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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1916

Page

11

New Division 10 Brownsville Soon

Brownsville Texas July 14 announcement from Fort Brown states an extra division of state troops has been ordered into the district. The total American forces on the border reach about 60 000 men forming roughly three divisions with plans for a battle line a line of communication and occupation and guard roles.

Brownsville Tex Fort Brown Iowa North South Dakota Louisiana Oklahoma New York Mexico

Jewelry and lumber ads mix in civic notice page

We buy or take in trade your old gold and silver items and old coins through Alamo Jewelry Co at 315 Alamo Plaza. Also wallpaper specials offer room coverings at 1.45 per room with new patterns and cut out borders. Kuntz Albaugh Lumber Co advertises lumber supplies with phone Crockett 5300 for samples.

Alamo Jewelry Co Alamo Plaza Phone Crockett Kuntz- Albaugh Lumber Co

Richter's Special Coffee Cake On Sale Tomorrow

Richter's Special Coffee Cake goes on sale at all grocers tomorrow, promising a fresh, flavorful treat for shoppers. The product highlight emphasizes quality ingredients and a limited time offer.

Richter Ady

Local Notices and Advertisements Blended Item

Sewer connections installed by Young and Ramsey Cro 2908. Visit sample room at 8 23 Lakeview avenue for latest decorative wallpaper designs at reasonable prices. Kuntz Albaugh Lumber Co.

Young & Ramsey Cro Lakeview Avenue Kuntz-Albaugh Lumber Co

Sewer Connections Ad by Schuwirth and Co

W G Schuwirth and Co of 231 W Commerce St advertises sewer connections and plumbing services with contact Crockett 641.

W. G. Schuwirth & Co W. Commerce St Crockett Ady

Lawyers J F Carl and R H Warn Ad

In the 521 Bedell Building advertising space offered by lawyers J F Carl and R H Warn located at Crockett 1250 indicating legal services.

J. F. Carl and R. H. Warn Bedell Building Phone Crockett

Money to Loan on Diamonds and Jewelry

O'Connell Loan Co offers loans on diamonds jewelry and watches at 112 East Houston Street. Adv.

O’connell Loan Co E. Houston St

Army orders detail officers for canal zone duties and promotions

The Army lists Lt Col B Devore of the Tenth Infantry as part of a board to locate canal zone posts, relieves Col N E Mallory, and assigns Lt Sidney B Colquitt to Fort Slocum for aviation detail fitness. Basil D Edwards earns promotion to first lieutenant and acts as judge advocate at West Point. Multiple officers receive reassignment, stationing at Governor's Island and Springfield Armory, with tests on Colt guns and temporary teaching posts, plus leave allowances and two visits to Washington for ordnance matters.

B. Devore Tenth Infantry Canal Zone 8. Mallory Twenty-ninth Infantry Sidney B. Colquitt Fort Slocum N. Y Signal Corps Basil D. Edwards Infantry Second Cavalry Gilbert H. Stewart Ordnance Department Thomas W. Brown Seventh Infantry Springfield Armory Springfield Mass Samuel A. Purvis Leland Stanford Junior University Palo Alto California Thomas J. Smith Jesse C. Nichols Washington, D. C Thomas A. Kenyon Medical Reserve Corps Camp of Instruction Fort Terry Fort Sam Houston Ernest B. Goose Sherman Miles Third Field Artillery John G. Workiser Philadelphia Plattsburg Twenty-second Infantry United States Daniel N. Swan JR Coast Artillery Corps Harold B. Sampson

Potter to major. dental corps exam board named

First Lieutenant Waldo C. Potter of the Sixth Field Artillery has accepted a commission as major in the Connecticut Field Artillery and will join that unit. A board will meet at West Point, New York, to examine applicants for appointment in the dental corps, with Capt. Henry C. Coburn Jr or Lt. John A. Mallister Frank L. K. Laflamme listed as members.

Signal Corps Waldo C. Potter Sixth Field Artillery Connecticut Field Artillery Henry C. Coburn JR Medical Corps John A. M' Allister Frank L. K. Laflamme West Point N. Y Dental Corps

Wood urges continued emergency surgical prep in nation

Major General Leonard Wood, head of the department of the east, in a letter to Mrs. R R McCormick, a Chicago medical preparedness leader, urged maintaining emergency surgical preparations in Chicago and nationwide despite a current outlook of no war with Mexico.

Chicago Ill Leonard Wood Department of the East R. R. McCormick Menico

Governor Ferguson Returns to Austin After Bosque Visit

Governor Ferguson returned to Austin after spending time in Bosque county following a speech at Mart in McLennan County. He has no fixed itinerary before the July 22 primary but may deliver several more speeches at various points.

Austin Tex Ferguson Bosque County Mart Mclennan County

Invitations Mounted Across State For Speech Appearances

A politician received numerous invitations from various counties to speak at events and lectures. He may choose to accept several of these engagements, signaling a active speaking schedule pending final decisions.

Carrie Strong Wreck in Gulf of Mexico

The schooner Carrie Strong of Thomaston Maine was wrecked in last week’s hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico and its crew is believed lost. Coast guard cutter Tallapoosa found the derelict bottom up about 250 miles west of Key West and reports the ship destroyed. Paper underwear light and heat retaining has been invented in France for aviators.

Washington, D. C Carrie Strong Thomaston Maine Gulf of Mexico Hottel Coast Guard Key West France

New York Regiment Militiamen Raid Food Wagons

Soldiers from the Seventy first New York Regiment at Erie Pennsylvania rushed from a border train and looted a bread wagon a vendor cart and a small bakery. Officers recovered the items and compelled payment for all taken. The incident highlights tensions as troops enforce order during transport.

Erie New York Regiment

Odd Egg Plant Exhibits Long Pendant Nose At Farm

A heir d specimen of egg plant produced by J. A. Anderson from a small farm at Collin's Gardens shows a long pendant nose and depressions above and below due to a freak of nature or a mechanical contrivance.

J. A. Anderson Collin’s Gardens

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