Home Folks plan links soldiers with small town kin
West Virginia’s New Martinsville illustrates the Home Folks idea as soldiers request connections with residents from their towns and neighboring cities. Letters bring requests from Cincinnati Chicago Atlanta Monett Manila Ark Shreveport and towns across Indiana Ohio New Jersey and South Dakota, seeking old acquaintances for hospitality and companionship in camps and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Martinsville
W. Va
West Virginia
San Antonio
Cincinnati
Chicago
Atlanta
Home Folks Editor Aids Soldiers Seek Old Neighbors
Soldiers in San Antonio solicit help to locate former town mates from Coshocton Ohio Fort Sam Houston Kelly Field Camp Travis and other states. The Home Folks column will publish names and hometowns to connect servicemen with civilians, aiding stays in San Antonio with no cost or publicity. Towns and cities including Denver Ga Montgomery Ind Davenport Iowa Waterville Maine Boston Taunton Choteau Monteno Nov City Waldwick NC New York City Halifax NC Greensburg PA Scotland and more are listed as sought.
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Oswego
Larry
Fort Sam Houston
Coshocton
Ohio
Lawrence Clary
Kelly Field
San Antonio
South Carolina
Edzard
Allen
G. Stamford
Camp Travis
Kappa Alpha
Southern
Phi Gammi Delta
San Anthénio
Denver
Colo
Barlow
Warren County
Montgomery
Trainor
Ind
Wolcott
Davenport
Iowa
Waterville
Alaine
Boston
Mass
Taunton
Monteno
Nov
J City
Waldwick
N.C
New York City
North Carolina
Halifax
Beaufort Counties
Bethlehem
Greensburg
Pas
Russia
Glasgower_Greencock
Scotland
Woodstock
Two Men Arrested in Houston For Burglary Here
Three men in custody for burglaries committed in San Antonio during December. Furs and goods valued at about $1900 to $2000 stolen from Blum store East Houston Street Kaufman store South Flores and Valcross Streets and Brady Parlor Bar Main Plaza. Recoveries include sealskin coat valued 400 and white furs 140. Captain Caruthers to return with warrant for prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
San Antonio
Captain Caruthers
Mil Blum
East Houston Street
Ll. Kaufman
South Flores
Valcross Streets
Brady Parlor
Main Plaza
Fran the Blum
Kaufman
Caruthers
Lum
Galveston
Truhnke
Hundreds of student officers attend Camp Stanley training
About 4000 expected at Camp Stanley third training school, but only around 3900 attend with 168 instructors and 400 newly commissioned officers awaiting assignment. Col. Tartman notes quarters suffice and new construction is not needed, though more officers’ quarters are badly required as reported arrivals from Camp Beauregard Louisiana push totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Stanley
John D. T. Tartman
Camp Beaureguard
39Th National Guard Divisio
Hartman
Prison reform urged in Texas penitentiary plan
Subcommittee report by Speaker W C Fuller urges farming as the state’s main penitentiary industry and the sale of penitentiary interests and the State Railroad from Rusk to Palestine. It calls for night schools and more humane treatment, as UT, hearings loom and UT report is discussed. A German invention offers a home steam bath device using a hood over a bath tool.
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Austin
Tex
W. C. Fuller
Senate
House
Rusk
Palestine
University of Texas
New Garbage Ordinance Drafted Aims for Daily Pickups
City attorney drafts a rigid garbage ordinance urged by Commissioner Lambert to require canized waste placement on front sidewalks by 7 30 each morning. Eight trucks and twenty four trailers will haul to a forthcoming incinerator on the Salado creek east bank, while incinerator completion delays new car deliveries from Pittsburg. Public cooperation is key to cutting collection costs from 147000 dollars yearly as the system shifts from horse drawn wagons to motorized equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambert
Salado Creek
Rock Quarry
San Antonio Left & Terminal Railroad
Pittsburg
Thovelock
Best for Liver and Bowels Patent Remedy Claims
An antique ad promotes a remedy described as best for liver and bowels and stomach health. It promises to liven internal organs, ease biliousness and constipation, and relieve constipation and sour breath, asserting the product can straighten you right up and improve general well being.
Casearets cleanse liver and bowels for whole day vigor
Tonight suré Take Casearets and enjoy the nicest gentlest liver and bowel cleansing. Wake with clear head sweet stomach fresh breath and feeling fine. They avoid shocking the liver causing no GI upset and no next day hassle. Mothers can give them to sick children anytime.
Fifteen Thousand Camp Travis Men Take Out Insurance
A bulletin from the division insurance department shows 15,005 Camp Travis soldiers have war risk insurance totaling 126,208,000 dollars, up 22,000,000 in a week. Many subscriptions reach the maximum 10,000 dollars with nine men at the headquarters company, 180th infantry brigade, joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Travis
Division Insurance Department
180Th Infantry Brigade
Kelly
Quartermaster Corps
Bruce M. Smith
David P. King
Dan L. Brian
Howard St. E. Brown
John D. Norris
Louis G. Mergenthaler
Ordnance School
Rock Island Arsenal
Sergi
Harry A. Webb
George O. Hein
John B. Schweeman
Glen J. Redding
Baz Wilson
Clarence McNeull
Vernon H. Bowers
Charles W. Rahn
Charles F. Tracey
John W. Lindsay
Camp Merritt
New Jersey
LENTZ Tailored Uniform Ends Field Work Comfortably
A Full Pack inspection note discusses a LENTZ tailored uniform as the preferred option after field work. The ad blends practical fit with comfort, urging readiness for evening pleasures and referencing LENTZ Tailor at 312 West Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Commerce
Stars and Stripes to Serve American Troops in France
Paris January 22 soldiers in France will soon receive a weekly newspaper titled The Stars and Stripes. The publication has General Pershing's sanction and will be directed and edited by men in the American uniform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
the Stars and Stripes
General Pershing
Stomach Trouble Advised Remedy In Four Ounce Salts
A medical authority links most stomach trouble to acidity and not lack of digestion. An hydrochloric acid buildup slows digestion and causes sour meals, gas, and belching. Take four ounces of red Salts mixed in water before breakfast for one week to neutralize acidity and aid digestion.
La Creole hair color restorer ad promises full gray reversal
An advertisement urges buyers to use La Creole to restore natural hair color and stop dandruff. It claims gray roots vanish, all hair darkens evenly, hair becomes soft and thick, and touts the product as the original color restorer. Sold direct for $1.20 by Ven Vient Drug Co Memphis Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Creole
Ven 'Vient Drug Co
Memphis
Tenn
Ady
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Hoover
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Pantage
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Hades
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FOX
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Theater
Toda
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Pathe Star Play
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The
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University of Louisiana
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S.7
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LES Tata
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America
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Walter Brower
Evan Williams
Beethoven Hall
Goggan’s
Philharmonic
Ninth and Avenue
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Anne
Sausy Little Gonne
Bert Albert
War Department
Camp
Travis
Newton, Weller & Wagner Co
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