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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1916

Page

7

Bakers Advocate Industrial Co operation and price rise

Jay Burns president of the National Association of Master Bakers told the Salt Lake City convention that housewives will pay more for bread as bakers push for industrial preparedness and co operation. He cited rising costs from 1900 to 1915 and urged a public publicity bureau to explain the cost of bread and labor reforms.

Salt Lake City Utah Jay Burns National Association of Masterkers Burns

War Picture Showing At Camp Wilson Tonight

Six reels of German war pictures will be shown Tuesday night at Camp Wilson in tent No. 4 of the Y M C A. Corporal Patterson of the Chicago Tribune secured the footage. Captain J Reilly of Battery E First Illinois Field Artillery, a Chicago Tribune war correspondent, will lecture and explain the films. H T Beaver, student secretary for the northwest, oversees the Y M C A tent. It marks Camp Wilson’s first moving pictures presentation.

Camp Wilson Patterson Chicago Tribune J. Reilly First Illinois Field Artillery H. T. Beaver Northwest

Niagara power works shielded by barbwire entanglements

A force of men labors in Queen Victoria Park to defend Niagara Falls power works from possible attack by wartime adversaries. The barrier mirrors trench defenses and protects munition plants relying on the site's motive power.

Niagara Falls Ont Queen Victoria Park Great Britain

Reason Enough Oh Please Miss Jeanne

A flirtatious exchange unfolds as a youth pleads to avoid the title Mr Durand. He finally reveals his name is Du Pont, prompting coy dialogue about their brief acquaintance.

Jeanne Mr. Durand du Pont

China Group Formed in Congress to Touch Chinese Affairs

A meeting in Washington to form a China group of senators and representatives aimed at keeping close touch with Chinese affairs. The circle seeks to preserve China's integrity and influence actions on open door policy and Chinese independence amid international concerns.

Washington, D. C Chicago China Peking

European parliament groups promote private friendship plan

Chinese scholar Hain Jou Kia organized the groups in European parliaments and is promoting the movement locally, declaring the plan aims to be private friendship and not interfere with any country's diplomacy.

Hain-Jou-Kia

Good Roads Congress Moves to San Antonio

The Texas Good Roads Congress switching from Medina Lake to San Antonio due to poor road conditions. Secretary D E Colp reports a Saturday inspection found the roads nearly impassable. Delegates will enjoy city venues like Lambert Beach Brackenridge Park and nearby sites with about 2000 attendees expected.

Texas Good Roads Congress Medina Lake San Antonio D. E. Colp Texas Good Roads Association Congress Medina Dam Colp Lambert Beach Brackenridge Park Missions Ostrich Farm Army Post Camp Wilson

New York Central daily outlay and long term improvements

Knickerbocker Press reports the New York Central spends 760 000 daily, with 251 000 for wages, 255 000 for materials, 115 000 for interest, 39 000 for taxes, plus a 110 000 daily average for permanent improvements over fifteen years totaling over 600 million. The piece argues railroads need public support and fair treatment to expand and maintain facilities.

New York Central Railroad Knickerbocker Press Central New York Central

Assembly Offers Prize for Safe Tobacco Peat Destruction

The Philippine assembly has posted a substantial prize for a method to destroy tobacco peat without injuring the tobacco. The notice invites inventions and promises rewards for a safe, effective solution.

Philippine Assembly

Immunes Donate Blood to Aid Epidemic Serum

New York workers report twelve recovered polio patients offered blood for serum production. Two donors yielded enough blood to treat nine cases. Health Commissioner Haven Emerson urged further physician and public cooperation to maximize serum collection as forty patients already benefited.

New York Haven Emerson

Prize for infantile paralysis cure offered by Crane

Richard T. Crane Jr of Chicago pledged 25000 dollars to the physician who proposes the best cure or preventative for infantile paralysis within a year. An English inventor touts a night message pickup device for aviators using grapnels and lines. In Duluth Superior, 300 dock laborers affiliated with the I W W struck to paralyze lake shipping to aid Mesaba range miners.

Richard T. Crane Jr Chicago Mitchel Superior Duluth Minn Mesaba Range Uis Melis Melis

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