Militia Era Camp Wilson Courier Service Shaped By The Light
The Light organized a mobile delivery corps to keep Camp Wilson militiamen informed, reaching about 2000 subscribers. Cars ferried newspapers between San Antonio, Leon Springs, and New Braunfels while troops received timely updates mirroring city subscribers. Leaders praised the paper for militia coverage. drivers also collected subscriptions and maintained routes through camp and park stops.
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San Antonio
Camp Wilson
The
Light
the Light
Jack Foster
Illinois
Foster
Leon Springs
Landa's Park
New Braunfels
H. Halkyer
George Westmeyer
New Braunfels-Seguin
Ciane Waggener
Wisconsin
William Ford
John Shook
Illinois Battery
Fred Tarrant
Frank Groesbeck
Archie Helland
Wallace Steele
Fourth Illinois and Units Named in Soldier List
Kingsley Brown of Illinois, John Davis of Fourth Illinois, and Dwight Bourn of Second Wisconsin are listed alongside members from the Sixteenth Cavalry and Seventh Field Artillery in a compiled roster. The entry names ranks and affiliations among patriotic units.
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Linois
Kingsley Brown
Illinois
John Davis
Sixteenth Cavalry
Seventh Field Artillery
Dwight Bourn
Wisconsin
Relics Destroyed at Smyrna Museum Station
The Turkish war department says British warships destroyed the Berlin museums station near Smyrna built to house ancient Greek art treasures. The Apollo Temple ruins area, offshore from Didyma near Samos, hosted excavations led by German scientists. English cruisers shelled the building, turning it to ruins. the director and staff escaped with few books and diaries.
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Berlin
Turkish War Department
Smyrna
Didyma
Samos
Investigation of shark invasion near Atlantic coast
Washington August 5 The United States government treats the shark visitation as serious and has ordered a thorough study by the United States Fish Commission under Secretary Redfield. Theories blame the hurricane for driving smaller forage fish northward, attracting sharks toward northern beaches, with Gulf Stream shifts possibly guiding them to Jersey shores.
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Washington, D. C
Atlantic
United States
Commerce Redfield
United States Fish Commission
Carribean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Washington
Jersey
Therr
Fish Commission
London seeks single commercial language for schools
The Court of Common Council referred a resolution to a committee proposing one language be recognized as the commercial language and taught in all schools to reflect alliance trade arrangements.
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London
Court of Common Council
Dodson's Liver Tone Beats Calomel for Liver Health
A vintage consumer ad warns calomel dangers causing cramps and sickness. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a 60 cent vegetable substitute that starts the liver safely, does not salivate, and leaves you feeling great, even suitable for children.
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Dodson
Calomel
Belgian armored cars aid Russian front advance at Tarnopol Lemberg
A Russell Slovo correspondent reports Belgian armored cars built in Paris under Major Semet have aided the Brusilov offensive on the Tarnopol to Lemberg front since January. Five cars engaged Austrian machine guns and trenches while Russian infantry advanced. one car was damaged and a soldier named De Becker was killed while tying the crippled vehicle to another.
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Petrograd
Russkoe Slovo
Paris
Western
France
Russia
Semet
Brussiloff
Tarnopol
Lemberg
Zebroff
de Becker
Belgium
Netherlands Discovers 32 Floating Mines Off Coast
HAGUE Aug 5 The Dutch ministry of marine reports that from June 25 to July 15 thirty two large mines were picked up on the coasts of Holland. Seventeen were English, eleven German, and four of unknown origin.
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Hague
Dutch Ministry of Marine
Holland
Persian jeweler gifts gem to Emperor William
Mehdi Gassan, a renowned Persian jeweler and artist living in Vienna, presented a carved precious stone to Emperor William as thanks from Persians and Mohammedans. The Emperor replied with a personal letter and sent a stick pin in diamonds bearing his initials. The pin value is described as a small fortune.
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Kaiser
Berlin
Mehdi Gassan
Vienna
William
Per
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Smith
Wolff & Marx Co
Redfield
Chlomel
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Joske
New York
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Harold Bell Wright
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San Antonio Gas É Electric Co
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