Al Fresco Supper Honors Texas Citizen Soldiers
San Antonio hosts an al fresco supper for civilian soldiers and graduates of the Citizens' Training Camp at Fort Sam Houston. Major General Frederick Funston attends reluctantly, lauding mobilization benefits and warning of war costs as a crowd of about 1000 cheers and recalls frontier days.
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San Antonio
University
Funston
Grant
Lee
Virginia
Washington
Europe
America
General Funston
Clinton G. Brown
Henry PD. Lindsley
Dallas
Woodward
Trinity River
Frederick Funston
Notice to Voters Special Election Venue Change
Notice from San Antonio Texas dated July 8 1916 states the special election in precinct 31 on July 17 1916 will be held at Zumberges Hall 409 Austin Street replacing 409 Gray Street per prior notices. Fred Fries signs the notice.
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Zumberge’s
Ausin Street
Grayon Street
Voice of Election
San Antonio
Fred Fries
Rookies at San Antonio Camp Urged to Embrace Military Training
Speakers at the civilian training camp praised preparedness and urged wider adoption of military training in public schools. They cited potential citizen soldiers as essential to national defense, recalling Frederick Funston and the Alamo, while proposing compulsory Texas school training and future expansion to thousands.
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Sach
Europe
Lindsley
Frederick Funston
Philippines
Claude V. Birkhead
First Field Artillery
Millard F. Waltz
San Antonio
Waltz
Carlos Bee
Birkhead
Texas
United States Army
Napier
Alamo
Million More Women Than Men in France
AP correspondence reports French labor statistics showing prewar women outnumbered men by 756 682 in a 39 602 258 population. War to date adds about 1 million women, raising female wage earners to roughly 2.86 million or 47 percent of all wage workers.
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Associated Press
Paris
Labor Department
France
Damage suit over cow’s death in Morgan County Alabama
T. J. Holt sues George Freeman an Morgan county inspector for $100 damages claiming a cow died after drinking poisonous fluid used to dip cattle ticks. The complaint describes the cow as of good birth and gentle disposition and notes the lethal liquid was part of a county animal dipping program.
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Birmingham
Ala
George Freeman
Morgan County
T. J. Holt
Villa forces threaten Big Bend border amid patrol ramp up
General Funston seeks recommendations from Colonel Gaston on needed reinforcements as Villa leads a border threat toward the Big Bend district. Units moving to secure the area include Sixth Carbine and Fourth Texas Infantry with militia and Indiana and Kansas contingents en route to Eagle Pass and Laredo.
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Villa
Big Bend
Funston
Gaston
State Department
Carranza
Bana of Villistas
Corralitos
Jiminez- Parral
el Paso
Columbus
Border Patrol
Pershing
Parral
San Antonio
Missouri
Laredo
Kansas Infantry
Kansas
Eagle Pass
Indiana
Field Artillery
Mercedes
Brownsville
Maryland Infantry
Wisconsin Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
Vacancies Rise in French Chamber of Deputies and Senate
Paris reports two more deputy vacancies increasing the Chamber to 34 open seats after deaths and election irregularities. The chamber now has 566 of 600 seats, while 32 Senate seats are vacant from deaths since 1914. Hautes Alpes will be unrepresented until peace. Seven deputies and aviator senator Emile Reymond died in service.
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Associated Press
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Senate
Hautes Alpes
Emile Reymond
Horsford’s Acid Phosphate Ad Promotes Relief
An ad notes Horsford’s acid phosphate relieves sour stomach sick headache and nausea. Mentions today’s chicken dinner for 35 cents at Mexican Inn located 126 East Crockett Street.
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Horsford
E. Crockett St
Morning spin ends with auntie seen in nishtie
A Chicago man visits a young lady early in spring with his large car seeking a morning ride through the country. A niece answers the door and says the aunt is upstairs in her nishtie looking over the banisters.
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Chicago
Yucatan Prefers Peace Over War With United States
Dr. Victor A. Rendon of Yucatan states Mexicans harbor no general hatred for Americans and that most Mexicans favor peace with the United States. He notes hemp exports to the U S would suffer in war, harming Yucatan’s economy, and affirms regional loyalty to Mexico.
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Washington, D. C
Victor A. Rendon
Yucatan
Washington
Sisal
American Federation of Labor
Mexico
Vera Cruz
United States
Dr. Rendon
Carranza
Women Take Heavy Roles at Krupp Gun Plant
The Krupp works at Essen nearly doubled total employees from August 1, 1914 to April 1, 1916, with women rising from 1,214 to 13,028. Male workers grew to 55,949. From 1915 to April 1, male gun and munition makers rose by 1,558 while female workers increased 2,096. Previously women were limited to selling and cleaning. Illness rate among women in 1915 stood at 76.60 per 100 vs 62.13 per 100 for men.
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Krupp
Essen
New York Times
Great Gun
Krupp’s
Gompers Urges Teachers to Unite in Defense of Public Education
Samuel Gompers president of the AFL addressed the National Educational Association urging organized labor to back teachers who join unions. He warned against philanthropic foundations seeking to control schools and urged educators to seek freedom through union affiliation for independence and protection.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
National Educational Association
Mr. Gompers
Organized Labor Movement
Adamsant
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