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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1917
Page
6
Negroes from across Texas converge on a 200 acre tract near Austin for the St John Baptist Encampment beginning tomorrow and lasting a week to ten days. About 3000 attendees are expected, with leading educators and ministers among the guests under the Encampment Association.
War Department assigns 32 cantonments for mobilization naming camps after Civil War and earlier military figures. National army camps include Funston Grant Pike Lee Jackson Gordon Sherman Taylor Custer with states listed for each. national guard camps include Greene Wadsworth Hancock McClellan Sevier Wheeler with regional origins.
The article lists U S Army camps by name and location with the troops assigned to each camp. It notes the historical figures the camps honor, such as Arthur MacArthur Logan Doniphan Bowie Sheridan Shelby Beauregard and links camps in Texas Houston Fort Worth to states sending troops.
Corpus Christi July 16 Texas railways begin curtailment of passenger train service under National Council of Defense guidelines. Joseph Hirsch says cooperation is meeting higher national demands and will avoid serious disruption, urging Texans to accept temporary travel inconvenience for the nation’s needs.
Entertainment committee of the San Antonio Red Cross meet at 10 am Wednesday at the Menger Hotel to discuss an athletic meet for Camp Funston Camp Wilson and Camp Kelly. The YMCA camps offer to stage the event with a July 28 date and prize a silver cup from Mrs. Richard Negley. Ju-Cy Wine 5c advertisement.
G F Hamilton, a prominent Austin real estate man, credits Tanlac with curing years of rheumatic pains sciatica and constant catarrh. He says a year ago he felt near collapse yet now feels youthful energetic and ready to run a race. Tanlac is sold in San Antonio by Wagner's Drug Store and E J H Meier under a Tanlac representative.
The French Mutual Aid Society marked the anniversary of the fall of Bastille with a Sunday program at the Bexar Hotel. Attendees wore souvenir badges, sang both national anthems, heard patriotic speeches, and toasted Presidents of France and the United States.
At Great Lakes station on July 16 the secretary of the navy promotes James I. Hailey of Dallas Texas from chief carpenter to assistant naval constructor for the duration of the war.
A promotional note touts Ice Mint for tired aching feet and foot corns. It claims rapid cooling relief after first use, loosening of corns or callouses after a few nights, and broad endorsement by specialists. Costs are low and application is simple for home use.
Miss Lillian Hughes and Miss Russell Hughes host a swimming party and dinner at the Country Club honoring Velma Cochran of Houston Myrtle Jennings of San Marcos and Elizabeth Rice of Alice. Tuesday Mary Howard hosts luncheon for Kathryn Waugh Ruby Murphy and Elizabeth Rice. Alamo Heights Mothers Club forms Red Cross Circle at 10 30 a m. Jewish Council Red Cross Circle meets at 9 30 a m in Wolff Marx auditorium.
Capt and Mrs Sillman now in Syracuse after transfers. Red Cross tea in Floresville drew many enthusiasts from San Antonio, Indianapolis and beyond. Notices list visits, guests, and movements of local residents, with a closing line on Swift & Company's San Antonio beef sales for the week ending July 14.
Remount polo, defending champions, beat Third Cavalry by 61 to 2 goals to five at Treat Field Fort Sam Houston. Meadows Freebooters defeat Third Cavalry Freebooters 7 to 5. Lieut J B Johnson starred for Remount. Lt Harris and Capt Wynne also noted. Next Wednesday Seventh field artillery to face a Sunday winner in the semi finals.
Miss Edna Karges celebrated her birthday Sunday afternoon with a party. Ice cream and cake were served and games were played. Attendees included Edna Melcher Olga Melcher Marguerite Burke Minnie Winkler Lillian Stolleis Florence Kress Dorothy Bitter Helen Hull Edward Ney David Ney Ray Morris Robert Lee and John Albert Bitter.
Delegates at the Woodmen of the World biennial convention in Atlanta anticipate legislation to clarify the duties of the supreme guardian position held by Mrs Emma B Manchester. Opponents argue the office wields too much power despite a Nebraska court injunction upholding her.
A brief exchange on the origin of moving pictures features a self described drayman from 23 alo Express contesting a claim that moving pictures did not exist twenty years ago. The dialogue highlights a clash over historical timing and invention.
Austin July 16 The State Highway Commission began issuing distinguishing seats for 1917 to nearly 200000 automobile owners. Seats will be renewed annually and mailed to owners, with plates arriving soon and distributed by county in alphabetical order. The law took effect July 15 after a fifteen day extension.
A fragment shows a guardsman threatening a fractious prisoner with return to his friends. The line hints at a paused show moment and disciplinary tension within a detention setting.
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