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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1919
Page
18
The Laredo Times publishes daily except Sunday with mail and carrier delivery options to the United States Mexico and Canada. Rates include one copy monthly and yearly plans. Weekly Sunday editions priced at one year two dollars and shorter terms. Subscriptions due in advance.
Address communications to PENN PUBLISHING CO. Telephone 43, Laredo, Texas.
Copy note states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all AP credited dispatches and the local news published in the paper. No specific event or date is provided in the readable text.
An editorial argues the new diplomacy at peace talks is no improvement over the old. It condemns Italy, Belgium, France, and Britain as uneven partners while predicting Germany and Austria may shape terms. The piece urges a united front against Germany, questions U S involvement, and anticipates the League of Nations guiding future affairs.
The text argues that Italy deserves more than the current demands from the victorious powers and urges against concessions to Germany or Austria. It praises Allied restraint as merciful and just, insisting the peace conference move beyond procedure to address the rights of all involved. The treaty should be formulated, signed, and made effective in due course.
The piece critiques mass action across history, arguing mobs are dangerous when leaderless and prone to wrongs, yet notes a redeeming feature in the people when guided, with references to Jerusalem Paris Kaiser Russia and Lincoln. The author cites Lincoln and a famous remark about the common people.
A reflective column argues that mobs err less as education rises while leaders often push wrong causes. It cites a Laredo school tax vote setting a precedent for special elections, noting 93 votes and overwhelming support. The piece praises public reason and warns against Bolshevism fueled by bad leadership.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Texas Mexican Railway Company will be held at the company's office in Laredo Texas on June 25 1919 at 9 00 A M for the purpose of electing directors and transacting business. The board of directors will meet immediately after adjournment. L V Boniger Secretary.
Economy Grocery store owner Valentin Hernandez deeded assignment to creditor trust in Webb County Texas on May 19 1919. Assignee B G Salinas residing Laredo Texas accepts the trust and urges creditors to file claims within four to six months, per law, to receive proportional shares and discharge the debtor.
The funeral for Mrs. Alice Steffian Lowry wife of Dr. W B Lowry died at her home Saturday was held Sunday afternoon at 4 p m. Services were conducted at the home and grave by Rev W Cook and interment was in the city’s Masonic burial plot. Coral tributes marked the funeral with active pallbearers Willis Lowry Joe Lowry Dan Lowry Dr A E B Younkin J Bo DaCamara and Reid L Poster and honorary pallbearers M T Cogley W J Sames PP Leyendecker August C Richter Dr M P Cullinan and M M Leyendecker.
The Cal Park Oil Company advertises numerous leases and holdings across Northwest Burkburnett and Iowa, touting early production potential and dividends paid. Investors are urged to apply immediately via Warragut Street offices, with shares offered at favorable prices as markets respond to new wells and rising production prospects.
Captain William M. Ryan and Sergeant Franklin of the state rangers departed for Karnes City to testify in the Tullis cattle theft case and expect to return later this week. Anita Sharkey begins dancing classes on September 1, with contact via phone. Various local ads note services, births, marriages, and weather, including plans for plumbing, roofing, and auto work, plus a shipment report of Mexican goods through Laredo.
Advice to prevent belching suggests eating slowly and masticating thoroughly. If belching occurs, take one Chamberlain's Tablet immediately after supper to relieve the discomfort.
Don Bartolo Zamora, Mexican vice consul in Laredo, died at his Nuevo Laredo home after a week of paralysis illness. His funeral from the family home went to the Catholic church and then to the cemetery, with many floral tributes and friends from Laredo and Nuevo Laredo paying their respects.
People are often disappointed to find the family physician away. Stomach pain colic and diarrhoea demand prompt treatment and can be fatal before a doctor is summoned. Keep Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand to ease suffering and may save a life.
United States Consul Randolph Robertson reported from Monterey that Juan M Garcia led a landslide in Nuevo Leon with about eighty percent of the vote. Other candidates Jose Santos Marciano Gonzales Millo de la Garza and Alfredo Perez faced violence with one death and three injuries among military rival camps.
Readers are told a $100 reward is offered by FT Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio for proof of a catarrh cure. The ad claims a constitutional remedy building blood and strengthening nature, with testimonials and widespread druggist availability.
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