Treachery and distrust in German Bolshevik dealings
A long critique denounces German duplicity in negotiations with Bolsheviks, accusing Berlin of conspiring to disrupt Russia for the Kaiser’s gain. It argues Bolshevik leaders were used as pawns, warns of harsher wartime prosecutions, and notes rising U S efforts under French guidance while contemplating vast war financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trotzky Lenine Combine
Berlin
Brest Litovsk
Trotzky
Walts
Holsheviki
Kerensky
Korn
Holy Russia
Lenine
Pussia
Russia
Leon Trotzkhy
Nikolai Lenine
This Date in History February Highlights and Deaths
A compact list marks notable births deaths and events linked to February dates. Figures include Wells Abraham Clark, Susan B Anthony, Joseph Pease, and Dr Manuel Amador, with events from exodus of Mormons to early prisonizations and battles in World War I.
Bolo Pasha sentenced to death for treason in France
News from France says Bolo Pasha has been condemned to death for treason. His brother Cardinal Bolo tried to impeach the prosecution and prove dementia. The trial showed France’s process as fair and swift punishment for traitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Bolo “Pasha
Cardinal Bolo
Bolo
Germany
Bob
Watch THE TIMES everyday, for opportunities
A compact notice offers daily access to THE TIMES for readers seeking opportunities at a price of 60 cents per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Real Men and Real Women Learn to Do Without Wheat
Special Bulletin No. 10 from the Publicity Department of the Texas Federal Food Administration urges Texans to save wheat and other staples for war needs. It argues that Europe lacks white bread and stresses substituting cornmeal, noting Finland’s bread rations and calling for one third reduction in wheat use in 1918. It frames wheatless Wednesdays as a patriotic duty to preserve democracy and defeat autocracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
Washington
Europe
United States
hKurope
Finland
Friday Decreed as Potato Day in Texas Food Administration
Special Bulletin No 11 from the Texas Federal Food Administration in Houston on January 22, 1918 proclaims Friday as Potato Day. The decree urges increasing potato consumption for all three meals and abundant availability for families.
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Federal Food Administration of
Texas
Potato Day Promoted Amid War Hopes in Laredo
Local column notes daily expectations for Camp Travis departs, embroid ery and sales at Laredo stores, and a hint of rain. It reports imports through Laredo ports including bones and lead, new shops on Lincoln Street, a February 15 special election and Washington’s Birthday events, plus a public push to grow home gardens and substitute potatoes for bread. The piece also lists marriage licenses and local notices, reflecting a busy civic scene with wartime thrift and community promotions.
Pioneer Citizen Jose Benavides Dies After Illness
Longtime Laredo rancher and customs inspector Jose Benavides dies at 63 after cancer of the throat. survived by Delfina Vidaurri Benavides his wife five sons and three daughters with funeral at San Agustin Cathedral and burial in the family plot.
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Matamoros Street
San Agustin Cathedral
Store Hours Change Notice for February
Beginning Monday in late February the store will close at seven in the evening on weekdays. On Saturdays the shop will stay open until 9 30 p m.
Better Than Calomel Olive Tablets Offer Quick Liver Relief
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets advertise as a mild laxative and liver aid replacing calomel. They claim rapid effect with no dental harm, addressing headaches and sluggish feeling from constipation. Available 10c and 25c a box through druggists and times want ads.
Laredo Masonic Lodge Calls Meeting Tonight
Called meeting of Laredo Lodge No AT A M and A M tonight at 8 p m. Work in M M degree. Visiting brethren invited to attend. J L DANNELLEY W M.
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Laredo
A. M
J. L. Dannelley
W. M
Retracted Statement Slandered Arrest Letter From Colon Schott
The Times reports a letter from Colon Schott seeking a retraction of a published arrest statement. He denies any arrest occurred months ago, cites a Cincinnati extra edition as sourcing, and asserts federal office searches found nothing unlawful at his office. He asks for prompt correction and fairness.
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the Times
Colon Schott
Cincinnati
Mr. Schott
Laredo
Texas
United States
Forty Registrants Held Subject to Instructions
The Webb County Exemption Board announces that it has forty or more registrants placed in the Class A list ready to answer the call for more men from this county. They are prepared to entrain for Camp Travis on short notice. Final instructions on exact entrainment date and number needed have not been received, but the board will classify the Class A registrants who have been examined and accepted as they report for the national army training camp at San Antonio on a designated date likely between February 23 and 28.
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Webb County
Camp Travis
National Army Training
San Antonio
Notice of Probate of Will in Webb County Texas 1918
Public notice from Webb County Texas commanding publication in a newspaper of general circulation for ten days. It states Feliz Rodriguez de Chapa deceased and executor Francis Chapa filed for probate of the will and letters testamentary, to be heard at the Webb County Court in Laredo on the third Monday in February 1918, with return required.
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Texas Real Estate & Abstract Co
Farragut Street
Laredo
Webb County
W. Woolworth Company
Webb
Texas
State of Texas
Feliz Rodriguez de Chapa
Francised Chapa
A. D
J. A. Rodriguez
Clark Co
Court
Webb Co
Wortham show engagement opens in Laredo amid incomplete attractions
The eleven day Wortham carnival in Laredo began last night with many features not yet ready. A good crowd attended despite limited amusements while the organizers promised full operations tonight. The Wortham standard emphasizes strict moral environments and expulsion of noncompliant staff to prevent future trouble.
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Laredo
C. Wortham
Dean's Kidney Pills Prove Worth in Laredo Testimony
Valente Gutierrez of 401 Iturbide St. credits four to five boxes of Deans Kidney Pills from City Drug Co. with a lasting cure for years of kidney trouble. He says his back no longer pains and he can bend or lift easily. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Mills Co. Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Laredo
Valente Gutierrez
Iturbide St
Dpoan
City Drug Co
Mr. Gutierrez
Foster Millburn Co
Mtgrs
Buffalo
N. Y
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Industrial Workers of the World
Belgium
Aoe d
Wells
Abraham Clark
Elizabethtown
N. J
Rahway
Susan 8B Anthony
America
South Adams
Mass
Parchester
N. Yi
Joseph Pease
House of Commons
Mississippi
Kansas
Andersonville
British Columbia
Lincoln
James F. Boyd
Nebraska
Manuel Amador
Panama
Ypres
Yarrowdale
Peden
Publicity Department Office of
The
Texas Federal Food Administration
BE A
Texas Federval Food Administration
Camp
Travis
Laredo Novelty Co
Lincoln Street
Paul W. Evans
Mexico
Mammoth
F. W. Woolworth Company
B. Juarez
Will W. Gregg
Times Office
City Garage
Jitmey
United States Food Administration
Vicente Llanes
Guadalupe Flores
Omar Wyckoff Mann
Nesif Elizabeth Cunningham
Alfred Humphrey
Maria Pedraza
Salomon Medina
Dolores Flores
Bellmont
Main Ave
P. W. Woolworth Company
Jose Benavides
Mr. Benavides
Refugio Benavides
Teresa Pivatia de Benavides
Delfina Vidaurri
Jose
Enrique
Luis
Atanacio
Refugio
George Alexander
Fred. Alexander
M. B. Mowry
Benavides
Dr. Edwards
Money Makers
State OF
Wortham
Laredo Business College
Alexander Bldg
F. M. Ramsey
AGT
Kurbide St
Laredo, Tex
Patsy
Bill Thompson
Earnest-Lattig CO. Distributors
William Duncan
Carol Holloway
Alise Charlie Chaplin
Jack Pitchford
Louise Huff
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