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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 16, 1916

Page

4

Texas Railroad Commission Faces Threat to State Rights

A transcribed alert warns that a Shreveport Louisiana filing before the Interstate Commerce Commission could strip Texas of local control over freight rates. Texas leaders including Govenor Ferscsern and San Antonio advocates mobilize, with a meeting planned in Austin to oppose the challenge and protect state rate setting.

Ferscsern Shreveport Rters Comuieres Commission Ariena Anonio Texas Mad Commission Tauyeg i Hw Supreme Court of United States Sion Lais- Gala Thal San Antonio U.S. Pawkett Rate Exnec Avuslin J. A. Afarisi Houston LeVormick Fort Worth J. B. Anderson Dustin Ani A. J. Reed Dallas Arid Louisiane Texan Railroad Commission Shreveporst Neem Linate England Europe

Model battleship Texas on display at the Y

A fourteen foot replica of the battleship Texas built by J C Orkins of Boston will be shown at the Y through Saturday with 1:30 2:30 4:20 5:30 8:30 showings. The model features 12 inch guns 4 torpedo tubes a wireless set searchlights electric operation and a toy crew marching on deck during the parade. Built over five months at a cost of 7500 this exhibit travels to Austin after the show.

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WA Menages Ples Orem of Autonomy In Fear of All Sides

Local nerves rise as WA residents fear their land will be divided by warring nations. Citizens seek autonomy amid clashes and international pressure.

Polish aid drive and new Toland building in Texas

An English language column mixed with erratic OCR notes discusses Julia Ledachowssi aiding Polish famine victims and Prof. Georg Arenies’s humane view. It then describes the Labadie Unionabile Company planning a 10,000 square foot auto sales building at Travis Street and Avenue D with opening around April 1. The piece also references historical talks on Polish statehood and German policy, ending with a funeral notice for William Mretto Martin in San Antonio.

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The Russian Manifesto and Polish Reactions Amid War

The document recalls a wartime manifesto by Grand Duke Nicholas to Poles in 3 Poland offering autonomy and explores reactions in Galicia and the Kingdom of Poland. It notes Polish factions, Russian versus Prussian rule, propaganda, and conflicting loyalties amid occupation.

Nicholas Poland Lemberg Galicia Farina Aywska Kingdom of Poland Deemans Galtela

Rotary visit to Kerrville and mountain sanatorium trip

San Antonio rotarians toured Kerrville’s Mountain Park sanatorium site with a group of about twenty members and families. They arrived by special train, toured the grounds, enjoyed a barbecue, and returned to San Antonio by 5 o clock. the camp is described as modern with further departments to be completed.

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Flight of Serbians Amid Boxted Refugee Trek

Eyewitness account from January 14 documents a brutal refugee march as Serbians flee advancing German Austrian forces. Mothers and children trudge uphill through snow while distant fighting ranks and marauding Bulgarians threaten at the frontier, ending in a perilous journey toward safety and Salonika.

Emingurgh Janu Edinburgh Old Anen Striezier Serbia Saloniki X. Weel Tattor

Nine Brothers Killed in War Deserter Tale Emerges

An extraordinary WWII era tale recounts a German deserter who arrived in a town and described nine brothers, all serving in the war. He says six of the siblings died in Belgium, three on the eastern front, while two remain fighting and he himself was wounded multiple times. He was once a clerk in Koln and later moved to a hospital in Belgium.

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