Passenger traffic barred to military camps in Oklahoma
Measles epidemic prompts ticket embargo by Rock Island Railroad official Brooks halting passenger traffic to Camp Doniphan and Fort Sill in Lawton Oklahoma. Officials report rising cases and quarantine orders with thousands enjoying a half holiday as hospitals rush to complete new wards.
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Brooks
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Wichite
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Fort Sill
Oklo
Punt
Lawton
Okla
Aolilery Dalse
Wort SW
Wientta
Kang
Fort Sil
Boii
Tuan Chi-dud Appointen Amid War Bureau Shakeup
Tuan Chitut, formerly premier, is appointed minister of war by presidential mandate in place of Wang Shi-Chen. The move reshapes the Chinese European war bureau as Dee Peering notes the reassignment.
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Tuan Chi-dud
Peering
Dee
Tuan Chitut
Hureau
Tuan China
Wang Shi-Chen
San Antonio Man in France Describes Thanksgiving Dinner
Armin Ritter of San Antonio, now with the American Expeditionary Forces in France, writes of a grand Thanksgiving Day with a U S Army program run by the Young Men's Christian Association. The day featured services, field events, sports, a dedication of a new association building, music by regimental groups, and performances by artists, ending with La Marseillaise and The Star Spangled Banner. Ritter, who traveled through Germany in 1914, returned home briefly before rejoining the army.
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Young Men's Christian Association
France
Armin Ritter
Sat Antonio
San Antonio
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Mustelens
Myles Nulie Poure
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Snd
America
Stat
Ritter
Germany
Jassuga
United States
Letters From Parents At Kelly Field Stir War Time Feelings
A batch of letters to Kelly Field servicemen shows parental pride and frustration as families react to soldiers’ roles in training and war. One mother complains a son is being treated as a pack horse, another parent pleads for Christmas leave, while others express support or uncertainty about enrollment and service during wartime.
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Julia Ar Bill
Sam
Army
Lute Hiss
Kelly Field
Sen
John
United States
Women to Be Appointed Police by City Officials
Mayor Bell approves six appointments to a women police unit for sixty days with a plan to extend if they aid vice suppression. The central committee of fourteen San Antonio women’s clubs will recommend the appointees, likely to go to council at the next meeting.
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Bell
Yiva
Ely
Inerinda
Syomten Wii
Gounell
San Antona
Fish plan for Camp Travis stalls on boat supply
A local effort to provide Friday fish meals for Camp Travis groups stalls as boats and fish supplies prove scarce. The plan aimed to ship from Corpus Christi but high market prices and lack of boats delay purchasing, hindering weekly meat savings and meal plans.
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Camp Travis
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Whmp
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Bliss Native Herb Tablets Promise Relief for Stomach Trouble
A customer testimonial from Fannie Wolpe of Pulusis Texas praises Bliss Native Herb Tablets claiming complete recovery from long stomach and liver troubles. The ad touts the product as a safe vegan laxative sold with a money back guarantee, advising four tablets nightly and noting each box contains 200 tablets priced at $1. Local agents Fischer's Drug and Steve Gibba are listed as sellers.
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Fannie Wolpe
Fischer
Deng
Steve
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