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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1918
Page
18
Laredo Times lists terms for daily and weekly editions with US Mexico Canada delivery options. Prices include 60 cents per month 6.00 per year for daily, and varying weekly postpaid rates with advance payment required.
The piece argues war pressures push cotton prices down via increased production, government price fixing, and broader controls. It urges raising the cotton acreage while keeping prices low, notes civilian hardship from high goods costs, and calls for government action. It then discusses raising military service age, favoring volunteers and older soldiers, and defending a democratic draft system to mobilize needed manpower.
Notices issued by the United States District Court Southern District of Texas against seized gold coins, calling for claims. Two separate forfeitment actions reference Three Hundred Dollars and One Hundred Sixty Dollars in American Gold Coin, seized in Webb County and Laredo, with hearings set for July 1 and July 16, 1918, respectively, under U S Marshal J A Herring and deputy.
The piece argues that Red Cross and other benefactors highlight frugality yet insist on essential cotton goods for basic decency and sanitation. It notes women reuse clothing while men need underwear and shirts, and calls for government price reductions on cotton and its products as growers, manufacturers, and dealers resist. It contrasts fixed wheat pricing with cotton and urges action to ease scarcity and costs.
Notable birthday today June 17 marks Sir William Crookes famed chemist and authority on physical science turning 86. Born in London he pursued photography, led Radcliffe Observatory at Oxford and founded Chemical News before shaping journals on science. He announced thallium in 1861 and advanced X rays. He championed spiritualism and was knighted in 1897 while presiding over the Royal Society. A later note offers a stomach aid remedy with Chamberlains tablets for sour digestion.
Civil action by the United States against two hundred eighty five dollars and sixty cents in gold and silver certificates and related notes seized in Webb County Texas on April 6 1918. The libel asks condemnation and proceeds and sets a July 10 1918 court date in Laredo Texas for claims and allegations. Also appears an advertisement for White's Cream Vermifuge a worm expelling medicine for children priced at 25 cents per bottle.
The April 19 1918 president proclamation requiring alien enemies to register is extended to include all German females aged 14 and up. The act details who must register, territorial scope, penalties for noncompliance, and possible enforcement actions including restraint, imprisonment, removal, or security: with a registration card required on personal person within the United States and territories.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Texas Mexican Railway Company will be held at the office in Laredo Texas on June 26 1918 at 9 am to elect Directors and transact business. The Board of Directors will meet immediately after adjournment of stockholders. (BONIGER, Secretary 3-25-1m). Good news travels fast and Doan's Kidney Pills are praised by G Vasquez police officer 608 Houston St Laredo for backache and kidney trouble. Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended by Mrs. Charles Enyeart Huntington Ind for cholera morbus.
Heavy rains drenched Southwest Texas Saturday night through last night with Laredo receiving the lightest fall. Corpus Christi and Alice saw heavy downpours, aiding crops across the coast and inland. Cotton and corn prospects look excellent. grazing ranges flourish as vegetation recovers from drought. Another heavy shower reported noon today, promising widespread moisture.
If you have the itch do not scratch as it bleeds skin. Apply Ballard's Snow Liniment gently to the affected parts. It relieves itching instantly and a few applications remove the cause, forming a permanent cure. Price 25c, 50c and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
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