Tragedy at Lake Leaver Claims Ozona Pair
In leaver lake near June Mrs L B Dams and B C Flowers of Ozona drowned Sunday afternoon during a bathing party. Dams tried to swim across and failed. Flowers attempted rescue and both perished in view of many onlookers as Postmaster N W Graham of Ozona went to assist.
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San Angelo
Tex
Leaver Lake
L. B. Dams
B. C. Flowers
Ozona
Dams
Flowers
N. W. Graham
Women Mobilize to Aid Guardsmen Trains Delayed
Rotary Club wives and committee members plan to serve refreshments to guardsmen Tuesday after trains to the border were delayed Monday. Donations and plans shift to support other committees as six or more sections are expected late Monday night or Tuesday morning.
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Leo Cotton
Central Refreshment Fund
L. B. Clegg
San Antonio
J. Frank Davis
Rotarians
Leon Cotton
The
Eastern Star
P. C. Blanks
William Aubrey
T. J. Nye
Mary Carlson
Maria Fenwick
Helena V. Guenther
Helena Guenther
J. M. Vance
J. M. Bennett
Richard Negley
Pryor Lucas
Sarah Eager
R. R. Gaines
Adah
Order of the Eastern Star
Ida M. Martin
Third Wisconsin Infantry
Wisconsin
International & Great Northern
Fort Sam Houston
Border
Adkins Campaign Gains in Texas House to House Push
Judge Joe A. Adkins of Brady, candidate for Congress, wagers a strong campaign in the Bexar county primaries as he canvasses door to door and wins support against James L. Slayden. Adkins' backers meet Monday to plan further moves amid scrutiny of Slayden’s stance on the national warehouse storage bill.
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Joe A. Adkins
Brady
Congress
Bexar County
James L. Slayden
Judge Adkins
John H. Pfeiffer
Gunter Building
Burnet Bulletin
Slayden
C. A. Davies
San Antonio
Washington
Mason
Congressman Slayden
Amusements at Princess Thea ter The Shop Girl in five parts
The Princess Theater opens Monday with Vitagraph blue ribbon feature The Shop Girl starring Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno. Plot follows Peter Rolls's infatuation with model Winifred Childs amid misunderstandings and a social scandal leading to a dramatic rescue. The attraction for Tuesday is The Conflict in five parts.
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Princess Theater
Edith Storey
Antonio Moreno
Peter Rolls
Winifred Childs
Ena
Peter
Lord Rayglan
Winifred
Lily
Rolls' Department Store
Rolls
Ena Rolls
Megeison
Meyerson
Edith Story
Edith
Nurse for Negroes to Begin Work in San Antonio
Elizabeth Carter of Washington, D. C. will start nursing work for Negroes in San Antonio on August 1 under the Public Health Nurse Association led by Mrs. E. S. Parsons. The fundraiser, run by a Negro organization chaired by Mrs. I. H. Kelly, has already sent $590 for transportation. Donations include S. J. Sutton and Charles Bellinger.
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San Antonio
Elizabeth Carter
Washington, D. C
Public Health Nurse Association
E. 8. Parsons
I. H. Kelly
Ed Hunt
J. Sutton
Mothers’ Clubs
Nurse Fund
S. J. Sutton
Charles Bellinger
A. J. Carter
Dr. J. F. Walton
Two Cotton Crops Feasible in Nueces County Texas
In Corpus Christi July 17 farmer near Bishop 25 miles southwest of the city ginned a bale of cotton planted in February and now harvests seed to plant again with hopes of a November maturity. Agricultural expert W F Elliot Jr notes local farmers are learning to grow two cotton crops per year alongside three or four feed crops.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Bishop
W. F. Elliot Jr
Nueces County
Chinese in Mexico create army camp commerce problem
The dispatch reports three hundred Chinese connected to the punitive expedition began moving with U S forces as they retreat to the border. Chinese traders supplied essentials from soap to pies in desert camps and along water stops, prompting concerns of post troop reprisals and possible cross border refuge plans by leaders like Charley Tien who says many will follow the army to the border if threatened.
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Mexico
Columbus
N. M
Chihuahua
Charley Tien
United States
State coop to stamp out anthrax across Texas
The state livestock sanitary commission will work with the state health department and state board of health to control anthrax and related diseases. Dr. W A Davis notes black leg and Texas fever in cattle, with attention from health authorities. Charters issued include Southern Unadilla Silo Company Beaumont, Texas Louisiana Petroleum Houston, Texas Bluewine Dallas, and Guadalupe County Fair Association Seguin. Tosco Oil Company Thomasville Ga granted Texas permit. Texas headquarters Houston.
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Austin
Tex
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
State Health Department
State Board of Health
W. A. Davis
Livestock Sanitary Commission
Board of Health
Southern Unadilla Silo Company
Beaumont
Capital Stock
F. J. van Cott
E. 8. Burr
Walter J. Crawford
Texas-Louisiana Petroleum Company of
Houston
John L. de Brueys
John McComb
8. L. Werden
Texas Bluewine Company
Dallas
Meet Old Comrades in Texas Militia Reunion
Spanish-American war veterans and comrades from campaigns in the Philippines reunite in San Antonio as militia regiments mobilize. H. C. Pfannkuche hosts a luncheon at 918 Mason Street with leaders including Major Arthur Rehm, Major P. H. Garrard, and Captain A. F. Siebel recounting Cuba days and 1898 battles.
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Texas
Philippines
San Antonio
H. C. Pfannkuche
Camp Wilson
Mason Street
Cuba
Arthur Rehm
Illinois National Guard
Phoenix Foundry
Chicago
Pfannkuche
P. H. Garrard
Second National Guard
A. F. Siebel
Second Infantry
Lake Forest University
Third Infantry
Pay Militiamen At Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing
Wili. Pay militiamen employes of Ahrens and Ott Manufacturing who enlist in state militia for border duty will receive company wages from enlistment to January 1917. Those earning $2.50 or less daily get full wages. higher earners receive $2.50 daily while serving. Only workers with over six months at the company qualify. President Theodore Ahrens will issue a further ruling if border duty extends beyond January 1917.
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Ahrens & Ott Manufacturing Company
Theodore Ahrens
Soldier's Mother Dies In Baltimore telegram informs General Gaither
Telegram announced the death of Brigadier General Charles D. Gaither's mother in Baltimore at age 83. Because of distance he remained at his Eagle Pass post as Camp Eagle Pass officers paid respects at his quarters.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Charles D. Gaither
Maryland
Baltimore
Gaither
H. A. Greene
Submarines Active Sink British Vessels in North Sea
London dispatch reports British steamships Mopsa and Alto sunk this morning with crews saved. Sylvie and Ecclesia also believed sunk. Five British patrol trawlers including Onward Hull Era Aberdeen and Nell lie sunk by German submarines. Eleven survivors landed.
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London
Mopsa
Alto
Lloyds
Sylvie
Ecclesia
Onward
Hull
Era
Aberdeen
Nellie
Veterans Granted Paid Leave for Grand Army Encampment
President Wilson signed an executive order granting all Civil War veterans in federal service leave with pay to attend the Grand Army encampment in Kansas City Missouri from August 26 to September 3.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Grand Army
Kansas City
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