East Africa flying field signals progress in warfare aviation
Allied aviators push aerial navigation amid desert conditions in East Africa. British exploration of a 7000 foot high desert airspace promises safer cross country flights with ideal climate, while D Annunzio and Egyptian landings highlight rapid aviation advances during the war. The piece, however, shifts to personal discipline and mental essentials for success, urging focus, rest, diet, and avoidance of non essentials to achieve goals.
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D’annunzio
Vienna
Egypt
London
Great Britain
East Africa
Nature
Europe
The Non-Essentials and War Time Stripping to Victory
A wartime essay argues essentials vs non essentials define success by stripping to fighting trim. It compares a warship shedding unneeded gear to individuals simplifying life to win in any chosen endeavor. The piece frames personal failure as a lack of stripping down to essentials for victory.
San Antonio dogs and cats blamed for rabies spread
A rabies case from a deranged cat in Denver Heights prompts warnings about unlicensed pets in San Antonio. Two victims traveled to the Pasteur Institute while others fear further attacks as authorities reiterate licensing, tagging, and strict enforcement, urging citizens to report violent animals.
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Denver Heights
Austin
Pasteur Institute
San Antonio
Suc
Proposed shift in animal control to humane officer
A proposal outlines moving licensing and policing of all domesticated animals from police authorities to a special humane officer or designated officials who would be accountable for results. The plan emphasizes oversight and clear responsibility for enforcement outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northwestern
Airplanes for Explorers and the Future of Flight
The article discusses postwar uses for aircraft, arguing exploration and aerial photography offer vast scientific gains. It highlights war innovations in cameras as crucial for verification of discoveries, contrasts military and commercial uses, and notes broader societal impacts like coal, money in circulation, and a wartime poetry excerpt.
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Germany
League of Nations
Wilson Land
Tennyson
Roosevelt
South America
Crocker Land
Our Men on Crowded Troop Ships in Western France
An AP correspondent details 14 transports bringing 3,000 American troops to France, crowded decks and standees, clean conditions, and good rations with real butter. Depth charges and anti submarine measures were prepared. officers note many farmer boys eager for front. Airplane sections debark, signaling America’s rising role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Gener
America
The Burke Sisters at the Royal Theater Vaudeville Show
The Burke Sisters headline a classy vaudeville bill at the Royal Theater with singing and dancing acts plus Mavi gol Gayne and the Megakos. Other features include An Heir for a Night and Opportunity with Viola Dana, along with a strong Princess Theater program of comedy singing and dancing.
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Burke Sisters
the Royal
Royal Theater
Mavigol Gayne
Megakos
Boris Chalner
de Ross Sisters
Viola Dana
The
Princess
Princess Theater
Llewellyn and
Stanley
Wosetta
Rutan
Film Attractions "Today" at the Grand
The Grand offers the final showing of the screen version of the stage hit Today by George Trondhurst. Viewers who missed two days’ run can still see it today before a new bill arrives tomorrow featuring Charlie Chaplin and William Hare in a double attraction.
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George Trondhurst
Phose
Poday
Charlie Chaplain
Wiliam &. Hare
American physician fights typhus amid Hun doctors cringing
Associated Press reports in Paris that typhus rages in German-occupied Roumania, killing many poor peasants. Dr Breckinridge Bayne of Washington, the lone American physician aiding villagers, bravely treated patients despite German authorities and danger. He earned Roumanian honors and even recognition from General Mackensen.
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Associated Press
Paris
Roumania
Herbert Meyer
Charles J. Vopicka
Jassy
Austria
Switzerland
Mayer
Breckinridge Bayne
Washington, D. C
Bucharest
United States
Wallachia
Bayne
Mackensen
Nobles Host Nurses At Fort Sam Houston Event
The Nobles of the Alasfac Temple Shriners entertained nurses from Fort Sam Houston and Camp Travis Friday evening at the Y M C A Building No 78 with talks by Lt C A Tolley Dr A R Best and Miss C Giken songs by the Nellyfield Sextet and music by the Nineteenth Infantry band The program closed with the Star Spangled Banner Refreshments were served.
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Alasfac Temple
Mystic Shrine
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Young Men's Christian Association
Shriners
Nat M. Washer
Lient
C. A. Tolley
A. R. Best
Sioux Falls
Iowa
Y. M. CA
C. Giken
Camp Travis Base Hospital
A Whimsical Snapshot Of Prose And Puns From A Past Era
A mashup of quips on circus parades, gasps at fashion, and wartime jests. It mocks old sayings, notes a German embassy in Russia, and lampoons local politicians. The piece blends humor about marriage, hats, and weather with light political satire and playful wordplay from a bygone column.
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Foch
Tre Liir
Treasury
Washington Star
Flanders
Charles Mullord
Tobinton
Dr. Bayne
Nurious
Russia
Pskoff
Psk
Papa Wilhelm
G& Se Haig
Wilhelm
New York Sun
Johnny
War
Texas
Kansas
Me Zi
By Briggs
Bilt
Hankoya
Doc's
Dew Tue Kaiser
the Tribune ‘Assoc
New York Tribune
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