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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1918
Page
5
An advertisement extols Chambers Fireless Cook ing Gas Ranges claiming to save three-fifths of the gas bill and kitchen time. It touts canning and cooking utility, odor prevention, juicier foods, and the ability to keep meals hot for hours, with durable heavy body construction and various finish options.
Military report outlines steps to cut illness at Camp Travis as temperatures drop. Details include warming patrol rests, coffee every two hours, overcoats for passes after 6 pm, ventilating barracks, and hygiene rules to reduce overcrowding and shared towels. Nearly 3000 illnesses reported, four deaths.
San Antonio mechanics are to be enrolled under public auspices as four-minute men delivering talks at motion picture theaters each night. The plan covers ship building trades with enrollment at fire stations and does not bind workers to military service. Talks will cover ship building topics and how workers can assist, with questions answered and visits to fire stations to help workers.
A San Antonio woman shares a wartime bread recipe using less wheat flour and more potato and cornmeal to aid the food administration's wheat conservation. The method, not naming the contributor, describes ingredients, steps, rising times, and baking details for two loaves and ten rolls.
A New York conference of YMCA publicity supervisors approved the Southern Department approach for nationwide and European use. A. P. Oakes reported praise from John R. Mott and others for local methods, with plans to extend sessions to include William J. Bryan. Oakes to depart for Chicago headquarters to share ideas with Central Department staff.
Twenty seven men and women were taken into custody in a Saturday sweep by the vice squad the bootlegging squad military and regular police. Fines from 25 to 50 dollars were imposed on those arraigned for vagrancy. Four men were charged with selling liquor to minors and one with selling liquor to be consumed off premises. Two women arrested by multiple officers were transferred to federal authorities on aiding in a disorderly house case.
Readable text notes potato prices ranging from 2.00 to 2.50 per bushel with a local address at 404 Main Ave and reference to a 614 area code. Contains fragmented phrasing and appears as a brief market notice from a local source.
A report from a Washington Avenue merchant house describes an early morning exchange between a collector and his boss. The dialogue hints at a successful connection regarding a Brown account and a prompt response about ownership or responsibility.
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