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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1915
Page
9
In Zapata County, the Jennings ranch site near Laredo will see new oil and gas exploration. Modern derricks and heavy equipment arrive as experts and financiers back operations to confirm paying quantities of petroleum in the gas belt.
Laredo Auto Sales Co advertises Dayton bicycles with five year guarantee and complete stock on hand. Company signs listing date 3-10-71 and promotes price deals.
Frank C. Hyde long time Fort McIntosh assistant engineer of the ice plant and quartermaster employee will depart Saturday for San Juan Porto Rico after a transfer that grants him a promotion. He has served forty years with the army quartermaster corps and eight at Fort McIntosh, previously at Fort Ringgold Rio Grande City. The kindly veteran recalls Fort Ringgold’s lack of electric lights before his arrival eight years ago in Laredo. His friends regret his departure but wish him happiness in Porto Rico.
Through fast train for Mexico City leaves I G N station at 1 15 p m and arrives from Mexico City at 6 46 a m Standard time The local Saltillo train leaves I G N station at 7 25 a m and arrives from Saltillo at 3 45 p m Standard time
Leaves for Corpus Christi at 8 20 a m and arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 55 p m Standard time.
International and Great Northern reports a fast train to St Louis leaving at 5 45 A M and arriving at 2 P M with expected schedule details.
The Night Train departs at dusk and arrives at 7 45 a m next morning. The timetable notes departures in the evening and morning arrival time for the service.
Train No 1 runs from Laredo to Minera daily except Sunday departing at 8 00 am arriving at 10 30 am Train No 2 runs from Minera to Laredo daily except Sunday departing at 1 15 pm arriving at 3 30 pm
The Encinal funeral for John Jordan drew a long line of autos and carriages from distant areas. Rev. Father Dueso officiated at the Catholic church and grave side in Encinal cemetery with a large list of active and honorary pallbearers from Encinal Laredo and beyond.
C I Lehman of San Antonio arrived in the city yesterday. F W Truitt of Brownsville is a guest at the Hamilton. L G Swope of Houston is in the city. Nat Zulzbacher of San Antonio is a guest at the Bender. W P Bates of San Antonio is a guest at the J H Reeder arrived yesterday and is en route to Monterey Mexico. E P Stallings and bride arrived this morning from Crosby Texas to make their home. Stallings comes to Laredo to accept a position with the First State Bank and Trust Co.
State of Texas transfers available from W Smith Co titled service. Price set at fifty cents per transfer. Office listed with Laredo Realty Co.
At a 3:30 PM meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms, Chas Deutz was elected president, Sam Mackin vice president, and Pablo Jy Juarez treasurer of the new organization. Wilmer Threadgill was chosen secretary. A second directors meeting was set for 2:30 PM to appoint canvassing committees to recruit members and strengthen the local credit association in Texas.
Henry Borchers announces that feterita flour can be bought in 20 cent packages at his bakery and sold at actual cost. Recipes for using the flour will appear in the Laredo Times. Send cash if requesting flour since he is not charging a profit.
A historical recipe lists ingredients for Feterita Nut Bread including milk egg bak ing powder sugar walnuts feterita flour and wheat flour with salt. Instructions note to mix dry ingredients then beat the egg whisk in liquids stir in nuts and bake in a moderate oven for forty five minutes.
A simple batter uses 1 egg 2 cups sour milk 1 tablespoon corn meal a pinch of baking soda and salt to taste. Add feterita flour to form a thin batter and bake on a very hot greased griddle.
Dance lovers are invited to the Dixie on Thursday for Dance Creations featuring Martin Grown and Raszika Dolly. Broadway billed as the world’s greatest dancers, with new dances Crinoline Polka The Waltz Classique The Habanera Hesitation and the Chinatown Fox Trot.
The April issue promotes better motion picture standards nationwide with editor picked film recommendations and women’s cooperation tips. It starts Anna Meese Richardson's Mrs Larry's Adventures in Thrift showing household savings and Housewives League help.
The Frisco Fair will host a gymnastics championship two weeks from now with teams from the east and west competing.
A wide survey of St Patrick Day observances from America to Ireland notes patriotic and religious celebrations honoring the saint. It recounts Patrick’s life, slavery, and missions, including legends of snakes, crosses on pagan stones, and monuments at Slane Abbey and the Cathedral of St Patrick at Dun Patrick.
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a blood purifying remedy. It claims the liver is the seat of passions, and impurities cause biliousness headaches dizziness and constipation. Pills cost 25 cents at druggists.
Foreigners in Progreso asked for refuge on the American cruiser Des Moines due to disorders there. After talks with American naval officers and diplomats, protection was promised.
Secretary Ryan says Vera Cruz and Mexico City authorities will cooperate to transport foreigners leaving Mexico City and to move public supplies into the capital. The agreement aims to ease evacuation and bolster logistics amid ongoing Mexico operations.
The Texas Senate after debate today engrossed a house joint resolution to abolish the fee system for state officials. Lawmakers also agreed not to pursue pipeline regulations in this session.
Former President Taft will deliver three lectures to University of North Carolina students beginning today in Chapel Hill N C. The schedule marks a major speaking engagement by the former president on campus.
Harry J. Black brings a Brazilian plant collection to the Third International Flower Show in New York. He claims some plants can see and hear and will demonstrate their fighting abilities. The exhibit includes orchids valued over 75000 dollars, with botanists from Montevideo and New York assisting.
The new super-dreadnought Pennsylvania will be launched in Newport News on March 16. Sponsor Miss Elizabeth Kolb, named by Governor Brumbaugh as the “sweetest girl in Pennsylvania,” attends. The vessel measures 600 feet, 97 foot beam, 31 000 tons and cost $14 million. State officials from Pennsylvania attend the ceremony.
Associated Press dispatches from London say French and German accounts disagree on fighting in Champagne and along the Belgian border with both claiming successes. A Petrograd report places Russians on Prussian soil near Langssargen. British attempts to lure the Turks at Smyrna appear to fail as Ankara vows to resist to the end.
Paris reports fresh Belgian gains on the Yser river as French troops seize a portion of a key hill near Mesnil. A French aviator bombs Colmar barracks while German forces renew bombardments on Rheims and Suissons, with two shells striking the cathedral.
Berlin reports German forces seized the heights northwest of Arras as French attacks north of Mesnil failed. Fighting rages in the Argonne. Russian advances near Tilsit and Langssergen were repulsed, and attempts to break through north of Warsaw were repelled.
Reuters dispatch reports the capture of Przemysi is expected within a few days. Austrian prisoners say the garrison is on famine rations and hospitals are crowded.
The British steamship Blonde arrived at South Shields reporting a German airplane dropped a bomb on her deck in the North Sea killing one sailor.
Paris reports General Leman, defender of Liege and now prisoner in Germany, declines parole and states that his first act when released will be to offer his services to the king of Belgium.
Berlin reports the Dresden was destroyed after long evasions with praise for her crew's heroism and little surprise at the event as it unfolds on March 17.
Paris report says German forces bombard Nieuport with 16 inch howitzers. Thirty shells strike town demolishing several buildings and injuring one person. Allied warships bombard Westende as German reply remains feeble.
Constantinople reports only minor actions by the allied fleet at the Dardanelles over recent days. Two attempts to reach the outer fortifications failed, while the civilian population remains calm in the city.
London reports both British steamers Atlanta and Fingal were torpedoed by German submarines. The Atlanta reached land safely while the Fingal sank with six lives lost.
Washington report states ships loaded with cotton may sail to German ports if contracted and depart by March 31. the move hinges on formal contracts and timely departures.
W Noble, secretary of the Land League of Texas, testifies at a federal land hearing describing extreme poverty. He cites North Texas tenants offering to give away their children to survive, with L T Stewart presented as representative of about 50 000 tenant farmers in the Southwest.
About 41,000 delegates of the Methodist Episcopal Church attended the opening of the Ohio convention in Cincinnati. Speakers include John R. Mott and Bishops Anderson and Wilson as the gathering surveys social, industrial, rural, immigration, educational and missionary issues.
The National Association of Shellfish Commissioners opened its annual convention in New Orleans at St. Charles. W. McDonald Lee presided as the association's president as a three day session began. Delegations from Maryland Rhode Island Alabama North Carolina Massachusetts New Jersey Connecticut and Maine attended.
Mr E Williams of Hamilton Ohio says the Pine-Tar-Honey remedy supports his entire family during cold times. The ad claims immediate relief by penetrating throat and lung linings to destroy germs and aid natural recovery. Available at your druggist for 25 cents.
The family of John Jordan expresses heartfelt thanks to residents of Laredo and others for assistance during illness and death. They acknowledge floral offerings and funeral help in Encinal. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Sam J. Jordan and Family.
I N Stuart of West Webster New York reports five years of satisfactory use of Chamberlains Tablets for stomach and liver disorders. He finds them mild in action and effectively represented. For sale by all dealers. Ad.
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