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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1919
Page
6
The Laredo Times lists publishers and proprietors, with daily publication details and mail delivery options to the United States Mexico and Canada. Subscription prices include one month six months one year and weekly rates with due in advance policy emphasized.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all AP dispatched and local news content published in this paper. This notice asserts ownership and governs reuse of the material.
Monday's Daily urges renewed support for the Victory Loan campaign to avert failure. It argues government needs the funds, warns of taxation if bonds are not purchased, and stresses national duty over apathy through references to naval prowess and universal debt responsibility.
The New York Evening Post notes anti-suffragists mirror I W W tactics by opposing voting for both women and men. It argues anti-suffragists seek to preserve the status quo, denouncing women lobbyists and labeling them Bolshevik in intent while warning that women’s influence in politics can be misused by some.
A wartime appeal stresses civic duty and shared burden, urging Americans to lend money to the government to support war efforts. It notes sacrifices by soldiers and families, the return of some relatives, and the moral obligation to contribute beyond taxes.
Elizabeth Marbury, a renowned American play broker and critic, will join William G. McAdoo James W. Gerard and other notables at tonight's League of Nations enquet in New York. She has disposed of more European dramatists' plays than any other U S figure and writes on stage affairs and women's roles. The French Government decorated her for service to French authors.
Classified notice signals opportunities for investors seeking 3 percent returns. Short, generic listing notes potential profits and solicitation details in a local paper.
Pastor Barr urged that the world’s supreme need is men ready to serve God. He cited Isaiah and urged lay leaders to devote time and energy, retire from business if needed, and seek neglected people to bring to the church, promising a revitalized church and democracy’s protection.
The fifteenth annual council of the Diocese of West Texas ended in San Antonio with plans to hold the sixteenth council in Laredo next spring. Rev. C. W. Cook attended, Miss Martha Anderson represented the Junior Auxiliary, and the event included the presentation of the Distinguished Service Cross to Rev. Mercer Johnston by the U.S. Army Adjutant General.
The Dominguez Institute on Houston Street will present a patriotic program consisting of twenty eight numbers gathered under the direction of Prof. Simon G. Dominguez. The program features vocal and instrumental selections recitations and readings.
Classified promo noting subscription offer of 60 cents per month for daily access to The Times.
A midnight storm swept Laredo with vivid lightning and a heavy rain that drenched the city for about thirty minutes. Rain measured 1.07 inches with strong south winds veering west, hail reportedly in nearby countryside, and the moisture expected to boost local cotton corn and other crops. Onion shipments may be delayed briefly but onions themselves should not be damaged.
On May 5, 1919, at 10 A.M., the U.S. Marshal will auction cash sales of drug lots and chemical quantities in the Post Office Building Customs Rooms, 2nd floor. Items include a valued drug lot, another drug lot, six barrels of Sal ammoniac, and four boxes of ammonium carbonate. Inspection by appointment with the Deputy Collector of Customs during office hours.
Onion shipments from Laredo show strong demand and good prices. Forty-one carloads Bermuda onions left Saturday night and ten more Sunday night, totaling 51 carloads since the last report. The grand total shipped by freight from Laredo reaches 623 carloads, with farmers encouraged by steady markets and prices higher than last year.
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