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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1919
Page
15
Webb county poultry owners are urged to attend a lecture by a Agricultural College expert pending arrival time. Prof. Mally coordinates first lecture and yard tours with focus on forming a local club and gathering a poultry census. Attendees should bring flock data and rations to aid future investigations and growth of the industry.
A large oil and gas lease covering 11 594 acres across 25 tracts in eastern Webb County was filed with the county clerk. M A Hirsch leased to W C Renfro of Miami Oklahoma, with private consideration indicating impending drilling activity.
Webb county records show Two Republics Oil & Gas Co of San Antonio and Laredo filed trust articles with the county clerk. Sixteen land surveys on leases with eleven producing gas wells on the Reiser ranch indicate immediate development and a probable oil find in the eastern Webb county area along the Texas-Mexico railroad.
Expresses heartfelt gratitude for kindness shown during illness and death of sister and mother. Special thanks for beautiful floral offerings. Includes a spinach market report with fragmented readings across several cities and a scattered price listing.
I have moved my law office to 707 Salinas Avenue. Phone 416 HAL W GREER. 3 26 41.
The La Gran Zarzuela de Maria Canesa, a leading Mexican operetta troupe, will perform at the Royal Opera House next week. Local events note a White Sale at the Hat Shop this Saturday and various service ads including cleaners, plumbers, and shoe repairs.
On this date in history Maj. Gen. Adolphus Greely born in Newburyport Mass and Maj. Gen. William Graves born in Texas mark notable birthdays. Also noted are Mrs Medill McCormick born in Cleveland and Rt Rev Joseph Cheshire born in Tarboro North Carolina with other figures like Sir James Ewing.
The Laredo community shows strong engagement in poultry raising as lectures led by Edson from A and M College draw attendees. Local women’s committees collaborate with Prof Mally to share breeds counts and data. residents urged to contact committee chairs W N Young W H Mims or J H Davis for submissions.
Suan Antonio L. F. Burleson representing the Texas Oil Producing Co. of Fort Worth arrived in the city this morning. Mr. and Mrs. MC. Cotton of Dallas are in town for a short visit. Mr. Cotton is the general sales manager for the Lucky Jim Oil Co of Houston.
Travelers listed include Jose Cavazos Jose Ma Morales Alfredo Rodriguez Ricardo Morales Saltillo Mex id B Kotula San Antonio M J Trashek New York T H Moore Broomwood Cotton and wife Mrs B Eldridge Dallas R Ayers Arizona JE Yee San Antonio A McTade den St Louis HE W Weber New York City with varied origins and destinations for the period.
An Ohio editor recalls a customer who sought Chamberlains Cough Remedy but was misled by clerks who named similar products. The piece urges merchants to post substitutions clearly to avoid customer disappointment and protect brand trust.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Orleans shows tonight and Friday will be fair with slowly rising temperatures. The Times relays the bureau's daily outlook provided through the Telephone Co. service.
Observations for the 24 hours ending 7 am report a maximum of 9 degrees and a minimum of 53 degrees. Wind generally from the southeast. Sky clear.
Basel reports the new Hungarian government consists of twenty four Jews and six Christians. The Vienna press notes Magyars may resist such a government as Italian forces seize Pressburg on the border. Paris says General Mangin will be recalled from Mayence for a mission connected to Hungary.
An advertisement claims Chamberlain's Tablets correct a bad taste in the mouth indicating digestive upset. The medicine is said to cause a gentle bowel movement and is described as one of the best medicines you will become acquainted with.
The Times promotes daily opportunities with a subscription offer at 50 cents per month.
A republic is proclaimed in Bessarabia with military actions against Romania as Soviet forces push the army to retreat. A Moscow dispatch reports Galicia in revolution with Galician oil districts forming soviet government and Polish troops joining the movement amid a general strike in Lemberg.
Paris March 27 Foreign Minister Pichon told the chamber that allied policy toward Russia is pacification rather than war, though struggle against Bolshevism continues.
The League of Nations commission in Paris reports completing its review of the covenant. The draft is referred to the drafting committee for wording corrections and will be returned to the commission promptly.
The Associated Press reports Washington March 27 that the Supreme Court was asked to grant a rehearing of Eugene V. Debs case after his espionage act conviction was affirmed March 10. Also notes a Wilson message urging woman suffrage and Cummins urging government control of railroads in Des Moines.
A carload of frozen mutton, part of several consignments sent to New York from New Zealand via Vancouver, goes on sale in the city. It is expected to fetch several cents less than the American product.
Today marks the centennial birth of Sidney Perham, Maine’s prohibition governor, as events in Norfolk Virginia begin by the North Carolina Pine Association. Maj Gen Leonard Wood to address the Kansas D A K in Kansas City while Ontario boards of trade convene in Toronto to discuss reconstruction. A court hearing in Traverse City Michigan targets Mrs Stantelawa tiperynaki connected to the Sister Mary Janina case.
The commission will formalize its report within two days and present the covenant, containing twenty six articles, to the peace conference executive committee. No amendment yet meets Japan’s demand for national equality recognition.
Paris March 27 The Japanese legation at the peace conference pressed for an amendment to the league covenant. It would go as far as the conference was willing to concede to promote the principle of equality of race.
Coblenz authorities publish a notice urging Germans in the occupied zone to show restraint toward American troops. The appeal follows recent clashes between soldiers and civilians and warns against acts that could be seen as insults to U S uniforms.
Washington on March 27 reports German hopes to regain the American dye market are dashed by an alien property custodian order barring German importation and promising prosecution under the trading with the enemy act for patent infringements. In Texas Kurt Wyrth notes eight hundred men and 34 officers of the fifth Ammunition Train, from Texas and Oklahoma, arrived last night and will be mustered out on Monday.
The hostess jokes that Miss Biggie was a poor conversationalist. Jack quips she was the limit, noting she only said no all evening, and he proposed to elicit that reply.
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