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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1919
Page
9
The piece argues Villa is no longer a real revolutionary, just a bandit, while noting other Mexican leaders reject him. It suspects reports of belligerency recognition aim to pressure Washington, and warns against anarchists like Emma Goldman and the danger of deporting suspected aliens to restore order.
The article portrays Emma Goldman as a symbol of riot and disorder, notes her anti draft activism and war opposition, and discusses the plan to deport her after two criminal convictions. It compares her to Rosa Luxemburg and argues deportation as the best disposal for a dangerous firebrand.
Helf, after four years with Western Union in Laredo serving largely as chief operator, is promoted to the testing and regulating department at Western Union general offices in Dallas and will depart after October 1. Scotherne succeeds him as local manager in Laredo, coming from Dallas.
Two men identified as John Anderson an ex convict and Lloyd Shaw an escaped patient from a San Antonio lunatic asylum arrived in Laredo by freight train this morning. Immigration Inspectors Monaghan and Didier detained them at Jarvis Plaza for questioning then turned them over to the department of justice. One man was an ex convict and the other the son of a minister who had placed him in the asylum from which he escaped last Wednesday. They will likely be sent back to San Antonio tonight.
Farmers in the Laredo section resume crop rotation with cotton harvest underway and onion seed sown in seedbeds for December transplanting. Stalks will be plowed under to enrich soil, and Bermuda onion acreage is expected to exceed last season, possibly doubling last year’s output of about 1,100 carloads amid strong prices.
For ten days the Rio Grande ran high and prevented smugglers from crossing the border. Officers on the riverfront kept watch, but no smuggling was believed to occur. The flood is said to have harmed the river yet aided authorities by discouraging crossings and crime. The piece suggests awarding the river a medal for heroic work.
A Hixson woman recalls long standing left side pain eased by Cardus after two courses. She credits Cardus with curing her condition and urges others with womanly troubles to use it. The message highlights headaches backache sleeplessness and fatigue as signs and promotes Cardus as a tonic backed by forty years of use.
A baby boy was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Antonio R Rodriguez at their city home. Bessie Barriscale stars in Her Purchase Price at the Royal, a drama with an Arab setting, while The Strand shows This Hero Stuff with William Russell in a comedy drama. Imports through Laredo include ixile sesame seed rope zinc and oil. The Thirty-seventh Infantry Band reports no recent concerts due to member discharge. Rev C T Wharton will speak tomorrow at 8 PM at the Presbyterian Church about Africa. Roy Carl Guinn and Erin Lavella Wood obtained a marriage license yesterday.
The Texas-Mexican Railway Company accelerated relief by detouring trains to Corpus Christi and the Brownsville coast. A twelve Pullman special bearing homeseekers from Kansas City passed Laredo en route to Mission while government supplies for storm victims moved through. Additional carloads of merchandise were added to the Texas-Mexican freight train, underscoring the railway’s rapid aid to the homeless and storm-stricken.
A Rio Grande flood history repeats as two major rises reshape the river. The Texas bank stays fixed while the central island shortens on the west, a new small island forms on the Mexican side, and a channel divides the main island. Willow trees endure despite ten days of powerful flooding reaching 33 feet and 30 feet highs.
Emma Goldman, a leading anarchist in the United States, faces possible deportation after being released from a Missouri prison where she served a two year sentence for conspiring to defeat the draft law. Born in Konigsberg, East Prussia, of Russian Jewish origin, she rose to prominence after her Haymarket Riots rhetoric in Chicago and has long opposed established authority.
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The body of Van Anderson, son of the late S F E Anderson, formerly in the local cattle business with brothers Ernest and Sam, arrived yesterday from San Luis Potosi Mexico where he died September 20 after pneumonia treatment. At Laredo a brother met him, Ernest Anderson, who came from Mexico, and last night the funeral was held in Carrizo Springs.
One year ago in the war Torbay saw action as British forces in Palestine captured 5,000 Turkish prisoners and 350 guns. The British advance at Cam brai breached defenses of the Hindenburg line while French and United States troops seized 20 towns and freed 18,000 prisoners.
Soap bubbles ascend as they are filled with warm air from the blower’s lungs. The warm air makes them lighter than the surrounding cooler air, causing them to rise.
The Times invites readers to submit weddings visits and social events for the society page. Mrs Walter A Craig leaves for Louisiana to join Mr Craig. Dannelley family returns from Laredo and travels via San Francisco and Florence. Dr and Mrs Cullinan go to San Antonio to meet Lieut Cullinan. Mrs Adams plans a move to Spartanburg. Mrs Lee Vollmer and son depart for San Antonio. Kerr family to California. Mrs Copeland and daughters return from California. Wilcox family back from Austin and Georgetown. Club notes mention Blue Birds enjoying a moat de.
A New York City letter from September 20, 1919 criticizes Herald coverage of a piece about Caruso going to Mexico. The author accuses Americans of greed and ignorance, praises Mexican musical education, and signs as Mone and Guzca. The missive frames anti immigrant sentiment and calls for future examples.
Yesterday a pleasant afternoon gathering hosted by Mrs Alfred Poggenpohl featured chocolate and cake. Guests included Evelyn Kerr Doris Wilson Dorothy Wilson Elinor Morrow Gladys Sauvignet Etta May Neindorf Josephine Daiches Leonard Daiches Leonard Ernst Nellie Wood Kewpie MacDonald Anne McKinney Mary Condren Helen Dixon Nellie Netzer Mollie Swartzman Bess Bryant Margaret Ward and others. The Laredo High School held its first meeting of the year to plan three clubs two literary and one athletic with two members to each club meeting faculty to organize. The school seeks an athletic club to join the Inter Scholastic League of Texas.
Mrs. Colbern wife of Lieut Colbern and daughter of Dr and Mrs Hall is critically ill at her parents home in this city after a last Sunday birth. A slight improvement was reported this afternoon.
The article recommends Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy for children one year old or older, followed by a dose of castor oil. It urges keeping the remedy on hand and giving it at the first sign of abnormal looseness of the bowels.
A brief miscellany notes that hair grows faster in summer than in winter, and shaving off whiskers signals mourning among the Hindoos, while the human body houses five hundred twenty seven muscles.
Boaz W. Long, newly named United States Minister to Cuba, born in Warsaw Indiana, 43 years ago. Hon William Pugsley New Brunswick lieutenant governor, born in Sussex New Brunswick, 69 years ago. Frederick J. Kinsman former Episcopal bishop of Delaware, born in Warren Ohio, 61 years ago. Martin H. Glynn former New York governor, born in Kinderhook New York, 48 years ago. Thomas L. Rubey congressman from Missouri’s Sixteenth district, born in Lebanon Massachusetts, 57 years ago.
An advertisement promoting daily access to The Times with a subscription rate of 60 cents per month.
A quip cites a self serving will arrangement. Smith allegedly left half his fortune to a top lawyer contingent on that lawyer ensuring the other half goes to Smith's children intact. The gag hints the heirs receive only through clever drafting.
Miss Emma Verbryke of Lima Ohio reports two years of stomach trouble and biliousness improved rapidly after using Chamberlain's Tablets after seeing the advertisement. The testimonial notes quick relief and personal satisfaction with the remedy from a local source.
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