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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1920
Page
10
Reports from investigators based on figures from over 12,000 women in mercantile shops, telephone exchanges, laundries and factories show平均 weekly wages of 12 to 13 dollars vs living costs of 13 to 14 dollars. The article discusses wage disparity, gender roles, and calls for better pay, barracks along the border, and stronger military presence to defend the southern frontier.
A brief notice explains that colds weaken lungs and lower vitality, increasing risk of pneumonia and other serious diseases like consumption diphtheria scarlet fever and whooping cough. It urges rapid recovery and promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a pleasant dependable cure.
The Yancey High School basketball team from Medina county will travel to Laredo for a double header. They face the Holding Institute in the first game tomorrow at 4 PM on their home court and meet Laredo High School Saturday at 10 AM on the local high school court. The visiting squad, praised as strong, aims to hold its own against Southwest Texas’ teams amid a Laredo challenge to San Antonio opponents.
The house failed to shrink the regular military below about 100000 men with a proposed reorganization bill. The piece argues a larger army is needed until the league of nations stabilizes, noting past peacetime sizes and the world’s expectation of manpower and rifles.
Universal Chemical Co advertises saving money for automobile owners this year with a brief notice in the issue, likely a classified ad promoting chemical products or services.
March 11 marks birthdays for Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark born in Copenhagen 21 years ago. Italian statesman Baron Sidney Sonnino born in Pisa 73 years ago. Dorothy Gish actress born in Dayton Ohio 22 years ago. Al Reich heavyweight boxer born in New York City 30 years ago. Jank L. Miller pitcher for the Pittsburgh National League born in Salem Michigan 34 years ago.
Lord Kilmarnock has begun his post as British diplomatic representative in Berlin. A young veteran of the foreign service, he has served in Tokyo, Brussels, and other capitals over twenty years. He is heir to the Earl of Erroll and the hereditary Lord High Constableship of Scotland, with ties to the royal family and author of plays and the novel Ferli th.
Notice to the Sheriff and Constables to publish for twenty days in a Webb County newspaper. All interested in the estate of Refugio Gutierrez deceased are notified that Clarence Jef ferries administrator has presented his final settlement and discharge application for the County Court to act at the May term beginning on the third Monday, May 17, 1920. Interested parties must appear and contest if proper. Witness J. A. Rodriguez clerk Webb County Court.
On March 11, commemorating one year, the Pope called for prompt peace to curb Bolshevism in the world. William J. Bryan issued a public statement endorsing the League of Nations, reflecting early 1920s international diplomacy.
Knoxville Illinois resident C R Hudson describes twelve years of rheumatism and stomach problems improved after taking Tanlac. He reports better digestion, no cramps, relieved heart distress from gas, and restored sleep and strength, enabling a return to farming. He invites others to inquire, noting Tanlac is sold by all druggists.
Limerick is famed for more than medieval glory and poetry. The city is noted for its bacon and strikingly attractive residents. Natives claim the prettiest Irish girls grow up there while 850,000 pigs are killed yearly, yet vast pig populations still roam streets and yards. Limerick bacon and ham are regarded as among the best in the British Isles despite limited American reach.
In Washington a shipment from Pars guay delivered kaalee known botanically as stevia rebaudiana. Also described is agbayun, or synsopalum dulciferum, from southern Nigeria whose fruits are only mildly sweet but make sour substances like limes and vinegar taste intensely sweet within about 12 hours.
Theodore Sanford of Fenmore Michigan suffered seven years of stomach pain and insomnia from indigestion. After using Chamberlains Tablets he can eat vegetables and fruit without pain or sleeplessness. If troubled with indigestion or constipation, give these tablets a trial. Watch THE TIMES daily for opportunities. Monthly rate mentioned.
A compact chronology of notable dates. Arthur P. Gorman born 1859 in Maryland, sums of deaths include Sumner 1874 in Washington. The first medical women’s college incorporated 1850 in Philadelphia. 1870 Martyrs Memorial inaugurated in London. 1888 severe blizzard event on the U.S. eastern seaboard. 1900 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty rejected by Britain as amended by U.S. Senate. 1917 Carranza elected Mexico’s president. 1918 Texas enacts loyalty-enforcement law with imprisonment penalties.
In Megfersville Kentucky Mia Cynthia Higginbotham aged 65 reports improved health after using Black Draught for constipation and indigestion. She notes better appetite strength and natural bowel action after a few doses. The ad claims seventy years of use and urges daily use to maintain stomach liver and bowel function. Price 25c per package.
A Times letter from Congressman John N. Garner relays Egyptian onion export data dated March 1 from Cairo. Egypt plans to export in April with an estimated 2,000,000 sacks of 112 pounds. prices in English and Egyptian ports suggest limited competition with American onions, while some Egyptian onions may reach the United States.
Automobile owners confront rising operating costs in a compact ad urging readers to explore cost-saving measures and services offered in this issue.
Mounted Customs Inspectors Rumsey and Chamberlain spotted a man in the dark near Santa Maria Avenue and the river. He fled with a gunnysack load, abandoning it at Fritz Werner’s blacksmith shop. The sack held about thirty bottles of mescal and aguardiente. officers confiscated the goods as the smuggler escaped to the Mexican side.
A salvage sale lists 20,000 Army shoes, 1,000 Army wool shirts, 300 Army cotton mattresses, 20,000 Army leggings, and many other articles. It also offers 1,000 pairs of new ladies shoes at less than cost of manufacture, located at 1701 Hidalgo St. 3-3-tf.
The county commissioners court met in regular monthly session last Monday and continues considering road matters and routine business, with work likely to extend through the week.
A listing by J. H. Burgess of Sheridan Wyoming seeks pasture leases for a term of years to accommodate about two thousand cattle. The notice requests in writing full particulars including price location acreage and related details. Dated February 21 181.
Madlaine Traverse, famed motion picture star with a massive fan following, appears at the Royal Theater tonight in The Hell Ship. She plays a bold woman who confronts a mutinous sailor crew and must kill some to survive.
A consumer testimonial describes John Tuthill’s success discarding a rat problem after failing with poison foods and RAT SNAP. The ad promotes RAT SNAP as a nonfood application, claiming rats disappear within ten days. Available in three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, sold by Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
Professor F W Mally Webb county agricultural agent reports recent freezes caused no damage to onion, cabbage, spinach, or lettuce in the Laredo area. Rain acted as overhead irrigation while temperatures hovered near 30 degrees, keeping crops in good shape. Cabbage yield was strong at 6 tons per acre with prices of 75 to 100 dollars per ton. Spinach reaches 1 to 1.35 per basket, with potential rise to 1.75 as other districts suffer losses. Lettuce totals 60 to 75 acres sold, average crate prices 1.25 to 1.50. Bermuda onions over 3,000 acres set back slightly but market ready in April.
Yesterday afternoon three of the four parties named in seventeen indictments were taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff Phillips and remain in custody for trial. The arrested are Earl Buell for liquor law violations Josefina Garza for theft over fifty dollars and Refugio Tijerina for unlawfully carrying arms. The grand jury returned nineteen bills, including embezzlement and theft under sixty dollars, and discharged after presenting its final report. Seventeen indicted remain in custody or on bond as civil cases are set for trial during the term.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI praises Chamberlain's Tablets as the best laxative he has used for his sedentary habits. Daniels owns the Hardwick Inn, a model hotel in New England.
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