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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1919
Page
18
The Laredo Times lists daily and weekly editions with postpaid options to the U S Mexico and Canada. Subscriptions are due in advance and communications go to Penn Publishing Co in Laredo Texas with contact telephone 43.
The AP holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper along with local news. This notice appears in Monday’s edition.
In Nashville years ago a beloved leader was killed and his slayer later died by violence. The piece links vengeance to murder and praises Carmack’s steadfast stance against corruption, noting those who aided the crime faced consequences as justice. Tennessee readers are urged to see the killing as avenging a dark shadow over state governance.
The article argues Labor Day marks a worldwide awakening of workers to their power and the need for organized labor. It emphasizes compromise between labor and capital, historical progress in working conditions, and the role of unions in advancing humanity and equality across nations.
Sir James Loughead marks his sixty fifth birthday while serving as Conservative leader in the Dominion Senate since Bowell's retirement in 1906 07. Born in Brampton Ontario he grew up in Toronto studied law admitted to bar in 1881 later moved to Calgary rising in law and politics. He became Queen's counsel and joined the Senate in 1889 and joined the Dominion cabinet in 1911 and attended the coronation of King George and Queen Mary that year.
Miss Emma Verbryke of Lima Ohio reports two years of stomach trouble and biliousness improving rapidly after using Chamberlain's Tablet. The testimonial notes underline quick relief following the advertised remedy.
Births listed include John Cochran surgeon general born 1736 in Sudbury and died 1807 in Palatine. Peter Cartwright born Amherst Virginia died 1872 Pleasant Plains. Alberta province inaugurated 1905 at Edmonton. Also notes 1854 first railroad bridge cornerstone Rock Island Davenport, 1862 Navy ration reforms, 1914 German victory Allenstein, 1915 Alexieff named Russian chief of staff, 1916 Entente fleet off Athens, 1917 Pershing HQ move from Paris.
Maj W H Graves recounted a British Army medical corps tale of a shell shock patient who spoke after a sudden shout of Speak arguing no physical injury existed. The man’s speech returned and never faded with belief he could talk. Lebanon California celebrates a strawberry fair amid local pride in produce.
Septembers mark notable birthdays of cultural and political figures. Cleofonte Campanini of Parma led the Chicago Opera Association while Henri Bourassi in Montreal shaped French nationalist ranks. Sir James Loughead in Ontario and Admiral Fechter in Virginia share remembrance, alongside George W. Anderson of Acworth and James J. Corbett born in San Francisco.
Corpol Steele of the Northwest Mountain Police arrests the girl he loves to prosecute her for shooting the man who ruined her home years earlier. Harry T. Morey stars in this Vita graph romance directed by Paul Scardon with Letty Blythe and George Majesoni among the cast. scenes were filmed in snowbound woods with dog teams and Snowshoe voyagers.
An old want ad item touts quick profits with bold claims. It targets readers seeking easy money and hints at investing or schemes without providing verifiable details or safeguards. The brief suggests opportunity and risk within a simple transaction.
Laredo editor receives a letter from J. M. Lane of the Rio Grande Oil & Gas Co detailing optimistic prospects for the Santo Tomas tract near Laredo and plans to start drilling after erecting a steel derrick. The letter cites Munn & Co geology reports and references an Empire Oil well near Noreda. it also notes a planned oil drill at Orville in Webb County and offers information to prospective investors. Public notices announce dissolution of the partnership A. E. Younkin & Brother and a water utility alert from Laredo Water Co seeking alum supplies due to transit delays.
Labor Day observances in Laredo featured a street parade with about two hundred labor union members led by the police and the 37th Infantry Band. A Strand Theater union meeting followed, then a Labor Day fete at the Negrete home and a concluding band concert on Martin Plaza with hundreds of participants and families enjoying the day.
Lieutenant Commander Albert M. Penn chief engineer of the U S 38 stationed in New York and a Wilmington Del native returns to his Laredo home after fourteen years with wife in attendance. He was told of his Annapolis appointment on Christmas morning 1904 while in Monterey aiding the National Railways route project. Penn left Laredo in 1905, graduated Annapolis in 1908, and now visits for a week or ten days, welcomed by friends. His two children stay with Mrs Penn's mother in Wilmington Del.
District Judge J F Mullally and District Attorney John A Walls departed Laredo for Carrizo Springs where the September term of district court for Dimmitt county opened for four weeks. The grand jury was empanelled and will begin work. Walls will return to Laredo after the criminal docket.
Saturday afternoon T. A. Austin presented the Times managers with Mexican limes and shared Baltimore dispatch advice about a drink using limes and wild honey as a possible booze substitute. Austin adds a playful PS linking Ambrose Johnson, bees, and 73s to the exchange.
Dr Keeley clinic over Woolworths. Dr Chine returns to Laredo, to Dolores for Cannel Coal Co. Dr Turpin to fill in Dolores. Mrs Slaughter takes Hamilton Hotel Cafe meals from 6:30 pm. Dress-maker Adams moves to 1419 Cortez. Plumber Juarez 1203. Limeade Windrow's 6 and 5 cents. Laredo Abstract opens Bertani Building office. Flashlite gasoline from Humble. Sahara at Royal with Louise Glaum. J L Fierros buys and sells items. Bellmont Rooms 602 Main Ave. Notaries Gregg and Navarro noted.
Notice states the firm Hicks Phelps Dickson Bobbitt dissolves by mutual consent effective September 1, 1919 after the return of Captain Charles M Dickson and Captain Robert N Bobbitt from Army service. S.T. Phelps withdraws to form Hamilton Whelps at Laredo Texas. The firms Hicks Hicks Dickson Bobbitt and Hicks Hicks Dickson Bobbitt will continue law offices at San Antonio and Laredo.
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