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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1918

Page

2

Allies nibble at German lines claim 6000 prisoners

The article extols Allied gains and morale from minor advances in France, noting over 6000 prisoners in a week. It warns these successes are not decisive and Germany may launch a larger drive soon, with American manpower strengthening Allied defense for a possible endgame push.

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Transportation Shortages Pinch Global Food Supplies

The article argues that world food shortages stem from transport limits rather than production. It cites 300000 tons sugar in the Philippines and 6500000 tons wheat in Australia, awaiting shipment, noting ships and shipping capacity as the core bottleneck hindering distribution and recovery.

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Mayor Bell Seeks Strict Dog Licensing In San Antonio

City pushes enforcement of dog license ordinance amid 35000 dogs in San Antonio with fewer than 200 licensed. Advocates say unlicensed tramp dogs spread rabies, menace good dogs, and steal food from homes. Critics cite cost and burden on the poor, urging fair enforcement.

Bell San Antonio

City urged to humane dog control model from Pittsburg

A columnist praises Pittsburg's dog pound run by caring women, noting sanitary grounds and humane handling. Dogs without licenses are fed and kept, with redeemed animals returned disease free. unredeemed dogs are sold, and unsold animals are electrocuted and turned to fertilizer. The piece urges San Antonio to adopt a similar humane, businesslike approach.

San Antonio Pittsburg

A New Race of Sailors Aims to Man New American Fleet

A commentary on rebuilding the American merchant marine after war. It highlights recruiting youths inland to become capable sailors, cites Captain Lincoln W. Tibbetts as a dying breed, and predicts Texas lads entering long voyages to raise the American flag abroad.

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Fanny Dreen Reconsiders Life as Harvey Joins the War

Fanny Dreen loses a New York stenographer post and faces poverty and heartbreak. While haunted by thoughts of home and Harvey Burns, she encounters a wartime parade and discovers he is bound for service. They reunite, marry, and she becomes a war wife waiting at Oldport sharing his life and salary.

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Tow to Get Your Coal in a Curious Local Tale

A fragmentary, dialect filled tale recounts Mike Mlaherty leaving South Beaton for Tynn and renting a cottage. He buys a monkey and hides his plan from friends in Hoston while muttering about a strange scheme and daily monkey duties in a cold cellar.

Mike Mlaherty South Beaton Tynn

The Majestic closes with a varied vaudeville and film bill

The Majestic Theater closes tonight with Madams Cronin and Oakland headlining a diverse program of novelty acts, comedy routines, and musical numbers. The bill includes The Musical Conservatory, Danny O’GiN U S A, and a slate of blackface vaudeville acts, plus photo plays starring Beatrice Umberfield and The Ordeal of Rosetta.

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Film Attractions Arnold Daly at the Grand Today

Arnold Daly stars in My Own United States a patriotic photodrama at the Grand to day directed by Daly himself with a strong stage and screen cast. The feature has drawn large audiences since Thursday and will continue this week. A William Varnum production follows tomorrow with Eva Lang in later showings.

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Bolshevik Ukrainians feud hints at political strain

District Attorney Clyne cites tensions between Bolsheviki and Ukrainians at a Chicago dinner. A joke about Soviet leaders meeting in a hotel tearoom frames the bitter hatred allegedly existing between the groups. The Washington Star notes humorous exchange and a jab about a mother. Teve Antoinette Brown Blackwell noted as a pioneer of American equal suffrage celebrated her birthday in Wheatham?

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Weather and public notices blur in Texas newspapers

A patchwork of brief reports notes hot weather in Laredo, editorial quips from Dallas and Fort Worth papers, a Comfort News town description, crop notes, a reorganized Comfort Business Men’s Club, wartime stance reminders, and new federal egg inspection rules affecting storekeepers and producers.

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