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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1914
Page
5
Local items report a labor shortage for cotton picking and various town notices. Ads promote Riverside Dairy butter and seafood, Laredo Music and Jewelry Co piano offers, and services from La Valliere corsets to automobile repair. Public school preparations and licensed marriages are logged.
The Civic Department of the Woman's Club led by Mrs Hal W Greer met at Library rooms at five yesterday. The outline covered parliamentary law studies and civic improvement work while Mr J W Kenney of the Chamber of Commerce spoke on the state pure food and drug commission and cooperation for proposed inspections. The meeting adjourned until the first Monday in October.
A visitor from Mexico City reports daily executions of federal officers and deep unrest since the constitutionalists seized the capital. He says censorship hides the grim reality, suggesting conditions are worse now than under Huerta.
J Blake Alexander warns onion growers in Laredo about a Chicago seed house representative found soliciting orders in the region. He says he was sold seed claimed to be Crystal Wax but delivered as yellow onions and demands others avoid the purchase to prevent loss.
The funeral for Robert Ashton Hazelrige son of Mr and Mrs J B Hazelrige was held from the Treights home to the city cemetery at 6 30 pm and featured a touching procession. Rev Malloy conducted services at home and grave and pallbearers included Shelby Cotulla James Moore George Braden Porter Yates James Greer Edward Lowry Edward Brewster and Willie James.
Rheumatism pains vanish after first Sloan's Liniment application which penetrates to the joints aiding comfort. It claims to ease pains from bruises cuts sore throat neuralgia and chest pains and is pitched as a family medicine with a 25 cent guarantee per bottle cited by Chis H Wentworth of California who praises its effects.
Bartolo Rodriguez remains in jail awaiting Joliet officers from Illinois who plan to take him back to answer murder charges and alleged escape from the Illinois penitentiary. Deputy Sheriff Stoner reported Rodriguez confessed to crimes in Illinois and is being held until extradition.
Classified note announces daily opportunities in THE TIMES with a subscription rate of 66 cents per month.
Tenry Y Blake leaves for Tampico for his bone. James Breeding of Encinas visits Hamilton hotel. R E Welhausen of Torrecillas in the city. Judge Geo R Page and W N Young return from Medina dam. Will P May back from San Antonio. Ed Dubose arrives from San Antonio staying at Hamilton. Albert Gutierrez departs for Austin to resume studies at St Edward's. Woodlief Thomas attends funeral of Master Ashton Hazelrigg. Mrs Lucinda Navarro of Torreon arrives to stay with Mr and Mrs Dario Sanchez. Mrs Clarence G Jackson plans two month U S trip with husband. Joe Henry Hodges leaves for Fort Worth for a new payroll job. John Lawrence and family arrive. sons enrolled at Laredo Seminary. Lawrence to remain briefly. Numerous hotel and bender listings for travelers. Hamilton and associated names including Breeding, DuBose, Bremer, and others appear in daily notices.
A party of six Yaqui Indians linked with constitutionalist troops arrived from Saltillo and toured the streets. Attired in tight Mexican pantaloons broad-brimmed sombreros and Zarapes they are said to have joined General Villa's forces near Juarez. The group plans to return to Sonora via El Paso after the revolution ends. They are described as fearless fighters yet peaceable when left alone and are said to practically control Sonora.
A vintage advertisement proclaims Dr King s New Life Pills cure biliousness constipation and low spirits. It promises a healthy bile flow and digestive cleansing with the first dose to lift spirits and restore the system priced at 25 cents and available from all druggists.
The water supply of Mexico City has been cut for three days. Officials say the outage is probably caused by Zapata’s forces, signaling a possible water famine amid the political unrest.
President Wilson today joined the Buy a Bale of Cotton club by ordering fifty dollars worth from a Georgia organization. The move supports wartime thrift and farm relief efforts.
President Wilson issued a proclamation calling on Americans to observe a day of prayer for peace in Europe on October 4. The appeal emphasizes a unified desire for end to conflict and unity at home.
German army reservists from Mexico and Central America continue to report to the German consulate in Galveston Texas even though reporting is no longer compulsory. Several reservists from Guatemala remain in Galveston hoping to reach New York, though Acting Consul Range says sailing to the Fatherland remains unlikely.
Temple Texas September 8 Dr J K Thorne of the state hookworm commission will this week conclude his investigation in Bell county and preliminary estimates show a minimum infection level. Of 200 subjects examined only one case was found.
The railroad commission warned several Texas railroads to file their annual reports immediately or face a $500 daily penalty. The filing deadline was Aug. 29, and about 26 companies have failed to submit their reports.
Austin Texas September hearing on the Hillsboro union depot case postponed from August. Railroads entering Hillsboro cited to appear as the commission bases its order on establishing a union depot, with courts upholding the commission's authority to order a union station constructed.
Prof F M Bralley director of the University of Texas extension department will lead lecturers to more than 100 teachers institutes in September October and November in Austin and surrounding areas. They will focus on rural school education and form University Home and School League chapters to improve country life for rural boys and girls.
London reports fierce fighting from Nanteuil to Verdun with the Allies probing German advances. French positions along the Seine remain secure as Paris and Verdun fortresses shield flanks while the army of Paris maneuvers to threaten German lines. Russian forces mass in France as Turkish troops move toward Constantinople amid broader eastern battles.
Paris reports aBelgianRussian pact authorizes Belgian troops to attach to the Russian armies. The September 8 accord formalizes Belgian cooperation and signals a compact defense alignment amid ongoing European tensions.
Near Vitry the retiring movement is confirmed on the German side. On the French right a German division attacked from Chateau Silvia to Nancy but was repulsed. Northward, the French reoccupied the crest of Mandry and Fournieux peak. no change reported in Alsace.
The German embassy reports Austrian generals Kesferanek and Dankl repulsed a Russian assault on Russian soil and captured 600. In the south 6,000 Servians were taken while attempting to invade Croatia. The British embassy says the second Austrian army near Lublin endured heavy losses and fell back to defensive positions.
A Copenhagen despatch reports Germany plans to seize all Belgian banks and court merchants by raising prices to break British contracts. German agents are traveling in Norway to influence trade, and Germany has removed import duties as part of retaliation against Britain’s efforts to starve Germany.
A London weekly publication advertises that it has reliable authority stating the Austrian emperor died twelve days ago. It claims the news was suppressed due to a dangerous infernal situation.
An official report says Allied forces push from the Oureq river toward Montmirail while German troops retreat between Maeux and Sezanne. A German battalion captured after violent center fighting. Russian cavalry reaches the Carpathians crest signaling wider Allied gains.
London dispatch reports a Petrograd denial that Russian forces have captured the Austrian forts at Mikulajov and Nicolaieff. The brief item notes denial from Petrograd about a Russian breakthrough on the line.
J H Houghland of Eldon Iowa says he advised soldiers to take Diarrhoea Remedy before enlisting for the Spanish war and received thanks. He adds no person whether traveling or at home should be without this great remedy and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
Report from Paris in September says the Germans to the east asked for an armistice to bury their dead, but the Allies refused. The terse dispatch notes no change in the war’s momentum and confirms continued Allied operations.
London reports Servians have invaded Bosnia in a sudden military move. No further details on forces or casualties were provided in the brief item.
Notice states Laredo Steam Laundry moves its downtown office to 1212 Far ragut street effective September 1. Contact phone remains 66. Dated 8-27-151 with official advertisement.
Austin Sept 8 The Senate approves the Wiley warehouse bill allowing individual ownership and the Darwin bill amending the warehouse law. The House invites President Annette Finnegan of the State Equal Franchise Association to speak at an address.
Rome September 8 Associated Press reports the new pope held his first consistory celebrating the Virgin's birthday. The event included bestowing red hats on four cardinals in an impressive ceremony.
Special elections were held in Austin Texas on September 8 to fill vacancies in twelve legislative districts and one senate district. The voting districts included the first senatorial district and legislative districts 10 1end 68rd Tist 73rd 99th 100th 101st 108rd 112th 116th and 120th.
A public roads bureau mission will visit Texas to study Smith County’s honor system for convict labor on roads. Over 100 convicts are said to be under the system, paid by the day with half their wages kept by the state and half paid to the workers.
Association in Galveston urges a single tax for motorists to replace city, county, and state levies. Officials call for a coherent system to replace the multiple license regulations now in Texas and to eliminate duplicate numbers.
Austin officials report several leading insurers weigh investing surplus in Texas cotton held in bonded warehouses. They inquired about the bonded warehouse law under consideration by the legislature and some suggested placing warehouse control under the insurance and banking department. One broker claimed insurers have enough surplus to cover the state’s entire cotton crop.
The funeral for Mrs. Re fugio M. Vela de Vela was held from the family home on Farragut Street and at San Agustin church at 9 30 this morning. Burial followed at the Catholic cemetery with many relatives and friends in attendance. Pallbearers included A. M. Bruni V. L. Puig Fidel Cantu Antonio Valls Agustin Salinas and Feliciano Herrera.
A brief note records the sale of meat and precise labor charges totaling eight dollars. The itemized entry lists the product and service together, reflecting a small business transaction and customer payment.
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