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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1919
Page
17
Medical authorities claim autointoxication from excessive strain and poor living underlies nine out of ten Americans. They warn organs fail from toxins built up in intestines stomach liver and kidneys. Tanlac touts to reverse symptoms boosting digestion digestion and blood formation and is promoted as the top selling tonic nationwide.
The 1919 board meeting approved a petition by more than twenty property tax paying residents for higher funding. The board unanimously authorized an election on June 7 1919 to levy an additional six cents per hundred dollars of property valuation for maintenance of public schools until changed by voters.
John B. Harlan, former owner and manager of the Laredo Flour Milling Co., died Sunday in San Antonio after moving there five months ago for medical treatment. He leaves two sons, three daughters all of Saltillo, three sisters, one brother, and several nephews. Funeral held at 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark's Episcopal Church conducted by Rev. W. B. Stevens.
Webb County Commissioners Court will meet as Board of Equalization in the County Assessor's Office in the Court House at Laredo on Monday May 26 1919. The session will review the 1919 assessment lists for inspection correction or equalization and approval. J A Rodriguez County Clerk announces the notice.
The Rt. Rev. Charles H. Brent, just back from Europe where he served as Chaplain-General of American forces, is to be honored at a notable dinner in New York City. Brent leads the Episcopal diocese of Western New York and first gained prominence as bishop of the Philippines in 1901, overseeing church work and aiding island life under U.S. rule. A Canadian by birth, his early parish work began in Buffalo before moving to Boston in 1888 and onward to missionary service.
Train No. 1 leaves for Corpus Christi at 9 a.m. Train No. 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3:36 p.m.
The fast train to St Louis departs at 10 46 am and reaches 7 16 pm. The night train leaves at 9 pm and arrives at 1 am.
Train No. 1 departs Laredo daily except Sunday at 8 30 p m and reaches Minera at 10 20 a m. Train No. 2 leaves Minera daily except Sunday at 11 00 a m and arrives at Laredo at 3 18 p m.
Advertisement notes daily watch opportunities in The Times with a 60 cent monthly rate.
Mrs Violet Oberfeldt noted as society editor with phone contact for social notes and local events in the community page.
Tuesday the Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church will meet at the Rectory at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Mr and Mrs F Wormser were in Brooklyn yesterday and will attend Staunton Military Academy commencement for son August before returning to Laredo. Cards from Mrs Paul Evans in Nashville. Mrs J R Moore to attend Ward Belmont College exercises for Miss Evelyn Moore. Mrs C L Fowser leaves for San Antonio after visiting her mother in Laredo. Mrs James Ryan of Fort McIntosh to go to New Mexico. Miss Mary Devine and mother head for Colorado. Mrs Elsa Budd Peddicord of New Orleans visiting Capt Otho Budd in Carson street. Mrs H F Valdez and son head to San Antonio for a few days. Mr John D Davies of Joyce visiting, staying at the Hamilton. Parish Guild meets at Christ Church with Mrs Mussett. Mr Henry Y Blake of Sonora News Co en route to New York. will stay several days. Women’s Missionary Society holds Bible study. topic The Meaning of Prayer. Weekly dance at the Women’s Club with Mrs Asher Smith and Mrs R Sh Bobbitt hosting and Miss Sue Smith singing. John T Halsell Jr. hosts a box party at the Strand for Emilie Halsell and Busy Bee Club. guests attend, enjoy ice cream and games after.
One of the year’s best attended meetings of the Woman’s Club heard Mrs Poster’s Fifth district convention report praised for its excellence. New officers assumed duties for the coming year while Mrs McKinney and Mrs Halsell received flowers. War Savings Stamps were presented to the club and to the Tuesday Music and Literary Club.
Dr. J. A. Y. Wallace of San Ignacio Zapata county was among today’s visitors. Dr. A. T. Cook of Manor who has been here three days on business leaves tonight for home. Rev. Father John B. McLoy pastor of St. Peter’s Catholic church returned from Galveston where he abandoned a New York trip with M. M. Leyendecker and will stay while his condition improves.
The list recalls events from 1776 Mecklenburg Convention in North Carolina shaping independence, 1844 Morse telegraph completion, 1867 Florida educational association, 1869 a large meteor sighting, 1875 death of Jesse D Bright, 1889 Dublin protest over papal interference, 1915 Russians defeated near Przemysl, 1916 daylight saving adopted, and 1917 vigorous fighting along a 15 mile Arras front.
President Wilson told Congress that wartime prohibition should end for wine and beer and that railroads and telegraph lines would return to private ownership. He urged war tax revision, a woman suffrage amendment, tariff protection for industry, and outlined labor policy to help returning soldiers find suitable jobs. He pressed a liberal approach to labor issues and social advancement.
In Washington May 20 Representative Mondell Wyoming Republican leader announced in the house that the resolution for submitting an equal suffrage constitutional amendment would be called up tomorrow for passage. The move follows the suffrage committee’s favorable report on Representative Mann Illinois.
On May 31 1819 Whitman born in West Hills Long Island the Whitman line begins in the same house. Centenary events mark the poet’s hundredth birthday with school ceremonies and literary society meetings nationwide. A Whitman homestead pilgrimage is planned to West Hills where he first drew breath.
British forces entered Ville sur Ancre on the south bank of the Ancre while the Swedish steamship New Sweden was sunk by shell fire in the Mediterranean. A German air raid on London caused forty four deaths and one hundred seventy nine injuries.
Advices from Paris say a peace treaty may be signed in mid June with June 8 as the likely day to learn if Germany will accept the allied terms. The German reply is expected Thursday and could be lengthy, aligning with President Wilsons fourteen points in its German version.
Violent rioting is reported in Stettin on May 20 with nine civilians and 20 soldiers killed. German troops occupy station houses across the city in a tense security clampdown.
The 143d Infantry of the 36th Division, comprising Texas and Oklahoma troops, embarked today from Brest aboard the transport Finland.
The narrative traces Walt Whitman from a boyhood in coal towns to his early printing and teaching days, his struggle to publish Leaves of Grass in 1865, and his wartime service in army hospitals. It notes praise from Emerson, the Whitman Cult, and his final decline after paralysis before dying in Camden, New Jersey on March 26, 1892.
No definite news on the airplane carrying Marty G Hawker and Lieut Commander Mackensie Grieve. Admiralty circles fear they perished after leaving Newfoundland as weather hampers search off the Irish coast for Henry Hawker’s machine.
Washington on May 20 reports naval sea plane NC-3 suffered severe damage preventing its transatlantic attempt. The NC-4, meanwhile, resumed its flight today continuing toward the goal despite the setback.
The NC-4 seaplane reached Ponta Delgada at 10 24 a m Washington time signaling a major leg of the flight to Portugal. The event occurred in the Azores during the long ocean crossing led by the U S Navy air squadron.
Cuba marks independence day as Bishop Nussbaum and Rev Blackwell reach historic milestones. Baltimore installs its new mayor while Cleveland hosts a natural gas convention and Kiwanis gathering in Birmingham. Denver voters weigh a mayor charter amendments as New York hosts a dinner for Bishop Brent. Quebec hosts the Sixth Canadian Goods Roads Congress with federal highway aid on the agenda.
Rev. Antoinette L. Blackwell the first US woman ordained in the ministry was born in Henrietta New York 94 years ago today. Rev. Ernest M. Stires rector of St Thomas Church New York City born in Norfolk Virginia three years ago today. Oswald West former Oregon governor born near Guelph Ontario 46 years ago today. Dr Carl Leo Mees Rose Polytechnic Institute president born in Columbus Ohio 66 years ago today. Ben John congressman from Kentucky born Bardstown Kentucky 61 years ago today.
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