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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1920
Page
8
A Tuesday Daily column argues against blanket limits on public funds for sectarian institutions while noting hospitals clinics and schools serve the public across denominations. It defends charity relief Jewish and Christian contributions and warns against sweeping amendments.
Secretary Daniels charges officers with seeking to end civilian oversight, while officers argue reduced civilian control has improved efficiency. The piece notes the historical need for civilian control to prevent military overreach and highlights administrative Navy governance and potential impacts on efficiency.
Royal Theater presents Tom Mix in The Daredevil with Ilva Novak, Charles K. French, Sid Jordan, and others. Manager Leo M. Valdez promises top value for patrons as Mix performs daring feats such as rope work and a water fall stunt. Notice follows: no ice cream sold after 8 pm at Consumers Ice & Fuel Co. Laredo Texas May 15 1920.
The notice invites the public to visit the shop and show room at 1313 Hidalgo Street to meet first class plumbers and sheet metal workers. All work is guaranteed and a nighttime plumber service is available by calling 606.
Washington May 18 General Alvaro Obregon emerges as a key Mexican leader famed for defying Villa at Celaya in 1916 and earning the postwar role as Minister of War under Carranza. Born 1880 in Sonora, he built a modest life on farming and mechanics before joining the revolution to defend property and eventually become a central political figure.
General Macready, the commissioner of police, is understood to be designated to assume military control of Ireland with greatly expanded forces at his disposal.
A father inquires through Mayor Leopoldo Villegas about his son Michael H. Bass, 26 when he left Chicago in 1911, last heard from Toronto, now believed in New York. The letter requests newspaper publication to reach Michael and asks anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to contact The Times office.
A Laredo citizen relays how Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved severe backache and frequent nighttime urination after two boxes. The testimonial from barber J. C. Stein of Lincoln Street crediting the remedy notes he has had no further trouble and urges buyers to choose Doan’s Kidney Pills.
In district court yesterday the jury found Francisco Reyes and Concepcion Magayanes guilty of liquor law violations, each sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary. Victorio Medellin was convicted of selling intoxicating liquor and also sentenced to one year. Julian Garza was found guilty of aggravated assault and fined $25. The court adjourned at noon out of respect for the late Justice of the Peace Juan V. Benavides.
Bids will be received in Laredo Texas until June 15 1920 for handling the U S Mail for the Texas Mexican By Co at Laredo between the Post Office and the International Great Northern passenger depot for one year starting July 1 1920. S W DeWOLF Vice President and General Manager.
County clerk issued several marriage licenses in Laredo yesterday. Names include Travis Bruce Bunn and Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald, Victor Medina and Alejandra Gonzales, Agustin Fonseca and Guadalupe Arreaga, James William Street and Rebecca Trevisio, Jose Reyes and Eduwiges Valdez, Juan Hernandez and Paula Martinez, Manuel Valdez and Elena Gomez, Candelario Hinojosa and Paula Gonzalez.
A vintage ad offers a $100 reward to anyone proving the shop uses no artificial coloring. It promotes pure butter in cakes and pastries and lists ham veal loaf roast meats sausages cheese mayonnaise salad potato chips fresh butter and eggs. It invites customers to call phone 841.
Arrivals from Mexico City bring details of mass demonstrations after General Obregon seized the capital. Photographs show a sea of humanity around the national palace and St. Francis Hotel, with cheers of Viva Obregon. High-ranking officers including General Pablo Gonzalez and General Benjamin Hill greeted the forces as calm returned to the city.
An advertisement from Garner Hill Gladstone New Jersey promotes RAT-SNAP rat poison. It claims strong results, pest mortality, no odor, easy use with three cake sizes 25c 60c and 1 00, and guarantees by A Deutz & Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
In the probate court the matter of Margarito Rojas Jr a minor was taken up and disposed of. Margarito Rojas was appointed permanent guardian of the estate of his son.
In Woodbridge New Jersey Mr B E Carpenter reports seven large dead rats found the morning after using Rat Snap and notes eighteen small chicks killed by rats previously. He claims two weeks with no rats, praising Rat Snap as effective. The product, sold in three cake sizes 25c 50c and 100c, is stocked by A Deutz and Brother City Drug Co and Sanitary Grocery.
All stockholders of Laredo in the Ranger and Burkburnett Oil Co. are invited to attend at Brennan & Leonard offices on Wednesday evening May 19, 1920 at 8 o'clock to hear Mr. Brennan report on the recent general stockholders meeting in Houston.
Mrs Kate Lee Able of Rossville Georgia reports her husband an engineer injured lifting and swelling drove him to near death. After three doctors failed to relieve his constipation a big dose of Thedford's Black-Draught produced relief and recovery, she says.
Juan V. Benavides 65 former justice of the peace of Webb County precinct No 1 died at the old Benavides home in Laredo at 10 10 this morning after a pneumonia attack that began last Thursday. He was born in Laredo in 1855 son of General Santos Benavides and practiced law in Laredo after studying at Mobile and Washington-Lee University. He served as county attorney several terms before his JP post. his wife died in 1916 and he left no children. Funeral from the family home to San Agustin church tomorrow at 9, burial beside his late wife in the city cemetery.
The county offices will be closed tomorrow for the funeral of Juan V. Benavides former county attorney and justice of the peace who was at the county courthouse at the time of his death. Indications yesterday favored more rain but a cloud lift left a glimmer of sun with more moisture possible before clear skies return. Imports at the port of Laredo yesterday included 453 head of cattle for Keeran and Prados shipped by the L and G N railroad. Mexican citizens continue to leave the United States amid Carranza era safety concerns, while Nuevo Laredo train service runs on schedule with many passengers, and return trips northward are crowded with Mexicans going back home.
Associated Press reports J A Jeacon found striking links between Mesa Verde and New Mexico cliff dwellers after examining 24 packing cases of relics. He presented 69 complete vessels and outlined that homes were built by placing material in handfuls with boulders as foundations, noting repeat plastering and smoke evidence. Exploration continues near Abiqua, 100 miles north west of Santa Fe, with 300 to 400 mounds yet to probe.
Several used vehicles offered by Crumpier Sales Co including a Cadillac eight cylinder seven passenger a Chandler six cylinder seven passenger a Chandler Speedster four passenger a new Studebaker four cylinder six passenger and a Ford five passenger listing with contact number 1120.
Manuel Samaniego, indicted for the murder of his daughter Manuela, was judged insane by a county court jury. The verdict directed admission to the insane asylum and dismissal of the murder trial. Jury members included M. W. Brennan, Gonzalo P. Furlas, Roy Campbell, M. 8. Ryan, Frank Nye, and Charles P. Richter.
The United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans provides a daily forecast via The Times. Tonight is fair and warmer, Wednesday remains fair. Fort McIntosh observations show a maximum of 76 degrees and a minimum of 64 with southeast winds and cloudy skies.
Shabaoth the Feast of Weeks will be observed in all Jewish congregations on Sunday May 23rd with Orthodox groups marking the following day. Once a farmer harvest festival, the feast marked the end of seven weeks and offerings of the first fruits. Over time it gained symbolic meaning tied to biblical events and the Decalogue.
A description notes King George travels a locomotive with three discs bearing the royal arms by day and four lights at night two white a green and a purple.
Green Bay May 18 Associated Press reports G F Harris president of the Wisconsin state board of control highlights rising youth crime and blames weak home life. He cites that most youths in industrial schools and reformatories are not to blame and urges parents to guide children. He notes only 4 or 5 percent of reformatory graduates violate their pledges, and parole violations are the state’s lowest in the union.
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