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Fredericksburg Standard

Location

Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1917

Page

3

Federal Food Administration Texas War Effort Officers

The hotel and restaurant committee chaired by J. E. Daley of Bender Hotel Houston leads a list of hotel men across Texas. The Motion Picture Committee is chaired by E. Hulsey of Dallas with members from Fort Worth to Sherman. Federal Food Administrator EK A Peden has expanded staff to 391 workers, with district administrators redrawn to fifteen districts.

Austin Statesman James Black The el Paso Times Diehl San Antonio Light R. McMasters Galveston Tribune George Waverly Briggs Galveston News Harry Y. Warner Houston Post Joseph Emerson Smith San Antonio Express Thomas Kinty, Jr Dallas Journal Toi C. Gooch Times-Herald Charles E. Marsh Waco News G. A. Martin el Paso Herald G. W. Sanders Houston Press Hotel and Restaurant Committee Federal Food Administration J. E. Daley Bender Hotel Company Houston A. Je Pulver Rice Hotel Otto Herold Oriental Hotel Dallas R. B. Ellitritz Adolphus Hotel J. ©. Clapton Metropolitan Hotel Fort Worth L. J. Hart Gunter Hotel San Antonio Percy Tyrell Motion Picture Committee E. H. Hulsey P. ©. Levy W. J. Lytle Ben B. Lewis el Paso Dye Ford & Rogers Amarillo Robb and Rowley San Angelo E. F. Barr Beaumont Wallace Austin Wm. Batsell Sherman Texas Herbert Godwin A. Peden Peden K. L. Neville Dorrance & Company A. d. Witherspoon J. ©. Witherspoon Grocers Phers Bakers Price Interpreting Committee C Capitols W. T. Mayne Nelson Davis W. A. Achilles E. A. Murchison Roger Robideau Bess Heflin Morris Stern Roy Campbell A. J. Castanola FE. M. Lewis Harry Stone August Braum A. Heisig Chai Tr & Reed J. H. Phelan Tom Andrus J. 5. Blain J. O. Hilliard J. M. Broussard Walter J. Crawford Horace Myrick Houston Price Interpreting Board William D. Cleveland Mike C. Lyons House T. K. Dixon Charles H. Kuhman Davis Kaplin Yale Streets B. L. Whitney Armour & Co Packers J. RK. Babcock C. W. Connery Wichita Falls B. F. Johnson Navasota Dr. M. Hewitt Waco J. W. Bass W. E. Long Thomas S. Owens W. B. Bizzell Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas R. E. Vinson University of Texas Frank Kell R. H. McDill William D. Cleveland, Jr D. O. Walton College Station R. P. Wofford Caesar Kleberg Kingsville D. Co. Giddings Brenham Mesdames Fred Fleming Walter B. Sharp W. C. Connery Percy V. Pennybacker W. W. Woodson Mary E. Gearing Hal Sevier Austin American C. B. Gillespie Houston Chronicle James Hays Quarles Waco Tribune Fred A. Jones Beaumont Enterprise GC Schless Beaumont Journal Paul Edwards Dallas Dispatch Edmund Travis Mamie E. Gearing Federal Food Administration of Texas Julia Ideson Alex Sanger Tex RE. F. Newing Galveston H. Wirt Steele Henry Stude Bakers Committee J. E. Dale Frances McMinds

American Red Cross Drives 2,000,000 Southwest Members

The War Council urges universal Red Cross membership to back U S soldiers in the crisis. The drive targets 2 million new members across Missouri Texas Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas. It frames giving as patriotic service supporting troops and families with money material and Mercy through the Red Cross.

American Red Cross United States Missouri Texas Kansas Oklahoma Arkansas America War Council of the American Red Cross Red Cross Seull The

Notice of Probate of Will in Gillespie County

Notice directs publication for probate of Otto Schmidt's Last Will and Testament and letters testamentary. Alma Schmidt filed the application in Gillespie County Court, Fredericksburg, with hearing set for January 1918. Public notice urged appearance by interested parties and compliance with court order.

Gillespie State of Texas Otto Schmidt Alma Schmidt Gillespie County Fredericksburg A. D Herman Usener Clerk County Court Texas

Red Cross to Prepare Clothing for Infants

The American Red Cross launches its Christmas membership drive from December 17 to December 24. It plans to provide each needy mother with an infant layette and urges home sewing to supply warm baby clothes. Junior Red Cross students will help, with many rural women contributing to aid the war effort and support motherhood.

American Red Cross Woman’s Bureau Red Cross

Bulls for Sale Near Tosca Texas

One registered and four high grade bulls for sale cheap by Alex R Grote of Tosca Texas. Also offering butter eggs dry Flint green salt hides and all other country produce. Advert reads 16 Aug and Cameron.

Alex R. Grote Tosca Texas

First Christmas in the War Red Cross Message

It is our first Christmas in the war. Millions of men are away in trenches and at sea. We hope every member will light Christmas candles and place them in windows behind their Red Cross service flags on Christmas Eve. This ritual expresses union of the Christmas spirit of service with the Red Cross symbol of mercy.

Red Cross America Stars and Stripes Uncle Sam American Red Cross Southwest Russia Italy

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Bank OF Fredericksburg Texas Bankers’ Ass’n Tempe D. Smith Albert Koennecke Ensa Walter Adolph Gold Frep, Walter Temple D. Smith Adt Alb. Koennecke Bierschwale Scott & Bowne Bloomfield N. J Office of the Federal Food Administrator For Bulletin NO Lufkin, C. B Flins R. Bone J. ZL. George J. Carrington Brownwood E. &. Kirkpatrick George H. Clements Porter B. Phaley Paris E. O. Brack RED Groso Jordan’s Drug Store Cain City, Texas Bulls Duce Cameron Moses Broy Cain City Garage R. A. Striegler Cain City Richard Henke Veal WM. C. Henke Prop Main Texas Bankers’ Association American Bankers’ Association Citizens Bank Alfred Vander Stucken Oscar Krauskopf WM Bierschwale Gashler
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