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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1919

Page

23

Community events and dances schedule in Bella Vista area

A Friday calendar lists a Splash party at 6:00 AM at Bella Vista in honor of Miss Mary Paul Goldman of Austin. The Blue Birds meet at 4:00 PM with Mrs. A Poggenpohl. A Latin American Club dance at 9:00 PM honors Miss Pollie Yates hosted by Miss Irene Ley Endecker.

Bella Vista Mary Paul Goldman Austin Blue Birds A. Poggenpohl Irene Leyendecker Pollie Yates

Various Families Plan Visits and Local Socials

Mrs J S Penn and sons depart for Palafox to visit cousin Mrs Geo kh Alexander for a week. Jesse W Thames returns from Corpus Christi. Mrs Thames visits Beeville then Laredo. Mrs Edwin B Adams and child depart for Dallas and Oklahoma. Mrs J C Adkins moves to Alice Texas for their future home. Mrs D F Anderson hopes to return to Laredo in September. Braethen Sewr Ward attends 22nd annual Texas Association of Fire Insurance Agents convention in San Antonio. Cards from Mrs Lee Purwin in Baltimore. she will travel to Atlantic City for summer. Miss W Born leaves Corpus Christi after a month. Mrs Chas Hockheimer and grandson Spencer Silver head to San Antonio for two weeks then a longer northern tour. W M A Baptist Church circles meet with Bible study and social hours. Circle D hosts at Mrs Salleep, Circle A at Mrs Albert Beddoe, Circle B at Mrs Clinginpeel with ice courses. Burr entertained with an eighth birthday party for niece Joriha May Jones. prize winners Clifton Burr and a toy telephone for honoree. Guests included numerous Burrs, Kehl, Putman, and Jones families. Miss America Merriweather celebrated her tenth birthday with a party and ice course for guests Katherine and Roberta French, Mel...

Breeze Burr Joriha May Jones Clifton Burr Dortha May Jones Jerry Davis Burr Brooksey Merl Burr Carol Burr Bernice Burr Frances Burr Elinor Kehl Bobbie George Jack Horace Kehl D. J. Putman Misses Beulah Putman Ola Hudson Mesdames Kehl Jones

Pretty party and a wedding in Laredo society

Miss Marty Paul Goldman hosts a Bella Vista splash party with guests including Miss Mary Paul Goldman and a list of Laredo society ladies and escorts. A pretty home wedding followed at Mrs. M. B. Mowry's home as Miss Zara Emma Mowry wed Capt. Norman Pyle Groff of the 87th Infantry. The ceremony featured music by Mrs. Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald and a bridal party including Maria Mowry and Kathryn MacGregor. The couple departed for a three week honeymoon via Philadelphia and Atlantic City, then to Fort McIntosh.

M. B. Mowry Zara Emma Norman Pyle Groff 87Th Infantry U. S Pather John B. McLoy St. Peter's Church Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald Barker William Swift Wagner Lloyd Zupann John Otto William Harris Joseph Woods Maria Mowry Killarney J. 8 James Arthur Wilson Schumann Mendelssohn C. M. Kish Ruth Murphy Maude McKnight Annie Alexander Sarah F. Groff Philadelphia Atlantic City Fort McIntosh

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Welcome the Boys: San Antonio to Welcome Returning Soldiers

A 1919 appeal from San Antonio and Laredo to welcome one hundred forty first Infantry men returning from Camp Mills. The plan urges open jobs or better ones, telegrams of welcome, and public celebrations with parades and music to honor soldiers who served and endured hardship. The note cites Col. Claude V. Birkhead coordinating telegrams and job offers, urging support from local businesses and residents.

The Times San Antonio Texas Laredo Camp Mills New York Camp Travis Claude V. Birkhead McComb Col. Birkhead American Legion of Texas

Music Teachers and Performers Directory Entry

J. K. Thompson Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald and B. M Pianist Soprano named as director of Royal Concert Orchestra. Prof Julian M. De Villar teaches piano. Annie Thaison offers piano instruction. Addresses include 492 San Dario Avenue and 1320 Houston Street with phone 1062 and 220 respectively.

Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald Royal Concert Orchestra Julian M. DE Villar San Dario Avenue Annie Thaison Houston St

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Offered With $100 Reward

A 19th century advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages by acting through the blood. It promises to pay $100 for any case it cannot cure and invites testimonials, directed to Fr. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, Ohio, with druggists carrying the product.

Hall Cheney & CO Toledo Ohio Toe

Germans Sign Treaty Lag Brings Little Hope to Peace

Paris dispatch reports peace delegations view Germany’s note as weak and doomed to mirror Brent-Litovsk. German delay in promises fuels pessimism while council of four plans a 3 p.m. Saturday signing. Wilson to Brest then United States Sunday. Protests against allied intervention in Russia planned for July 20 by British French and Italian labor leaders.

Associated Press Paris Brent-Litovsk Council of Four Wilson Brest United States Southport Eng Russia Arthur Henderson

German peace delegates Mueller Kell pass through Cologne

Foreign Secretary Mueller and Colonial Secretary Kell, the German peace delegates, were reported to have passed through Cologne this morning en route to Versailles, as stated in a telegraph from Cologne.

Cologne Coblenz Mueller Kell Versailles

Chinese Sign Unreservedly Paris June 27 Treaty Deal

Chinese delegates agree to sign the treaty unreservedly with a protocol to follow that they signed with the understanding Japan will return Shantang concessions to China within the stipulated time. Hoffman defied the government in Berlin. The former German crown prince Frederick William Hohenzollern remained at his residence on the island of Wieringen.

Paris Council of Four Japan China Hoffman Berlin Brest Litovsk Russla Frederick William Hohenzollern Germany Wieringen United States Genoa Italy Charles XII Sweden Stockholm Frederickshald Norway Sixth Continental Congress Adoniram Judson Misa R. L Harvard Charles W. Eliot University Milwaukee Wisconsin Haller Constantine U. S House of Representatives

Crown Prince backs estates return after peace

In a Wieringen interview the former German crown prince says he will return to Silesian estates and fulfill duties as landowner after peace. He warns Prussia and Silesia will not submit to Poland, predicting another war in ten years if compelled. Paris report notes Poland may use General Haller's army to restore quiet in eastern Galicia.

London Wieringen Silesia Bruasela Prusela Poland Paris Council of Four Hialler Galicia

Berlin Report Says Former Emperor Plans Return to Germany

A Stuttgart despatch declares that former Emperor plans a return to Germany before Bentente demands his surrender from Holland. The Dutch government reportedly approves his return, calling him an unwelcome guest and noting his growing presence in Holland poses a problem.

Berlin Llam Geromany Holland Stuttgart Healland

Today’s events mark historic anniversaries and meetings

Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Joseph Smith slaying in Carthage Illinois and the centennial of the Church of the Sea and Land in New York City. Other events include the disposal of Sir George Drum mond’s picture collection in London, Alabama’s fund drive for a war memorial, a Texas Commercial Executives’ Association meeting in Waco, a Minneapolis conference on Americanization, and a Zionist youth convention in Long Branch New Jersey with 15 000 members across 36 states focusing on Palestine nation-building.

Joseph Smith Carthage Til Church of the Sea and Land New York City Sir George Drummond Montreal London Alabama Texas Commercial Executives’ Association Waco United States Minneapolis N. J Palestine

Bishop Karl Cranston Turns Eighty On Humble Anniversary

Karl Cranston, retired bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, marks his eightieth birthday as a leading figure in American Methodism. A Civil War veteran, he entered the ministry in 1867 and rose to high ranks, serving as publishing agent, bishop, and global messenger for unity including a notable mission to Japan to promote Methodist union.

Karl Cranston Methodist Episcopal Church Cranston Ohio Indiana Minnesota Colorado Illinois United States Methodist Episcopal Denomination Japan Methodista

Circumstantial Evidence At The Theater Box Office

A young man at the theater box office asks for three stalls in the fifth row center for tonight. The ticket seller confirms availability, but the customer rejects them saying they cannot be any good.

Prayer Meeting Aboard Ship Amid War Troops

An A. E. F. offer recalls troops aboard a ship during wartime. Many soldiers, mostly African American, faced unfamiliar travel far from home. They prayed openly, including a large prayer gathering outside a window with a dramatic plea for divine help to calm the ocean.

Everybody's Magazine

House Judiciary Committee Reports Prohibition Bill En Bloc

The house Judiciary committee voted 17 to 2 to report all prohibition enforcement legislation in one bill. Associated Press notes the vote occurred in Washington on June 27. The move consolidates enforcement measures into a single legislative package.

Associated Press Washington House Judiciary

Cotton output in four states tops 4 million bales

Washington reports that combined cotton production in Texas, Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi reached over 4 million bales in 2018, accounting for 62.2 percent of the national total per a Census Bureau report released today.

Associated Press Washington Texas Georgia South Carolina Mississippi Census Bureau

Women Win Broad Breaks In Public Roles

Fifty years after the City of Michigan opened all departments to women the British Institute of Bankers will admit women bank employees. The American Medical Society convention in Atlantic City drew many women physicians. London County Council recently admitted women members after a past fine of 800 dollars levied on Miss Cobden for serving as a council member while a woman.

Michigan Tneatitute Bandera American Medical Society Atlantic City London County Council

Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau

The Times presents a United States Weather Bureau outlook for New Orleans through tonight and Saturday. It notes partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with a likelihood of showers.

United States Weather Bureau New Orleans Times the Telephone Co

Local Fort Mcintosh Weather Report Ends With No Data

The Fort Mcintosh observation for the 24 hours ending 7 a m today shows no report available leaving weather details unavailable for the period.

Local Weather Report Fort Mcintosh

The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed

The ad urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home for stomach pain colic and diarrhoea. It notes physicians may be away and promotes prompt treatment as life saving, urging readers to buy now to avoid pain and risk.

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Ars Violet Oberteint Society Soldiers Club J.S. Penn Jesse W. Thames Corpus Christi Thames Beeville Edwin B. Adams Dallas Oklahoma J. C. Adkins Alice D. F. Anderson Braethen Se Wr Ward Denike Insurance Agency Texas Association of Fire Insurance Agents Lee Purwin Baltimore Chas. Hockheimer Spencer Silver W. M. A. of the Baptist Church Cirele D Cirele A Albert Beddoe C. H. Bell Mesdaniel Bell Jennings, Ince Horner Miss Blake Clinginpeel Annie Pace James Judkins G. Kurr Craig Witting Simmons America Merriweather Katherine Roberta French Mel Issa Bridges Agnes and Marguerite French Celeste Taylor Helen Dunaway Annie Claflin Evangeline Merriweather Marty Paul Goldmann Mildred Leyendecker Minerva O'Sell Anna May Mussett Marjorie Fish Mary D. Hudson Josephine Brewster Hattie May Bryant Emilie Halsell Dorothy Morton Jack Halsell Horace Hall Beverly Hall Ovid Shanks Edward Wright Frederick Gilbreath Geoffrey James Giles Loma Vista Playground Groff Mowry F.p.dalley Corporations Ltd Guffalo Physicians and Surgeons J. T. Halsell Coe Ee Richter H. M. Austin Richter Building H. Stow Garlick Hicks, Phelps, Dickson and Bobbitt Attorneys-at-Law Hicks Building Walls John L, George Alexander Big Ward & O'Meara Alexander Bidg E. A. Atlee Alexander Building Nat's Bank Paul W. Evans Farragut Street A. E. McCulloch Wilcox Block J. K. Thompson N. W Corner Market Plaza W. J. Wilson A. G. Thompson City Drug Co Hidalgo St Flores Ave Undertakers John Connery Jarvis Plaza Brest-Litovsk Geneva Pragini Charles of Austria Charles William Hamburg Munich
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