Chicago crime wave blamed on graft and machine guns
The piece argues Chicago’s crime surge stems from corruption and underworld influence, noting a prosecutor was killed by machine gun fire while driving. It asserts criminals, including aliens, use guns as part of a broader vice network, and defends machinery as progress reducing labor toil and enabling better work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Devers
Senate Prohibition Committee
Underworld
Joliet
Man and Machines in the Modern Age
Henry Ford discusses how machines shape work and daily life. He argues people are less slaves to labor now, thanks to eight hour days and machine aided routines from alarm clocks to lighting to clothing. He notes wifes meals, baths, and transit are all machine produced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Saturday Evening Post
McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets Claim Quick Weight Gain
An advertisement promotes McCoy's Cod Liver Oil Tablets promising rapid weight gain. It claims a woman gained ten pounds in twenty two days and offers a money back guarantee if no gain is seen in a set period. Available for sixty cents at City Drug Store and Lareda Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Drug Store
Lareda Drug Store
McCoy's
Bathing Service Ad Opens Early in City
The New Barber Shop advertises baths from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. It claims to be the only barber shop in the city offering five clean sanitary bath rooms and is located opposite City Hall.
Broken Out Face Hinders Many from Achieving
An article urges confidence by treating pimples and skin blemishes. It promotes Black and White Ointment and Soap as remedies. The ad promises economic pricing and notes dealers stock both products with sizes offering value.
Bern Air Service Jumper Delights Wichita Falls Crowd
Laredo’s Messengers fly high as George Saunders parachutes from 900 to 1,000 feet over Wichita Falls details show a cactus landing and a major crowd thrill. Bern Air Service reports 1407 riders and praises safe flights while promising more advertising through air tours and a new Laredo Land Bulletin to list available acreage.
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Larado
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Chamber of Commerce
George Saunders
Bern Air Service
Saunders
Henrietta Road
Edward Born
Amarillo
Middle West
Rio Grande Valley
Air Service
Fifty Years of Progress at Elks Hall entertainment
An Elks Hall program tonight titled Fifty Years of Progress will feature a musical program led by Mrs. T. B. Bunn and six young ladies from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. The event includes addresses by Rotary Club President Bobbitt and Kiwanis Club President Brennan under Rotary auspices with no admission fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Hall
Bobbitt
Rotary Club
Brennan
Kiwanis Club
T. B. Bunn
South- Western Bell Telephone Co
Wife and Husband Fall Ill From Gas Relief Promoted
An advertisement claims Adlerika cured years of gas for a wife and her husband, noting rapid relief, improved sleep, and removal of old waste matter. It praises a single spoonful and touts constipation relief, with sales through City Drug Co. and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinkley
City Drug Co
Light rains boost crops across Laredo county fields
Light showers visited Laredo and surrounding areas into noon aiding corn cotton citrus onion Bermuda onion and vegetable crops. Ground soaking rain followed by sun improves forage grasses home gardens and general plant life, with many patches near tasseling and promising early harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Hebbronville
Call For Bids At Riverside Natatorium
Sealed bids due by 10 a m May 8 1926 for various concessions to be awarded at Riverside Natatorium. Send bids to Amedeo Ligarde 701 Zaragoza street. Memorandum date 4 28 41.
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Amedeo Ligarde
Zaragoza Street
Riverside Natatorium
Bermuda Onion Shipments Reach 576 Carloads
Twenty seven carloads of Bermuda onions were shipped from Laredo last night with fifteen over the LG N and twelve over the Texas Mexican rail lines, bringing total shipments to 576 carloads to date. A year ago 1 823 carloads had been shipped. Harvesting paused due to muddy fields from rain. some onions will move tonight as rains aid late onions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy Promises Quick Gum Healing
An advertisement from Windrow Bros Drugstore offers Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy for sore gums bleeding gums loose teeth foul breath and pyorrhea with a money back guarantee if not pleased. La Botica Blanca is listed as the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leto
Windrow Bros
la Botica Blanca
Laredo Chamber of Commerce Publishes Sixteen Page Brochure
A sixteen page brochure issued by the Laredo Chamber of Commerce promotes Laredo and Webb county. The booklet is attractively covered with interest sparking views, aiming to boost publicity for the area, though not as elaborate as The Times illustrated booklet from the previous year which circulated globally.
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Laredo
Centennial Vista of Mexico at Strand Theater
A dual program at the Strand today and tomorrow presents the Centennial vista of Mexico. The show contrasts the 1910 Porfirio Diaz era with the 1921 centennial of international recognition. The collection features the greatest display of Mexican views to date. Thursday and Friday only, don’t miss it.
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Mexico
Porfirio Diaz
Captain Hanson Resigns as Immigration Inspector
Captain William M. Hanson, in charge of the 22d Immigration District covering parts of Oklahoma, Arkansas and about a thousand miles of the Mexican border in Texas, resigns effective May 5 and will join Winter Garden Farms Company.
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Hanson
William M. Hanson
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texas
Winter Garden Farms Company
Gassing Wells Rise in Cole Field and Duval Operations
Cole No 18 at Duval County Benavides ranch offsets Cin Tex No 1 with gasser output from 25 million to 0.0 million cubic feet daily. Barkley Meadows Morgan No 1 near Cin Tex discovery also a gasser delivering 60 million cft per day. Cin Tex No 3 in Cole Field yields gas and oil and resembles Cin Tex No 2. Reports from San Diego note Humble Oil plans a pipeline from Miranda through Cole and Piedras Pintas to Aransas Pass, with Bruni tank farm tanks under construction and tidewater hookup. Humble's Walsh in Pilares Pintas drilled to 4 023 feet with oil sands showing six feet of broken oil sand. five sands previously saturated with oil but insufficient to form a well. Officials expect thicker sand or screen placement to secure a productive well.
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Cole No
Cole Petroleum Co
Benavides
Duval County
Barkley-Meadows Morgan No
Cin-Tex
Cin-Tex No
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Noreda
Miranda Field
Cole Field
Piedras Pintas Field
Aransas Pass
Bruni
Tidewater
Humbls
Walsh
Pleras Pintas
Railroad Time Table Highlights Local Trains
Texas-Mexican Train No. 1 departs for Corpus Christi at 10 05 a m Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 38 p m International Great Northern Through fast train for St Louis leaves 8 45 a m and arrives 6 60 p m Night Train departs 11 30 p m and arrives at 4 00 a m
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Corpus Christi
Trains Between Laredo Dolores Schedule
Train No 1 runs from Laredo to Dolores leaving at 8 8 4 m and arriving at 10 0 4 m except Sundays. Train No 2 runs from Dolores to Laredo leaving at 1 20 1 m and arriving at 3 00 pm except Sundays.
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Laredo
Dolores
Weather forecast for Fort McIntosh area
The Times reports a forecast via the Chamber of Commerce from the Weather Bureau with Fort McIntosh station data. Tonight and Friday show partly cloudy skies with possible showers. High around 80 degrees, low near 64, winds from the southeast.
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the Times
Chamber of Commerce
United States Weather Bureau
Fort McIntosh
Telephone Officials In Laredo Attend Progress Event
Southwest ern Bell Telephone Co. officials arrived in Laredo to attend the Fifty Years of Progress entertainment at Elks Hall this evening under the Laredo Rotary Club. F. E. Shoup from Dallas M. L. Pearcy and J. W. Hucker from San Antonio with M. C. Brown also of San Antonio accompanied the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Elks Hall
Laredo merchants tease bargains at Josephs sale
Local ads show M Josephs department store offering gigantic closing out sale with drastic price cuts and nationwide impact language. Other notices include services and rentals, with Laredo Drug Co prescription delivery and Chisca Hotel dining feature.
Ailing road show to get expert help at Drama League meet
At the Drama League of America convention in New York May 5 8 John Golden will be among the chief speakers as officials push plans to check the decline in traveling productions and boost theater access. Frank Gillmore and others will discuss tour hardships and high ticket prices with college theater voices also contributing.
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Associated Press
New York
Drama League of America
John Golden
Frank Gillmore
Actor’s Equity Association
Hatcher Hughes
Columbia University
A. M. Drummond
Cornell
Jews Prominent in England Rise From Past Disabilities
London April 29 report notes the Earl of Reading as the first Jewish Lord Chief Justice now to be made a marquis for his India viceroy service. It contrasts today’s status with a century ago when Jews in England were known for Dutch Sam the prize fighter. About 250000 Jews in Great Britain and 200000 in the empire. Jews serve as army officers and hold seats in Commons Lords and Cabinet, parallel to Catholic emancipation.
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Associated Press
London
Earl of Reading
United Kingdom
India
England
Sam
Great Britain
Empire
House of Commons
House of Lords
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Chichester
Dlamond
Bermudas
Noreda Field
Rio Grande & Eagle Paes
the Weather Report
Grant Street
ED. Gonzalez
Mss
Rena Sabin
Johns Hopkins University
National Academy of Sciences
Henckel
A. Deutz & Brother
Cardenas Newstand
Brownsville
Public Library
M. Joseph
E. J. Wormser
Crockett
Green
the Florist
Broadway
8Th St
San Antonio
Chisco
Laredo Drug Co
M. Joseph's
W. Y. Bunn
The
Times
Kansas
ABC Care
Chisca Hotel
Farragut Street
Laredo Electrica Railway Company
Geo. Lake
Duco Dupont
P. B. IH
First Presbyterian Church
Radio Hall
Rosario Street
the Heights
Henry Borchers
Kepley
Joseph
Chihuahula St
Will W. Gregg
At Times Office
Corpus Christi Street
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
George Vancouver
Strait of Fuca
Arthur Murray
Bowling Green
Washington, D. C
Golden Hills
San Francisco
Count Demidoff
Jerome Bonaparte
Paris
Florence
William G. Brownlow
Tennessee
United States
Knoxville
Wythe County
Dallas
Leyland Steamship Company
J. P. Morgan & Co
Persident Loubet
King Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Mirohito
Japan
Imperial Palace
Tokio
Thomas Beecham
Albert A. Murphree
University of Florida
Walnut Grove
Ala
Jonasie
Moss
Norway
John W. Summers
Congress
Washington
Orange County
Ind
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