16 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1918
Page
1
Rome Feb 160 United Press reports say Germany countermanded the transfer of troops from the East to the West due to failure of Brest Litovsk peace talks. Nearby notices include autos for sale, real estate ads, and local obituaries.
Abbley Evans Land Co offers a five room house with bath and screened porch, a good barn, city water connected to sewer, on a picked street near the aquar. Terms favorable for desirous buyers.
President Wilson prepared a definite proposal to end the Eastern shipyard strike. He aimed to appeal to workers to return to their jobs while government ship programs proceed on a definite basis. Appeals by Hurley and others failed. the solution is seen as requiring the President’s action. No labor conscription will occur.
New York February 16 marine woodworkers in twenty shipyards around New York harbor walked out early today per John Stuart secretary of the Marine Woodworkers Union The strikers say draft exemption will be cancelled and workers risk being drafted by the army per the provost marshal general office. A stray notice mentions a black male pit bull mix near Bonham Texas with no further context.
London reports an enemy air or naval bombardment of Dover morning debris shows shells struck several houses. One child killed, three men and women and three children injured. Submarine sighted off Pavelock. Bombardment lasted minutes, about thirty shells fired. Amsterdam dispatch notes Bulgaria taxounding with Russia in Sofia.
Washington reports Judge Advocate General Crowder ruled the court martial of five Illinois soldiers valid and approved the death penalty as imposed. Amsterdam dispatch notes Van Berto a Reichstag member from South Tyrol was tied to an Italian espionage plot in Berlin reports. Also brief items list two vendors selling horses and secondhand Buicks.
Washington reports claim serious uprisings against German rule in Antwerp Malines and Brussels with crowds in streets and troops deployed to restore order. Also notes a Fort Worth missionary meeting and local obituaries including Mrs M F Gray of Dodd City and the death of Captain Vernon Castle’s body viewed by many women at Fort Worth.
The store of Duke and Ayers closed in the afternoon after the death of Mr Duke at his Dallas home. He was a leading state merchant. His funeral will be held tomorrow at the First Baptist church in Dallas.
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