Potash deposits in Texas and Mexico could reshape farming
A long piece outlines discovery of potash and salt deposits in western Texas and eastern Mexico found while drilling for oil. It notes potential federal funding of 350000 yearly for four years to explore resources, with export bans until domestic needs are met, aiming for independence from German and Carpathian supplies and boosting Texas farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Florida
Georgia
Texas
Mexico
Utah
Senate
Carpathians
Bea
Jasttle Byttle
Congress
Fraternal Day Reflections Across Orders in the United States
Across the United States fraternal orders mark Fraternal Day with gatherings and thoughts on fraternalism. Members recall insurance aims, military memory, and freedom against tyranny while uniting to aid widows and orphans. The shared motto is brotherhood and the Fatherhood of God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
He Brothers
United States
Jericho
Purification Health Ad Promotes Culotaba Treatment
A vintage medical advertisement urges Purification of the system for health. It claims Culotaba tablets cleanse the entire body and improve vitality, recommending a course once or twice weekly for several weeks. A family package with directions is offered for 36 cents at drug stores.
Sterling Sales Company Limited Partnership Filing
A 1926 Texas limited partnership certificate names Sterling Sales Company as the business entity in Lacrado Webb County Texas. Arturo J Puig is general partner with Macedonio S. Tone and Manuel Cayazus Jr as special partners. Capital contributions list Macedonio 1250 dollars and Manuel 360 dollars with term April 7 1926 to April 7 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Sales Company
Lacrado
Webb County
Texas
Pveneral
Arturo J. Puig
Apodal Partiera
Macedonio S, Tone
Manuel Cayazus, Jr
Gald
Macedonio S
Manuel Cavazos
Owhich
M. &.Taminz
M. Cavazos, Jr
Fifty Years of Progress remembered in Redo program
A large Laredo crowd attended an illustrated lecture at Elks Hall by Southwestern Bell under Rotary auspices marking the semi centennial of the telephone. Five women in decade costumes spoke on scientific advances from 1876 to 1907, while remarks by local leaders praised the telephone’s growth and impact on home, office and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Hall
Laredo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Rotary Club
Clara Trigo
Madeline Wathen
Faye Daniel
Anna Lee
Libbye Ewing
Travis Bruce Bunn
Robert Lee
Telephone Company
Kiwanis
W. L. Duly
Dallas
Duly
National Baseball League
Frst
New York
San Francisco
Thomas A. Moison
Interstate Commerce Commission
Moss Faye Dantel
Oregon
Key West
McKintey
United States
Philippines
Beaumont
Texas
Wright Bros
Local Reserve Officers Form Chapter in Laredo
A luncheon at the Robert E Lee Hotel led to forming a local chapter of the Reserve Officers Association. Officers elected: Lt Col John H Zachry president, Lt Harry J Sames vice president, Lt Ralph Barry secretary treasurer, with Major Rogers as honorary president from Fort McIntosh. Next luncheon set for the second Tuesday in May to invite more Reserve Corps officers in Webb County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Robert E. Lee
Reserve Officers’ Association
John H. Zachry
Harry J. Sames
Ralph Barry
Major Rogers
Fourth
United States Field Artillery
Fort McIntosh
U. S. Reserve Corps
Laredo
Webb County
Barry
Bermuda onions shipment slow due to rain in Laredo
Rain hindered Bermuda onion harvests in the Laredo district yesterday. Only sixteen carloads moved last night, six to the Texas-Mexican road and ten to the IG N line, bringing season totals to 692 carloads versus 1,353 by this date in 1925. Diversified truck shipments reached 1,219 carloads, surpassing 1925 year totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
I.G. N
Laredo
Rainfall Benefits County Cotton Regions
Light rains yesterday spread across the Laredo area reaching ranches and cotton farms in eastern counties. Dryland cotton farmers rely on rain for crops now in good condition, and the moisture is reported to have reached all eastern plantations, promising beneficial yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Bishop Johnson to Visit Rio Grande Valley AME District
Bishop W. M. J. Johnson of the Wth Episcopal district of the AME Church will arrive from Waco this afternoon and fold district conference this evening at Scott Chayod 2216 Iturbide Street. He will remain over Sunday and preach at the chapel at 900 Sunday morning. Friends of the church are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. J. Johnson
Wth Episcopal District
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Rio Grande Valley
Waco
Scott Chayod
Iturbide , Street
Aooselock
World War I Era Telecommunication Milestones Noted
A historical educational program by Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. reviews 1909 wireless lifesaving on a fishing ship, 1917 diplomatic break with Germany, 1918 armistice, 1920 Prohibition, 1921 transatlantic cable to Key West, 1925 dual radio stations and transoceanic links, first nonstop cross country flight, and 16,600 U.S. telephones in 1926. The event boosted local goodwill in Laredo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
United States
Japan
Lahti Ewing
U.S
Germany
Dayana
Key West
Transoceania
England
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Telephone Company
Laredo
The Wanderer at Concordia Theatre Nueva Suare do Mexico
The Wanderer presents The Prodigal Son tale with Raoul Walsh directing a cast including Ernest Torrence Greta Nissen William Collier Tyrone Power Wallace Beery and Kathleen Williams at the Concordia Theatre Nuevo Suare do Mexico on Saturday May 1st. Miss Nissen plays Tisha the Temptress and Collier is the Prodigal Son with Terrence in a villainous turn and a dramatic city destruction scene during a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concordia Theatre
Nuevo Suaredo
Mexico
Raoul Walsh
Young Collier
Terrence
Grand Ointment Claims Clear Skin Rapidly
Skin specialists note pimples blotches and rashes are diminishing amid the wide sale of Black and White Ointment and Soap. Dealers report fast turnover due to low prices and dependability with the 50c size offering three times the value of the 25c size.
Fred Buenz Wins Honor of Fontainebleau Institute
Mrs. John O Buenz reports son Fred Buenz graduates MIT in June and won a prestigious scholarship to the Institute of Art at Fontainebleau France. The award, highly coveted in Europe, marks a lifelong achievement for the artist from Texas city, noted for Beaux Arts honors and early design accolades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buenz
Fontainebleau Institute
John O. Buenz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Institute of Art
Fontainebleau
France
Europe
Massachusetts
Ted Fred
Paris
Francois I
Napoleon
Pope Pius VII
Josephine
Marie Antoinette
Adieu
Elba
Fountainebleau
Boarbizon
Millet
Rousseau
Zien
Laredo
Weekly Drilling Report for Laredo District and Webb Duval Areas
The report lists numerous wells and operations across Laredo district and Webb Duval counties. It records drilling, testing, cements, swabbing, and gas and oil production at multiple blocks, surveys, and pools including Albercas Grant, Crown Central Keene, Mariano Arispe Grant, Cole Field, and Andrews Pool with volumes such as 150 barrels, 35,000,000 gassers, 25,000,000 cubic feet gas, and 600 barrels swabbed. It notes totals for Webb county pools like Schott-Miranda City Pool, Aviators Pool, Mid-Ojalog Pool, Walcott Pool, and others, plus city-gas supply from Zapata county fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aviator Pool
Edgington Subdivision
Ball Et al
Derrick
Albercas Grant
Edgington
Crown Central Rydall
Crown Central
Layne Et al
Three Rivers Oil Co
Brunt
O. W. Killam
Carolina-Texas Gas Field
Associated Oil Co
Morgan Oil Corporation
Moody, Seagraves
Morgan
Snowden-McSweeney
United States Gas & Oil Co
Muckelroy
Roark
J. H. Winch
Wildcats
Leum Company
Mariano Arispe Grant
True White Et al
Cintex Petroleum Company
Houston Oil Company
Bradley-Meadows-Morgan Et al
Mariano Arispo Grant
Seagraves-Moody
Sun Oil Co
Duval County
Humble Oil & Ref. Co
Graham & Davenport
Simms Oil Company
Maner-Duggan
Krilling
Webb County
Andrews
Reiser
Cole
Webb-Duval
Miranda Valley
Za- Pata County
Henne
Jim Hogg County
Randado
Jennings
Zapata County
Laredo
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ALF
A. M
Laredock
Jet
Crawpford
W. M
EL Meunisson
Secy
Amedeo Ligarde
Zaragoza Street
Riverside Natatorium
Earth
Zachry
Robert E. Lee Hotel
Rodriguez Y Hno
William Collier JR
Kathrcyn Hill
the Wanderer
Paramount Picture
Massachusetts Tech
Zapata
Deutz
Henry Borchers
Aitchison, Et al
Lane Texas Company
T. G. Bonney
J. G C. Hale
Jim Hogg-Zapata
Magnolia Petroleum, Co
Las Animas Ranch
Kitselman-St. Albans
Las Animas Grant
M. i Weber
Murchinson-Fain
Andrews Petroleum Company
EK. J. Bragwell
Seagraves, Moody, Morgan
Simms Smith Oil Companies
Simms Oil Co
Alworth Bros
Jennings Ranch
Texan Company
Cullinan and Clark
Hill & Perkins
Edwards Abstract Company, Inc
Complete
Starr County
Rio Grande City, Texas
L. S. Edwards
Humble Oil
Benavides
Harry L. Fansler
Laredo, Texas
Buenos Aires
Jarvis Plaza
Jose Gallegos
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