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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1916
Page
14
Colonel Pedro Delgado recounts alleged mistreatment by General Houston's forces after the San Jacinto battle. He details auctions of belongings, starvation, harassment on detention ships, and deplorable camp conditions, contrasting Mexican suffering with Texan actions and dispatches.
A column recalls humorous and bold feats by Allied pilots behind German lines. British aviators use a water soaked football and a woolly sheep to spook enemy crews, while a Russian flyer feigns German fluency to slip away. A Fusiliers misread a German aircraft causing a near-mortall mistake, and Commander Sampson uses a feint to misdirect German machine guns.
The Brooklyn Eagle explains yerba mate as a South American beverage tied to the gourd called mate. Indigenous peoples in Paraguay, Brazilians in Parana Santa Catharina Rio Grande do Sul and Matto Grosso, and northern Argentina use the plant dried over fire and prepared with hot water. Export from Brazil exceeds eight million dollars annually. A straw or cane piece is used to sip the infusion after the drink rests.
George Dewey Naylor of San Antonio born and educated here joined the British navy for the war. He recounts near Vera Cruz, storms, German raids, a rock collision in Montreal, and a May 31 battle where his light cruiser survived while 108 crew died. He credits churchgoing for his survival and hopes to see his mother after the war.
City notice from San Antonio dated July 8 1916 informs voters that the special election on July 17 1916 for precinct 81 will be held at Zumberges Hall 409 Austin Street replacing 409 Grayson Street as previously listed in notices published June 28 July 2 and July 6 1916. City Clerk Fred Fries signs the notice.
National Guard troops arrive at the Mexican border as army officials enforce strict disease prevention. Regular and militia medical officers train in hygiene and sanitation, with typhoid inoculations widely administered. in a 12,000-strong Texas City camp no typhoid cases occurred for nearly two years.
Official guidance notes possible delays in completing inoculation and warns of typhus malaria yellow fever smallpox and camp sanitation. Emphasizes louse and mosquito transmission and mandates vaccination re vaccination portable barriers and soil cleanliness to prevent disease in mobilization camps.
The London Daily Mail portrays Salonica as a city of mystery beyond Venizelos street. Its extraordinary 22 century history includes repeated plagues fires earthquakes and conquests by many empires. Now under Greek sway with a Turkish mayor the storms of history may still continue.
Miss May Symonds and Miss Flora Sandes, two of ten nurses chosen for voluntary work in Serbia, were decorated by the Serbian crown prince after serving at the front. They faced typhus, aided refugees, and raised funds for hospital supplies, with Sandes earning rank as corporal then sergeant and Symonds aiding through Saloniki and Corsica.
In Bucharest on July 8 Russia again assumed a threatening attitude toward Roumania and may demand that the kingdom abandon neutrality and join the war with the allies. The Russian minister asked for details of treaties with the central powers and Bulgaria and hinted at drastic measures if commercial treaties included military agreements.
A family heirloom table, over 200 years old, is presented as restored. The speaker urges caution to Mary and vows secrecy, while the caretaker assures no one will be told and notes the piece looks as good as new.
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