Texans Who Died for Their Country
A list of Texas service members who died or were wounded or missing in Europe. Names include Sergeant Alvin W. Hoogers Glen Flora and Lieutenant Joseph Baldwin Tyler among Killed in Action. Private Willian Herron Wills Point. Corporal Go Stet apts crrammes. Private Mireles Peasun Antonie Prisiite Poli. Captain Mile de Warren. Private Albert J. Childers Tarehite. Sergeant Andrew Rozner Galveston. Lieutenant Thomas R. Bradley Waxahachie. and many others from cities such as Houston, San Augustine, Cameron, Crockett, Palestine, Paris, Ennis, Galveston, and more.
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Texas
Europe
Joseph Baldwin
Tyler
Wills Darnall
Avery
Edward HH
Emmons
San Augustine
Willian Herron
Wills Point
Corporal Go Stet Apts Crrammes
Mireles Peasun Antonie
Prisiite Poli Vb
Taeas
Betes
Mrivintin Bearanett A Onecintier
Bape Cres
Allied forces smash German line in decisive advance
German defenses crumble as Allied troops drive forward halting enemy cohesion. Front reports indicate orderly retreat and disrupted supply lines amid heavy combat concessions. Units from multiple nations push toward key objectives with tactical gains noted along the frontline.
Allied Drive Cripples German Lines Across Arras to Soissons
Allied forces surge from Arras to Soissons driving back German troops. The offensives trap the enemy in a Somme triangle near Peronne and Carlac with Suissons and Soissons fronts under heavy pressure. Haig launches a new push north of the old front along the Scarpe river capturing multiple villages.
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Somme
Peronne
Carlac
Presnes
Fightige
Biz
Shenkursk
Veuu
Archangel
Russia
Arras
Suissons
Ancre
Soissons
France
Haig
Scarpe
Coreul
Private Tom Girolamo Beaumont and Private George Tipps Henderson
Two soldiers named in a concise notice are Private Tom Girolamo from Beaumont and Private George T Tipps from Henderson. The item lacks further context or details about the unit or actions.
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Tom Girolamo
Beaumont
George T. Tipps
Henderson
Lund Holds Lead in Republican Senate Nomination Race
Helena reports Xiont Returns from 36 of 53 counties show Dr O. M. Lund maintaining his lead over Jeanette Rankin for the Republican nomination for United States senator.
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Helena
Xiont
O. M. Lundstrum
Jeanette Rankin
United States
London Week Casualties Rise to 14 484
British casualties reported for the week ended Wednesday totaled 14 484, compared with 8 411 in the prior week, reflecting a sharp week over week increase in wartime losses.
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London
Pilot Killed Near Richardson in Airplane Tail Spin
Dallas officer Lieutenant Charles J Hyde was killed instantly on Wednesday when an army airplane went into a tail spin at an altitude of 300 feet near Richardson Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Charles J Hyde
Richardson
Tragic Jail Death in Travia County Case Sparks Probe
In Travia County, Harvey Hubert a 34 year old Black man died in a jail related incident on Friday tied to a serious October case involving Randolph Clark a 16 year old white boy. Local authorities launched an inquiry into the death and related events.
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Austin
Tex
Harvey Hubert
Travia
Randolph Clark
Tanker Lake Manitoba Burns With 1500 Tons Crude Oil
The tanker Lake Manitoba was destroyed by fire Monday in Montreal. The vessel carried 1500 tons of crude oil and the loss was estimated at 1.5 million dollars.
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Montreal
Lake Manitoba
Yorktown Ginning Reaches 3500 Bales This Season
Yorktown Texas reports 3500 bales of cotton ginned so far this season by the local gin, marking a strong start and steady output for the year.
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Yorktown
Tex
Gix
Ambassador Walter Hines Page Resigns Due to Ill Health
Walter Hines Page of Garden City New York resigns as the United States ambassador to Great Britain after ill health, having served since April 1913. President Wilson accepts the resignation.
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Washington
Walter Hines Page
Garden City
N. Y
United States
Great Britain
Wilson
Kentucky Senator Ollie M. James Dies in Baltimore
Ollie M. James of Kentucky died at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on Wednesday due to an acute kidney ailment. The senator served Kentucky and was noted in reports from the Baltimore area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie James
Kentucky
Baltimore
Ollie M. James
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Letter Tricks Make You Think You Need New Tires
A persuasive letter about cold tires prompts the reader to fear failure and replace old tires quickly, contrasting with the earlier hope that current tires would suffice through the season. The piece analyzes marketing rhetoric and human susceptibility to urgency.
Psalm Spelling Sparks Eternal Question
Judge remarks on the origin of the word psalm and the choice of letter p prompting Edith to ask why the first writer didn’t alter the spelling. The quote reflects language history and adds a humorous, philosophical angle to common spelling debates.
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Adam
Mumma
Edith
Judge
City and county quotas set for early September call
Texas selective department completed quotas for white men to be sent to Camp Travis San Antonio in a four day period ending September 6. Dallas, Harris, Bexar, Tarrant and Galveston counties and city boards listed specific man numbers to furnish for the draft. Wiley Blairsaid fuel saving may force cotton seed crushers to consolidate and close idle facilities due to short crop. A committee was named to manage seed redistribution and plant closings.
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Austin
Tex
Camip
Travis
San Antonio
Texas Selective Department
Bexar
City
al Sance
Dallas County
Dallas
Harris County
Houston
Texas
Wiley Blair
Texas Cotton Seed Crushers’ Association
County Teachers Institutes First Weeks in September
Austin Texas state superintendent W F Doughty announced the schedule for county teachers institutes. The first week will host Armstrong to Wilharger counties including Bexar Brazoria Cameron Collin Colorado Culberson Denton Ector Edwards El Paso Gillespie Gregg Hale Hardin Harrison Hartley Henderson Hopkins Jasper Jeff Davis Lampasas Matagorda Milam Montague Navarro Newton Nueces Orange Palo Pinto Parker Palmer Randall Reagan Robert t San Augustine San Patricio Shackleford Shelby Tarrant Titus Upshur Ward Washington Wilharger. The second week lists Anderson Angelina Bosque Howie Brazos Cass Chambers Cherokee Comanche De Witt Falls Fayette Galveston Grand Guadalupe Harris Hill Jackson Jam ar Leon Limestone McLennan Panola Pecos Polk Red River Smith Travis Tyler Walker.
Cureton and Terrell Wins In Democratic Runoff
Dallas reports indicate M. Cureton won the attorney general nomination over John W. Woods and Henry B. Terrell secured the comptroller seat by defeating C. C. Mayfield. Many counties did not vote and overall turnout was light. In Harris County T. Branch defeated Tom Harris for criminal district attorney.
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Dallas
Tex
M. Cureton
John W. Woods
Henry B. Terrell
C.C. Mayfield
el Paso
McCulloch
Shackelford
Starr, Crockett and
Refugio
Bk. T. Branch
Tom Harris
Harris County
Texas July Industrial Accidents Report Totals
July records show 56,085 accidents nationwide, 16 fatalities, 1,238 claims, and $63,378 paid in compensation. Fiscal year totals to date reach 47,555 accidents, 207 deaths, 11,224 claims, $627,231 in compensation, and $823,952 in insurance expenditures.
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Austin
Tex
State Industrial Accident Board
France Joins in Protest Over Oil Lands Taxes
San Antonio based Tex Mexican papers report France has joined protests against alleged confiscatory oil land taxes in the republic. Earlier protests were made by Great Britain and the United States.
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San Antonio
Tex
France
Republic
Great Britain
United States
Smugglers Kill Texas Ranger Near Brownsville
Austin, Texas. Ranger Joe R. Shaw was killed Thursday in a gunfight with smugglers about two miles east of Brownsville, Texas. The incident ended with Shaw’s death and heightened border tensions in the area.
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Austin
Tex
Joe R. Shaw
Brownsville
Man Power Bill Passed by Senate Drafts All Men 18 to 45
Washington reports the man power bill passed by the Senate with a modified work or fight clause. It would draft all men 18 to 45, with failed efforts to change age limits or classify youths under 21. Senator Gore opposed but withdrew. House differences to be resolved before the president signs. Registration of men 18 to 45 expected within 1 to 2 weeks after signature.
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Washington
Army
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
House
Wilson
Crowder
Oil Fire Destroys Goose Creek Well in Houston Texas
A Gulf Coast Oil Corporation and Crown Oil and Refining Company No 18 Gaillard at Goose Creek were totally destroyed by fire on Friday. The well reached 23390 feet and spouted oil and gas about 100 feet high before the flames were put out. After extinguishing the blaze the well flowed oil at about 2000 barrels per day, marking it as the third producing well in Goose Creek at depths around 3400 feet.
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Houston
Tex
Gulf Coast Oil Corporation
Crown Oil and Refining Company
Gaillard
Goose Creek
Man Who Sank Lusitania Captured
Lieutenant Schwieger, the commander in the Lusitania sinking, has been captured by a French patrol boat in the Mediterranean after his U boat torpedoed a British steamer between Malta and Sicily. The U boat was sunk by two French patrol boats. only one officer and four crewmen were saved.
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Paris
Schwieger
Mediterranean
le Journal
Malta
Sicily
Texas farmers choose minimum cotton price pledge
Delegates at the Texas farmers' institute meeting adopt a resolution binding cotton producers to minimum prices of 35 cents per pound and 70 dollars per ton for seed with a unanimous rising vote.
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Waco
Tex
Texas
Texas Farmers’ Institute
Enlistment Open for Men Aged 45 to 55 in Key Corps
The War Department approved enlistment of men between 45 and 55 for the ordnance, quartermaster and medical corps and certain branches of the signal corps to free younger men for active duty.
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Washington
War Department
Ordnance Department
Quartermaster and Medical Corps
Signal Corps
Good Well Reported in Batson Field Beaumont
The Paraffine-Re Hance Oil Company brought in a good oil well Monday in the Batson oil field near Beaumont Texas indicating productive activity in the area.
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Batson Field
Beaumont
Tex
Industrial Crisis at Hand Must Be Met
Texas Governor Hobby urges Texans to join the war effort beyond the battlefield. He cites military mobilization already achieved and calls for full civilian participation in agriculture and industry to support the front. He notes Texas’ large contribution to the draft, Navy, and Marine forces, and asserts the state will meet the new industrial demands with equal vigor.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Texas
France
Italy
State Capitol
Hobby
Publishers Ordered to Cut Book Output by 25 Percent
Washington reports publishers of trade books and related categories must restrict output to 25 percent of their average last three years beginning October 1. Enforcement will reduce paper supplies via the War Industries Board, with protests allowed before September 1. Exemptions include research books, subsidized publications, and war service books for the U S or allied governments.
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Washington
War Industries Board
United States
Senate panel cites aircraft delays and progress urges new aviation department
Washington report notes failures and delays in the American aircraft program but also praise for recent gains and the prospect of rapid quantity production. The senate military sub committee on its aircraft investigation supports existing reorganizations and calls for one man in charge through a new department of aviation headed by a cabinet member.
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Washington
Senate Military Subcommittee
Department of Aviation
Cotton States Merchants Convention Adjourns in Memphis
The fifth annual Cotton States Merchants' Association convention in Memphis adjourned after electing officers. George A. Lamb of Bono Arkansas was named president, succeeding J. T. Thomas of Grenada Mississippi. J. T. Crowell of Itta Bena Mississippi was chosen vice president.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton States Merchants’ Association
George A. Lamb
Bono
Ark
J. T. Thomas
Grenada
Miss
J. T. Crowell
Ittabena
Duval County gin burned with heavy loss
Fire destroyed the gin at Reali tos, Duval county, Falfurrias property. Ninety five bales of cotton and twelve tons of seed were consumed. Loss estimated at twenty six thousand dollars.
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Falfurrias
Tex
Realitos
Duval County
Roads Carry Over Five Million Soldiers in War Transport
Railroads carried 3,377,460 soldiers in the United States from May 1, 1917 to July 1, 1918 and roads transported 5,377,468 soldiers during the same period. The movements covered multiple point to point transfers under military transport demands.
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Washington
United States
Joy of Motherhood in Ellensburg Washington Inspires Hope
Mrs O B Johnson of Ellensburg Washington credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after a long illness preventing pregnancy She and her husband now have a child and urge other women with functional disorders to try the remedy Writing from Lynn Massachusetts the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co offers forty years of experience for advice and support
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Ellensburg
Wash
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mess
Two oldest sons of Adam and Eve named in scripture
The statement notes that only the two eldest sons of Adam and Eve are identified by name in biblical accounts, while other children remain unnamed in the text. It emphasizes the limited naming within early human lineage.
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Adam
Eve
By No Means Liberty and License in Marriage Debate
A brief quote from Life contrasts liberty with license and cautions against misusing a marriage license. The lines probe how freedom can be mistaken for permission, highlighting societal boundaries on personal legal unions.
Her Golden Heart
A dialogue exchange reveals romantic doubt about Miss Bages yet asserts a secured stake in a bank, implying a hidden or prearranged financial motive behind affection. The scene centers on sentiment clashing with economic interest amid a speculative relationship.
Well Within Bounds Joke Echoes Youths Past Accident
An anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls a youth memory of an accident with a colt. The father, not a Yankee, limped from a kicking incident, then quipped a wry remark about the colt before continuing with his chores.
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Father
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James M. Miller
Horry Ral
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George E. Selgmidt
Calves
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Crockett
Benjamine Th Girdtier
Palestine
Betlente Shep
Sereiye
Mastak Sina
Brogaet Yee
Vostatteege
Gytaerbelerntt
Rhea
Mile de Warren
Sabet
Albert J. Childers
Robert J. Beanehan
Pilfare
Iitton
Pete Reedy
Port Worth
Harry S. Wilkins
Ennis
Andrew Rozner
Galveston
Eugene Tunison
Bishop
William BB. Montgomery
Brice
Robert PL Proctor
James R. Dill
Mount Pleas
Thomas R. Bradley
Waxahachie
William RR. MacDonald
Gary
Adam E. Smith
Kendalia
John Milton Perry
Monthalia
George Meurer
Delvalle
Jesse St. Alexander
Grove
Henry Hill
Pilot Point
Lee Adams
Qukhurat
J. Awmders
Stamfford
William Wricket
Golden
Benjamin Mo Prenshaw
Charlie Amador
Goliad
Scott Bo Moore
Woodland
Elmer Pratt
Ant
Charles
Camby
Artie
Bell
Brookland
Biberilly
Sobers
Page
U.S. A
Tarrant County
City of Orto Wortle
Galveston County
City of
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Texas Ranger
National Guard
Navy
Marine Corps
Inhalatum Chemical Co
Colorado Springs
Colo
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