Texans Who Have Died for Their Country
A list of Texan servicemen and their statuses from World War II, naming soldiers who died of disease, died by accident, were wounded, or captured in Europe, with hometowns such as Antonio, Clarendon, Poteet, Waco, Dallas, Laredo, and many others, including Pvt. Jethro McMahon Cypress and Lt. John P. Gaines Bay City, among numerous entries.
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Europe
Ridle
Bogelandley
Altort F. Holland
Clarendon
Klen Smedley
Poteet
Irby R. Curry
Marlin
Charles I. Coffin
Itasca
Albert Fines
Cleburne
Sterling M. Peek
Florey
Pablito Castinado
Ottine
Jethro McMahon
Cypress
Henry B. Morgan
Shire
John R. Davis
Chilton
Louis Pustka
East Bernard
James Lewis
Pineland
Gheradi
Lee City
Thomas Edwin Johnston
Waco
Leroy Parker
Houston
Ira F. Hoffman
Shelbyville
Joseph R. Smith
Sparta
John P. Gaines
Bay City
Fred Welch
Grant Bodwell
Bogota Corp
Lyford C. Mitchell
San Antonio
Harold Jones
San Antonio Corp
Martin Gindron
Galveston
Harry D. Huggins
Granbury
Debs Sentenced to Ten Years in Three Counts
Eugene V. Debs was sentenced to ten years in the Moundsville penitentiary on each of three counts for espionage after a trial before Federal Judge D C Westhaven in Cleveland Ohio. The sentences run concurrently. A motion for new trial and for arrest of sentence were overruled and Debs was admitted to $10,000 bail with permission to leave the northern district of Ohio to return home.
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Eugene V. Debs
Cleveland
Ohio
Moundsville
W. Va
D. C. Westhaven
Debs
Federal District of
British Casualties for Week Reported in New Figures
Casualties among British forces for the week ending Sunday total 21 445, compared with 20 640 the prior week. Over three months the independent air force conducted 249 aerial raids on German soil, with extensive damage confirmed by photographs. The Rhine Valley belt about 260 miles long is brought into the war zone.
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London
Independent Air Force
Rhine Valley
First Will Ever Made Attributed To Ancient Egyptian Living Will
The ancient document called the will of Utah the Egyptian grants four eastern slaves and the right to reside in his house to his wife Shefu. The text, dating about a thousand years old, is regarded by authorities as the earliest known will.
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Utah
Shefu
Gesab
Teta
Sat Sepdu
Burglary Suspect Arrested in Melbourne Lodgings
Truly a Skeptical Judge reports a man in Melbourne found with a complete burglar's kit. He claimed the pliers were from a drawer, percussion caps from the park, and the electric torch for night reading. An un yielding magistrate sentenced him to months imprisonment.
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Melbourne
Australia
Rural Free Delivery Mail Box Campaign Emblem Description
The government issues six million rural free delivery labels for mailbox display to loan subscribers. The label helps visibility of the subscription window card from country roads, aiding rural residents during campaigns.
What Is Sugar The fuel for fight ers in wartime needs
A briefing on sugar as a food and flavor, explaining sugar types by names and chemical forms. It covers sucrose as common sugar, alternative sugars such as glucose, fructose, lactose, and maltose, and how digestion converts these to simple sugars. It notes sugar substitutes retain similar food value and flavor.
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United States Food Administration
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration Urges Wheat Waste Test
The Food Administration announces a clean threshing test for Hillin growers. Farmers can test hired threshers by directing straw blowers against canvas while weighing device trips five times to record two and a half bushels. Over one pint of wheat indicates bad work. over three pints means a 2 percent loss and a second test should occur. If no improvement, county threshing committees should halt operations until waste is corrected. The aim is to curb grain waste through farmer and thresherman responsibility.
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fHillin
The
Food Administration
Sigs
Indianapolis
County Threshing Committee
Just Be Glad by James Whitcomb Riley
A brief verse urging steadiness and hope after sorrow. The speaker recalls past pain and tears, counsels tempering moods with grace, and looking ahead to calmer days with a refrain to just be glad.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Words of Wise Men Sayings and Reflections
A collection of maxims urging virtue, integrity, and vigilance. Includes Bariley on purity of spirit, a poem line about friends and enemies, Holmes on light versus bigotry, Dickens on true gentility, and a note that liberty demands perpetual vigilance.
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Bariley
Pomeroy
Holmes
Dickens
Bronze Powder Now Made in America Not in Germany
The United States consumes about 6 million pounds of bronze powder annually, with 85 percent formerly imported from Germany. German producers offered lower prices, but domestic manufacturers now supply the market. Bronze powder comes in over 200 grades varying in color and texture.
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United States
Germany
America
Mental Hygiene Distinct Innovation in Army Work
The New York Medical Journal notes a historic shift in warfare medic ine with mental hygiene taking a prominent role. It cites the U S Army Surgeon General inaugurating an elaborate organization to detect and treat mental disturbances in camps and among soldiers, a distinct innovation in army medical work.
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New York Medical Journal
England
France
Exalted Men and the Power of Politeness
A terse reflection on leadership and virtue. It argues that true power shows in kindness and good manners. Politeness wins confidence, moves the timid, and elevates the deserving, more effective than eloquent speech.
French Wheat Crop Up Over Last Year
France reports wheat production to reach about 50 million quintals 183.5 million bushels for the year, marking an increase of over 25 percent from last year according to Le Intransigeant.
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le Intransigeaat
Purchase of Danish West Indies Stipulates Vessels Not To Be Seized
Under the sale terms when the United States bought the Danish West Indies now called the Virgin Islands it was stipulated that German vessels in the harbors of the islands should not be commandeered if the United States went to war with Germany.
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United States
Danish West Indies
Virgin Islands
Denmark
Germany
Texas News Roundup Highlights State Events
A broad Texas digest reports sweet potatoes shipped from Kirbyville, fall school openings, Hobby's clean-up week, Houston school board dropping German, Broaddus school delays for farmers, broom corn price spikes in the Rio Grande Valley, cotton-picking pay rises in Wharton County, oil activity in Coleman County, growth of woman bootblacks in Houston, Nueces county prosperity, pecan crop failure in the Concho Valley, 1918 San Angelo shipments, Jack Coombs settling in Palestine, Nueces assessed valuations, selective service calls for African Americans, rail leadership changes, ginners warned on lint retention, A and M rifles for ROTC, UT service flag updates, Beaumont-Port Arthur highway plans, Cuero bond votes, Burton Boy Scouts forestry work.
Lusitania could be raised by a new salvage ship
The New York World notes a postwar plan to lift the Lusitania from 270 feet deep using a novel salvage craft designed by Carl J. Lindquist. The ship carries a vast treasure, including $2 million in valuables and $5 million in securities, with much of the cargo uninsured. The device features a retractable hull, large pontoons, submerged cables, and a bottom search light to locate and raise the wreck. The invention could also recover cargo from other wrecks off western Europe, such as the Parthenon and Healdron.
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New York World
St. George's Channel
Carl J. Lindquist
Europe
Havre
Parthenon
Salads and dressings from an antique cook book
A vintage culinary excerpt outlines salad dressings using olive oil substitutes like corn oil. Iticle instructions detail patting yolk with salt sugar mustards and cayenne, then whisking in corn oil to form a thick dressing. It covers combinations such as apple banana celery dates salad and sweetbread almond salad with mayonnaise and seasonings.
Now Raises 600 Chickens in Oregon
A Oregon farm family reports Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored Mrs D M Alters health after hormonal and digestive troubles hindered work on the 600-chicken operation. The ad urges testimonials, offers doctor advice from Lydia E Pinkham Co and promotes Vacher Balin as a store staple with sampler. An unrelated quip about convincing a girl she can sing closes the snippet.
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Oregon
Lydia BR. Pinkham
D. M. Auters
R. R
Lydia E. Pinkham
GROVES TASTELESS TONIC Strengthens in Summer Heat
The ad promises Groves Tasteless Tonic strengthens the old and weak during summer heat. It claims to purify and enrich the blood, build up the whole system, and quickly make users feel stronger and more invigorated. The text targets elderly and delicate individuals seeking relief from oppressive temperatures.
Got the Wrong Impression Far Apart Neighbors Debate
Humorous cartoonish exchange about neighbors and insults on a street corner. A Scandinavian husband accuses a Hoosier wife of insulting his wife. The misheard remark about “smell” weeds leads to a domestic misunderstanding. Ends with witticisms about shoes and hats.
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Scandinavia
Indianapolis News
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Antonio
Phil Jueza
Browns, Pvt
Lueville
Pot
George McKenzie
Italy
Sidney R. Noll
Gainesville. Corp
Homer
Richardson
Dickinson
Augustine Douglas
Yoakum
Burton G. Odell
Amarillo
Thomas H. Strong
Pontotoc
Jos. S. Lamard
Thrall
Harmon A. Gregson
Spring
Edwin M. Muckleroy
Homer Cleveland Deaton
Jacksonville
Innes W. K. Duke
Troy
Overton L. Turner
Dexter
Ozey A
Potties Spy
R.F.D
Liberty
Texas News
Kirbyville
Texas
Hobby
Broadus
Rio Grande Valley
Wharton County
Coleman County
Nueces County
Concho Valley
San Angelo
Jack Coombs
Philadelphia
Palestine
Texas Selective Service Department
Crowder
Camp Bowie
Camp Travis
H. F. Anderson
San Antonio & Aransas Pass
Weiner
Army Training Corps
A. and M. College of Texas
College Station
Leroy Creaton
University of Texas
Beaumont- Port Arthur
Jefferson County
United States Highways Council
Commissioners Court
Cuero
Middlebuster
Victoria County Line
Boy Scouts of
Burton
Department of Agriculture Forest Service
Usitania
Tennyson
E.W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Lac
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