Colquitt to Appear First on Ballot in Runoff Primary
Oscar B. Colquitt's name was drawn first for the runoff ballot against Senator Charles A. Culberson set for August 26. The Democratic executive committee met to arrange costs, with plans to pay judges and clerks only for one day unless returns run past 8 PM, and to keep expenses as low as possible.
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Oscar B. Colquitt
Charles A. Culberson
Democratic Executive Committee
C. 8S. Fowler
Fowler
C. F. Russi Jr
Gray
Palmer Named Chief of Navigation in Navy
President Wilson designates Commander Leigh C. Palmer as chief of the bureau of navigation to succeed Rear Admiral Dewitt Coffman. The move signals a policy of advancing young officers with strong records to high billets, a trend started by George von L. Meyer. Palmer previously served as naval aide to former President Taft.
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Wilson
Leigh C. Palmer
Bureau of Navigation
Dewitt Coffman
Atlantic Fleet
Palmer
George von L. Meyer
Secretary of the Navy
Taft
Election cash row mars precinct hiring plan
Mr Fowler disclosed that several precincts have not been paid as counsel reviews the matter. A proposal suggested officers of election be hired for two dollars for the entire job, with friends of the two candidates likely to provide free representation.
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Wilson
Claude V. Birkhead
Colquitt
T. T Vews der Hoeven
Culberson
Charles B. Watters
Judge Birkhead
van derHoeven
O. B. Colquitt
Robert P. Coon
Birkhead
Fall of a Nation at Grand Opera House Delights Crowds
Thomas Dixon’s The Fall of a Nation draws two packed houses at the Grand Opera House for a twelve day run with daily matinees. The production features large battle scenes with faux 42 centimeter guns and a story of a congressman banker and an Italian family as Americans defend the nation with women leading the reclamation effort. Cast includes Percy Standing Lorraine Huling Arthur Shirley Paul Willis Flora Mac Donald Lelia Frost Phillip Gastrock among others with the Daughters of Jael in white uniforms adding to the spectacle.
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Thomas Dixon
Grand Opera House
United States
New York
Stars and Stripes
Far West
Percy Standing
Lorraine Huling
Arthur Shirley
Paul Willis
Flora MacDonald
Lelia Frost
Phillip Gastrock
Jael
Battle Cry of Peace returns to Princess in San Antonio
The Battle Cry of Peace resumes a three day run at the Princess Theater in San Antonio with familiar crowd interest. Produced by J Stuart Blackton and Albert E Smith of Vitagraph, it stars John Richman and Norma Tallmadge and features authentic battle scenes using U S Navy personnel and thousands of extras. The film aims at realism over sensationalism and depicts a New York bombardment. further acts include daily horse races and Kerrville fair aeroplane flights.
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San Antonio
Princess Theater
J. Stuart Blackton
Albert E. Smith
Vitagraph Company
John Richman
Norma Tallmadge
Europe
United States Navy
New York City
Tuesay
Couriers of Verdun Face Unthinkable Frontline Perils
Allied dispatches describe Verdun couriers as the lone lifeline across a blasted battlefield. They sprint from hole to hole under drum fire, dodging shells and gas as they carry orders between front lines and rear command posts for the 142d Infantry and 53rd Machine Gun Section guarding Fort Vaux.
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Associated Press
Paris
Verdun
Couriers of
Meles
Raynal
142D
Vaux
Courageous World War I Couriers Risked All for Message Duty
Volunteers from a large pool carried out dangerous courier missions behind front lines. Tales tell of a boy from 1916 eager to volunteer again, a messenger who collapsed from shell fragments yet reported his mission, and others who braved drum fire to deliver urgent envelopes. One courier pressed on after losing his paper and asked for a duplicate.
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Fumin Woods
Texas UT Launches Four Year Mechanical Engineering Course
The University of Texas announces a complete four year bachelor of science program in mechanical engineering for 1916 17. It covers machine design steam gas hydro mechanical heating refrigeration and manufacturing with labs in the Power building and new equipment including forging heat treatment and a six ton ammonia refrigeration system. The plan emphasizes theory and professional practice with Hal Weaver as chairman and faculty Fred Morris G M Merrill and R Manlove among the staff.
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Austin
Tex
School of Mechanical Engineering
University of Texas
Texas
Hal. Weaver
Fred Morris
G. M. Merrill
R. Manlove
Kerrville Fair Round Trip Bus Offer From San Antonio
A Kerrville fair special offers $1.25 round trip from San Antonio with service to run four days starting Tuesday August 15.
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Kerrville Fair
San Antonio
Kidney danger signals prompt use of Haarlem Oil Capsules
An old warning lists swollen extremities stiff joints and urinary trouble as kidney danger signs. It claims uric acid poisoning can cause dropsy or Bright's disease and urges buying Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a natural, non patent medicine remedy from reputable druggists.
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Bright
Haarlem
Quicksand that swallows ships at Columbia river mouths
At North Beach and Clatsop Sands near the Columbia river, ships are driven to ruin by shifting quicksands. The article recounts wrecks such as the Cairnsmore in 1883, failed salvage efforts with pontooning and pumps, the Solano in 1906, and the lightship rescue across the sand, noting persistent dangers and ingenious but often futile salvage attempts.
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Columbia River
North Beach
Clatsop Sands
Cairnsmore
Portland
London
Astoria
Solano
Oysterville
A. T. Stream
Willipa Harbor
Poets Turned to Springs for Profit
A Philadelphia Ledger quip notes Jinks once wrote poems about springs and starved. now he writes automobile springs at fixed prices, appearing prosperous. The joke pivots on a poet turned industrial supplier and his revenue from springs.
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Jinks
Epring
Philadelphia Ledger
Army Vehicles For Official Use Only
Army officers and civilian employees will lose private use of government cars and carriages under a new army appropriation rule. Vehicles must be painted War Department for Official Only, ending a common sight in Washington and at posts along the Texas border and nationwide. Congress has decreed the change, and enforcement follows.
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Washington, D. C
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Tis
War Department
Ofington
US States
Quartermaster’s Department
Congress of the
United States
Congress
SURE OF BIG CROPS IN VICTORIA AREA REPORTS
Secretary W. J. Edgecombe of the Texas Retail Merchant Association says farmers and merchants in Victoria and nearby counties expect large crops this fall. He notes corn and hay yields, new Yorktown water and sewer projects, improved roads, Rhodes grass for stock hay, and deep-root moisture access. A French experiment with crow wing model is mentioned.
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Victoria
Coumetry
Secsretary of Texas
W. J. Edgecombe
Edgecombe
Yorktown
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A. R. Atkinson
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Verdun Flak
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Texas University
Wolfson Way
Saul Wolfson
Manila
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