Oregon Labor Law Sustains Ten Hour Day Supreme Court Decision
The Supreme Court upheld Oregon’s 1913 law limiting men’s hours in mills and factories to ten per day with overtime pay for extra hours. It noted prior related rulings, contrasted with bakeries, and listed states with partial or broader labor restrictions across various industries. No state capped all work sites universally.
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Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Oregon
Utah
New York
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Missouri
Montana
Nevada
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Washington
Wyoming
Maryland
A Riot of Extravagance in San Antonio Circular
A circulated anonymous pamphlet titled A Riot of Extravagance critiques urban racial bias while highlighting Black face imagery attributed to local groups in San Antonio. The document urges readers to recognize exploitation and calls for accountability in community media and civic discourse.
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San Antonio
Newer Ideals In Organizing San Antonio High School
The article praises San Antonio's high school reforms under Superintendent Meek, citing new buildings, 14-acre grounds with river access for outdoor swimming, and remodeling that positions the city’s schools among the nation’s best. It highlights the shift to newer educational ideals, organizational trust in leadership, and the goal of building a modern university of the many.
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H. T. Musselman
Texas School Journal
Meek
San Antonio
America
Chas. S&s
British Advance Along Ten Mile Front Near Arras
British forces push along a ten mile front north of the retreating German line near Arras and Lens. The offensive drives a salient into the German position and signals progress at Hermies Boursies and toward St Quentin.
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West Front
Lens-Arras
Arras
Lens
Haig
Hermies
Boursies
Bapaume
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Fresnon le Petit
Berlin Says Entente Losses Heavy In Air War
Berlin reports seventeen Entente airplanes brought down on the western front as announced by the war office. The notice mentions Luftwaffe successes and provides no casualty details. In unrelated ads Breeden Range Coa relocates to Lakeview Ave corner I G N tracks.
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Berlin
Entente
London
Western Front
War Office
Breeden Range Coa
Corner Lakeview Ave
I. & G. N. Tracks
Englewood Baptist to raise flag over church towers
Trustees of Englewood Baptist Church in Chicago vote unanimously to fly the American flag from church towers and keep it visible until the war ends. The flag-raising ceremony is planned for Wednesday.
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Chicago, Ill
Englewood Baptist Church
Challenge to Independent Ticket over School Board leadership
Campaign committee of the School Children’s Ticket questions the stance of the Independent Ticket. It accuses them of soliciting club women and contacting teachers and their friends to oppose the current administration. The note alleges sheriff and council ally involvement and urges the public to demand clear answers.
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Charles 8. Meek
Tobin
Andres Coy
San Antonio
Polling Place Notice for 4th Ward at Engine House
Voters in the 4th Ward are advised that their polling place is Engine House at Main and San Pedro Avenues. The notice urges going early and voting for the School Children's Picket, citing a political cuor laws.
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Engine House
Main
San Pedro Avenues
Pershing Calls for Universal Military Service Plan
General Pershing urged support for universal service to build a strong U S Army for wartime needs. He argued conscription is the fair method to share the burden, criticized voluntary enlistment as failing in England, and urged Congress to back the measure as the nation faces Germany. He said border conditions are quiet.
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General Pershing
United States
Germany
Congress
Republic
England
Dackers
Pershing
Beardsley Wins Brackenridge Cup With 87
Girard Beardsley, 16, captured the Brackenridge Park opening tournament cup with an 87 medal score on the Brackenridge links despite a strong north wind. Fred Tarrant was runner up with no card submitted. George Oberman and Clarence Nordhaus tied 98 for class two. playoff set Monday. Mrs Dan Hudson won the women’s class with 57 for nine holes.
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Brackenridz Golf Links
Brackenridge Park
Lambert
Eddiemann
Herezberg Jewelry Company
Girard Beardsley
Dan Hudson
Four Men Needed To Bring Battery L to War Strength
Captain Claude Y. Birk heads Battery L of the First Texas Field Artillery toward a full strength of 190 men as orders for service loom. Preparations at the East Crockett Street armory proceed with uniforms wagons and forthcoming ordnance. J. B. Clegg returns from Washington to aid in securing four 23 inch guns twelve caissons and side-arm equipment from the San Antonio arsenal.
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San Antonio
First
Texas Field Artillery
Claude Y. Birkhead
East Crockett Street
J. B. Clegg
Governor's wife hoists large flag at mansion
Mrs James E Ferguson wife of the governor raises a forty foot United States flag on a tall pole over the Texas governor's mansion. It marks the first time a Texas governor's wife has performed such a ceremony.
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Austin
Tex
James E. Ferguson
United States
Texas
Galveston Forms Citizens Training Corps for 500 Members
A mass meeting in Galveston aims to organize a citizens training corps of at least 500 members. Drill sergeants from the scene oversee the planned instruction as local residents mobilize for drill and civic readiness.
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Galveston
Tex
Austria Breaks With United States War Seizures Reported
Federal officials seized the Budapest after learning Austria Hungary cut diplomatic ties with the U S. The vessel’s engines were wrecked while other parts remained intact. Captain Kehrer and eight crew including a British engineer to be sent to Norfolk for immigration processing. In Houston the two Austrian ships Morrowitz and Campania, interned since arriving from Galveston, are to be seized.
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Austria-Hungary
United States
Budapest
Kehrer
Norfolk
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Texas
Two Suspects Held in Boston and Sherman Arrests
Police arrested two men in Holbrook Massachusetts with a notebook of munition plant addresses. The pair Charles Oliver and Armand Tremblay were caught attempting a leather factory break in. Oliver appeared German and Tremblay spoke with a French accent. Federal officers in Sherman Texas also detained two anti government suspects, one Irishman with bridge drawings and a German from Houston.
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Holbrook
Mass
Charles Oliver
Armand Tremblay
Oliver
Tremblay
Sherman
Sherman, ‘Tex
Houston
Men Held After Fort Pitt Powder Plant Explosion
Pittsburg police hold William H. West, Thomas Paulson and Bennie Lee in connection with the Fort Pitt plant blast of the Aetna Powder Company. Officers say the suspects possessed marked maps of the United States and the Panama Canal zone and notebooks that appeared to be a code system.
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Pittsburg
William H. West
Thomas Paulson
Bennie Lee
Fort Pitt
Aetna Powder Company
Here
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Hold Garden Meeting Encourages Back Yard Plots
The first meeting of citizens interested in vacant lot and back yard gardens was held in the Chamber of Commerce building with Assistant Secretary G. J. Roark presiding. Capt. F. I. Collins spoke on soil prep, what vegetables to plant now, and how to cultivate to ensure a crop, noting a 20 to 30 foot plot can feed a family of three to six. Professor Wolff and Mrs. B. I. Morse spoke on support from the Mothers' Council to develop wardens in back yards and vacant lots.
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Chamber of Commerce
G. J. Roark
F. I. Collins
Prof
Wolff
B. I. Morse
Council of Mothers
Collins
Morse
Mothers’ Council
Secret wireless station found on Fifth Avenue home
On April 9 a secret powerful wireless station on the roof of Mrs. Ifugo Reisinger’s Fifth Avenue residence was disclosed after she admitted ordering its dismantling upon learning of its existence. Federal agents say Alexander Kagan, a wireless expert and former butler, ran the station and has fled. Reisinger, heir to a substantial Bush estate, hosted Count von Bernstorff and other notable German figures in her home. Dancing lessons noted at Hotel Mariford with Professor Yr. Yr. 3953.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Ifugo Reisinger
Count von Bernstorff
Germany
Convicts Express Their Loyalty to the Government
Auburn prison inmates from thirty nationalities issued resolutions declaring loyal support for the government in the crisis and offering to bear arms on land or sea if officials deem it best to defend the American flag and democracy against autocracy.
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Auburn
N. Y
Auburn Prison
Governor vetoes libel venue bill while approving college project
Governor Ferguson vetoed the Senate bill to fix venue in libel cases, arguing it would expose good people to muckraking sue risks. He also signed a bill by Senator Henderson to establish a junior agricultural and mechanical college in East Texas with a $250000 appropriation east of the 96th meridian and north of the 31st parallel.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Senate
Johnston
Houston
Henderson
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Texas
Elmendorf bonds pass as voters back new school house
In Elmendorf the bond issue of 15000 dollars for a new school building carried 89 to 26, and the tax hike from 15 to 50 cents on the hundred valuation won 87 to 25. K J Smith and F F Gortari were reelected school trustees amid a split opposition. Independent District No 26 saw J S Stroud and Dr Cotter win by clear margins, with Champe Carter elected trustee at large and T P Dashiel reelected in Precinct 3.
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Elmendorf
K. J. Smith
F. F. Gortari
8. G. Tayloe
Fortyfifth District Court
Champe G. Carter
T. P. Dashiel
Recruits Pass Through San Antonio Amid War Rush
Two trains carrying army recruits moved through San Antonio at 6 am on Sunday on the Southern Pacific, en route to Douglas Arizona and Eagle Pass Texas. Recruits join Eleventh and Eighteenth Infantry to Douglas and Third, Thirtieth and Thirty-Sixth Infantry to Eagle Pass as wartime enlistment surges continue.
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Germany
San Antonio
Southern Pacific Railroad
New York
Douglas
Ariz
Eagle Pass
Tex
Southern Pacific
Railway Brotherhood Leaders Head to Fort Worth Meeting
Willis Howell and Joe Johnson of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen depart for Fort Worth to attend a three day Grand Union meeting. Howell, convention committee chair, notes plans for the 1919 San Antonio convention with talks on entertainment and a strong turnout.
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Willis Howell
Joe Johnson
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Fort Worth
Grand Union
Railroad Brotherhoods
Howell
San Antonio
Mr. Howell
Alamo City
Food Prices Rise Amid War Shock in San Antonio
Prices for flour jumped 50 cents per barrel to about 10.80, with corn oats bran and meal rising as well. Fresh vegetables including white potatoes reached 4.75 per hundredweight, while sugar and groceries also climbed in a startling fashion.
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San Antonio
North Loop meeting of San Antonio auto trade association
The San Antonio Automobile Trade Association will meet at noon Tuesday at the North Loop clubhouse with luncheon. Members with cars will assemble in front of the Elks Club at 12. Accessory men will be driven to the meeting. A report on Sunday closing, traffic regulations, and the new garage repair registration law will be heard.
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San Antonio Automobile Trade Association
San Antonio Automobile Club
North Loop
Elks’ Club
Women to Drive 100 Cars in Navy Recruiting Drive
Philadelphia women in an emergency aid campaign will pilot a fleet of one hundred motor cars to cities and towns within fifteen miles to boost navy recruiting. Over one hundred sailors from Philadelphia navy yard will assist in the effort.
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Philadelphia
Emergency Aid Committee
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Dutch Steamship Wills Reaches Newport News After Submarine Firing
The Dutch steamship Wills arrived in Newport News with 18 passengers. Its master said he was fired on near the British Isles by a German submarine, but when he identified as neutral the submarine permitted passage.
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Newport News
Wills
British Isles
Captain Whitaker III Confined by Pneumonia at Fort Sam Houston
Captain Robert Whiteaker commander of troop C Texas Cavry is confined to the base hospital at Fort Sam Houston by pneumonia. Although not out of danger he was resting easily Monday.
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Robert ©. Whiteaker
Texas Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
Pajama and lingerie sale in flesh and white tones
Advertisement highlights 48 pajama sets in flesh and navy blue bird patterns and a middy style coat priced around 1.48. Elaborately trimmed lingerie skirts in white and flesh decorate the sale from 98 to 3.98 dollars.
Camisoles in Crepe de Chine and Lace Trim
Lightweight garments in crepe de chine and jersey silk range from 98 cents to 3 dollars 98 cents. Prices cover simple hem styles to elaborately lac trimmed designs offered in this snapshot of a midcentury apparel page.
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Jersey
Troop C Recalled After Illness of Commanding Officer
Morning report notes Lt Col Merritte W. Ireland medical officer in command at the hospital. Captain Whiteaker's troop is recalled into federal service days after mustering out following illness after reporting to Camp Wilson. Troop C had just returned from ten months in the Big Bend border district.
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Merritte W. Ireland
Whiteaker
Camp Wilson
Big Bend Border District
Maccabees Women Pledge Aid for War Effort
Miss Emma A. Bower of Michigan told the Fort Worth district convention that fifty two thousand Maccabees women will pledge support to the United States war period. The group is classifying women by occupations as part of the effort.
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Fort Worth
Tex
The
Maccabees
United States
Emma A. Bower
Michigan
Order
Governor signs bill to fund Texas museum in land office
Governor Ferguson signed a measure dedicating the old general land office building to the Daughters of the Republic and the Texas division of the Daughters of the Confederacy as a state museum and archives project. The bill provides 10000 dollars for repair and remodeling of the structure.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
General Land Office
Daughters of the Republic
Texas
Daughters of the Confederacy
Southland
Tucker and Tucker-Sawyer plan concrete system plant
Would Establish Plant J. W. Tucker and Tucker-Sawyer Company patentees and owners of a new system of concrete construction conferred at the Chamber of Commerce Monday regarding a location for a demonstration plant. The aim is to establish in this city a branch to manufacture molds for the system. Tucker just came from Dallas where he set up an office and demonstration plant.
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J. W. Tucker
Tucker-Sawyer Company
Chamber of Commerce
Tucker
Dallas
Coppini Visits San Antonio to Model Texas Cowboy Statue
Sculptor Coppini, recently moved to Chicago, returns to San Antonio on a brief visit to gather color for a statue of Gus Noyes of Melvin Texas. The young cowboy will be depicted mounted on a high plateau in Concho County overlooking the plain. Noyes has purchased the site and the commission is progressing quickly.
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Pompeo, Coppini
San Antonio
Chicago
Gus Noyes
Melvin
Tex
Noyes
Copini
Plaeau
Concho County
Health official to address San Antonio survey plans
Dr W B Collins state health officer will visit San Antonio Tuesday to confer with the Chamber of Commerce health and sanitation committee on the sanitary survey planned for summer. Public welfare department chaired by Mors Stern oversees the work. He will lunch at the Travis Club at noon to present ideas and offer guidance on the survey and its expected outcomes.
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Collins
W. B. Colins
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce Health and Sanitation
San Antono
Public Welfare Department
Mors Stern
Travis Club
Durng
Voters urged to vote for School Citizens Ticket at City Market House
A political advertisement directs the voters of the 2nd Ward to cast ballots at City Market House and support the School Citizens Ticket in the upcoming election.
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Wsd
City Market House
Cildzens
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University of the Many
San Jacinto
Battle of Flowers
Englewood Baptists of
Uncle Sam
West Point Cadets
United States Military Academy
West
West Point
Brackenridge
Pew
Mrs. Ferguson
Austria
Evolfing
Mariford
Yren
San Javcino
Automobile Trade Association
Automobile Club
NAVY
Captain Whitaker III
Base Hospital
Coppini
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