Six Black people killed after Citi zens' posse clash
In Huntsville Texas June a public safety incident in Dodge neighborhood left Barah Cabiness and several relatives dead. George Cabiness died resisting officers. a Midlands town posse responded firing about 200 rounds and the Cabiness home burned as mother and four sons perished. Sheriff T. F. King confirmed a Cabiness girl died from injuries, citing draft dodging and exemption-board calls as motives.
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Huntsville
Tex
Barah Cabiness
Negress
Gons
George
Pete
Cute
Tenola
Lena
Bess
Dodge
George Cabiness
A. P W. Allen
Cabiness
Allen
Mose Allen
Walker County
Cabines
S. A. Hapress
War Savings Stamp Sale Campaign Planned Nationwide
A census of every adult over 16 is planned by Uncle Sam through the war savings department. The drive aims to enlist every person to buy war savings stamps with a house to house canvass starting mid month in San Antonio. Householders will be asked to state household size and other details as patriotic meetings are set for June 28 National War Savings Day in every schoolhouse.
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United States
Uncle Sau
War Savings Department
San Antnnio
War Savings
Wilson
Special Sugar Certificate Aimed at Home Canners in Texas
In Houston on April 25 the U S Food Administration issued a special certificate for sugar purchases by housewives for preserving and canning. Purchasers must sign and countersign receipts and return any unused sugar within twenty days. Retail limits for non canning use remain five pounds in cities and ten pounds in the country, with canners allowed to build season supplies to meet 1918 demand.
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Houston
Texas
United States Food Administration
A. Peden
E. A. Peden
State of Texas
Peden
The
Food Administration
Mothers See Daughters Rescued From Death
San Angelo Texas June 3 two San Angelo girls Miss Lonnie Walters and Miss Lucile Mace were saved from drowning in the Concho River Monday evening by Ed Sneeden who jumped in to aid them as they sank unable to swim well.
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San Angelo
Tex
Lonnie Walters
Lucile Mace
Concho River
Ed. Sneeden
Sweeden
Old Civil War Shell Explodes in Galveston Home
An 1860s artillery shell, found by a washerwoman at 1419 Market Street, exploded beneath a wash boiler. The blast damaged the boiler and nearby items but caused no injuries. Neighbors, fearing submarines, believed the city was under attack after the noise.
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Galveston
Tex
Market Street
J. D. Warren
Retail price of ice will be controlled
A telegram to Texas Food Administrator E A Peden states profiteering in ice sales will be banned. The Food Administration will oversee ice manufacture and distribution. If ice companies cannot prove price increases, consumer costs will not rise above last year. Any rise over last year will be investigated.
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Federal Food Administrator
Texas E. A. Peden
The
Food Administration
Richardson Drops Dead in Texas Field
Richard son of Henderson Texas farm demonstration agent for Coke County collapsed and died of apoplexy while inspecting a crop near Robert Lee. The 28 year old bachelor, a 1918 Texas A&M graduate, died Monday afternoon and his body was sent to Henderson for interment with his father accompanying the remains.
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San Angelo
Tex
D. J
Richardson
Henderson
Coke County
Robert Lee
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College
Soldiers Hold Up Group in Pool Room Raid
Two soldiers, one armed with a heavy caliber revolver, robbed five black men of 35 dollars at a Ruiz Street pool hall in San Antonio early Saturday morning. After the heist the pair fled. victims named Alfred Hammond Ernest Webster Mose Kemper.
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Ruiz Street
San Antonio
Austin Outlaw
Sam Irvin
Alfred Hammond
Ernest Webster
Mose Kemper
A. Kixpress
Ranger Captain Tells of Wild Life in Early Days
Captain Jerry Gray, State Ranger, describes life around St. Hedwig and San Antonio as crowds packed saloons and fights surged in a frontier camp. He recalls 5000 in a day, at times, with drunks and auto crashes. Rangers now maintain order in the Big Bend district amid Mexican and bandit activity, while U.S. troops patrol nearby.
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Austin
Tex
Jerry Gray
St. Hedwig
Hack County
Marfa
Brewster County
Big Bend
United States
Captain Gray
Rome
San Antonio
Sanzone
Antonio
Gray
Rangers
8. A. Express
Faa
Allied reinforcements bolster front near Amiens and Soissons
Lively activity continues between Dommiers and Ambleny southwest of Soissons as American and British units hour by hour reinforce the Allied front. Observers expect a lull after Amiens and the Marne offensives, with a new decisive blow anticipated in the near future.
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Dommiers
Ambleny
Soissons
Amiens
Marne
Meningitis Epidemic in Frio County Checked
Pearsall June 4 County Agent A Durrenberger reports nineteen head of horses and mules have died in Frio County from meningitis. With attacks rising daily he calls a veterinarian to check spread and will begin vaccinating all diseased animals. Carcasses burned under supervision to stamp out disease promptly.
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Pearsall
Ageut
A. Durrenberger
Koen Defends Deaf School Superintendent In Texas
Joseph Koen, president of the State School for the Deaf board, says a petition to remove Gus F. Urbantke as superintendent has not been referred to the board and a full hearing would be given Urbantke if referred. Koen calls the petition’s charges unfounded and notes no action yet taken.
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Austin
Texas
W. ©. Worrell
Gus F. Urbantke
State School For the Deaf
Joe Koen
Koen
Urbantke
Ss. A. Express
Boy Dies After Jitney Running Board Fall
Twelve year old Thomas Holder, son of Jd. H. Holder of 115 Starr Street San Antonio, fell from a running board of a Sines jitney between Austin and Tenth Streets and was crushed beneath the rear wheel. Driver Tezel had asked him to look at the tail light. He died instantly as his father rode in the car.
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Thomas Holder
Jd. H. Holder
Starr Street
San Antonio
Austin
Tenth Streets
Ho. Tezel
Camp Travis
German Offensive Stopped Near Paris
International News Service reports the German offensive against Paris has ended. Allied forces work to plug gaps in the new front while fighting across the line shifts to localized operations. only the sector near Paris remains uncertain.
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International News Service
Paris
Fredericksburg Girls Aid Red Cross Auction Plans
St Marys Parochial School forms Junior Auxiliary of the American Red Cross with over sixty members. Girls meet Wednesdays and Saturdays at the Red Cross work room in the Priess Building to sew quilts comfort kits and small garments for an upcoming auction sale. Both the public school and St Marys auxiliaries contribute items for the sale.
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St. Mary’s Parochial School
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Priess
Mr. Mary’s
Drowned Mexican herder found in tree top after flood
San Angelo, Texas reports a Mexican sheep herder drowned on a ranch near Hext in Menard County. A sudden San Saba River rise Sunday night swept him away. his body was recovered in a tree top after waters subsided Monday. Five inches of rain drenched the area Sunday night.
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San Angelo
Tex
Frank Wilhelm
Hext
Menard County
San Saba
Menard
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