Autocracy and democracy urged by Governor Lindsey
Saturday's Daily cites Governor W. E. B. Lindsey of New Mexico defending democracy and contrasting it with autocracy. The piece recalls wars led by Prussia and Germany versus US conflicts, urging Allied support, condemning German propaganda, and noting American efforts to protect soldiers and homes amid World War I tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E B. Lindsey
New Mexico
Otto von Bismarck
Prussia
Denmark
Schleswig Holstein
Austrian
France
Alsace-Lorraine
United States
England
Mexico
Spain
Lindsey
Germany
Ten Fons
Austria
Wilson
George
No News Is Good News Warns On Propaganda
The War Department cautions that no news does not mean bad news. German agents spread worry about soldiers in France while government channels immediately notify designated relatives when a soldier is killed or wounded, often before papers learn any details.
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War Department
Texas
France
United States Army
Texas Food Administrators Meeting at San Antonio
At the San Antonio gathering of County Food Administrators it was stated that wheat supplies in the United States are so deficient that rationing may be needed to stretch flour until the new crop. Sugar and fats face similar limits, and the public is urged to follow and educate, with patriotism and humanity as guiding principles, courtesy of A. D. Smith Webb Co. Food Administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prussia
Gov. Lindsey
Austria-Hungary
Wilson
Abraham Lincoln
San Antonio
United States
Food Administration
A. D. Smith
Webb Co
Washington Birthday Celebration Praised In Laredo Parade
Laredo held a large Washington birthday tribute with a noted parade, military display, speeches by United States Consul Sholes, Judge Hal W. Greer, and Clemente N. Idar, plus food conservation remarks by A. D. Smith. The crowd enjoyed School Plaza auto exhibits, a Thirty-seventh Infantry Band concert, and a crowded Carnival Grounds as the event moved through town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Laredo
Joseph W. Kenney
Joe J. Jurgens
Automobile Committee
M. G Deltink
Harris
Captain Herr
Mort McIntosh
School Plaza
Matamoros
Matamoros Atreet
Brennan
Areda
M. G. Delling
Fourteenth Cavalry
Fort McIntosh
Army Y. MC. A
Jarvis Plaza
Federal Building
United States
Sholes
Hal W. Greer
Clemente N
Jesse B. Applewhite
X. Callahan
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Carl Everlof
Carnival Company
Alice
Brownsville
Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Ry Stockholders Meeting
Notice states annual meeting of stockholders of Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway at the company offices in Laredo Texas on Thursday March 7 1918 at 2 p m to elect a board of directors and conduct other business. Regular board meeting follows at same place and date. Secretary C Biggio Laredo Texas February 6 1918.
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The
Rio Grande & Eagle Pass Ry
Laredo
Texas
British Industries Fair Opens In London For Two Weeks
The British Industries Fair in London will open Monday and run two weeks. Due to wartime restrictions the exhibit covers earthenware and glass, china, fancy goods, paper, stationery, printing, toys and games. The goal is to boost interest in these sectors as England faces postwar competition with Germany and Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Germany
Austria
Times ad offers daily watch at 50c monthly
A brief classified note promotes subscribing to The Times with a price of 50 cents per month, inviting readers to watch for opportunities in the daily edition.
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the Times
Onion growers of Texas to call general meeting
A mass meeting of Laredo area onion growers was held at the Chamber of Commerce to plan a marketing strategy for the coming season. With 8000 carloads in cold storage and wartime transport concerns, a resolution was adopted to convene a general meeting of all onion growers in South and Southwest Texas to coordinate distribution and prevent market demoralization. Steve Simon chaired. Ike Alexander, W J Sames, J W Kenney, and J H Davis spoke. F W Mally and Payne offered guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau of Markets
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Brownsville
Corpus Christ
Steve Simon
Ike Alexander
W. J. Sames
J. W. Kenney
J. H. Davis
F. W. Mally
Payne
State Department of Agriculture
Fourth Contingent Leaves for Camp Travis Today
The fourth Webb county contingent to the national army departs for Camp Travis to learn the war game and train for service. Seventeen leave this day, with eleven more registrants to report elsewhere. locals include Daniel Estrada and Leonardo Ding among others. The group proceeds quietly, honored with olive drab sweaters from Laredo Honor Guard Girls Company.
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Webb County
National Army
Travis
Laredo
Daniel Estrada
Pedro Montalvo
Leonardo Ding
Ricardo M. Cavazos
John T. Gallahan
Harry G. Gullette, Jr
Solomon C. Freed
Tasman Freedland
John P. Rossi
Robert Ro Sanchez
Henry Crumpler
Jose Zamora
Juan Trevi
Rodolfo Carbajal
Jose Villareal
Leo Mistette
Ramon Charles
Frank P. Daugherty
Fred. Glover Schaefer
Victoria
Howard L. Langston
Dallas
Ralph Powell
Monterey
Mex
Roy K. Runyan
Valley
Wash
Exemption Board
Honor Guard of
Honor Guard Girls Company of
Messrs
This Date in History and Society Notes
This date in history lists events from 1751 to 1917 including Henry Dearborn birth, Buena Vista clash, Nile source hint, Haitian fire near Port-au-Prince, 1867 deadly southern Europe quake, and 1904 Panama Canal Treaty ratification. The Times invites readers to submit society items such as weddings and parties with signed correspondence and guidance on contact times and editors.
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Henry Dearborn
New Hampshire
Roxbury
Mass
Gen
Taylor
Santa Anna
Buena Vista
Speke
Grant
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Port-auw-Prince
Haiti
Europe
Holy See
Canada
Greece
Crete
Prince Henry of Prussia
New York
Emperor William
Meteor
United States Senate
North Sea
Verdun
Lloyd George
Times
the Times
Notable birthday today for Margaret Deland at 61
Margaret Deland, famed New England novelist now in France for war relief work, turns 61. Born in Pennsylvania, she rose to prominence with John Ward Preacher and Old Chester Tales, depicting Keystone State life and addressing pressing social issues of her era.
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Margaret Deland
New England
France
Deland
Boston
John Ward
Robert Elsmere
Chester
Pennsylvania
Keystone
Money Makers Ad Clipping From Times Want Ads
Classified item notes cash making opportunities with eight dollars up front and a four dollar earn claim. Details are scarce in the readable fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Money Makers
Social Calendar Highlights Weekend Activities For Locals
Saturday events include Red Cross Knitting Circle at 4 PM with Mrs W W MacGregor and Junior Scouts gathering at Methodist church club room. Ladies Night at Thirty seventh Infantry Club. Sunday church groups meet from 6:30 to 7:00 PM across Epworth League, Christian Endeavor, B P U, and Christian Church. Monday features Red Cross Surgical Room dressings class and Sunbeam Band meeting plus Camp Fire Girls. A Market Hall concert benefits Soldiers Tobacco Fund.
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Red Cross
W. W. MacGregor
Methodist Church
Thirtyseventh Infantry Club
Red Cross Surgical Room
Tobacco Fund Concert Program Noted Missing Number
The paper notes an important number was omitted from yesterday’s Tobacco Fund Concert program. The item Vocal-Provence Song by Del Acqua and Mrs Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald is added. The program is not yet finalized and will be published in Monday’s issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobacco Fund
Provence
Del’Acqua
Adelaide Gebhardt Macdonald
Personal notices list readers headed to new posts and homes
Mike N. Falvella sails to Corpus Christi to join the Corpus Christi Caller as pressman. Also listed are Fred Adams L R Robinson and others from San Antonio St Louis New York and across the country with moves to towns including Texline Spokane Tampico Los Angeles Bloomington and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike N. Falvella
Corpus Christi
Bender
Texline
Wash
M. Kck. Hay
Spokane
Henry Beslin
Tampico
J. L. Reynolds
T. Robinson
San Antonio
Paul Wilkinson
J. CC. Charles
Los Angeles
Cal
8. Brantegam
Pennsylvania
S. P. Vizcaino
New Orleans
William J. Lyman
F. F. Clinton
Bloomington
New York
Munday Faces Second Trial Over Insolvent Bank Deposits
Chicago February 23 C B Munday former president of La Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank and associate of William Lorimer is set to stand trial next week at Morris on a charge of receiving deposits while knowing the bank was insolvent. He was convicted and sentenced on the first trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
C. B. Munday
la Salle Street Trust and Savings Bank
William Lorimer
Morris
Munday
Romance of St James Palace Chronicle
London reports St James Palace now houses new government offices born from wartime needs.Once a leper hospital site from 1190, the palace began under Henry VIII with only the gateway and Chapel Royal remaining. The Stuarts favored the palace as birthplace of James II and residence for Queen Anne, with George II the last royal resident. The historic palace lends its name to the English Court though no longer a royal residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
St James’ Palace
Henry VII
St. James’ Palace
James II
Anne
George II
Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach liver and bowels
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets as remedies for stomach disorders heartburn indigestion and constipation. Promises relief of digestive complaints and general digestive aid.
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Texas Food Administrators
Soldiery
Thirty Seventh Infantry
Laredo High School Military Co
Wortham
Rio Grande Tire & Rubber Co
Camp Travis
Haleh J. Mignes
Beaumont
Roy R. Misher
Canyon City
Colorado
Samuel N. Gallegos
Saguache Colorado
Elzir Allen Hogue
Ft. Worth
Thomas F. Everett
Memphis
Tenn
William Henry Taylor
Beeville
Hermann Hagedorn
Marzelle Beene
E. P. Lewis
Helen Lewis
B. J. Leyendecker
Bessie Hall
Mrs. Drier
Mrs. Kenney
L. H. Bruni
Miss & V. Lee
F. M. Ramsay
Mesdames
J. R. Fasnacht
A. Offer
Lee
Jurgens
Kfeld
Slaughter
Wm. Hebbrow
Leslie Stoner
Cullinan
FEF
Sharkey
R. P Woodard
Gill
E. H. Buenz
Hatley
P Biskamp
A. S. J. Tucker
H. Stow Garlick
Wharton
Misses Moore
Hirsch
Kaplan
Frances Alexander
Lone Star Blue Bird Camp Fire Girls
Lone Star Blue Bird Chapter
Camp Fire Girls
Violet G. Oberfeldt
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
Creath Memorial Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor of the Christian Church
Margaret Claflin
Arvilla Seamon
Mildred Gravis
Lionel Goodman
Uncle Sam
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