Home Gardens Urged At Conservation Meeting
A Friday morning food conservation meeting at the Gunter Hotel urged American homemakers to save food with meatless days and substitutions. Speakers from the National League for Woman's Service and the State Department of Agriculture pressed home gardens, canned surplus produce, and substitutes like milk, eggs, beans, cornmeal, rice, and peanut oil to aid the armies and allies amid a wheat shortage.
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Gunter Hotel
Red Cross
Roy Campbell
National League For Woman's Service
Charles 4. Zuber
State Department of Agriculture
Emma Pirie
San Antonio
Pirie
Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Campbell
Zuber
Local visitors stay at San Antonio hotels
L F Reagan of Oakville Texas guests at Center hotel. F G Sada and two daughters Mon terey Mexico registered at EF. H DeVore of Tulsa Oklahoma among arrivals at Menger. Mr and Mrs E O Stubbs from Gonzales stop at Lanier hotel. F L Meadows of Galveston in apartments at Gunter. J C Hybarger of Richmond guest at Menger. Dr HM E Atkins of Shreveport visiting San Antonio staying at Lanier. E D Burrows tied to Eagle Pass mining registers at St Anthony. Mr and Mrs Sam Schwartz of Eagle Pass among Friday arrivals at Prof H F Parlin and Dan Williams of Austin guests at Menger. Professor
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L. F. Reagan
Oakville
Tex
Center Hotel
F. G. Sada
Monterey
Mex
Carthony
EF. H. DeVore
Tulsa
Okla
Menger
E. O. Stubbs
Gonzales
Lanier
F. L. Meadows
Galveston
Gunter
J. C. Hybarger
Richmond
HM. E. Atkins
Shreveport
San Antonio
E. D. Burrows
Eagie Pass
St. Anthony
Sam Schwartz
Gunter Hotel
H. F. Parlin
Dan Williams
Austin
The
Sharp critique at art exhibition arouses friend
A young artist tours a painting show with a friend. They stop at a portrait of an angular lady in evening dress. The friend, in a burst of enthusiasm, blurts out that the image is overexposed and underdeveloped.
Kessler to lay out 40 000 man National Army camp at Camp Wilson
George E. Kessler landscape gardener and city planner of St. Louis reported to tender General Parker his services for laying out the camp of 40,000 men to be stationed at Camp Wilson in September. He will co operate with officers to map cantonments and buildings while future ground needs are under study. Chinese laborers from Columbus continue clearing 1180 acres east of Camp Wilson for cantonments or drill grounds as the base expands beyond the original 25 000 man division plan.
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George E. Kessler
St. Louis
Southern Department
General Parker
National Army
Camp Wilson
Kessler
J. W. Littell
Quartermaster General’s Department
Washington
Department
Columbus
Five Year Old Ponders Heaven and Shaving Jokes
A mother explains to her five year old that men can go to heaven, and adds a joke about angels with whiskers. The exchange ends with the quip that some men arrive by a close shave.
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Heaven
Obituary for John S. McCracken in Birmingham
Word arrived for Mrs. W. A. McArdle of East Ashby Place that John S. McCracken died at the family home in Birmingham after a long illness. He was a Confederate veteran. The notice also reports the death of Mrs. T. S. Newman at her daughter's home and lists survivors including children and extended relatives.
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W. A. McArdle
East Ashby Place
Johns. McCracken
Birmingham
Ala
McCracken
Mrs. M. A. Stapp Dies in Los Angeles Then to Be Buried
Mrs. M. A. Stapp formerly of San Antonio died Thursday at her daughter Mrs. Joe Massie home in Los Angeles. She had spent the last year there. The body will be brought back for burial with funeral arrangements then determined. She is survived by four sisters including Mrs. Massie and Mrs. William.
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M. A. Stapp
San Antonio
Joe Massie
Los Angeles
Cal
Principal’s fire drill tips shock pupils with laughs
In a grammar school case fire drill the principal moved through rooms giving safety tips. Students listened but giggles rose after his final instruction about staying cool if clothing catches fire.
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Grammar School
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Henry Lassiter
Fort Worth
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F. W. Silaughter
Martindale
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Tampico
W. B. Hough
Paige Carson
Rock Springs
R. W. Stewart
Lockhart
W. K. Sullivan
I. N. Lyon
Neva Burns
Fintonia
Lanter
CNUON
Violet
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Lilly of the Valley
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Eeeeee
Milan
Madras
Porter
Harold Bell Wright
Dixon
Oppenheim
McGrath
Wells
Jean Webster
White
Cullum
Hitchen
Rinehart
Seaton
London
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Barclay
Harrison
O. Henry
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McCutcheon
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Hein
Russia
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Elgin
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Hag
Parker
John S. McCracken
T. S. Newman
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E. F. Walter
Belvin Street
Nixon
Shelley-Loring Undertaking
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Glendale
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