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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1919
Page
23
The Blue Birds meet with Mrs Alfred Poggenpohl at 4 pm Story Telling Hour at Mrs M P Cullinan's home at 5 pm Meeting at Boy Scouts Headquarters at 8 pm Dance at the Elks Club in the evening.
Poem excerpt from Songs for Courage followed by a flurry of society notes. Recap lists Mrs Sallee’s returnees, visitors from Dallas, Corpus Christi and Las Cruces, university plans for Evelyn Moore and Kenneth Hamilton, and several Ladies Aid Society meetings with upcoming fundraisers and needed items for Associated Charities Hospital and Presbyterian Orphanage.
The club outlines a study of America covering history ideals government literature music art and resources. The first meeting is set for Tuesday September 30 with guests and a program based on Mentor Series 8 and a yearbook in printer’s hands.
Train No 1 leaves for Corpus Christi at 12 60 p m. Train No 2 arrives from Corpus Christi at 3 35 p m. Through fast train to St Louis leaves 8 30 a m arrives 2 60 p m. Night Train leaves 9 p m arrives 5 a m. Rio Grande Eagle Pass trains via Laredo Minera times listed.
Rev. Father Juan Coma, who has been in San Antonio for several weeks enjoying his vacation, returned to Laredo this morning.
Mothers and families praise Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Wm Scruby of Chillicothe Missouri reports three children raised with it and calls it the best for coughs and croup. The medicine contains no opium or narcotics and is pleasant to take.
It is a mistake to assume every centipede has a hundred legs. The common varieties typically have thirty four legs, while other species may possess as many as 100 or 200 legs.
Mayor Robert McComb proclaims a special city election set for October 21 1919 in Laredo to decide proposed charter amendments. Voting locations Precincts 1 2 3 4 listed with managers and associate judges and ballots to use official charter amendment ballot with YES or NO under each question.
Bodies are buried as fast as possible making identification difficult. Total dead likely known in a week, but full names may never be known. City lacks light and power until a new plant is built, gas is off for safety, stoves distributed, water not cut but boiled.
President Wilson will address what is expected to be the largest crowd of his current tour from a glass enclosure in the stadium center. The speech is set for 5 PM with a prior arrival around 3:30 PM and a dinner address likely at Mayor Wilde’s dinner. He will tour San Diego sights before spending the night in Coronado.
President Wilson's special train arrived in Santa Barbara California early this morning drawing a crowd including many school children who were rewarded by sight of the President.
The Times reports opening demand for cotton is good and prices steady with large sales of 6,000 and receipts of 60,000. Prices in Liverpool for Good middling 19.68, with August and future months listed, while New Orleans and Houston markets show steady spots and sales. Galveston F O B values noted.
The Belgium Towns and Communes exhibition, under government patronage, displays at the Palace of Justice in Brussels through November. It shows the war damage to Belgian cities and the reconstruction efforts already underway and outlines guiding ideas for future rebuilding.
Corpus Christi on Sept 19 reports long Nueces Bay shore unmatted by searchers and wreckage still moved. The death list was expected to be revised upward after only 82 of 284 buried bodies identified so far.
Corpus Christi in a transition of authority as control moved from federal to state jurisdiction today under Governor Hobby. Col. John A. Porter announced the army truck company and other facilities would be placed at the mayor's disposal.
Relief directors focus on removing wreckage from downtown Corpus Christi as sun aids cleanup. Debris from the hurricane and tidal wave is cleared, with mud and sediment from bay waters being hauled away.
Corpus Christi Sept 19. Efforts to confirm the reported death of Bishop P J Nussbaum of the Corpus Christi Catholic diocese were unsuccessful today though his name appeared on an official list as identified dead. He was last in New Orleans the latter part of last week.
Bishop P. J. Nussbaum of Corpus Christi Catholic diocese visited New Orleans Friday morning as a guest of a local clergyman. He boarded a train for Washington on Friday morning.
The public is cautioned not to use water for drinking unless boiled until further notice by Laredo Water Co. This notice is dated September 19, 1931 and issued by the utility.
On this date in 1919 a major landslide near Citadel hock Quebec caused many deaths. President Wilson plans to spend this afternoon and tonight in San Diego while Senator Johnson of California speaks in Duluth opposing the League of Nations. Cardinal Mercier will be hosted by Belgian societies at the Hotel Astor in New York City.
The Chacon creek bridge is closed due to dangerous condition and repair. A temporary road around Mann’s Dam will serve the public until the bridge reopening. County Clerk J. A. Rodriguez notes the public safety measure.
Daily watch subscription at 60 cents per month offered by The Times.
September 19 reports show French forces advancing to within two miles of St Quentin while Serbs in Macedonia penetrate Bulgar defenses on a 25 mile front. British General Allenby defeats Turkish forces in Palestine.
The treaty of allied and Bulgaria was presented by the Associa Paria delegates at the peace conference. Clemenceau spoke briefly and Gen. Theodoroff, head of the Bulgarian mission, participated as the United States signed as a non belligerent ally to help ensure Bulgaria's observance of the League of Nations.
The Lawson airliner carrying 14 passengers departed Mineola today bound for Washington as the first leg of the planned transcontinental air flight.
Nome Sept 19 All Italy prepares for a grand national holiday tomorrow as 20 September recalls Rome’s 1870 entry by Italian troops led by Gen Count Rafaelo Cadorna and his son Luigi Cadorna who later commanded in the recent war. The mood mixes celebration with unresolved irredenta and past wartime triumphs.
The article lists quirky claims about the pope handling 22 000 letters daily with 25 secretaries. It notes Bagdad for white ass breed with red dyed ears and tails. It compares New York housing to Swiss population needs and Liberia’s year round sunrise and sunset times.
The Times presents the United States Weather Bureau forecast for New Orleans. Tonight and Saturday are expected to be partly cloudy with continued mild temperatures and light winds.
The observations at Fort McIntosh report a high of 1 degree and a low of 51 degrees in the last 24 hours ending at 7 a m. A southeast wind direction and partly cloudy conditions are noted.
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