Voice of Texas His This Is My 23rd Birthday
A fragmentary notice appears to reference a birthday for a person linked to Lord Rodney with unclear context. The readable text focuses on a personal celebration rather than a formal event.
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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1914
Page
6
A fragmentary notice appears to reference a birthday for a person linked to Lord Rodney with unclear context. The readable text focuses on a personal celebration rather than a formal event.
Baron George Bridges Harley Quest Stodney marked his twenty third birthday and second year in the House of Lords. He is noted as the youngest peer and inherits a 10000 pound yearly pension from the national treasury for Sir George Rodney, a famed commander in England’s naval history.
A local citizen from Laredo notes back pain and weakness raising kidney safety concerns with exhortations to seek prompt care. The ad urges readers to try Don's Kidney Pills and mentions Mrs Thomas Guernsey of 2010 Tear Ragut St as a user who found relief from kidney weakness and back ache.
The Laredo Times Penn Publishing Company outlines publication terms including daily editions except Sunday, mail options to the U S Mexico or Canada, carrier delivery in Laredo and New Laredo. Rates list one copy monthly and yearly prices and weekly Sunday editions with advance payment requirements.
The Times criticizes El Progreso for anti American rhetoric and race hostility while noting Mexican factions and refugees. It mentions Turkish German actions in the Crimea and potential shifts in Balkan alliances, predicting broader war effects and regional realignments. It also questions Zapata and Connie Mack trade moves.
The article notes Turkey's entrance into the European war muddle, describing it as forcing hands and altering regional dynamics. It underscores shifting alliances and the broader strategic confusion impacting neighboring powers.
A garbled list of historical notes mentions Mont gomery capturing St John in 171h, Washington farewell orders in 1782, Albany Erie Canal opening celebrations, De Gasparis actions, a Confederate schooner blockade, Grant at Vicksburg, 1865 peace observance, 1880 Gurfield presidency, 189y statehood for North and South Dakota, 164d Dreyfus arrest, 180% Port Arthur naval mobilization, and the 1903 Irish Land Act in operation.
More than 112 000 in dividends will be distributed in Billings next Monday by the Montana and Wyoming Oil Company. This marks the first dividend from operation north of the Wyoming line.
An old advertisement touts Dr Bell's Vine Tar Toney as soothing irritated air passages and loosening mucus for colds. It claims the product helps babies and children and urges readers to visit their druggist for purchase.
An offer to subscribe to The Times at 8 cents per month appears in a classified-style notice. It promises daily access and hints at ongoing opportunities for readers.
A Sunday rainstorm drenched Laredo and surrounding country with two and one fifth inches in the city and up to five inches at Espejo ranch. Flooded streets turned into streams, hunters were stranded, but several deer were still shot. Creeks and water holes overflowed across the region with widespread impact on ranches and travel.
An old-time drug advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and throat inflammation. It claims quick relief by penetrating the nasal passages and loosening phlegm, with a money back guarantee if not satisfied. A testimonial from J R Watts of Floydvale Texas is included.
Advertised text urges readers to use Dr Kine's New Life Pills to improve health and clear complexion. Claims include relief from dizziness constipation biliousness headaches indigestion and fermentation in the stomach. Ends with instruction to ask the druggist.
The piece notes All Souls Day ceremonies and cemetery decorating, alongside local ads for Garcia's Studio Christmas photography and Shorty Hopkins seafood, a court session in the Southern District of Texas, club security patrols, and general election reminders. It mentions poll tax reminders, Mumm’s Champagne at Ross Saloon, men’s trousers at Saft’s, port cargo imports, Cadillac car hire, and births at Mercy Hospital.
The Ninth Infantry headquarters were informed last night that two government mules attached to Captain Reuben Smiths wagon on a hunt southeast of Laredo on Saturday perished in a creek during Sundays heavy rain. Two more mules were sent to assist in the rescue.
In damp cold weather there is strong demand for Snow Liniment from Windrow's Drugstore. The ad notes it eases rheumatic aches and pains and is sold by all dr ayists at 25 cents and one dollar per bottle.
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