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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1913
Page
1
An advertisement claims Dr Kings New Discovery cures chronic coughs throat and lung ailments with life saving potential. A Colorado resident recounts two doctors predicting death but after using the remedy remains alive and well. The ad promises refunds if no benefit and lists prices 60 cents and 1.00. Reed Drug Store guarantees the product.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast from New Keans, via The Times, notes unsettled conditions with showers tonight and Sunday. Fort McIntosh reports yesterday’s 24 hour observations ending at 6 p m: high 99 degrees, low 68, wind generally from the north, with partly cloudy skies.
In Quebec and Montreal reports the Jerome gambling case is postponed to September 11 as Judge McKee denounces the New York lawyer and vows to prosecute. Thaw's lawyers announce bail application after securing a writ of habeas corpus, signaling a push toward the Dominion Supreme Court.
Mexican Foreign Minister Gamboa said Manuel Zamacona would come in an unofficial capacity delaying power representation for the Huerta government until the United States signals willingness to receive him. Senate Democrats pressed ahead on the tariff bill hoping for a late vote, with action expected Monday or Tuesday. A countervailing duty on wood pulp was cut from the tariff bill by the Senate Finance Committee.
Secretary of State Weinert declines Gov Colquitts offer to join prison board saying he won t move to Huntsville. Interstate Commerce Commission suspends rate increases on all southwestern lines from Houston to Brownsville and other Texas points to New Orleans until January 5. Proposed increases ranged from fifty to thirty cents per hundred.
Total 556,640. 2,500.00 0 002,277, 1,105,418 Capital Stock paid in. M. ALE. ANDER, Vic President.
One hundred fifty East Indians perished while crossing the Seas River toward a Punjab district fair. The tragedy involved native men women and children, with casualties reported today.
Washington reports a fresh revolution in Santo Domingo prompting the government to dispatch the cruiser Des Moines to Puerta Plata. All Dominican seaports are closed to prevent revolutionaries from receiving arms.
Estimates place the blaze at six million dollars with five hundred fifty five blocks destroyed and twenty five hundred left homeless. Governor Hayes accepts militia aid as citizens meet to decide on outside help while officials report no fatalities. In Tokyo, Moriari Abe, head of the Japanese foreign office bureau, dies from unidentified attackers who stabbed him in the back. Heavy rains aid firefighters and regional offers of fire apparatus are expected to be accepted.
In Steamboat Springs Colorado on September 6 the government surveying party was bound over to the grand jury after being charged with burglary for stealing bedding from a Colorado farmhouse. The group included Chief Engineer R A Teller, son of a former U S Teller of Colorado.
San Francisco reports the naval collier Jupiter, built with about 1.2 million dollars for complex machinery, is a complete failure. In New York advices announce Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst plans to sail from England to the United States on October 4, 1913.
Montreal September 5 Everything is ready for the opening day of the autumn meeting of the Montreal Jockey Club. The Blue Bonnets stables shelter hundreds of horses seasoned by a Canadian circuit summer. Nine open stakes are filled led by the Earl Grey Cup handicap for 3-year-olds and up at one mile and a quarter with 1200 added. Other events include the Kings Plate, the Derby Cup handicap, the Hochelaga handicap, the Champlain Selling stakes and the Stratcona Steeplechase stakes.
A testimonial from M E Gebhart of Oriole Pennsylvania credits one dose of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with curing his diarrhoea and claims it also helped others he gave it to. The ad notes such attacks are usually fixed with one or two doses and the product is sold by dealers.
Kansas City report notes Dr Clarke Hyde’s murder case to be postponed to December for further prosecution prep. This marks the fourth trial in the high profile case linked to Col Thomas H Swope’s fortune. Previous trials in 1909 ended with life imprisonment, a new trial ordered, a juror escape, and a jury disagreement.
Influx of American refugees from Mexico due to warnings to return to the United States has created a surge of people seeking rent houses and light housekeeping rooms. Supply is tight, but advertise available accommodations to aid newcomers and gain rental income.
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