Local notices and service ads from the Times archive
A collage of classified snippets: birth notice for a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matias de Llano. car sales and auto ads from Citizens Auto Co. Flora Dilgarde Anderson offers vocal and piano instruction in New York with trial by appointment. correction about post office department misstatement. gas additive ad for Flashlite Gasoline. invitations to ex-soldier recognition at the Latin-American Club. plumbing, abstract office, and various local business notices. merchandise and service promos. weather note. Armistice Day planning by the American Legion in Laredo. notary public contact. Times printing services.
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Flora Dilgarde Anderson
Music League of America
New York
Christ Church (Episcopal
Plara Dilgarde Anderson
Humble Oil Refining Co
Brooks
Laredo
B. Juarez
Walter Brown
Bertani
Bellmont
Main Ave
lLaredo
Alec
The
American Legion
Soldiers Club
Will W. Gregg
Times Office
Farragut Street
Olive Tablets Offer Gentler Calomel Alternative
Pimples fade as Dr Edwards Olive Tablets cleanse blood and bowels. A vegetable compound with olive oil, the tablets promise clearer skin and improved vitality without the harsh effects of calomel. Take one or two nightly for a week. available at 10c and 25c.
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Dr. Edwards
Edwards
Digestion Tips With Chamberlain Tablets Advertisement
A promotional note urges balance in meals and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets to strengthen digestion. It promotes light meat portions and occasional use, priced at 25 cents.
New England Women Life Underwriters Organization
Fifty members form the sole women life underwriters group in America, the New England Women’s Life Underwriters’ Association.
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The
New England
Women’s Life Underwriters’ Association
Women Life Underwriters
America
Laredo Citizens Assist Corpus Christi Disaster Relief
A Laredo Times letter from Mrs. Edwin F. Flato praises Laredo residents for their relief effort after the Corpus Christi disaster on September 14. She highlights layettes and baby accessories delivered through Mrs. DeWolf and notes the Motor Corps conveyed thanks from grateful mothers. The article commends Laredo for duty toward a neighboring city.
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the Times
Edwin F. Flato
Corpus Christi
Corpus
Texas
Laredo
Motor Corps
Uts
Bavles
Dr King’s New Discovery Cold Remedy Ad
A vintage drugstore pitch urges readers to buy Dr King’s New Discovery for colds coughs grippe and croup. It touts quick relief for children and adults with no after effects and notes 60 cent and 1 26 dollar bottle sizes.
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Dr. King
Dr King's New Life Pills Promised Relief and Vitality
An advertisement touts Dr King s New Life Pills as a rapid mild remedy for bowels and liver function. It claims to cleanse the system, prevent health problems from clogging bowels, and make users feel fit as if four people were doing the work. The tone is promotional and persuasive.
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Dr. King
Bridge Inspector Bernardino Diaz Dies on County Bridge
Bernardino Diaz known as San Luis died suddenly from heart trouble while inspecting a Webb county bridge near Webb. A 58 year old native of San Luis Potosi Mexico he was raised in Laredo and had served as bridge inspector for five to six years. Survived by wife and family, his funeral will be at San Agustin Catholic church at 4 PM with burial in the Catholic cemetery.
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Bernardino Diaz
San Luis
Webb County
Webb
San Luis Potosi
Mexico
Laredo
Washington Street
San Agustin Catholic Church
Bazaldua Dies After Long Illness At 1918 Main
Juan Francisco Bazaldua a resident of Laredo for five years died at 4 AM after an extended illness. He worked for years at the American consulate in Nuevo Laredo and moved to this side after a city fire. He leaves a wife and several children. Funeral from 1918 Main avenue this afternoon with interment in City Cemetery. Friends extend sympathy.
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Juan Francisco Bazaldua
Laredo
Bazaldua
Nuevo Laredo
Main Avenue
Times Daily Ad Offers Subscription Deal
An offer promotes a daily newspaper subscription pricing at 60 cents per month with a note to watch The Times for opportunities. The brief reads like an advertisement urging readers to subscribe.
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the Times
Watch the Times
Village Society Notes Include Birthday Party And Club Meetings
Mrs. Otto Withoff returns to Mexico after a short visit. Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church met at the Rectory to work on China cards and scrapbooks despite rain. Music and Literary Club held a program on recent explorers with papers on exploration methods and a Chopin encore. A reception for soldiers and their ladies followed the 8:15 event, with a 6 o’clock supper for soldiers only. Miss Martha Anderson hosted a sixteenth birthday tacky party with prizes and old-fashioned games. The event featured Halloween decor and illy gifts for the celebrants including Julia McVicar and Rosita Applewhite.
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Christ Church
Mrs. Cook
Jack
Ethel Poster
Hunter
Evelyn
Buster Randolph
Charline
Miles Nye
George
Horace
Bobby
Elinor Kebbl
Woody
Nettie Bunn
Elizabeth Nye
Jack Aldridge
Marjorie Fish
Anita
Ethel Lane
Edward
Mitchell
Maurice Shahady
Ralph
Mary Cook
A. P. Nye
Martha Anderson
Rosita Applewhite
Tom Sawyer
Polly
Louie Poster
Julia McVicar
Edward Wright
Lois Derby
Cynthia Press
Grace Neal
Hattie May Bryant
Rosalie Biggio
Emma Salazar
Genevieve Camp
Willie Belle Brennan
Messrs. Lawrence
Shirley DaCamara
Ovid Shanks
Louis Puster
Ralph Matthes
Otis Walker
Clarence Jefferies
George Anderson
Puster
Brewster
Miss Anderson
Oil Leases Wanted for Webb County and Adjacents
International Land & Leasing Co seeks oil leases in Webb County and neighboring areas. They pay cash upon title approval. Local manager M. Henry invites visit at 1012 Farragut St. City. 10-6-30t.
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Webb
International Land & Leasing Co. Co
M. Henry
Farragut St. City
Rise of Stuart Bunning From Penniless Beginnings to Central Labour Figure
Stuart Bunning, once a penniless waiter and tramp who later helped form the Postman's Union, has risen to prominence as a leader in the British Labour Party and president of the Trade Union Congress.Admired supporters predict he could become Postmaster General if a Labour cabinet forms.
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Stuart Bunning
Trade Union Congress
Bunning
Labor Party
Postman’s Union
Great Britain
Yankee Doodle in Berlin at Strand Theatre tomorrow
Marie Prevost stars as the Bel gian girl prisoner in Mack Sennett's five part super comedy Yankee Doodle in Berlin. Mal St. Clair imitates the Crown Prince with striking make up and mannerisms. The film opens at Strand Theatre tomorrow.
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Marie Prevost
Mack Sennett
Berlin
Marie
Germany
Mal St. Clair
Mr. St. Clair
Crown Prince
Strand Theatre
May Ratify Treaty on Armistice Day Anniversary
London dispatch reports Cecil Harmsworth in the House of Commons says the German peace treaty may become effective on Armistice Day anniversary with formal ratification hoped for November 11. Also dated Oct 24 Siberian peasants clash with Japanese troops in trans Baikal Amur regions as the Third Japanese division suffers losses and is replaced by the Fifth division. Luxembourg announces Grand Duchess Charlotte will wed Prince Felix of Bourbon Parma in Luxembourg City on November 6.
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Associated Press
London
Cecil Harmsworth
Foreign Office
House of Commons
trans-Baikal
Amur
Charlotte
Luxembourg
Grand Duchess
Charlotte of Luxembourg
Prince Felix of Bourbon
Parma
Enforcement Begins Under Wartime Prohibition Act
Revenue agents today began enforcing the wartime prohibition act after the senate overrode the president’s veto. The measure bans manufacture and sale of liquor, leaving only beverages with less than a half percent alcohol for sale in remaining saloons. Home storage for personal use remains untouchable.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
United States
United Mine Workers meet to decide on Wilson strike appeal
Associated Press report from Indianapolis on October 29 notes executives of the United Mine Workers of America gathering to decide on President Wilsons appeal to call off the nationwide bituminous coal miners strike set for November 1. Washington coverage adds Fuel Administrator Garfield discussed the threat with Secretary Tumulty at the White House and expressed confidence a settlement would avoid a walkout.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Wilson
Washington
Garfield
Tumulty
White House
Williams College
Guatemala Imposes Quarantine on Corinto Steamers
By Associated Press San Salvador Oct. 25 Guatemala has ordered a quarantine on all steamers from Corinto Nicaragua after several yellow fever cases were reported there recently.
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San Salvador
Guatemala
Corinto
Nicaragua
End of Long Senate Battle Appears Near
The end of the Senate fight over 46 amendments to the peace treaty seems in sight as leaders expect a vote on the last amendment today or tomorrow. Senator Moses of New Hampshire proposed excluding all British dominions from voting in any League of Nations controversy involving them.
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Washington
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Moses
New Hampshire
Global Cotton Market Quotes and Local Prices
Wire service bulletin from The Times via T A Austin Co. reports Liverpool and New York futures with mixed opening and closing levels. New Orleans and Houston spot prices show steady markets. Galveston firm with higher middling at 40.50. Receipts nil to 15,000 noted. sales varied across regions and months with several bid-ask ranges.
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Liverpool
Mitchell Day Observances and Civic Events Across Cities
Mitchell Day honors the late John Mitchell with labor groups observing the date. The American Civic Association holds its annual Philadelphia conference through Saturday. New York mayoral family wedding and Cleveland pianist tied to labor figures mark today. Washington hosts the International Labor Conference under the Wilson Peace Treaty aims to elevate organized labor standards globally.
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Mitchell
John Mitchell
American Civic Association
Philadelphia
Virginia
Hylan
New York
John Francis Sinnott
Ray Chapman
Kathleen Daly
Cleveland
Washington
International Labor Conference
Wilson
Beginning of Austrian retreat marks war shift in Italy
One year ago today during the war October 24 saw the start of a major Austrian retreat in Italy. Allied successes forced German withdrawals from Rhine towns while the Austrian Foreign Minister urged immediate armistice in a note to Secretary Lansing.
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Pepe Eee
Italy
Rhine
Lansing
International Labor Conference Opens With Labor Capital Participation
Representatives of labor and capital in the United States will participate unofficially in the international labor conference. Secretary Wilson of the labor department will be named president. More than thirty nations are represented for the opening which follows the Versailles treaty aims to improve labor conditions worldwide.
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Washington
United States
Wilson
Labor Department
Versailles
John Barrett
Railway Brotherhood Wage Decision Pending
Washington Oct 24 Director General Hines has not reached a decision on the wage demand of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Officials discussed the search recommendations with President Lee and the union strike committee to see how they would work in practice.
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Washington
Hines
Brotherhood of Railway
Railway Administration
Lee
Weather forecast and Fort McIntosh observations
Tonight and Thursday scattered showers with warmer temperatures expected. Observations at Fort McIntosh show a 24 hour period to 7 am with a maximum of 72 degrees and a minimum of 55 degrees. Winds arrive from the south under cloudy skies.
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Fort McIntosh
Comfort Through Health Reform Warns Against Overwork
Miss Agnes Turner of Chicago recounts chronic indigestion headaches and sleeplessness from overwork and irregular meals. After two months on Chamberlain’s Tablets she reports a cleansed stomach improved vitality and now can eat and sleep comfortably.
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Agnes Turner
Chicago
Chamberlain
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