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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1916
Page
23
A Texas address argues the administration of justice is the nation’s core issue and lawyers must take the initiative. It notes Texas has 4 677 lawyers, one per 860 people, far above national averages, with high costs of legal services—estimated at 40 million dollars annually—impacting farmers, workers, and taxpayers, framing access to justice as a public concern.
Walter Clark, chief justice, argues against judicial supremacy in government. He warns that a nine member supreme court of appointive lawyers could override elected legislatures, asserting power not grounded in state or federal constitutions. He cites England and other nations to oppose judicial veto and defend republican governance.
The Missionary Society meets at four. Sextette Club hosts Miss Miriam Werner at eight. Latin American club hosts an informal dance honoring a previous event on March sixth. Nulles Club with Miss Amar Penn at nine in the morning at Mrs J B Penn. Busy Bees meet with Miss Mildred Loyendecker at three. Dancing Class at Elks Hall at four.
A Seattle launch announces an Arctic voyage aboard the Great Bear with millionaires, women, children, veteran whalers, and explorers. Captain Louis Lane will lead the crew, aiming to meet Vilhjalmur Stefansson and assist his Dominion of Canada exploration while hunting whales and polar bears in Banks Land and ice floes.
Personal notices list several individuals visiting or staying in the city, including M. B. Despain of Torrecilllas and John Dr. Davis of Joyce. Other names span San Antonio, St. Louis, Houston, New York, Monterey, Chattanooga, El Paso, and more, with accompanying towns and brief references to business or travel.
A short verse notes that everyday sun sky flowers birds and stars are common yet meaningful. It argues that if these ordinary things vanished the world would be sad and dark, because God makes a beautiful whole from commonplace lives. Susan Coolidge.
By order of the Webb County District Court execution issued June 1 1916 to Juana C de Juarez versus Jose A Juarez and sheriff Antonio Salinas will sell on the first Tuesday in July 1916 at Webb County Court House in Laredo between 10 A M and 4 P M the Lot 8 Block 590 Western Division City of Laredo Webb County Texas as the property of Jose A Juarez for cash to the highest bidder Published in Laredo Daily Times three consecutive weeks.
Mrs Ada Pereira returns from San Antonio in improved health. Miss Cleo accompanies her mother home. Elizabeth and Hazel Merriman head to San Antonio then Mesilla Park and Palestine for visits. Little Misses Mother and Alice Penn Wil depart for Corpus Christi to visit friends. Wester family to spend summer in Corpus Christi. Sargent of Mexico occupies Foster cottage for summer. Scratchley returns and secures apartments with Mrs C C Pierce. Dressel of Monterey visits Corpus Christi at Marguerite Yaeger’s, replacing Miss Nelson. Estelle Kline leaves Sunday for Austin summer school for five weeks. Sallee buys cottage east of Mr Goodwin’s, moves next week. Mrs A J Barthelow from Colorado Springs says life is wonderful. Announcements: Maude Nina Bigden to marry Dr. George Beverly Watson June 12. Club Notes: Thursday Sewing Club hosted by Mrs Alphonse Wormser with an attractive porch and plants.
The narrator outlines a plan where she will be the expedition historian and describes the women’s elaborate cabins. The Captain’s two children will join, bringing a sense of American domestic life into the polar wastes, a region where few white women or children have previously been observed by the Eskimos.
A Married Ladies Dancing Club event celebrated the season with hosts Mrs T A Austin Mrs R K Mims Mrs H Hall and Mrs S M Barlow. Guests included Mr and Mrs Cogley Martin Shiner Fish Vidales Buenz Austin Davis May Mims DaCamara Leyendecker Lafon Martin Hamilton Barlow Martin Moore Moser Hall Reed Lobdell Richardson and many others plus artillery officers. The evening featured a dais of greens daisies sunflowers and a floor show by Villar's orchestra with a late ice course and decorative cues.
New York society buzzes over the wedding of Miss Helen Morgan Hamilton niece of a P Morgan financier and Arthur Woods New York Police Commissioner. The ceremony is set in the Hamilton country estate Table Rock Sterlington New Jersey. Hamilton's father belongs to the Morgan firm and the couple share roots linked to Alexander Hamilton. Woods chairs the city police since two years under Mayor Mitchel. The bride debuted last year and Woods aged forty six was once believed a bachelor. The couple shares interest in social service and benevolent work.
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