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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1922
Page
11
Skapa and Frelich donate 20 000 book covers to Laredo public schools as enrollments in the Laredo Independent School District rise past 3 000 despite bad weather. Overflow classrooms are needed immediately.
Ex Princess Cecilia born in Mecklenburg turns 36. Gen Byron R. Pierce of Grand Rapids, Civil War major general, 93rd birthday. James N. Gillett former California governor, born Viroqua Wisconsin 62 years ago. Upton Sinclair author and Socialist candidate born Baltimore 44 years ago. Herbert Putnam Library of Congress head born New York City 61 years ago. Manuel Herrick Oklahoma congressman born Tuscarawas County Ohio 46 years ago.
Dr L Clark Seelye reaches eighty five as a pioneer in women’s higher education. First Smith College president guided the Northampton institution from its opening through 1910 and later sought emeritus status. Born in Bethel Connecticut he earned an A M from Union College and studied at Andover Theological Seminary before teaching at Amherst and leading Smith College.
The record recalls events tied to 1828 Wilburn 3B Hall as the first warship to bear the Confederate flag, 1854 Russian defeat at Alma by British French and Turkish forces, 1859 Indiana hosts the first women’s club at New Harmony, 1860 Edward VII’s tour begins in Detroit, 1872 Japanese Protestant missionaries meet in Yokohama, 1881 Chester A. Arthur sworn in as President, 1889 Libby Prison opened as Chicago museum, 1919 Mayor Hylan orders removal of labor agitators from city payroll.
A pronounced success, the uniform relief from bowel complaints for children and adults has made Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy practically without a rival. It is widely used and widely trusted for relief and care.
Rail timetable lists Texas-Mexican trains to Corpus Christi and International & Great Northern through fast service to St Louis. Night trains depart midnight and arrive early morning. Laredo Minera schedules show daily except Sunday departures at 8:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. with return arrivals later in the day.
There is a morning meeting of the Wednesday Auction Bridge Club at Mrs. J. S. Penn's home at 10 o'clock. The Parish Guild meets in the afternoon with Mrs. B. F. Wright. Thursday includes the Missionary Society of the Christian Church at 3:30 p.m. The Baptist W. M. A. circles will meet at their regular hour.
A fragment from a Chicago Tribune poem about the road to Arcady contrasts with a bustling Laredo gossip column. Items mention Cynthia Press returning to Austin, travel notes, social entertainments, local humor, and residents like Nenie DaCamara and Mrs. Sherman.
Mrs G W Derby hosts a bridge party with Mesdames Johnston Vidales Biggio Hall Hassell and Derby in attendance. Notables from Mercedes include Mesdames Aus tin McDonald and F M Taylor. Elinor Morrow's banco party honors friends with a listed guest roster and a formal salad course. Barbara Lorraine Scribner birthday party includes Emily Mabel Giddens and Truett Smith among attendees with cake and ice cream served.
The United States Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday. Expect warmer temperatures on Thursday.
The House approved the soldier bonus bill over President Harding's veto. The president argued Congress failed to provide financing and warned of a treasury drain with a projected $650,000,000 deficit this year and potential shortfalls next year. The vote surpassed the required two-thirds threshold by a slim margin.
Affidavits of shop craft leaders were filed opposing a government bid for a permanent injunction. They say armed railway guards punished workers. defense claims peaceful strike actions kept others from work and condemns only a small portion of lawless acts.
Observations for Fort McIntosh show a maximum of 77 degrees and a minimum of 68. The wind is from the southeast, skies are cloudy, and rainfall measures .85 inches over the 24 hour period ending 7 am today.
There will be a called meeting of Laredo Lodge No. 647 tonight at 7 46. Work in F. C. degree. Visiting brethren are cordial invited. W. T. NEBLETT JR W M.
A claim that ninety nine of every hundred druggists recommend Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best medicine for diarrhoea. It asserts druggists know customers' needs and trust the remedy's dependability.
Dallas report says four shopcraft union officials from Marshall arrived to confer with Texas Pacific railway leaders aiming to settle the shopmen's strike. The meeting was set for late today.
Chicago wage talks yield a pay increase of one and a half cents an hour for clerks freight handlers and station staff of the Chicago and Alton railroad. Shop forces across major railroads move toward normal size as agreements accelerate returns. Twenty thousand strikers are set to rejoin New York Central shops under the Baltimore pact. 450 shopmen of the A. & P. are due back tomorrow under a signed agreement.
The senate finance committee disapproved and refused to report out legislation extending the dye licensing act for three months after the tariff bill becomes law, effectively killing the measure for this session.
San Angelo Texas reports an inch and a quarter of rain across the territory late yesterday. Local cattlemen say the moisture will bring out weeds and grass for winter feed for livestock.
Paris reports a likely agreement with Britain on the Dardanelles freedom backed by a fleet presence. Poincare urged an immediate peace conference while Curzon signaled British navy sole deployment, amid notes of Chanak troop withdrawal and Turkish resolve under Mustapha Kemal.
A message dated September 17 reports that all American citizens known in Smyrna except Consul Barnes and two women named Blackler have been taken aboard an American destroyer in the harbor. More Americans were arriving daily, four new arrivals noted on the same day. Paris reports on September 20 say eight-nation peace talks will convene within weeks to settle Near Eastern terms involving Great Britain France Turkey Italy Greece Janar Rumania and Jugoslavia.
Ranger Captain Aldrich is dispatched to Thurber Erath County and Mangum Eastland County to investigate the state rangers on duty there. The move comes after miners union officials protested to Governor Neff that rangers molested miners.
The National Railways executive office reports a northbound train wreck near Pampalme Gonzalez caused by a wash-out. Fourteen people were killed and 17 injured, including two Americans with J. D. Tueeley of an unnamed Texas city listed as seriously hurt.
A list shows guests arriving at the St Anthony Hotel including A B Case from San Antonio J H Wear from Rogers C H Row and wife Hebbronville W C Row Panhandle Row from Oklahoma City Alfonso Vin Tron gton A C Page and Hebbronville E C McIntire City B W Allen F H Shyredo J B H Gedds Atee Miller Tampico L Y Dunavan M J Senutte Al ns Roy E Dossey BE N Merriman J Lange Jr from San Antonio.
New York bankers say enough funds have been deposited by the American government to meet the first interest payment on the Mexican debt due January 1, 1908. The notice to hold investors directs deposits of securities with Paris, London and New York banks for the transfer.
Miners in Fdackoon California face a dead toll as rescue crews work to reach 40 missing men trapped by a mine fire. Reports say 30 bodies were found early, with relief efforts intensifying as families await word from the Veetaettibe mine disaster site.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on September 20 the motion to dissolve the injunction in the Phil of answer case between the An Klux Klan of America against Lookout Klan No 14 is scheduled for Saturday morning. A temporary injunction barred Lookout Klan charging charter revocation. The answer denied the claim and Imperial Wizard WW Simmons faced charges of debauchery affecting business fitness.
In Cainesville Texas on September 20 Harold Young aged 40 of Michita Falla and his brother Eugene aged 30 of Weynewoods Oklo were killed instantly when a train struck their automobile near Muenster sixteen miles west of town last night.
Amarillo Texas Sept 20 B E Clement president of the national grain dealers association in town for the Chamber of Commerce convention said today that though not an avowed candidate for governor in 1924 he would be inclined to submit himself to the people.
Today marks the bicentennial of Scottish divine John Home and dramatist, the 125th anniversary of the frigate Constitution’s launch, the 80th anniversary of the University of Michigan opening to students, and Clark Seelye’s 85th birthday. Italy observes a national holiday for the 1879 entry of troops into Rome.
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