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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1918
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a wartime or rallying shout about victory. Names, places, or dates are unreadable, leaving an unclear reference to a crowd or speech. The snippet mentions delivering or achieving victory amid disrupted words and stray punctuation.
The text argues uric acid deposits cause pain and rheumatism, recommending hot water mornings, avoiding excess meat and alcohol, and keeping kidneys active. It suggests a vegetable laxative from apple leaves algae and jalap, marketed as Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, a long-standing remedy.
An ad claims La Creole hair treatment reverses gray by reviving color glands, offering darker natural shade, reduced dandruff, and new soft hair. It markets a money back guarantee, with a $1.20 price from Van Vleet Drug Co of Memphis, Tennessee.
President Taft chairs a war service committee of the American Bar Association to create a reservoir of legal talent for government and war agencies. Members include Elihu Root and Jacob M Dickinson. Taft says many lawyers are needed to staff Reserve and draft operations as train travel and camp visits continue.
Former President Taft delivers first Camp Travis address stating Allies England France Russia Italy and the United States fight the greatest war to secure permanent world peace. He mentions tens of thousands of men in the colors and cites wounded and captured in ongoing conflict.
Camp Travis soldiers will rise fifteen minutes earlier starting February 4 as reveille shifts to 6:45 a m from 7:00 a m The morning calls are adjusted by the same interval while taps at 11 p m remain unchanged The change is attributed to lengthening days and affects other morning duties with no evening schedule alteration.
The American Russians endorse the Bolshevik government in a New York congress, while Russian envoys are deemed holdovers from Kerensky. The council will not recognize them, funds from the embassy may be seized for the Soviet cause, and a selective peace with Germany is debated. The session ends with rousing Russian revolutionary songs.
Details from a silent raid describe concentrated American bombardment targeting massed German troops causing heavy casualties. Reports note increased artillery activity along the front, German gas shells, and brave American crews remaining at posts despite shelling. Gas alarms prompted quick mask use by officers and soldiers pictured enduring the bombardment as they held the line.
San Antonio district and county courts will adjourn Wednesday afternoon in memory of James Routledge a 27 year member of the San Antonio bar His funeral will be held Wednesday at 6 o clock from his residence 2216 McCullough avenue Rev C B Richards will conduct services Knights of Pythias lodge will handle the ceremony at the grave Interment in Mission Burial Park Pallbearers are Julius Norton Edward H Wicks Frank J Bosshardt Ed Tynan A P Barrett and George W Huntress.
Fire early today destroyed the plant of the Anaconda Standard in Anaconda Montana with losses estimated at 250000 dollars. A fatal burn occurred in Sherman Texas where Mrs J Elmore died after clothing caught fire near a gas glow.
Mrs. Thor Morgan, director of development for the Southwestern Division, spent Tuesday in San Antonio outlining the round up for the Red Cross Christmas membership drive. St. J. Harding had appointed a business leaders committee to visit chapters across five districts centered in San Antonio Houston Dallas Galveston and Austin to report back results and ensure compliance with division and national headquarters.
Washington reports the United States will furnish more aid and money for the war in a shorter time than hoped. Chairman Flood of the Foreign Affairs Committee outlined diplomatic and consular appropriations and praised the Houge mission to Great Britain and France. He said a complete understanding exists of what the allies need and what the country can provide and when.
The report cites an appropriation bill stating a total of 8 206 087 for the next fiscal year, with an increase of about 3 million over the current year. It notes funds for twenty five new secretaries, more clerks, augmented secret funds, and related allowances to support ongoing operations amid wartime burdens.
Promoted as Nature’s greatest remedy for rheumatism indigestion nervous trouble stomach kidney and liver complaints. Claims Vitalitas, derived from natural iron and mineral salts, builds and invigorates the system. Available through all druggists with prompt relayed treatment.
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