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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1919
Page
2
Yesterday afternoon a slow but steady rain began in Laredo at 2 30 pm, continued through night to 8 am totaling 3 33 inches. Advices say the rain was general across the state from Corpus Christi to San Antonio and beyond with a light northeast wind making the night cool and comfortable.
An old advertisement touts Sloan's Liniment as a trusted remedy for rheumatic pains sciatica sore muscles and sprains. It emphasizes easy application without rubbing no mess and stain free results with three bottle sizes 35c 70c and 1 40 offered by local druggists.
For the second time in five days the Rio Grande swelled from last Thursday's 34 foot high water to a new rise starting yesterday afternoon. By eleven this morning the river stood at 17 feet and is expected to reach about 20 feet before receding, with heavy rains along the river increasing the danger of overflows for lowland residents and riverfront pumping stations.
En route Corpus Christi to aid commercial men due to train service disruption between San Antonio and Corpus Christi. Adolf Grasso state secretary Retail Merchants Association joins Allen Dun & Co., Caldwell Bradstreet, Hirschberg Wholesale Credit Men to meet Corpus businessmen, discuss conditions, extend credit, and aid reestablishing commerce in Corpus and nearby areas.
The Junior Auxiliary of Christ Church will meet at the Rectory at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The Sunbeam Band of the Baptist church will meet at the church in the afternoon. Community Singing at the Soldiers Club in the evening. Wednesday.
Greetings arrive from Mrs J B Battron in San Francisco while meeting La redo friends in Los Angeles. Mr A J Landrum on a business trip in San Antonio. Mrs Goodman to join Mr Goodman returning from Rochester Minn in San Antonio. Miss Alma Johnson to Denton for C A eses with Miss Katherine Gravis home in Austin after visit to Miss Florence Shanks. Mrs Hal W Greer expected home Wednesday from Western tour with daughter Mrs A C Hamilton to San Antonio then home September 26. Clarence and Richard Johnson to Bryan to enter Allen Academy. Misses Beyette visiting parents in Aransas Pass now in San Antonio with their brother. Oscar Steiber in Corpus Christi for a month. Dr and Mrs R M Grimm and son Randolph back from Corpus Christi after storm. Mrs May MecCampbell Wilkinson to Corpus Christi this afternoon to stay with Mr and Mrs E Denike. Miss Gertrude Sharkey, nurse in San Antonio Hospital, returns home to attend aunt Mrs Wharton ill. Parish Guild Christi Church meets Mrs Arkles Wednesday at 4. Missionary Meeting Woman's Missionary Society meets at church Monday despite storm. Attendees Miss Mabel Byerly and Mesdames J O Buenz Burnett Shanks Evans.
Mrs Grace EB Trinder of 511 West 33rd Street Kansas City Missouri credits Tanlac with ending years of indigestion nervousness and weakness. After suffering for four years she avoided an operation and gained twenty pounds by taking Tanlac completing a full course and regaining energy sleep and appetite. All druggists sell Tanlac.
A compact roll of notable dates: gold peaks in New York at 144 with conspirators aiming 200. 1851 Morehouse, ex Missouri governor, dies by own hand in Marysville. 1902 troops quell iron and steel riots in the anthracite region. 1909 Taft opens Gunnison Tunnel in Colorado. 1912 Geneva hosts the Nineteenth Universal Peace Congress. 1914 French seize Peronne on German right wing. 1915 German report of Allied arrival to Dardanelles. 1916 Zeppeli n raid kills 38, injures 125 on London and the east coast. 1917 War Secretary Baker reviews the Rainbow Division at Camp Mills.
Dentists Dr W J Wilson with offices at Walls Building near People's Pharmacy and Dr A G Thompson over City Drug Co at Hidalgo and Flores. Undertakers John Convery Funeral Director at Jarvis Plaza. Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald pianist soprano director of Royal Concert Orchestra. Prof Julian M De Villar piano teacher and orchestra for entertainment at 402 San Dario Ave. Violin Studio A J Notton at 1016.
Three men including John Wedja, a Chicago post office clerk, were arrested after plans to rob a shipment worth 240000 from the federal reserve bank to Standard Oil at Whiting Indiana. Nearly 100000 was recovered.
Vienna archives show the Austro-Hungarian ministry, led by Count von Berchtold, bore sole responsibility for war against Serbia after a July 7 1914 private council meeting. Versailles notes Baron von Kersner signed a protocol erasing Austrian representation in the German parliament. Rome reports Italian Foreign Minister Tittini resigned over the Fiume incident.
Tulsa dispatch reports 75 deputy sheriffs guarding Drumright where a mob holds Mayor Nicodemus Chief Ayres and Policeman Corall a former Texas ranger after an attack on telephone operators. Officials in Oklahoma City seek to gauge the crisis as rioting spreads from the telephone strike with reports of shots and a burning exchange.
River reached 32 feet at Eagle Pass with a rise of 16 inches per hour amid heavy rain. Anticipated to surpass last Thursday's 34 feet and reach Laredo. an airplane from the local aviation camp with two aviators fell into the Rio Grande near San Ignacio yesterday but the men escaped though the plane sank and was carried away by the current.
Mrs. Kate Lee Able of Rossville recounts her husband’s crippling abdomen injury from lifting and extreme weight loss. After three doctors and failed castor oil, she says a large dose of Thedford's Black-Draught relieved his suffering and aided his recovery. NC-131
Today in Chicago the bunding contractors plan the first effort to organize into a national association. The Farm Mortgage Bankers' Association of America meets for its sixth annual convention to discuss finance and business issues. Rural mail carriers gather in Dayton to push legislative goals, higher pay, and possible AFL affiliation. New Jersey holds primaries with contests for state and county offices ahead of fall elections.
The First Baptist Church of this city begins an all day prayer meeting at 7 am in support of the Southern Baptist Convention campaign seeking 75 million dollars, with Texas to raise 15 million. Deacons will be ordained at 11 am, sermon by Dr. W Eugene Sallee, Kaifeng, China. The church will remain open for prayer all day.
Paris reports the Dutch delegation in Paris emphatically denies any break in diplomatic relations between Belgium and Holland.
Washington officials say the first international labor conference called by President Wilson for October 29 may be postponed due to fewer than six nations having ratified the peace treaty. If the United States does not ratify by then, postponement is considered foregone.
Washington reports the official manpower costs of the war with 116,942 dead and 205,690 wounded. The figures mark the latest official tallies, reflecting the human cost of ongoing military mobilization and combat operations.
Albert A. Lichtenstein of M. Lichtenstein & Sons arrived in Laredo after Corpus storm losses and left for San Antonio. Judge Claude Pollard, trustee for Corpus Christi Street Railway bondholders, traveled from Houston to Laredo and then to Corpus Christi for related electric service business.
The great relief afforded by Chamberlain's Tablets in many cases proves their value for a weak stomach and impaired digestion. In numerous instances relief became permanent and sufferers were restored to health.
By Associated Press Fort Worth Texas Sept 28 suspends the president of the student body and four star athletes of Texas Christian University for alleged hazing threatening a student strike today Football practice was suspended yesterday.
Beginning of autumn notes the birth centenary of Charles J. Stille tenth Provost of the University of Pennsylvania. It also recalls that fifty years ago today the University of California at Berkeley first opened to students.
The United States weather bureau forecast from New Orleans reports tonight partly cloudy and Wednesday generally fair. Local observations from Fort McIntosh for the past 24 hours show a max of 80 degrees, a min of 54, east wind, cloudy skies, and rainfall of 1.99 inches.
Seth Bullock, 62, a Black Hills pioneer and lifelong friend of Theodore Roosevelt, died in Deadwood South Dakota on September 23.
Owners of trucks doing public hauling in Laredo must renew licenses expired August 31. Call at City Hall to obtain a new license for the year ending August 31, 1920. D. C. De Lachica City Tax Collector. 99-15t.
Washington September 23 The meeting of the Catholic hierarchy of the United States at the Catholic University of America is expected to be the most important conference since the Third Plenary Council of 1873. It aims to organize committees for church and country welfare, focusing on social and educational issues. The session may mark a step toward greater Catholic autonomy in the United States as it begins broader American work.
On September 23 Allied petrols began invading Bulgaria while Serbia severed the main Bulgarian railroad from Uskub to Salonica. The British army in Palestine claimed 25 000 Turkish troops and 260 guns in a major success.
Austin dispatch reports all rail bridges into Corpus Christi destroyed except the Texas Mexican from Laredo. Acting adjutant general W D Cope says relief supplies and refugee trains must proceed via Laredo, severely curtailing the number of trains handled.
Pittsburgh Sept 23 The steel strike in the Pittsburgh district shows little change. Corporation officials report they can keep operating the open plants while union leaders claim the strike is spreading. The Carnegie Steel Company closed several plants as disorders marked the first day of the stoppage.
In Farrell Massachusetts on September 23 a man was killed and several injured as rioting continued. Police reported more shots fired in the disturbances with 11 persons struck by bullets yesterday and again today.
Washington action by the senate labor committee orders an investigation of the steel strike. The Senate adopted a resolution for an inquiry and for a report on possible remedial federal action.
Cotton markets show firm to steady tones with large sales and steady openings. Prices quoted include Good middling around 20.48 in New York and middling near 19.38, with regional spots in Houston and Galveston showing gains and firm tones amid high receipts and arrivals.
There is extensive catarrh in the region and doctors once deemed it incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, made by F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio, claims to be a constitutional internal remedy acting through the blood on mucous surfaces. A $100 reward is offered for any failure to cure, with circulars and testimonials available. Also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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