Artillery Arm Under Major C. H. Lanza at Camp Funston
Camp Funston trainees switch to artillery drills as Major Conrad H. Lanza takes command of the First Battery. The shift includes riding artillery horses, new formations, and practical field practice. The week ends with pay day announced by The Light and heightened interest in artillery training.
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Camp Funston
Third Field Artillery
Fort Sam Houston
Rocky Artillery
Lanza
Conrad H. Lanza
United States Army
Fort Bliss
Upton Birnie Jr
Light
Head Bookkeeper Testifies Tanlac Restored Health
R E Wendrock head bookkeeper for the Southwestern Telephone Company describes weight gain and relief from indigestion after using Tanlac. He credits improved appetite, strength, and overall well being to the tonic, urging others to keep Tanlac on hand for purification and system rebuilding. Sold in San Antonio by Wagner Drug Company via a Tanlac representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanlac
R. E. Wendrock
Southwestern Telephone Company
East
Cincinnati Avenue
Mr. Wendrock
Taniac
San Antonio
Wagner Drug Company
Fortune teller at church fete predicts boy’s distant future
A Knoxville Sentinel item recalls a church fete where a fortune teller told a 10-year-old boy he would be a very distinguished man if he lives long enough. The boy’s mother reacted with pride as the predictor offered her grave-age prophecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville Sentinel
Texas urged to recruit full National Guard strength
Brig. Gen. Hulen urges Texas men to enlist for 12 000 additional guardsmen as San Antonio area presses to fill vacancies. The article notes existing units and upcoming recruit incentives, contrasts regular army enlistments, and cites Navy Marine Corps recruiting in San Antonio while stressing patriotism amid wartime demands.
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Texas National Guard
San Antonio
John A. Hulen
Guard
Alamo
San Jacinto
Texas
National Guard
Hulen
Germany
Constantine
Greece
America
Union
Guardsmen
Publicity Bureau
Kenneth C. Perry
National Guards
Regular Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Sergt
H. L. Crabtree
Army
Crabtree
C. Q. Evans
Ramoth Haron Crow
Gerald Staffel
Hood Daniel Weisiger
Elmendorf
Raphael Pinkney Perry
San Marcos
Sergt. E. M. Giles
Conroy
Irish landowner sells Texas ranch after war ends
Fourteen years after George Vaughn sold 6400 acres in Concho and Runnels Counties to Godfrey Massy of Ireland for four dollars an acre Massy sold the ranch to Roy Willoughby of Brady Texas for nineteen fifty per acre. Massy declared he would return to Ireland after the war.
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Ballinger
Tex
George Vaughn
Godfrey Massy
Ireland
Concho
Runnels
Massy
Roy Willoughby
Brady
Texas
Plums From 21 Years Ago Served At Granddaughter’s Wedding
In Abilene Kansas Mr and Mrs T F Whiteley served plums canned 21 years earlier at theyre granddaughter Miss Wiemans wedding. The fruit was canned shortly after her birth and given to guests at the ceremony this week.
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Abilene
Kan
Miss Wieman
T. F. Whiteley
Texas postoffice clerks to hold San Antonio convention
The Texas Postoffice Clerks and Carriers plan their annual convention in San Antonio July 3 and 4. Venue is the Gunter Hotel ballroom with open sessions for the public. Speakers include Postmaster George D. Armistead and inspector C B Anderson, plus Senator Carlos Bee and others.
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Texas Postoffice
San Antonio
Missions
Brackenridge Park
Fort Sam Houston
Post Office
Gunter Hotel
George J. Roark
Chamber of Commerce
George D. Armistead
C. B. Anderson
Postoffice
Austin
U. S. Postoffice Service
Carlos Bee
Dallas
Robert 8
Strahan Freed on Murder Charge in Dallas Trial
The jury found B. W. Strahan not guilty of killing his brother in law Jess Beverly at Strahan's Dallas home. The verdict was reached late this afternoon after weeks of testimony and argument in the Strahan murder case.
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Strahan
Dallas
Tex
B. W. Strahan
Jess Beverly
Robberies Reported Around City Saturday Afternoon
Patrick Hart woke to a pickpocket rifling his pockets at the Carnegie Library after falling asleep reading. Mrs. W C Berry lost a $40 clock from her Augusta street home during a Saturday absence. A J M Hensley five passenger auto was stolen from College street around 6 pm. A large box of smoking tobacco was stolen from E Kalies Place on Avenue D after a forced window entry.
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Patrick Hart
South Flores Street
Carnegie Library
W. C. Berry
Augusta ‘Street
J. M. Hensley
College Street
E. Kalies
Avenue D
Obituary notices for Mrs Julius Henry and J R Neal
Word arrived from Corpus Christi of Mrs. Julius Henry death at 10 am Saturday. Survived by two sons two daughters eight grandchildren and many relatives. funeral in Corpus Christi at 3 30 pm Saturday. J R Neal 30 died Saturday at 124 Simpson Street native of Bexar County survived by widow eight brothers and two sisters. funeral at 6 pm Sunday from residence with interment in Mission Burial Park.
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Julius Henry
Corpus Christi
J. R. Neal
Simpson Street
Bexar County
Edward
Burgess
P. C
Ray
Dee
San Antonio
Lon
George
Houston
Walter
Alexandria
Beulah Saylor
Jessie Linghira
Mission Burial Park
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
Local advertisement lists Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offering automobile equipment and both phones 971 and Adv 1 for contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring ‘ Undertaking Co
Bexar County Seeks Serial License Numbers
Local business leaders propose a unique series of state license numbers for Bexar county vehicles. D E Colp of the Texas State Highway Commission supports the plan, noting 140 000 to 154 000 numbers are unused and could help identify local cars nationwide.
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Bexar County
Chamber of Commerce
D. E. Colp
Texas State Highway Commission
Austin
Colp
Highway Commission
San Antonio
Office Boy Demands Higher Pay
A Boston Transcript mood piece records a worker complaining he earns four dollars weekly, asks for more pay, and says he uses the rest to support his mother, prompting the employer to question the allocation of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Honest self reflection quoted by Boston Transcript
A brief quotation from the Boston Transcript portrays honesty as modest in its sense of compensation and value, with one speaker affirming belief in honesty even if its payoff is small.
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Boston Transcript
Man Held in U S Court Over Whiskey for Soldier
Joe Menchaca was arrested yesterday afternoon on a charge of buying a flask of whiskey for a soldier. Policeman W H Phillips testified he saw Menchaca hand the whiskey to a soldier in a rear alley near the Prudential building. Bail was set at 200 with remand to U S deputy marshal John L Dibrell.
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Joe Menchaca
Esterday
W. H. Phillips
Menchaca
Prudential Building
R. L. Edwards
John L. Dibrell
United States
Phillips
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C. H. Lanza
Leon Springs
Telephone CO
Wendrock
Red Cross
Commercial Loan & Trust Co
Phone Crockett
Gunter
George B. Taliaferro
C. V. Birkhead
Fred W. Cook
Ben A. Stribling
H. C. Feldman
Guz Zalmanzig
Jake Wolff
L. J. Hart Dr
John B. Herff
A. P. Ford
S. P. Skinner
Palm Beach
Alamo Plaza
BEXAR
U. S. Court
Union Painless Dentists, Inc
West Commerce ST
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