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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1923
Page
12
Gossip from Laredo touches on local manners dinner choices and household roles. It quips about housekeepers frequent sayings and deviled ham questions while noting fashion trends and dancing reformes. The column jokes about coal shortages and the town’s humorous take on social behavior.
Tomorrow at the Strand adjacent office a sale lists items for sale including dressed chicken dressed turkey mayonnaise Thousand Island dressing salads of all kinds lemon pies doughnuts cookies cakes baked ham meat loaf suet puddings and hearty bread rolls grape jelly candies and assorted good things to eat.
Ford roadster and touring models show prices around 150 dollars with zero down. Dodge touring items listed near 499 dollars. Cars described as polished or repainted, first class condition, guaranteed, sold on terms by J. B. DaCAMARa, date 8-12-48.
Percy Mackaye born New York City 48 years ago today. John M Parker governor of Louisiana born Bethel Church Mississippi 57 years ago today. Bishop William G G Beauchamp born Farnham Virginia 54 years ago today. George Wharton Pepper senior U S senator from Pennsylvania born Philadelphia 66 years ago today. Henry B Walthall motion picture star born Shelby County Alabama 45 years ago today.
A dated roll lists key figures and events: Col William Byrd founder of Richmond born Westover Va died 1744. James Madison born Conway VA 1761 died Montpelier VA 1836. Prince Imperial Napoleon III’s son killed in Zulu conflict 1879. 1878 Modoc peace commission formed. 1891 Rev Howard MacQueary found guilty of heresy. Jacob Tome founder Tome Institute died Port Deposit Md born Mannheim Pa 1810. Joset Medill Chicago mayor and Tribune founder died San Antonio Texas born 1823. mentions a battleship in Havana.
Fragment from a New York Herald column recalls autumn sunlight on hills and distant waterfalls along with seaside murmurs. Mentions Mrs Hart and Lieut Hart, Col and Mrs Hickok entertaining Fort Ringgold visitors, spring blooms, polo guests, and a string of social notices from Jodie to Lockhart.
Arthur Gottesman of Atlanta Georgia has entered high school at age eight after skipping multiple grades. He advanced from grammar to sixth and seventh grades quickly, maintaining A averages in preschool and early grades. The prodigy plans to enter Harvard at age twelve.
Mrs Az Le Plunkett aged 77 was fatally burned when her clothing caught fire from a gas stove at her Dallas home this morning. The incident occurred March 16 and is reported by Associated Press.
Milwaukee Journal reports the death in Paris of Mme Mary Plummer Clemenceau, estranged wife of the wartime French premier Georges Clemenceau. She was a native of Durand Wisconsin.
The Strand Theatre hosts Dr Cunning who promises autosuggestion as a science able to cure and improve life. He claims not to read minds but to reveal intuitive techniques. He will explain and demonstrate this new science to audiences, calling attendees by name.
Miss Anna Bolchi Benjamin, adopted daughter of Park Benjamin, plans to scatter his ashes at the Atlantic center from the Presidente Wilson in mid ocean. She sails to Italy tomorrow aboard the ship. The will cut off Park Benjamin’s other children, who contested it but settled under financial terms.
England produced over 10 000 books last year while the Pacific Northwest claims two of the world’s largest piers. US telephone employment exceeds 300 000 as patent activity in England reached 35 500 that year. Other items report London firms inventing tools to fight burglars, high crop yields from the Pesana plant, new Curronium gas for airships, and a compulsory Bulgarian labor law. The Olympic liner set a speed record for passenger vessels, and the safety razor inventor faced ridicule before mass production.
In Waco a pistol scabbard pocketbook rope and gloves found at Roy Mittaheads home were submitted as evidence in the murder trial of W E Holt. Holt's brother AT Holt identified the items as familiar to his brother. Deputy sheriff George Jackson testified to locating the articles.
Washington reports a department of agriculture initiative to analyze factors affecting weevil control. An advance team from the bureau of agricultural economics moves to the Tallulah Louisiana station to compile years of observations across the cotton belt. A fall nationwide survey will assess how rotating control methods influenced yields.
Police report unclear details from a San Antonio arrest case naming suspects Louis Darby and Glen Weeks held for investigation. Authorities cite a traveler's check and missing verification as part of the confusing incident.
An Associated Press report from Duesseldorf dated March 16 details a French troop train derailment in the Rhineland near Treves caused by sabotage. One French soldier was killed and three soldiers along with three French railroad workers were injured when a switch displaced the line and the train crashed into a freight.
Sidney Welk was found guilty of murder today by a jury in connection with the heating ab Tour v. Wood case. He faces a severe prison term of years likely to be imposed in December.
City detective Regan faced suspension today as Chief of Police and officials read statements about allegations that he beat C. W. Wade. Wade had been detained for investigation in Meiyoods County, with updates from police lead quarters following the incident.
Edward Young Clarke former acting imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan under indictment for alleged violation of the Marine Act in a federal court at Hempstead is not a fugitive, his attorneys state. He is said to be seeking a rest in parts unknown on counsel advice.
The body of William S. Carter former president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen who died in a Baltimore hospital is to be buried in Washington. He had suffered arteriosclerosis and the burial is planned for tomorrow or Sunday.
Observers in Washington discuss tomorrow's eclipse which will not be visible locally. The partial eclipse is visible in southern South America and South Africa while the annular phase will be seen in Patagonia the Falkland Islands the far south of the continent and Madagascar.
More than twenty colleges from the South will send athletes to compete in the Southern Intercollegiate track and field championships to be staged in Montgomery in May.
Local boxing scene centers on Mike McTigue facing Battling Sikt in a notable upcoming match. Fans expect a hard fought duel highlighting both fighters’ grit and ring history.
New Orleans March 16 The state day grand jury in Morehouse Parish failed to return indictments on those charged in the Watt Pantel and PA Richerd deaths While Attorney General Walmsley noted prospects of future action and possible charges against several individuals indicate no indictments were issued yesterday The case involves a police or grand jury probe and possible further petition in the matter
The Associated Press reports that former Queen Aina of Montenegria died in Antibes at age 76. She succumbed to arteriosclerosis and chronic nephritis, leaving a legacy tied to Rome and royal circles.
Renointed Preas reports Mrez' Ales TLagroe was convicted of murder and sentenced to five to seven years in the penitentiary for the fatal shooting of Paul LeBlanc in front of his home on Thanksgiving night.
Dolores Dixon files a $60,000 suit against Babe Ruth alleging he attacked her during a motor trip to Long Island. The complaint, filed in New York County, names Ruth as the father of a child she is expecting.
The annual event brings Vassar Wellesley Barnard Smith Mt Holyoke and Radcliffe to debate the topic That the United States should own and control the coal mines. Each college fields two teams one for and one against the proposition with matches tomorrow.
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