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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1920
Page
18
The Laredo Times announces its publication details and pricing for subscriptions, stating daily distribution except Sundays. Offers mail postpaid service to the United States Mexico or Canada and local carrier delivery in Laredo and New Laredo Mexico. Rates: one copy one month 60 cents one copy one year six dollars.
A standard AP credit line states the Associated Press holds exclusive rights to republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not and to the local news published in the paper.
A Daily column recalls bomb explosions aimed at prominent Americans, linking the Wall Street blast to anarchist networks. It urges continuing deportations and arrests, condemning propaganda plants and warning New Yorkers of hidden threats while stressing government protection and public vigilance.
After Texas troops restore order and open the port, martial law ends and city and county officials resume control. Captain Joe Brooks, a veteran Ranger, will command local police with state Rangers aiding. the occupation curbed disruptions, protected workers, and reassured shipping interests while labor trouble leaders faced the law.
Ex-President Cecilie born in Mecklenburg 34 years ago today. Archbishop Samuel P. Mathewson born at Kildonan Man 68 years ago. Dr. L Clark Seelye born Bethel Conn 83 years ago. Herbert Putnam born New York City 59 years ago. Pierre Maupome born Vera Cruz Mexico 40 years ago. Thumb nails grow slowest and middle finger nails fastest. nails from two fingers do not grow at same rate.
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Charles Lang a prominent Laredo onion grower and longtime resident died after a sudden illness at his home on Santa Climilde Avenue near midnight Saturday. He was 69, survived by his wife two sons Charles and George and two daughters Vera and Grace. Funeral services were held at his home and at the Elks Cemetery with Elks Lodge pallbearers.
Audiences at Royal Theater yesterday saw Georges Carpentier in The Wonder Man. The heavyweight champion shines in a clever drama enhanced by a three round boxing exhibition that showcases his powerful punch. Today and tonight’s matinee are expected to bring large crowds.
Leonard Layton of Brownsville, charged with stabbing John Burke to death on Saturday, September 11, appeared for an examining trial before Justice E. A. Atlee. Layton waived examination and was bound over to await the next district court grand jury, with bond denied.
Guion Drug Store proprietor RE B Milburn of Guion Arkansas states that Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been sold for years and always provides perfect satisfaction, presenting a strong customer approval as optimal advertisement for merchants.
J. D. Steakley of Desdemona arrives in Laredo to meet Bor-Tex Oil Co. directors and expresses confidence in an early oil gusher for the Laredo area. Drilling led by Driller Black progresses rapidly and expected developments could attract national attention. Local stock sales surge as residents invest in Bor-Tex shares.
The fall meeting of the Western Texas Presbytery convenes in the Presbyterian Church of the city Tuesday at 7 30 pm with about forty commissioners from Rio Grande Valley to San Marcos and Uvalde. Sessions include talks by retiring Moderator, Dr Arthur G Jones sermon on The Sovereignty of God, Luncheons, an automobile tour, and a Africa missionary speaker Rev Chalmers Vingon. Public invited to all 7 30 pm services through Thursday.
A lively baseball game at Caliche Park Sunday saw the Laredos defeat the Thirty-seventh Infantry 5 to 4. Ortiz and Kissel pitched for the Laredos while Salinas and Winters worked for the 37th. After a 2-2 tie through several innings the soldiers led 4-2 entering the ninth before the civilians surged for three runs to win.
Store will be closed on Wednesday for holiday. L Daiches, the Jeweler, issues notice dated September 20, 1921.
Strong drama at the Rialto features May Allison in Held in Trust a standout vehicle praised for its great work by the star in the important leading role crowds filled Sunday and will return for this afternoon and tonight performances those who saw Walkoffs call Held in Trust even greater and urge seeing it tonight
Sufferers from indigestion feel discouraged and think full recovery is impossible. Hundreds have been permanently cured by taking Chamberlain's Tablets and can now eat anything they crave. The tablets strengthen the stomach and help it perform its functions naturally. If you have not tried them do so at once.
All boys aged 12 to 18 interested in the Boy Scout movement are invited to a mass meeting at 8 o clock Friday evening in Scout headquarters on Convent Avenue opposite the Soldiers Club. Topics of importance will be discussed and new troops formed if sufficient material is available.
Due to crowded conditions at Laredo High School and rising enrollment Superintendent L J Chris ten transferred Mrs BE H Burr from the Fourth Word School. Mrs Burr assumed duties at the High School this morning.
Indebtedness on First Methodist Church has been paid. The building will be formally dedicated at 10:30 a.m. next Sunday with public invited to attend this service. Also notes imports from Mexico via Laredo, a local art studio opening, marriage licenses issued, and local business and service ads scattered through the report.
An old advertisement claims a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh, touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a reliable remedy of thirty five years, and describes bloodstream action to heal mucous surfaces. It urges immediate use, promises health improvement, and offers testimonials from Toledo firm Cheney & Co.
The United States weather bureau forecast for New Orleans page notes tonight and Tuesday generally fair. Local observations at Fort McIntosh show a maximum of 96 degrees and a minimum of 75 with a southeast wind and clear conditions.
President Wilson addressed a Los Angeles audience in support of the League of Nations. The report notes that twelve hundred and fifty American troops departed Viadivostock bound for the United States.
The Thirty seventh Infantry Regiment based at Fort McIntosh and Fort McIntosh Camp will depart for Fort Wayne Michigan within weeks. Orders are expected soon and the Seventeenth Infantry may replace the 37th. Laredo will miss the regiment as officers and men have made many friends here.
Mis. John Poe of Pekin Illinois says fifteen years of suffering ended after starting Tanlac. She describes relief from gas pain breathlessness insomnia and rheumatic stiffness and notes a gain of thirty pounds. Tanlac is sold in Laredo by Windrow Bros.
A daily historical digest notes notable events and births: Charles Carroll of Carrollton born in Annapolis and dying in Baltimore, Covent Garden fire of 1808, Gen. John F. Reynolds born in Lancaster and killed at Gettysburg, Laura Keene’s 1852 debut in New York, Novgorod’s 1000th anniversary in 1862, Rome’s 1870 change in papal power, Garibaldi monument unveiling in 1895, and Cardinal Farley’s wake in 1918 drawing 25,000 observers in New York.
The Chamber of Deputies passed a vacancy law changing succession to cabinet members in fixed order if the President dies is incapacitated or absent from Buenos Aires. Interior minister would be first, shifting from the Senate president. Critics doubt Senate approval amid conservative majority.
In the Pacific Island region cricket is played with high enthusiasm. Sixty or seventy men form a side, matches stretch about three weeks, and end with a combined murderous assault on the umpire.
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