First Men of San Antonio and Bexar County Called Into Service
A long list of men from San Antonio and Bexar County is shown with street addresses and registration numbers as part of a call to national service. Names include Robert Meadow, Angel Garcia, Jose Fuentes, Manuel Vasquez, Salomon Morin, Juan Boamiera, Rafael Nacias, Alberto Guerra, Jose Fernandez, Pablo Meza, Emilio Guerra, Jose M Vicente, and many others across numerous streets such as Flores, San Patricio, Laredo, and Vera Cruz. The document reflects a mass conscription or draft registration effort during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusch
Probandt
Robert Meadow
Franciscan Ave
Eo Angel Garcia
Guadalupe Reet
A. A. Vaile
Alvarez St
Jose Fuentes
Brazos
Manuel Vasquez
S. Flores
Salomon Morin
Colima
Juan Boamiera
Vera Cruz
Rafael Nacias
Alberto Guerra
San Fernando St
Saward E. Flory Jr
S. Laredo
Jose Fernandez
Vera Cruz St
Pablo Meza
Monterey St
Emilio Guerra
Cass Ave
Felix Garza
San Patricio
Jose M. Vicente
Arsenal St
Jose Orazca
Matamoras
Israel Cardenas
S. Frio
Victor Pazana
Laredo St
Polidoro Sosa
Helena
Rafael Jasson
J. B. Cooper
Pruitt Ave
David Herrera
Guadalupe St
Harrison Dorn
S. Comal St
Guadalupe M. Zapata
South Laredo
John E. Mullis
Baylor St
David Wittles
Furnish Ave
Augustina Flores
Flores
Louis Wade
Buena Vista St
Jose Zepeda
Medina St
F. F. Ardain
West Johnson St
Raymondo Diaz
Frio
Jose Blanco
New Mexico Alley
James W. Troutz
Barrett Place
Pilar Salas
Jesus Percy
Nicanor Gama
Trinidad del Gado
Furnish
Louis Rivas
Southhole Ave
Miguel Aliniz
S. Pécos
Isador Perl
W. Commerce
Elisio Silva
San Luis
Manuel Barjas
S. Flores St
Antonio Garcia
Teodoro Doni
S. San Marcos
Donald V. Schuchardt
Buena Vista Street
John Bowen
Franciscan Street
Raymond McBurney
San Luistreet
John Giovanazzi
S. Pecos St
Arthur C. Jenkins
San Marcos Street
Jesus M. Alva
W. Nueva St
Jose Ortegon
Division St
Guadalupe Hernandez
South Laredo St
Patrick I. Turner
San Antonio
Tex
Pauline
Cortez
Speed St
Dionisio Martinez
Harvey O. Carpenter
LaChappelle St
Jesus Espenoza
Pedro Perales
Clemente Gonzales
Ed M. Marceau
Materio Aguilar
Jose Vega
San Jose
Pleasanton ‘Es
Igus Guajardo
Refugio Castenda
Arline
Tomas Reyes
Apache St
Albert Almendariz
Laredo
Francisco Flores
San Saba
Joseph Arthur Head
Woodward
Ace
N. H. Curevas
S. Colorado
Eugenio
de Santos Coy
Dwyer Ave
John Harlan
Fest St
Mike Cappuello
Steves’ Gardens
Andres Basques
Alto Alley
Robert H. Darby
Gienn Ave
Albert E. Blair
San Pedro
Coahuila
Mex
Chin Long
W. Commerce St
James Cole
Chihuahua Alley
Jose Morales
Tejon St
Juan Hernandez
Bartola Gomez
Edward F. Mockert
Joseph Tartar
Nathan St
Emilio Duran
S. Laredo St
Pilar Moreles
Reyhmond St
Blas M. Garza
Nogalitos St
Melquades Gutierrez
Guadalupe Street
Henry Smith
el Paso St
Francisco Riva
Santa Rosa Ave
Epifano Billela
S. Concho 8&T
Senobio Benavidez
Antonio Sandoval
Epifano de Santiago
Tunstall
Jose Zapata
San Jacinto
Epatacio San Roman
N. Frio St
Dean Morton Forrest
Max M. Lamm
Lubbock St
Thomas H. Peay
Zora David Bonner
Main Ave
Tom Henderson
W. Travis
Raymond Bell Vickers
Main Avenue
Eeneer Herbemont Fraser
Marcelo Juarez
N. Flores
Fred Lee
E. Olive
Constantine Spaness
Soledad
Robert Edward Menger
West Agarito
Santos Ecdillo
N. Pe
Jesse Morrow Chaffa
W. Craig
Robert Bruce
Carruthers
E. Elmira
Jim Clinon Locke
Convent
Luther Nugent
West Commerce
August Henderson
Lakeview
John Kneupper
Jones Ave
Eluteria Carrera
San Saba “Street
Ee Herff Dulling
West Mistletoe
Samuel Dean
Waverley Ave
Jesse James Wright
B. L. van Pelt
Juan C. Guerra
Morales St
Irvin Vernon Jones
N. Flores Street
Randolph Yarber
West
Tom Payne Childers
Clarence Eugene Milburn
Claiborne
C. L. White
Hillcrest
Paul Rizzo
Lake View
Henry A. Cardenas
N. Laredo
Charles Raymond Edwards
West Istletoe
Lewis Kaufman
B. R. A. Scott Jr
M. D
Ashby
George Mendes
Comada
Bennie Vance Raminez
North Flores
James Hendergom
Louis Losoya
Castro
Henry Edwin Woeltz
Earl Neal Kenney
E. Elmira St
William B. Davis
EB. Quincy
Apiber Welsh Williams
North
Wille
H. Busby
N. Trinity
Creed Brown
N. Comal
Herbert Kraft
W. Houston
Archaeo logical Picture Writing Found Near Las Cruces
Ranchman J L Ford reports an ancient canyon wall with yellow pigment picture writings depicting a lightning bolt a deer and spearheads. Mortars with pestles remain noted near a canyon close to a site where mummified remains were previously found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
N. M
J. L. Ford
Pecacho
Rio Grande
Dan Reid
First US Education Trial Adopts European System in Virgin Islands
In St Thomas and St Croix, the United States begins a historic shift to European style schooling with American textbooks. The Danish regime's near year round sessions and religious instruction will be replaced, pensions for teachers may vanish, and local literacy remains high while agriculture and fishing shape the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
United States
Danish West Indies
St. Croix
Denmark
Island
Charlotte Amalie
Kippered Grayfish on Market Turnover
Seattle reports kippered gray fish and sablefish joining kippered salmon and cod in northwest markets. The Bureau of Fisheries sends an expert to Alas coast towns to teach the Scotch method of kippering. North Pacific herring once of little value were used as bait or salted and shipped to the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Bureau of Fisheries
North Pacific
Orient
Treasure in Lake Pewabic Shipwreck Unearthed by Divers
Divers recover cargo and relics from the steamship Pewabic sunk near Thunder Bay Island in 1865. A new submarine diving suit aids extraction, revealing copper worth about 200000, coins, diamonds, gold, watches, guns, silk garments, leather goods, and a daguerreotype of likely passenger F W Luddow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Lake Huron
Thunder Bay Island
F. W. Ludlow
Relic Found From Wreck May Stir Living Relatives
A gold stamped card case marked F. W. Ludlow was recovered and sent to the surface along with other items. The article notes that if any living relatives of the victims exist they may yet recover relics of those who perished in the vessel disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Ludlow
Army Orders List Officers Assigned to Southern Department
Signal service officers CAPT THOMAS BRASS to Marfa and lieutenants MACKNIGHT GEOGHEGAN STROUSE NEVINS GASTON to Leon Springs. Quartermaster Reserve to Southern Department camps with appointed city posts. Aviation officers CAPTAINS BOWER SLAUGHTAN and lieutenants BOETTEHER. Medical Reserve to Fort Sam Houston lab. Ord nance Major CASAD to Central Department as assistant ordnance officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Signal Service
Southern Department
Thomas Brass
Marfa
Harry V. Macknight
Nicholas J. Geoghegan
John N. Strouse
Thomas D. Nevins
Alpheus G. Gaston
Leon Springs
Quartermaster Reserve
Cities
Marion M. Lee
Wort Worth
William J. Brunner
Waco
George 8S. Thompson
Fort Sill
Henry T. Burks
Deming
Clarkson Galleher
Houston
Gilbert H. Goosey
Fort Sam Houston
Davis H. Bower
Harry R. Slaughan
Arthur Boetteher
Medical Reserve
Charles H. Bailey
Baxter L. Crawford
Donald J. MacPherson
Georgel. Schadt
Adam F. Casad
Ordnance
Central Department
Troops to Withdraw From Arizona Copper Mines
Federal troops guarding Arizona copper mines will be withdrawn August 1. The move follows a July 10 War Department order to Governor Campbell directing removal of troops from all public and private utilities except those of primary importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona
War Department
Campbell
Baker
Attempt on Kerensky fails in Polotsk
An assassination attempt on War Minister Kerensky in Polotsk failed when a shot missed the target. The report notes the event as part of wartime turmoil with references to court action and moral debate around gender roles.
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Polotsk
Women win breach of promise case in 1917 wave
The Boston Post notes a breach of promise case where a woman sued a wealthy recluse and won. In a broader 1917 context it highlights judgments favoring women, including a divorce after a wife’s skirt and stockings drew disapproval, reflecting era attitudes and legal outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Times
Mother's Friend advertisement for expectant mothers
An advertisement extols an external massage product called Mother's Friend to ease pregnancy, reduce distress during childbirth, and keep a mother healthy and attractive. It urges women to buy from Bradfield Regulator Co and asks them to request a free book titled Motherhood and the Baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradfield Regulator Co
Lamar Building
Atlanta
Courtcases of domestic disputes and a kiss verdict
The Wisconsin husband faced bonds for paying his wife five dollars weekly as he challenged his wife's fashion, while in Iowa a motor car dispute ended with Mrs. Bertha Spangler paying Mr. Brown a kiss as reimbursement. The jury found in favor of the defendant, impressed by her testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Voght
Scott County
Iowa
Thomas Brown
Bertha Spangler
Salinas Rodeo Draws Old Wyoming Cowboy
Pinto Jack Henderson, 82, a veteran plainsman from Cheyenne, travels to Salinas to compete in the Original California Rodeo July 18 to 22 after discovering his boyhood friend J. R. Hebbrow, 85, was a participant in the prior year's spectacle. Letters sparked the reunion note of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salinas
Cal
Pinto
Jack Henderson
Wyoming
Cheyenne
California
Henderson
Rodoe
J. R. Hebbrow
Old Cattlemen Plan Deep Creek Event Invite
When it was decided to hold the dee this year Hebbron Immy sent a letter inviting his old friend who received it today. The two have long been in the cattle business since boyhood and, despite age, would rival many younger cow punchers in skill and spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebbron Immy
Proof Positive Officer Show Note
The fragment suggests a wartime scene focusing on a sorely tried sergeant and an instructor. It hints at a show or presentation about the war's horrors and the impact on soldiers. No clear names, dates, places, or organizations are readable.
Calotabs Promise A Nicer Calomel Experience
Advert reads Calotabs as a pleasant liver cleansing pill replacing old calomel. It claims one tablet on the tongue with water and no taste or nausea, leaving you waking refreshed with appetite. Sold in sealed packages, thirty five cents per box.
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Duval
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Dawson
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N. Hackberry
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N. Palmetto
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Mexico City
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Paul Carson
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Ave. D
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Ira Ave
Elmore Elliott
N. Swiss St
Randall George Klefforth
E. Josephine
L. K. Chambers
E. Houston
Herbert Matthews
Elzy Evens
E. Crockett
Louis Martinez
N. Swiss
John Hamilton Bickett Jr
C. A. Eggers
Fairmount Hotel
B. F. Haigler
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Seguin
Robert M. Shaffer
Third St
Nathan Dow
E. Commerce
Oscar H. Anderson
Chestnut
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Burleson
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Bowie St
Pedro H. Vargas
Sherman
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Lubck
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Brackenridge
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Mason St
Louie Chaney Dennis
Grover Cleveland Snyder
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Spofford Ave
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Alder St
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Queen's Court
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Drexel Avenue
Alfred W. Harris
Dakota St
Roy Gary
Berrera St
Guy Leslie Kepley
Peck Ave
Eugene Francis Johnson
Denver Alevard
Lucian Wright
E. Commerce St
Frank BE. Abbott
Warwick Blvd
R. Pirdellea
N. Mesquite St
Ieee
Fred Guyer
Cherry St
Otto Hofer
Refugio St
Willll Allen
Adams St
John A. Stricker
Ery Lee Bartlett
S. Alamotreet
Arthur J. Lockwood
South St
James McDaniel Adkins
South Walters St
Jack Green
Omaha St
Adolph Stein
S. Pine St
B. F. Anderson
Walter L. Craig
Arnold Mueller
Hedges T
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Russ St
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Leigh St
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Goliad
Stee Powers Fitch
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Wickes St
Charles L. Gooch
Lawrence T. Ahr
Riddle St
Charles A. Buckner
Indiana St
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William C. Zoeller
Vine St
Herman H Hein
Lavaca St
Fred Grell
Thomas Dickinson
Hansford St
Lee Watts
Denver Blvd
Jesse L. Gilbert
Ellsworth Court
Louis N. Jones
Estevan Bargas
Bargas
Arthur L. Clark
Richard Bidal
Montana
Joseph H. Cook
E. Nueva
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Robert J. Blair
North St
Charlie Sismilich
Narp
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Lafitt
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Indiana
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Madison St
Paul H. Kurtz
Barrera St
George W. Rainey
Gravel St
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Paul St
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Presa
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Nacogdoches St
Walter J. Barnhill
Olive St
Harry Ankerson
Mission St
George Allen
Dakota &J
Charles A. Jones
Nevada St
Otto Ford Wilke
Denver Bivd
Dick Murie
Fairbanks Ave
Henry C. Morfore
S. Presa
Eugene E. Johnson
Rigsby
Joseph A. Hyde
Heigh St
Fred Frank Meyer
Buckingham Ave
Emil Ziegenbalg
Ragna Burkhardt
Oscar J. Wangemann
Alamo St
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Vargas St
Arthur H. Winkler
Callaghan Ave
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Birkshire Ave
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Devine St
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East Guenther St
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van Ness St
Walter H. Delt
Montana St
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Sadie St
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O'Connor
Africa
Treasure IN Lake
Kool
Palm Beach
Paris
B. V. D. Union
Kash Levine
Alamo Plaza
Panama
Levine
Kerensky
New York
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