New Allied and German Front Activity Across European Theaters
Amid severe heat in Europe fighting continues on several fronts. Russians push on in Romania near Kimpelung to Jacobeni, with limited gains per German reports. In Galicia Russians attack Zlota Lipa while Berlin notes Turkish defense. In Verdun sector French efforts to retake Hill 504 fail. Alsace may see a German offensive, while British actions near La Transloy and Armentieres meet heavy losses.
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Kimpelung
Jacobeni
Galicia
Zlota Lipa
Riga
Berlin
Verdun
Alsace
France
la Transloy
Armentieres
Russians Take Prisoners in Romanian Front Battle
Petrograd reports that during Saturday's clash northeast of Jacobeni on the Roumanian front Russian forces captured thirty officers and more than 1000 enlisted men, according to the war office.
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Jacobeni
Petrograd
London
War Office
British Repulsed in Armentieres Attacks
British troops attacked German positions north of Armentieres in three waves yesterday but were repulsed with heavy losses. In Galicia, Russian forces attacked Turkish positions on the Zlota Lippe river with strong forces. The war office issued the official notice today.
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Berlin
Sayville
Armentieres
War Office
Galicia
Zlota Lipe
French repulse German attack on Hartmanns-Keiserkopff trench
Paris January 29 French troops repelled a German assault on a trench at Hartmanns-Keiserkopff in a night action. Patrol engagements occurred in Champagne and along the Alsace front, as the war office released the report.
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Paris
Hartmanns-Keiserkopff
War Office
Champagne
Alsace
Legislature calendars teem with bills and actions ahead
The session news outlines House and Senate committee activity on civil jurisprudence relief for the Supreme Court congestion, conservation district amendments, juvenile boards, and several budget bills. Pending measures include abolishing county jobs, highway tax levies, and ethics reforms with executive confirmations and potential liquor law amendments.
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House
Senate
Supreme Court
Woodward
Bailey
Galveston Bay
Galveston
Tillotson
Texas Conservation Association
T'Jlotson
Texas Company
Deckard
C. W. Woodman
Senator Bee
Tick Eradication Plan Backed by Texas Leaders
President James Callen and Dayton Moses met with the House stock and stock raising committee to discuss a statewide tick eradication bill drafted by Representative Denton. The plan places eradication under the Live Stock Sanitary Commission with a two year non compulsory period, pending county quarantine actions and governor proclaimed steps. The measure has favorable committee support and gains from stockmen after removing earlier objections.
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Austin
Tex
James Callen
Dayton Moses
Callaway
Sanitary Commission
Live Stock Sanitary Commission
Crudgington
Fisk Firm Denies Authorized Bank Lease Ties
In a Washington inquiry, bank executive Fisk testifies the firm leased offices to the Federal Reserve Bank during its first year and a half, and he sought no favors. He recalls discussions with McAdoo and notes a memo about no further contact during the leak inquiry. He asserts no stock pool with officials and criticizes Lawson.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Bank of Any
Wall Street
Fisk
Whipple
McAdoo
Washington
New Willard
McAdood
Campbell
Mr. McAdoo
New Willard Hotel
Serbia
Bennett
Lawson
Harvey Fisk & Sons
Oregon
President Wilson Returns to Capitol for Legislative Talks
President Wilson visited the Capitol for conferences with Senate and House members on his legislative program. A Japanese process for silk worm culture could allow ten harvests a year with improved silk quality and output.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Capitol
Senate
House
Bonny Lee Farrier Wins $5 Dress Contest Prize
Miss Bonny Lee Farrier won the $5 prize in San Antonio's high school dress contest for a graduating dress costing $4. She used 5 yards of 75 cent organdie totaling $3.75 with 5 cents thread and 20 cents pattern. The entry featured a simple, beautyful organdie design with double ruffles and a tiny double ruffle waist.
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Bonnie Lee Farrier
Blanch McGarity
Katy Swift
Olga Liskow
Marguerite Hugman
Beatrice Johnson
Bertha Booth
Florence Kirby
Roby Glayzer
Lanuela Sanchez
Emma Pirie
San Antonio
Council of Mothers
J. F. Carr
F. Saezler
Josephine Woodhull
Catherine Franklin
Human Fly to thrill spectators at Grand opera house
Archie Crisp known as the human fly arrives from San Francisco to perform a noon Tuesday stunt. He will climb the Grand opera house side wall join the adjoining building, cross to the roof, mount the flag staff, spread eagle on its tip, and descend the exterior wall using only hands and feet.
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Archie Crisp
Grand Opera House
Opera House
Crisp
San Francisco
Hotel Guests and Visitors List for San Antonio Hotels
Numerous individuals from cities including San Francisco Brownsville Encinal St Louis Chicago Portland Houston Fort Worth and San Diego are recorded as guests or arrivals at the St Anthony Menger Gunter hotels. Names include P G Ferrer Mrs Alfred Aloe Sam J Jordan W E Graham and others.
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P. G. Ferrer
San Francisco
St. Anthony
Alfred Aloe
Brownsville
Menger
Sam J. Jordan
Encinal
Gunter Hotel
W. E. Graham
St. Louis
W. Enders
E. Garcia
Laredo
Gunter
G. C. Barton
St. Anthony Hotel
W. L. Folup
Houston
N. P. McMahan
Fort Worth
Wisconsin Publisher Praises San Antonio Streets Transformation
J T Murphy publisher of the Superior Telegram returns to San Antonio after five years, lured by reports of improved streets and county roads in San Antonio and Bexar county. He notes his previous winters in California or Florida due to poor roads and expects his automobile to arrive soon for the rest of the season. Murphy stays at the Menger Hotel.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
J. T. Murphy
Superior
Wis
Third Wisconsin Infantry
Murphy
California
Mr. Murphy
Menger
Texans Reach Chicago Banquet Evening of Texan Oklahoma Meet
San Antonio members arrived by special auto train and will attend a banquet in Chicago hosted by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Speakers include J. W. Hucker B R. Webb and Ben Hammond. A joint Texans and Oklahomans gathering followed a St. Louis visit with 500 in attendance. An inventor patented a leather oiling cover for automobiles.
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Chicago
San Antonio
J. W. Hucker
Honveds Fight Well in Push Into Roumania
Romanian Front dispatch praises Honved militia units in the Romanian campaign. Hungarian forces, led by General von Falkenhayn with German advisers, are described as well drilled and tenacious, surpassing foes in key battles on the Transylvanian Alps and Wallachia fronts.
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Roumania
von Falkenhayn
Roumanian
Kronstadt
Wasses
Transylvanian Alps
Wallachia
Soldiers long for renewed combat against Russians
The men express a strong wish to be deployed again to face the Russians, whom they consider their chief enemies. They aim to join the next front as soon as possible and continue fighting with fervor.
Italy Seeks More War Aid and Coal from Allies
The Catholic Ixperier Volkszeitung reports Italy sent envoys to Paris and London to demand larger financial aid and coal for the war effort. It says Rome warns its economic resources are nearly exhausted and needs greater help to sustain the conflict another year, via a neutral priest who traveled through Germany to Holland.
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Italy
Cologne
Ixperier Volkszeitung
Paris
London
Rome
Germany
Holland
Uniforms to Be Uniform in Austrian Army
The War Department announced that Austrian troops will wear uniform style material and color due to cloth scarcity. Branches of service will be shown by metal badges instead of uniform color.
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Vienna
War Department
City Garbage Plant Pays After City Takeover
Since the city of Atlanta took over the crematory last May the average cost per ton for incinerating garbage has dropped to eighty two and one tenth cents. Previously operated by a private crematory the cost ran near two dollars per ton, with company estimates at about 120 dollars per ton for operation. The cited figure covers operating expenses maintenance and repairs but excludes interest on invested funds.
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Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
Sanitary Department
Four Westmoreland girls top cabbage yield on two acres
Greensburg, Pa. Four Westmoreland county sisters, daughters of C. H. Smith, earned about 2400 dollars from a two acre cabbage plot. They planted 18000 plants and will still have a quarter of the crop to harvest and market. Their profits include a 900 dollar bank balance and 900 dollars due from Pittsburg buyers as sauerkraut prices rose.
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Greensburg
Westmoreland County
C. H. Smith
Ruffsdale
Smith
Woman Slow to Adapt to Car in Handwritten Exchange
A dialogue depicts a remark about a woman’s familiarity with an automobile. The reply questions the assumption, noting a lack of examples of women repairing cars or using hairpins as tools.
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Walt
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