Newspaper front page articles include: information about an international conference of workers from Mexico and the United States to meet in both Laredos on November 13-16 to include American Federation of Labor (AFL) leader Samuel Gompers, the governors of Texas and Coahuila, among others; information about a worker’s executive committee formed in Laredo included Clemente N. Idar; a report about the eradication of the Spanish flu in Nuevo Laredo allows for opening of schools and local businesses; a fraud in the Veracruz customs port; and a report on the sudden death of G.H. Bloeser (32 years old), a man from Saint Louis, Missouri, and well-known businessman in Laredo. Other content includes: an article about how France changed after World War I and ads for businesses in Laredo and Nuevo Laredo.
Creator/Contributor:
Idar, Clemente N., 1883-1934 (collector)
Date Created/Date Issued:
1918-10-26
Owning Repository:
Benson Latin American Collection, LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections, The University of Texas at Austin