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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 12, 1918

Page

5

San Antonio to urge noon whistles and prayers daily

Mayor Bell will present to the city council a plan to proclaim a citywide motive urging factories and churches to whistle and ring bells for one minute at noon each day. Citizens would stand at attention and recite a prayer for Allied armies. The Women’s Committee of the Council of National Defense leads the effort with Miss Delavala as chair and members including Mrs. Solon Stewart Mrs. J F Kingsley Mrs Lena McAllister Mrs W A Coleman and Mrs Hf Mulliken.

San Antonio Delavala Solon Stewart J. F. Kingsley Lena .McAllister W. A. Coleman Hf. S. Mulliken

Joint County Institute Opens September with Noted Speakers

The Joint County Institute for Southwest Texas teachers opens September 2 at George W. Brackenridge High School, San Antonio. Superintendent W J Doughty and speakers such as Dr Richard Burton and Dr Charles Judd headline a program featuring twenty one counties and twenty two cities.

Joint County Institute For the Teachers of Southwest Texas Charles S. Meek San Antonio George W.W. Brackenridge Richard Burton University of Minnesota Charles H. Judd Department of Education University of Chicago Florence Bamburger John Hopkins University Rachel Gregg Girls’ Normal School Parkersburg Virginia IF. D. Putnam Fort Worth Emma Pirie San Antonio Public Schools Lulu Griesenbeck C.J. Brown State Department of Louisiana W. J. Doughty Wuickerbockers Richard Barton Manera Charles H. Dudd New England Dr. Burton Burton Eburope Judd Ir. Judd Linero Jursday Shaw Keula Judds

Counties and Cities Express Intent to Participate

A list of counties and cities including Uvalde Dimmit Karnes Kerr Vallejo and San Antonio area towns announces their desire to participate. Participating locales include Uvalde Yevine Pleasanton Beeville Bandera New Braunfels Carrizo Springs Pearsall Fredericksburg Karnes City Kennedy Boerne Kerrville Center Point Cotulla Hondo Floresville Crystal City and Del Rio.

Adolph Stein Dimmit Z. O. Ronse Frio Cook Gillespie A. J. Kneese Karnes Lightsey Kendall Dw. Lawdon Kerr Lee Wallace LaSalle G. A Wellhausen Medina W. N. Santnoi McMullen Martin Uvalde Julia Victor Valverde Missy Josephine Jones Vilca SO. Swifts Zavala C. A

Schoberlee & Brewing to Dismantle Ice Plant for Sale

The Schoberlee & Brewing Co. on Josephine Street will dismantle its plant and sell ice making machines, boilers, bottling equipment, storage tanks, steam pumps, and other appliances. For prices and details contact P. O. Box 871 or call Travis 592.

Schoberlee & Brewing Co Josephine Street P. O. Box Travis

Soldiers in San Antonio seek home contact across states

Home Folks column invites servicemen stationed in San Antonio to publish names and cities they want to hear from. Readers list neighbors from Indiana Illinois Ohio Iowa and beyond, with many hoping to meet or exchange messages, including requests for specific towns and communities across the U S. The column notes Nebraska and Ohio clubs will meet, and urges servicemen to send name and address for future notices.

Oregon Hood River Ore Topeka Kon Pittsburg Gtal Nebaaska Nebraska Club Hot Wells Park Ohio Boys Ohio Society Kuechler Park San Antonio Springfield Mass Ottumwa Iowa Rainmont Clarkburg Morgantown West Virginia Newburg Ben Brooke Coma Steubenville Ohio Berke

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