Brutality in German WWI coal mines exposed by POW accounts
A parliamentary report details brutal treatment of British prisoners in German coal and salt mines. It cites starvation, beatings, prolonged confinement, and forced labor under extreme heat, with officers and civilians aiding punishments and limited medical care.
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Ling
London Times Service
San Antonio
Elueth
Eing
Hameln
Janury
Eet
Abine
Boner
Augusta Victoria Voluine
France
N.C. O
Taft
Westerholt
Amen
David Ment
Enmen
Nenhof
N.C
Sik
Red Cross Roll Call Enlists San Antonio Volunteers
Army bands from Joelly Field and Camp Travis helped draw crowds as San Antonio and Bexar County tally Red Cross memberships. About 25 080 people enrolled with plans to reach 25 000 when audited, despite rain and quarantine.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Red Cross
American Red Cross
Reid Cross
Albert Steves Jr
Joelly Field
Camp Travis
Alamo Plaza
Houston
Austin adopts personal liability clause in fire marshal ordinance
State fire Insurance Commission helps Austin become the first southern city to include a personal liability clause in its fire marshal ordinance. The clause makes negligent property owners liable for fire department costs, with funds paid to the city’s general revenue.
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Austin
Tex
State
Fire Insurance Commission
I. F. Baker
National Wire Protective Association
Cleveland
Ohio
Fire Department
City Commission
General Revenue Fund
Rush for Tickets at U S Railroad Administration
Over five thousand soldiers have been served by ticket clerks at the United States Railroad Administration Consolidated Ticket Offices in the city and at Camp Travis this past week. The city office filled to capacity early Saturday morning with lines three deep by three o clock and the crowd spilling to the street by five. Clerks from Camp Brayl's offices were sent to assist city offices to clear the demand.
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United States Nairoad Administration
Camp Travis
Camp Brayls
Elks Campaign Aims To Raise Forty Thousand For Orphans
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks plans a drive starting February 10 to raise forty thousand dollars for orphans. The effort will canvass the city with two committees, targeting homes and local businesses, aided by an organized facts and distribution plan.
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ELKS
Benevolent and Protective Order of
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Ceamittee
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Mardin Reek
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International
Great Northern
Yerk
Monterey Street
Southern Pacific
Tenth Street
Mull Street
Avenue
Goto
Veta Shurver
Chi My Ss. Ob. Weller
Woi
Sverel Ang Ee Ve Seulle Seobey
Poney
Record price paid for Bexar land by big dairy owner
W. J. Johnson, a leading San Antonio dairy operator, bought about 507 acres ten miles west on the Culebra road from I. Ritchey of Los Angeles for roughly $75,000. He plans to move his dairy to the new ranch, consolidating stock to around 400 cows, with irrigation wells and silos, reflecting a shift of major dairy operations from city limits to larger rural properties.
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W. J. Johnson
San Antonio
Culebra
Che
I. Ritchey
Los Angeles
Johnson
Lake View
Ile
Cable-Castleman
Ranc
Gifts From Women Fulfill Christmas for San Antonio Nurses
In camps near San Antonio about five hundred Christmas gifts for Red Cross Army nurses at Fort Sam Houston Camp Travis Kelly Field and Camp Wise are ready. Women led by Mrs Mulliken supplied ribbons coverings and decorated powder jars while Miss Hirschberg and Mrs Rotell coordinate trees and parties for nurses patients and corpsmen across camps.
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Christias
San Antonio
Hed Cross
H. Os. Mulliken
Fort Sam Houston
Recreation House
Miss Band
Miss Lathrop
Red Cross
Hosipital
Camp Travis
Mulliken
Nice
Vivery
A.R. Spencer
Camp
Travis
Wannah Hirshberg
Kelly Wield
W. I. Rotebrooks Field
Edward A. Wilson
John A. Wise
Cornelia Horner
Camp Stanley
Thornton Stevens
Santa Chrus
Camp ‘Travis
W. J. Rotell
E. J. Roe
Roe
Mary 2B. Baker
Mesdawes Jones
Nenwald
Mueller
Voynowits
Uarrell
Abbott
Iitzpatrick
Goodloe
J. O
Plan Holiday Parties At City YMCA In Holiday Drive
With quarantine lifted the city YMCA will resume its regular schedule. The dormitory will host the annual Christmas tree and a busy program led by General Secretary Wheeler features instrumental and vocal music. Open house returns on New Year’s Day followed by a packed program of athletics chess and checkers ending with a musical performance and refreshments.
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Young Men's Christian Association
Chorge — C. Wheeler
Urges Home Gardens In Every City Block
Chamber of Commerce garden director El Ek Wolfe calls for organizing every residence block into home garden units before January first. He urges householders to plant six gardens per block and to grow fruit, poultry, or rabbits if no garden site exists. He notes the dry season risks and promotes school credits for youths leading garden efforts.
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EL. EK. Wolfe
Wolfe
San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
Fragmentary prompt yields unclear headline
The available text is incoherent and does not provide identifiable people places organizations or a concrete event to summarize into a proper newspaper card. Unable to extract a valid T and S consistent with required constraints.
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