Committees Named for Red Cross Rally Booths at Landa Park
Red Cross rally and picnic at Landa Park Braunfels on August 5 will have committee chairs arrange booth locations Sunday July 30. Mrs Albert Tolle chairs the event with prizes from toy guns to mahogany rockers for the shooting gallery. The event features popcorn candy balloon booths and a cigar committee headed by Mrs Harry E Wilkins.
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Red Cross
Landa’s Park
En Braunfels
Landa
Alert Tolle
Edward Jenner
Emil Scholl
Helen Anerson
Mel Holmgreen
Harman Olmgreen
Nat Lewis
Tom Tirado
Missesarie Shafer
Virginia Wheat
Idainer
Elsie Schultz
Lottie Steele
Atherine Copeland
Elsie Oeffinger
Jennie von Metzradt
Lucille Baer
Orane Finigan
Ema Holmgreen
Alda Mitchell
Margaret Wagner
Orma Frederick
Gladys Ransom
Ila Meerscheidt
Anna Schuessiner
Elsie Tolle
Irma Albrecht
Tony Oelich
New Braunfels
Eileen Reily
Austin
Frankie Tiech
Leen Watkins
Llano
Guselle
Gilbert Reinarz
Carlos Bee
A. Barrett
George Potchernick
Burgonia
Cape Lord
Hodge
Sadr and Brown
Illinois Gantry
Milton Frederick
Frankatton
J. G. Fowler
Welker
Natwis
A. A. Luther
Dr. Jenner
Albert Jolle
P. P. Hoefgen
Albert Huth
W. Schlessinger
Doc”ays
Melrose Holmgreen
Otto Hansen
H. Holmgreen
Alf Richey
R Pruitt
H. Wagner
T. Tirado
Entertaining Visitors by I O O F Friends at Camp Wil a
Members of the I O O F and regular troops will be guests of honor at a Monday entertainment by Rebeckah Lodge No 24 in Odd Fellows Hall Ockett Hotel building. Officers elected at the recent meeting include Mrs Eva Morris past noble grand and Mrs Emma Norris noble grand with Elizabeth Soule vice grand.
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Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wila
Rebeckah Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Ockett Hotel
Age
Ned
Eva Morris
Noble
Emma C. Norris
Elizabeth Soule
Emma Holmegreen
Asurer
Elizabeth Fagan
Upkcin
Sarah E. Fox
Wara4
Lillie Taylor
S. Lavada M. Geiss
Noble Grand
Dora Norton
Annie Fuquay
E Grand
Kate Friery
Yporter
Vice Grand
Ellaexer
Inside Guardian
Z. T. Moroutside Guardian
Bertievis
Augusta Neely
Stage Tire & Cycle Ad Touts Easy Payments
A clipped Kansas teaser mentions a French ship sighting at sea and a jovial submarine commander, signaling trouble begins as the scene shifts from French to danger, framed as a humorous wartime anecdote.
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Stage Tire & Cycle Co
Cap
Kansas
Box With $40 Worth Of Provisions Sent To Company D
Mrs James Hitchcock and a committee of women sent a care box destined for Company D Second Texas Infantry. The assemblage includes canned fruits vegetables sweets soap matches and other goods valued at about $40. Contributions came from numerous local women and men.
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James Hitchcock
Trenton Avenue
San Antonio
Rio Grande
Company D
Second Texas Infantry
W. Siebert
William Eisler
T. R. Glass
A. Maney
W. Johnson
J. H. Haile
E. W. Richardson
J. W. Richardson
E. P. Dougherty
R. A. Riddle
J. M. Walker
J. A. Harris
C. E. Benton
J. E. Brauner
Hymer
H. B. Whatley
H. Denton
W. M. Pardue
Bert Scott
Adams
W. P. Shafer
P. C. Woods
R. H. Green
J. Morris
J. C. Burgman
Wm. Dooley
B. S. Clements
G. J. Rubin
E. H. Castro
Hi. H. Ogilvie
Berlin Zoo Faces Meatless Weeks and Starvation Critique
Berlin reports warn of eight to ten meatless weeks as Berliners’ food is scarce. The Berliner Tageblatt says eight thousand zoo animals suffer hunger behind bars with lions, tigers, elephants, ostriches and snakes showing severe distress and deaths rising.
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Berlin
Herr Batocki
Germany
United States
Berliner Tageblatt
Lion
Tiger
Aquarium
Russian Offense Fracts German Eastern Front Strategy
Colonel Shumsky, a prominent Russian military critic, says Allied progress in the new Russian offensive disrupts German plans on the eastern frontier. He notes Mackensen and Von Hindenburg faced imminent operations, while a citizen questions war’s burdens amid the clashes reported from Petrograd.
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Petrograd
Shumsky
Mackensen
von Hindenburg
Texans Stand Fast Driving Army Trucks in Mexico
A San Antonio youth William T. Scott reports on four months directing a motor truck train for Pershing’s army at Columbus New Mexico. He describes hazards, high turnover among Eastern drivers, Texas crews proving steadier, and the orderly buildup of supply moves and repair shops at the Columbus base.
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Pershing
Mexico
William T. Scott
San Antonio
Columbus
New Mexico
Scott
Texas Boys
Texas
Columbus Camp
New York
Chicago
Wisconsin
Bexar County
United States
General Pershing Not Returning From Mexico Soon
The article notes that General Pershing and his troops will not be leaving Mexico in the near future. It emphasizes ongoing operations and the uncertain timeline for their return, underscoring the broader military situation involved.
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Pershing
Mexico
USE NEW CLUB ROOMS
The Tota Kappa Khi Society debated whether the United States should intervene in Mexico in its new clubrooms at Temple Beth El. Abe Rosenberg and Leo Nevelow supported intervention while Phillip Wise and George Kaufman opposed. the affirmative won. Rabbi Marks arranged the permanent quarters, and the next meeting is set for Wednesday night August 2.
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United States
Mexico
Tota Kappa Khi Society
Temple Beth el
Abe Rosenberg
Leo Nevelow
Phillip Wise
George Kaufman
Rabbi Marks
New Library Books at Carnegie Library
A list of new acquisitions announced at the Carnegie Library includes works across philosophy poetry fiction and biographies. Notable titles include Charles Dickens in Chancery by E T Jaques Life and Letters of Edward Young by H C Shelley War and Other Essays by Sumner and The Book of Texas by Benedict and Lomax.
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Carnegie Library
Spooner
Jaques
E. T
Charles Dickens
Willits
J. H
Howard
Clifford
Goethe
J. W
France
Anatole
Swete
H. B
Our Lord
Clark
L. P
Bosanquet
Shelton
Louise
America
Brown
P. H
Sumner
W. G
Shelley
H. C
Edward Young
Holmes
Haultain
T. A
Goldwin Smith
Hig
Frost
Robert
Benedict
H. Y
Lomax
J. A
Parrish
Randall Shea
The
Irish Brigade
Oppenheim
E. P
McCutcheon
G. B
Bindless
Harold
League of the Leopard
Grasp
Marshall
Archibald
Burnham
the Thorp
Presbyterians Carry On At Steady Rain Encampment
Heavy rains at the Montair Kerrville encampment do not halt activities. Hundreds of Presbyterians endure wet weather in waterproof shelters while indoor games and music fill club houses. Rev. L. H. Wharton addresses on America and Its Needs, urging spiritual mission as solution.
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Montair
Kerrville
Tex
America
L. H. Wharton
Laredo
Hotel Men's Association Donates to Red Cross
The San Antonio Hotel Men's Association donates 10 dollars to the San Antonio Red Cross Society. The check is sent to Judge Winchester Kelso, president of the local Red Cross, with a letter praising the society’s work and signed by R. W. Stephens, secretary.
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San Antonio
Bexar County Sunday School plans meeting and committee
The Bexar County Sunday school committee of one hundred will assemble at 8 PM Tuesday July 25 at Travis Park Methodist Church to plan city Sunday schools and expand work. The central “Key Men and Women” committee has drafted the group and duties with names including Judge C A Keller Rev A T Fitts Ben P Lane and others. Dr Wilhelm Pollauf Austrian parliamentarian killed by Russian shell in Galicia battle.
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Bexar County
One Hundred
Travis Park Methodist Ehurch
C. A. Keller
A. T. Fitts
Ben P. Lane
Co. O. Palmer
W. F. Swan
Roland 8. Springall
Elmer R. Child
Herbert B. Linecott
T. M. Conover
N. A. Griswold
Jennie Goulding
Kate Murphy
D. A. Esterquest
Galicia
Europe
Box For Troop C Texas Cavalry To Be Packed
A box of good things for Troop C Texas Cavalry now stationed in the Big Bend district will be sent this week. Mrs W P Rote, chair of the reception committee during the troop’s San Antonio pass through, has $33 from an entertainment. Contributions to help make up a good box may be sent to Mrs Rote or to the San Antonio Light.
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Texas Cavalry
Big Bend
W. P. Rote
Texas Cavalrymn
San Antonio
Laredo
Marathon
Wild Big Bend
Revival of Occult Belief Spreads in Russia
An inspired article in the Den claims a revival of miracles and occult beliefs across Russia influenced by a major religious mystic movement. Believers extend through aristocracy and cultured society, with Tsar Paul said to be gathering nobles into the occult circle.
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Petrograd
Den
Russia
Paul
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