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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1915
Page
5
A Strand Theatre benefit for refugee priests in Laredo was well attended with multiple performances and proceeds directed to the aid. Catholic ladies sold tickets beforehand, and the Choral Club planned an 8 30 pm show. Local notices include marriage licenses and various ads.
Chronological list recounts notable events from Khoul Khan’s rise in Persia in 1747 to an international trade congress opening in Paris in 1914. Entries mention French troops in America, Parliament spending for Royalists, British trade orders, death of Thomas Paine and Andrew Jackson, tornado damage in Natchez, and other key moments across centuries.
An ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills as a nighttime laxative. One or two pills with water helps a morning bowel movement with no bad taste or belching. Sold by druggists 36 pills for 25 cents per package. Get a bottle today. Ad.
Miss Dora Gullette hosts the Girl's Social Club at four thirty. Miss Ellen Ramsay to host Miss Alice Borchers with a miscellaneous shower at six. The Choral Club Concert at Strand Theatre tonight at eight thirty. Weekly band concert at Fort McIntosh at five thirty Wednesday. Mrs Fritz Werner and Mrs Sorrell host a shower for Miss Alice Borchers at half past eight. Miss Margaret Oberfeldt hosts Girl's Bridge Club. See
An afternoon miscellaneous shower for Miss Alice Borchers hosted by Miss Ellen Ramsey will feature pink and white decor and a two course luncheon for guests including Misses Borchers Devine Westbrook Sutton Bunn Cone Sutton Nelson Johnson Leyendecker Staben Mussett. A gallery party for youths is planned with chaperone Mrs Lott Taylor. Local social life slows but brims with gatherings as Mrs Crockett visits Laredo then heads to Kingsville and Mrs Wager plans Illinois trip.
A.I. Gray of St Louis visits Hamilton Woodlief and Thomas is in the city from his ranch for a brief business stop. John A Applewhite depart for San Francisco to attend the Exposition. A New Orleans charity project dedicates the John N Bonner Home to care for luckless men with a $200000 endowment plus $12500 from Mrs Eliza Gladney Pierson. A city boat sails to join dedication ceremonies for the aged care facility with plans for a self supporting, humane home and orchard work on the plantation.
S N Galloway of Stewart writes that after trying many colic and diarrhoea remedies only Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy gave him complete satisfaction and cured him. He recommends it to friends and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
Announcement by B Richardson county sniper intendent of schools and census compiler reports 6245 pupils of scholastic age in the Laredo independent school district for this year up from 4199 last year an increase of 2046 in total
A Detroit man, J. Seitz, reports Chamberlains Tablets renewed his appetite, reduced bloating, and produced a pleasant bowel movement. Sold by all dealers.
The old Kenrick Seminary in St Louis closes today to make way for the new St Louis Roman Catholic Seminary costing 600000 dollars in Glennon Park. Moving will finish in the early fall with 200 students under Archbishop Glennon. The seminary, built on the monastery order, is hailed as an architectural triumph.
A short health note promotes Bucklen's Amica Salve for ordinary injuries and infections. It claims the salve protects and heals, is antiseptic, kills infection, and prevents complications. Also advertised for skin blemishes, pimples, salt rheum, and eczema. Delivered as an ounce box from druggists.
In a district court session judged by Mullally, San Juana Reyna's application for removal of disabilities was granted. Jose Salazar, a youth sentenced five years at the state training school for boys, had his sentence announced. The civil case Flores v Ramirez for trespass to try title was called and postponed to trial beginning June 28.
Dorchester marked its 284th founding anniversary in Boston with Governor Walsh Mayor Curley and other notables participating in the town meeting style govern ment, free school funded by public tax, and its status as a long standing New England settlement.
Four cars of onions were shipped from Laredo last night over the I and G N line. The season total now stands at 2429 cars, reflecting steady outbound shipments from the city.
The Ninth Infantry Band will perform tomorrow afternoon from 6:30 to 6:30 at Fort McIntosh. Program includes The Whip march Holzman William Tell overture Rossini Angel de Amor Waldteufel The Daughter of the Regiment Donizetti Mariana Espinosa Remicks Hits No 14 Lampe and The Star Spangled Banner.
Villa forces reportedly seized Tuxpam Sunday in Vera Cruz wireless dispatches. A British subject, H. P. Jones, was killed and four others wounded as they sought shelter. Ranger Lee Burdette was shot and killed near Fabens Texas in a pistol battle with three Mexicans. two Mexicans wounded. Villa forces withdraw from Tampico area and Panuco river shipments resume June 6.
President Wilson will attend the Confederate Memorial Day services at Arlington on Sunday. He does not expect to make a speech.
In Wichita Falls Texas on June 8 jitney boats operated on the flooded streets. About six boats carried passengers at a nickel per ride and reported brisk business during the high water.
Cincinnati hosts the National Wholesale Liquor Dealers Association as they denounce prohibition, claim 65,000,600 Americans live in wet regions and 36,000,000 in dry areas. Congressman Jacob E. Meeker reads the attack. Mayor Spiegel welcomes delegates from Australia and India. An address on Turkey’s prohibition history is anticipated.
Mrs. Grace L. Hangen sues Buckingham Hotel claiming burns from a waiter spilling hot tomato bouillon at a Rotary Club banquet caused her to contract tuberculosis. The incident last December prompted depositions with physicians testifying as main evidence. The circuit court hearing is set to decide whether the soup spill is linked to illness.
A 100 reward guarantee asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages. The advertisement explains internal action on blood and mucous surfaces, promises constitution building, and offers testimonials, with contact in Toledo, Ohio. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Washington reports President Wilson said the note to Germany is near completion and would go forward soon with cabinet approval. He denied any delay and noted the rough draft was shown to the cabinet last Friday. The cabinet discussed the note for two hours with Bryan late to the meeting.
French forces began a vigorous offensive to Hebuterne about 13 miles southwest of Arras. They captured German trenches, repelled four counterattacks, widened gains to hold two trench lines along a quarter mile front, and took 150 German prisoners.
London reports German submarines sank three Norwegian vessels the steamers Glittertind Trudvang and the bark Superb all small. A submarine also torpedoed the Belgian steamer Mematier with 17 deaths including the captain his wife and daughter and other crew members.
Rome June report states A Mescatero des patch notes the Creek king remains in very grave condition. The single cited source mentions the critical health status and omits additional context or names.
Amsterdam cable despatch reports Allied troops at the Dardanelles are in a state of complete exhaustion. The note attributes the claim to a Constantinople source detailing weariness after continuous operations and difficult conditions.
Washington June. Oral argument by attorneys for the express companies will be heard by the Interstate Commerce Commission tomorrow. They contend the rate orders should be modified to boost gross revenues by about 344 percent. At the recent hearing, no direct opposition appeared, and the express firms are hopeful the petition will be granted.
Portland June 8 Indians of the Blackfeet tribe arrive to pitch camps for the Rose Festival week in Portland They will join parades and celebrations and perform war dances Chief Three Bears and Joe Bad Marriage lead the party after a Panama Canal voyage and prior San Francisco Fair visit
At the southeast corner of the market building, fish, oysters, boiled crabs and usual delicates are sold. Lunches include boiled ham, Swiss, brick and American cheese, corned beef, lunch tongue, pickled herring, salmon, sardines. Short orders served promptly. Fresh buttermilk daily. The best French drip coffee in Laredo. J. W. Hopkins Shorty. 2-9-11.
Associated Press dispatch from Paso, Texas, June 8 reports Obregon occupying Leon in Guanajuato. The article notes Villa’s retreat about 120 miles north after two months of fighting and discusses potential effects on a truce proposal by Villa agents in light of Wilson’s suggestion.
Santa Fe New Mexico voters yesterday chose to retain saloons by a margin of 157. The wets had campaigned on strict saloon regulation as part of the effort.
In St Paul Minnesota on June 8 ten Minnesota counties voted prohibition yes leading to eighty saloons to close. Local officials project shifts in commerce and public order as a result of the statewide vote and enforcement of the new liquor rules across affected towns.
Minneapolis June 8 The Swedish Augustant Synod of North America opened its meeting with 400 delegates from 12 sectional conferences present. Rev Joseph Anderson of Bonholm Iowa presides over the session.
Belle Fourche South Dakota June 8 Fifteen thousand acres are today opened to settlement by the United States government the fourth unit in the reclamation project here. About 125 farm units will be open to entry under the reclamation homestead laws. The lands are said to be better than the average.
June 8 marks a grand reunion of pioneer steam boat men in Taylors Falls Minnesota as Homecoming Week highlights the river navigation era led by St. Croix Falls and Taylors Falls. Among the pioneers is former governor S R Van Sant.
In Como on June 8, Porter Charlton, extradited from the United States, faces a murder charge for killing his wife five years ago at their villa. An asylum director Prof Muaggioto will report on Charlton's mental state to the court, with the trial scheduled for July.
In Philadelphia on June 8 the University of Pennsylvania hosts two Euripides tragedies The Trojan Women and Iphigenia in Tauris performed in English by a notable English company led by Granville Barker Lilah McCarthy and others A 10 000 seat amphitheatre has been built in the Botanical Gardens drawing college audiences from various institutions and beyond.
Port Angeles Washington June 8 A drifting ambergris fortune valued around 250000 dollars drew interest from seafarers. A skipper reported finding two handfuls worth about 2000 dollars while heavy seas hindered recovery. Ambergris, worth about 40 dollars an ounce, is used for premium perfume making.
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