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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1916
Page
20
Milwaukee regiments try to mix recreation with drills as 14 000 infantrymen and 1000 cavalry at Camp Wilson enjoy baseball, foot races, and mule rides. Becky the sour mule and a ten dollar saddle highlight humorous camp life amid daily work.
Ad copy claims using pure water in storage batteries doubles battery life. It states only the purest non-chemical water yields this benefit and suggests a method to obtain the added life.
Mono Hydride Water is described as free of minerals and stored in tin-lined tanks for health drinking and battery filling. It is sold in half gallon bottles, six to a case, at 1 50 per case with a $1.00 refund on return of case and bottles, making the net price 50 cents per six half gallons. Order a case today from
A vivid scene shows amateur boxers sparring as border troops become familiar with the sport. The passage also depicts the end of a foot race among college men who help patrol the border, highlighting the popularity of athletics in the patrol culture.
A Chicago White Sox rookie nicknamed Private Scott joins First Illinois for a game against First Wisconsin at Camp Wilson. The cast, including an old sergeant, treats the crowd to a misidentified pitching debut that ends with the ball vanishing over a hill and the game canceled. Boxing, running and improvised bouts also fill recess as diversions amid militia life on the border.
Berlin reports more municipal soup kitchens opening as hunger spreads. Hamburg Munich Cologne and Dusseldorf feed tens of thousands at cost while Leipzig warns of potato shortages and calls for strict household economy. The piece notes authorities view communism as a solution to blockade hardships.
Miss Lydia Semrau of Budsin near Bromberg was named chief forester for Count Poutlicki at Skorzewski replacing her father in the war. At twenty she heads the estates forests, hailed as the first female forester in Germany and likely the world.
A sapper named Yegor Ilyanovitch Slerov was killed heroically and awarded the St George cross. The ceremony saw the cross presented to his mother by the Zemstvo chief in the district assembly which also pledged memorials and awards including repairs to the Sierov cottage and a prize funded by the volost’s profits for model families.
The Krupp Company plans a vast plant near Schwa bing in northern Munich suburb, covering over a thousand acres. It will become the largest industrial establishment in southern Germany as the company expands its operations.
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