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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1920
Page
25
Local notices announce baseball for playground fund at Caliche Park, college and language courses, marriage licenses issued, library appeal, dress firm ad, jewelry buys, imports from Nuevo Laredo, school bells signaling start of term, and a roundup of community notices from residents and officials.
Mrs Violet S Oberfeldt society editor lists Friday's 8 PM swimming party at Bella Vista hosted by Laura Taylor and Willie Belle Brennan. On Saturday Lois and Dorothy Derby host a Good-bye Summer party at 8 PM. A dance occurs at the Soldiers Club Roof Garden at 8:30 PM.
Army surplus items including 20000 army shoes 1000 army wool shirts 300 army cotton mattresses 20000 army leggings and many other articles plus 1000 pairs ladies shoes new at less than cost of manufacture located at 1701 Hidaigo St 3-2-tf.
This year's crop shelled pecans at the Olympia Candy Co with contact by phone 456 for details on supply and quantities available.
An old advertisement promises a one hundred dollar reward for catarrh that Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot cure. It claims thirty five years of use and positions the remedy as the most reliable for catarrh. The medicine is said to act through the blood to mucous surfaces, expelling poison and healing affected areas.
Last week the Atd group hosted a linen shower for their pastor. A short address of thanks was given, and a delicious course was served at the conclusion. Attendees included Mesdames Hodges Hiatt FF Hamilton Morten Phelps Pratt A Poggenpohl Hus Smith Millar and Keithley. Afternoon visitors were Rev J Eh White Ruth White Mrs Carl itterhback and Mrs Frank Hill.
In the Southern District of Texas United States of America versus Fifteen Diamond Settings et al no 1970 L seized by customs officers in Webb County Texas are jewelry items valued around twelve hundred dollars including 15 diamond set rings and various sapphire ruby and pearl pieces. Claimants must appear before the court in Laredo Texas on September 30 1920 at 10 o'clock to contest condemnation and forfeit distribution per the libel.
In United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas at Laredo, a Nash automobile bearing serial number 170151 and 134 quarts tequila are described for forfeiture. All persons claiming the property or having claims must appear September 30, 1920, at 10:00 a.m. to interpose a claim and present allegations. U.S. Marshal, Southern District of Texas.
Polo enthusiasts and society figures descend on Meadowbrook Club near Westbury Long Island for the national championships under the Polo Association. Over the week, junior senior and open divisions crown champions with cups donated by Samuel D. Warren, William Waldorf Astor, and Joseph B. Thomas.
Our Daily Birthday Party notes September 10 as the birthday date for several prominent figures. Russell C. Lettingwell, former Assistant Secretary of the U S Treasury, is 42. Dr Lynn Harold Hough, retired Northwestern University president, is 48. Rt Rev Harry B Longley, suffragan bishop of Des Moines, is 52. Dr Stratton D Brooks, University of Oklahoma president, is 51. Sam Hale, Detroit American League outfielder, is 24.
Mrs Volta Bankson of Chill cothe Mo says Chamberlains Tablets gave relief from indigestion and improved her liver backache and dizziness. She praises them as just what she needed and would always speak a good word for them.
A brief paragraph recalls returned troops greeted with acclaim. A four year old daughter shows confusion about their service, asking where they had been and what they did. The child concludes soldiers look like big boys when they fight, reflecting neutral sentiment in the Home Sector.
The Times receives the daily forecast from the United States Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Saturday are expected to be partly cloudy.
Observations show a maximum temperature of 97 degrees and a minimum of 77 degrees over the last 24 hours. Winds were generally from the southeast with light to moderate speeds as noted in the Fort McIntosh station bulletin.
Olive Thomas once a leading American musical comedy performer and later a film star died at the American hospital in Neuilly Paris. She had been taken there after swallowing a poisonous solution by mistake and suffered from slow poisoning. Thomas had traveled to Europe with her husband Jack Pickford and had recently endured nervous depression.
Fort Worth Texas September 10 Representatives of the Texas Cattle Raisers Association are in Chicago for a livestock conference to urge packers aid in obtaining funds to restock Texas herds. They say three years of drought exhausted stock and bankers force cow and calf sales to cover loans while ranges are at their best.
All members of the Chicago National League baseball club and club officials have been subpoenaed to appear before the grand jury next week as witnesses in the investigation into alleged baseball gambling.
The Kansas City diocese marks forty years, Joseph Story’s death centennial is noted, Port Snelling cornerstone centennial celebration planned by Minnesota Pioneers Association, Central Canada Exhibition opens in Ghtana, Warren G. Harding to speak at Marion front porch event, San Francisco hosts Southwestern Tuberculosis Conference with experts from many states.
Guion Ark merchant EB. B. Milburn, owner of Guion Drug Store, says Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been sold for years with perfect satisfaction. A strong local advertisement praising the product as the best recommendation from a merchant.
In Brazil, bees place honeycombs on the summit of the tallest tree, choosing the slenderest twig to keep the hive beyond the reach of primates. This unusual nesting behavior highlights their adaptation to predator avoidance and arboreal elevation.
Indigestion can dampen spirits but lasting recovery is possible. Hundreds have been permanently cured by Chamberlain’s Tablets and can now eat what they crave. The tablets strengthen the stomach and restore natural function. If you have not tried them, do so at once.
Readers are urged to pursue money making opportunities advertised in the Times Want Ads. The brief notice invites attention to potential ventures claiming high earnings with minimal effort. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Fred Upham told a Senate committee investigating campaign funds that he took full responsibility for the proposal to raise Republican contributions from 1000 to 10000. He said he was voted down by a large majority at a New York meeting and that Form 101 or the Blair plan followed advocacy for a larger contribution after he informed Harry Blair that the 10000 figure could be adopted after the national convention.
In Rockhit Texas Sept 10 the school board postponed opening due to labor shortage. The delay lets children stay in the fields to pick cotton as crop prospects in the county are estimated at 40 000 bales.
The armored craft Pittehureh lies aground in the Baltic Sea with sections of her double bottom flooded. The navy department reports no immediate danger, though water intrusion persists in several compartments.
Washington reports Marlin Texas census figures with a population of 4310, an increase of 422 people or 11.1 percent from the prior count. The notice lists Unsecled Frens as the byline and is dated September 10.
In Freeport Texas on September 10 Lola Hawkins 16 and Thelma Brady 17 drowned at the bay mouth of the San Bernard river about 12 miles from town. Fifteen youths were bathing when an undertow pulled them under. all others escaped.
Polish forces on the northeast front pressed a series of attacks against Russian lines and took 500 prisoners, according to dispatches from Warsaw dated September 10.
Spanish War Veterans in St Louis announce preparations for the twenty second annual encampment. About 5000 visitors are expected next week with a central parade featuring veterans of the Civil War Spanish War and World War I.
New Orleans voters prepare for the mayoral election next Tuesday under a new second choice ballot format. Every ballot will include a second column asking for a voter's second choice if their first option fails in the first primary, marking a pilot for future elections.
Classified notice announces daily opportunities featured in The Times with a subscription rate of 50 cents per month.
Italian workers in Milan report arms for a rising defense as industrial plants are occupied. Leaders of socialist groups and metal workers unions confer with employer delegates. Former Italian officers supervise drills under a rebel military organizer named Schellavelli, aiming at a broad revolution.
Ml Paxe Texas September A B Sharlen a wealthy curio shop dealer with stores in Vancouver and Montreal was arrested today by a federal narcotic agent on a charge of conspiring to import morphine and opium from Mexico. A code book was found listing drug dealer addresses in nearly every large city.
Representatives of the Roman Catholic church from many states attend the National Catholic Central Society convention in San Antonio Texas. Archbishop Shaw of New Orleans will celebrate a pontifical mass and Bishop Koudelka of Superior Wisconsin will preach the sermon. Business sessions run Monday and Tuesday under Judge Michael Girten of Chicago.
A collection of curiosities notes that Norway has few illiterates, Iceland yields most eider down, reformers often have red hair, sealing wax contains no wax, San Salvador has many postage stamps, scientists estimate an average man blinks four million times yearly, and salt works workers reportedly avoid cholera and other diseases.
The many friends of Mr. P. E. Arsuindegui will be pleased to know he has located in this city after twenty years. He assumes charge of internal affairs of the printing department at Vidaurri Printing Co. The firm congratulates itself on hiring such an efficient typographical man.
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