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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1918
Page
6
Storage battery service station promotes genuine Ford parts and repairs at Kott's Garage, inviting customers to visit for repairs and parts needs.
Washington July 16 Representative McLemore voices opposition to a Texas move to form a corporation to buy cotton at a price set by the President. He warns the plan is backed by cotton goods manufacturers and could depress producers while benefiting consumers, noting parallels with wheat price politics.
The Austin Express reports Attorney General Looney will follow court rulings in setting poll hours for the Texas primary. He notes sun time varies by location and that standard practice is to adhere to court decisions despite personal belief.
Texas units helped defend the Marne as German forces launched a major assault. The action halted the German rush and forced a retreat, with at least 1900 prisoners taken. War Department details on exact Texas units were sparse but the 42d Division’s involvement indicates the Texas National Guard supply train contributed to the battle.
President Wilson designates Henry Ford and nine others as final umpires to settle labor disputes that the National War Labor Board cannot resolve. The group includes Matthew Hale, James Covington, Charles McChord, Everit Macey, Julian Mack, Henry Suzzalo, John Lind, William Wilcox, and Walter Clark.
Ralph P Merritt Federal Food Administrator for California spoke at the Associated Advertising Clubs convention in San Francisco. He cited Hoover’s January 1 message to Lord Rhonda and said the surplus wheat saved the war, with 150 million bushels credited to American voluntary savings.
A Fredericksburg reader cites chronic kidney and bladder pain improved by Doan's Kidney Pills. The testimonial from T. M. Bradwell of Kerrville claims significant relief after years of suffering and rheumatic pain, endorsing the product with a one box cure. Price 60 cents at dealers.
In Copenhagen on July 13, Count von Hertling the German Imperial Chancellor told the Reichstag Main Committee that Germany does not intend to retain Belgium. He said the occupation is a pawn for future negotiations and that Germany has no plan to keep Belgium in any form.
Washington July 9 officials from the Food Administration assured there is no danger of a sugar famine and the overall food situation is declared better than at any time since America began feeding the allied world.
Fifty soldiers from Fort Wadsworth Staten Island face court martial after a riot in New York City. They clashed with police reserves wrecked two saloons and seized liquor. The rioters fled to South Beach before guards forced them back to the guardhouse with bayonets.
A historical ad urges readers to take Dr Pierce's Anuric for warning signs like dizzy spells backache and urinary irregularities. It claims the remedy prevents kidney disease by exercising, open air activity, water intake and double strength Anuric pills at meals, promising many will endorse it.
Henry Boru of Route 4 Box 154 praises Dr Pierce Anuric Tablets after kidneys and bladder troubles, saying the product gave relief and he recommends it to others. Javid Viewe of 414 E Social Street Yoakum Texas also testifies in support along with Dr V M Pierce and the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York offering a 10 cent trial package.
In Tom Green County Texas the Ben Ficklin courthouse survived the 1882 flood with the jail later remodelled at a cost of 40 000 dollars. Bonds totaling 100 000 funded the courthouse and jail with the last indebtness paid on Saturday yielding a 7 000 dollar check to a St Louis woman.
The British have landed on the Mars man Coast and occupied the port of Kem on the White Sea, per a Rotterdam dispatch to the Daily Telegraph via the Frankfurter Zeitung.
Tokyo July 16. The Japanese battleship Kawachi of 22120 tons sank in Tokoyama Bay northeast of Nagasaki after an explosion on July 12. Five hundred crew members perished in the disaster reported by the Associated Press.
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