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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1919
Page
4
A critique condemns North Dakota lawmakers allied with a farmer led reform group for proposing a state printing board to designate an official county newspaper. The plan could centralize patronage, suppress independent papers, and limit citizen rights via initiative and referendum.
The piece argues the Soviet is like a New England town meeting translated to Russia and would fail to govern a nation. It explains how local soviets elect delegates upward to district provincial and central soviets, creating a delegative system that resembles flawed republican models.
A list of notable events tied to April 30 across years. George Washington’s 1789 oath, early American temperance groups in Moreau NY, Tosiah Curtis birth in 1783, Petersburgh Jew expulsions 1700s, 1880 Orleans plot, Stockbridge death 1894, 1915 German advances in Poland, 1916 French repulses in the Vosges, 1917 Champagne attack near Rheims.
The Laredo area faced a severe weather mix last night with heavy rain wind and lightning. Reports say rainfall approached 1.77 inches in the city and deluges from the coal mines northward accompanied hail in spots while cotton and corn crops are expected to benefit.
At least two rooms with private bath for immediate rental. Contact Seymour Denike at 429 31 or phone 87 or 259 for details.
A testimonial from Valente Gutierrez of Laredo credits Dean's Kidney Pills for curing years of kidney trouble. He reports relief from back pain and improved ability to bend and lift after using four or five boxes from City Drug Co. Price 60 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo New York distributes.
The funeral for W C Giddens, who died from gunshot wounds at Mercy Hospital after an incident on the Johnson farm in South Laredo, was held yesterday at 4 p.m. from the Scribner home. Rev W L Barr officiated, with a large turnout and many floral tributes. Interment followed in the city cemetery. pallbearers included E B Brewster, John V Summerville, John S Johnson, T Mann, and Hugh Polkinhorn.
The Peace Pageant and coronation of Liberty, set for tomorrow on School Plaza, are postponed to Thursday evening May 8 due to muddy conditions from heavy rain. The baby buggy parade now begins at 5 45 PM and the pageant starts at 6 15 PM with flag bearers Fred Rogers Elmer Rogers Justo Penn Jr Roy Mims Jr and Ralph Mathes. The program note corrects an omission of Miss Mowry's Chase of the Butterfly and confirms two group dances by her pupils.
April 30 marked the tenth birthday of Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, heir to the Dutch throne. Queen Wilhelmina trains her daughter for leadership, while the child wears traditional provincial dress to honor the occasion in Holland's towns and villages.
A Victory Liberty Loan rally will accompany a band concert at Jarvis Plaza in Laredo with speeches to boost subscriptions. The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band will perform while local committees push Webb county toward its May 10 quota. total read $210,050 at noon.
Notice to the public announces Saturday and summer closures of freight offices and warehouses at 1 p m. beginning May 3 and continuing through the season. Issued by I G N Ry agent W S Cantrell and Texas Mexican Ry agent G W Sprague and R G E P Ry agent H G Cacamara dated 4 26 61.
Col Roche of Fort McIntosh will preside over a Jarvis Plaza rally tomorrow night described as a military affair. Lt Haaga of the Thirty seventh Infantry will speak, with the Thirty seventh Infantry Band and Glee Club providing music.
A 100 dollar reward offer from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio asserts Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh through internal action on the blood and mucous surfaces. The ad promises testimonials and states the medicine is sold by all druggists.
Eckman's Alterative promoted as a tonic and upbuilder with 20 years of use. Offered in 80c and 1.50 dollar bottles by druggists or from Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
Forty-one carloads of onions moved out of Laredo last night by freight to markets nationwide. The shipment totals 494 carloads over twenty-one days of ongoing sales, with rain expected to reduce outbound volume briefly.
Dr. O. J. Cook returns to Laredo with his wife and two children to settle after discharge from the U S Army Medical Corps. He has signed a two year contract with Anaconda Copper Co at Potrerillos Chile and will depart for Washington then New York to board a Panama Canal steamer to South America.
Notice calls a special meeting at the company office in Laredo Texas at 3 p m on May 26 1919 for stockholder approval to convey two Webb County Texas tracts to Cannon Coal Company Porciones Two and Three. Signed by Vice President C Biggio Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway Company.
Notice offers a reward and requests contact with someone who knew Andrew J. Sutton or his mother Elizabeth. GEO. POLING, General Delivery, El Paso, Texas, is the address. Dated 4 28 31.
An advertisement extols Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to keep the cough loose and make expectoration easy, calling it excellent for relief.
The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band schedules summer concerts alternately at Jarvis and Martin Plazas on Thursdays 8 30 to 9 30 pm and at Fort McIntosh on Fridays same hours. Lieutenant Carl Everlof directs the programs with Colonel Roche inviting Laredo residents to attend both city plazas and Fort McIntosh shows.
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