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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1919
Page
4
The piece warns that canning outfits and packers may monopolize vegetables, fruits, meats, and fish, driving up prices and squeezing wholesale grocers. It argues against packer dominance in railcar and refrigerating service, urging policy to protect citizen workers and prevent alien labor abuse in wartime.
The Webb County Chapter American Red Cross elected M. W. Brennan as president Mrs. Chester W. Nye as vice president R. K. Mims as treasurer and Mrs. Geo W Derby as director of the Third Roll Call Drive The secretary and publicity chief were left to a committee after F W Mally declined reelection due to agriculture department rules.
The Thirty-Sixth Legislature enacted a law effective after November 1920 that bars suits to recover land where ownership has existed for twenty-five years without action. Affected areas span from El Paso to Brownsville and Laredo. Attorneys say claims not filed before the law goes into effect cannot be asserted in court, though current statutes and pending cases remain unchanged.
The article argues that wholesale grocers see rising food prices driven by increasing control of the grocery trade by large packers. It notes packers use capital and credit to corner supply, expand into breakfast cereals and canned fish, and dominate producers and distributors across multiple product lines.
The report notes light passing showers in Laredo with little rainfall, followed by a cool northerly air mass. A sharp temperature drop occurred as the night brought intermittent rain and a total 0.61 inch of precipitation in the last 24 hours.
Mrs Henry Hein of Laredo died Saturday after a long illness and leg amputation. Her funeral Monday afternoon was heavily attended. She was about 49, wife of Alderman Henry Hein, and survived by a sister. The family receives many expressions of sympathy.
The Board of County Trustees invites bids for a three-room brick schoolhouse at Leyendecker Webb County. Plans and specifications available at the County Superintendent's office in the courthouse. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Date 10-28-31.
A list of notable anniversaries spans 18 4 to 1917 including George Gannett’s work for women’s higher education in Mass Bridgewater and Daniel Webster burial at Marshfield. It notes the 1889 Czarist train wreck near Borki, Kingston politics, Queen Emma as regent, Gresham’s cattle import protest, and WWI era milestones.
Trustee I F M Ramsay announces a public auction of estate assets on November 5 1919 in Laredo Texas by order of Judge Scott. Items include a 1 percent interest in El Centenario mine in Mexico two promissory notes for 25000 each signed by Juan Venegas and a single share of Latin American Club Inc. stock. Sale is cash and at courthouse door between 10 AM and 4 PM.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications. The cure requires a constitutional remedy, specifically Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The advertisement offers one hundred dollars for any case not cured, promises blood action on mucous surfaces, and notes the product is sold by all druggists for 75 cents plus courtesy mail.
Queen Marie of Roumania signaled a visit to America born 44 years ago today. Archbishop Paul Bruchess of Montreal born in Montreal 64 years ago. Sir Conynham Greene retiring British ambassador at Tokyo born in Ireland 55 years ago. Maj. Gen. Charles S. Farnsworth born in Lycoming County Pennsylvania 57 years ago. Dr. J A C Chandler new president of William and Mary College born in Carolina County Virginia 47 years ago. George H. Tinkham congressman from the Eleventh Massachusetts district born in Boston 49 years ago.
Public sale of 12 000 reclaimed army shoes with new soles and heels priced 1.75 to 2.50 per pair. Also 500 army quilts at 2.00 to 2.50 and 500 service hats at 25 to 75 cents. Location 1701 Hidalgo St. sale date 10 21 tf.
A note of gratitude from Henry Hein thanking friends for sympathy and support during illness and funeral of his wife and for floral tributes. The writer expresses that kindness will not be forgotten.
Mrs. William Bell of Logansport Indiana expresses gratitude for Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy noting it relieved a severe diarrhoea attack three years ago and was the only medicine that helped.
Five criminal cases were called in the district court this morning. Guadalupe Diaz y Rosas was found guilty of passing a forged instrument and received two years in the state penitentiary with a suspended sentence. Aurelio Medina, a delinquent child, was sentenced to two years in the training school for boys. Fidela Gonzales, charged with pandering, was found guilty and given five years in the penitentiary. Guadalupe Rendon’s case, for importing liquor, was continued.
Mrs. A. E. Sidenberder of Rockfield Indiana reports bronchial trouble that worsens in spring. She says after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a few days all signs of bronchial trouble disappear.
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