Welcome for Texas cavalry troop arrives in San Antonio
Local Red Cross committee prepares a welcome for Troop C of the Texas Cavalry as it passes through San Antonio on Saturday en route to the border. Troop C trains in Laredo and spots San Antonio around 6 p m. donations flow to fund the reception with Mrs. W P Rote leading the relief effort and The Light gathering offerings.
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Texas Cavalry
San Antonio
Artment
Fort Sam Houston
Squadron of
Texas Galry
Laredo
Southern Pacific
W. P. Rote
Red Cross
W. P. Pte
San Antonio Oys
Train meal shifts to afternoon service with comfort boxes
A plan to replace morning bacon and eggs and hot coffee with an afternoon suitable menu for riders. Boxes of comfort items for the Big Bend district will be loaded on the train. Mrs Rote reports donations from several supporters including cash, tobacco, cigars, handkerchiefs and tobacco from Collings Grocery.
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Wild Big Bend
Rote
Joseph Muir
Broussard
Ullman
Ullman, Stern and Krause, Tobacco; M. Castanola & Sons
F. F. Collins
Collings Grocery Company
Poland's Fate Uncertain as Peace Talks Continue
Berlin reports that Poland's future status remains unsettled. The Berlin Political News Agency cites that parts of Poland will not return to Russian rule, per Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg. Negotiations between Germany and Austria-Hungary over its organization as a state proceed in joint efforts.
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Berlin
London
Poland
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Reichstag
Protest against barley beer use by 80,000 Good Templars
A letter to Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg signed by 80,000 Good Templar lodge members in Germany urges halting barley use for beer. It calls barley bread waste and proposes beer be supplied only on bread tickets.
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Amsterdam
London
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Good Templar
Germany
Casualty List Highlights British Losses on Western Front
A London casualty list shows 425 British officers named, with 99 killed. The Somme sector lists were 62 in the previous issue and 73 for July 11, reflecting heavy Allied prices for advance.
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London
Western Front
Somme
Larimer, Civil War Hero Who Foiled Arsenal Plot
John M. Larimer aged 96, famed for halting the 1860 plan to strip the Allegheny arsenal for Confederate ports, died at his Pittburgh home of old age.
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Pittsburg
John M. Larimer
Allegheny
Rotary Club Raises 100 for Troops Entertainmen
The Rotary Club of San Antonio raised $100 in three minutes at a Friday luncheon at the St. Anthony Hotel to aid in entertaining troops passing through. Funds go to L. B. Clegg for a reception day with eats drinks and smokes for soldiers en route to the border. A committee will gather Rotarian names and military connections to arrange a proper tribute.
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Rotary Club
St. Anthony
San Antonio
L. B. Clegg
Illinois
Wisconsin
Fort Sam Houston
Fred J. Johnston
Ed Finck
J. B. Carrington
Elmer Abbey
E. E. Hille
Col. W. S. Hendrick
W. B. Tuttle
P. L. Jackson
H. W. B. Barnes
Jay M. Mackey
M. Bayard Clincher
Third Illinois Infantry
Rockford, Ill
Poincare Denounces Allied Terms and Allied Resolve
Paris July 14 President Poincare said the Central empires cannot hope to force a peace by weariness and that seas are closed and colonies lost. He argued for full restitution of invaded provinces, reparations, and safeguards of French independence, while noting honors given to fallen soldiers’ families.
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Paris
Poincare
France
Meeting Delayed Southwestern Claim Adjusters Conference
The Southwestern Claim Adjusters Conference in the tapestry room of the St. Anthony was postponed to the afternoon due to a train delay from North Texas. The two day quarterly meeting is led by W. H. Hamilton of the El Paso and Southwestern as president and 8S. Bering of the Santa Fe as secretary, with San Antonio members F. E. Jones and E. F. Blomeyer representing local railways.
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Southwestern
St. Anthony
North Texas
W. H. Hamilton
el Paso and
Bering
Santa Fe
King Constantine’s Tatoi Chateau Destroyed By Fire
A Reuters dispatch from Athens reports the royal chateau at Tatoi Greece burned to ashes during July. King Constantine Queen Sophie and royal family escaped and sought refuge with Prince Nicholas in Kephisia. The blaze began in the surrounding forest and several lives were lost.
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London
Tatoi
Greece
Constantine
Reuter
Athens
Sophie
Nicholas
Kephisia
Disfiguring Humor Spread Over Face
Seattle 1915 advertisement recounts a woman’s facial skin disease spreading across both sides of her nose with itching and burning. After trying many salves she used Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap, finding relief in days and complete cure after three weeks. The testimonial lists Elsie D. Collins as signer and promotes samples from Resinol department.
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Seattle
Wash
Elsie D. Collins
E. Madison St
Resinol
Baltimore
Candidate is killed in Travis county car crash
John E. Rylee a leading candidate for attorney in Travis county died when his automobile overturned on Fiskville road near Austin. Edmund Travis a local newspaper man accompanied him and was injured. Rylee struck his head and died an hour after the accident at Seaton Infirmary.
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John E. Rylee
Travis County
Fiskville
Austin
Rylee
Edmund Travis
Fishville
Seaton
Travis
Lightning Kills Caddie Near Society Group at Great Neck
A July thunderstorm at the Great Neck club grounds in New York fatally struck Felix Jacobs, a caddy, as it narrowly spared more than twenty society women led by Mrs. Oscar Lewisohn and Mrs. Charles H. Goddard. The companions dropped to their knees in prayer as the tragedy unfolded, underscoring the peril of a sudden strike during a social event.
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New York
Oscar Lewisohn
Edna May
Great Neck
L. L
Felix Jacobs
Lewisohn
Chas. H. Goddard
Storm Claims Lives During Thunderous Heat Wave
The Golf Club players were negotiating for position when Jacobs holding tin was struck and died. A violent thunder storm with a sixty mile gale caused three more deaths and extensive property damage. The city faced a heat wave as New York and nearby areas endured prostrations and fatalities in Brooklyn.
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Jacobs
New York
Brooklyn
Meteor Fireball Buries Half Size of House Near Hot Springs
A meteor, the buried portion as large as a five room house, struck the Skipes farm twenty miles west of Hot Springs last night. Gas and smoke prevented farmers from approaching it this morning while a group of local scientists and newspaper men traveled to view the meteor. About half the meteor was buried by the impact.
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Hot Springs
Ark
J. W. Skipes
Humane Society Elects Bexar County Officers
The Bexar County Humane Society has elected officers after recent reorganization. Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott is president and general superintendent, Dr. B. F. Kingsley vice president, L. Willshaw secretary, and Dr. R. R. H. Rhea treasurer. Willshaw is the authorized collector and humane officer. Mrs. Olive Kall Butler resigned to join state work in Austin. The society has formed an employment bureau and is active in animal relief.
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Bexar County
Desertion Cases Solved. Children Found Homes
Reports note cases of wife desertion have been processed and the children involved have been placed in homes.
Roosevelt drops plan to form volunteer division for now
Noting a July 14 report from New York Regis H. Post says Colonel Theodore Roosevelt has abandoned his plan to raise a division of volunteers. Post, a former Porto Rico governor in charge of recruiting, states the move comes as war seems unlikely.
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New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Regis H. Post
Porto Rico
Post
DoJ Steps Up Oversight to Curb Arms Smuggling
Washington July 14 Agents of the Department of Justice tightened surveillance to stop moving arms and ammunition across the Mexican border. Munition dealers must report sales and railroads must report consignments to curb smuggling operations.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Justice
Inch of Rain at Kenedy Adds To Local Rainfall
Kenedy Texas reports another inch of rain fell Thursday night adding to recent wet conditions. The downpour raised water levels in streets and fields as residents recorded rainfall totals and forecast continued showers.
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Kenedy
Kenedy, Tex
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Red Cross Committee of Women
Arsenal
India Tea
Light
Texas
Teutons
Southwestern Claim Adjusters
Kash Levine
Palm Beach and
Kool Kloth
Kash Klean
Panama
Wilson Bros
Emory and Lion Brand
Levine
Batiste
Madras
Alamo Plaza
New York Society
Arkansas
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. Automobile Equipment
Humane Society Elects
H. B. Linscott
Mission Wood & Coal CO
Crown Chemical Co
Haecker Mfg
Tan UG
Roosevelt
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