Weird and True San Antonio Pictures by Chicago Writers
Chicago correspondents describe San Antonio's Fort Sam Houston camp as they file reports on Illinois militiamen. Crowd indifference, pup tents, and heat clashes with hopeful training and local humor, while Alamo commerce and city mood color their western assignment.
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San Antonio
Chicago
Fort Sam Houston
Alamo City
Ilinoig
Hum
Lllinoig
Illinois
Sirocco
Barbers
Gene Morgan
Chicago Daily News
Texas
Sidney Willis
The
Tribune
Fred D. Pasley
Chicago Examiner
Mr. Little
Herald
Kansas
Georgia
Florida
Willis
Alamo
Texas Independence
Crockett
Bowie
Shea
Who Smoked the First Pipe in England
The article surveys claims on who first smoked a pipe in England and recounts Raleigh's role in popularizing the habit. It notes potential early claimants such as Middleton, Price, Keot, and Ralph Lane, then details a 1911 sale of a purported Raleigh pipe linked to Bishop Andrewes, with the auctioneer speculating about a parchment record that would raise the price.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
G. L. Apperson
William Middleton
Myddelton
Richard Middleton
Denbigh Castle
Price
Keot
London
England
Ralph Lane
Virginia
Drake
Lane
Raleigh
Andrewes
Efforts to shrink Petrograd population by royal plan
Petrograd faces a royal conference decision to clear out factories not vital to defense and to expel residents without need in the capital. Aimed at reducing the city’s population by at least a million amid hosting a million refugees, the measures cover removal of nonessential workers and others deemed unnecessary residents.
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Petrograd
Von Hindenburg Honored by Eight Silesian Cities
Beuthen Gleiwitz Koenigshuette Myslowitz Neisse Oppeln Ratibor Tarnowitz deputations travel to Field Marshal von Hindenburg on the Russian front to notify him of honorary citizenship from eight municipalities. The general has received similar honors from 250 German and thirty Austrian and Hungarian cities.
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von Hindenburg
Breslau
Beuthen
Gleiwitz
Koenigshuette
Myslowitz
Neisse
Oppeln
Ratibor
Tarnowitz
Marshal von Hindenburg
Mystery of the gown and essay at graduation
A conversation questions who wrote the graduating essay while asserting the wearer created her gown. The exchange hints at pride in personal handiwork and raises doubt about attribution of the essay. The item reflects student life and craft at a ceremony.
San Antonian Wins Honors at College
William H. Fowler, a San Antonio High School graduate in 1908, earned high honors at the University of Wisconsin after completing a two year civil engineering course. He led the UT Academic Department class of 1912 with an all A record and joined several fraternities including Delta Upsilon Gamma Alpha and Tau Beta Pi. He then took a position with a Pittsburgh contracting firm.
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William H. Fowler
University of Wisconsin
Fowler
San Antonio
University of Texas
Pittsburg
Wisconsin
Delta Upsilon
Gamma Alpha
Tau Beta Pi
Westminster Presbyterian camp near Kerrville sees surge in registrations
Montair Texas July 8 Nearly three times as many registrations as last year mark the eleventh Westminster Presbyterian encampment opening June 8. Extra tents and staff are arranged as July 20 to August 13 program draws crowds. Notables include Charles M. Sherrill San Antonio assistant manager and J J Delaney Austin College manager. Rains refresh campers and river fishing thrives with a 32 pound catfish reported near the grounds.
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Montair
Kerrville
Tex
Elventh
Westminster Presbyterian
Charles M. Sherrill
San Antonio
J. J. Delaney
Austin College
Westminster Club
Bryan
C. A. Sanford
Sherman
E. K. Walker
Thomasine Walker
Dallas
Louis Vance
William Will
Miss Will
Miss Beakley
R. F. Gribble
John Sleeper
Joe
Margaret
M. J. Green
W. D. Black
Wilmer
Mary
Alleene Beakley
Ella Mae Smith
Marjorie Will
T. M. Gribble
Vivian Bailey
Will
Guadalupe
A. M. Gribble
Turtle Creek
Madame Sukhomlinoff Triggers Arrest in Bribe Plot
In Petrograd on July 8 Mme Sukhomlinoff wife of the ex war minister became central to a bribery case. A war office official claiming czarist inquiry authority offered to destroy evidence and secure release for 200000 dollars. The official was arrested as he arrived to collect payment.
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Petrograd
Mme. Sukhomlinoff
War Office
Czar
Sukhomlinoff
Madame Sukhomlinoff
Sweeney’s Son Hanged in Past Event Report
A clipped report notes the hanging of Sweeney’s son followed by an apparent line about a natural death. The fragment preserves a somber tone and references a historical incident without graphic detail.
Health Tip From Muldoon On Posture And Confidence
In a letter to Robert Grimshaw of New York University William Muldoon, famed for rehabilitation of broken bodies, urges Americans to straighten posture by touching the crown of the head to an imaginary point and pressing the back against a wall. He claims this simple act improves breathing, balance, gait, thinking, and overall vitality for all ages.
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Robert Grimshaw
New York University
Commerce and Finance
William Muldoon
America
Merchant and Wife Delight Clerks with Orders
A city merchant notes his wife recently visited the shop and amused clerks by giving orders, remarking how it tickles them to death to see someone boss him around. The friend of a city merchant recalls the scene with light humor.
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Sahara
Lincoln Park
Casey's
South Halsted Street
Mephisto
Europe
Windy City
Richard Henry Little
the Chicago
New York
Amalie
Fraser Auto Supply Co
Birdsong & Potchernick
Hearn-Stewart Bros. Tire Co
San Antonio Auto Parts Co
Southwestern Repair Company
St. Anthony
Telephone Crockett
T. B. Baker
SAN Antonian
Presbyterian
Kerr County
Ing
Jean Hock
Emma Hock
W. A. Baity
Ruth
Margaret Baity
O. L. Johnson
M. N. Johnson
J. P. Jennett
Greyford Beakley
M. Novich
N. Trottner
A. Radoff
Dora Mayfield
Refugio
C. H. Heard
Earl
Gerald Stafford
Heardsdale
Hugh H.aseard
Alta Heard
Corpus Christi
J. G. Baldwin
Harvey
Paul
Bobby C. Baldwin
Inez
Johnnie Baldwin
J. C. Baldwin Jr
Laredo
L. H. Wharton
Cuero
Allie Mayfield
Fish
Diamond Congress
Sampson
Ajax
Goodyear
Ford
Atlas Tire CO
Ave. C
Houston
Oklahoma City
the Woodward Carriage CO
Third Street
Frank A. Winerich
Willys-Overland Company
Toledo, Ohio
J.o. B
Toledo
Mr. Muldoon
Presa Corner
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