Laredo Times Subscription Details
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Penn Publishing CO
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Associated Press rights statement appears in paper
The article notes that members of the Associated Press hold exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not credited in the paper, and to the local news published.
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Associated Press
Stop and Think on Prices Under Republican Rule
A Monday editorial argues that price rises since Republicans gained Congress show the burden on common families. It claims sugar and wheat costs rose postwar, links tax talk to protectionism, and warns voters against partisan spending, urging a return to fiscal restraint.
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Congress
Europe
Laredo
Sugar Trust
Louisiana
Brocton
Republican Party
Best Candidates for Congress urged to vote for the right men
A public call urges voters to select the best candidates for Congress and to turnout in record numbers. It criticizes Republicans and warns that the party has learned nothing, urging citizens to rebuke reactionaries and support those who will truly represent the people.
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Congress
Boosting the Lower Valley and Laredo land appeal in Brownsville article
A Laredo visitor notes exaggerated boosterism about the Lower Valley, contrasting it with Brownsville. The piece praises local crops onions cabbage lettuce spinach and fruit, asserts land sales are secondary to development, and urges steady, resident land cultivation over tourist-driven speculation in the Laredo area, claiming it as a premier garden spot where everything grows.
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Laredo
Brownsville
Lower Valey
Taternis
Today’s anniversaries mark poets, ships and revolts
May 8 notes Thomas Hood and Henry Coldridge deaths in London. Births include Hood on May 28 1799 and Coldridge on Dec 22 1802. The emigrant ship William and Mary wreck near the Bahamas claims many lives. Patrick Pearse and others executed for treason. Canadian senate approves women’s suffrage.
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Thomas Hood
London
Fort Brown
Rio Grande
Henry Coldridge
Bahamas
Sir Charles Brigh
Kansas Federation of Women's Clubs
Leaveworth
Patrick H. Pearse
Canadian Senate
For a Weak Stomach At Any Age or Occupation
A general rule is to adopt a diet suited to your age and occupation and to keep bowels regular. When you feel you have eaten too much or are constipated take one of Chamberlain's Tablets.
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Chamberlain
May 3 profile of John Walter Smith’s Senate renomination
John Walter Smith, slated for renomination by Maryland Democrats, has served twelve years in the U.S. Senate. Born in Snow Hill, Maryland, he was orphaned young and built a fortune through lumber, banking, and industry. He began public life in 1889 in the Maryland Senate, then moved to Congress, later becoming Maryland governor and finally a United States senator in 1908.
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John Walter Smith
United States Senate
Democrats of
Maryland
Congress
Snow Hill
Virginia
Carolinas
Senate
United States
Laredo Notices Chronicle Crowds and Eclipses
The Laredo port reports three shipments of silver from Mexico on Saturday. A Texas carnival drew great crowds and eclipse of the moon attracted spectators. Local ads note plumbing, piano lessons, Samson tractors, and Crumpler Sales Co. offerings. Also licenses issued, and city council meetings planned.
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Laredo
Mexico
Samson
Gale
Crumpler Sales Co
Cruz Fuentes
Ester Salas
Teodoro
Julia Perez
Gabriel Gonzales
Encarnacion Romero
Plague of Beggars Signals Madrid Growth Surge
London dispatch notes Madrid redeveloping rapidly as a leading European city. Fast rail service expands across Spain, lavish spending on improvements changes in streets and housing. Population growth pushes middle class outward while new buildings rise as Europe’s garden-city potential appears in the arid landscape.
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Associated Press
London
Madrid
Europe
Spain
Daily Mail
Mirando Oil Co. Shows Strong Indications Near Zapata
Oil search in the Mirando Oil Co. well near Zapata county progresses rapidly with a 750 foot depth mark in seventeen days. Geologists predict a heavy producing well around 1,500 feet as other Laredo area firms Bor-Tex Cactus Hughes also drill hard.
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Mirando Oil Co
Oklahoma
Zapata County
Webb County
Laredo
Miranda Oil Co
Bor-Tex Oil Co
Cactus Oil Co
Webb
Hughes Petroleum Co
Torrecillas
Miranda
Cactus
Royal Arch Masons Sainted Convocation May 3 Laredo Chapter
Royal Arch Masons Laredo Chapter 185 holds stated convocation Monday evening May 3 at 7 45. Work in the Royal Arch degree. All members urged to attend and visiting Companions invited. John Colman secretary 5 1 21.
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Laredo
Royal Arch
John Colman
Webb County Democrats endorse Wilson administration delegates
Webb County Democrats chose delegations to the Webb County Democratic Convention to be held tomorrow night in the county courthouse at 8 o clock, endorsing Woodrow Wilson and instructing delegates to oppose any candidate against the Democratic administration. Republicans also held precinct conventions and named uninstructed delegates.
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Bellmont
Main Ave
Webb County
Lone Star
Woodrow Wilson
Son En Route To Bedside When Mother Succumbed
Prof F W Mally departed for Des Moines to be with his ailing mother Mrs Fred H Mally who died Thursday evening at age 75. Survived by three daughters in Des Moines, two sons including Prof Mally in this city and another son in Capetown. Funeral held yesterday after Prof Mally preached there Saturday.
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F. W. Mally
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred H. Mally
Mally
Prof
Capetown
Africa
Des’ Moines
District Court Opens Second Regular Term in Webb County
The Forty ninth Judicial District of Texas convened in this city this morning for a second consecutive regular term. Judge J F Mullaily presided as grand jurors were empanelled including L R Ortiz foreman and members Leonard Nelson L L Leyendecker L A Lafon C Jefferies L M Valdez J R Fasnacht John Martin S V Edwards C Shiner Sol Rubenstein Joe Moser. The grand jury met and adjourned until 3 PM this afternoon.
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District Court
Fortyninth Judicial District of
Texas
Webb County
J. F. Mullaily
L. R. Ortiz
Foreman
Leonard Nelson
L. L. Leyendecker
L. A. Lafon
C. Jefferies
L. M. Valdez
J. R. Fasnacht
John Martin
S. V. Edwards
C. ©. Shiner
Sol Rubenstein
Joe Moser
Public dissolution notice of Border Wholesale Commission Co
Public notice of dissolution records the breakup of the partnership between F. Vaello Puig and A. Levy of Laredo Texas in the firm Border Wholesale Commission Company dated April 27 1920 Puig withdraws from the business debts to be received by Puig and Levy and demands to be paid by them Levy partners with L. Cadena continue the business as Sion Company at the Alexander Building Laredo Texas April 27 1920
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F. Vaello Puig
A. Levy
Laredo
Texas
Border Wholesale Commission Company
F. Vaelio Puig
L. Cadena
Alexander Building
Hot Sulphur Baths at Terrell Wells San Jose Texas
The Terrell Wells in San Jose Texas advertises hot sulphur baths with modern hotel accommodations and competent attendants. It claims patients come from long distances and testify to great benefits and absolute cures. Literature available by writing or wiring the Terrell Wells Co. in Bexar County Texas. Recreation swimming pools music and dancing offered.
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Terrell Wells
San Jose
Texas
San Antonio
Terrell Wells CO
Bexar County
NO RESTRICTIONS ON COTTON CULTURE
The Eagle Pass district asked the Federal Horticultural Board to inspect Webb County for cotton free zone status. An inspection found no Pink Boll Worm and Webb County was not placed in the restriction zones. Webb County growers may plant cotton this season, with irrigation and favorable conditions suggesting a strong yield opportunity despite drought in other districts.
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Laredo Times
Eagle Pass
Federal Horticultural Board
Webb County
Washington
Valdez and Sons Move to VALDEZ Building Room 2
Notice from H. F. Valdez and Sons announces a new office location in the VALDEZ building room No 2. Pending accounts are urged to call and settle. Business hours 9 to 12 a.m. and 2 to 6 p.m. dated 4-28-6t.
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Valdez
F. Valdez and Sons
Stamps Seized In Sonora Case In Laredo Bond Set At 1000
A telegram from Sonora’s constitutional governor Adolfo de la Huerta to District Attorney John A. Walls states post director Cosme Hinojosa took stamps to Laredo on government orders. Hinojosa, held on a charge of delivering stolen property, is in bond of $1,000 awaiting grand jury action.
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Sonora
Walls
Mexico
John A. Walls
Hermosillo
Nogales
Juan A. Valls
Cosme Hinojosa
Laredo
Adolfo DE LA Huerta
Hinojosa
Melquiades Garcia
Olive Tablets promise quick relief from constipation
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets offer a pleasant alternative to calomel and claim to normalize liver and bowel action without griping. The vegetable compound with olive oil markets as a soothing remedy for bad taste, fatigue, biliousness, and constipation, priced 10c and 25c per box. Herrera's Pharmacy offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea for digestion, with a bedtime regimen hinted.
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Hollister
Rocky Mountain
Herrera’s
Notable Birthdays Across Public Figures Today
On this date in history, R. Rev. Arthur Lloyd, bishop coadjutor candidate for the Episcopal diocese of New York, is born in Alexandria County Virginia sixty three years ago. Henry S. Graves, former United States Forester, born in Marietta Ohio forty nine years ago. Julia Arthur, famed American stage actress, born in Hamilton Ontario sixty one years ago. Edgar W. Howe, Kansas editor and author, born in Treaty Indiana sixty six years ago. William H. Upham, former Wisconsin governor, born in Westminster Massachusetts seventy nine years ago.
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Lloyd
Episcopal Diocese of
New York
Alexandria County
Henry S. Graves
United States Forester
Marietta
Julia Arthur
Hamilton
Ont
Edgar W. Howe
Kansas
Treaty, Ind
William H. Upham
Wisconsin
Westminster
Mass
Pearl White Career Began as Circus Trapeze Performer
Pearl White, renowned motion picture star, started in entertainment as a trapeze artist with a traveling circus, marking her earliest stage experiences.
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Pearl White
Grasshopper as The Most Destructive Insect
The text states that grasshoppers are the most destructive insects, consuming in a single day ten times their weight in vegetation, illustrating their voracious feeding and impact on crops.
Winnipeg Celebrates 250th Westward History Pageant
Winnipeg Manitoba hosts a week long 250th anniversary pageant of the Hudson’s Bay Company with Indian tribes, York boats, and fur brigades reenacting Red River history. Sir Robert Kindersley leads officials while brass cannons fire at Lower Fort Garry and a calumet smoking seals renewed friendship.
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York
Red River
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England
Robert Kindersley
Hudson's Bay
Canada
Old Fort Garry
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James Bay
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Athabasca
British Columbia
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Lord Selkirk
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Semple
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Lower
Fort Garry
Kindersley
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Beggar Charged as Policeman Trolls Presbyterians
London May 3. A policeman at Willesden police court testifying against a beggar said he saw the prisoner stop eight Presbyterians. When asked how he knew their religion the witness admitted they were passers-by. The magistrate corrected him pedestrians.
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Associated Press
London
Willesden
Manicuring Services Offered at City Barber Shop
Public notice invites general patrons to book manicuring services at City Barber Shop by calling 1103 for engagements with a reference dated 4 16 1f.
Troop Movements Highlight Allied War Presence
The vanguard of the 32nd Division known as Les Terribles arrived in New York from France while in London King George and Secretary Daniels reviewed 11,000 overseas troops.
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New York
France
King George
Daniels
London
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