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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1922
Page
8
Colleen Moore demonstrates a remarkable crying artistry on the Natchez location set for Slippy Matteo. Director Wesley Ruggles notes the moment she must shed tears just before exiting, a talent that astonishes even motion picture insiders.
The article recalls Colleen Moore displaying a range of tears on cue, a skill that helped launch her film career after director D W Griffith tested her acting. It notes her persistence in learning to cry, inspired by Charli Chaplin, and praises her performances including Shifty McGee for early First National release.
Violet S. Oberfeldt listed as society editor in the masthead with contact telephone 70 for society news and social briefs.
Thursday events include Circle Clara Keith of the WMS meeting with Mrs J M Sallee at 3 30 PM and Circle 1 of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meeting with Mrs A W Lang. Mrs Paul Swancoat hosts a bridge tea in the afternoon for friends. Friday features social activities from a Harvest Hymn to a Thanksgiving dance at Elks Hall with officers and guests. Kansas City Star report lists local visits and Bishop Capers planned in Laredo on December 10. The D A R and Ladies Aid plan meetings and sales with embroidered items and luncheon sets.
The Rotary Club reports strong attendance and a successful meeting led by chairman Dr Cullinan and President Chas Deuta. Rev Nixon outlined Associated Charities work and Red Cross supporters thanked. gas concerns and local charity activities were discussed. Nearby events include Elks dance Friday, Woman's Club children’s dance Saturday, and Thanksgiving plans at the Rectory.
A. B. Ramsdell of the Rock Island railroad unveils a new crossing warning at a Chicago crossing for testing. The sign shows the word Stop only when a train is approaching, reducing habit of ignoring it, and has approval from railroad safety engineers and state safety groups.
Richard Washburn Child, one of the United States’ two chief observers at the Lausanne conference, served the past year in Rome as U S ambassador to Italy. Worcester native, Harvard 1903 graduate, wealth enabled his pursuits, a former lawyer turned writer and politician. He rose in the Roosevelt Progressive campaign of 1912 and later allied with Senator Harding in his presidential bid.
Cincinnati, Nov 22 The Board of Education for Negroes of the Methodist Episcopal church reports $2,009,600 spent in three years for education and evangelism. Nine institutions show repairs, new buildings, better heating, and expanded endowments with new properties in Nashville Meridian Owensboro Baltimore Holly Springs and Orangeburg. Scholastic year 1921 22 records 6383 students and 406 teachers an increase from the prior year. Current expenditures total $1,041,000 for the school year, double five years earlier.
Advice urges maintaining regularity for wellbeing and suggests Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild gentle aid when needed.
The passage notes the bonnet as a traditional headgear worn by Salvation Army lassies and that its style has remained largely unchanged since 1877, highlighting enduring fashion in a historical context.
Birmingham November 23 Associated Press reports rescue work at Belemite mine No 3 of Wood with Iron Co. continues after an explosion trapped 475 workers. Death toll uncertain with 60 injured, majority white miners and many negroes among the injured. Escaped miners rescued and treated while officials fear higher losses as teams remove bodies and survivors.
Associated Press dispatch from Austin Texas November 28 reports officials preparing a campaign against suspected subversive groups. State officials plan actions while Adjutant General Gurion travels to Wichita Falls on National Guard business and Cont Hamer leads operations at Brenhkenridge before moving to Waco for a murder case.
London reports the new parliament opened amid pomp while the Irish constitution rush to pass by December 6, or the Anglo Irish treaty would lapse. Ramsay MacDonald becomes opposition leader and Lloyd George policy aims for continued reform amid unemployment protests.
Dublin reports the master of the rolls refused a writ of habeas corpus for Erskin Childers lieutenant of Eamonn de Valera. The judge declined a stay of execution citing lack of jurisdiction amid war. Childers sought civil court protection while claiming to be a soldier of the Irish Republic for unlawful firearm possession.
Italian statesman Sidney Sonnino, twice prime minister, lay dying as the Associated Press reports, recalling his lead in foreign policy during World War I and his prominent role in international affairs across wartime and the postwar era.
Washington November 28 The house impeachment committee adopted a resolution demanding Representative Swiler of Minnesota produce by December 1 a statement with facts showing why he seeks Attorney General Daugherty's impeachment Keller must name involved persons details times places and witnesses and the panel announced a December 4 meeting to pursue the charges.
President Harding nominates Pierce Butler of St. Paul Minnesota Democrat for associate justice to succeed resigned Justice Day. Butler, age 58, has practiced law since 1888 and served as government counsel in several major cases.
The department of justice studies the proposed Armour Morris packing merger. A comprehensive formal report may be presented to the cabinet soon. J Ogden Armour arrived in New York to confer with bankers on the merger's financial features.
Julius Rey Reynolds, a Swiss native, was arrested in New York on November 23 for writing a note claiming responsibility for the 1920 Wall Street explosion and threatening to bomb the Brooklyn borough hall. Police say he talked irrationally and he was sent to a psychiatric hospital for observation.
Delegates from nearly a dozen states have arrived in Portland for the Western Forestry and Conservation Association annual meeting. The sessions open the following day and continue through Saturday.
Due to difficulty obtaining jurors for the criminal court, New Orleans judges urge women to volunteer for jury duty to help staff the court system.
Sir Gilbert Parker a novelist and privy council member in Canada is noted on his 60th birthday. Sir Charles Stewart Addis the British representative on the Chinese consortium is listed for his 61st birthday in Edinburgh. Julius I. Foust president of North Carolina College for Women is celebrated on his 57th birthday in Graham, North Carolina. Rt. Rev. Edwin 8 Lines Episcopal bishop of Newark is noted for his 77th birthday in Naugatuck, Connecticut.
The article reports Senator Green defending a shipping bill as a response to rising freight costs affecting the nation. It notes proposed protections for maritime commerce, potential impacts on American shipowners, and broad economic implications amid wartime considerations and infrastructure concerns.
Fragmentary report notes Clemenceau referenced amid mentions of Italy and France. Text indicates discussions of travel, payment, and new works, but the details are unclear.
A historical report notes an 18 year old girl who was pressured by a guardian to marry a man in the river bottoms. The ceremony proceeded under coercive circumstances, with authorities detailing the alleged compulsion and social context.
Waco Texas Nov 28 Chief of Police Jenkins says the Grady Skipworth murder investigation nears a breakthrough with no arrest yet. Miss Naomi Boucher recovers from treatment after Skipworths death. Police suspect the same killer who gunned down two men last May and attacked a couple in Cameron Park.
Six bandits robbed the First National Bank at Gallatin Missouri early today. They blew open the vault, shot the night watchman, and held a crowd of citizens at bay while operating inside. They escaped in an automobile without molestation after completing the robbery.
The National Committee for the Prevention of Blindness met in New York for its annual session with members including General Pershing Mrs Warren G Harding Thomas A Edison and Pierpont Morgan. They will discuss state blindness prevention laws school medical inspection conservation of vision classes factory safeguards midwives laws and wood alcohol sales regulation.
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