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Newspaper

Laredo Weekly Times

Location

Laredo, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 13, 1914

Page

11

Personal notices from Hamilton and surrounding areas

A jumble of personal items lists visitors and residents: DeWolf and family in Hamilton. Hasidorf of San Antonio in the city. Wine Hitt back from Medina dam. Lara Nelson from Ontario visiting brother Leonard Nelson. LaRue Chase returns to Laredo after a four month East stay. Others mention trips to San Antonio, Monterey, Frontera, and Corpus Christi. Several names tied to medical meetings and local business people are noted along with a centennial note on the Battle of Plattsburg and commemoration activities in Plattsburg New York centering on Commodore MacDonough.

Wine Hitt Medina Dam Lara Nelson Ontario Canada Leonard Nelson LaRue Chase Mons Treaily Laredo Sam Wil Anderson Joe Moser WS EL Pelton Anderson San Antonio A. E. Derby Monterey Luis Ff Flizendoe Frontera Tuhesen Mex Miizendo J. Arengol, Or Mes I MH. Saavienet and Children Waster Vietor Little Miss Glads Corpus Christ Sanvienet Mediical Associations of Texas Bluff City Plattsburg N.Y New York MacDonough Vermont Macomb George Prevost George Downie Delaware Connecticut Commodore MacDonough Middletown Conn

Call for Irrigation Congress to Meet in City

The Twenty-first International Irrigation Congress is officially called to meet in this city for four days next month. It will be the first meeting outside the United States. Attendees are expected to be large and representative though European experts may miss due to war. One day will include a 160 mile inspection trip through irrigation stock to Calgary and a visit to the Horseshoe Bend dam near Bassano.

Cateary Atta International Irrigation Congress United States Congress Fist of Calgary Horseshoe End Bassano

Fire Marshals Association Convention Opens in Ashroville

Ashroville NN Sept 11 The annual convention of the Fire Marshals Association of North America opened in Ashroville for a two day session. State fire marshals and fire chiefs are here from the United States and Canada to discuss fighting fires and prevention.

Ashroville Fire Marshals’ Asociation of North America United States Canada

Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau

The Times receives daily weather forecasts from the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans through the Telephone Co. Temight and Saturday are expected to be generally fair with moderate temperatures.

United States Weather Bureau New Orleans the Telephone Co

Fort McIntosh 24 Hour Weather Summary Observed

The observations for the 24 hours ending at 6 pm yesterday report a maximum temperature of 8 degrees above zero, a minimum of 75 degrees, with winds from the south and clear mast conditions.

Fort McIntosh

Life and Prof Kit's Ars Sin Royal Theatre Program

Advertising note on the bottom of the first page lists new Ars Sin Royal Theatre program details and prices, labeled as same as previous rates. The item references Prof Kit and Life in connection with theatre offerings and pricing.

Kit Ars Sin Royal Theatre

Sure Indications of Lung Trouble in Old Medical Adverts

Fragmentary OCR shows an old medical advertisement touting asthma or lung ailment remedies with prices 31 and 2 dollars per bottle. The readable bits hint at health claims and product pitches from a vintage period.

Prohibition a Key Topic at Brewery Workers Convention

Baltimore Sept 11 The International Union of Brewery Workmen meeting in this city next Monday will rail at State and national prohibition. The union with about 76 000 members in the U S and Canada opposes prohibition for risking large job losses. Headquarters are in Cincinnati and the executive board holds control.

Baltimore International Union of Brewery Workmen United States Canada American Federation of Labor International Organization Cincinnati

Women and the sigh after a hard day’s work

Poem notes a universal sigh of relief as women shed corsets and unwind after the workday. The verse likens this cadence to wind and rain, a tremulous comfort that soothes pain and pervades many into one. Poet W. J. Lampton references the New York Tribune.

Made Another Arrest in Assault with Intent to Murder Case

Deputy Sheriff Will Stoner captured Jesus Carranza Jr. on a long active warrant. Carranza, indicted almost two years ago, fled to Mexico to evade arrest but returned to Laredo yesterday. He is jailed awaiting trial on the assault with intent to murder charge.

Will Stoner Jesus Carranza Jr Carranza Mexico Laredo

Yet to Nyack is Farther Than All My Journeys

A reflective note describes Nyack as the quietest stop yet in a travelogue. The speaker recalls distant places and frames episodes once captured on camera by Imagic, positioning themselves as an actor in motion picture productions.

Nyack

Sudan Grass Profit Growing In West Texas

Amarillo Texas reports Panhandle farmers show growing interest in sudan grass an African import with three annual crops for forage and seed selling at 80 cents a pound. The plant reaches nine feet and resembles Johnson grass a Crosbyton Sudan grass association forms to build a warehouse near the New Mexico border amid strong West Texas feed crop forecasts.

Associated Press Amarillo Tex Panhandle Crosbyton New Mexico

Woman Finds Relief From Indigestion With Tablets

Mrs. M. J Gallagher of Geneva New York reports suffering acute indigestion and constipation for over a year. After trying numerous remedies she bought Chamberlain's Tablets from a local druggist and after two bottles could eat heartily with no negative effects. Sold by all dealers.

M. J Gallagher Geneva N. Y

South Dakota WCTU Holds Four Day State Convention

Scores of women wearing white ribbons gathered in Mitchell for the South Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance Union annual convention. The four day sessions are public with featured speakers including state president Mrs. Anna R. Simmons of Manlkton and Clinton N. Howard of Chicago.

Alarming the Bride Postman Joke at Wedding

A clergyman offers marital advice after a simple wedding urging the bride to follow her husband everywhere until death. The bride, puzzled, asks if she must accompany him to every place, then quips that she would not have married a postman if she had known the rule. The joke turns on the misheard duty and a punchline about the bride’s assumed travels.

Down on Our Sex at the Summer Resort

A remark exchange between Miss Gusher and Miss Grout at a summer resort sparks a witty gag on heaven and proportions of men. The Boston Transcript column-note captures light social banter in a seaside setting.

Gusher

For meat and accurate Job work ring up 42

The note records a terse transaction noting meat and precise job work with a total tally of 42. It cites no broader context, clients, or dates, leaving the exact items and parties ambiguous but indicating a numeric total.

Remedy Story from Mrs Florence on Local Cure

Mrs CC W Florence of Rockfield Indiana recalls using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy a dozen years ago to stop a summer complaint after one dose. The product is advertised as available from all dealers.

Chamberlain CC. W. Florence Rockfield Ind Gale

Stop That First Fall Cough Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Ad

An old fashioned drug advertises Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey to treat a fall cough or cold. It claims quick relief for babies and children, soothing throat and lungs, loosening phlegm, and fortifying against colds. It guarantees results for 25 cents at the druggist.

Dr. Bell

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