Friday Night Community Events In City
Miss Ira Mae Oglesby presents a graduating dramatic recital at the YWCA auditorium. Daughters of Isabella fund a benefit card party at the club pavilion. Red Cross hosts a Camp Funston outing meeting at Beethoven Hall at 5 20 pm. Eastern Star installs officers at the Masonic Temple at 8 pm. St Mary’s School students hold an oratorical contest. Chi Kappa Chis host Harmony Hall. Saturday mass meeting at 10 am at the Gunter for the National League for Woman's Service.
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Ira Mae Oglesby
Red Cross Society
Camp Funston
Beethoven Hall
Gunter
National League For Woman's Service
Second Eight Officers Training Camps Quotas Announced
Washington June 8 Only about 15 000 men will be trained in the second series of eight officers training camps to run August 27 to September 26 Adjutant General McCain said forty thousand entered the first series but the War Department reduced the fall number to secure older more experienced men The department also announced state quotas and where to send applications with June 15 as the deadline Quotas include Arkansas 272 at Fort Logan H cliffs Louisiana 288 at Jackson Barracks New Orleans Kansas 288 at Fort Riley Texas 688 at Fort Sam Houston Oklahoma 336 at Fort Sill.
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Washington
D. C
McCain
War Department
Department
Arkansas
Fort Logan
H. L.cots
Louisiana
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans
Kansas
Fort Riley
Texas
Fort Sam Mouston
Oklahoma
Fort Sill
San Antonio Social Notes Highlight Club Picnics And Dinners
Mrs Hugh Taylor and daughters sail to Cuba from New Orleans to join Mr Taylor. Daughters of the Confederacy host Brackenridge Park picnic with campfire yarns and lunch baskets. Coterie of the Woman's Club meets in Wolff & Marx tea room with yellow decor and talks current events and club leadership. Numerous reservations noted for Country Club dinner dance. Texas British Woman's Club closes season electing officers and honoring life members. King’s Messengers hold Brackenridge Park picnic with teacher and guests. Mrs Lillie Vodiie and Mrs E F Boyle visit Dallas and Houston relatives attendances noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Taylor
New Orleans
Cuba
Taylor
Daughters of the Confederacy
Brackenridge Park
Virginia Reef
F. L. Riley
T. E. Northrup
Benno Kayton
R. M. Field
Woman's Club
Wolff & Marx
J. T. Smith
Mary B. Jersig
S. P. Skinner
el Paso
C. W. Connery
Fort Worth
Connery
State Federation
Texas-British Woman's Club
Alice Mellor
W. P. Campbell
Robert Thomson
Harding
Mary Hitchens
May Crewe
Alice Craven
Castle
Mary Blake Spang
King’s Messengers
Central Baptist Church
Lillie Vodiie
R. W. McCann
Jewell McCann
Dc. T. Smith
Theater Visit Reveals Hidden Gossip and Surprise
In a 1917 newspaper anecdote two women attend a film at a theater. Helen endures Mrs. Stevens as they chat about actors and salaries while a mysterious veiled woman nearby draws attention. A silent reveal shows the veiled woman is the star, prompting Helen to keep quiet about the audience’s gossip.
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Mrs. Stevens
Helen
Mrs
Japanese Ice Mint Removes Corns Without Pain
An ad touts Ice Mint as a simple Japanese remedy that cools as it removes corns and calluses. It claims immediate relief, no pain, and that feet stay cool and odor free, with the product available in drug stores in small jars.
Flags Adorn Public Space For National Occasions
Community decorates with flags for each national event. Estimates included.
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Ady
Bertholi Honored by Legion of Honor in France
General Henri Bertholi head of the French military mission to Romania is elevated to grand officer of the Legion of Honor for reorganizing the Roumanian army. Premier Bratiano told Petrograd that Romania’s forces are fully reorganized and prepared to resume fighting.
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Paris
Henri Bertholi
Romania
Legion of Honor
Petrograd
Bratiano
Roumania
Harvey-Schwartz Wedding in Boerne Texas
Mrs. M C Schwartz announces the marriage of her daughter M Frances Schwartz to James A Harvey Friday morning June 1 in Boerne Texas.
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Harvey-Schwartz
M. C. Schwartz
M. Frances
James A. Harvey
Boerne
Texas
Big Sale Saturday Bargains on Sugar Flour and Meats
Local ad announces a big Saturday sale offering 12 pounds granulated sugar for 1.00, 7 pounds of white and yellow onions for 25 cents, best flour 1.75 and 1.85 for 25 pound sacks. Hams and picnic hams priced at 27 1/2 cents, with cash buyers saving money at Nichols at 209 Ave C Cr. 61.
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Nichols Eee
Ave C. Ph. Cr
Allies seek US aid to supply cereal and food needs
The allied commission in Europe will spell allies' needs and relay them to the United States. Washington will decide if it can meet requests as contractor for the allies, with Hoover reporting that allies and neutrals require a billion bushels of cereals next year along with large meat fat and sugar needs.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Germany
Andre Tarrieux
Allied Commission In
Europe
America
Herbert C. Hoover
German Manufacturers Demand Strict Control Over Harvester and Singer
The German Association of Manufacturers and Agricultural Implements urged Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg to place the German branches of the American Harvester and Singer Sewing Machine Companies under state supervision. It called for depriving them of raw materials and reassigning their exempted workers to German factories. The indictment cites the Harvester Chicago factory accepting contracts for military automobile trucks.
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Copenhagen
London
German Association of Manufacturers and Agricultural Implements
Bethmann-Hollweg
International Harvester
Singer Sewing Machine
The
Harvester Company
Chicago
Churchill named chair of air board denied in London
Reported appointment of Colonel Winston Spencer Churchill as chairman of the British air board is disputed. The Semi-official Press Association announced it, but the Post and Times deny the claim.
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London
Winston Spencer Churchill
British Air Board
Post and Times
Dr. Alves for President Nominated at Rio Convention
Dr. Rodriguez Alves has been nominated for the presidency at a convention in Rio de Janeiro Delfin Moriera was named for vice president at the same gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Alves
Rio Janeiro
Rodriguez Alves
Delfin Moriera
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sociad Cadendar
Department of Philanthropy of the Daughters of Isabella
Club Pavillion
San Antonio
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
St. Mary’s Parochial School
Chi Kappa Chis
Harmony Hall
Mother
M. H
N. K. Fairbank Company
West Washington Street
Ill
Fred Marie Peyton
University of Texas
Grace Newnam
Country Club
E. B. Chandler
A. S. Gage
Earl Gaffers
Monroe McFarland
Herbert Kokernot
George Eichlitz
J. H. Lapham
William L. Herff
R. M. Martindale
J. B. Martindale
Gus J. Groos
H. D. Elliott
Thomas Masterson
Duval West
A. G. Ranney
Samuel Alexander Barclay
Carlos Bee
T. C. Frost
Dr. E. V. Depew
Capt. J. M. Greeley
George D. Campbell
William Sprague
George Hagelstein
Walter W. McAllister
Dallas
FE. F. Boyle
Houston
John T. Wilson
Boston
Ee Han
Kid Boots
White Nile
Goodyear
Cheir
International News Service
Stevens
Meteor
Georgette
Bim
Alamo Plaza
PABST
Bertholi
After Harvester Agency
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Louis
Deny Churchill
London Post and Times
Nadine
National Toilet Company
Hertzberg
Mary Jane Pumg
Boston Shoe Store
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