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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1926
Page
5
An editorial argues against government price fixing for oil gas and coal suggesting regulation of monopolies is possible without state profit. It warns against government competition with private business and emphasizes highway funding fairness and equal state support for roads and schools.
A writer argues that highway funding favors richer communities and states, noting each area is a link in a national chain. The highway network benefits industrial, farming, and commercial centers more than small towns, stressing the need for every community to be connected globally.
Hal L Brennan president of the Laredo ISD orders an April 3 1926 election to select three school trustees. Polling places include Precinct L at 807 Iturbide St Central School House and 1114 Lincoln St with named officers. voting hours 8 am to 7 pm.
Attention Catholic Daughters of America members who have not yet donated for the Hope Chest fund. Donations and tickets should be turned in to Efther Maria Juarez or Corinne Dallmer by March 10, 1931, for the drawing on Wednesday March 17 at the K. C. Hall.
The notice outlines who must file income tax returns including single persons with $1500 net or $5000 gross income and married couples with $3500 net or $5000 gross. Filing period ends March 16, 1926 with the Collector of Internal Revenue for Texas. It details tax rates, extensions, and conditions for extensions including possible partial payment and tentative return.
One year ago today on March 11 Chicago reported an influenza and pneumonia epidemic with nearly 260 deaths over ten days, marking a severe public health crisis and underscoring the impact on residents and officials.
The Phantom of the Opera screens today and tomorrow at the Strand Theatre in Laredo. Lon Chaney stars as the silent Opera Phantom with a vast cast and lavish period styling as critics hail it as a landmark mystery thriller.
A short cartoon caption shows a pedestrian offended after a bump and the other man replying with ready wit. The exchange ends with the line meeting the two men’s identities as Brown from Boston Transcript.
Executive vice president H R Safford says Missouri Pacific Lines will boost development and transport capacity in the Winter Garden District around Catarina Texas. He cites Asherton and Gulf line as key, promising ahead-of-progress upgrades to support rapid agricultural and horticultural growth in the Southwest.
An advertisement asserts Adlerika helps digestion and sleep, promising relief from gas and bloating. It claims removal of waste matter and relief from chronic constipation, with City Drug Co and other druggists selling the product.
The film Irish Luck, produced with Para Mount players in Ireland, arrives at the Royal Theatre for tomorrow and Saturday. Lois Wilson leads the cast with Tom Meighan, as Tom Donahue, winning a Europe trip after a newspaper popularity contest before choosing to visit his ancestral home.
A large Kiwanis gathering from Austin Brownsville Corpus Christi Harlingen and San Antonio met in Laredo with host club Kiwanis officials District Governor Frank M Bailey and Lieutenant Governor Robert O Cook Jr among the notable attendees Monday. The Hamilton Hotel banquet featured music by the Tipica Orchestra and included talks by visiting officials making the event one of Southwest Texas most successful Kiwanis meetings.
Classified style ad urges readers to notice an advertisement in today’s issue of The New Line Metal Cabinet Frigidaireg TARVER Dealer. It emphasizes product availability and location.
A warranty deed records W L Guyler selling 202 acres in Bruni Webb county to Houston Oil Co for ten thousand dollars. The site along the Texas Mexican railroad will host a 65 000 barrel tank battery with construction starting soon. The move follows Cole Petroleum Co selling Cole Field output to Houston Oil Co as Magnolia Petroleum builds a twelve mile pipeline to Dilton feeding the new storage tanks.
Moody Seagraves No 1, in Block 6 Survey 10 Mariano Arispe grant Cole Field Webb County, brought in at 1 766 feet as a 4 well producing about 20 000 000 cubic feet of gas daily. While smaller than nearby Cin Tex No 1, it sparks hopes for further gas or oil finds as Seacord Killam No 1 continues drilling and more acreage develops around Cin Tex.
Fragmented OCR shows entries for dressmaking and repairs, library reading, Duco Dupont enamel, Chaplin film at the Royal Theater with The Gold Rush, flower shop offerings at The Tarvers, a notary at Times office, and a general ad urging electric lights and fans.
Lenten observance began February 17 among Roman Catholics and Episcopalians and remains quiet socially until Easter on April 4. Local shops and stores are preparing for a spring rush as summer goods arrive.
All prospectors are notified the 640 acre Webb County Texas tract known as Survey 33 Block 2 is to be sold at private sale to close an estate. Land is clear with no leases. Mail bids to William C Worley attorney Lewistown Illinois. Right reserved to reject any or all bids.
Mayor Villegas proclaims a city general election on April 6 1926 to decide a charter amendment. Voting places Ward 1 Sanchez Garza House Ward 2 Fire Engine House Ward 3 Garcia House Ward 4 Christen House presiding judges named with associate judges and clerks to be appointed. Ballot asks voters to mark YES or NO on the charter amendment.
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