Missouri Guard Band Inspires San Antonio Welcome
The Second Regiment Missouri National Guard passing through San Antonio was greeted by Red Cross volunteers and the Jewish women council with figs peaches sandwiches and soda. The regimental band performed the houn dawg song in ragtime delight as Old Mizzoo the mascot watched.
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Missouri National Guard
San Antonio
Laredo
Red Cross
Missouri
Hannah Hirschberg
Council of
Jewish Women
B. W. Heyman
Philadelphia
Dahrooge Company
Southern Pacific
Mississippi
Ozark Mountains
Carthage
Villa
Mexico
Houn
Dawg
Orcer
Laughter and service mark Missouri relief event
An officer served refreshments to hungry volunteers while colonels and lieutenants mingled with Miss Hannah Hirschberg and a long list of volunteers from Philadelphia Louisville and other areas. Girl scouts aided by opening boxes pushing trucks and delivering figs peaches and sandwiches as porters and drawmen assisted at the depot loaded with food and supplies.
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Hannah Hirschberg
Ms. Wagner
Goldman
Carrie Piccara
Laurence Soloman
Stella Levison
Belle Kaliski
H. M. Friedlander
B. W. Heyman
Philadelphia
J. M. Weinfield
Jules Dreyfuss
J. M. Vance
Spencer
Vance
Kansas Troops Reach Eagle Pass In Texas Mission
Battery A of Kansas field artillery with Capt J M Hite arrived at 7 am and joined the signal corps under Capt W L Cox and the First Kansas infantry on four special trains led by Col W S Metcalf. About 9900 officers and men total. Many National Guard units plan discharge affidavits for dependents. Also Maryland's Fighting Fourth rushes toward Eagle Pass amid Villa bandit rumors.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Kansas Field Artillery
J. M. Hite
Signal Corps
W. L. Cox
First
Kansas Infantry
W.S. Metcalf
Second
Third
U.S. Field Artillery
National Guard
Army
Medical Corps
United States
Border
Texarkana
Maryland National Guard
Maryland
San Antonio
Poplar Bluff
Kansas Guardsmen Can Vote in August Primary
Kansas National Guard members on the Texas border may vote in the state wide August primary. The Kansas Supreme Court granted a writ of mandamus against Secretary of State J. T. Botkin in a friendly suit brought by Attorney General H. M. Brewster to clarify the voting scope for absent guardsmen.
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Kansas Guardsmen
Topeka
Kan
Kansas National Guard
Texas
Kansas Supreme Court
J. T. Botkin
Lawmaker seeks ban on false reports affecting foreign relations
Representative Campbell of Kansas introduced a bill to prohibit publishing or transmitting any false report or rumor about international relations that could injure peace with other nations. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee.
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Washington
Campbell
Kansas
Press Association
News Association
United States
Judiciary Committee
Food Inspection Visits San Angelo by State Official
Food inspection duties underway in San Angelo Texas on July 8 with State Deputy Pure Food Inspector Jayne and Sanitary Officer L F Heitzler visiting local places of business to assess compliance.
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San Angelo
Tex
Jayne
L. F. Heitzler
Russian and British Advances Reported in World War Fronts
The war office reports Russian gains west of the Czartomsk sector along the River Styr with villages Dolzyca Gruziatyn and Grady captured and prisoners increasing. British forces attacking fiercely continue until surrenderes mount, while German offensive efforts south of the Stokhod river are repulsed in multiple sectors.
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Czartomsk
War Office
Dolzyca
Gruzial
Styr
Grady
Fierce Western Front Battles Focus Near Thiepval and Hem
Berlin dispatches describe intense fighting on the Somme front with repeated attacks and counterattacks around Thiepval and Hem. British assaults in Thiepval failed to hold gains while French forces captured Hem after multiple efforts. Belloy and surrounding sectors saw house to house combat as front lines hold.
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Berlin
Thiepval
Hem
Somme
la Boisselle
Belloy
Contalmaison Under Fire in British Push in France
British forces press the attack in France as Contalmaison becomes a focal point amid heavy artillery and counterattacks. German prisoners flood out of the village while British Tyneside soldiers are briefly trapped, and Third Prussian Guards fend off assaults in wet, treacherous ground. An aviator reports a startling in-cloud marvel.
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France
London
Thiepval
Mont Auban
Contalmaison
Fricourt
Mamietz
Tyneside
French admire British effort in Somme sector rescue
Paris reports French observers praise British troops in the Somme north sector. German positions are strong and supply lines are complex. heavy French artillery will aim to enfilade targets once 305 and 400 millimetre guns are rail-mounted, requiring time to lay tracks.
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Paris
Somme
French
Germans repulse Somme attacks with heavy losses
Berlin July 8 German forces on both sides of the Somme repulsed repeated assaults by British and French troops with heavy losses, the war office announced.
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Berlin
London
Somme
War Office
Russians Repulsed in Ba Ranovichi and Galicia Battles
Berlin reports heavy Russian assaults against German forces of Prince Leopold in Ba Ranovichi repulsed with thousands dead. Russian attacks northwest of Buczacz in Galicia were fruitless, and German gains were made south of Lutzk in Volhynia.
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Berlin
Prince Leopold
Baranovichi
Buczacz
Galicia
Volhynia
Lutzk
French Advance Limited by Bad Weather on Somme Front
The French pressed forward near Belroy en Santerre and Estrees but gains were limited by bad weather. Several hundred German troops were captured. Violent artillery actions occurred on the Verdun front in the Hill 304 Esnes and Souville sectors.
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Paris
Somme
Belloy-en-Santerre
Estrees
War Office
Verdun
Hill 304
Esnes
Souville
Obituaries for Herbert Gembler Pauline Volland and Josephine Varga
Herbert Gembler 32 died in a San Antonio hospital. Survived by widow two children Elmer and Katherine father J C Gembler sisters Irma Huebner Meta Ackerman brothers Arthur Adolph Fritz. Funeral 6 pm Saturday at his father's St Hedwig road residence burial St Hedwig cemetery. Rev A Wolf officiates. Pauline Volland 61 died at 106 Anderson street survived by husband William R Volland two sons Robert and Walter daughter Mable. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Josephine Varga 74 died at 626 Camden street survived by sons Ben Emery Bart three and daughters L W Mullin M J Preston. Funeral at home 4 pm Sunday and 4:30 pm St Marys church with burial in St Marys cemetery.
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Herbert Gembler
San Antonio
Bexar County
Elmer
Katherine
J. C. Gembler
Irma Huebner
Houston
Meta Ackerman
Arthur
Adolph Gembler
Fritz Gembler
St. Hedwig Road
St. Hedwig
Rev
A. Wolf
St. John's Lutheran Church
Pauline Volland
Anderson Street
Germany
William R. Volland
Robert
South Dakota
Walter
Minnesota
U. S. Navy
Mable
Josephine Varga
Camden Street
Ben
Emery
Bart Varga
L. W. Mullin
M. J. Preston
el Paso
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Cemetery
Drivers' age at 15 set by San Angelo commission
San Angelo Texas city commission amends traffic ordinance to lower the minimum driver age from 16 to 15. J P Anderson of the San Angelo Automobile Club spoke, requesting a right of way ordinance for certain streets. the commission urged drafting the ordinance as requested by the club.
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San Angelo
Tex
J. P. Anderson
The
San Angelo Automobile Club
Anderson
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Second Missouri Infantry
Metcalf
U. S
Wean
la Boiselle
Curlu
Fuilleres
the State National Bank
R. R. Russell
W. W. Collier
J. H. Haile
N. H. Browne
Thos. E. Mathis
A. G. Engelke
Ass’t
Alzaers
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Grant Avenue
Lee Harris
Central Police
Harris
San Antonio Light
A. B.c.—Audit Bureau of Circulations
America
San Antonio Light Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
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