Illinois National Guard Train Reaches Border Amid Delays
The First Cavalry unit of the Illinois National Guard finally pulled out of Springfield after a 15 hour delay, troops sleeping on streets while the train was assembled. Governor Dunne protests railroad inefficiency as air scouts and a new U S aviation reserve unit prepare to train, fund drives reach 5 089 dollars, and support for troopers and dependents grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ills
Illinois National Guard
Wabash Road
Washington
Dunne
Cactus Plains
Mexico
Buffalo
N. Y
Phil D. Rader
Royal Flying Corps
Chicago
New York
Rader
Curtiss Company
Columbus
N. M
Europe
San Francisco
French Foreign Legion
Leutenant
American News Associations
War Department
United States Central Aviation Reserve
Lake Front
Grant Park
Cicero Field
Chicago Red Cross
Illinois
Western Electric Company
James A. Patten
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
New YWCA Worker Ida B Casselman to Lead Downtown Cafeteria
Ida B Casselman named director of the New York YWCA downtown cafeteria will start duties Monday. The Women’s Auxiliary of the National Security League plans auxiliaries among wives and sisters of Illinois regiments to assist front line units, with Mrs M J Friend and others in charge.
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Ida B. Casselman
The
Young Women’s Christian Association
National Security League
Illinois
M. J. Friend
John J. Garrity
Daniel Moriarity
Franklin P. Dennison
Agnes
Free Dental Work Offer From Painless Methods
An advertisement promises $1 worth of dental work free to induce customers to try Painless Methods. It touts guaranteed quality, low prices on teeth sets crowns fillings bridges extractions and other services with a $1 free offer for orders over $1.
Fourth Ready to Go at Camp Dunne
At Camp Dunne Illinois intense activity signals the Fourth Infantry prep for departure to mobilize. Third Infantry has been mustered and equipped and could leave within twenty four hours after the Eighth, with rail transport readiness improving. A strike by 200 workers disrupted payroll setup while brigadier generals and majors prepare Illinois troops for field service ahead of Independence Day.
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E. A. Phillips
Camp Dunne
Springfield
Ills
Engineers
Signal Corps
National Guard
Funkhouser
Illinois
Henry R. Hill
Quincey
Fourth Infantry
Charles P. Summers
W. E. Yarbrough
Shelbyville
Illinois Cavalry Train Heads to Border After Sleepless Night
Han Nibal Missouri July 1 The first section of the First Illinois Cavalry train pulled out of Springfield at 6 a m bound for the border. Troopers waited on brick streets from 7 p m the prior day with sections entraining at 1 a m 3 a m and 5 a m. The regiment is due to arrive Tuesday night.
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First Illinois Cavalry
Hannibal
First Cavalry
Springfield
Charters Issued In Austin Texas
Charters issued include Kolb Oil and Gas Company of Houston with capital stock 30000 and incorporators F B McCurdy Ben Davison H A Kolb W B Spiers J F Owens. Pure Oil Refining Company of Houston capital stock 15000 with incorporators W L Hemphill A B Snoddy W O Scott A L Hemphill. Ben Wheeler Oil and Gas Company of Ben Wheeler Van Zandt county granted blue sky stock sale permit proposed 10000 with promoters J A Chandler J W Greer. Dissolutions filed Northwest Motor Company Amarillo Benavides Telephone Company Benavides Seguiner Zeitung Publishing Company Seguin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Kolb Oil and Gas Company of Houston
Capital Stock
F. B. McCurdy
Ben §. Davison
H. A. Kolb
W. B. Spiers
J. F. Owens
Pure Oil Refining Company of Houston
W. L. Hemphill
A. B. Snoddy
W. O. Scott
A. L. Hemphill
Ben Wheeler Oil and Gas Company
Ben Wheeler
van Zandt County
J. A. Chandler
J. W. Greer
Northwest Motor Company
Amarillo
Benavides Telephone Company
Benavides
Seguiner Zeitung Publishing Company
Seguin
Officers for New Regiments Are Announced
General Funston receives orders assigning officers to eight new regiments under the July 1 army reorganization. W. S. Scott is named to command the Sixteenth Cavalry at Fort Sam Houston, with other officers slated for Sixteenth and Seventeenth cavalry, Seventh and Eighth field artillery, and Thirty-fourth to Thirty-seventh infantry at Fort Bliss El Paso Douglas San Antonio Brownsville and Douglas. Second lieutenants to be named later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Department
Funst
Scott
Sixteenth Cavalry
Seventh Field Artillery
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
W. 8
San Antonio
Texas
W.S. Scott
Edward Anderson
George W. Moses
George W. Kilpatrick
Powell Clayton
C. A. Dougherty
T. B. Esty
D. L. Roscoe
Innis P. Swift
Matt C. Bristol
Oscar Foley
Leon R. Partridge
Harold B. Johnson
John O. Spring
N. H. Davis
A. G. Hixson
J. H. Bernard
T. H. Cunningham
J. G. Winter
H. E. Mann
H. T. Bull
Emil Engel
Charles McH. Edy
C. H. Hayes
W. W. Wynne
Edward J. Duran
Horace Stringfellow Jr
H. H. Fuller
J. W. Heard
B. R. Peyton
John Magruder
Eighth Field Artillery
Fort Bliss
E. F. McGlachly Jr
H. G. Bishop
W. McKlambin
Waldo C. Potter
Charles P. George Jr
W. H. Shepperd
T. G. Gottschalk
Leo P. Guinn
W. S&s. Sturcill
T. M. Anderson Jr
A. R. Kirkin
T. Strayer
B. F. Miller
F. W. Bradson
J. M. Holmes
F. T. Burt
B. Halford
C. R. Lewis
C. R. Hoffman
F. B. Alderdice
M. M. Garrett
J. M. Lockett
K.S. Gregory
J. D. Elliott
W. F. L. Suapson
T. M. Gimperling
R. C. Stickney
J. R. Mendenhall
G. E. Stranemeyer
D. C. Byars
I. O. K. Taussig
J. R. Alfonte
A. R. Underwood
T. G. Hearn
S. Woods
F. C. Rogers
I. T. Schill
June Weather Report Shows Warm Month for San Antonio
The monthly meteorological summary notes two days at or above 100 degrees on June 4 and 26, a low of 63 on the 15th, and an average temperature of 84 degrees. San Antonio had 23 clear days, only five with rain, and total precipitation of 0.49 inches, 2.62 inches below normal. Three light thunderstorms occurred on the 8th, 13th, and 15th.
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Weather Bureau
San Antonio
Kansas City Life opens San Antonio offices led by Walsh
The Kansas City Life Insurance Company opens permanent San Antonio offices in the Brady building with Joe Walsh as district manager. Colonel Ike T. Pryor of San Antonio pushed for representation among local policyholders. Walsh, formerly with a Chicago agency, has started hiring and plans to add more staff soon.
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Kansas City Life Insurance Company
Ike T. Pryor
San Antonio
Brady
Joe Walsh
Colonel Pryor
Walsh
Chicago
Travel Certificates Required for Border Carriers
Austin July 1 A conference among border quarantine officers and railroad surgeons led to a rule requiring all passengers traveling from border public carriers to show a health certificate from a state quarantine officer. The policy, a cooperation between railroads and the state, aims to prevent disease spread. Officers from Laredo El Paso Eagle Pass and Brownsville will coordinate, with plans to tighten refugee entry rules from Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Collins
Texas
Mexico
Laredo
el Paso
Eagle Pass
Brownsville
Militiamen Outfitted Like Regular Army Men
Describe the 1910s Texas militia uniform and gear matching federal troops. Lists include field dress, belts, coats, hats, gloves, shoes, and equipment such as rifles, belts, slings, bayonet, canteen, shelters, poncho, and tent gear. Also covers horse tack for mounted units and officer pistols and sabers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
San Antonio
Texas
United States
Mrs. J. L. Landrum Arrives for Texas July Parade
Mrs. J. L. Landrum of the Texas Department of Agriculture arrives in San Antonio en route to Corpus Christi to coordinate participation by 200 home economics club girls in the Fourth of July parade, wearing a made in Texas gown. She just returned from a conference at Haskell Institute in Kansas with Cato Sells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Landrum
Texas Department of Agriculture
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Home Economics Club
Landrum
Kansas
Haskell Institute
Cato Sells
Commissioner of
Indian Affairs
The
Indian Service
French fashion houses seek radical designs to lure neutrals
Paris reports fashion leaders plan striking new lines to hold their large foreign trade. French modistes believe only a radical departure will keep sales to neutral nations, particularly the United States, despite civilians with limited spending power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States
Say what you mean by telling Jones I was a blockhead
A fragment from a Philadelphia bulletin quotes a character accusing another of calling him a blockhead. The exchange hints at a gossipy or humorous social moment without full context.
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Jones
Philadelphia Bulle
Workmen's Circle Picnic for War Sufferers at Muth's Garden
The Workmen's Circle hosts a 3:30 pm picnic at Muth's Garden with music dancing and refreshments. Addresses in English and Yiddish will be given and half of the net proceeds go to aid Jewish war sufferers in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muth’s Garden
Europe
Third Court of Civil Appeals Adjourns For Term
The Third Court of Civil Appeals in Austin adjourned for the term with the next term set in October. Rehearing refusals included J. M. Dobie et al vs. J. C. Scott. others were continued to the next term. Cases from Milam McLennan McLennan Travis were scheduled for submission and hearing on October 11, 1916 with several parties listed.
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Austin
Tex
Third Court of Civil Appeals
J. M. Dobie
J. C. Scott
Mandamus
E. A. Doss
E. A. Doss Et al Vs. W. W. Chambers
Milam
L. Hume Ys
R. B. Carpenter
Same
Marvin Moore
W. R. Denton
R. T. Flewellyn
McLennan
J. Pletcher Va
A. W. Koch Co
McLen
John J. Weldere
Texas
Travis
Eula Benson
J. C. Ashford Et al
T. BB. Prunty
J. A. Stanford
Rumely Products Co
T. H. Moss
Hamilton
Herman Welgers
Dublin Plans Rebuild Sackville Streets After Revolt
Dublin outlines ambitious rebuilding after the revolt. Sackville and nearby streets will be widened, slums removed, and a concert hall a cathedral and a home for the Royal Hilbernian Academy planned. Archbishop Walsh leads the movement to reserve a cathedral site with a temporary public park laid out in the interim.
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Dublin
Sackville
Royal Hilbernian Academy
Walsh
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Firstllinois
Dunne Files
Chicago Aviation Section
New Y. W. C. A. Worker
Painless Matthews
E. Houston St
Gas Co
W. S. Scott
C. S. Ritchel
A. A. White
E. G. Sherburne
Norman Randolph
G. W. C. Whiting
J. ©. Thornell
Alexander Wilson
W. G. Longwell
C. M. Everett
C. W. El-iott
C. F. McKinney
M. H. Davis
Infantry
J. A. Penn
H. T. Ferguson
E. T. Conley
C. F. Armstead
F. Crain
E. H. Tarburton
J. B. Lyth
P. C. Potter
L. C. Grieves
A. D. Cummings
H. H. Pritchett
W. R. Leonard
C. G. Sturtevant
W. V. Gallagher
W. F. Harrell
H. Hawley
R. D. Lagrade
C. A. Lewis
J. B. Boswell
HH. T. Schulz
John Kleiner
C. W. Ryder
M. O. French
W. H. Moss
M. D. Weitz
J. H. Harris
A. St. J. Tucker
J. G. Ord
D. C. Emmons
R. G. Sherrard
J. T
Fitton
Ular
New York” State
Clarendon
America
Monady
Milan
Wolff & Marx Company
Mercury
Kansas City Life Insurance Co
Chas Christopher
Iowa St
Jersey
Dasher
Border District
Muth
Wolfson's
Saul Wsefson
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