Santa Letter Prize Winners in The Light
Irene Black wins first prize in The Light weekly Santa Claus Letter Box contest for a letter to Dear Santa Claus. Second prize goes to Mrs. J Guy Reed and third to Mrs. Seer Mellhenny. four more prizes listed with names and streets in San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Light
Irene Black
Te Oresee
Bes W, Edwards
Cole X
T. A. Tirado
J. Guy Reed
Wourth Street
sear _Mellhenny
West Woodlawn Avenue
Margaret Elizabeth ‘Fatkin
Delmar Street
Father
F. Ti. Shaw Co
Widhth St
Aves C
Alamo
Auto Supply Co
B. Travis St
W. Comtuiive
Travis St
Commerce St
Santa
San Antonio Music ™ Company
West Commerce Street
Santa Claus
Bob
Katie
Jock
Henry
Catherine
Tom
Whisenant's
Avenue
Travis Street
Joe
T. A. Bitman
Market Street
Portage Tire and Cycle Company
South
Alanio Street
Tack
Royal Typewriter
Potebernick- Wank Company
St. Mary's Street
Doyle-Jtridger Optical Company
West
Commerce Street
Kodak
H. C. Reyes Optical Company
East
Houston Street
J. O F. Fentiman
Alamo Plaza
San Antonio Printing Company
Soledad Street
Michat
Riebe Jewelry Store
Main Avenue
Bogusche and
Geesler
West Committee “Street
Oshers
Christmas Gift Letters From San Antonio Readers
A lengthy collection of handwritten Christmas gift requests to Santa from San Antonio residents, naming shops and items across downtown venues. Letters praise peace, propose practical presents from local merchants like Edison phonographs, writing cases, spectacles, jewelry, stationery, typewriters, kodaks, bicycles, and candy at the Palace of Sweets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
J. Gay- Reed
Gwon
Edison
Phonograph Shop
Commerce Street
Teather
J. K. Fentiman’s
Alamo Maza
Exarty
Doyle Bridger Optical Co
Riebe Jewelry
Main Avenue
San Antonio Printing Company
Soledad Street
Oscar Mwilhenny
Mathin
Ielter
Santa
Grandad
Bogasch
Gessler
W. Combineren Street
Portage’ Fire Nut Cycle Co
South Alamo Street
Soledad’ Street
Big Brother
Wesley
Potehernick-Hank Typewriter
St. Mary's Street
Kodak
Palace of Sweets
Alamo Plaza
Margaret Alizapatit Fatkin
Failure to Pay Imperias Plan of Irrigation
Lower Rio Grande Valley faces loss of a major government irrigation project due to landowner and business groups failing to provide 25 000 dollars, half the survey cost. Reclamation Service will not proceed without this bankable pledge by December 25, risking congressional consideration and delaying water development valued at millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Valley
San Antonio
John A. Currington
Chany Jber
Chamber of Commerce
Currington
Reclamation Service
Tech Reclamation
Carrington
Rio Grande
Reclamation Department of Washington
Chamber of’ Commerce
Washington
Congress
Mexico
C. H.peage
Raymondville
Texas
San Antonio Chamber Offers Free Services to Northwest Businesses
Mr Carrington states a proposed project prompts outreach to Northwest business groups. The San Antonio Chamber of Commerce will assist free of charge, coordinating with Washington representatives on projects of interest to the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrington
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Servus
Washington
German Press Sees Wilson as Hope for Peace in Adverse View
London timed report surveys German newspapers praising Wilson as possible guarantor of lasting peace while condemning Allied brutality. Franksfurter Zeitung argues Wilson aims to be history’s benefactor, seeking nonviolent foundations for peace. Germany compares itself to Colombia and urges U S caution against empire and enslavement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Times
Antonio
Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Wilson
Frankefurther Zeitung
Hig
Ux Ciermans
America
Germany
Prankfurter Aheitung
Republic of Colombia
United States
Central America
Water routes enjoy strong support for continued test
St Louis reports Mississippi Valley Waterways Association president James F. Smith asserts water routes cannot be killed and a five year federal control plan would guarantee their continuance. Chicago sees rehabilitation of the Illinois and Michigan Canal as easing coal rail congestion and boosting commerce. General Black endorses the project as a significant boon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Lave No
James FE. Smith
Mississippi Valley Waterways Association
Congress
McAdoo
Smith
Black
Chicago
Illngis and Michigan
William Black
Army
Soldiers' Farm Training Course Opens at Camp Travis
A long range agricultural course begins Monday at Camp Travis for 15 000 soldiers and Okla homans in khaki. General Estes and John J Carrington lead the program with lectures on irrigation seeds and farming methods aided by federal and state agricultural bureaus. Demonstrations include tractors camouflage tanks and farm exhibits to ease veterans back to civilian farming careers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benyathro
Camp Travis
George Hirstes
Hermann Auerbach
Jewish Welfare Board
San -Antonio
Auerbach
John 3. Carvington
Chamber of Commerce
Estes
Avsham
Arma
Argonne Front
Camp John Wist
Farth Tachivery
Sun
Wexus
W.S. Bly
the Court
Hudson
Val
A. IC. Short
O. 'C. Payne
Tor
Ita Buthe Noy
Heff
Edicational Department
Texas Harvester Company
L. Racekwwell
U.S
State
Department. of. Agriculture
States -Department’ of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
Chinery
Preservatio Payne
A. Va “Joritott
A. & M. College
R.kane
State Department of Varicultural
S.J. Brooks
Short
United States “Army
W. _B. Lanham
Department A. & M. College
Huns in New Protest and Royal Chat at Hospital
A mix of 1918 dispatches reports Germany protesting French use of colored Moroccan troops in the Palatinate and notes British king’s daughter Victoria and a nurse recount a comic mispronunciation exchange with Queen Mary about Ypres. The item blends war reporting with a humorous hospital anecdote from Tangier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Timer Service
San ‘Antonio
Tront
Moroccco
Morocco
Helgium
France
Mery
Engliall
Tin
Ypres
Tommy
Economic upheaval and worker demands spread across Europe
A Berlin correspondent reports a rapid, globalized economic revolution fueling worker councils and wage strikes. European industries face massive demands, with Leipzig and Berlin firms facing multi‑million mark payoffs and plans for profit sharing and socialization.
German Destruction Warning and Worker Rights Critique
A correspondent notes perceived decline in internal order in Germany and references limited prosecution for offenses against property. The piece contrasts officer pay with national budget strains and reflects on European civilization’s fragile bonds amid stay in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Nitrate plant near Sheffield Ala underway and power progress
The Birmingham Ledger reports the second nitrate plant near Sheffield Alabama nears completion amid a 2200 acre site housing 12 000 beds for workers and a brick theater. It will produce 133 000 tons of nitrates for gunpowder or 220 000 tons fertilizer concentrates and uses coke limestone and air nitrogen in its calcium carbide based process. The No 2 unit will add 120 000 horsepower in a separate plant with transmission lines delivering 30 000 hp from the Warrior River works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Igoven
Sheffield
Ala
Moving Pictures
The
Birmingham Ledger
Alabama Company
Warrior River
Tuscumbia
Florence
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Kristmas
Western Newapanel Union
305Th Sanitary
S. Flores ‘St., City
Fourth St
City
Oscar McKhenny
W. ‘Woodlawn Ave
Margaret Elizabeth Falkin
Delmar St
Light Publishing CO
Alftes
Lower
Kent
Lonleysple
Betes
Bankoie
Leto
San‘ Antonio
Philadelphia
Public Edger
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Russia
Hague
Berlin
Telegr
Leipzig
Blackmule
Térlin
Prussia
Alabama
Trate P. C
West-Houston
St-Cor
Flores
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