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Newspaper
Laredo Weekly Times
Location
Laredo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1918
Page
6
The Laredo Times Penn Publishing Company lists publishing terms and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions. Details include postpaid mail delivery to the United States Mexico or Canada and carrier delivery within Laredo and New Laredo Mexico with prices for monthly yearly and half yearly periods.
The Associated Press holds exclusive rights to publish and republish all news dispatches credited to AP or not credited in this paper, including local news content. This notice affirms AP’s entitlement to republication and distribution of such material.
The bishop of Soissons denounces German desecration of churches and thefts as “methodical vandalism” during the war, noting many French and Belgian churches razed or looted. He argues nations must reject peace terms from Germany and continue the fight until the world guards against a recurrence of such crimes.
The writer contrasts German law, dominated by servile obedience to masters, with Scottish Highland loyalty to heaven. He argues faith and divine authority distinguish nations facing each other in battle, claiming those denying a higher power will falter while those trusting it will prevail.
A brief notice advertises daily access to The Times with a monthly rate. It emphasizes continuous availability and suggests readers act to seize opportunities presented by regular issues and updates.
June 10 notes Clifton N McArthur birth in The Dalles Oregon and his long political career including Congress service. The item adds a medical ad for Chamberlain’s Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and a local commencement at Wofford College with Dr Charles Forster Smith. It lists notable historical events dated June 10 across years, including Wright brothers medals and 1916 conscription.
Notice to all persons interested in Antonio Juarez Martinez estate. Victorino Juarez filed in Webb County Court for letters of administration to be heard at the next term starting the Third Monday in August 1918 at the Webb County Court House in Laredo. Interested parties may appear and contest. Writ requires return under law. Dated May 29 1918. J A Rodriguez Clerk Webb Co Texas.
The Travelers Protective Association in St. Louis opens its annual national convention with business sessions through Friday. Social events are trimmed to focus on organization affairs and wartime support, while officers report prosperity and membership growth. A promotional herbal remedy advertisement is also present in the text.
Laredo civilians and troops joined thousands viewing a near total solar eclipse Saturday after six. Three fourths of the sun obscured, crescent shape, violet sky at peak, some superstition noted. People used smoked glass and scientific observers noted the phenomenon from several observatories.
A neighbor endorses Dean's Kidney Pills for backache dizziness nervousness and kidney disorders. Barber J. Stein of Lincoln St Laredo says two boxes cured his pain and nocturnal trips. Price 60 cents at dealers FosterMilburn Co Buffalo NY promotes the kidney remedy.
A massive German air bomb dropped on Nancy failed to explode and rests nose down in the city. A French officer stands beside the device for scale, with its tail rudder clearly visible.
A stranger asks a green grocer for nuts and names many kinds. When offered chestnuts, he declares that is the item he wants, but then says he does not want any. The tale pivots on puzzle of Chestnut Street as a navigation aid.
Registrants available have all been summoned and Webb County Exemption Board selects no registrants for the next quota. County states all eligible young men under the former draft are exhausted and many registrants discharged as aliens reducing pool. A new registration may add some names but the list will be small due to exemptions.
The Hicks Phelps Dickson Bobbitt firm faces relocation from San Antonio and Laredo to somewhere in France as members wear military uniforms. Frank M. Hicks serves as field artillery aide to Brig. Gen. W.S. Scott, while Charles M. Dickson is a lieutenant of aviation, and Robert Lee Bobbitt is a second lieutenant at Camp Jackson. Marshall and Yale Hicks remain in San Antonio with 8. T. Phelps in Laredo while others serve overseas in the hunt for the Hun.
Roy Campbell issued a statement in an interview that highlights the June 26 freight rate jump and an 81 percent rise over nine years. In Laredo onion growers fear heavy losses, Webb County could see a $127,000 rate increase with a normal onion crop, prompting talks of a Texas-wide protest and an all-grower meeting to block the changes.
A coordinated effort by the Suffrage Department of the Woman's Club and the Woman's Hobby Club will canvass women eligible to vote in Laredo. Committees by ward are listed with chairmen and assistants for First Ward Heights through Isitas Dolores asRead, outlining locations from San Eduardo Ave to Santo Tomas and surrounding areas.
The gubernatorial campaign for Governor W. P. Hobby kicks off in Laredo with Marshall Hicks of San Antonio speaking at the district courtroom on Thursday in support of Hobby. Webb County Woman's Hobby Club sponsors, with Roy Miller of Corpus Christi possibly near future. Primaries are next month and women will vote for the first time in the state. It notes a medical ad for Ballard's Snow Liniment, claiming quick relief from itching.
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