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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1913
Page
2
Friday's Daily argues the Diaz land division by General Blanco is a dubious act. It notes land was sold on long-term payments, Blanco took the first payment, and recipients may lose land when defaults occur. The piece criticizes press praise and warns of eventual losses to buyers.
Secretary Garret warned Western listeners that the nation would be unprepared for war. The piece notes past shortcomings versus present forces, criticizing militia organization, weapons, and training. It contrasts the lack of real camp experience with state encampments, and recalls Spanish-American War era infantry regiment sizes.
At Corpus Christi meeting of the Progressive League of Southwest Texas Mr. J. H. Briggs of Alice was elected general secretary with a $2000 annual salary. The group aims to improve marketing facilities, transportation, farming diversification, road construction, and regional unity under the motto Tell the Truth. Officers and directors named. The article also notes a continued U S. refugee influx from Mexico, with about fifty Americans arriving in Nuevo Laredo and Consul Garrett arranging transport home for those in need.
Promotes prompt relief for weak kidneys with a bold claim of renewed energy and reduced pain. A San Francisco man credits it for curing his wife after other remedies failed, and the ad touts benefits for liver function and indigestion. Priced 5 cents and 1.00 dollar at Reed Drug Store.
The Laredo Preparatory School will reopen at 1703 Matamoros Street on Monday September 15. Miss LeMoyne Chatfield, four years of kindergarten training from Montgomery Alabama, will direct. The program includes manual training and two weekly supervised play afternoons open to community children. Miss Sara Churchill assists with primary and physical culture work. The building will serve as a social center and can host clubs in the kindergarten room with Mrs G W Derby coordinating.
George W. Guthrie born Pittsburgh September 5 1844 educated at Western University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University admitted to the bar in 1869 began law practice in Pittsburgh later a prominent figure in law politics and public welfare reform. As a Democratic candidate he became mayor of Pittsburgh by a large margin and helped lead Pennsylvania reform efforts and Democratic delegate clashes at Baltimore for Woodrow Wilson.
An advertisement urges consumers to favor Jackson Square White Label coffee as the superior economical choice, arguing it provides more value than substitutes and pressing for continued use.
In California a German artist in Los Angeles has drafted five large stained glass windows for the San Agustin pro-cathedral in Laredo Texas. They will be gifts from Mrs Rosana Lecouver of San Angeles. The windows stand seventeen feet high and two and a half feet wide each and use one hundred twenty colors imported glass. Work has taken months and will require six more to complete before shipment to Laredo.
R M Johnson, awarded contract for building the roadway from the city limits to the county line, submitted a $22 776 92 bond for faithful performance which commissioners court approved in special session. He said work would start September 22 and be completed early next spring with a large force ready to rush grading.
The Times touts a daily watch service for readers with opportunities and a 50 cent monthly subscription rate. The notice positions ongoing access to headlines and market items as a low cost option for engaged readers.
Jerome Travers Jerome was arrested in Coaticook Quebec on a gambling charge after a witness said he saw him playing poker with newspapermen. He was jailed with Harry Thaw and later bail was posted. In Montreal Judge Gervais issued a writ of habeas corpus seeking Thaw’s production.
Manuel de Zamacona e Incian, former Mexican ambassador, is named to negotiate with the United States over the Mexican revolutionary issue. Indications say he will seek an administration reception with assumed Huerta noncandidacy and also pursue a Mexican loan deal.
Gainesville Texas newsroom reports Rafe Piper a long known local figure found dead in a wagon near the Red River Oklahoma this morning Ed gar Beasley who rode with him was beaten unconscious and may die A posse is scouring the country for suspects
Terrell Texas Sept 5 J Bass who was offered the position of secretary of state wired Gov Colquitt declining the appointment due to business interests. The decision ends the bid for the post in the state capital.
In Degerloch Muelhausen area a teacher Wagner murdered his wife and four children and set fires in four locations. He was overpowered after using all cartridges and was fatally stabbed by villagers. Eight killed and ten wounded, six of the injured likely to die, others in critical condition.
Associated Press reports all wires down and limited wireless service as the Carolinas dean into havoc. Property losses reach into the millions with unconfirmed tales of tidal waves washing Oracoke island and killing 500 residents. The schooner George Wells broke up off Hatteras after lifesavers rescued all aboard. In New York a three inch rain flooded subway tracks and halted all transit during rush hour marooning about one hundred thousand people.
Spokane Ad club backed movement calls for the battleship Oregon to lead the canal celebration with her builder Henry T. Scott and former commander Captain Clark on the bridge. The resolution notes the ship’s historic voyage around Cape Horn drew public attention to Panama’s importance and patriotism.
The Woodul family expresses sincere appreciation for kindness shown during their bereavement and for the many floral offerings.
A report notes a first prize blue ribbon awarded at the Texas State Fair held in Dallas in 1912. The reference appears in an advertising segment dated 9-2-61.
The State National Bank of Fort Worth Texas reported a $120 000 defalcation to Acting Comptroller Kane. Bank solvency remains intact though Vice President Michael N Woods is missing. Embezzlement charges of $15 000 are filed and Woods is reported en route to Fort Worth.
Poughkeepsie New York September 5 Tomorrow is set by Justice Mor schauser for the preliminary hearing in the case of Howard H Parmum the Matteawan asylum attendant who was on duty at the gate when Harry K Thaw escaped on August 17 From the day following Thaws escape Parmum was arrested on a charge of bribery to aid the famous prisoner in securing his freedom Since his arrest he has been at liberty on bail.
New Haven Sept government inquiry into the wreck on the New Haven railroad heard Engineer Wands of the Bar Harbor Express testify that New Haven engineers frequently drift by danger signals in fog. Despatcher Kelly said six trains passed over the stretch in a half hour the morning of the wreck, with the White Mountain Express reaching fifty two miles an hour.
Having taken the selling agency of the Texas Southin Land and Imp Company property at Laredo Texas for sale of the city blocks, leases will not be renewed but preference to purchase will be given if application is made promptly as disposition is desired quickly. Agent T A Bunn P O Box 311 Phone 182 8 30 61 Adg
Portland remembers the 1800s naval clash when the U S battleship Enterprise and the British frigate Boxer fought off the Maine coast. The American ship prevailed and captured the Boxer, a victory set against Fleet losses and the era’s grim mood. Longfellow, a child then, heard the guns and later wrote of the two captains buried side by side in a Portland cemetery.
A Tipton Iowa mother recalls her son’s severe cold and dreadful cough last winter. She says one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy stopped the cough and cured the cold completely. Sold by all dealers.
Rev. H. H. Friar of Shreveport Louisiana will conduct a union revival in Laredo for several weeks. Services will be held under canvas on the block in front of the Episcopal church, but before the tent arrives prayers begin in the Methodist church tomorrow night.
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