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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 25, 1918

Page

8

Lockhart Registrants Sent to Camp Travis in Lockhart

The draft registrants from Lockhart include Joseph Clyde Smith Wagram Walcowich Willima Taack Hugo oenig Jessé Lee Holcomb Alfred Hofer Peter Wilburn Johnson James Leonard Reed Joseph Jasper Jolley Barney Williams Miguel Navres Abner M. Lay Jose Costello Alvie Lackey among two chauffeurs six farmers two school teachers two laborers one railway clerk and one auto repairer. The note adds a local quotation about a house case and 비용.

Lockhart Senda Med Tex Camp Travis Joseph Clyde Smith Wagram Walcowich Willima Taack Hugo Oenig Jessé Lee Holcomb Alfred Hofer Peter Wilburn Johnson James Leonard Reed Joseph Jasper Jolley Barney Willams Miguel Navres Abner M. Lay Jose Costello Alvie Lackey

Wartime Comforts for Soldiers Grow in Allied Cantons

Veterans recall harsh early months as modern comforts spread. Town mayors coordinate billeting in villages, barns, and farms with watertight, heated quarters and hot shower facilities. Rec rooms, libraries, and weekly moving pictures supplement canteens run by French, American, and British groups to lift troops between trench duties.

Lsted Army Theater

Helped Me Right Away Relief Ky Woman Praises Cardus

Mrs. Sarah M. Hill of Relief Kentucky writes a testimonial praising Cardus for women. She says eight years of weakness and falling health improved after using one bottle with rapid results. She continued to gain strength and remained well, returning to her full labor capacity.

Lrs Sarah. M. Hill Cardus

Cold Weather Provisions For Soldiers In Vosges

The report describes soldiers receiving hot drinks and deli cacies, with seasonal extra rations from September to May. Each man gets three cotton shirts, two flannel underwear sets, two to three pairs of wool socks, three blankets, one sweater, one scarf, and wool gloves. In the Vosges and other cold sectors, still warmer clothing is held for exigencies.

Vosges Mountains

Red Cross Clinic No 2 Opens For Social Digesases

Red Cross Clinic No 2 opened Monday at 118 Dwyer Avenue to treat social diseases. Hours are 1 to 2 pm for women and 8 to 9 pm for men. Officials from city, county, and the U S Public Health Service provide free service. Surgeon C H Gardner leads the clinic with assistants and consultants named. The medical profession is asked to refer cases to the clinic.

Red Cross Clinic Dwyer Avenue Red Cross United States Public Health Service C. H. Gardner Louie Hirschfield A. Q. Hill Douglas Largen L. M. Weinfield Frank Sorrell

Open Nostrils End a Cold or Catarrh Balm

An old style promotional notice touts Ely's Cream Balm as a quick remedy for stuffed noses and head colds. It claims fifty counts to relief and promises open air passages, easing headaches, snuffling, and mucous discharge with a fragrant antiseptic application.

Ely

STUMEZE Stops Indigestion After Twenty Five Years

J J Handerahot M D of Elmdale Montana graduated 35 percent says I had indigestion for twenty five years and piles for three decades. STUMEZE claimed to stop stomach catarrh indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms. The Master shopped for treatment but the exact outcome and credibility are unclear.

Stumeze J. J. Handerahot Elmdale Montana Tne Antongue Meerhat

Baker Says Troops In Battle Acquit Themselves With Credit

Washington report reviews War Department notes on Allied and American forces on the western front. It cites increasing American artillery and infantry activity, rest centers at Aix les Bains, and Pershing's inspection of trenches northwest of Toul. The piece covers German offensives against Russians and local trench actions, noting creditable performance and regained positions after hard fighting.

Washington, D. C Lheave War Department London Germany Butte du Mesnil Chemin den Dames No Man’s Land Persa‘ing Toul Aix Les Bains Butte du Mesnrt

Embargo Talks Resume on U S Mexico Trade Controls

In Mexico City talks resume on lifting U S export restrictions on Mexico. Amb. Henry P Fletcher and Senor Rafael Nieto arrive from Washington where preliminary terms include 15 million dollars in gold entering Mexico and Mexico’s removal of certain transport restrictions. A 26 million dollar credit is announced and food admission plans are not yet disclosed.

Mexico City United States Mexico Henry P. Wletcher Rafael Nieto Treasury Washington Carranza Salvador Alvarado Yucatan Senor Nieto J. A. McCarthy National Food Commission McCarthy Luis Catherers Buenos Aires New York Argentina

Election in Doubt in Twenty-first District

Reports from Lockhart Texas indicate a special election held February 16 to fill the Harley senate seat, with slow returns from outlying boxes. The news also notes a strong Lincoln Washington Junior Red Cross drive in Lockhart, led by Mrs. T T Pritchet, ending with a school program in the high school. A private in Camp MacArthur, Raymond Hoffman of Elizabeth New Jersey, was accidentally killed when a comrade’s rifle discharged during a transfer.

Lockhart Tex James A. Harley Red Cross Lincoln-Washington Waco Raymond Hoffman Elizabeth N. J Fifty-Fifth Infantry Camp MacArthur Anantry

Letters Link Berkman Goldman to German Spy Plot

The Department of Justice released two 1915 letters from Har Dayal showing Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman aiding a German spy network and urging Indian revolutionaries abroad. Dayal, using aliases, described funding, introductions to radical anarchists, and travel arrangements via the Rotterdam America Line, with emphasis on secrecy and coded cabling.

Washington, D. C Alexander Berkman Emma Goldman Har Dayal Gregory Ioth Berkman Holland Mother Farth Goldman Ghadr San Francisco Ram Chadra India Berlin Ofice Dayal Bea Israel Aaronson Nina Kercher Scheveninger

Allied concert in Italy earns brilliant musical triumph

London Times reports in Rome on February 23 that the allied concert drew a packed hall and enthusiastic applause for the Guards mass bands. The star turns were the American forces band and Sousa's marches, with the crowd enjoying Tipp erary variations and Garibaldi's Hymn. Receipts topped £4600. subsequent concerts will visit Villa Borghese Florence Milan.

London Times San Antonio Philadelphia Public Ledger the Public Ledger Co Rome Garde Republicane America France Sousa Lipperary Tipperary Jow Rogan Garibaldi Brittania Red Cross Villa Borghese Florencs Milan Italy

Norway and America near postwar trade accord

London dispatch reports the Austtenpost believes a near term agreement between Norway and America is finalized on essential terms. Exports to Norway may resume soon enabling Norwegian buyers to claim goods held in the United States and Ireland. Also notes a second item about Ensign Frank Lynch escaping injury after a crash.

London Times San Antonio Philadelphia Public Ledger The Public Ledger Co Christiana Norway America Aftenpost Ireland

Blood Purifier S S S Promises Clear Skin Cure

It describes itching skin diseases and says the remedy S S S purifies the blood to remove germs causing pimples and boils. The ad invites readers to write for free medical advice to Swift Specific Co at D 254 Swift Laboratory Atlanta Ga.

S. S Swift Specific Co Swift Laboratory Atlanta, Ga

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