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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1923
Page
9
A column of casual riffs on town life in Webb County includes playful jabs at social pretensions, dating from a vaudeville scene to seasonal contests. It mentions a dishwashing contest, fashion notes, and humorous quips on manners, money, and the era’s gossip.
Dr. George Ek Burgess, long time chief physicist, is chosen as head of the U S Bureau of Standards after Samuel Stratton announced retirement to lead MIT. Burgess, a Massachusetts native, trained at MIT and deemed highly capable to lead the vital research bureau.
A vintage ad copy urges readers to boost vitality with nerve renewal and red blood cell support. It promises stamina for tough days and a surge over fatigue. The pitch targets those feeling drained and stressed.
Wednesday social calendar notes a Parish Guild meeting at Christ Church hosted by Mrs. B J Wright at 10 AM. Mrs. M S Ryan hosts a bridge luncheon at 1 PM honoring her daughter Miss Evelyn Ryan.
Dame Nature in June frames a bright scene as residents share travel plans and social events. Mrs. D. B. Barrow and two children head to Venton for summer with relatives while others return from college and planning trips to New York, Cincinnati, and San Antonio. Community notices cover weddings, lectures, club gatherings, and musical pursuits across Laredo.
Police kept back hundreds as Mooney inspected the crowd after his streetcar struck and killed a baby. The mother blamed Mooney for the tragedy while the motorman escaped.
In Philadelphia on June 6 Miss Laura Pahel, a stenographer, leapt from the eighth floor of an office building before her shift and died instantly. Police found a note reading Forgive me in her typewriter. Family members said she had recently been under nursing care.
Moscow reports Colonel William Haskell informed Premier Kereff that relief staff will depart Russia with the harvest end, concluding two years of active service. Official forecasts project substantial food supplies for international needs and relief efforts claim at least 5,000,000 lives saved.
In Fort Worth market reports, Zone 3 cattle from Walter County under Mr Menke's management entered as native tick free and fetched $7 per 1000 pounds, higher than tick infested rivals. Menke notes years of dipping improved weight, shipped early, and urges wider county and Zone participation to wipe out ticks. He also reports importing purebred bulls from beyond quarantine and credits cooperative efforts with the federal bureau for the favorable results.
A nameless neero visiting a physician recounts getting carved up with a razor after being accused of keeping bad company. He laments lack of funds to obtain a divorce and returns home with his wound dressed.
Atlantic City June 5 Francis Sisson vice president of the Industrial Trust Company of New York speaks at the Financial Advertisers Association arguing that future issues of paramount public importance should be presented to the people through advertising. He compares this to wartime messaging shaping public sentiment and urges adoption of advertising to explain policy.
The article laments Cy Williams home run prowess and notes pitchers being unable to curb him. It also complains about free passes given to Babe Ruth undermining his home run record from the prior year.
The fragment outlines historical notes from various years including 1788 congressional land education support, 1816 Louis as king of Tolland, 1816 Paisiello death, 1854 Canada US reciprocity, 1858 San Francisco insurrection, 167 Brewers Congress temperance stance, 1919 Wilkes-Barre powder car explosion with 83 miners killed.
In Austin on June 3 the general educational appropriation bill was vetoed before Senate approval, with the House backing a $11,800,004 allocation and a rural school aid measure at $1,500,60 annually. The Senate state affairs committee issued a favorable report on the Cowan gasoline tax bill after removing the Patman amendment, while a minority report supported it with Parmian changes.
In Jourand Michigan a Grand Trunk Knights Templar delegation train derailed killing engineer Frank Pearsall and fireman Joseph Parkop. Five men died and about 40 were injured including John Erickson Heber Waldron and a Grand Rapids boy. A Durant wreck near Owosso later added four more deaths and 25 injuries.
Army aviator Lieut. Wen del KK Phillips was killed when his plane crashed during takeoff at Aberdeen Maryland. The incident occurred during a routine flight from the airfield, with investigations to follow.
Richmon d Virginia June. Rev BE L Pierce pastor of 16 Baptist churches in Cumberland county is dead and R O Garrett aged 45 Cumberland county clerk is in critical condition after a shooting in the preacher's yard at Cumberland Courthouse.
Pack burros transported all building materials and water for a California cottage on Gray's Lake near Crag's Lake for the Metro production of Pop O' My Heart. Lau rette Taylor stars under director Kine Victor at the Rialto Theatre with the action starting midweek.
AP reports Nobles of the Mystic Shrine parade two miles from the Capitol to Washington Circle, previewed by President Harding and Imperial Potentate James S McCandless. Bands and drill teams perform as air ambulances respond to heat. Harding calls fraternal unity essential to the republic.
Three Yale University students were arraigned in New Haven police court after a disturbance that required police reserves. One student was fined five dollars plus costs. the other two were released. About 500 students, some in pajamas, joined a chaotic scene as freshmen officially became sophomores and missiles were thrown. a parade was halted by police.
Negotiations begun by Federated Shop Crafts representing about 54,000 employees of the railways Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul and Chicago and Northwestern for wage increases and overtime and Sunday pay restoration. Job Scott, secretary of the railway employees' department, announced the move. They seek the pre cut wage levels prior to last year’s strike.
In Tokyo on June 4 police arrested more than a hundred prominent communists and socialists accused of plotting to organize a communist state.
Sir Douglas Hazen born in New Brunswick 63 years ago today Emmet Corrigan an American stage actor born in Amsterdam 55 years ago Ladislag Lazaro congressman from Louisiana born near Ville Platte 511 years ago today Battling Nelson former lightweight champion born in Copenhagen Denmark 41 years ago today
A wartime patent sale dispute unfolds in federal court over the 1919 Wilson administration sale of patent rights to a foundation. The government says the patents were worth millions and sold for inadequate price. the defense argues presidential authority and wartime needs justified the transfers. Francis Garvin, ex alien property custodian, is named as president of the foundation involved.
The heat wave caused one death and several prostrations in Chicago and Ohio. Officials forecast cooler weather today, noting the long drought with no rainfall for fifteen days.
In Paris on June 5 the chamber of deputies approved firm measures to suppress royalist resorts and force Premier Poincare to promise vigorous action against the royalist organization amid heated political maneuvering.
The Santa Fe bridge over the Cimarron river three miles north of Guthrie Oklahoma was virtually destroyed when oil cars derailed and plunged into the river. The bridge burned as it hung over the floodwaters for about a half mile. No injuries were reported.
Early hour clash at the Rio Grande near Zacate mouth between immigration inspectors and Mexican smugglers. Gunfire exchanged, no one reported killed, smugglers fled with contraband liquor.
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