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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
6
Commissioner Phil Wright improved the famous work or fight order by issuing instructions through Chief of Police Lancaster to arrest all loafers and vagrants. The San Antonio proclamation now reads work fight or go to jail.
Special cable from London describes Italian cavalry spearheading the Berat assault near Fiore. British air action bombed the Semeni river bridge aiding victory while Austrian defenses, prison camps, and a damaged railway train were captured. Enduring hardships, cavalry led the night attack, with heavy fighting and a significant take of prisoners amid losses.
Washington July 18 the vocational board under the Smith Hughes law allotted Texas 91 161 883 on condition the state would appropriate a like amount for vocational education. Funds support agricultural development at many institutions and teacher training in home economics industrial arts and vocations at multiple Texas schools including Prairie View College Texas A M College College Station and University of Texas Austin.
In San Antonio a single Japanese plum from Mrs Henry Veille’s yard sold for two dollars raising funds for the American Red Cross. Dorothy Veille inspired by Red Cross lectures at Crockett school organized the auction with forty bidders and a nickel apiece.
An old ad claims GROVE'S BABY BOWEL MEDICINE will correct stomach and bowel troubles in infants and says it is absolutely harmless. It asserts perfect safety for infants and instructs to sea directions on the bottle.
Washington July 18 An American Institute of Making with a $1,000,000 endowment in Liberty bonds is being formed to provide scientific solutions for baking trade problems. The project, a wartime outgrowth, aims to raise industry standards through standardized information, materials, mechanics and methods. Committee members include Win Campbell of Kansas City Henry W Stude of Houston and Samuel FEL McDonald of Memphis.
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