War Camp Health Report Shows Social Disease Totals
The Official Bulletin lists 29 army camps with 1525 total cases of social diseases. Camp Travis in Texas records 44, below the national average, while Bowie and Logan rank highest among Texas camps. The figures, compiled by the Committee on Public Information, are intended to rebut claims that San Antonio-area conditions are dire.
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Washington
Committee On Public Information
United States
Wadsworth
S.C
Hancock
McClellan
Ala
Sevier
S. C
T.ee
Jackson
Camp Travis
Texas
Travis
Bowie
McArthur
Logan
Mental Attitude Fad Shifts To Panama Weather
The piece notes a cold spell rivaling 1888 and suggests changing mental attitude. It describes Panama as hot, with locals wearing minimal clothing and a prior white duck fashion now scarce due to war demands. It mentions soldiers sailors marines in Panama and limited civilian supply.
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Weather Bureau
Panama
Winter hardship for Panamanian friends amid snow and cold
The piece contrasts our freezing northern winter with Panama’s heat in January. It notes ducks in demand, shortages for civilians, and calls for shifting perspective to empathize with Panama’s sweltering conditions while pipes burst and winter resort plans stall.
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Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Panama
Russia and the free press shaping postwar fate
The piece argues that liberty in Russia hinges on a free press and democratic will, condemning Lenin and Trotsky while praising American resolve. It credits American diplomacy for steering policy toward Russia, warning that without press freedom Russia risks German influence and continued tyranny.
Silk Shirt Sleeve Diplomacy in World War Context
American observers note a sudden shift in allied stance toward the Bolsheviks, a change both significant and abrupt. The explanation remains unstated, but the pattern suggests a gradual buildup of events rather than an overnight transformation.
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Kerensky
Russia
Paris
America
Germany
American bankers in Petrograd seek protection rate
The report notes bankers in Petrograd demand protection and queries the prevailing rate of interest. It references a calendar shortage of 1915 and laments running out of time as war pressures intensify. The piece quotes aCanadian war slogan urging duty to defend sisters and wives.
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Petrograd
Out of His Own Mouth Exposes German War Propaganda
A review of a U S government book German War Practice recalls Kaiser Wilhelm II’s 1900 China speech urging no mercy and total conquest. It contrasts German claims of misunderstood aims with brutal rhetoric guiding soldiers to subjugate Chinese people.
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Germany
biuGu
China
Willelm
Attia
Rubeville headlines Majestic bill with wide vaudeville variety
A Majestic Theater week bill features Rubeville with Harry Watson and a mix of rural mirth, ventriloquy, dancing, and cycling acts. The show earns laughs with clean humor and standout turns by Murle Stoddard, Moon and Morris, and Patricola. A separate Royal Theater lineup includes the De Michels Brothers, Chester Gruber, and other comedic and serious acts plus a May photo feature at Empire.
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Rubeville
Majestic Theater
Harry 3
Watson
The
Hugh McCorimark
Thomas Patricola
Ruby Myer
Gaucehries
Comedienne
Murle Stoddard
Moon and Morris
McCormack
Mannikin
Marie Stoddard
Patricola
de Michels Brothers
Rioyal Theater
Whit
Chester Gruber
Rise of Jennie Cushing in Artcraft feature
The Rise of Jennie Cushing a modern society drama stars Elsie Ferguson and will be shown Wednesday and Thursday. The film features a comedy drama of the true West with acts like trick roping bulldogging and other stunts.
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Jennie Cushing
Elsie Ferguson
Grand Opera House to host westerns and grand films
The Cold Deck a William S Hart western opens a six day run at the Grand Opera House. An eight part Ince production and a return engagement of Birth of a Nation are planned to run eight days starting next Sunday matinee. February brings Isverywoman and The Bird of Paradise to the Grand from Henry W Savage and Oliver Morosco.
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William S. Hart
Grand Opera House
Ince
David Wark Griffith
Henry W. Savage
Oliver Morosco
Grand
New Princess Bill Vaudeville Opens at Prince Theatre
The Doctor's Office ventriloquist act led by Frank Gabby and company anchors a four day vaudeville bill at the Prince Theatre beginning this afternoon. Bertie Ford performs A Tango on the Wire with Weir and Dixon singing and piano, Beck and Preston offer a town and country skit, and a Wan of Music Mountain photoplay stars Wallace Reid as a daredevil gunman out to avenge his father's death in a Rocizies setting.
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Frank Gabby
Princess Theater
Bertie Ford
Weir and
Dixon
Beck and
Preston
Wan
Music Mountain
Wallace Reid
Reid
Farrar
Pearl Theater presents Oliver Tell in Her Sister and Chaplin short
Today at the Pearl Theater Mutual Pictures showcases Oliver Tell in Her Sister with Empire star, plus Charlie Chaplin in The Immigrant. William Hart stars in The Bad Man from Thomas H. Ince, with France in Arms war pictures completing the program for Tuesday.
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Olive Tell
Pearl
Pearl Theater
Charles Frohman
Empire
Oliver Tell
Charlie Chaplin
William §. Hart
Thomas H. Ince
Camp Travis Majestic Theater Invites Public to Visit
The Camp Travis Majestic Theater sits at Camp Travis offering comfort and entertainment with top vaudeville acts. The management and soldiers invite San Antonio residents to attend this amusement palace at all times, promising a standard of acts equal to the best vaudeville houses in the South.
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Camp Travis Majestic
Camp Travis
San Antonio
A Man of the People Representative Werds Signals Plainness
Oklahoma congressman candidate Scott Werds is depicted as relatable after a night sheltering with a renter in Osage country. A local household noted he sips coffee from a saucer like ordinary folk, illustrating his down to earth image amid his senatorial bid.
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Scott Werds
Oklahoma
Ferries
Osage Country
Ferris
Hirsha Hanson
Harpoon
Fire reveals hidden tax money in Kansas City home
Mrs. St Kale of 1802 Brown Avenue Kansas City Kansas side hid 100 dollars to pay taxes two months earlier. A recent blaze during the house fire sparked excitement when a bedroom door opened and a roll of bills was found. She exclaimed with relief at recovering the tax money.
A Fagot Party Sparks Love Tales in Mountain Lodge
In a mountain lodge gathering, Cyn thia Oberne leads friends in a fagot fire storytelling game. Mac O Neill shares his past with Anne Barton, confessing a long awaited proposal to Cynthia as a telegram calls him away to Anne.
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A. Maria Crawford
Cynthia Oberne
Dick Laren
Mabel Turner
Cynthia! Oberne
Cynthia
Mac O'Neill
Mac
Anne Barton
Mae O'Neill
Anne
Fim
Pig
Soup Eating a Lost Art in American Style
A Cartoon Magazine piece argues soup eating in America is a skilled, musical ritual. It praises Americans for fluent conversation while slurping and notes the craft could soon fade as a lost art amid rising ingredient costs.
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America
Magaine
Katy's Best Year in Parsons Kansas 1917 Prosperity
Missouri Kansas Texas offices report 1917 as the railroad’s best year with net earnings over 43.2 million dollars, up more than seven million from 1916. Parsons shows this boom with over two thousand population rise and no vacant houses.
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Parsons
Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas General Offices
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