Britannia Tank to Tour United States for Recruitment
The British armored tank Britannia will begin a recruiting tour of the United States on January 14. Turned over by the London War Office, it will travel with a speaker squad, tank wall kers, and Scotch pipers, plus a captured submarine used in Liberty and Victory Loan campaigns in Canada. The tour starts in the South, then moves north to Chicago and westward.
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Associated Press
York
Dan
Britannia
United States
London War Office
Spea
Hoover links rail relief to corn price decline
Washington January 1 Hoover, head of the Food Administration, approves milk price limits set by the Federal Milk Commission in New York. He says if government rail operation reduces traffic jams and frees cars to the corn belt, corn prices to consumers should drop quickly, bringing milk prices down as well.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Federal Milk Commission
New York City
Hoover
Corn
Autoists Hit Small Car and Run Away in San Antonio
Four men in a seven passenger car dressed as soldiers struck a roadster carrying Miss Ardelle Johnson and H M Wickenhoefer in San Antonio Texas. The impact injured the woman slightly and damaged the vehicle. The attackers then sped away without stopping to render aid or identify themselves.
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San Antonio
Texas
Ardelle Johnson
Glenwood Street
H. M. Wickenhoefer
Ten year old boy killed in San Antonio street car crash
A 10 year old boy, B. George, died after a South Flores Street street car struck him in front of 3020 South Flores Street Monday at 7 PM. He suffered a skull fracture and was taken to Riebe Undertaking Parlors. The victim was the son of Milton P. George and his wife. The family will bury him in Alice, Texas, where his mother’s family lives.
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M.” B. George
South Flores Street
San Antonio
Alice
South Flores
Riebe Undertaking
Milton P. George
Boerne High School Basketball Defeated at Fredericksburg
Boerne High School lost their return basketball game to Fredericksburg with a score of 5 to 15. Hugo Walter credited for his shooting record. December meeting of Lanier Society closed with a weekly program and refreshments enjoyed by pupils. Almost half of the school term remains.
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Boerne High Schovol
Fredericksburg
Boerne
Hugo Walter
Lanier Society
Balloon shot down near Mexican border sparks injuries and arrests
Reported incident involves a balloon flown by American Railway Mission aviators crossing into Mexico near Hidalgo. Mexican soldiers fired on the gas bag. two crew suffered minor injuries. Separately, Bolsheviks arrest members of the American Railway Mission at Irkutsk, Russia as U S personnel had aided Russian railways.
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Missouri Aeronautical Society
Durango
Trinity Streets
San Antonio
Southern Department
Hidalgo
Associated Press
London
Irkutsk
Siberia
Petrograd
United States
Russia
Cherry Mountain News of 1918 Farm Life and Holiday Tales
Cherry Mountain January 1 1918 notes the passing year amid war and drought warnings. Farmers break land with middle busters to ease horse use and save work. wagon train hauls cactus to Schneider’s place. Miss Katie Reuter departs for Gonzales. deer hunting ends with several bucks taken by locals including a ten point and a larger famed “grandfather” buck. Camp Bowie soldiers Harry Alberthal and Alvin Moellering visit home.
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Texas
Wm. Schneider
Katie Reuter
Gonzales
Arthur Langehennig
Herm. Durst
Emil Wendel
Emil
Harry Alberthal
Alvin Moellering
Camp Bowie
Pioneer Hunter Departs Life in Comal County
Dec 31 passed away at his home after a long illness. Born in Tennessee in 1847 he moved to Texas with his parents at age four and settled on York Creek near this area. He devoted his life to farming and ranching and amassed extensive lands, becoming a wealthy pioneer of Hunter, Texas. Estate details and local school notes follow.
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Comal County
Here
Tennessee
Texas
York Creek
Hunter
Tex
G. Posey
Church notes on confirmation instructions begin Monday
Cathedelical instructions begin Monday at 9 a.m. February 4. All parents with children to be confirmed are asked to tell the pastor at the parsonage. Confirmation will take place at Pentecost, not Palm Sunday. Anyone desiring English instructions can receive them from Rev. M. O. Puhl, D. D.
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Pentecost
M. O. Puhl
D. D
Southern Texas Cabbage Crop Damaged by Frost
Brownsville Texas reports state that from 10 to 40 percent of the Lower Rio Grande Valley cabbage crop was ruined by the weekend freezes. San Benito, the valley’s largest cabbage center, saw about 10 percent damage. Let tuck fared better with headed stock largely lost. Eggplant peas and similar vegetables were nearly destroyed, and young grapefruit trees suffered some losses.
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Brownsville
Tex
Io A
Rio Grande Valley
San Benito
Lost hand grip from Honenberger Store area
A lost hand grip containing shirts collars and underwear was reported between Honenberger Bros Store and Fredericksburg rg. A reward or contact to recover is requested.
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Honenberger Bros
Fredericksburg
President Wilson to address Congress on railroad control
Ashington January 1 President Wilson will appear before Congress this weekend to seek authority over railroad control He aims to guarantee earnings equal to the past three years average and make surplus above the guarantee go to the Government while deficits are funded from the Federal treasury.
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International News Service
Ashington
D. C
Wilson
Congress
Federal Treasury
Shooting near Boerne ends with wounded hunter
Ernst Bushardt of San Antonio was shot while returning from a deer hunt near Boerne Texas. Three buckshot rounds fired from a passerby struck the car and Bushardt in the left shoulder. Doctors cannot locate the bullets and no arrests have been made. Bushardt's father in Boerne expressed cautious hope for recovery.
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Boerne
Tex
Ernst Bushardt
San Antonio
Bushardt
Willie Gombert
Herman
Otto Gombert
Hugh Wesseley
John Wolf
Ed Whitworth
Whitworth
Valentine Bushardt
Avenue C
Seguin
Ture
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice To Leave Washington Post
In Washington on January 2 the London report that Sir Cecil Spring-Rice would retire as British ambassador to the United States was confirmed by officials. He planned to see Secretary Lansing to notify him of the change, with no policy shift expected in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
London
Cecil Spring-Rice
United States
Lansing
Ambassador Spring-Rice
Washington
Local option election set for Austin city
Travis County Commissioners Court grants a local option election in Austin Texas for January 21. Petition signed by nearly five hundred qualified voters, four court members vote in favor, one dissents by Commissioner R B White.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County Commissioners’ Court
Commissioners’ Court
R. Be, White
Fire and Explosions in Norfolk District Kill One and Wound Many
A late day fire and a series of explosions in Norfolk Virginia destroyed parts of the Monticello Hotel and surrounding business district. One man died and many were injured as authorities suspect incendiaries. Naval and police units imposed martial law like control, with about 2900 marines and sailors assisting. Suspects were rounded up including two Germans as Department of Justice agents investigate.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Monticello Hotel
Mayo
Hugo Schmidt
H. K
Department of Justice
Benton Pharr Injured In Home Shooting at Donna
Benton Pharr was badly wounded when a pump gun discharged at close range at his Donna home. The shot severed his leg near the knee and ankle. His brother in law T W Meers, who had just returned from a hunt, was ejecting shells on the steps. Pharr was transported to Kingsville for medical care.
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Benton Pharr
Donna
Texas
T. W. Meers
Pharr
Kingsville
Government seizes Niagara water power for war needs
Washington D C December 2 The Government by order of the President commandeered all power generated or imported into the United States from plants on Niagara Falls for war industries at Niagara Falls and Buffalo The action begins seizures of all water power plants for war industries to relieve coal shortages and assure motor power for vital war work.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Niagara Falls
Buffalo
Three Firemen Killed in San Antonio Smashup
Fire chief Bishop and a lieutenant died when Bishop’s auto collided with a Mission Fire Truck rushing to a fire on December 31. The crash at Joske’s corner hurled Bishop’s car into a store window. One firefighter was hurt along with several soldiers and pedestrians as bystanders and onlookers reported the scene.
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San Antonio
Bishop
Bishops
Mission
Joske
Mim
Rials
Ilyine Ciass
New Freezing People Raid Coal Yard
New York City endures deep cold with scarce coal supply. A. H. Smith warns the shortage will persist through winter after a Fuel Administration conference. East Side residents storm four yards, assault truck drivers, seize five tons of coal before police intervene.
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Associated Press
New York
New York City
A. H. Smith
New York Central Lines
Eastern
East Side
Picture of President Sent by Telegraph
Ogden Utah Jan 1 Sending a picture of President Wilson from Ogden to New York City and return a distance of 4850 miles over telegraphing accomplished yesterday afternoon by an Ogden man who has invented a novel code system and receiving device for decoding Only thirty seven minutes was taken for actual transmission of the picture code and two hours for all the work in connection with the picture which was received in the presence of city officials.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Wilson
New York City
Yesterwares
W R. Leishman
French Socialists Denied Passports to Conference
Paris Jan 1 Premier Clemenceau refused passports for a Socialist delegation to travel to Petrograd for a conference. He praised their patriotism but said Petrograd’s situation required intervention, and passports could not be granted.
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Associated Press
Paris
Clemenceau
Chamber of Deputies
Petrograd
Petrovoch
Mrs Minnie Brockman Dies at 87 in San Antonio
Widow Minnie Brockman aged 87 died December 31 at her daughter Bertha Morris’s home in San Antonio. A German native who came to the United States at age 12, she lived most of her life in Fredericksburg, Texas, and the past twelve years in San Antonio. Survived by six daughters including Bertha Morris and Adele Kohl, one son George, and many great and great-grandchildren.
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Minnie Brockman
Bertha Morris
Denver Boulevard
San Antonio
Germany
Fredericksburg
Texas
M. Bergmann
Rosa Bass
Nellie Schumacher
Los Angeles
Cal
Adele Kohl
Dennisoy
Tex
George
San Angelo
Young man injured in bluff crash near Dilley
Flood water washed away edge soil at a concrete bottom near the road. A car struck the edge and pitched over a one foot jump. The unconscious driver with head jammed on the wheel was found. Dr. Touchstone Lytle treated him and took him to San Antonio. Cavender was on business nearby when the accident occurred.
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Touchstone Lytle
San Antonio
Cavender
Dilley
Pastor Morrill Arrested Over Mexico Book Charge
Rev. G. L. Morrill pastor of People's Church faces charges of sending obscene material through the mails. He pleaded not guilty and posted $8,000 bond with a April hearing planned. The book discussed in Mexico tensions and anti-American sentiment, drawing national reprint and editorials.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Dan
G. L. Morrill
People’s Church
Mexico
Morrill
Carra
FREI Has 8,000 Feet in School Project
FREI reports a major expansion project with an allocation of eight thousand feet of space for a new school facility. Officials say the plan aims to extend educational capacity and update infrastructure.
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FREI
Dies in Sanitarium After Gunshot Waco Man
August Puritz of Waco died at a sanitarium three hours after being found seated in his room with a bullet wound to the head. A revolver lay nearby. Survivors include two daughters. Puritz, aged 78, had lived in Waco for thirty years and was born in the area.
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August Puritz
Waco Sanitarium
Mr. Puritz
Waco
Robert Cavender Recovers After Fractured Skull
Robert Cavender aged 102 of 102 Km Street is treated at Kenney Sanitarium after a car crash on Frio City Road fourteen miles from San Antonio. He suffered a fractured base of skull and multiple bruises but no other broken bones. He is reportedly in good condition.
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San Antonio
Texas
Robert Cavender
Kenney Sanitarium
Frio City
Clarence Durr Shot In Yoakum Texas
Clarence Durr a young train patcher was shot in his Cuero room yesterday morning and taken to Sap Hospital Cuero where he lies resting. The bullet passed through his body near the heart.
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Yoakum
Texas
Jence Durr
Sap
Cuero
Card of Thanks for Sickness Death of Our Son
We express sincere thanks to all who offered assistance and love during the illness and death of our son and brother. A. Bober and Family.
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A. Bober
Fami
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Sunny Jane
Mutual
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Lee
Arizona Wilds
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Food Administration
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Jordan’s Drug Store
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