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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1921
Page
12
Saturday's Daily reports a Newark murder where a woman confessing “too much high life” killed her relative after a lover’s presence. detectives note she drank on a doorstep, broke a cup, and a drug vial was found. commentary links licit indulgence to moral decay and rising prohibition era tragedies.
Senator Kenyon of Iowa argues government ownership could ease West Virginia coal district trouble, citing wartime rail control as a warning. He notes higher coal costs and lower output since 1907, blaming union strikes and hired guards for increased production costs.
Local ads invite readers to see WHAT WOMEN WILL DO at the Strand Sunday and Monday with repeated notes about the show. Mentions of rail traffic through Laredo port and rising Mexico importations and exports. Also references to baseball games at Caliche Park and a boxing card in Nuevo Laredo, plus notable arrivals Gen Goethals and James W. Gerard. Individual notices list Will W Gregg, notary public, at Times office.
Former Congressman McLemore, in Laredo for a magazine piece, lauds the city’s potential. He cites vegetable farming, ranching, coal, natural gas, water, and a forthcoming oil center, predicts rapid growth from street paving and a $150,000 bond issue, and says the international bridge will help, with paving driving major expansion.
Freight service on the National Lines of Mexico has fully resumed from border points to the interior, ending a nearly year long congestion that damaged shipments of perishable goods. Previously 5,000 to 8,000 carloads were stalled in yards and sidetracks due to locomotive and crew shortages after a strike. The dispute with strikers is resolved, and sufficient locomotives and cars are now available to handle all border shipments.
Sunday schedules mark the Junior and Senior B Y P U events at the Baptist Church and a Methodist League meeting, with other society notices inviting reporters to submit weekly updates. In sports, the Laredo Baseball League pennant hinges on tomorrow's Caliche Park games as the trio of leaders vie for top spot amid tight standings and close competition with the 17th Infantry and American Legion.
Dr T W Currie arrives this afternoon to lead the first services of the Church Institute at First Presbyterian Church Laredo. He will teach the Junior Bible Class and preach in the morning and evening services. A general invitation is extended to locals to attend the Institute.
Attention ex service men the American Legion gym and club room is now open for members first meeting of Laredoost will be held at Club Rooms Monday at 8 pm located over the Club Cafe on Jarvis Plaza all ex service men invited to visit to see the fine facilities of the Legion club room
Ex service men out of work are urged to report to the American Legion office over Club Cafe Monday morning at 8 o'clock for job assistance as directed by Adjutant F. L. Mackay.
Short Times notice advertises opportunities at six cents per month. It promises ongoing chances to participate or subscribe with a low recurring fee, typical of early 20th century classifieds and promotional columns.
From the Mexican Government Bulletin of Information, key items include the Transatlantique line establishing European to Mexican Pacific ports with a Bordeaux to Salina Cruz route, August oil exports to England totaling 2 711 750 dollars, rising mineral outputs including precious metals and arsenic, a model open air school at Dolores Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon offering immigrant incentives, and Actividad periodical from Monterrey for commercial agricultural and industrial opportunities.
The Associated Press states that the weekly condition of clearing house banks and trust companies shows $32,568,930 in excess reserves, a decrease from last week.
Capt. Robert G. Woodside of Pittsburgh was re-elected commander in chief of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the closing session of the annual convention in Detroit Michigan on September 24.
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