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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1919
Page
17
A slow steady rain began in Laredo around 2:30 PM on Tuesday, intensified before night, and continued until 8 AM with 3.33 inches recorded. Rain was reported across the region from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and beyond with similar totals. A light northeast wind kept temperatures cool and comfortable overnight.
A vintage advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment for rheumatic pain sciatica and muscle strains. It claims deep penetration without rubbing, no stains or clogging pores, and notes three bottle sizes 35c 70c and 1.40 with druggist availability.
The Rio Grande surged to fifteen feet by 8 am and was at seventeen by 11 am with forecasts of reaching twenty feet before receding. Heavy rains along the river basin prompted warnings to lowland residents and pumping stations remained flooded after last week’s high water.
En route from San Antonio to Corpus Christi commercial men travel via the Texas-Mexican to aid the storm battered area. Acult Grasso state secretary of the Retail Merchants Association Allen Dun & Co. Bradstreet Hirschberg Texas manager for the Wholesale Credit Men's Association join the mission to confer with Corpus merchants and extend credit to reestablish commercial life.
The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist church meets at the church in the afternoon with Community Singing at the Soldiers Club in the evening. Parish Guild of Christ Church hosts Mrs Arkles on the Heights at 4 pm. A Knights of Columbus Hall dance follows. Community greetings reach Mrs Buttron from San Francisco and others travel for business and visits. The Parish Guild and Woman's Missionary Society hold meetings amid travel and illness notes.
First Baptist Church members begin an all day prayer meeting at 7 am to support the 75 million dollar Southern Baptist Convention drive with 15 million from Texas. Local quotas to be announced next Sunday while deacons-elect Henry, Guyler, and Walker are to be ordained at 11 am by Dr. W Eugene Sailee.
Beginning of Autumn notes the centenary birth of Charles J. Stille tenth provost of the University of Pennsylvania. It also marks fifty years since the University of California at Berkeley opened to students.
Mrs Grace EB Trinder of 511 W 33rd St Kansas City says Tanlac improved her health after four years of worsening indigestion nervousness and weakness She gained 20 pounds avoided surgery and now does housework sleeps well and has no stomach troubles claim stems from family doctor and newspaper notice citing Tanlac as sold by local druggists.
A compact list of historical items dated from 1860 to 1915 notes gold prices in New York 144 per ounce the 200 target. Death by own action of Missouri former governor Morehouse. 1902 troops in iron and steel riot in the anthracite region. 1909 Taft opens Gunnison tunnel Colorado. 1912 Nineteenth Universal Peace Congress meets in Geneva. 1914 Peronne captured. 1915 German raid on London and east coast. War secretary Baker reviews Rainbow Division at Camp Mills.
A dense listing of attorneys dentists funeral director pianists and other service providers with office locations and phone numbers, followed by an endorsement paragraph praising Chamberlain's Tablets for weak stomach and digestion. The section reads like a historic merchant and professional directory.
Three men including John Wedja a Chicago post office clerk were arrested and charged with planning a robbery of a shipment from the federal reserve bank to the Standard Oil Company at Whiting Indiana. Nearly $100000 was recovered with about $240000 reported stolen.
Associated Press report from Drumright Oklahoma details 75 deputy sheriffs guarding the town as a mob detains Mayor Nicodemus Chief of Police Ayres and Policeman Corall. State officials seek to assess conditions as rioting linked to the telephone operators strike continues with reports of shots and a possible exchange fire.
Archives of the former Austro Hungarian government show the Austrian ministry led by Count von Berchtold bore sole responsibility for the outbreak of hostilities with Serbia. Other items note Germany’s wartime constitutional changes and Italian resignation over the Fiume incident. The labor conference may be postponed if the treaty is not ratified by October 24.
Rio Grande at Eagle Pass reaches 32 feet and climbs 16 inches per hour amid heavy rain. Last Thursday the river stood at 34 feet and is expected to rise further toward Laredo. An aviation camp aeroplane with two aviators crashed into the Rio Grande near San Ignacio. the crew escaped and the plane was carried away by current.
Mrs Kate Lee Able of Rossville Georgia writes that after a heavy injury and weeks of illness her husband weighed 165 pounds, dropped to 110, and suffered extreme pain. Three doctors failed to help until he used Thedford's Black-Draught and rapidly improved, she says.
Albert A. Lichtenstein of M. Lichtenstein & Sons Corpus Christi arrived in Laredo yesterday night and left for San Antonio. Tudge Claude Pollard trustee of Corpus Christi Street Railway bondholders came from Houston this morning and departed at noon for Corpus Christi to handle electric street car and light service business.
The Times reports a daily forecast from the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight is partly cloudy with a Wednesday outlook of generally fair weather. Fort Mcintosh observations show 2 hours to 7 am with a max of 30 degrees, a min of 54 degrees, east wind, cloudy skies and rainfall of 1.99 inches.
Washington reports the war costs in manpower with 116 042 dead and 205 690 wounded. The official tallies reflect the human price as the conflict continues.
Fort Worth Texas September 22 suspends the president of the student body and four star athletes of Texas Christian University for alleged hazing. Football practice was suspended yesterday and threatens a student strike today.
Beth Bullock aged 62 a Black Hills pioneer and lifelong friend of the late Theodore Roosevelt died in Deadwood on September 23.
Notice to truck owners engaged in public hauling in Laredo that licenses expired August 1 and they must call at City Hall to obtain a new license for the year ending August 1st, 1920. D C De Lachica City Tax Collector.
Today a conference in Chicago aims to form a national association of building contractors in the United States. The Marin Mortgage Bankers' Association of America begins its sixth annual convention in Chicago to discuss finance and business. Rural mail carriers nationwide gather in Dayton Ohio to push legislative goals, higher pay, and possible alignment with the American Federation of Labor. New Jersey holds primaries with nominations for state and local offices ahead of the fall election.
Washington, Sept 23 The meeting of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States at the Catholic University of America is expected to be the most important since the 1873 Baltimore council. It aims to form committees to study social and educational welfare, influence legislation, and coordinate diocesan work toward a unified Catholic policy and broader American involvement.
Allied patrols began invasion of Bulgaria while Serbian forces cut the main Bulgar railroad between Uskub and Salonica. The British army in Palestine captured 25 000 Turkish troops and 260 guns.
Bridges on all railways into Corpus Christi are wiped out except the Texas-Mexican Railway from Laredo. Relief efforts will falter as supplies and refugee trains must pass via Laredo, reducing train traffic and hampering aid, according to W. D. Cope at Corpus Christi.
The Pittsburgh district sees little change as the second day of the steel strike continues. Corporations say plants that stayed open Monday remain in operation while unions claim the strike spreads and Carnegie Steel closes several plants. In Farrell, rioting escalates with one man killed and eleven shot as police respond to new disturbances.
Washington on September 23 the senate labor committee ordered an investigation into the steel strike. The committee adopted a resolution calling for an inquiry and a report on possible remedial federal action.
The wire service reports opening spots fair. prices firm across markets. Transactions show 6,000 sales, 6,000 receipts. New York, New Orleans, Houston, and Galveston postings with middling around 19 to 23.50 and late October figures. strong closes in several futures points and F. O. B. 600.
A claim that catarrh is widespread and incurable locally is refuted by Hall's Catarrh Medicine from J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio. The advertisement asserts internal action through the blood and offers a $100 reward for any cure failure, inviting testimonials and listing druggists as sellers.
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