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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1919
Page
21
George P. Hampton national director heads a delegation chosen by the farmers' national conference to attend the peace conference. The group aims to support President Wilson in forming a league of nations to prevent future wars as per conference resolution.
An old-world city on the Tigris west bank opposite ancient Nineveh, Mosul sits largely unchanged since antiquity. The piece notes Nineveh’s 2000 year history ending with Sennacherib’s fall about 600 B.C., and describes archaeologists uncovering palaces and tablets from Ashurbanipal and Sennacherib in later eras.
Roy Gorin a negro from San Antonin and Leo Malone were charged jointly in the theft of the Young car. Malone received five years in the penitentiary as the case proceeded in district court. Also noted are a shooting license list and an afternoon meeting at the Chamber of Commerce about the Victory Loan Drive led by Mr. Cummings of the Federal Reserve Bank. Port of Laredo imports include calamine cotton seed cake ictle and baskets.
A brief exchange questions if the speaker has trouble keeping a servant. The reply says no, the real trouble comes when trying to dismiss one. The line hints at tensions in service relationships.
Better Than Calomel claims Dr Edwards Olive Tablets are a mild laxative that acts quickly on the liver without calomel drawbacks. The ad argues they protect teeth, prevent gum harm, and relieve headaches and sluggish feelings from constipation, priced 10c and 25c a box and available at all druggists.
The Parish Guild of Christ Church will meet at the home of Mrs. R. L. Poster at 4 o clock Thursday afternoon. The Aid Society of the Christian Church meets at Mrs. J. N. Wareham’s home at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. The four W. M. A. circles hold their regular weekly meeting this afternoon at the usual hour.
A fragmented OCR reads many personal names including Ethel Poster Louie Fasnacht Joe John Robert Theresa Fasnacht Jack Evans Younkin George Eleanor Kehl Martha Anderson Mary Ralph Cook Anita Ethel Lane Leonard Ernst Nettie Bunn Hunter Randolph Nellie Net zer Mrs Cook.
Travelers arriving at the hotel include C. L. Bergenthal of San Antonio N C Johnson also from San Antonio W L Dennis and family of Tampico Mex A W Reglaner from McAlester J M Rhoads C F Groos and D D Himen all listed as staying in the city during the period.
A collection of notices mentions Emma Dowd’s uplifting verse, Merritt and Herbert Williams heading to Oakland for a new home, greetings to Miss Elsie Werner in Reisters town, and Mrs. J. N. Goddard in Dolores before returning home. Other items note illness delaying a church aid meeting, Ora Lee Camp’s thirtieth birthday party, and Stella Castillo’s 5 30 wedding at St Agustin pro cathedral with Andrew Jackson Center of Dalton Georgia.
A roundup of milestones shows women assuming new roles: a Texas woman to be deputy State Labor Commissioner. Bombay grants citizenship rights. Burma eases divorce rules. British banks hire more women. Bellevue Hospital Medical College to admit women. U S women form a national federation of clubs. Emma D. Thompson candidate for Enid city treasurer. Miss S Letta Elsie Marty first female school inspector in Toronto. Queen Maud Norway highlights outdoor interests. Sophia Redmond donates proceeds to Red Cross. Wyoming appoints Eunice G Anderson as first state historian. Anderson previously led state workmen’s compensation and later deputy state treasurer.
Will Davis Esq of Carrizo Springs attends district court in the city. J F Gunther departs for Brownsville on a brief business trip. W A Thomas of Kilmington Delaware and I Howe of Springfield Missouri arrived in Laredo seeking permanent relocation. Both are storage battery experts planning a local business with auto accessories stock.
The report from the Census Bureau shows city real estate values in 1918 at 39.2 billion dollars for cities over 30,000, up from 24.9 billion in 1913. Tax assessments likely exaggerate gains, and overall city revenues rely on real estate taxes, suggesting valuations rose more slowly than commodity prices.
March 26 birthday list notes W F Massey prime minister of New Zealand born in County Derry Ireland 62 years ago today Ex Prince Wilhelm of Wied born Nenwied 43 years ago today William P Hobby governor of Texas born Polk County Texas 41 years ago today Dr Flavel S Luther retiring president Trinity College Hartford Conn born Brooklyn Conn 69 years ago today Edwin A Curtis former Boston mayor now police commissioner born Roxbury Mass 58 years ago today
In the Ohio tale from the Republican Mr Gillad a man sought Chamberlains Cough Remedy in vain as clerks misnamed shelves causing disappointment. The editor suggests storeowners post clerks to prevent substitutions and protect buyers and manufacturers.
Train No 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 9:00 A M and Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3:36 P M. Through fast train to St Louis leaves at 10:46 A M and arrives at 7:16 P M. Might Train operates with leaving times and arrival around midnight.
Train No 1 runs daily except Sunday from Laredo to Minera leaving 8 40 am and arriving 10 20 am. Train No 2 departs Minera daily except Sunday to Prefin arriving 8 18 am, with arrival times and intermediate stops noted.
The second annual Mississippi Valley Waterways Association meeting in St Louis will attract governors mayors and hundreds of officials from across the U S. Key topics include river improvements inland waterways freight rates and a national mercantile marine with James K Smith proposing a $100000000 five year program.
Today Siour Falls hosts the annual convention of the South Dakota Heatail faimber Dealers' Association. The National Dairy Union and National Creamery Wadermakers' Association discuss industry issues. In Cedar Rapids the dairy groups hold joint talks as Senator Borah of Idaho, critic of the President's league plan, attends the Union League banquet in Cleveland.
A Kansas City Journal item reports a novel priced down from two dollars to twenty eight cents, describing the deep discount as striking news for readers and shoppers.
Tonight and Thursday should be fair. Fort McIntosh records show a maximum near 80 degrees and a minimum around 43 with a south wind. The period ended at 7 am noted clear skies and about 0.50 inches of precipitation.
Paris March 26 reports the first gathering of premiers in President Wilsons plan for continuous meetings to push toward peace. The conference focused on German propositions and the Russian situation with emphasis on Hungarys political upheaval shaping the talks.
A message to the White House from American peace delegates in Paria says progress toward peace is greater than surface appearances suggest. The note implies momentum and optimism despite public doubt.
Paris reports a strong push in high circles to join all peace pacts with Germany Austria Turkey and Bulgaria into a single comprehensive treaty. American leaders fear delay but believe coordination could finish all Central Powers accords in the end.
Paris dispatch reports the Prussian national assembly voted unanimously against relinquishing any part of the Rhine basin, with emphasis on the Sarre basin, according to German diplomats.
A Budapest rumor reports former Prime Minister Karolyi has been assassinated. The claim remains unconfirmed and could not be verified by authorities in Berne on March 26.
Ceeco Slovaks have seized Raab on the Danube halting strained links between Vienna and Budapest. The town lies midway between the two capitals, and the disruption affects cross regional communications.
Copenhagen reports martial law in Czecho-Slovakia following events in Hungary as authorities clamp down nationwide. The Pressburg dispatch to Berlin notes the sweeping declaration and its regional impact.
Wireless dispatch from Budapest says the French troops commander denies claims soldiers were disarmed by the communists. Other items report Colonel Vix wounded and captured, Major Freeman escaping from Budapest, and Berlin discussing a proposal to the national assembly.
Toronto Ont March 26. A special general conference of the Ontario Associated Boards of Trade opens in Toronto tomorrow. Sessions run two days with delegates from many cities and towns across the province to discuss housing roads fire waste prevention and community welfare among other questions.
A collection of curious notes cites coal shortages in Italy forcing wood fuel for locomotives, the swift Russian wolf-hound at seventy five feet per second, Australians as heavy tea drinkers, divers reaching two hundred feet, Quebec pulp exports rising to ninety six thousand dollars yearly, Swedish seaweed producing acetic and other chemicals, a New York store losing two percent of sales, and Cleopatra’s Needle on the Thames Embankment as a seventy foot stone obelisk weighing over one hundred eighty six tons.
The rheumatic physician, seated through the consultation, rises to write a prescription for a so called magic rheumatism remover. He asks the patient what ails him and groans as pain shoots through his hand while holding the pen.
The measure aims to introduce a three-chamber structure within the constitution. It envisions the corporation of the Soviet system influencing legislative balance and governance, signaling a major constitutional shift.
London March 26 Secretary of War Winston Churchill told the house of commons that the last months in Ukraine were disastrous for the French who had moved inland facing superior forces and hostility from locals. He cited General Denekine's army fighting for civilization with Great Britain pledging support but excluding British troops.
Paris March 26 government opened an inquiry into how the French press kept so closely in touch with the doings of the supreme council.
In Berlin on March 24 a chaotic exit at a Gletwitz Iglesia juvenile entertainment caused a deadly stampede. Seventy children died and twenty were seriously injured when the cry of fire spread panic among the crowd.
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