A Foolish Law and Mexico's Civil Rights Debate
The column criticizes Mexico's nationalization of church property and bans on foreigners teaching in public schools as a harmful overreach. It argues the law threatens sovereignty and religious liberty, risks international tension, and urges peaceful legal adjustment rather than illegal resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Watterson
Democratic Party
Republic
Mexico
Europe
United States
Mexic
Vera Cruz
State Department
Depot Market Announces New Meats and Government-Inspected Goods
Depot Market will stock new and different meats including baby beef genuine spring lamb and veal. A Monday shipment arrives of corned beef and vinegar-pickled pigs feet all guaranteed by Armour & Company to be Government inspected and of the Veribest quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armour & Company
Open Engagement by San Antonio Dancers at Bohemian Club
Mary Ranson and Miurjorie Mun havier, popular San Antonio performers, open a four-number nightly program at the Bohemian Club in Nuevo Laredo starting Monday evening. They present the Spanish Jota Oriental Jazz Toe Dance and the Charleston with four showcases each night, attracting large crowds.
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Wil
Mary Ranson
Miurjorie Munhavier
San Antonio
Nuevo Laredo
Bohemian
Making Real Men of Boys Through Boy Scouts
The piece extols Boy Scouts as the best channel to develop boys into self reliant, physically fit and morally aware men. It cites Laredo's scouts as exemplary, urges the community to support the council’s funding drive next Tuesday to sustain the program.
Burglary Suspect Olvera Bound Over On Theft Charge
Pedro Olvera arrested by Special Officer Sam Mettenzie on burglary at the Hamilton Hotel. He allegedly took Carl Johnson’s suitcase containing valuable goods, and after pleading guilty to burglary and theft, was bound over to the grand jury in $500 bail. He remains in county jail in default of bail.
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Hamilton Hotel
Pedro Olvera
Sam Mettenzie
Carl Johnson
Justice of the Peace
Ochoa
Grand Jury
Olvera
Miss Agnes Hawkins to Present Gossard Spring Line in Laredo
Miss Agnes Hawkins representing the TH. W. Gossard Company will be in Laredo on Monday March 15 with the new spring line of corsetlets garters girdles and bras. Call for appointments at the Mildred HH Hiatt Shop telephone 17383. 3-12-21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Hawkins
TH. W. Gossard Company
Laredo
Mildred HH
Hiatt Shop
Bound Over to Grand Jury in Mescal Seizure Case
Ferus Garela arrested Thursday charged with violation of local quor laws. Police seized 63 tores of mescal 11 bottles tequila and three bottles aguardiente. Garela attended an examining hearing yesterday and was bound over to the grand jury in bonds of $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferus Garela
Bend
Notice to Debtors and Creditors Sweatman Estate
The State of Texas Webb County notice to debtors and creditors of Mrs. S. Sweatman deceased. M. W. Brennan appointed administrator by A. Winslow County Judge on February 16 1926 at Webb County. Creditors to present claims and debtors to settle at The Laredo National Bank Laredo Texas per law by deadline.
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State OF
Texas
Webb
S I. Sweatman
GL. Sweatman
Webb County
A. Winslow
Said
Laredo National Bank
Laredo
M. W. Brennan
5. L. Sweatman
Cool weather lingers as spring nears in Laredo
Laredo experiences unseasonably cool mornings delaying seed germination and pest activity. Gardeners await warmer days as citrus foliage remains tender and patches of flowers and vegetables begin to bloom later, with residents urged to enjoy the extended cool spell.
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Laredo
Oil field activity in Cole Field drives watchful week
Developments in Cole Field Laredo district include Cin-Tex No 2 drilling and Cin-Tex No 1 storage conversion. Moody Seagraves No 1 and Kilam-Seacord No 1 wells added as recent gassers while Magnolia pipeline readiness prompts storage tank uptake.
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Moody-Sea Graves
Cole Field
Cin Tex No. 2
Magnolia
Masqnolia
Oilton
Moody Seagraves No
CimPex No. 2
Youthful Dancer Wins Charleston Contest Prizes
Anita Forrest aged five wins first prize of ten dollars at the Charleston contest held before a large Royal Theater audience. Nelle Ward takes second prize of five dollars and Altagracia Poster third with three dollars. Twelve entries were entered but four did not appear, leaving eight participants.
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Royal Theater
Charleston
Anita Forrest
Nelle Ward
Altagracia Poster
Davidson Candidate Denounces Mud-Slinging in Texas Campaign
Lynch Davidson of Houston declares against personal attacks and corporate resource raids as he campaigns for governor. He calls for highway reform and open covenants, criticizing the current administration and urging integrity, fiscal restraint, and better public services.
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Associated Prena
Palestine
Texas
Lynch Davidson
Houston
Davidson
Mammon
Commonwealth
de Bal
Cn Sears
Ween
Tim
Schew Cdae
Star
Highway Department
District Court Opens Monday in Webb County
The March term of the Forty-ninth District Court will convene Monday morning in Webb City with District Judge J F Mullally presiding. The grand jury will be empanelled and directed by District Attorney John A Walls to investigate matters for the term. Indictments are not expected to exceed last term’s record total.
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District Court
Forty-ninth Judicial District
Webb County
J. F. Mullally
John A. Walls
Meadow Avenue Viaduct Needs Hard Surfacing
Montrose street crews push improvements while ruts form on the Meadow Avenue viaduct over the Texas Mexican tracks. Weather turns pleasant after an icy morning. Campaigns loom. a Boy Scout fund drive begins in Laredo next Tuesday inviting all fathers to contribute.
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Montrose
Meadow Avene
Laredo
Social Calendar and Society News Review
Sunday church social meetings listed for 6 30 and 6 46 p m across several congregations. Monday church groups meet for Mission Lesson and reports urged to the Society Editor no 70 typewritten copy required. General notices include travel mentions and a local church mission union gathering at 4 p m.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor Society of the Christian Church
Young People’s Service League
Epworth League
First Methodist Church
Third Man Held in Charge in Osage County Murders
Nest Burkhart was arrested in Pawhuska Oklahoma along with his uncle W K Hale and John Ramsey on information charging them with murdering W H Smith after he refused to testify at the preliminary trial. The information rests on Burkhart's confession to federal officers during the Osage county murder investigation.
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Associated Press
Pawhuska
Okla
Ernest Burkhart
W. K. Hale
John Ramsey
W. H. Smith
C. K. Templeton
Burkhart
Osage County
Murder tale tied to Fairfax explosion at Hale Ramsey trial
Jank Smith, a Justice Department operative, told of the Fairfax catastrophe during the Hale and Ramsey preliminary trial. The blast killed I. E. Smith his Indian wife and their servant girl and destroyed their home. The case involves W. K. Hale John Ramsey Henry Granmer and Ernest Burkhart.
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Pawhuska
Oklo
W. K. Hale
John Ramsey
Henry Granmer
Ernest Burkhart
I. E. Smith
Fairfax
Jank Smith
Department of Justice
Hale
Ramsey
Papantla Bishop Abandons See Under Government Threat
In Jalapa on March 13 the bishop of Papantla left his see following orders from the government that warned expulsion if he stayed. The bishop of Tehuantepec was also ordered to depart. Only one bishop remains in Vera Cruz state.
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Associated Press
Jalapa
Mexico
Papantla
Tehuantepec
Vera Cruz
Boy Scout News Notes in Webb County Council
Fifteen new scouts registered last week as benefits of scouting draw more parents. Troop No 1 held an outdoor meeting at Agua Muerta and advanced tenderfoot scouts to second class. Troop No 1 plans a target range on Chacon Creek. Tom Simms and Richard Bryant spoke at Kiwanis and demonstrated first aid. Troop No 8 held its meeting at Central School with a new recruiting campaign and a record for recruiting since January. Nineteen scouts attended and paid dues. foot drills taught. Troop No 5 reported ten second class and three first class tests. tenderfoots rapid. Capture the Flag game at Main Avenue plaza. Chas McDaniel of Team 1 captured Team 2’s flag. Troop 5 ready to accept challenges. Luncheon clubs plan to recruit scout budget subscriptions next Tuesday with 15 Spanish-speaking citizens joining in.
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Webb County
Chacon Creek
Tom Simms
Richard Bryant
Kiwanis Club
Central
Saucedo
Brimberg
Richter
Main Avenue Plaza
Chas. McDaniel
Team 1
Tions
Rotarjians
Kiwanians
Scout
Music Club Meeting Hosted at Mrs Hamilton Home
The Music Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. A C Hamilton Monday night March 15 at 8 pm with Mrs W C Ryan Mrs Hal L Winston and Mrs A C Hamilton as hostesses Monday with Mrs F A Matthes Jr as hostess. Mr and Mrs Charles Wilson Morris of Toledo announce the marriage of their daughter Marie to Joseph Charles Christen on Wednesday March 10 Christen known to many as son of Mr and Mrs Eugene Christen of this city.
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A. C. Hamilton
W. C. Ryan
Hal L. Winston
Charles Wilson Morris
Toledo
Ohio
Marie
Joseph Charles Christen
Christen
Eugene Christen
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Killam Seacord Gassers
Marcels
Ellig'tt
Joseph
Miriery
Empire State
Highway Commission
Violet S. Oberfeldt
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Seaman
St. Anne's Society
Endymion
Latmian
Diana
Clinton Scollard
New York
N. R. Thomas
Greenville
Phyllis Ells
San Marcos Normal
City
Frank Ellis
Mrs. McKiver
J. W. Mussett
Corpus Christi
McNeel Ranch
M. D. Stoner
Wichita Falls
Frank Groesbeck
Gey Thompson
Bill Ryan
Austin
Knights of Columbus
Roy Mims, Jr
A. & M. College
R. K. Mims
General Women's Missionary Union of the
First Baptist Church
BOY Scout News Notes
F. A. Matthes, Jr
Christen Morris
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