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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1919
Page
11
Violet 8 Oberteidt Society Editor phone 48. The brief wire item lists the editor contact details for the Oberteidt Society, attributed to AOC wire.
Friday features a 6 am splash party at Bella Vista honoring Miss Mary Paul Goldman of Austin. The Blue Birds meet at 4 pm with Mrs A Poggenpohl. A Latin American Club dance at 9 pm honors Miss Pollie Yates. Saturday lists an evening Nance event at the Soldiers Club.
Mrs J S Penn and sons plan a week in Palafox to visit cousin Mrs Geo R Alexander. Jesse W Thames returns from Corpus Christi with Mrs Thames. she visits sister in Beeville before returning to Laredo. Mrs Edwin B Adams and daughter depart for Dallas and Oklahoma to visit relatives. Mrs J C Adkins and children move to Alice Texas for their future home. Mrs D F Anderson hopes to return to Laredo in September. J W Ward of Denike Insurance attends the Texas Association of Fire Insurance Agents convention in San Antonio. Cards from Mrs Leo Purwin show a Baltimore visit and plans to Atlantic City. Miss W Born leaves for Corpus Christi after a month there. Mrs Chas Hockheimer and grandson Spencer Silver depart for San Antonio for two weeks then tour the north visiting relatives. W M A Baptist circles meet with Bible study and socials. Circle D hosts at 9–10 am with Mesdames Heaner, Camp, Guinn and the hostess. Circle A meets with Mrs Albert Beddoe. Circle B meets with Mrs Clinginpeel and serves ice. Mrs Breeze Burr hosts a birthday party for Dortha May Jones with games and prizes. Miss America Merriweather celebrates her tenth birthday with a party. The Times advertises a French lesson and 60c monthly rate.
Mary Paul Goldman hosts a Bella Vista swim party with guests and chaperones while Loma Vista Playground receives generous lumber support from local companies. A formal wedding in the Mowry home unites Zara Emma Mowry to Capt. Norman Pyle Groff with a posh ceremony and reception. A public note urges San Antonio and Laredo to welcome returning soldiers with jobs and cheers.
Readers learn catarrh can be cured in all stages by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It is taken internally and works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. The proprietors offer 100 dollars for any case not cured. Send for testimonials. address F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Sold by all druggists.
Directory listing of professionals and instructors including Dr A E McCulloch dentist offices Wilcox Block and J K Thompson with Richter Building, Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald pianist and Royal Concert Orchestra director, Prof Julian M de Villar piano teacher with 402 San Dario Ave, Miss Annie Thaison music teacher 1320 Houston St.
A brief commemorative note recalls events from exactly twelve months prior, marking a milestone in the ongoing conflict. The item highlights the broader context of the war and notes public sentiment and morale as the anniversary arrives.
Paris June 27 Associated Press reports disappointment at the German government by peace conference circles. The defiant note and delay in promises cast doubt on the value of signing, likened to Brest Litovsk. Plans for a 3 PM Saturday signing proceed as the council of four and Wilson coordinate the ceremony. Wilson then heads to Brest and on to the United States.
A telegraph from Coblenz reports Foreign Secretary Mueller and Colonial Secretary Bell, the two German peace delegates, passed through Cologne this morning en route to Versailles.
Paris dispatch reports that on council of four advice the Chinese delegates consented to sign the treaty unreservedly with the understanding a protocol will specify that Japan must return the Shantang concessions to China within the agreed time. Hoffman defied government and was dismissed in Berlin from command of the eastern district for vowing to resist orders and reject the peace. The Hague confirms the former crown prince Frederick William Hohenzollern remains at his residence on Wieringen island after his reported escape.
In a Brussels despatch London reports the former German crown prince would return to his Silesian estates and fulfill landowner duties once peace is signed, warning Prussia and Silesia would not accept Polish governance and predicting another war in ten years. Paris dispatch notes the Council of Four allowing General Haller's army to aid in restoring quiet in eastern Galicia and drive outlaws.
Berlin dispatch reports former Emperor William intends to return to Germany before surrender terms are demanded from Holland. The Dutch government reportedly approves his return as his presence in Holland grows increasingly problematic for the country.
Reports from Pragini say former Emperor Charles of Austria remains at home under Swiss medical care with the former empress serving as nurse. In Southport a protest against allied intervention in Russia is planned for July 20, as announced by British labor leader Arthur Henderson.
Today features the seventy fifth anniversary of Joseph Smiths slaying at Carthage Illinois and the centennial of New York Citys second oldest church. A Sir George Drum mond collection sale is set for London. Alabama inaugurates a 500000 memorial fund drive. The Texas Commercial Executives Association begins its annual meeting in Waco. A Minneapolis conference prepares Americans for naturalization. Zionist youth sisterhoods meet in Long Branch New Jersey with 15000 members across 85 states to discuss Jewish commonwealth foundations in Palestine.
Earl Cranston, entering his eightieth year, is a retired bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a prominent advocate for reuniting the denomination. A Civil War veteran, he began ministry in 1867, served in multiple states, and led publishing efforts 1884 to 1896 before becoming bishop in 1896. He has traveled widely including a key mission to Japan to foster Methodist union.
A young man asks for three stalls in row five center for tonight at the theater box office. The seller confirms, but the man replies he does not want them saying they cannot be any good.
Hamburg faces a rise in violence as communists and Spartacists gain power amid food riots. The radicals stormed the city hall yesterday, overpowering government troops and seizing large quantities of ammunition and rifles.
An excerpt from Everybody Magazine recalls African American troops aboard a ship during a voyage with many away from home for the first time. They prayed openly, including a large sergeant leading a prayer meeting outside a windows, asking the ocean to listen if further actions were not taken.
The House judiciary committee voted 17 to 2 to report all prohibition enforcement legislation in a single measure. The vote signals a united move to consolidate enacted and proposed rules under one general bill for enforcement.
The combined cotton output of Texas Georgia South Carolina and Mississippi reached over 4 million bales each in 1918 and accounted for about 63.2 percent of the total crop, per a census bureau report released today.
Fifty years after the University of Michigan opened all departments to women the era of female participation expands. The British Institute of Bankers extends membership to women bank employees while Atlantic City hosts a large attendance of women physicians at its Medical Society convention. Reflecting on London County Council access, a past $800 fine for a woman's service recalls earlier disqualification based on gender.
The Times presents a telephone forecast noting tonight and Saturday will be partly cloudy to cloudy with likely showers.
Weather observations for Fort McIntosh over the 24 hours ending at 7 a m show no report available leaving conditions and measurements unspecified for the period.
People are often disappointed to find that their family physician is away when they most need him. Stomach and bowel pains colic and diarrhoea demand prompt treatment and can prove fatal before medicine or a physician arrive. Keep Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at hand. no physician can prescribe a better medicine for these diseases. Having it in the house may save life.
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