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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1926
Page
12
Contractor Madlem starts paving Guadalupe street soon after July 1, adding a major thoroughfare to Laredo. Visitors note steady Mexican pilgrim train inspections by U S officials and border enforcement discussions. Farmers from Jim Hogg and Zapata counties report cotton crops thriving with young bolls on stalks.
A Senate bill proposed by Senator Walsh of Montana would grant a site in Washington for a statue of Albert Gallatin regarded by many as the greatest U S Secretary of the Treasury. The plan funds expenses by private subscription and recalls Gallatin's Swiss birth and pivotal roles from early life to his long service in public finance.
Fort McIntosh social notice states Mrs C L Graham will entertain with bridge at four o clock in the afternoon Friday, complimenting Mrs John Miner. The same column notes Miss Maria Flores will entertain the Saturday Bridge Club at the Robert E Lee Hotel at 3:30 PM.
The itemized social notes list Mrs. Matias de Llano with three children returning home from Monterey, arrivals from San Antonio connected to Tarver Hunt Co, and multiple visits by families and relatives across the region. It also mentions travel to San Antonio, Dallas, Chicago, and Mexico, with church group activities and a Baptist W M S meeting featuring a debate on Educational Mission versus Industrial Mission.
The Christian Church Ladies Aid Society met yesterday afternoon with Mrs. O. N. Lightner, presiding. Rev. Marler gave a talk on Aid Societies and Home, followed by a business session. Others present included Rev. Merler, Miss Anderson of Harlington, Ky., and Mesdames Neff, Garnett, Smith, Helton, Loyer, Brumberg, Wheatley, Petty, Everett, Keefe, Werner, Barlow, and Millar. Mrs. EB Lobdell hosted a children's party at her South Laredo home honoring Lise Courtney and James Vernon Profitt Jr., with games, cake, and graham-colored balloons enjoyed by about thirty-five children and guests assisted by Mrs. Profitt and Miss Mary Slaughter.
Physicians endorse Purification of the system as nature’s foundation for health. Take Calotabs once or twice weekly for several weeks to purify the entire system and improve vitality. Family package with directions available at drug stores for 85 cents.
Paris reports former Premier Herriot of the radical wing agreed to attempt forming a new cabinet after he announced he could not complete a ministry. The president asked him to undertake the task.
In the Senate Willis of Ohio refuted allegations that he had accepted honorariums from the Anti-Saloon League for prohibition speeches. The Associated Press reports the claim as questioned and Willis asserts he never appeared on the league’s payroll.
The governor of Pennsylvania granted the extradition request for Robert Duvall indicted in Philadelphia County for forgery uttering and sending a forged telegram. The extradition becomes effective in January 1927 after Duvall completes a two year sentence for forgery at Huntsville.
Associated Press reports Kansas City authorities padlocked 25 drugstores and soft drink venues under a temporary injunction sought by Judge Landon. Many locations had faced prior raids, some up to 40 times, as part of ongoing enforcement actions.
Viscount Willingdon nears appointment as Canada Governor General and is tied to Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson through a son’s marriage to the actor’s daughter. The Rev Henry Howard of London, offered a New York church pastorate, once preached as a bush Methodist in Australia. M Etchebarry returns to France wearing his old hat from his penniless youth. A Swedish Crown Prince party train heads to the Pacific coast. San Sang Yun, Korea’s first Protestant convert, remains in a Haiju area village after fifty years.
Judge Landon sentenced 23 year old Carl Keen to 36 years in the penitentiary after Keen pleaded guilty to a seven robbery. The plea for mercy failed to win leniency as Keen faced a harsh sentence.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to a June date and a deceased person named Frank Kahinfeld with a spouse, a port area near Port Acred, and fence line issues between property owners.
Two passenger trains were stranded and a concrete storm cellar was struck by lightning injuring a child. A violent wind and rain storm damaged crops and washed out more than 800 feet of Wichita Valley railroad track between Dundee and Seymour, isolating two marooned trains nearby.
Fragments indicate rainfall amounts and temperature details for Amarillo. The text mentions a dropped signal about an inch of rain and a temperature reading around sixty eight degrees.
Washington reports the Republican house steering committee agreed to call for adjournment of Congress on June 30. The move reflects timing amid ongoing votes and legislative activity.
Charles Gordon, trusted chauffeur for Col. William Dulaney state prison commissioner, drove away the commissioner's car from the Blue Ridge state prison farm and escaped.
The Interstate Commerce Commission tentatively valued the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway at 381 84 thousand dollars as of June 36 1918, per the Washington report dated June 18.
Fort Worth Texas June 18 Simon Cummings 47 charged with murder in the death of his wife Mrs Bosale Cummings 45 after a reported argument over their tailor shop and a ragged floor covering with scissors involved in a fall. He said the couple tripped and the scuffle caused her injury during a dispute over money from a cleaners war.
West Texas coverage from Associated Press outlines candidates campaigning today across cities such as Seymour Wichita Falls Canyon Abilene and Plainview. James Ferguson and his wife headline talks while Dan Moody schedules events and pushes policy positions amid the regional tour.
Seymour Texas on June 18 reports rail washouts make roads impassable. Candidate Lynch Davidson planned to travel by railroad motor car to Wichita Falls for a scheduled speech tonight.
Constantinople June 18 reports a plot against President Mustapha Kemal Pasha discovered in Smyrna with several arrests made and the case under investigation by authorities.
General Pershing arrived in Cherbourg where he received an unusually cordial welcome. The city decorated with American flags, crowds lined the streets to see him, and he affirmed allied veteran unity in response to the reception. He later departed for Paris by automobile.
A June decree guarantees royal box seats for traveling Italian royalty. The Scala in Milan, San Carlo in Naples, Fenice in Venice, and Carlo Felice in Genoa have renewal work funded permanently by the Ministries of Finance and Public Instruction.
A Progressive Grocer quote frames farming as a growth joke with a steam roller over a field. The exchange hints at production pressure and the playful plan to harvest mashed potatoes this year.
Fifty years since the Waterloo battle and Napoleon’s fall are noted. Thirty years since William McKinley’s Republican presidential nomination. Yellowstone Park opens for the 1926 tourist season. Pan American Congress marks a centenary with delegates from three American universities and learned societies attending.
Fragmentary text references Eucharist and an arrival near a number shown as 1,000. No clear names, places, or actions are decipherable from the readable portion.
June Coolidge withdrew from consideration as the nomination faces Senate opposition. Critics say the appointment would be blocked by the upper chamber, leaving the administration without a confirmed choice.
The fragment notes a sports listing describing a coat of the 600 between 1600 and met ath. The text is incomplete, providing limited context on sports, teams, or events.
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