets Officers To Take Lead In League
In a six inning 7 to 5 upset, the Tex Mex beat the Officers of Ft. McIntosh in Laredo's Commercial Baseball League a fast seven inning game. Willoughby and Godbold led pitching and scoring for Tex Mex while the Officers struggled with errors. Attendance was reported strong as the league gains popularity.
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Ft. McIntosh
Laredo
Willoughby Con
Godbald
Deverye
Sadigava
Woillintos
Madrer
Tex Max
Etooeriticaines
Farm Loan Offers Unveiled for Webb and Surrounding Counties
Official notice announces federal farm and ranch loans up to 24000 dollars at low interest for farms in Webb, Zapateo, Dim Tile and Ditival counties. THOS FH WARD office in Joseph Hollowing handles the program.
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Webb
Zaye
Dim Tlege
Ditival
Thos. FH. Ward
Joseph Hulding
Two God Teams to Meet Milmo Team at Home
Milmo team announces a series of three baseball games with Gonzales Texas to be played on a Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning in late season. Another trio of games with Victoria will follow in July with top semiprofessional players. Local supporters must fund travel costs to bring teams from Yoakum Cuero and other towns to Laredo.
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Victoria
Laredo
Milmo
Marnier Wise
Poel Oloen
Fist Convedes
Gonzales
Texas
Milas
Yoakum
Cuero
Laredoes
Doen Tech
Card of Thanks for Support During Illness and Death
The family expresses heartfelt thanks to many kind friends and especially Masonic members who assisted during the illness and death of our brother, Fred Gifford, and who sent moral tributes and helped at the funeral. THE FAMILY.
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Gifford
Texas Mexican Highway Company Stockholders Meet in Laredo
Notice says the annual stockholders meeting will be held at the company office in Laredo Texas on June 7 1928 at 9 00 a m to elect directors and handle any business before the meeting The Board of Directors will meet immediately after adjournment A B Muller secretary 28 20t
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Hailway Company
Ofice
Laredo
Texas
A. B. Muller
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
The Times reports a partly cloudy to cloudy unsettled forecast from the U S Weather Bureau New Orleans. Fort McIntosh records show a 24 hour period ending 7 am with a max of 100 and a min of 74, winds from the southeast and clear conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
Fort McIntosh
Carolina-Texas Well Heads for Casing at 3090 Feet
A San Antonio report says Carolina-Texas No 6 plans casing after reaming remaining hard formation. An oil zone was found at 3090 feet with promising potential, and officials expect a strong Laredo district map boost once the well is completed.
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San Antonio
Carolina-Texas
Laredo
Carolina-Texas No. 6
A D J No 2 Well Shows Oil At Pratt Ranch
The Times reports the A D J No 2 well on the Pratt ranch in Webb county at 2480 feet is yielding oil and gas in a hard sand while drilling deeper. Observers expect a productive formation soon and note the operators have quietly pursued drilling for nearly two years with persistent campaign and cautious progress.
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Pratt Ranch
Webb County
A.D. J
Texas
Pratt
A. BD. J. Oil Co
Adlerika Relieves Gas and Aids Sleep, City Drug Company note
Adlerika mix with buckthorn bark glycerine eases abdominal gas and pressure, quickly calming nerves for restful sleep. It claims to expel old matter from upper and lower bowel and guard against appendicitis, per City Drug Company.
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Goa
City Drug Company
Notice to Public on Pasture Leases and Prohibition
Henry Edds states he has leased and controls the Nido and Arroyo pastures about 20 miles northwest of Laredo and now stocks them. He prohibits fishing or hunting on either pasture and signs the notice effective June 6, 1910.
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Albert Urbahn
Laredo
Henry Edds
Grand jury adjourns after returning fourteen bills
The district court grand jury reconvened in special session and completed work returning fourteen indictments. Final two targets were Ben Brown for hotel fraud and R. C. Sutton for quarantine violation. K B Zachary, linked to the Miranda City Bank collapse, was arrested on six counts of fraudulent banking. bank described as unincorporated and not insured.
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Grand Jury
John JL. Dannelley
Ben Brown
R. C. Sutton
K. B.zachary
Miranda City
Aix
Mirando City
Guaranty Saate Bank
National Bank
J. HH. “Zachry
Merchants State Bank & Trust Co
Laredo
The
Times
Miranda City Bank
E. B. Zeachry
J. Tl. Zachry
Local sales and events in Laredo area advertised
Notices advertise Miss Sallee specials on hats and dresses, cooking school at Border Gas Co salesrooms, a summer close at Mrs. W. B. Heaner's home, and plans for Milmo and Gonzales ball teams visiting Laredo. Also listed are shoe repairs, corns treatment, half soles, street surfacing, candy shop offerings, plumbing, stenography, civic bond election discussion, and Juneteenth watermelon expectations with local vendors and services.
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Border Gas Co
Laredo
W. B. Heaner
Market Street
Milmo
Texas
Fast Gonzales
Victoria
Miss ‘Sallee’s
Staynor
Herrera Pharmacy
Lincoln Street
Gossip and Film Notes From Laredo to Royal Theatre
A column mixing local chatter from Laredo about manners and fashion with a film note on J Parker Read Jr and his Goldwyn distributed feature The Last Moment. It cites social quirks, advice, dance trends and a punchy punishment suggestion for auto violators.
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New York
Louise Glaum
Mr. Read
Associated Producers
Thomas H. Ince
Mack Senett
Maurice Tourneur
Allan Dwan
Jack Boyle
Donut Fees and Odd Phrases Spark Mock Debate
A playful note questions bakers anger over charging for holes while quipping on odd expressions. The piece muses on reforms, finance checks, and a gossip contest, mentioning a cigar counter and a baelke fence as competitive in the discussion.
Vaudeville Patter Repeats Side of Controversy
Comic exchange shows Biff and Bill Gosh repeating a clash over a debate. The dialogue hints at ongoing disagreement and comedic banter typical of vaudeville patter.
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Biff
Bane
Bill Gosh
Caterpillars Plague Austria Food Crops
A black caterpillar with a yellow stripe invades fields in Stegreze and Pulgran Upper Austria as swarms devour country land threatening crops and harvests.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Stegreze
Pulgran
Upper Austria
Women’s changing roles and reforms across nations
Fifty thousand women work in Indian mines and Swiss cantons plan compulsory housewifery training. Radcliffe’s new dean Miss Bernice Veazey Brown is 28. A New Hampshire woman preserves a 100 year old family pair of earrings. An English test case finds women teachers can be dismissed if they marry. New Guinea brides bob their hair after marriage. Britain reports 200,600 women employed, 68,000 in textiles. St Louis plans a five million dollar municipal auditorium with smoking rooms for all. Miss D. G. Mortimer of Exeter becomes the first British woman admitted to the national Freck brokers association.
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India
Bernice Veazey Brown
Radcliffe College
New Hampshire
New Guinea
Britain
Ministry of Labor
St. Louis
G. Mortimer
Exeter
Leine
Arenciation of Freck Brokers
Business Men of Japan Seek Fresh Conference With Russia
Tokyo June 6 business and professional men badly hit by failed Japan Russia talks move to secure another conference. The Associated Chamber of Commerce urges resumption of relations and plans a Moscow delegation for unofficial talks. A large party may tour Russia to study conditions while tensions rise over coded communications.
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Associated Press
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Associated Chamber of Commerce
Moscow
Vladivostok
Adolf Joffe
Sandlot Players in Cleveland Get Free Medical Care
Sandlot baseball players in Cleveland will receive free medical attention for injuries, arranged by the Cleveland Amateur Baseball and Athletic Association. Dr. M. H. Castle, physician for the Cleveland Baseball Club, oversees about 50 physicians who will staff Saturday and Sunday protective work, with umpires trained in first aid and injury diagnosis.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Amateur Baseball and Athletic Association
M. H. Castle
Cleveland Baseball Club
Today in History and Politics Across the Nation
Seventy five years ago Wisconsin inaugurated Nelson Dewey as its first governor. Bishop Owen Corrigan marks his golden jubilee in Baltimore. Washington passes the Blue Sky act and Pasadena votes a 3.5 million bond for a civic center. Second Division veterans mark Paris defense, Indiana Republicans open their state editors convention in South Bend. Motion picture art congress in New York under Authors League, League of the Southwest meets in Santa Barbara on Colorado River and Indian affairs. Henry Ford invited to NY to discuss price stability and inflation.
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Witeconsin
Nelson Dewey
Owen
Corrigan
Baltimore
Washington
Pasadena
New York
Paris
Watson
McCray
Indiana
South Bend
Authors’ League of America
League of the Southwest
Santa Barbara
Henry Ford
National
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