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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1922

Page

5

The Court's Delay and Congestion in the Supreme Court

The piece notes post June adjournment caseload swelling from 37 to 650 with 212 new cases. It cites Oklahoma vs Texas boundary, Nebraska railroad liability law, Volstead Act constitutional questions, Chicago river diversion, and naturalization of Japanese as key upcoming decisions. It argues for more divisions and faster handling to preserve justice and prestige.

Federal Supreme Court Washington Oklahoma Texas Nebraska Florida Wisconsin Sanitary District of Chicago Chicago River Honolua Eveourt Expreme National Tribunal Federal Courts of Appeals Supreme Court

Coal Shortage Forces Rationing in North as Winter Nears

The article notes coal rationing has begun in the North with officers ordered to audit households and remove excess two week supplies. Wealthier New York residents protest the limit after arranging bulk purchases, while some dealers advertise coal at $13.25 a ton amid fears of profiteering.

Wino New York

Call for bids on storm sewers in Laredo Texas

Sealed proposals by Mayor Villegas of Laredo Texas are invited for storm sewers and appurtenances. Bids due October 17 1922 at broofclock. Plans available after October 5 1922 at S J F Crecellus office Puig Building Laredo. Bid bond five hundred dollars required. City reserves right to reject any or all bids.

I Villeges Garedo Texas Laredo S. JF. Crecellus Puig L. Villegas Tixas Webb County Maud Skidmore 49Th Judicial District A. D Hubert Finley University of Georgia Athens Princeton N. J Salt Court C. M. de la Garza District Court Webb’ County

San Antonio Wins Final With Three Pitchers In Series Thriller

The San Antonio All Stars defeat Milmo National Bank in a playoff deciding game at Jeviow Dark Laredo. After a 4 4 tie through four, Dresch and Davenport changes swung the late innings. Iniesenbeck scored the winning run as San Antonio claimed three of five games amid large crowds and praise for Lupe Rodriguez and other notable players.

Laredo Jeviow Dark San Antonio All Stars Milmo National Bank San Antonio Powers Davenport Milmos Lupe Rodriguez Merkle Dresch Iniesenbeck Schreyer Taredo Babe Ruth Najo Huber Silverman Cgollo Wonderfly Arguia

Public Auction Notice of Vehicle Seizure at Laredo Port

Office of Deputy Collector of Customs Port of Laredo Texas announces a public auction for cash to the highest bidder on October 1 1922 at 10 oclock at the Custom house. A horse and delivery wagon seized for violation of Section 3082 Revised Statutes will be sold. A R Kahn Deputy Collector of Customs.

Port of Laredo Texas A. R. Kahn

Less Than Thousand Bales Ginned in Laredo

Webb county cotton output will be under 1,000 bales with 865 bales ginned at the Laredo Gin Co. report. Freecy staple arrives slowly and almost 100 bales remain. Initial estimates of 1,000 to 1,200 bales were high as some bales originated from Zapata county.

Laredo Webb County Laredo Gin Co Zapata County

Polo Cigarettes Introduced as Ten Cent Value Campaign

Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co introduces Polo Cigarettes with a dime price and a bold advertising push. The campaign promotes Polo as a high quality smoke using Virginia Burley and Turkish tobaccos blended for flavor, packed in a brick red container and offered at full weight and size.

Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co Ligcett & Myers Virginia

Watch THE TIMES everyday opportunities

The Times advertises daily chances for readers to pursue opportunities, promising value at a monthly rate of 660. per month. The note highlights recurring offers and suggests steady access to new opportunities for subscribers.

Watch the Times

Laredo Resident Praises Doan’s Kidney Pills

Valente Gutierrez of 401 Iturbide St. says Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved years of kidney trouble and back pain after using City Drug Store remedies. He reports no further kidney issues and back strength as of 1919, having credited the cure since 1915.

Laredo Dean Valente Gutierrez Iturbide St City Doan Gutierrez

Webb County mobilizes to fight boll weevil in cotton

Webb County launches a state wide campaign to eradicate boll weevil from cotton fields. County Agent Fred W. Mally leads an organized effort urging irrigated farmers to plow out rows and destroy plants early to prevent weevil breeding before frost.

Department of Agriculture A. & M. College Fred W. Mally Webb County Mally

County welfare plans expand care for dependent children

State and local officials increasingly fund and manage care for dependent, defective, or delinquent children through county welfare boards rather than private groups. The Children's Bureau notes steady growth of state wide plans and local initiatives, with broad standardized goals yet varied implementations across states.

Associated Press Washington Children's Bureau U. S. Department of Labor Arkansas Missouri North Carolina Virginia Alabama California Florida New Jersey Pennsylvania South Carolina Arizona Indiana New York Ohio

Oil Wells Showings and Drilling Progress Near Laredo

The report highlights multiple wells in Webb and Laredo counties with Cole No 2 testing to 1,760 feet after casing and aiming for pay sand near 1,800 feet. Ross No 2 in Schott Field flows by heads at 150 to 200 barrels daily and awaits full test, while Ross No 1 near Miranda City yields gas and is being drilled deeper. Sacramento Rio Grande Syndicate No 1 at Survey No 768 cements casing and targets a test around October 10.

Schott Ross No. 1 Miranda City Pordon No. 1 Farias Ranch Laredo Cole No. 2 Brunt Webb County Cole

Local notices list births shops and services in Laredo

A reading of local items shows a range of notices from births to business ads in Laredo. Included are a teacher's address and birth details for Amador Sanchez Jr, bank closings for Mrs. J H Zachry, seed headquarters, Sanitary Grocery Co promotions, new garden seed, pecan imports from Montemorelos, crochet item orders, hemstitching services, furniture rentals, marriage licenses, dinner at Hamilton Hotel Cafe, Cleveland six cylinder car ads, floral offerings, San Antonio Laredo baseball note, beauty shop, potato chips, electrical contracting, and district court session with grand jury preparations.

The Sanitary Grocery Co Laredo Mexico Montemorelos Washington St Cleveland National Motor Co San Antonio Lincoln Street Vermeer Brothers

Intimate Chats With Screen Players

Hope Hampton discusses a vacation for a working girl from the studio. She imagines seashore or mountain getaways and outdoor camps as ideal breaks from city life, preferring time spent in nature with books and quiet leisure.

Hope Hampton Associated First National Pictures, Inc Miss Hampton Eigge Maines

Paramount Tailoring Company Reports World Series Inning Events

The Paramount Tailoring Company will receive a full detailed report of the world series play by play. It promises every ball strike home run error and moment as it happens inviting readers to follow along.

Paramount Tailoring Company

New Pressing Club Offers Monthly Cleaning Deals

A new pressing club forms offering four suits cleaned and pressed within one month for $2.00 or four suits for $1.50, a 25 percent reduction. Tickets go on sale September 30 for careful dressers seeking savings.

Paramount Tailoring Company

Rain Fells Lightly in Laredo But Brings Promised Benefit

A brief Laredo weather note reports a local shower last night with 0.27 inches of rain over about thirty minutes. The fall, confined to the area around Laredo and not reaching beyond the 12 mile post on the Texas Mexican road, is expected to aid farmers as onion seedbeds are thriving and ready for transplanting later this season.

Laredo Vienna Austria Venetia

Vincennes Commandant Bans Liquor Sales to Indians

Major Hamtranack, commandant at Vincennes, issued an order prohibiting the sale of intoxicating liquor to Native Americans.

Hamtranack Vincennes

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Yexus Enaw Dee Taxas Merkle Battery Polo Cigarettes Laredo Creamery Company Daily Digest AD Taeve Fields Ross Porcion No. 1 Lucile M. Nunnelly Farragut Street Rosario Street Amador Sanchez, Jr J. H. Zachry Houston Seed Laredo Candy Company Pauline B. Juarez Plumbing Co Lincoln St Hidalgo St M. M. Dunphe G. A. Stowera Furniture Co Esteban Campos Mias Antonia Flores Cecil B. Mortimer Migs Rena C. Smith Patlo Hamilton Hotel Grand Jury Pilln Will W. Gregg Times Office Corpus Christ Street Saft’s L. Dracoulis Law School University of Michigan Stary Hhars General Serrano Spain Madrid Modocs Cap- Jack Sconchin Boston Charley Black Jim Gen Thomas
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