Widen the Street And Bridge Project Aimed At Convent Ave
Tuesday's report details plans to widen Convent Avenue from Grant to the bridge approach to ease traffic and improve safety. A proposed one year two cent per gallon gasoline tax could raise about 26500 dollars to acquire property and fund the widening, with the bridge opening early next year and better access for Mexican traffic resuming. The piece connects local civic aims with broader US Mexican relations and calls for equal treatment of nationals and property rights.
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Convent Avenue
Grant
Villegas
Laredo
Grant Street
Mexico
Recognizing Mexico and Obregon government
Washington reports the United States will formalize recognition of the Obregon government as peace with Germany ends. delays came from Mexican internal factions skeptical of Obregon and wary of U.S. interference, though the shift is toward diplomatic ties and economic progress.
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Washington
Obregon
Chamber of Deputies
United States
Mexican Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Mexico
Aeen
Germany
Birthday honors for notable figures on August 30
Sir Ernest Rutherford born in New Zealand fifty years ago today is among eminent living physicists noted in this August 30 birthday column. Rev Herbert Shipman suffragan bishop of New York born in Lexington Kentucky fifty two years ago today. Marion LeRoy Burton president of the University of Michigan born in Brooklyn fifty two? forty seven years ago today. Warren J Moulton president elect of Bangor Theological Seminary born in Sandwich New Hampshire fifty six years ago today. Fritzi Schiff singer born in Vienna Austria forty one years ago today.
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Ernest Rutherford
Fber
New Zealand
Herbert Shipman
New York
Lexington
Marion LeRoy Burton
University of Michigan
Brooklyn
Warren J. Moulton
Bangor ‘Theological Seminary
Sandwich
N. H
Fritzi Schiff
Vienna
Austria
Rains Needed Hereabouts To Put Soil In Good Shape
Press dispatches report heavy rains across most of the state in recent days aiding soil condition for fall plowing and later planting. Southwest Texas remains dry with only light showers. A heavy rain in the Laredo area would help onion farmers and others prepare seedbeds for Bermuda onion seed sowing, promoting vigorous transplants by mid December.
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Acording
Texas
Laredo
Shane
Bermuda
Rialto Theater Promises Strong Vaudeville and Pay Day
The Rialto Theater offers an unusually strong program for Thursday and Friday. In addition to the feature production Paying the Piper three dance numbers by Mrs. Lowry from Laredo will be shown, highlighting her reputation as one of the best dancers in the area.
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Rialto Theater
Loyal Order of Moose Initiation Meeting announced
Members are urged to attend Wednesday evening at the Lodge room for initiation of new members and other important business. date noted as 8 29 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyal Order of Moose
Laredo To Welcome University English Instructor Lectures
Dr H L Payne Jr an English instructor at Texas University will lead a city teachers institute in Laredo at the high school building next Monday through Friday. He will lecture on English composition and related topics and conduct an author study each day for ladies and teachers across three sections high intermediate and primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Payne, Jr
Texas University
City Teachers Institute of
Laredo Man Credits Doan’s Kidney Pills for Help
Chas Wharton of 1206 Davis Ave Laredo says persistent back pain and failing kidneys improved after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He reports relief from the first use and full recovery after two boxes. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y endorses the remedy.
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Laredo
Chas. Wharton
Davis Ave
Doan
Kiwanis Club to Publish Laredo Statistics Booklet
The Laredo Kiwanis Club will distribute a sixteen page booklet at the San Antonio district convention and to local delegates. It features Laredo as a gateway to Mexico with data on importations exportations immigration and other official statistics.
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Laredo
San Antonio
Public notice on unchanged barber prices issued by J S Roberts
Notice to the public from barber J S Roberts maintaining no price increase for hair cuts and shaves at Thaison Building. Includes pricing, date range, and a health advertorial recommending Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for hot weather bowels.
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J. S. Roberts
Barber
Thaison Building
Chamberlain
Returns From Mexico Trip
Adolph R. Kahn deputy collector in charge of the customs service in Laredo returned from a three weeks vacation visiting Busta mante Monterey and Mexico City. He reports an enjoyable trip and found conditions everywhere much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolph R. Kahn
Laredo
Bustamante
Monterey
Mexico City
Mr. Kahn
Hunger the Best Sauce and Digestion Health Claim
A brief note praises appetites and digestion and touts Chamberlain's Tablets as improving digestion creating a healthy appetite and gentle bowel movement. The passage reads like a vintage health advertisement highlighting digestive benefits and pleasant eating.
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Chamberlain
Notice to my patrons from Harper’s Dairy
M A Harper states cows tested for tuberculosis were found free from disease. Harper’s Dairy contact phone 494. June 22, trade note.
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M. A. Harper
Harper's Dairy
Local notices and ads from Laredo era
Notices and brief items list upcoming Kiwanis delegation events, cotton seed products prices, plumbing service, footbridge progress, gasoline sales, rail and highway updates, dairy feed, port imports, florist services, electric lighting, band concerts, auto services, notary public, and general job printing offerings in Laredo and San Antonio areas.
Beginning of September Brings School and Court Activities in Laredo
As August ends, September starts school sessions at private and Catholic schools in Laredo, then public and rural districts. Students depart for higher learning across the state, while the 49th Judicial district resumes court for 21 weeks, 16 in Webb County. September also opens oyster gathering season along the coast under legal permits.
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Laredo
Laredo Independent School District
49Th Judicial District
Webb County
Bronte Poems Auction Sparks Limited Sale Report
A few Emily Bronte manuscripts sold at a London auction for one hundred fifty dollars. By contrast, after Charlotte and Emily published a small poetry volume, publishers sold only two copies and the rest of the edition was given away or sold as wastepaper.
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Emily Bronte
London
Charlotte
Emily
Watch THE TIMES Everyday for Opportunities
Classified note invites readers to subscribe to THE TIMES with a promo offering 0c per month. No further details provided.
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the Times
Concert by Thirty seventh Infantry Band at Fort Mc Intosh
Tomorrow evening the Thirty seventh Infantry Band performs on the Jinn at Fort Mc Intosh with a fine program of selections. A second concert on Martin Plaza Thursday evening will feature the same ensemble before it ships to its new San Antonio station, urging Laredo residents to attend and enjoy the music before the group departs.
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Laredo
Mexico
Rio Grande
Phone Crockett
Avenue C
8Th St
San Antonio
Texas
Fort McIntosh
Martin Plaza
17Th Infantry
Fidel Cantu
Thirty Seventh Infantry
Prand
Eco
Card of Thanks from the Alexander Family
The family of Mr. Isaac Alexander gratefully acknowledge the kind expressions of sympathy from friends in Laredo and those who were attentive during their hours of sorrow. The Alexander Family.
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Isaac Alexander
Laredo
Alexander
Festival and legal notes mark busy day across regions
Events span religious feast honoring Sta Rosa de Lima, a Richmond political committee reorganization, ABA annual meeting in Cincinnati with judges and lawyers, and execution in Trenton for a Camden messenger murder. International Law Association sessions open in The Hague, plus a triple celebration in Annapolis Royal marking Nova Scotia and Canadian legal history milestones.
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International Law Association
Peace Palace
the Hague
Annapolis Royal
N. 8
Nova Scotia
William Alexander
Canada
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Barber price changes effective September one
Public notice announces new barber prices starting September 1: haircuts 45 cents and shaves 25 cents. Listing multiple shops including Laredo, Hamilton, Star, Lopez, City, American Barber Shops. Notice dated 8-26-6t.
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Laredo
Hamilton
Star Barber Shop
Lopez Barber Shop
CITY
American Barber Shop
Satire in Stone Marks New York Church Decor Tone
Satire in Stone notes a trend of humorous carvings on public buildings in New York and Yale era architecture. It cites Fifth Avenue church carvings and New Haven Yale quad faces as examples, with critics debating intent versus joke and predicting rising attendance from such decorations.
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New York
St. Thomas's Church
Fifth Avenue
Times
Lenine
New York Stock Exchange
Walstaff
Anti-Saloon League
New Haven
Harkness Memorial
Yale
America
St. Thoma’s Church
Decreased Demand Lowers Mexican Cotton Picker Influx
Austin Aug 30 Decreased demand for cotton pickers due to a short crop has reduced Mexican immigrant labor in Texas fields. Commissioner George B Terrell notes fewer families migrating, repatriation specials sending residents to the border, and most workers remaining in southern counties like Nueces and San Patricio seeking any available work.
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Austin
Texas
George B.terrell
Mexico
Commissioner Terrell
Terrell
Nueces
San Patricio
Tennis Players Good Say Former Iowa Warden
Rev J R Perkins former warden of the Iowa penitentiary argues tennis keeps men out of prison. Speaking at a Sioux City banquet he notes only 2 of 500 inmates had ever played tennis, citing a sporting survey from his tenure.
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Aasociated Press
Sioux City
J. R. Perkins
Council Bluffs
Iowa Penitentiary
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State
City Institute
Kiwanis Club
Joe Torchin
Laredo, Texas
Queen Candy Company
Jaredo Kiwanis Club
Nuevo Laredo
B. Juarez Plumbing
Laredos
Auto Supply Company
Waredo
LaSalle County
Philadelphia
Pte Fo
Laredo Cotton Gin
Will W. Gregg
Farragut Street
P. A
Jimmy
Prince Albert
Prince Albert Ta
Pas
Capreiest
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
POST
Satire IN Stone
Associated Press
Magdalen College
Oxford
Yorkshire
Reese
Strasburg
Westminster Cathedral
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