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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1916
Page
17
In Laredo the Nineteenth of June passes quietly with little sign of Emancipation Day significance. Nuevo Laredo faces border tensions as guards depart, women and children refuse interior relocation, threatening to face danger rather than starvation.
Tuesday meetings include Christ Church Junior Auxiliary at the rectory at five. Miriam Chapter 86 Order Eastern Star at Masonic Hall at eight. Evelyn Moore hosts a dancing party at her home after eight. Wednesday Cleo Pereira hosts Girls' Social Club. Thursday Bridge Club at nine-thirty. General mentions list residents returning from trips and visits to San Antonio, Houston, Chicago, and other locales. Marguerite Nelson and Estelle Moser to entertain Thursday morning at 9:30.
The undersigned offers cement sand and reinforcing steel at attractive prices for quick sale. Contact A G Ranney at the Hamilton Hotel for details or purchase arrangements.
Dr P Ornelas long established in San Antonio has moved to Laredo to practice medicine. He will maintain an office at the Refugio drugstore on the southwest corner of Market Plaza, and will make his home in this city. Date June 15, 1915.
The article urges early action against colds to prevent complications like asthma and bronchial issues. It promotes Eckman's Alterative as a twenty year plus aid to build body resistance and relief, noting it contains no narcotics and advising use with night care and hygienic living.
An advertising brief promotes subscribing to The Times with a daily alert service. It offers the opportunity to watch for opportunities and notes a price of 60 cents per month for access.
James S. Ferguson of Philo Pa reports wonderful relief after one application of Sloan's Liniment on his knees. The ad claims fast, penetrating relief without rubbing and urges readers to buy at drug stores for 25 cents.
A splash party at Bella Vista and a luncheon at Miss Nelsons home honor Miss Emmie Westbrook as the Laredo Chapter American Red Cross conducts an important meeting at the Hotel Hamilton at eight o clock Friday evening. All interested in this movement are urged to attend.
Co W Hellen of Hebbronville and R L Goone with wife of Los Angeles are guests at the Bender. J Applewhite and R L Poster returned from a mountain trip in Texas. A J Condren came back from Cincinnati as a national convention delegate and visited New York. Bender list includes C W Hellen F E Long W E Trevisio R E Lee R K Fucke F Futsc h family E L Brearby C V Millard.
The Educator's Notebook reports a conference on international relations at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Noted experts including Secretary of War Newton D. Baker and Senator Henri La Fontaine of Belgium will speak as part of the Federation of International Policy Clubs program with support from the World Peace Foundation and others. The event runs until July 1. The piece also notes related items: Middlebury College marks John Godfrey Saxe's birth centennial. Yale and other educators lead Sunday school convention programs in Findlay. Harvard inaugurates Stadium commencement and Adolph Berle Jr. graduates law at 21, joining Brandeis in a notable early entry.
Charles A. Boston of the New York Lawyers' Association argues that lawyers are the licensed ministers of justice in a well ordered society. They hold power over life liberty and property and must be men of integrity and honorable purpose to prevent abuse and protect community rights.
The Associated Press reports Washington says the American note rejects Carranza’s demand to remove U S troops from Mexican soil. It warns the de facto government to curb bandit violence and preserve US territorial rights, with troops to stay until duties are fulfilled. Lansing states Mexico situation unchanged after cabinet meeting.
Bogota on June 20. President Concha convened a special session of Congress to consider the country’s finances and proposed measures for improvement. The meeting aims to address the fiscal state and outline steps to stabilize the economy with policymakers and officials present.
Indiana officials and representatives of patriotic societies gathered in Lincoln City to dedicate a memorial over Sarah J Lincoln Grisby's grave in Pigeon cemetery. The monument was erected by the Spencer County women.
Yokohama June 20 The steamship Tsushima Maru sails marking Nippon Yusen Kaisha new Far East to eastern seaboard of America service via the Panama Canal. Additional ships Yokoyama Maru Wakasa Maru Tokayama Maru to follow in service.
Cambridge Mass June 20 Harvard class day drew crowds to the yard as seniors led ceremonies and dainty gowns filled the campus. Elegant spreads were more elaborate than in recent years drawing attendees from across the United States to honor the senior class traditions.
Special Agent Rodgers in Mexico City notified the state department that he is arranging a special train to take Americans to Vera Cruz. The plan aims to facilitate safe evacuation amid ongoing unrest and will involve coordinated transport from Mexico City to the port city for onward travel.
A special train carried a large party of guests to Beverly Farms for the wedding of Phyllis Sears the wealthiest young woman in New England to Bayard Tuckerman Jr. Miss Sears inherits millions from her mother and grandfather Herbert Sears. Tuckerman a Harvard graduate and famed jockey is from New York and Boston.
Washington June 19 Vice Admiral Henry T Mayo named commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet succeeding Admiral Frank F Fletcher whose term of sea duty has expired Mayo gained fame for demanding Mexican troops at Tampico salute the American flag and now assumes top command in the Atlantic fleet in Washington today
San Antonio Texas June 20 Gen Funston today requested the war department to send him as soon as possible a large part of the militia to be stationed along the Mexican boundary line from Brownsville to the Pacific coast. He did not publish the number requested but said he wanted enough.
Reported attack from Mexican interior unsettled Las Vacas across the river in Del Rio Texas. Officers intensified precautions as locals feared an imminent raid though no reliable details emerged.
William Browne brother of Matamoros Mayor Albert Browne was found dead in the Rio Grande on the Mexican side ten miles south of Matamoros. He was last seen in Matamoros Sunday afternoon and is believed murdered with his body dumped in the river.
Washington reports final census bureau figures for the 1915 cotton crop showing production at 11,191,820 bales, the smallest year since 1909. The drop reflects reduced yields and weather impacts across major growing regions.
The North Carolina Retail Merchants association hosts its annual convention in Winston-Salem starting June 20. Prominent retailers from across the state gather to discuss advertising, insurance, mail order competition and related issues vital to retail trade.
The Florida State convention of the Prohibition party met in Jacksonville opening at 10 o’clock under State Chairman John P. Coffin. Delegates and alternates will be chosen for the national convention in St Paul next month and a full ticket of four state officers nominated.
The seventy fifth anniversary of Oahu College was ushered in with a world wide alumni reunion in Honolulu. Three days of exercises and festivities include an elaborate pageant illustrating old Hawaiian history and legend.
A persevering painter sees an observer at his easel, a woman’s rustle signals her presence. She calls his landscape charming, he modestly refuses. She corrects him, saying she meant the original landscape. This brief exchange appears in the New York Times.
About four years ago Vice President Marshall was made a Sioux Indian in a western state. Since then the genial Thomas R. has been singularly quiet and recitent, not given to the same loquacity as of yore. One might conclude that Sioux and Hoosier blood, when mixed, tends to soberness and reflection.
John IL Sullivan, former heavyweight champion, backs Harvard’s Oran Kirkpatrick as a likely world class fighter. Kirkpatrick has cleared Harvard’s heavyweight ranks and appears ready for major professional competition. The report also notes Tom Cowler’s possible return home to join the army, while Tom aims to become a top fighter. John Y Smith of Boston plans a 200 pound lift. Norman Taber denies a running comeback, with bank officials reportedly wary of staff taking up the sport.
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