Life and travel notices from Stockholm to Helsingfors amid war
American Consul Haynes-Sfors reports the mood as terrible in the past, bearable now, with an uncertain future. Bolshevik minister Orloffsky offers passports to authorized Americans for Russia but will not visa French or British passports. The Narvik route to Petrograd takes eighteen days at high cost. Finnish Minister Grippenberg says prisoner releases to the Aland Islands are proceeding. Prof Henry Emery is to be freed from Dantzig and may depart Germany.
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Stockholm
Helsingfors
Haynes Sfors
Ister
Russia
Narvik
Petrograd
Morris
Grippenberg
Berlin
Aland Islands
Henry Crosby Emery
Dantzig
Germany
High Opinion of Son-in-Law In Law Gossip
A Boston Transcript line notes a humorous exchange about a son-in-law who gambles again and is said to have lost his senses. The mother quips about the notion that the stakes were small, reflecting light domestic gossip.
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Archie
Boston Transcript
Thrift Stamp Quota Urges San Antonio Residents
In Bexar County every man woman and child is urged to buy 20 dollars in Thrift and War Savings Stamps by year end to meet a 3,640,000 dollar county quota. Local leaders report average per capita purchases at about 1.60 with efforts expanding through schools churches and mothers clubs across San Antonio and rural districts.
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San Antonio
J. T. Smith
Bexar County
D. W. Hume
Treasury Department
Washington
T. N. Callahan
Wolfson Store
Claude Carter
O. M. Farnsworth
Logan
J. R. Davis
Majestic Vaudeville Ends With Divided Honors
The Majestic Theater closes its vaudeville with three headline acts led by Sam Mann and company and Willie Weston in a fresh comedic musical act. George Lovett with Mme Zenda and Jazz Band share second billing performing Lovett's Concentration mixing science music and comedy. Other acts include Jim and Betty Morgan Catherine Powell Adele Barlowe and Deeric and Pete and his Pals. a varied and well balanced bill.
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Majestic
Majestic Theater
Sam Mann
Willie Weston
George Lovett
Mme
Zenda
Jim
Betty Morgan
Catherine Powell
Adele
Barlowe
Deeric
Pete
Cowboy Singer at the Royal Theater Review
The Royal Theater week wraps with THT Pruitt Montana cowboy and a lively bill. The Court Room Girls features a chorus of pretty singers with Milliken Francis and Broske. Courtroom spoof, Snow sense act, Burrad Lynn dancing, A Business Proposal, and the feature film The Claim with Edith Storey.
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the Royal
Royal Theater
Tht
Pruitt
Montana
Court Room Girls
Robert Milliken
Ruth Francis
Herbert Broske
May and Billy Earle Star At Princess Theater
May and Billy Earle headline at the Princess Theater this week with a clever comedy skit titled love Me Love My Dog. The bill includes Six International Tourists a travesty on tramp life and Althoff Sisters with singing and piano, Fisher's irens entertaining for all ages, and a feature photoplay Wum-
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May
Billy Earle
Princess
Billy Marle
Princess Theater
Althoff
Fisher
Irens
The Honor System and The Toner System at the Grand
Drum Brown stars Henry J. Walthall in a human melodrama set at the Grand today. The gripping Mexican border drama portrays virtue against graft with rare humaneness, described as the greatest human story ever told.
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Wolum Lox
Arizon
Mexican
Laxative product for young children advertised in 1918 notice
An advertisement promotes LAX-FOL WITH PEPSIN as a gentle liquid digestive laxative for a child aged two or three, claiming no griping and ease on the stomach. The notice from T A Coleman, Collector at Port of San Antonio, also warns of a public sale of seized goods at the Customs House on May 23, 1978 if claims are not filed within twenty days.
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Office of Collector of Customs
Port of
San Antonio
Texas
Laredo
Customs House
T. A. Coleman
Doctor Arrested Over Seditious Literature
Corpus Christi, April 20. Doctor George L. Shirrn, osteopath, was arrested on DOJ charges of circulating seditious literature and released on 500 bond while awaiting hearing. He allegedly led Russell Bible Students in the region. A garbled excerpt of an unrelated comic tale follows.
How much should each person subscribe to Liberty Loan
Seward Prosser of Bankers Trust Co proposes a rule based on income to guide Liberty Loan subscriptions. He estimates national needs at fifteen billion dollars in the year with distributions across taxes corporations and banks, leaving individuals to contribute according to their means. For a $2000 yearly income a family should give about $270, for $1000 about $1120, for $10,000 about $4900, and for $20,000 about $9000, adjusting for personal taxes.
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Seward Prosser
Bankers’ Trust Company of
New York
Cailing
Meder
Thompson Kills Wife and Self in Fort Worth Tragedy
Fort Worth Texas April 26 Carl Thompson an athlete and life silver shot and killed his wife aged 22 then killed himself with a pistol in a city grocery store residence area. Domestic troubles are said to be the cause of the double tragedy.
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Thompson
Fort Worth
Tex
Carl Thompson
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