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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1919
Page
23
Mrs Violet Oberfeldt serves as society editor in the local paper, coordinating social notes and events with the help of the telephone contact listed as 70.
The Lone Star Chapter Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls meet at Mrs A Poggenpohl's home at 4 PM. Boy Scouts Troop 1 gather at the Methodist Church League Room at the usual evening hour. Troop 2 meets at headquarters at 1 PM Saturday. Junior Boy Scouts meet at the Methodist Church at 2 30 PM.
The poem claims greatness may sleep in people and sacrifice lies hidden until fierce days call it forth again. Related news notes list social visits in San Antonio and San Diego, and a string of community club meetings at the Home Garden Club, W M A circles, and the Presbyterian Aid Society with quilt projects for the Orphan Home and missionary discussions.
The article notes a baptism for John Stewart Sielski with sponsors listed. It urges Red Cross Clothing Campaign from March 24 to 31, stressing alliance aid and Belgian relief targets, while detailing the internal church and community views. High School plans first baseball game of the season on March 22 against Laredo, with coach Brett guiding tryouts and player lineup mentioned.
A wartime plea argues Americans should hold War Savings Stamps to fund victory and support returning servicemen. It questions patriotism for cashing stamps, touts government guarantees, and urges saving until maturity with optimal interest.
Rt Hon Herbert A J Fisher, Education Minister in Lloyd George's government, born in London, a noted scholar and educator. Former vice chancellor of Sheffield University, educated at Winchester and New College Oxford, with studies at Pevis and Gottingen, Lowell lecturer at Harvard in 1909, and member of India's gas commission 1912 to 1915.
Royal Flying Corps members trained in the Eleventh Federal War Savings District returned to Canada as eager buyers of War Savings Stamps. The Canadian government created a stamp program modeled after U S practice, aiming to foster thrift as essential to postwar recovery for United States and Canada alike.
Travelete C F Vda de Guimbar da Elisabe Garza Neto Angel Aca ino Monterey L B Smith W E His Matio Poraz and wife Juan cinosa and wife L kh Munoz and family P 8 Gonzales San Antonio R A Weyle Waco Federico Cam pion San Antonio H R Hamilton 1 RX Thayar Chicago.
John Clifford a Baptist minister and YMCA worker earned the Croix de Guerre for extraordinary bravery in France. He helped rescue Col Albertus W. Catlin of the Sixth Marine Regiment under heavy shelling, carrying him to safety on a stretcher. Clifford, 51, born in Oxford, England, preached globally and chose service with the YMCA in France.
H. H. Simmons of Hillsboro Texas, executive secretary of the Southern department of the Army Y M C A, has supreme authority over about 1050 officers and men as the demobilization reduces the force. The Southern department’s San Antonio headquarters directs activities in six states from that base.
The Hudson Hut in Hoboken New Jersey claims to be the largest Y M C A hut worldwide serving about 5000 men daily. It offers a barber shop tailor shop bookshop showers lockers a theater game room with twelve billiard tables a soda fountain a hostess room library and seven fireplaces. 10 cent shaves 25 cent haircuts and with officers a 15 cent puttee and shoe shines are popular.
United States Army Intelligence Bureau officers searched a Japanese steamship that delivered ordnance and government material. The bill of lading listed 100 Lewis airplane guns, which are not currently on board. The report follows a March 21 inquiry from Senator Phelan into Japanese fishing concessions on Mexico’s east coast, with officials saying no information confirms such concessions.
Twelve men of Mexican nationality born in this country surrendered to federal officers in Corpus Christi. Eleven of the group come from Duval county as the case unfolds.
Pinehurst North Carolina March 21. Opening tomorrow marks the seventeenth annual United North and South amateur Championship for Women. Play runs four days on Pinehurst Country Club links with a large entry signaling a premier winter event.
The article lists diverse events for today: Nowruz celebrations for the Persian New Year, Benito Juarez’s birth anniversary in Mexico, a Missouri senator addressing a St. Louis mass meeting on the League of Nations, Redfield’s Middle West tour for the same cause, Pacific Northwest educators attending Gooding Idaho’s inauguration of Dr. Charles Wesley Tenney as Gooding College president, a large contingent of women delegates arriving in St. Louis for the National American Woman Suffrage Association jubilee, and a Federal Trade Commission hearing in Washington with newsprint manufacturers and publishers regarding potential newsprint price reopenings.
Welhansen of Torrecillas is in the city. Hon. Marshall Hicks of San Antonio arrived for a short visit. M. P. Strickland president of the G. A. Stowers Furniture Co. of San Antonio is spending the day visiting their big store here. CU. Biggio vice president of the Rio Grande & Hayle Pass Ry. and C. M. Fish traffic manager of the Texas- Mexican Railway Co. left this morning for St. Louis on business for their companies.
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Washington notes mark a shift from German military dominance to Allied advance with American and British forces on the Rhine. Casualties in the US air service with allied forces total 654, including 171 killed in combat.
London dispatches report Germany Austria seeks independent representation at the peace conference. Berlin papers quote Vienna say the issue of unification with Germany will be postponed until the conference ends.
Secretary Baker visiting army camps rejected a charge by Senator Chamberlain that he is influenced by reactionaries. He said the duty of judging officers rests with him, not with the senator, during his March 21 tour in Yuma Arizona.
Paris March 21 neutrals urged league covenant amendments including more secondary countries in executive control and reduced armaments with tighter munition manufacturer oversight.
At Paris on March 21 the Italian delegation to the peace conference unanimously agreed to withdraw unless Fiume is assigned to Italy at the peace settlement. The decision highlights Italy's insistence on securing Fiume as part of post war arrangements.
Paris dispatch quotes Marshal Foch saying the Rhine is the only good line of defense and that without securing that frontier they will have fought in vain, a stance printed in today’s papers.
Basel reports that the German armistice president at Spa presented a note to inter allied delegates asking if Germany should accept press claims that a peace treaty will be ready for Germans soon. It says President Wilson approved it but Germany may not discuss or modify the document.
New York will host the eighth annual convention of the National Wholesale Drug Manufacturers Association next week. The meeting will run several days and attract several hundred prominent drug manufacturers from across the United States to discuss alcoholic medicinal preparations under nationwide prohibition.
An Arkansas paper notes a quirky trend as Bay rum becomes a favored drink while a green tonic gains popularity. Observers report a humorous rash of dandruff of the liver among Bean Brummels, hinting at a satirical health scare.
Cure claim for persistent cough and lung ailments promotes Eckman’s Alterative as a tonic from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia. Bottles priced at 8c and $1.60 available from druggists.
A playful exchange shows a man rejected by a woman who insists she will propose herself, highlighting the suffragist era’s push for women's independence and agency. The flirtation mixes humor with social change attitudes in a period piece context.
About 600 Villistas and 600 federal troops clashed 75 miles south of the border. Sixty three Villistas and sixteen government men were killed after hours of fighting as rebels ran out of ammunition and tried to seize a federal ammo train.
Catholic churches in Cincinnati and area mark the centennial of Archbishop William H Elder born in Baltimore and head of the archdiocese from 1883 to 1904. The obituary era bishop opposed Civil War prayers, aided the sick, and served during the yellow fever epidemic.
Harrisburg March 21 reports state that Dr Nathan Schaffer a leading American educator is seriously ill His long career includes Pennsylvania State superintendent of public instruction since 1875 He helped draft the state school code and led the College and University Council of Pennsylvania plus served as president of the National Education Association 1905 1907 and as chancellor of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua at Mt Gretna
A Quebec bill proposes a commission to set minimum wages for women in industry. The Mississippi Industrial Institute and College near Columbus, Mississippi began in the 1880s as the first US industrial education school for young women. The text also cites women’s electoral participation in Onsted and Chicago, the Minerva Club at New Harmony Indiana in 1958, and a Chicago court decision denying separate maintenance for a well paid businesswoman.
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