Friday Night Lawn Party Benefit by Ladies' Aid Society
Society notes report a benefit lawn party hosted by the Ladies' Aid Society of South Side Christian Church this Friday night. The item also records the marriage of John Martindale Rowland to Miss Hmmun Ern Esteine Cornett at 5 30 p m in First Baptist Church.
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Ladies’ Aid Society of
South Side Christian Church
John Martindale Rowland
Hmmun Ernéstine Cornett
First Baptist Church
Haile Family Plans El Paso Wedding for Miss Haile
Mr and Mrs John H Haile and M Evelyn Haile travel to El Paso for the wedding of Miss Haile to Lieut Peyton of the Twenty Ninth Field Artillery U S A The ceremony was set for Colorado Springs but a telegram from Peyton made the El Paso trip possible The couple will reside at Fort Logan Colorado where Peyton is stationed.
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John H. Haile
M Evelyn Haile
el Paso
Miss Haile
Rd Robertson Peyton
Twen
Fort Loin
Colorado
Lieutenant Peyton
Booth family to spend summer in Colorado and California
Mrs. Frank Booth and her daughter Fenwick Booth along with Miss Elizabeth Upson will depart Saturday for the summer trip visiting Colorado and California for the season.
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Frank Booth
Fenwick Booth
Ha Elizabeth Upson
Turday
Colorado
Califor
Over the Samovar Club Breakfast Honors Mrs Helmick
The Over the Samovar Club met for breakfast in the old wash house at the Carolina tea room with Mrs Eli Helmick as honoree. Mrs Helmick will depart for Charleston South Carolina where Jonel Helmick will be stationed.
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Samovar” Club
Carolina Tea Room
Eli Helmick
Honor
Russian themed club meeting described with attendees
The meeting featured a Russian peasantry talk by Mrs. Davenport and a cathedral talk by Mrs. Jordan. Mrs. Helmick presided over the session with a Russian belle table of red zinnias and the big samovar. Names of attendees included Mrs. Helmick and Mrs. Davenport along with a long list of ladies and misses.
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Helmick
C. L. Davenport
Harry B. Jordan
Mesdames Helmick
Oscar Mellhenny
Hamilton A. Smith
Robert M. Middlebrook
W. C. Price
John L. Bullis
W. $S. Hendrick
J. H. Parker
Ernest Groos
Hutchison
L. M. Lamar
L. B. Clegg
Misses Nelle Estill Pryor
Sarah Smith King
Gladys Morgan
Vivian Lamar
Peddy to Lecture on Texas University Opening Saturday
George Peddy of Camp Funston will lecture at 8 o clock Saturday morning on Alamo Plaza to support keeping the University of Texas open. The talk is under Women's Club auspices and will precede the Camp Funston dance at the Menger hotel.
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George Peddy
Camp Funston
Alamo Plaza
University of Texas
Woman's Club
Menger
Elsa Bure Returns From State University With BA
Miss Elsa Bure returns from State University where she earned a B A degree. She will be at home for the summer with her father Dr S Burg.
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Elsa Bure
The
State University
S. Burg
Saturn Bey evening at the Menger for Camp Funston men
The social welfare division of the local National League for Women's Service plans a Saturn Bey evening at the Menger Hotel. The hotel donates ball room patio dining room and refreshments for the khaki soldiers. General and Mrs James Parker and Col and Mrs William Scott will assist Mrs Carlos Bee and the organizers.
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Saturn Bey
the Menger
Social Welfare
National League For Women’s Service
Camp Funston
James Parker
City to Seek Aid From Prominent Citizens for Arrangements
A committee heads the preparations and requests the help of many notable city figures to assist with the arrangements.
Mrs Alvin Lewis and Daughter Headed to Los Angeles
Mrs Alvin Lewis and her daughter Miss Margaret have left for Los Angeles California to spend the summer away from home.
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Alvin Lewis
Miss Margaret
Los Angeles
Cal
Mrs Hemphill Leaves for Fort Oglethorpe Duty
Mrs. John E. Hemphill has departed after visiting her father Col. J. B. Girard for Fort Oglethorpe where Major Hemphill has been ordered to duty.
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John E. Hemphill
Col
J. B. Girard
Fort Oglethorpe
Major Hemphill
Kelso Family Heads to California Summer Trip
Mrs Winchester Kelso and grandson Kelso Clarkson depart Friday for Tucson Arizona to join Mrs Herbert Slayden Clarkson for a summer journey to California. Kelso Lodge at Kelso's country place will be occupied by Mr and Mrs Joseph Wright and their El Paso children Mr and Mrs Robert Key and children from Linton and Mrs S W Stanfield and daughter Joyce Stanfield of San Marcos.
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Winchester Kelso
Kelso Clarkson
Tucson
Ariz
Herbert Slayden Clarkson
California
Kelso Lodge
Kelso
Joseph Wright
el Paso
Robert Key
Linton
S. W. Stanfield
Joyce Stanfield
San Marcos
Special Saturday grocery sale at Nichols Fresh Co
Special Saturday offers include 12 pounds granulated sugar for 1.00 and assorted items. Best hams 29c, breakfast bacon 38c, picnic hams 25c, pure lard 26c, compound 20c, red beans peas hominy California peaches 10c tin. Cash. Buying from us saves you money. All prices reduced. Nichols Fresh Co. 209 Ave C. Ph Cr 51.
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California
Nichols Fres. Co
Ave. C. Ph
Mexicans Returning as Crops Shift Amid Drought Labor
In Tex June 15 report, many young Mexicans who left before registration are returning to find their crops turned over to others by landlords. Drought areas in Kenedy and nearby parts send more laborers, increasing local labor supply.
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Loling
Tex
Kenedy
Odd parade miscue as sergeant calls out “blooming galoot”
During a drill a sergeant orders attention and a soldier raises the left leg while another lifts the right leg by mistake. The officer compounds the moment by asking who is the man holding up both legs, in a sharp, humorous rebuke.
Food Prices Rise Nine Percent Across US
Retail food prices in the United States rose nine percent between March 15 and April 16, the sharpest monthly advance since the war began. Flour led gains at 18 percent, bacon 15 percent, potatoes 14 percent, with nearly all items higher. Over the 12 months ending April 16, food prices climbed 32 percent, onions up 179 percent, beans 79 percent, flour 72 percent.
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Washington
D. C
United States
Labor Department
San Antonio Delegation Heads to Houston Convention
San Antonio's delegation to the twenty eighth annual Texas Christian Endeavor Union conv en tion travels by special car with Sunshine Special attached to I G N railroad. The group gathers in San Marcos Austin Valley Junction and Houston. Miss Jennie Perrin noted for missing only three conventions in twenty two years.
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San Antonio
Texas Christian Endeavor Union
Houston
Sunshine
Jennie Perrin
Blanche Ford
Mary Click
Emma Jean Southern
Ella H. Hesse
Lydia E. Pagel
Maggie Cain
Annie Aylett
J. A. Rollins
Kk. L. Varnell
Rollie Leng
Manuel Lozano
San Marcos
Bella Yarrington
Elizabeth McBee
Mary Sue Haynes
Gertrude Berry
H. L. Paisley
Austin
Mattie Gandy
Estelle Gray
Alenia Keevil
Marjorie Warren
N. P. Patterson
William G. Bell
Grover Todd
George H. Phillips
Valley Junction
Endeavorers
Christian Endeavor
Japanese Invents Artificial Silk With Superior Luster
A Japanese inventor using chrysalis oil and mulberry cellulose claims to have produced an artificial silk closer in luster to genuine silk than any previous manufacture. The innovation highlights advances in textile chemistry and historic efforts to replicate natural fibers.
Senate panel trims war tax bill with child exemptions
The Senate finance committee approved changes including an income exemption of 200 dollars for each dependent child of a taxable parent and a reduction of the bank check stamp tax from two cents to one cent as part of war tax revisions.
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Senate
Washington, D. C
Senate Finance Committee
Residents Seek Abatement of Smoke Nuisance by Rail Yard
A petition from property owners on River Avenue and Avenue D asks the Southern Pacific Railroad to abate smoke from yard locomotives and the roundhouse smokestack. The petition claims damage to property and furnishings from soot when the southeast wind blows and seeks relief via smoke consumers or higher stacks.
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River Avenue
Avenue D
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Lowther
McMillan
James F. Garland
Asa Unst
Lambert
Heuermann
Army Boulevard
McCullough Avenue
South St. Mary's Street
Summitt Avenue
Grand Avenue
San Pedro Avenue
Durango Street
Army Post
Seventh-Day Adventists
San Pedro Springs
The
Adulterated Milk Report Prompts Possible Prosecutions
State Pure Food Commissioner Hoffman announced 24 of 109 milk samples from San Antonio were adulterated. Seventeen contained water and seven were skimmed, while 85 met requirements. Prosecutions may follow against dairymen found adulterated. Sausage and hamburger meat samples from San Antonio also received for analysis.
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Austin
Tex
Hoffman
San Antonio
Texas press group weighs papers and Liberty Loan cheer
The Texas Press Association meeting in Galveston centers on business problems facing Texas newspapers. Will H. Mayes of the University of Texas spoke on Editorial Fearlessness as Fort Worth San Antonio and Amarillo push for the next gathering while the convention applauded an Associated Press Liberty Loan report.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Texas Press Association
Will H. Mayes
School of Journalism
University of Texas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Amarillo
Galvez
Associated Press
Liberty Loan
War Tuberculosis Crisis Spreads in France, Farrand Warns
Dr. Livingston Farrand, president of the University of Colorado, says the French army has a tuberculosis crisis, with death rates higher than the U.S. and England. He cites 150000 discharged soldiers and 500000 total cases in France, affecting refugees and prisoners as they return.
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Boulder
Colo
America
Livingston Farrand
University of Colorado
France
Rockefeller Foundation
Paris
Farrand
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
England
Dr. Farrand
Child aids in war as young Fox falls ill in Enid
In Enid Oklahoma June 15 a two year old boy J B Fox son of Bert Fox and descendant of Betsy Ross took medicine without protest during a recent illness. The brief item notes a child’s quiet compliance during wartime related illness care.
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Enid, Okla
J. B. Fox
Bert Fox
Betsy Ross
Family earns Red Cross membership through odd jobs
The signer of the American flag paid for Red Cross membership with his money. His brother Bernell, 11, earned his by delivering papers. Dick, 7, bought his by selling garden produce. Their mother, Pearl Ross before marriage, is said to be fourth in line from Betsy Ross.
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Red Cross
Bernell
Miss Pearl Ross
Ldetsy Ross
Red Cross Rally Opens in Austin to Raise County Funds
Judge George C. Taliaferro of San Antonio was the main speaker at the Hancock Opera House rally launching a Red Cross campaign in Travis County to raise 70000 for the national organization. Dr. Joe S. Wooten introduced him as Dr. J. W. Graham read the President's proclamation outlining a 100 million national goal.
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Austin
Red Cross
Tex
George C. Taliaferro
San Antonio
Hancock Opera House
Travis County
Taliaferro
Joe S. Wooten
J. W. Graham
New Mooney Witnesses Found in San Francisco Trial
San Francisco June 15 witnesses found by the state will testify that Mrs. Rena Mooney rode in an automobile to the scene of the preparedness day explosion just before its occurrence on July 22 1916 Louis Ferrari leading the case says Mrs Mooney is charged with the murder of Mrs Myrtle Van Loo one of the ten victims of the blast.
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New Mooney
San Francisco
Cal
Rena Mooney
Louis Ferrari
Mooney
Myrtle van Loo
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