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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1919
Page
6
The Laredo Times details daily and weekly subscription options for U S Mexico and Canada audiences. Rates include daily mail postpaid and carrier delivery in Laredo or New Laredo Mexico. Prices range from 50 ets monthly to 5 00 per year for daily, and 2 00 per year to 0 60 for weekly, with advance payment required.
The paper acknowledges that the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to republication of all AP news dispatches and otherwise credited focal news published in the paper.
The piece reports a large Japanese syndicate allegedly securing acres on the California border for fishing and possible immigration evasion. It links the move to concerns over the Monroe Doctrine and suggests Mexican reaction, with parallels drawn to prior Magdalena Bay incidents and German pressures.
The speaker argues Japan and Mexico should be pressured to halt a land sale alleging hidden aims supporting broader projects. They contend Japan cannot fund distant fishing ventures while Mexico relies on U.S. friendship for its welfare and warn against ending the deal that harms U.S. interests.
The Jewish Relief Committee asks non Jews in the United States to contribute to a $35 million fund for six million Jews in Europe and Asia facing starvation. The appeal explains Red Cross limits and wartime strain, urging all Americans to give according to means during the week of April 7th.
One year ago today in the war March 24 British airmen bombed Metz and Cologne. Paris was shelled again by German long-range guns. Germans drove the British back across the Somme and repulsed French and American reinforcements.
Advertises Herbine as a remedy for constipation and regular bowel movements. States price 60 cents and that it is sold by all druggists.
The School Board of the Independent School District in Laredo Texas announces an election to be held Saturday April 5 1919 to elect four trustees. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm at Central Grammar School for precincts 1 and 2 and Urbahn School for precincts 3 and 4 with named officers appointed for each polling place.
Captain John Jacob Astor arrives in New York en route to America visiting relatives. He is accompanied by his wife Lady Violet and is recuperating in Palm Beach after losing his left leg in September while serving with the British Royal Garrison artillery.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears the firm will pay one hundred dollars for any catarrh case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary public certifies December 6, 1836. Company states medicine is taken orally and works through the blood on mucous surfaces.
New Zealand hosts 20 acclimation societies chartered and supervised by the government. They protect native wildlife and introduce game birds such as pheasants and quail, opossums, woodcock, rainbow trout, and salmon. Societies pay bounties for hawk and predator control.
A brief classified style notice offers daily access to opportunities in THE TIMES at a price of 0c per month. The text emphasizes ongoing availability and affordability.
Claude Kitchin of North Carolina born in Scotland Neck 50 years ago. Charles A. Kennedy of Iowa born in Montrose 50 years ago. Margaret Carnegie of Pittsburgh born 22 years ago. Aven Nelson of Wyoming born in Lee County 60 years ago. Garrett P. Serviss of New York born in Sharon Springs 68 years ago. William Jennings Bryan born in Centralia 56 years ago.
In the Southern District of Texas at Laredo trustee F M Ramsay will sell at Lasitas Farm on the Rio Grande line between 10 AM and 4 PM on April 1 1919 an undivided one half interest in ten head of mules belonging to J K Forseck & Sons bankrupt estate. Sale follows March 18 1919 order by Referee John C Scott.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, longtime president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, will open the suffrage jubilee convention in St Louis tonight. A Ripon Wisconsin native, she was educated in Iowa and taught after studying law, rising to general superintendent of schools. She first made her mark as an orator and organizer in Iowa before leading national and international suffrage efforts.
Train No 1 of the Texas-Mexican departs for Corpus Christi at 9 00 a m. Train No 2 from Corpus Christi arrives at 6 36 p m. The International and Great Northern offers a through fast train to St Louis leaving at 10 46 a m and arriving at 7 16 p m. The Night Train departs at 9 9 p m and arrives at 1 00 a m.
Train No 1 runs daily except Sunday from Laredo at 8 30 a m to Minera arriving 10 20 a m Train No 2 departs Minera daily except Sunday at 11 a m and reaches Laredo at 8 15 a m
An old advertisement promotes HERBINE to relieve indigestion and pain within minutes. It claims the remedy forces fermented matter to the bowels for expulsion and lists a price of 50 cents with availability from druggists.
Two deals of importance were filed for record since the last report. Maria Garcia de Rivera and husband to Tomasa Mendoza lot 3 in block 68 West Division for 325 dollars. Encarnacion Resendiz to Servando Benavides one acre in Portion 22 Webb county for 120 dollars.
Don Pedro Flores died at his home 817 Santa Ursula Avenue in Laredo Sunday morning after a six week illness due to intestinal troubles. A native of Villal dama Mexico aged 65 he moved to Laredo 22 years ago and ran a business with his son Alcala Flores. He is survived by his wife Anna S Flores a son and two daughters. Funeral from his home to San Agustin church at 10 30 with burial in Catholic cemetery. Pallbearers listed with active and honorary members.
Short evening services at the Presbyterian Church will be held Monday Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 45 led by the Pastor. The program will discuss the Southern Presbyterian Church progressive plan and its implications.
A promotional note touts a long used cold remedy that stops sniffles coughs and grippe before they worsen. It claims universal use across men women and children for fifty years with prompt relief and offers generous size bottles priced at 60 cents and 1.20 dollars.
An advertisement touts New Life Pills claiming they improve bowel movements clear the head and aid digestion with mild but reliable action. Sold at drug stores for 25 cents.
Mrs Fidie Buckner Turpin wife of Dr Thomas J Turpin died Saturday at Mercy Hospital after a year of declining health She had lived in Dolores and was at the bed side with her daughter Mrs John Newton Goddard from St Louis News notes her funeral at Christ Church with Rev C W Cook and burial in the church plot Survivors include her husband daughter three grandchildren and two nieces The Times extends deepest sympathy marking her as a woman of sterling character and longstanding social involvement in Southwest Texas.
Community notices and small ads list illness of Mrs. Mary Hillert, car sales from Citizens Auto, shoe promotions at Richter's and Just Wright, mail order inquiries, local services, marriage licenses, and business updates. Also mentions J L Fierros buys sells, onion market, piano dealers Moran, and dry cleaners Butler Bros. plus Crescent Garage and Times job dept.
Free screenings at the Royal Theater show a detailed panorama of the Pan Motor Company plant in Saint Cloud Minnesota. The film covers exterior and interior views of the drop forges die casting machinery and other equipment, plus group shots of Pan Motor Co workers and their modern homes at Pantown along the Mississippi.
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