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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
14
A war department casualty list shows numerous names including John Walz and Ario Bona among the dead and wounded, with severals listed as missing or discharged. The report also notes coal miners exempted from future drafts, citing labor shortages and coal production impact.
Rotary Club luncheon featured convention reports and a three round boxing exhibition between Pancho Flores and Young Rische. The event highlighted international unity, war finance plans, and a keynote report by Charles Gibson on fisheries and oysters, with Madame Alicia Petitclerc leading delegates back from Kansas City.
Harvard and Yale clashed in golf tennis and swimming at the Country Club near San Antonio. About 100 officers from army posts competed with Yale capturing the tennis finale while Harvard won most swimming events. Yale edged Harvard in a close tennis match and naval lieutenant Pell swept key games for Yale.
Dallas reports lieutants Chements aged 25 and Cletnients killed when their plane spun and crashed during a Fourth of July celebration at Camp Dick. One other flyer died at Welsh Louisiana and a second, Eggleston of Washington, was injured in a Gerstner Field to Lebanon flight mishap. Aircraft crash details describe a ground nose strike and demolition of the planes.
The Rail way Claim Agents Association of Texas covering Texas Oklahoma Louisiana and Arkansas will convene its sixth annual meeting at the Hotel Galvez in Galveston on July 12 and 18. Officers include W C Rachette Texarkana president Seabrook Pine Bluff Ark first vice president H S Buescher Dallas second vice president and C H Schutter Dallas secretary treasurer. The group has been approved by the director general of United States railways.
An advertisement promotes Le Creole Hair Dressing as the original color restorer not a dye. It claims gradual darkening of gray or faded hair with a scalp friendly formula that resists washing out. Sold by Van Vleet Mansfield Drug Co Memphis Tenn at 20 cents direct.
Amity lodge No Knights of Pythias holds a midweek installation at the Koof Thal in Bariebure with Chancellor Commander Thomas Tanks and other officers named. The ceremony includes oaths, music, readings by District Attorney DAL McAstall and Mer S. Robertson, with refreshments, dancing, and a later advertisement for household goods. A county assessor announcement and a women voters meeting are also noted along with an ad for Grove’s Tasteless charm and a worm remedy.
Inspection of the new Texas National Guard cavalry regiments will begin Monday after a Friday conference in San Antonio between state corps officers and regular army staff. Maj. Walter F. Wood and Capt. T. W. Griffiths announced routes and noted Lt. Col. William T. Moffett of Mercedes will lead the inspecting officers. The troops are ready for federal recognition and likely to be drafted into federal service with border duty expected.
The article reports speeches by Lane and Baker urging total war support, warning Germany’s strength and calling for Americanism over internationalism. It notes troop increases, draft ages, and education concerns as part of the war mobilization, with a brief line on India’s wheat crop rising 8 percent.
Julius C. Jackson, under indictment, admits planning the robbery for the Railwaylinechise ordinance case. Circuit Attorney McDaniel says Jackson targeted petitions to aid the Walled Railways Company with immunity in mind. The National Bank of Commerce builds a new edifice while unrelated family musings on a great-grandfather’s sword appear.
Michael Seecott, Novily Laredo Street and Lak View Avenue, presented the Irish Sword to Sheriff John We Tobin. The blade is a terse heirloom said to date back generations and linked to Trish origin myths. The sheriff notes his father received it, with memory faded on the exact year.
A military funeral was held at the National Cemetery for Private Irving C Bleibaum of the Forty-eighth Company, Depot Brigade. He died July 1 after five days in service from a chronic condition made worse by overheating. Bleibaum, a former Mexican miner, reported from Fort Worth after seeking a Camp Travis posting. The unit gave full military honors.
This ad warns that pimples signal skin and blood diseases and urges prompt blood purification with S S S, a vegetable medicine. It claims local treatments fail and invites readers to write to Swift Specific Co in Atlanta for free medical guidance.
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