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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1922
Page
2
A Lawton Oklahoma column details ongoing disputes around Rev. Thomas Irwin former Presbyterian pastor. Accusations include kidnapping and mistreatment amid church factional fights and fire incidents with no clear authorities action. The piece questions impact on Lawton’s reputation and calls for accountability.
The article critiques the term labor, citing Webster and arguing the concept includes mental effort for nonpleasure outcomes. It traces how labor movements misclassify workers from manual to professional roles, narrowing who qualifies for organized labor.
Moscow dispatch notes Russia faces tepid domestic needs despite foreign interest. German and other traders flood Moscow while Genoa’s stalled accord delays broad aid, with Russo German Chamber planned and efforts to renew negotiations ongoing.
City council met in regular session with Mayor and ten aldermen present. Minutes were approved. Election returns from May 97 1922 special election showed votes on street improvements and adoptions. several precincts reported results. The electric lights committee recommended expenditures and adoption of a $150.00 grant for lighting. Chamber of Commerce endorsed US Public Health Service mosquito campaign and the council expressed appreciation. Various read communications covered fire hazards and property leases. Petitions included refunds of taxes for church use and a 1921 tax refund request, referred to mayor and city attorney. A bank depository bid dispute was tabled for four weeks. Police department salary increase petition was read and referred.
A collection of humorous notes from Laredo about city life. The items poke fun at local habits, talk of idle Sundays, bank accounts, alarm clocks, and the town’s characters including a stenographer and a philosophic Uncle Abner. The tone is playful and informal.
The Times reports a test of the Laredo Volunteer Fire Department’s new pumper and hose car. Engineer Walsh and Chief C C Biggio directed the demonstration last night with many firefighters observing. A further efficiency demonstration is planned for 4 o'clock this afternoon at a federal building.
Laredo district oil activity grows with Porcion Oil Co leasing 5,300 acres of the Farias ranch seven miles north of Laredo near the I. and G. N. railway. Bruce Thompson to drill two wells as rigs head to the field while Miranda City and Mirando area operators push further development and new wells near Paraguas and Puig Brothers ranch.
The excerpt mocks traditional masculine roles with phrases about men becoming door mats and wives walking over them. It notes rare is just a few steps from raw and contrasts promising youth with needing to be a paying customer. The speaker laments milder memories after recent warmth.
The city council authorized 1,009 feet of fire hose at 1.80 each to meet insurance requirements and announced a demonstration of the new combination pumper and hose car at 4 p.m. in front of the federal building. They approved the purchase, confirmed mayoral appointments to the board of equalization for 1921, and set a recess to June 13, 1922, at 8 p.m.
Sale of 24 extra good Jersey milk cows at 2 p m Saturday adjoining the J G N Stock Pens at Union Stockyards. Sold for Corpus Christi Bank on note. Without reserve regardless of price. ER H VanBuskirk Agent.
The city will close congested blocks in the improvement district to traffic for a short time during surveying to avoid unnecessary high surveying costs. City paying committee funds cited.
Last month to make sewer connections and avoid penalties. Inspector P J McKhon of Plumbing and Drainge warns property owners there are only nine days left to connect. O-G-4t.
Fragmentary text recalls a historic belief that the seat of the soul resided in the stomach. The passage references early ideas on human anatomy and the soul’s location, reflecting cultural perspectives from past eras.
In Texas v Emilio Arevalos and Alfredo Castillo the jury convicted Arevalos of auto theft with a two year penitentiary term and Castillo with two years suspended. Two Mexican youths, Santos Ramos and Francisco Ramirez, sentenced to six and four years respectively in the state training school for burglary delinquents. Willie Smith, accused of assault to murder, had a hung jury and was discharged on the day.
Miscellaneous items list local ads and notices including store offerings telephone numbers and service lines. Topics include shoe store guarantee, daisies for sale, initial stamping on goods, summer school, marriage licenses, beauty parlor, tamales, florists, brick additions on federal building, truck bodies, plumbing services, cattle range weather impact, diamond batteries, beauty shop, theater productions The items mention Laredo and San Antonio Texas locations with multiple phone numbers and dates in 1904 style.
Over a hundred Lions and guests attended a Mexican supper at Montrose Pavilion by the Lions Club of Laredo. Proceeds fund the rebuilding of the Mexican Methodist Church steeple ruined in a recent storm. The evening featured Mexican music, a moonlit hillside setting, and a romantic program enhancing the nearby Chacon river scene.
The text announces road work on Flores Avenue West with plowing grading and rolling for four blocks north of the Texas Mexican tracks. It warns residents who have water or gas pipes near the surface to mark them so the foreman can avoid breaking them. Eugene Christen Acting Street Commissioner A-5-At.
The Hodkinson reei leaned feature Free Ale arrives at the Rialto Theatre for a two day engagement. It is praised as one of the most appropriately named pictures known to the paper and is adapted from Sinclair Lewis’s novel It was directed by E H Griffith and filmed entirely in the Montana Minnesota North Dakota and Wisconsin region.
News reaches Grace Lutheran Sanitarium in San Antonio of the death of Mrs Annie Wharton and Mrs T J Guernsey. The sister of Mrs Wharton is notified as the month passes. Funeral details not provided.
A Royal Jast Eight audience enjoyed a burlesque satire based on Mark Twain's Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The production features knight clash, castle takedowns, and a comic Yankee in humorous drag, delivering risqué humor and broad slapstick.
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