Patriot Day Parade in Sinton Texas Hon ors County Citizens
San Patricio County residents joined a patriotic parade in three divisions led by Grand Marshal W. T. Deopker. The event featured an American flag carried by schoolgirls, veterans groups, and a joint Union Confederate march. Judge M. A. Childers hosted, speakers included W. F. Haisley and J. Wheeler, flag ceremony atop the courthouse followed. A home guard unit of 75 men enrolled to drill Mondays and Fridays, with C Vermillion as captain and D O Davis, W T Deopker as lieutenants.
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Sinton
Tex
San Patricio County
Texas
W. T. Deopker
Roger McGloin
Daughters of the Confederacy
Marshall D. E. Goodwin
Woodman Circle
America
M. A. Childers
W. F. Haisley
Linton
John Wheeler
Aransas Pass
Roy Miller
Corpus Christi
Poison Blood Remedy Promises Hope for Generations
The advertisement touts S. S. S. as a vegetable blood purifier against inherited blood taints like scrofula, claiming quick action and decades of use. It invites readers to obtain it at drug stores and to seek free medical advice from a chief adviser, writing to Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Georgia.
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S. S
Swift Specific Co
Swift Laboratory
Atlanta, Ga
San Antonio Women Go 10 Tournament
Mrs. J. H. Lapham, state champion, leads eight San Antonio women on a four day Houston Country Club golf tournament starting Tuesday. The group, including Mrs. W. B. Russ and others, will defend the title while also entering a mixed foursome before returning Sunday. Lapham recently set a San Antonio Country Club women’s course record of 81. Ministers in Galveston urge Congress to ban using grains or fruits for liquor during wartime, aligning with Wilson’s food conservation program.
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J. H. Lapham
San Antonio
Houston
Houston Country Club
Lapham
W. B. Russ
F. M. Lewis
J. H. Burleson
Lee Ransom
Edward Carruth
Emma Reed
Earl Gafford
Galveston
Tex
Galveston Ministerial Association
Congress
Wilson
He What another new dress in war times
A witty London Opinion quip on household finances during wartime, contrasting a wife’s demand for a new dress with a husband’s burden to pay, framed as a humor piece about budgeting in hard times.
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London
Timely Thoughts Quote by Herbert Spencer
A compact cultural reflection comes from Herbert Spencer noting that culture regardless of its kind must assume the form of tasks, underscoring action-based thinking shaping society and ideas.
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Herbert Spencer
Pershing seeks college volunteers to train ROTC officers
General Pershing writes to presidents of 29 colleges in the Deep South and Southwest asking qualified seniors and others to graduate so they may join three month camps beginning May 8 to form an officer reserve corps. Camps will be at Leon Springs Texas Presidio San Francisco and near Little Rock. The plan aims to create a trained corps to lead a citizen army of 500,000 with the first ten thousand officers selected from attendees.
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General Pershing
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Louisiana
New Mexico
Arizona
Mississippi
Leon Springs
Tex
Little Rock
Ark
Presidio
San Francisco
War Department
Reserve Corps
Secretary of War
Mey
Army
Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas
College Station
Arkansas College
Batesville
Arkansas Cumberland College
Clarksville
Austin College
Sherman
Baylor University
Waco
Daniel Baker College
Brownwood
Henderson Brown College
Arkadelphia
Hendrix College
Conway
War Department sets camps to train reserve officers
The Southern Department moves to open civilian training camps by May 8 with 2500 students per camp at New Mexico Albuquerque Oklahoma Norman and Texas Austin. Over 3000 letters went to papers and individuals outlining requirements and joining procedures. Leon Springs site work began to ensure completion before May 8.
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Southern Department
Reserve Corps
Leon Springs
Chartermaster Corps
Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade
General Pershing
Bor
Remedy for Catarrhal Deafness and Head Noises
A home remedy advises using Parmint double strength mixed with hot water and sugar to relieve catarrhal deafness and head noises. Dissolve one ounce of Parmint in eleven pints of hot water with four ounces of sugar, drink one tablespoonful four times daily. Relieves nasal congestion and reduces mucus drainage, is inexpensive and pleasant to take.
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Wrigley’s
Asis
Wrigleys
C. Vermillion
D. O. Davis
Texas Refining CO
Heoeave
Pershing
Imi
Wolfson’s
Saul Woltson
Der
Boston Transcript
Pittsburg
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Bostem ‘Transcript
Kodaks
Alamo Plaza
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