Enrolled Officers for Reserve Training Grow in Texas
The Southern Department push to recruit officers for the Officers Reserve Corps gathers steam. In two days 509 certified applications. Texas contributes 325 with Dallas leading at 51, Austin 45, and 29 San Antonians. Enrollment aims for 2500 at Leon Springs and 2500 at Fort Logan H. Root by May, needing about four hundred new certifications daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Dallas
Austin
Leon Springs
Fort Logan
H. Root
Black Cat Hoodoo Blamed For Arrest In Night Burglary Ring
Three teenagers aged 17 to 19 were arrested by Detectives Bradley and White after confessing to a four‑establishment break‑in spree. They described a midnight cat omen that supposedly spurred their actions and detailed entries from a motorcycle shop barber shop Palace drug store and a shoe shining stand on East Commerce and Water Streets.
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Bradley
White
Frank Flowers
LAX FOS Digestive Liquid Advertises Palatable Taste
An old advertisement touts LAX FOS as a digestive laxative and liver tonic that blends strength with a pleasant aroma. It claims no stomach upset or griping and lists a price of 50 cents.
Fire Destroys Vacant House and Damages Neighbors
A Friday morning fire destroyed a vacant frame house at 843 Vera Cruz Street valued at 500 dollars, owned by M. Lucio. The flames spread to 845 Vera Cruz Street owned by T. Gavars causing 30 dollars in damage. A second blaze at 519 San Pedro Avenue in J. Lozano’s kitchen caused 25 dollars in damage when attempting to fill a gasoline stove tank while a burner was lit, with no injuries.
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Vera Cruz Street
M. Lucio
T. Gavars
J.S. Lozano
San Pedro Avenue
Big sale of shirts targets women shoppers
Tomorrow and Monday on the Sales Square Street Floor more than 2000 spring shirts in four groups will be offered. Coat style shirts in Harmony percal es and Pongee Mercerized cloths, all fast color and sized with all sleeve lengths, priced at 83c each, with the same quality as $1.25 shirts.
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Joske
War Relief Fund Clearing House Details Aid to France and Belgium
A letter from Paris dated March 24 1917 describes the American Relief Clearing House coordinating with Secours National to distribute 75 000 francs for distress in liberated districts. It notes 12 000 people in Noyon lacking basics and urges further contributions to Mrs Whitney Warren in New York, with receipts provided.
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Europe
American Relief Clearing House
Secours National
Whitney Warren
East Fortyseventh Street
New York City
Paris
Warren
Comite Central Deg Secours Americains
Rue Francois Ler
East Forty-seventh Street
Morgan
Somme
Camion
Noyon
Mme, Carrel
Warelles
H. O. Beatty
New York
Lemon Lotion for Soft Smooth Skin
A vintage beauty tip urges women to mix two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to make a quarter pint skin lotion. Strain the juice, combine, and keep refrigerated for months to brighten the face neck arms and hands. Daily massage promises whitening softening and a rosy glow.
Thieves Strike Peterson Home Again and More Thefts
Fifteen days after a burglary at Joe Peterson's 1007 North Camal Street thieves return to take groceries and canned goods. Mrs F Douglas reports a white satin dress worth 125 dollars stolen from a theater dressing room. E Stevenson reports four drill bits a pistol and a chauffeur's card stolen. Clem Motor Company notes a small radiator missing. F T Pierce's car loses an inner tube and gloves. Mrs James Anderson's East End home reports twenty chickens stolen.
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Joe Peterson
North Camal Street
Enlisting Recruits in Stenography School
Recruits are being registered for a stenography and typewriting course planned by Mrs. John H. Vaughan to train women to replace men in army stenography. Miss Cox of the YWCA handles registrations through May 1, with nine weeks of free instruction plus a small book fee.
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John H. Vaughan
Miss Cox
Young Woman's Christian Association
Zemo Promises Quick Relief for Skin Ailments
The ad touts Zemo as a fast acting remedy for eczema blotches ringworm and rashes. Sold at drug stores for 25 cents or one dollar for a large bottle it claims to soothe heal and dissipate skin troubles without greasiness. FE F Rose Co Cleveland Ohio sponsors the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hessig - Ellis Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
FE. W. Rose Co
Cleveland
Lawyer’s Bold Claim in Trial Court
Fragmentary line shows a lawyer challenging opponents by declaring he will swear to know more than all of them combined. The snippet implies a courtroom confrontation centered on knowledge or competence. Louis Republ appears as part of a near unreadable source.
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Louis Republ
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Lawrence J. Fleming
War Department
Adjutant General of
Army
Fleming
Reserve Corps
Robert E. Vinson
University of Texas
General Pershing
Washington
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Boswell
America
Oban
Summer’s Drug Store
All Good Drug Stores
Q-Ban Laboratories
Memphis, Tenn
Southern Pacific
California
Northwest
Apache Trail
Arizona
Nature
Gunter Hotel
Black Cat
Burns
Tex
WAR Relief Fund
Landa’s Park
New Braunfels
St. Louis
Chicago
San Antonio
J. W. King
D. F
P.A
Bynum, C. PP
T. A
Kerrville
Boerne
Othr
Guadalupe River
Aransas Pass
Superior
C. E. Haynes
City Ticket Agt
Houston St
For
Katy Hyer
Navy
City Ticket Office
East Houston St
Tyle
Ager
Grileman
G. Heileman Brewing Company
la Crosse, Wis
Trousdale & Bunting Distributors
Medina and
Matamoras Sts
Crockett
Phone Crockett
SAN Antonio Printing Company
Burns’ Drug Store
Houston
Navano Sts
Phone Crockett 90
Dyuer
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