Excursionists Say San Antonio Is Mecca of Capitalist and Laborer
A South Texas train party of 100 plus visitors from northern and eastern states arrived in San Antonio on the Sunshine Special. Wealthy investors, tourists, and would‑be homeowners praised the city’s year round climate, advertising, and train service. Major Elijah P. Clayton returned from sick leave. families plan Christmas dinner in the militia camp as locals welcome homeseekers and investors.
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San Antonio
Alamonty
Texas
Millsaps
J. M. Fogarty
Vicksburg
Miss
R. Williams
Ranken Street
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain System
International & Great Northern
Williams
New York
Elijah P. Clayton
Fourth Illinois Infantry
Vandalia
Clara Clayton
Hight
Assumption
Ill
Menger
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Springfield
Poplar Bluff
Memphis
Detroit
Parkersburg
W. Va
Alton
Ann Arbor
Mich
Rockford
Nashville
Tenn
Chattanooga
Decatur
Lishington
D. C
Pittsburg
Little Rock
Ark
Marlin
Texarkana
Battle
Meridian
Belton
Cameron
Temple
McGregor
Bryan
Munford
Mertens
Waco
Ganse
Valley Junction
Rosenberg
Cawthorn and
Goldthwaite
Indians Thrive in White Man's Garb
An analysis of the 1916 Commissioner of Indian Affairs report shows Indians increasingly adopting white attire, rising English literacy to 76 000, churchgoing up, and stronger wages and farming activity. Health improvements include a drop in the death rate from 30 to about 22 per 1000 and TB deaths halving from 35 to 20 percent. child deaths under age three fell from 2391 in 1914 to 1303 in 1916 under the Save the Babies campaign.
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Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cato Sells
County gifts 10 acres for city park near Tobin Hill
Bexar county commissioners donate 10 acres of the old poorhouse tract at Tobin Hill end to the city of San Antonio for park use. The parcel adjoins Brackenridge park across the San Antonio river, with 8 acres excluded. Title remains in the city while used as park land, but reverts to the county if abandoned.
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Bexar County
San Antonio
Tobin Hill
Brackenridge Park
Joe
Newton
Commissioners’ Court
Kaiser and Empress Add Record Relief Gifts
Berlin reports the kaiser donated 500000 to the general relief fund for war widows and orphans while the empress sent 25000 to the committee. Together the imperial couple have given 1725000, with nearly 3000000 from rulers and princes of the German empire.
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Berlin
German Empire
Chinese flyer Tsu awarded military cross for six German planes
PARIS Dec 23 The War Department conferred the military cross upon Sergeant Tsu a Chinese flier who near Peronne attacked six German aircraft destroying three within ten minutes He studied aviation in Paris at the war outbreak.
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Paris
War Department
Tsu
Peronne
Border Duty Chief Surgeon Praises South Carolina Troops Health Gain
Colonel Walter D. McCaw, chief surgeon of the Southern Department, cites a weight gain of six pounds per man for 1000 First South Carolina Infantry troops after border service at El Paso. He notes no deaths or infectious diseases in Seventh Illinois Infantry and similar health outcomes among Wisconsin troops, attributing gains to open-air training and strict camp sanitation.
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Walter D. McCaw
Southern Department
McCaw
South Carolina Infantry
el Paso
Border Station
Hart
Border
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Camp Wilson
Wisconsin
Mayor Brown Ends Deer Jinx After Week Hunting Trip
Mayor Brown returned from a weeklong hunting trip and took office Saturday, signing requisitions as hunters from the delegation of Commissioners Lambert Kearny and Garland visited. He said he finally killed a deer after three years of hunting. Sam Napier noted they faced rough country and dry conditions.
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Mayor Brown
Lambert, Kearny
Garland
Asherton
Carrizo Springs
Uvalde
Sam Napier
Camp Cook
Brown
Sam
Roller Skates at Sam Speir Hardware
Roller skates advertised at Sam Speir Hardware located at 219 Losoya Street. Union ball bearing models offered for purchase with shop hours and location denoted.
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SAM Speir Hardware CO
Losoya St
Adj
Prisoners at city jail given liberty by police judge
Forty inmates serving terms from ten to two hundred days were released Saturday forenoon after Police Judge Lowther suspended their sentences. They were at Brackenridge Park when ordered to central headquarters and returned to the station within half an hour. An outburst of appreciation followed. No police court session is held on Christmas Day. bonds are due by Tuesday.
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Lowther
Brackenridge Park
Alcazar Duplex Combination Gas Wood Coal Ranges
Advertiser promotes Alcazar duplex ranges that combine gas wood and coal fuel options. Located at 219 Losoya Street with advertisement in the issue.
London Surgeon Reports on Russian Front Service
The Anglo-Russian Hospital in London cites the chief surgeon’s eleven months on the Luck front. He notes Russian ambulance use with tree-trunk shafts, fourteen brain wound operations in 24 hours, bombardment by German aircraft, steel body shields weighing twenty pounds, and a high rate of wounds from machine guns, shrapnel, and rifles. He observes many compound leg fractures, strong Russian vitality, rarer tetanus, and gas gangrene as a scourge.
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London
Luck
Germans Observe Non Smoking Day Aids Soldiers Fund
In Berlin on December 28 the second non smoking day raised over 255000 dollars as smokers redirected a day’s cigar funds to the troops. Breslau contributed more than 12000 dollars for tobacco and cigars for soldiers at Christmas.
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Berlin
Breslau
Sam Speir Hardware Ad Listing Stoves at 219 Losoya
Local hardware firm Sam Speir Hardware promotes wood gas and coal stoves at 219 Losoya Street. The ad highlights stove options and emphasizes household heating needs.
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Sam Speir
Protest Education Ban Shocks German Intellectuals
Berlin dispatch reports intellectual circles denounce the German government ban on admitting students from Entente and unneutral states to colleges and universities. The education ministry says the order remains but allows limited exceptions for long-resident foreigners from Russian Baltic provinces and others deemed Germans in speech and manners.
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Berlin
Ministry of Education
Germany
Baroness Von Alvensleben Earns Tuebingen Philosophy Doctorate
Stuttgart December 23 Baroness Bertha von Alvensleben daughter of General Bodo von Alvensleben receives the doctor of philosophy degree from the University of Tuebingen for a thesis on the submarine war and its justification under international law.
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Wirs
Stuttgart
Bertha von Alvensleben
Bodo von Alvensleben
Wuerttemberg
University of Tuebingen
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Colgate
Whiting
Parker
KEENE
Geo. Keene
Military Plaza
Commonwealth Bank and Trust Company
Harry Landa
T. N. Smith
H. P. Drought
Thos. H. Jarrell
W. R. Wiseman
Juan Faudon
South Carolina
Illinois Regiment
Mayor
Jinx
Hal
Alcazar Duplex
Seerie Ey
Joske Bros. CO
the Emmet Bank
W. Commerce St
Oldsmobil
Uy Uo
Rae Hundred
Ae Quick
Staacke Bros
Qur
Houston
NOA Spears CO
Ederee
Burns Drug Store
Royston and Navarro Sts
Matthews
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