Promotion of Clemn Approved by Committee
Washington reports House Military Affairs Committee unanimously backs a bill to promote Brigadier General John L. Clem, Civil War veteran, to major general. Support comes from Rep Hay and the Senate committee report, highlighting Clem’s long, continuous service and multiple war wounds.
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Washington, D. C
House Committee On
House of Representatives
John L. Clem
Senate Military Committee
Congress
Clem
Walker to Get Funds for the Lost Stamps
The Texas internal revenue collector A S Walker was credited with 6833313 dollars after Congress unanimously approved restoring the loss from 1914 stamp shortages. Representative Buchanan pushed the private bill through the House, with Senate passage expected.
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Walker
Washington, D. C
House of Representatives
Chicago
A. S. Walker
Internal Revenue
Texas
Austin
Treasury Department
Buchanan
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate
Auto Injuries Little Child in Ballinger Family
The child of Mr and Mrs Morgan Jones of Ballinger was run over by an automobile and taken to Fort Worth for an X ray of a broken hip. The incident occurred Saturday and a medical exam is planned to assess the injury.
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San Angelo
Tex
Morgan Jones
Ballinger
Fort Worth
Webb County girl drives auto load of soldiers to battle bandits
Miss Christine Hill a 16 year old Webb County Texas girl drove an automobile loaded with Company K Ninth Infantry Texas Rangers and local sheriff to Webb during a raid by Mexican bandits. The night of danger ended with three bandits dead and Villa Real identified. Christine later rode to the scene to aid the troops and escaped unharmed.
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Webb County
Christine Hill
Joe Hill
Webb
Tex
San Antonio
San Pedro Avenue
Texas Rangers
Hill Place
Laredo
International & Great Northern
Rio Grande
Hill Ranch
Mama
Senor
Miss Hill
Company K
Ninth Infantry
Rangers
Dolores
Welborn
Villareal
Christine
Liebknecht Deemed Likely Martyr of War Critics
Berlin June 19. Across Germany sympathy pours for Karl Liebknecht seen as a remarkable war critic and socialist whose steadfast antiwar stance and opposition to junker rule earned him both reverence and peril. A Berlin journalist notes his bravery in trench service and warns the Reichstag’s factional support could not shield him from peril.
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Berlin
Germany
Karl Liebknecht
Reichstag
Liebknecht
Russia
Chopin's Heart in Moscow and Ancient Relics Recaptured
A London Chronicle report traces Chopin's heart from Warsaw to Moscow where it rests in safety. It recounts Shelley's preserved heart, Leghorn cremation of his body, and Byron rescuing the heart from flames. It notes Sir James Douglas's deed with King Robert Bruce's heart on the Palestine voyage and Melrose burial.
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Warsaw
London Chronicle
Chopin
Church of the Holy Cross
Moscow
Shelley
Leghorn
Byron
Leigh Hunt
Trelawney
Robert Pruce
Scotland
James Douglas
Jerusalem
Palestine
Spain
Douglas
Simon Leigh
Melrose
Travellers Hotel Roof Garden Dining Offer
A brief advertisement for Travellers Hotel Roof Garden announces a table d'hote dinner and delicate lunches and refreshments available daily from 7 to 9 30 p m.
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Roof Garden
New Sunday School Teacher Causes Morbid Metaphor Fuss
Willy complains about Mr Carver the butcher as the new Sunday school teacher. Father asks why and Willy quips he talked shop all afternoon about killing the fatted calf and led like a lamb to slaughter, referencing Puck.
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Willy
Mr. Carver
Puck
Society Social Calendar and Local Parties
Tuesday social calendar lists Daughters of Isabella at 4 p m in the Catholic Woman's Club and other group meetings at the Y W C A and Prospect Hill Church. Includes visits by Christie Moore and guests from El Paso, Alpine, and Laredo, plus a Young People's Missionary Society outing at Brackenridge Park with many attendees and a birthday party at Bally Court hosted by Evelyn Ruth and James Sullivan.
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Daughters of Isabella
Catholic Woman’s Club
Christie Moore
State University At Austin
Sarah Bridges
Dema Fleck
el Paso
Mary Gillette
Alpine
Young People’s Missionary Society of
Travis Park Methodist Church
Brackenridge Park
Beatrice Randall
Grace Ryan
Lenora McLennan
William Lee Hankla
Milford Zirkel
Robert Joyce
Cole Kelley
Raymond Zirkel
Emil Schimmelpfennig
Cecil Russey
Elbert A. Roberts
Walter Hankla
Hugert Huggins
John T. Crider
Calloway
Ernest Fellbaum
Evelyn Ruth
James Sullivan
Alvina Pedewils
Richard Schultze
Fred Gembler
Albert Schultze
Buttons
John Rivas
Clara Hart
Hearts
Julia
Rose Reich
Helen Maria Bombrake
Juliet
Alex Pagenstecher
Edwin
Alvina Podewils
Richard
Gladys Kischell
Fred Gembley
Julius Wurzbach
Arline Alter
Winifred
Harold Everett
Wanda
John Rives
Swift & Company beef sales in San Antonio weekly report
Swift & Company reported San Antonio beef sales for the week ending June 17. Domestic beef averaged 10.91 cents per pound, per Ady.
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Swift & Company
San Antonio
Helmuth von Moltke Dies in Reichstag Service
Lieut. Gen. Count Hel muth von Moltke chief of the supplementary general staff died of heart apoplexy during a mourning service in the Reichstag for Field Marshal von der Goltz. He was nephew of the late Field Marshal von Moltke and had led the army staff before retiring in 1914. The report notes his rise from major in 1891 to general in 1899 and to chief of staff in 1912.
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Amsterdam
London
Count Helmuth von Moltke
Reichstag
Marshal von der Goltz
Berlin
Count von Moltke
von Moltke
Shower Honors Miss Kittie Thumel At Sunday Event
Reed entertained guests Sunday afternoon for Miss Kittie Thumel with Shasta daisies and miniature bridal slippers as favors. Minnie Thumel and Mrs. M. L. Gragg served punch. attendees included Vera Krause Erma Walsh Katie Burger Anna Boeck Albie Rutta Lorine Hipp Blanche Seiverts Toska Ludwig Agnes Magerstadt Minnie Thumel and several others from the area.
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Thumel
F. 8. Reed
Kittie Thumel
Minnie Thumel
M. L. Gragg
Vera Krause
Erma Walsh
Katie Burger
Anna Boeck
Albie Rutta
Lorine Hipp
Blanche Seiverts
Toska Ludwig
Agnes Magerstadt
Minnie
San Angelo Fair Dates Set
Secretary Norman B. Taylor of the San Angelo Fair Association announced October 31 and November 1 2 3 and 4 as the dates for the fair and livestock show this fall.
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San Angelo
Tex
Norman B. Taylor
The
Lorraine Alsace to be absorbed into German empire
Berlin reports that Lorraine Alsace will cease to exist as a separate province after the war. Officials say annexed regions will be folded into Bavarian, Baden and Prussian areas as the new imperial unity takes shape. Chancellor Bethmann-Hollweg traveled to the south amid discussions on the reorganization.
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Berlin
London
Lorraine-Alsace
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Prussia
Bavaria
Baden
Turkey Offers Moderate Tariff Reforms Amid Capitulations End
Constantinople reports Turkey is proposing its first tariff law free from foreign control since the war began. The bill aims mostly moderate duties with two thirds between 10 and 15 percent, many rates between 20 and 60 percent, some hits up to 100 percent for protection of agriculture and industry. A small free list covers school books and agricultural machinery. About one sixth of items show lower duties than currently imposed.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Turkey
Germany
England
France
S W Slayden Dies in Washington at 7 This Morning
S W Slayden eldest brother of Congressman Slayden died here at 7 o clock. Born July 21 1830 in Southern Kentucky he served in the Confederate army Virginia campaign. He formerly lived in Waco and Monterey Mexico where he had business and had made his home in Washington. He was a widower with two brothers two sisters surviving. Funeral at his residence Tuesday morning and burial at Champaign Illinois where his wife lies.
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Washington
D. C
S. W. Slayden
Congressman Slayden
Mr. Slayden
Kentucky
Virginia
Waco
Monterey
Mexico
Champaign
W. J. Slayden
Asheville
N. C
B. R. Fakes
Rena Slayden
Length of Wars Says War May Last Three Years
Tid Bits notes that some experts expect a minimum war duration of three years, arguing that the current conflict could extend to that period if it continues. Further analysis discusses potential implications.
Device Keeps Ties Clean and Smooth Using Spring Shade Roller
The principle of the spring shade roller is used in a device that nearly automatically maintains men's neckties, keeping them clean and smooth.
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