Enrollment Near 400 Mark at Army Civilians Camp
Civilians training camp enrollment surpasses 400 with officers predicting 500 to 600 by opening Monday. By Thursday the roster stood at 406, with new members accepted until next Tuesday after opening. The camp, designed for 600 recruits, features modern mess halls, screened dining rooms, and extensive sanitation.
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Regular Army
Citizens’ Regiment
Millard F. Waltz
Waltz
Howard L. Laubach
Post School
Plattsburg
New York
Charles N. Sawyer
Thirteenth Infantry
Sawyer
The Only Way to Stop Food Fermentation
An old article promotes bisulated magnesia as an antacid to neutralize excess stomach acidity. It argues fermentation gases cause distention and headaches and claims typical remedies fail. A teaspoonful or two tablets after meals are recommended for instant relief and inexpensive safety.
Engagement announced for Dorothy Perkins and Edward Freeman
Miss Dorothy Perkins daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Perkins and Edward W Wheelock Freeman announced their engagement from Glynder Riverdale. No wedding date set. Miss Perkins debuted four years ago and is active in civic work. Freeman Yale graduate of 1915 works with Hallgarten and Company Nassau Street. They have known each other since childhood neighbors in Riverdale.
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Dorothy Perkins
George W. Perkins
Edward W. Wheelock Freeman
Chicago
Freeman
Yale
Hallgarten and Company
Nassau,street
Miss Perkins
Riverdale
May Close Sundays for San Antonio Car Dealers
San Antonio automobile and accessory dealers plan Sunday closing if the measure is approved. A 25 dealer meeting formed a committee to confer with all dealers, citing rest for workers. A vote will follow a Monday luncheon at the Travis Club after reports on dealer sentiment.
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San Antonio
Travis Club
WANTED IN AUSTIN FORGERY SUSPECTS HELD
Detectives arrested two men in Austin on forgery charges after they cashed a check for auto accessories at a Main avenue store. A bank check stemmed from the State Bank of Hillsboro with no account under the signer name. The pair were to be freed for investigation after custody.
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Austin
Southern Pacific
Main Avenue
State Bank of
Hillsboro
Investi
Budget Estimates Aim to Trim City Spending
Mayor Brown reviews department estimates totaling over 2 000 000 and plans a council conference to pare the budget. The current figures exceed last year by about 300 000 and threaten a tax rate near 2 50 per 100 valuation. The mayor will push for reductions to keep the rate low.
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Browns
Brown
Mule Rights Draw Kentucky Court of Appeals Ruling
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed a trial court awarding $600 to a coal company employee who was kicked by a mule. It held the man who provoked the incident and stood in the mule’s danger zone could not recover damages, emphasizing the mule’s right to self defense and temper. The opinion lampoons retaliation and notes the mule’s enduring role and temperamental nature.
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Kentucky Court of Appeals
Louisville Courier Journal
Court of Appeals
Spain
Dons
The Ideal Keyholes
The article claims a phosphorescent keyhole has been replaced by a raised rim design that allows an unsteady hand to force the key in. It argues the only keyhole meeting nocturnal conditions is one that leaves its frame and goes downtown to find its owner.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Food Price Decree in Piedras Negras Sets Fixed Rations
In Piedras Negras Mexico Mayor Francisco Cardenas issues a decree fixing wholesale and retail prices on rice sugar coffee soap lard beans corn and flour and imposes severe penalties for noncompliance. The decree ties value to Carranza currency at 20 cents gold and sets exchange rates with old currency at five for one and uses division by ten for US money. The move prompts merchant protests over potential losses and closures.
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Eagle Pass
Tex
Piedras Negras
Mexico
Francisco Cardenas
Jefe Politico
Cardenas
United States
Texas
Commercial Regulating Commission
Half-Way Mark Reached in San Antonio Boy Scout Campaign
The Lions Club luncheon at the Gunter Hotel marked the halfway point of a three day drive to raise 8000 dollars for San Antonio Boy Scout work over two years. Five committees reported 989 dollars and the flying squadron added 925 from day one, with expectations the total will exceed 1900 dollars.
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San Antonio
Lions' Club
Gunter Hotel
Haywood M. Butler
PB Tucker
I. G. Victor
Earl FE. Dilley
BE. Y. White
T. W. Kirkland
J. Foster
P. C. Hoyer
Jack White
Lions’ Club
New Device Emerges for Emergency Use
A new inventor, reported by Scientific American, has introduced a device intended for emergency use by occupants of a tonnage vessel. The invention promises rapid response in critical moments, highlighting practical applications for safety and rescue scenarios.
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Scientific American
Rest to Humor Him
Eminent specialist tells a wife her husband suffers temporary aberration from overwork. He insists he is a millionaire and wants $500 for advice, a demand the doctor says must be indulged to appease him.
Buried timber fields in New Zealand loom vast
The Washington Star notes vast buried timber in the Papakura Valley near Auckland. D W Fagan reports parallel Swedish and English peat preserved heartwood long trunks up to sixty feet in girth and eighty to ninety feet long lie in orderly swaths as peat recedes and logs are exposed. Excavations dot the swamp as workers pry free timber.
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Washington Star
Swiss Alps
D. W. Fagan
Papakura
Auckland
New Zealand
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