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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1918
Page
8
Amsterdam reports a Friday Karlsruhe bombing by British airmen at 9 am. Three blasts caused damage to private dwellings. nine killed and six injured. Five attacking planes were destroyed, per a War Lloyd telegram from the Frankfurt Zeitung.
London reports that Ulster leader Sir Edward Carson blocks all Irish peace efforts. John Dillon authorized J P O'Connor to reply to President Wilson on Carson's role, alleging pro-German ties and a conspiratorial push against home rule. Stefansson, the Arctic explorer, is en route to Dawson from Fort Yukon after illness.
The ad pitches Calotabs as a superior calomel pill, claiming removal of unpleasant qualities. One tab at bedtime with water supposedly leaves laxer effects and a refreshed morning. promises no nausea, appetite restored, and freedom to eat and travel. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with druggist guarantee.
Reports from the front describe British advances as German fronts crumble under tank support. German officers concede the scale of defeat while British tanks buzz past suppression lines and protect infantry advances. Air and ground coordination cited as decisive, with drivers and signals praised for keeping the advance rolling.
British forces push along the southern wing toward Soissons as German resistance remains fierce. Advances across the 32 mile front extend eastward with thousands of prisoners and heavy losses reported, while the Hindenburg Line near Bullecourt remains a critical objective amid ongoing air and armor pressure.
Paris dispatches report British gains and expanding German divisions facing them since August. The Petit Journal cites 20,000 prisoners taken since Aug 21, while La Journal notes three new German divisions opposing the British and ongoing large German forces in the fighting since Aug 4.
Report from war correspondents notes that German forces anticipate evacuation of Belgium and northern France, with talks of withdrawing from Alsace Lorraine. Observers say current annexations and the Brest-Litovsk peace were miscalculations and warn that American forces have grown substantially and pose a major threat.
Brooklyn resident Mrs F Pratt reports severe displacement and two inflammatory attacks left her with no available medical help except surgery. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she fully recovered and urges other women to try the remedy before hospital operations. She invites inquiries to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice.
Captured noncommissioned officers blame recent German defeats on air service inefficiency and inexperience recruits. The text notes demoralization from seeing six new recruits, implying poor material and weak training. A medicinal ad for Grove's Chill Tonic claims to destroy malarial germs spread by mosquitoes.
Private Oley Haycraft of 219 Clountdlor Street, believed the first San Antonio volunteer for French service, was severely wounded August 21 in the right leg by a bursting shell. His father, a Light employee, received a War Department telegram confirming the injury. Haycraft had earlier faced repeated rejections before finally joining the National Guard and transferring to the Nineteenth Infantry, then volunteering for French service with the Rainbow division.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic now comes in tablet form alongside the familiar syrup. The tablets are labeled GROVE'S chill TONIC TABLETS and offer the same medicinal effects as the bottled syrup. Both forms are priced at 60 cents, serving travelers and tablet-preferring customers.
In Society notes, Monday events include the Nebraska Club gathering at the Hot Wells pavilion and a Pine Street Presbyterian Church meeting for young women. A Tuesday Equal Franchise Society session opens in Chandler Building Room 1, and a Flower Circle event takes place at Travis Park Methodist Church with Mrs I K Garrett. The Travis Club waives rules Thursday for a vaudeville and dance to aid hospital visitors funds for Fort Sam Houston and Kelly Field, with Colonel Geritt Van S. Quackenbush arranging the Kelly Field orchestra. A program feature is songs by Mrs Herbert Slayden Clarkson with royalties to the Red Cross. Tickets are at St Anthony, Gunter and Menger Hotels and Travis Club. parties include hosts Mr and Mrs Aston Frank and Mr and Mrs Dave Gottlieb. Mrs Kenneth Wimner and children journey to Missouri. Mrs Richard Walrath and Miss Virginia Walrath of Phanis join Brackenridge Park swimming party hosted by Mrs Thomas H Carrow. Notables include Miss Charlotte Kieffer, Ana Langer, Katherine Langer, Mary Nourse, Mary Yohn, Ryan Ann Mesdames Edward Langer, A Kieffer, Charles Brewster, Thomas H Carrow, and M Fohn. Swift & Company reports San Antonio beef sales for the week ending August 24 at 14.64 cents per pound.
Washington announces a ten day window for men aged 18 to 21 and 31 to 45 to register once the manpower bill enacts liability. Provost Crowder orders broad public information through newspapers posters ministers teachers and unions to reach about 13 million men nationwide. Reports from Camp Shelby note draft rifle training shows progress yet with limited success. Charcoal from coconut shells found to absorb as much as eighteen times more than wood-derived charcoal.
Colonel Joseph B. Girard died at 719 Carson Street Sunday morning after a year of illness. He was 71, former chief surgeon of the Southern Department, longtime San Antonio figure, and past president of the San Antonio Scientific Society. Survived by three daughters, services set for Monday at the family home with burial at Jefferson Barracks Missouri.
An advertisement argues that externally applied liniments offer only temporary relief for rheumatism and promotes S. S. S. as a blood remedy. It claims the remedy cleanses the blood and provides lasting help, offering a free book and medical advice from the Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta, Ga.
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