Germans Described as Savages Destroying Resources
A reprinted column denounces German actions in World War I, accusing them of barbarity and scorched earth tactics in France and Belgium. It compares German destruction of vineyards, mines, art, and architecture to historical depredations, urging readers to support a Tobacco Fund for frontline soldiers and noting government distribution and efficiency.
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Toledo Blade
Germany
France
Belgium
Cologne
Lamb
Alexandria
Desert
Mecca
Our Boys in France Tobacco Drive Urged by Times
The Times calls for public support of the tobacco fund for soldiers in France urging donations after weeks of war bond, savings stamp, and Red Cross appeals. It cites aviators and other servicemen borrowing tobacco, noting food and basic comforts exist but tobacco remains scarce for weary troops.
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the Times
Tobacco Fund
Laredo National Bank
New York
Red Cross
Commissary Department
Our Boys In
France
Times Fund
Hobby Club Public Campaign Aids Women Voters
The Woman's Hobby Club of Webb county plans a campaign to boost gubernatorial candidate Hobby and mobilize women voters. Speakers include Jon Marshall Hicks and Mayor Roy Miller with music at Imperial Cafe on Saturday and Sunday. The group promotes informed voting and suffrage progress ahead of primaries.
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Woman's Hobby Club
Webb County
Women of
Laredo
Jon. Marshall Hicks
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Hobby
Imperial Cafe
Freight Rates Rise 81 Percent Over Nine Years
Roy Campbell of San Antonio, a leading onion merchant, cites an 81 percent freight rate rise over nine years and outlines how the proposed 25 cent per hundredweight increase on June 15 would raise costs for onion shipments from Laredo. He notes prior increases to 68. cents per 100 pounds and warns growers face significant losses. protests may be filed with railroad regional directors to avoid hardship.
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Roy Campbell
San Antonio
Laredo
Campbell
Kansas City
Railroad Administration
Texas
Signor Picco Delights Laredo Audiences At Royal Opera House
Italian baritone Signor Picco gave a benefit concert for the Laredo Red Cross with Madame Picco and Prof. Juan Macias providing supporting music. The Royal Orchestra opened and closed the program with the Star Spangled Banner as a large crowd praised Picco's powerful voice and refined technique. Benjamin Cardenas advertised the Mute-a-Phone privacy device at 606 Flores avenue and via phone 944.
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Opera
Madame Pieco
Laredo
Sigor Picco
Juan Macias
A. Austin
Royal Orchestra
Benjamin Cardenas
Ita
Flores Avenue
Christ Church Flags Dedication Service Tomorrow
A Silk service flag 4 by 6 feet presented by a generous communicant will be dedicated tomorrow at 10 46 AM during a joint Sunday school and church session. The program includes hymns prayers benediction and an address Men Who Purchase Progress by Sacrifice and features the Red Cross hymn with kneeling.
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Christ Church
Red Cross
Soldiers Versus Laredo to Clash at Caliche Park
Tomorrow at 3 o clock the Thirty-seventh Infantry will face Laredo in a baseball game at Caliche Park. The soldiers boast recruits from the khaki ranks and may surprise civilian opponents, promising a cracking good contest and a real article of national sport for spectators.
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Caliche Park
National Sport
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Laredo
Thirty-seventh
Geraldine
Forage and Truck Hay Weights and Bale Rules 1918 Texas
Federal notice sets minimum bale weights for various hays 75 to 80 pounds and requires sale by ton wholesale and by weight retail. All bales to be tied with three wires to prevent bulging, especially when weight increases by 25 percent. Compliance expected to reduce rail cars. Signed by RE. A. Peden, Texas Food Administrator. Effective June 10, 1918. No. 8. And a separate obituary notes Prof. Simon G Dominguez Jr. died recently and his wife Maria M de Dominguez died this morning aged 36. Funeral at 6 PM from 806 Houston Street to City Cemetery.
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Death
Simon G. Dominguez, Jr
Simon G. Dominguez
Maria M. de Dominguez
Houston Street
Houston
Social and club notices fill the town calendar
A busy weekend schedule lists Red Cross activities with surgical rooms and knitting shifts, dances at the Soldiers Club, and church society meetings. Supplementary items cover suffrage club plans, entertainment repeats at Ursuline Convent, Camp Fire Girls gatherings, and social receptions with local families and visitors.
Times Want Ad 86 Money Maker
A terse want ad note from the Times references a money making opportunity labeled as 86. It lists no clear date, location, or contact details and lacks additional facts beyond the brief identifier.
Major Tucker Wounded in Battle in France
Mrs. A. S. J. Tucker received a telegram stating Major Tucker, formerly of the Ninth Infantry in Laredo, was wounded in the shoulder at Toul a day or two earlier. Details are not provided and she awaits more information.
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A. S. J. Tucker
Major Tucker
Ninth Infantry
Laredo
France
Toul
Tucker
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Royal Opera House
Signor
Madame Picco
Teshegeone
Soldiers
Hays
RE. A. Peden
Hand OF Death
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Prof. Dominguez
Mra. Vi Editor
S. Oberfeldt
Red Cross Surgical
The
Ternoon
Mra. W. W. MacGregor
Soldiers Club
Mesdames , Stow Garlick
H. Buenz
J. T. Hassell
Epworth League of the Methodist Church
Christian Endeavor
Presbyterian Church
B. Y. PU
Creath Memorial Baptist Church
Christian Church
M. Pennell
Sunbeam Band of the Baptist Church
Heaven
Harper
Wilhemina Werner
Mrs. Lee Vollmer
Little Son
Marshall, Texas
City
Alphonse Wormser
Baby
Eva Levi
Dallas
BE. H. Hughes
Santo Tomas
P L. Mathews
Mr. Hughes
Mexico
Tom Austin
Bristol
Pennsylvania
Woman's Club
Clarence Jefferies
Ursuline Convent
Army Y. M
G. R. Weber
Josephine Didien
Ruth Netzer
Concha Chacon
Inocente Benavides
Cecilia Garcia
Steulah Putman
Violet Oberfell
Anita Laurel
Rosalie Bigio
Dorothy Morton
Kate Tarver
Camp Fire Girls
Blue Bird Chapter
Alfred Poggenpoh
Helen Lewis
Leonard Ernst
Poteet
Lalla Robinson
Nellie Ward
Mabel Barr
Dorothy Borchers
Maxine Durborrow
Virginia Beyette
Margaret
Eugenia Copeland
Lionel
Andre Goodman
W. D. Butler
Annie Guernsey
Madonna Sorrell
Mary Lee Hudson
Arville Seaman
Belva Bergman
Agnes Bennett
Beatrice Barlow
Celeste Hamilton
Millo Picco
Royal Theatre
Milo Picco
Picce
Wilhelmina Werner
Elsie Werner
James
Willie Belle Brennan
Eva Sg¢ratechley
Esther
Virginia Penn
Phylis Bunn
Catherine Crutchfield
Laura Taylor
Margaret Sturtevant
Irene Leyendecker
Merceil Lake
Emilie Hassell
Earnest Heaner
James and
Philip Moore
Clyde Brennan
August Wermeer
Danny Lowry
Joe O'Hara
Dave Slaughter
Victor Sauvignet
Ted G’sell
Werner Offer
Fred Werner
Jimmie Condra
Ruth Scratehley
Offer
George Scratehley
Gwinn Smith
BE A, Peden
Chamberlain
Balaam
Balak
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Select School
State Department of Education
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Catholic University
Washington, D. C
Sisters of Divine Providence
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