Dallas Mayor Coming Inspect Bat Roost in San Antonio
Dallas mayor Tawther and city officials, accompanied by the city attorney and board of health, are due in San Antonio at 4 Friday afternoon to inspect the municipal bat roost and review city improvements. They will tour the city from the Gunter Hotel and discuss health laws with local officials. Dallas plans bat roosts similar to those already in San Antonio.
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Tawther
Dallas
Board of Health
Citit
San Antonio
Aso
Gunter Hotel
Hell
Rotary Glue Many Fear Service Told To Young Men
At the St. Anthony Hotel Rotarians heard Maj Russ and Dr. J A Thompson on selective service work. Russ stressed draft machinery as a local board aid and urged public education for rural families about the draft. Thompson read General Crowder’s report and traced the draft system’s history, stressing health and fitness outcomes for recruits.
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St. Anthony
J. A. Thompson
Maj
W. B. Russ
Major Russ
Russ
Sam
Charles Allen
Thompson
General Crowder
Camp Travis
Holbrook
Herbert Wall
Sprague
Road Contract Let on Fredericksburg Road Project
Contract awarded to Chinpin Colghizier Construction Co at 66 cents per square yard for Fredericksburg Road treatment from Cincinnati Avenue to Zarramora Street with rock asphalt top. Road to be eighteen feet wide and one inch thick, three year maintenance guarantee. Court abeyance on other bids for North Mieres Street to Cincinnati Avenue section and for New Sulphur Springs segment. new bids to be sought. Labor Day parade invitation accepted. A novel motion picture camera records portraits, mounted in book form, simulating motion as pages turn rapidly.
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Chinpin Colghizier Construction Company
Fredericksburg Road
Cincinnati Avenue
Zarramora Street
County Commissioners’ Court
Mieres Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Gonzales
Lieutenant Loftus Killed at Nogales Ordered to Camp Travis
Lieut. W. L. Loftus of Laredo died of wounds from the Nogales skirmish in Arizona. He had been attached to the last battalion of the infantry slated to leave Nogales for Camp Travis. Loftus, a Jaredo High School graduate and former student at A&M, died Thursday morning at the Nogales base hospital. Survived by brothers Wesley and George, sisters Ruth and Esther, and other relatives in Laredo and San Antonio. His death was confirmed at Southern Department headquarters as his family rushed to his bedside.
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Nogales
Arizona
Coth
Camp Travis
26Th Infantry
35Th
Loftus
Southern Department
John Loftus
San Anitonio
Salinas Street
Lieutenant Loftus
Taieutenant Loftus
Wesley Loftus
Rowena Loftus
Tyler
Tex
George
Ruth
Esther
M. M. Loftus
M.C. van Eman
J. Hanan
G. W. Loftus
San Antonio
Jaredo
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Leon Springs
Arcadia Beauty Sale List Features Various Toiletries
Longs Face Cream and Arcadia cosmetics appear with sale prices including 39c for a large face cream jar, 9c for 1-lb talcum cans, 10c soap cakes, 50c shampoos, 50c powder, and 69c for 75c toilet water in assorted odors. Note: prices and items reflect a wartime era catalog style from a local newspaper snippet.
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Wee Arcadia
Agitators Embarrass Allies at Vladivostok
Special report from Vladivostok details agitators stirring sympathy for a browbeaten population while American troops manage dock strikes and rail delays. The piece notes spies among locals, calls for martial law, and argues for using American experts to speed up rail operations amid drastic declines in train production and engine readiness.
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Tondon Times
San Antonio
Philadepig Public Ledger
Public Ledger
Marbin
Ant Vladivostok
Vladivostok
Siberian
Martin’ Law
Spesding
14th Cavalry Wins Big Field Meet at Polo Grounds
Fort Sam Houston held its high monthly field meet at the Polo Grounds with all units participating. The 14th Cavalry won with 26 points, while 30th Shops claimed 15 and 3rd Infantry had 32, in a well run program ending with General Ryan’s praise and urging officers to apply athletic discipline to warfare.
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Polo Grounds
J. We. Nicks
Fort
Indy
Ryan
Cantry
14Th Cavalry
Kimbrey
74Th Cavalry
Tondretti
11Th Cavalry
Davis
Post Corral
Red Infantry
Solid color fabrics sale in assorted colors
36 to 44 inch solid color sheet organdies and solid color chiffon veailes offered in Alice blue roseda green pink light blue old rose black gray cardinal maroon and more. Prices to 0c today and until 1 o'clock Saturday at 19c.
Lawn tennis stars to shine at meet here Saturday
Army camp stars enter the armed state tennis tournament at the San Antonio Vomitry Club starting 9 am Saturday. The singles and doubles championship runs over three days with Dr. Donald A. Penick as referee. Proceeds go to the Red Cross. Twenty five entries include Brush and Dread from Kelly Field and Wilgard of England.
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San Antonio
Donald A. Penick
Texas Lawn Sennis Association
Red Cross
Brush
Dread
Kelly Field
Church
Jolson
Dillas
Teain
Independents Day
California
Broad
Texas
Wilgard
Army Y. M. G. A
Roas
Tligabeth
N. J
Zimmerman
Fort Sam Toustan
Aviathon
Ataten
Delegates to Meet for State Convention in Waco
A Bexar County delegation meeting set for 1 o clock Saturday at the Gunter Hotel seeks to decide attendance for the Democratic state convention in Waco on September 2. Delegates favor submitting a constitutional amendment for statewide prohibition to a vote and support woman suffrage. ALPS Barrett of San Antonio is urged as permanent chairman of the Waco convention.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Waco
Gunter Hotel
Barrett
Dodson's Liver Tone: a safe calomel alternative
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a gentle liver cleanser that replaces calomel mercury risks. It claims immediate morning alertness, regular bowels, and no salivation, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle under a money back guarantee.
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Dodson
Aetta
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