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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1918
Page
16
Don't throw away your old tires Gates Half Sole tires will make them as good as new at less than half the price Koenig's Garage promotes a cost effective retreading service for used tires.
Washington July 31 The National War Labor Board approved wage increases in twenty five street car cases covering Chicago Newark Albany Cleveland Detroit and many smaller cities from coast to coast The exact amounts will be announced tomorrow with no general nationwide minimum wage The joint chairmen Taft and Walsh led the review settling the two issues together in the afternoon session
American troops arrive in northern Italy in strong condition and high spirits. Italian authorities greet the newcomers with festive displays and air force planes releasing Viva Wilson papers. The American Red Cross opens a small hospital at the base. Corporal Ghas Schwarz transfers within units and acts as Supply Sergeant at Camp Travis.
Advertises purchasing old sacks with a promise to pay good prices. Indicates contact from Henry Maier. No location or date provided.
London reports that Germany has deployed nearly a million troops in the clash between Soissons and Rheims and scored a counterattack around the front. Unofficial word places seventy one German divisions in action, with about 38,000 men resisting along the northern Marne sector. Crown Prince Rupprecht’s force supplied ten divisions, centered near Rheims and Chateau Thierry, indicating the high command’s emphasis on this pivotal engagement.
August 1 1911 Cherry Mountain Texas notes several items from the community. Mrs. Arthur Fischer and her three sons from San Antonio visit relatives and plan to return home. A baby boy arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wendel. Willie Schuch drills a well for Otto Ketron, while drought drives locals to San Antonio or the cotton fields in the lower country.
In a Mexican quinta Sebastian endures severe flogging after being manacled to a window grating by Pancho Cueto on Esteban's orders. The brutal scene shocks Donna Isabel and others as Sebastian endures both torture and the sting of perceived betrayal by Evangelina and Esteban, driving him toward a vengeful resolve.
The notice warns that garbage can hold glycerine for explosive charges and fatty acids for soap, plus fertilizer elements and other munition materials. It urges households to minimize waste and separate garbage to aid the war effort, preventing contamination by glass, crockery, needles, or other foreign substances.
At a mass meeting in Coventry workers agreed to resume immediately. Thousands of munition plant strikers returned to work today, with at least one large factory reporting a full early shift staff.
Washington dispatch reports Marines clash with bandits near Vincentilla Province in Santo Domingo. Over twenty bandits killed or wounded, one corporal and a Guardia officer lightly wounded. Detachment led by Captain Charles E. Merkel. bandits included Dominicans and Haitians.
Government calls for 30,000 volunteers for the United States Marine Corps. Eligible volunteers aged 18 to 35 may enlist whether in the draft or not. Applicants may sign up at the Food Administration office in the Hahne Building.
Dr Werblun, an optician from San Antonio, will visit the Nimitz Hotel in Fredericksburg from August 16 to 20. Free eye examinations offered. other services available.
Citizens are asked to apply to R S Klett Enroling Officer in Fredericksburg Texas for war labor registration. For information contact William Bierschwale at Citizens Bank or R S Klett Wn Bierschwale County Director.
Help wanted notice from Fredericksburg Texas seeking a reliable woman for housework for Mrs Albert Nauwald. Wages set at twenty dollars per month. Inquiries to Mrs Bertha Nauwald, phone 78, Fredericksburg. Texas.
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