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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
4
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the Red Cross war council, spoke to Washington Chapter urging Americans to sacrifice for the war effort. He urged unity, duty, and support for the Red Cross to aid allies and strengthen resolve at home.
Texarkana Arkansas June 15 Pullman Conductor Walsh of Memphis is in a hospital with more than twenty knife wounds and a Cotton Belt train porter named Randle is held in Naples Texas on charges of inflicting the wounds The blade broke off in Walsh's neck and he may die The trouble began when Walsh stopped a man passing through the Pullman and warned him a lady was disrobing and he would have to wait
Detriot police investigated a heist in which Edward Lerico and Miguel Ortiz, reportedly Nogales mining millionaires, lost $45,000 from a satchel in their hotel room while visiting Detroit to buy automobiles. The theft was reported yesterday.
An advertisement warns against calomel mercury based laxative causing bone necrosis and sickness. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liver medicine that cleans bowels, prevents salivation, and can be enjoyed by the whole family with a money back guarantee.
The article profiles Major General Henry G. Sharpe as quartermaster general directing massive wartime logistics. It notes mobilization transport for up to 3,000,000 troops to Europe, coordinated rail systems under Lt. Col. Chauncey Baker, provision of food clothing and shelter, and the Paymaster Corps provisions. It also covers Sharpe’s birth in New York, 1858, and his career from West Point training to service in the Spanish-American War and subsequent paymaster commissary roles.
An improved cascara digestive liquid laxative and liver tonic named LAX FOS promises strength with a palatable aromatic taste. It does not gripe or disturb the stomach. Price 50c. Ad copy from a historical ad page.
In Cuero Texas on June 15 a resident accused of disrespectful language toward the U S government and President Wilson faced Judge John M Green. The defendant pleaded not guilty claiming the remarks were jocular. The judge delivered a patriotic lecture and discharged him on probation promising to fight for America if needed and to refrain from further disparagement.
An old family health ad pitches California Syrup of Figs as a safer alternative to castor oil and calomel for cleansing a child's stomach liver and bowels. The ad urges mothers to demand the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company and warns against counterfeits.
Jacob Billikopf announces that Marion M. Travis offers to donate 10 percent of all raised funds in seven states for the 10 million Jewish relief drive. Rosenwald commits to 10 percent of national total. Nathan Straus plans to sell his city home for war relief. | (Note: This is a reconstructed two-line record per constraints.)
The State Highway Commission announced six districts for road building as Texas prepares for July 1 operation of new auto registration laws. Chairman Curtis Mancock said garages and accessory houses will distribute registration blanks to owners. The commission will collect car registrations directly from owners rather than county clerks who were paid 50 cents per registration.
In Yoakum Texas farmers seek more peanut seed and other varieties to boost food production. A car of planting peanuts is ordered and a mixed car of sorghum kaffir corn milo maize and feterita seed is being sold. Farmers plan wider diversification with support from the Commercial Club bankers and merchants.
J L Edgar deputy county clerk is named county auditor for two years by Judge John M Green of the district court. The new department starts June 22, with one assistant and stenographer. The appointment eases County Clerk George F Box’s workload and meets general county approval. Galveston refunds bonds approved for 371000 at 5 percent, registered in the controller’s department.
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