Army to Study French in San Antonio Camps
Hundreds of soldiers will study French in camps around San Antonio within two weeks as the war recreation board aims for 80 percent of Americans to France after September 1 to have basic language skills. Twenty teachers from Eastern and Northern states will teach in the Southwest with four lessons weekly for three months, using a conversational approach and military terminology. Walter Henry McPherson leads the program and notes prior soldier progress.
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San Antonio
War Recreation Board
France
Walter Henry McPherson
Carpenters Secured for Cantonment Jobs
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce efforts to place carpenters for the cantonment site yielded 75 to 100 new workers Monday morning. Overall about 900 carpenters are on the job with a planned 2000 needed, as Stone & Webster report. Four divisions push ahead as skeletons rise and new spur tracks, sawmill gear, sewer and water mains arrive.
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San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
Campuson Cantonment
Stone & Webster
George Roark
Chamber of Commerce
Mon
Boards of Trade
Frank H. Carson
Southern Pacific Railroad
Cantonment
Ju-Cy Wine at Five Drab Ends Thirsty Campaign
It cools and refreshes the hot and thirsty, Ju-Cy Wine provides a compact option for adventurers seeking relief during the fifth edition ruleset.
City Housewife League to Organize in San Antonio
A Housewives League will form in San Antonio as part of food conservation efforts by homemakers. Led by Mrs J J Stevens, the group aims to secure uniform food prices citywide and will use price listings from a market committee to track daily retail costs. The plan draws on successful models in New York and Houston.
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Housewives’ League
San Antonio
J. J. Stevens
New York City
Houston
Stevens
Polly Wants a Cracker If Hoover Objects
A short whimsical item from a Patriotic Pa column notes a cartoon gag referencing a parrot and President Hoover with a sly nod to political tolerance and humor of the era.
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Polly
Hoover
Calotabs Calomel Reform Trumps Old Style Calomel
Purified calomel tablets Calotabs hailed as free of prior side effects. Doctors and druggists tout a single nightly tablet for safe cleansing of the liver and a rested sleep. Sold sealed boxes with twenty doses for thirty five cents. warnings against unpleasant taste or sensations.
Obituary notices for Lyra Cowen and Etta McInerney
Mrs Lyra Malinda Cowen 30 died late Saturday at her East Cincinnati Avenue home. Her body was sent to Rutherford Tennessee by Shelley Loring Undertaking Company. Survived by husband J H Cowen two children mother five brothers and three sisters. Mrs Etta M McInerney 60 widow of Capt E OC McInerney died at her daughter’s home 214 University Avenue New York native now in San Antonio. Funeral services will be held in Galveston and body sent Tuesday by Shelley Loring Undertaking Company.
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Lyra Malinda Cowen
Lyra Cowen
Cincinnati Avenue
Rutherford, Tenn
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Cowen
Kentucky
San Antonio
Memphis
Tonn
J. H. Cowen
David Stubblefield
Howard Stubblefield
First Baptist Church of
Galveston
Eben D. Stubblefield
Baptist Church of
Cisco
Tex
C. M. Stubblefield
Arnott Stubblefield
Chicago
George R. Stubblefield
W. J. Bolin
Alexandria
I. J. Sloan
Verda Stubblefield
Rutherford
Etta M. McInerney
E. O.C. McInerney
C. R. Macfarlane
University Avenue
New York
D. B. McInerney
Francis P. McInerney
A D Clark Dies At 50 In San Antonio Residence
A. D. Clark age 50 died at 4 55 Sunday afternoon at 1937 East Commerce Street San Antonio where he had lived thirty years. native of Mississippi survived by widow two daughters Cora Denman and Virgie Clark four sons Walter Frank Louis Luther all of San Antonio and one sister Mrs R R Smith funeral at 4 Monday interment City Cemetery No 1
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A. D. Clark
East Commerce Street
San Antonio
Mississippi
Cora Denman
Zurch
Virgie Clark
Walter
Frank
Louis
Luther Clark
R. R. Smith
City Cemetery No. 1
Mrs Fisher Mary Fisher funeral notice here
Mrs Mary Fisher 63 died Sunday at her daughter's home 310 East Commerce Street. Funeral Monday afternoon from Riebe Undertaking parlors Rev R Y Barber of St Johns Episcopal Church will officiate and interment is Hermann Sons cemetery. She came from Dublin Ireland and lived in San Antonio twenty years. Survived by daughters Mrs Alfred Weyrich and Mrs B A Riney and grandson Alfred Weyrich Jr.
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Dublin
Ireland
Alfred Weyrich
B. A. Riney
San Antonio
Alfred Weyrich Jr
Frances Varnar 38 dies in San Antonio home
Frances Varnar, 38, died at 8 30 p m Sunday at 307 Givens Street in San Antonio. A Wilson county native who had lived in San Antonio three years, she leaves two daughters Jessie and Bertha Varnar, her mother Mrs George Popham, three sisters and three brothers. Funeral at 7 p m Monday from the residence. body to be sent to Cheetham Texas for interment via Pearce Robinson Undertaking Co.
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Frances Varnar
Givens Street
Wilson County
San Antonio
Jessie
Bertha Varnar
George Popham
el Coggeshall
Minnie Allen
Alice Stewart
William and
George
James
Atascosa County
Cheetham
Texas
Pearce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Obituary for Frank Olivarri
Frank Olivarri 41 died at 3 40 Monday morning. He was born in San Antonio and lived there all his life. Survived by five sisters and five brothers. Funeral from 1618 Durango Street at 9 o'clock Tuesday, Mass at 9 30 in the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Interment in San Fernando cemetery.
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Frank Olivarri
San Antonio
A. O. Sanchez
el Paso
D. Q. Riojos
Manor
Texas
M. O. Smith
Mary Olivarri
J. P.olivarri
Los Angeles
Cal
J. M
Rilling Funeral Set for Tuesday in San Antonio
Fred C. Rilling 31 died after brief illness in a local hospital. He ran a leather business in San Antonio with his father and belonged to the Order of the Henmann Sons. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Henry Rilling Sr, brother Henry Jr, and three sisters. Funeral at 5:30 PM Tuesday from 106 Lafitte Street with Rev A Wolff officiating. interment in the new Lutheran cemetery.
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Fred C. Rilling
San Antonio
Order of the Henmann Sons
Henry Rilling Sr
Henry Jr
Adolph Grasso
Frank Weber
Natalia Rilling
Automobile Equipment For Sale Buy The Best Deals
Advertisement listing for automobile equipment includes contact with phones 971 and notes Shelley Doring Undertaking Co. as the advertiser.
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Shelley-Doring Undertaking Co
Local hotel guests list from San Antonio hotels
The column lists dozens of visitors staying at the Lanier Gunter and Menger hotels and the St Anthony in San Antonio. Names include Mr. and Mrs. L Berreun Beeville Texas O Johnston Parsons Kan Leon Gross Port Jervis N Y Mrs K M Coyle Houston Miss Freda Ken erd Houston Liew J B Sevy McAllen Texas L C Brite Miss Hester Brite Maine Texas Mr and Mrs C W Hollis Eagle Pass F W Perkins southwestern sales manager for a Chicago firm Mrs T Bell and Miss Clara Bell Corpus Christi J A Matthews Uvalde Ida C Ewing Avetin Mrs Carey Riley St Anthony staff J K Gilchrist Kansas City Mo c J Crane Jr and C J Crane II Palestine Higgins Meridian Tex Scarborough Jr Shreveport La and other arrivals.
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Lanier
L. C. Brite
Hester Brite
Maine
Texas
Gunter Otel
C. W. Hollis
Eagle Pass
Menger
F. W. Perkins
Southwestern
Chicago
St. Anthony
T. Bell
Clara Bell
Corpus Ch
Palestine
Higgins
Meridian
Tex
West D
Scarborough Jr
Shreveport
St. Anthony Hotel
Army Orders Detail Assignments Across Departments
Today’s Army orders list Lieut Herbert White assigned to Panme Pe partment as surgeon in Syracuse. Captain Edgar Mil Eh medical corps to Syracuse, Captain Barclay H Arburton in Signal Reserve to Los Angeles. Captain Harold P Kuhn medical reserve to Southern Department. Relieved officers include Earl J A tsiBron to Sixth Engineers in Washington. Ford to monitor SP all El Fuso. Detained captains Nelson and Kimberley in coast artillery. Leave granted Major Gouverneur V Packer for fifteen days. Major M Stafford retired to Fort St Phelip to inspect construction. Captain Franklin R Kenney retired advanced to major. Second Lieut Fol Somer Parker to Nineteenth Cavalry.
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Herbert White
Edgar . Mileh
Medical Corps
Toatee Medical Corps Apeicesty
Syracuse
Barclay H. Arburton
Toate Em Losay
Ndon
Harold P. Kuhn
Earl J. A’ Tsibron
Sixth Engineers
Askington M’coach JR
Rossor c Gean
FORD
Monit
el Fuso
Fnitepine Aregetas
N8son
Vk En’ Kimberly
Coast Artillery
Gouverner V. Packer
Fteen
Maj
M. Stafford
Fort St. Phelip
Franklin R. Kenney
Folsomer
Parker
Nineteenth Cavalry
Offers year's tuition through San Antonio Kindergarten association
The San Antonio Kindergarten Association offers a full year's tuition as a scholarship at the San Antonio Kindergarten Training School. Applicants must be 18 or older, in good health, have a high school education or equivalent, be recommended by two local residents, and pledge to complete the two year course. Mail applications to Mrs. F. W. McAllister at 123 Slocum Place, San Antonio.
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The
San Antonio
F. W. McAllister
Slocum Place
Missouri to form temporary National Guard unit
A temporary Missouri National Guard will be organized under the State Council of Defense to defend the state after the current National Guard enters federal service on August 5. The plan was announced in Jefferson City today.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
State Council of Defense For the
Federal Service
All Choked Up With Catarrh Why Continue Makeshift Treatment
Advice warns against sprays and douches for catarrh and urges using S S S to drive germs from the blood. The ad touts 8 8 as an effective antidote and offers medical guidance from Swift Specific Co. in Atlanta.
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Swift Specific Co
Dept
L-256
Atlanta
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