Fredericksburg Chamber plans War Recreation Fund drive
The Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce met at mer's Opera House to set up four committees for funding the War Recreation Fund. A $250 remittance was approved with $7.00 and a king to be taken from the treasury. Reports covered bond sales, road district improvements, postal links to Kerrville, and baseball expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fredericksburg
Treasury
Joe Stein
Kendall County Road Improving District
Grapetown
Kerrville
Washington
Wm. Bruns
Walter Klaerne
Chamber O
Merce
Chamber of Commerce
Germans Attack in Champagne Sector During Battle
American forces report continued German attacks with heavy artillery and gas shell casualties. Two more American soldiers die in hospitals from gas exposure, bringing total deaths to five. about sixty victims suffer gas effects, many not seriously harmed, as French and Allied defenses repulse attacks near Chemin Des Dames and in the Champagne and Verdun sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Verdun
Nancy
Lorraine
Haig
France reports misunderstanding between central powers
An Associated Press dispatch from Washington dated February 27 cites growing strain between Germany and Austria over Austria’s refusal to join renewed attacks on Russia. The France-dated dispatch quotes Austrian positions and signals widening rifts within the central powers amid ongoing European tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Germany
Austria
Russia
Gompers Rejects German Labor Peace Conference
Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, says U S labor is too absorbed in fighting autocracy at home to negotiate with German labor. He replies to Karl Legien who invited delegates to join a peace conference, stating the stance clearly from New York on February 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
New York
United States
Germany
Samuel Goimpers
American Federation of Labor
Karl Legien
Federated Trades Unions of Germany
Reichstag
Herr Legien
Conference of Labor
Gompers
Alkarompers
Slayden Heads Inter-Parliamentary Union Proceeding
Washington D C Feb 25 The American group of the Inter Parliamentary Union held its annual meeting. Veteran leader Representative Slayden was reelected president for four years. A resolution affirming faith in the union's peace program aligned with the four general conditions of peace outlined by the President in January and February was unanimously adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
The
Inter-Parliamentary Union
Slayden
Paris
JRAS
Owas
Women Given Ten Years for Murder in Dallas
Dallas, Texas, February 20. Mrs Katie Ahlers also known as Mrs Katherine Travers pleaded to ten years in the State penitentiary in connection with indictments for the killing of Phil E Tucker, a broker, and Myrtle Cunningham, Tucker's fiancee, on October 31, 1917. She had previously been tried and sentenced to five years for killing Tucker. her attorneys filed a motion for a new trial.
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Dallas
Tex
Katie Ahlers
Katherine Travers
Criminal District Court
State
Phil E. Tucker
Myrtle Cunningham
Tucker
Aldlers
Executors Notice for Charlotte Langerhans Estate
Executors Fritz Lankerhans and August Cameron announce claims against the estate must be presented within the legal period. Executors qualified Feb 2, 1918, reside in Fredericksburg, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Langerhans
Fredericksburg
Texas
Fritz Lankerhans
August Cameron
Saving for War and Labor Shortage in Texas
An article urges farmers to economize labor by boosting per acre yields with fertilizer, good seed, and machinery. It extols war savings clubs to fund the national effort, setting March 16 for enrollment in Texas, and emphasizes thrift, government bonds, and patriotic duty to support troops abroad. It promotes joining war savings societies as a personal duty for every household.
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America
South
J. N. Harper
HUSKY
Texas Food At
N. Harper
War Savings Club
Bennet
War Savings Societies
War Savings
Dallas
Texas
War Savings Society
United States
Washin
Louis Lipsitz
National War Savings Committee
Flanders
Essey
Shall We See It Through Or Quit Liberty Loan Appeal
Editorial urges persistent support for the Third Liberty Loan calling on citizens to sacrifice luxuries and back the war effort. It frames funding from subscriptions as essential amid German aggression and notes the growing needs of army, payrolls, and allies. A lost leather purse with currency and silver is offered for return near Juenke Schoenewolf's store and Reliance Roller Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juenke & Schoenewolf
Reliance Roller Mills
Schmidtzinsky
Sherman Family Shifts Liberty Bond Interest to War Savings
A Sherman family with annual Liberty Bond revenue over 40000 plans to reinvest the interest into War Savings Stamps. By converting the interest into bond purchases they aim to compound earnings and maximize returns on their wartime investments.
Fire at Lancaster destroys four blocks of business district
Dallas reports a blaze in Lancaster 14 miles south of Dallas wiped out four blocks of commercial buildings worth an estimated 300000. Four brick structures seven frame houses a grain elevator and several public buildings burned as outside crews aided by Dallas Waxahachie and Ferris fought the flames after 1 30 p m with wind driving the fire until late in the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Lancaster
Waxahachie
Ferris
Christian Church
Katy
Graham Barber Shop
Lancaster Fire Department
Public Square
Celebration of George Washington's Birthday at Schoolhouse
Our beloved and never forgot ten President George Washington's birthday has been celebrated at the schoolhouse here. The children recited beautiful dialogues speeches and songs which were enjoyed by everyone present. Our heartiest thanks to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora Hunter
Meta Fritz
Albert School
Alfred Neffendort
Neffendort
Camp Bowie
Hy. Neal
Tney
George Washington
Strayed shoats seek recovery reward in Fredericksburg
Nine shoats weighing 50 to 100 pounds each and one boar are missing. They bear an underbit and overbit in the right ear and a swallow fork in the left ear. A $10 reward is offered for information leading to recovery. Contact R. H. Eckhardt, Fredericksburg, Texas, phone 349d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Eckhardt
Fredericksburg
Tex
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BP. Factory
Louis Kott & Co
Ford Sales
Our Soldiers War Recreation Fund
Austria- Hungary
Roumania
Ukrainia
Charles
William
Verlain
Vle
Champagne
Inter
JON Saving Society
Eee
Atl
Sherman People Thrifty
Sherman
Ant Foon
Inprovedachine Ry
Albert
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