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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1922
Page
5
A 19 year old boy in Amarillo killed his 15 year old sweetheart and her companion after jealousy and a love affair. The tragedy reflects lax parental restraints and calls for early discipline to curb youth violence and pistol carrying among youths from good families.
The article recounts violent clashes in Mexico City near the National Palace and Zocalo as police confront rioters and jitney drivers striking over a city ordinance. Four men were killed and others wounded as police and firemen were attacked, prompting calls for repression of those responsible and a defense of lawful government.
A Laredo reader reports relief from kidney pain and backache after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial notes night urination, colored secretions, and dizziness improving after two boxes. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo, N Y.
Sheriff Antonio Salinas announces a public auction of real property in Webb County Texas. The property of F Vaello Puig includes Lots 3 and 6 in Block 10 Eastern Division in Laredo. The sale occurs March 7 1922 at the Webb County Courthouse between 10 AM and 4 PM. Publication runs weekly for three weeks in the Laredo Times.
Thelma Wells of New York, seven, loves dolls and dancing. She astonishes adults by reading minds and performing rapid calculations. Scientist Henry Woodhouse tested her with a Danish made watch and Swiss movement noting its number and age.
Local column offers humorous notes from Laredo on heredity flappers shoe prices and millenial jokes. Items include a courthouse cynic on Nuevo Laredo epidemics a lawyer hiring a kissing applicant and quips about hats coats and marriages.
Mixed small notices include plumber advertising charges and location, port cargo report from Laredo with onion carload, nurseries listing citrus trees from Harlingen, Ash Wednesday notice and Lent dates, electrical contractor, fabric shop ad, floristry, flowers and catering, Beacons shoes and plumbing ads, weather note about rainy season, and a notary public contact at Times office.
A sharp morning norther chills the air with no expected danger to the big onion crop. Weather forecasts are uncertain, but February has seen several cold spells with no major damage. The Rio Grande Laredo onions are anticipated to flood markets within three weeks.
Elliott L Hall of Kansas City Life Insurance Company travels to Laredo to settle the claim of the late J R Fasnacht who held a policy. Hall is a Mason Knight Templar Shriner and Elk and is accompanied by his wife who express themselves as delighted with the prospects of settlement.
An old Laredo federal building, praised for its white stone three story structure, faces demand for more post office space. An architect’s Washington plan proposes a one story fire brick addition fifty by sixty feet on the north center, prompting local protest against a warehouse style extension.
Public auction of Jacobo Rodriguez property in Laredo Webb County set for April 4 1922 between 10 am and 4 pm at the Webb County Courthouse. The sale arises from a February 27 1922 execution in Wilmer Threadgill vs Jacobo Rodriguez and Manuel Farias for $270.03 plus costs.
A well known traveling man who visits the drug trade says druggists often ask if a cough medicine is for a child or adult and recommend Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for children as safe and effective. He claims it cures and has no danger for colds croup or whooping cough.
Weather man predicts a severe blizzard with a cold wave to 22 28 as the region braces for one of winter's coldest snaps. Vegetation owners are warned to shield exposed crops while rain with cold may aid onions and other sturdy veggies amid the approaching cold.
Prof J M de Villar of Laredo met fellow Basque native Emilio de Gogorza in San Antonio during a concert trip. Gogorza performed four Basque songs arranged by de Villar and a new piece by de Villar. The pair praised each other as recognized musicians. de Villar plans a pupil recital after Lent, a major musical event for the season.
A $50 reward for the return of a Ford touring car with engine number 5846822 stolen February 25 around 8 p.m. The notice is signed by J Maxcy Pack.
A burro held for violation of stray animal ordinances will be sold at public auction in front of City Hall on Wednesday morning March 3 1922 at 10 o clock unless the owner calls and pays accrued costs. City Marshal M Brennan announces this in Laredo Texas February 25 1922. The Child Health Center of the Webb County Chapter American Red Cross now at 1012 Farragut Street holds a Tuesday session February 28 between 3 and 4 pm for preschool children and mothers are urged to bring children for examination and instruction.
Reports from the Schott No. 5 and Townsite Co. wells near Miranda City, Texas, show promising drilling progress. The Shotwell drill reached 800 feet with gas pressure expected soon, while the Townsite Co. well proceeds cautiously. A successful completion could trigger a regional oil boom and rapid construction in Miranda City, located 37 miles east of Laredo along the Texas–Mexican road in Webb County.
The Chamber of Commerce relocates to the second floor of the Ugarte building with the south front leased. Three rooms face Lincoln Street and the fourth fronts Convent Avenue and Lincoln Street, placing the offices in the city’s business core. Secretary staff moved records. J C Netzer installed new equipment and furnishings.
Narciso Alaniz a longtime Laredo resident who ran a butcher stall at the city market died last night at his Washington Street home around 11 o clock He had suffered ill health for some time and recently retired His death ends a family and several relatives.
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