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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1926
Page
11
In May 18 Arkansas reports the shift from hound dogs as marks of poverty to a thriving trade. Local market values rising with hounds fetching up to 50 dollars in the east and a pair paying their keep quickly through fur. An ad touts Old Bell’s line as proven varmint trackers.
A study at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios in Culver City shows classical music dominates how stars evoke emotions on screen. Ramon Novarro favors Beethoven. Norma Shearer prefers Debussy and Ravel. John Gilbert leans to Brahms. Chopin is a close second.
In Moline Illinois Belgian descent residents begin pigeon racing as seven thousand locals await summer races. Four local clubs hold weekly Sunday contests with flights from eighteen to 768 miles. Birds are transported to start points by truck for short races and by train for longer ones. The longest planned flight starts at Armadillo Texas. Despite large participation few birds are lost.
Litang Tibet claims highest city status while Burma abolishes slavery except remote regions. Delhi hosts 1500 Prohibition League delegates. Chinese eclipse era fuels ritual drum music. Kemal Pasha statue planned in Constantinople as Turkey’s first Mohammedan monument. Livingstone birth house in Blantyre Scotland eyed as memorial. France claims early regular radio telephony postwar with broadcasts from Belfort tower.
A quotation contrasts income taxes with a mnemonic about honey dew melon you sell and money due Mellon you pay, attributed to The Progressive Grocer.
A brief boilerplate ad noting a job or opportunity listing from THE TIMES, suggesting daily engagement for new openings with a monthly fee of 600. It implies ongoing opportunities and a recurring payment structure.
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt is listed as society editor with the telephone number 70 in the social notes.
Wednesday 1:30 p.m. Mrs G McKinney and Mrs J B DaCamara host a bridge luncheon and linen shower at Mrs McKinney's home. Thursday 7:46 p.m. Mrs Joe Vidales and Mrs John T Halsell host a buffet supper and bridge party for Miss Mary Paul Goldman at Mrs Halsell's home. Mrs J B DaCamara Jr and Miss Antonia Walls host a 3:30 p.m. hose shower for Miss Esther Penn, a June bride.
Captain Frank Chilton aged 81 of Hood's brigade died in Houston after an extended illness. He advocated for educating the negroes and is survived by his widow and seven children.
Rioting between religious factions in Kharagpur yesterday left five dead and many injured. Authorities said the exact death toll and number of injured could not be determined.
A Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha passenger train collided with a freight locomotive in St Paul today injuring about fifteen people with several seriously hurt.
Mrs James Peeler aged sixty two mother of a large family was found hanging by a rope in her Dale home yesterday. Authorities said she had been in ill health and the case is being investigated as a possible suicide.
By Associated Press in Washington on May 19 the Senate voted 59 to 13 to order a full investigation of all expenditures connected with senatorial campaigns.
A poem by Nancy Shores appears with other notices about social visits in Miranda City and Chicago. The item lists Mrs. Borin and children guests, Mrs. Howell Muckleroy visiting in Miranda City, and announcements of teas and entertainments for Miss Esther Penn and other teachers and students, plus a Royal Opera House picture outing and a luncheon at the Hamilton Hotel honoring Miss Mary Goldman.
H N Brown elected executive chairman of the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific railway company to succeed Charles Hayden who remains chairman of the Rock Island board and finance committee.
The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Omar Miller, missing since Monday, were located under a pile of sawdust near Steubenville today. Authorities believe they were murdered.
Henry Stewart fifty year old Market Bakery owner was fatally wounded on a street in Jacksonville Texas last night Jack Carroll a Southern Pacific fireman surrendered to officers and was taken to the jail at Rusk Texas
Associated Press reports Warren Pa May 21 five thousand firefighters battle a massive Allegheny forest fire. Wind fell but fire expanded over about 8000 acres burning timber and property. Two workers are among the unidentified fatalities as gas wells equipment and houses in the area were destroyed.
Oslo telegram reports Lieut. Commander Richard Byrd of the United States Navy, first to fly the North Pole, intends a South Pole expedition at once. Byrd and his party will leave King's Bay for London tomorrow en route home.
Geneva May 19 The preparatory disarmament commission decided that only peace time armaments can be limited and that it is impracticable at present to reduce the ultimate war strength of nations. The session concluded with this provisional agreement.
Miss Dorothy Schurman daughter of Ambassador and Mrs Jacob Schurman wed Lieut James McHugh in Berlin on May 19.
Henry B. Spencer of Tacoma credits his safety to his nine month old bird dog Rex after a hand to hand confrontation with a mother cougar and three cubs. Spencer fell while throwing rocks. Rex attacked a cub, distracting the mother so Spencer could retreat. The dog survived with minor injuries.
Chancellor Marx announced the new cabinet will adhere to Germany's foreign policies in the London reparation agreement and Locarno security pacts. The Reichstag then overwhelmingly approved the cabinet's policy outline.
Jacob Nesbitt of Troy Ohio pleaded guilty to killing his wife Frances in their home on February 19 and received a life sentence.
Leading Republicans of Texas join as incorporators of the Southwest Publishing Company of Dallas after receiving a charter from the secretary of state. The firm is formed to publish a newspaper of general circulation.
W F D Stokes aged 73 financier and hotel owner died at his New York home. He was long in the public eye due to a sensational divorce suit brought by his wife Helen Stokes.
The National League for the Abolition of Capital Punishment announces plans to push vigorous campaigns in New York Massachusetts California and Oregon ahead of next year’s sessions. It seeks support for replacing capital punishment with more enlightened penal codes and reform measures. The group already has memberships in 34 states.
The Inter state commerce commission continues its general inquiry into freight rates with formal oral arguments on the livestock phase in the West expected to run about ten days. A nine member committee of railway commissioners was appointed to cooperate, including Clarence Gilmore of the Texas railroad commission, with the Texas state commission also attending.
London May 19 Sir Harry Lauder declares he will not quit the stage while he can find a better job and plans a farewell tour only when necessary. The Scots comedian rose from flax mill and coal mine work to singing in Glasgow in 1892 and now earns about 10 000 dollars weekly for appearances.
Fragmentary text mentions Lee and Breeman with phrases about travel and opening address at a reunion. Movement and organization references are garbled, names unclear, and role of commander appears in stray quotes.
In Mexico City on May 19 Archbishop Mora del Rio denounced a deportation order against Monsignor Carant, papal nuncio to Washington. The protest claims the decree lacks proper authority and is an affront to the church and to papal relations.
Philadelphia May 19 Associated Press reports Congressman William Vare holds a growing lead for the Republican nomination for the U S Senate. His plurality over second place Senator Papper stands at 418 116 with Governor Pinchotta also in the field and trailing.
Groups from forty world parliaments gather in London for the Twelfth International Parliamentary Commercial Conference. The German Reichstag will send a delegation for the first time since the war, with Holland Switzerland and Brazil attending anew. Sessions start Monday and run through the week in the Houses of Parliament.
Officials report a new disease affecting multiple communities with quarantines under consideration. Health authorities collaborate with regional agencies as cases rise and aid efforts coordinate response. Public briefings urge vigilance and adherence to safety measures.
In Memphis on May 19, Dr Jol Anderson was re-elected secretary of the board of education. Todd was re-elected to the board of finance. The general conference of the Episcopal Church South was noted.
A fragmented transcription notes several states adopting the Standard Zoning Enabling Act drawn by the Bureau of Standards to guide municipalities in land use planning. The piece anticipates further state concurrence and frames the plan as permitting zoning without injustice to property rights.
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