San Antonio Light Publicizes Circulation Figures and Offices
The San Antonio Light lists subscription rates and addresses, announces multiple city and national offices, and reports six month circulation figures for March 1917. It notes audited paid circulation and claims higher paid reach in San Antonio than any other local paper.
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The
San Antonio Light
Audit Bureau of Circulation
United States
Canada
America
Europe
San Antonio
Prohibition Debate in Ohio Echoes Patriotism Critique
A wartime column condemns Ohio prohibitionists as unpatriotic and selfish. It recalls two statewide votes, cites a suggestion by an Ohio National Guard colonel to defer a third election and use funds for wounded soldiers, and notes prohibitionists refuse, arguing war principles predate the issue. It labels prohibitionists paranoid and aligns them with hostile ideologies.
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Ohio
Ohio National Guard
United States
Kilts and Womenalls War Debate Sparks Dress Question
The piece questions whether soldiers would wear kilts in war as democracy is defended. It notes some men would sacrifice for a trench yet worry kilts might replace trousers, and observes the English take such ideas seriously.
Kilts and "womanalls" Revolutionize Dress Economies
London dispatch notes government advice for a single hue to save dyestuffs and praises the kilt for economy and durability. It quips on Americans in kilts, critiques trousers, and imagines women in "womanalls" joining men at the front, predicting a solved fashion problem.
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London
England
Harry Lauder
Charlie Chaplin
America
Slayden Loses Bid for San Antonio Cantonment Contract
A local column laments James L. Slayden’s failed effort to secure a $4,000,000 army cantonment contract for San Antonio. The War Department awarded the project to Stone & Webster of Boston after denying the local congressman’s push, portraying Slayden as an enemy of the army. The piece notes repeated tensions between Slayden and military officials and questions any future favors.
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San Antonio
James L. Slayden
Washington
War Department
Slayden
Boston
Army
Stone & Webster
United States
James L.slayden
Fourteenth Congressional District
Slayden’s Role Questioned Over Fort Sam Houston Ties
The note alleges James L. Slayden as a congressional representative has been of no value to San Antonio, arguing he supported a man who opposed the army and that the Fourteenth district benefited little from his stance on the cantonment contract despite army generosity to local people.
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Fourteenth District
James L. Slayden
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Something for Nothing Ad Campaign and Fair Treatment Claim
A Texas National Guard member demanded more free advertising for his department at Tae Lieur’s office. Over four days The Lient published 4030 lines of patriotic ads, valued at 806 dollars, averaging over 200 dollars daily, spanning a Washington Department of Agriculture to San Antonio efforts. The piece argues against using newspaper labor and capital for personal aims.
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Texas National Guard
Tae Lieur
Lient
German Withdrawals Threaten Allied Plans Again
The remark questions the likelihood of renewed German strategic retreats to disrupt Allied operations, implying potential shifts in wartime planning and morale.
Remark on Russian women soldiers and hat-pin brigade
The remark suggests that if Russian women soldiers reach the front, the famous charge of the hat-pin brigade may be heard. It uses a playful, possibly wartime metaphor to imply unexpected bravery or action.
Greece’s King offers cooperation for postwar tranquility
King Alexander of Greece declares readiness to cooperate for peace. Britain and allies had hoped Greece would stay unsettled. meanwhile Sinn Fein prisoners are released and women’s suffrage is adopted, signaling a shift toward domestic harmony after the war’s start.
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Alexander
Greece
Sinn Fein
Great Britain
Food control bill aimed at food gamblers
The speaker argues for a food control bill that targets food gamblers rather than producers or consumers, insisting that such action does not require a dictatorship to implement.
Government Is Biggest Thing In The Country
Beaumont Enterprise argues federal court rulings upholding the army draft act and sentencing penitentiaries show the government’s supremacy over individual will, urging slackers and anti conscriptionists to accept national mandates as superior.
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Beaumont
American Guns to Talk Phrase Books for Soldiers
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram notes American troops in France will receive French-English phrase books. It adds no German-English books will be provided and jokes that American guns will do the talking, with the line raus mit ihn as the German command.
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France
America’s Great Air Power for Allies
The Temple Telegram argues that America should build a massive air fleet from scouting planes to battle planes. It warns the harder task is training pilots and trainers to operate on a grand scale, noting twenty thousand expert airmen would give the allies air supremacy.
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America
Temple Telegram
Royal Houses Described as Corrupt and Treacherous
The Louisville Courier Journal denounces European royal houses as decadent and mongrelized, claiming they seek revenue and are prone to treason. It argues fratricide would be virtuous and mocks sentiment for royal loss, praising republican politics as cleaner.
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Republic
Europe
Louisville Courier-Journal
Lumberjacks for France to aid western front timber needs
The Utica Observer reports 200 to 300 Adirondack lumberjacks may be selected to go to France to work on timber for armies. The workers would support railroad, trench, and fortification construction, leveraging long hours and high speed to boost the timber industry behind the western front.
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France
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
Lord Northcliffe Faces Irish Question Test in U S War Mission
Lord Northcliffe, head of the British war mission in the United States, is pressed to show administrative results. He urged Mr. Balfour to settle the Irish question abroad, a task not completed, raising questions about his own chances to settle it. The test awaits judgment at home.
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Lord Northcliffe
United States
London Times
Daily Mail
Balfour
Mr. Balfour
Shven
New York
Orld
Fort Sam Houston Gift Chapel Seeks Funds for Movies and Writing Materials
Fort Sam Houston Chaplain Barton W. Perry urges funds to rent moving pictures and buy writing materials for the gift chapel. With a cantonment for 40,000 men and many soldiers present, the chapel risks idling without support. For $4 a night the chapel could offer free films and a reading room, supported by donations to Chaplain Perry.
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Fort Sam Houston
Barton W. Perry
Third Field Artillery
Perry
San Antonio
Price River flood devastates Price Valley infrastructure
The Price River irrigation dam failure near Gooseberry Creek caused over 1.5 million dollars in damage to railroad trackage depots and crops. The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad faces heavy losses from coal mine disruptions and 15 to 30 miles of washed track. Bridges and culverts along 45 miles were destroyed. residents in Castle Gate Scofield Helper sought refuge as searches for missing persons began.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Price River
Gooseberry Creek
Fairview
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Carbon County
Price
Castlegate
Scofield
Helper
Washington's Men Led a Year to France Pay Comparison
Chicago recruiting posters contrast Washington era pay with Pershing era wages for US soldiers. Washington era service paid 60 dollars yearly with rations and clothing. modern recruits receive 30 to 38 dollars monthly plus 20 percent raise abroad. First class private 33 dollars monthly. tradesmen higher. One dollar in army equals three civil life in living costs. Promotion odds said strong now.
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Chicago
Ill
George Washington
France
Pershing
United States
Foreign Service
Seven Newport resorts closed over morals concerns
Newport Rhode Island June 26 seven establishments deemed illegal resorts were ordered shut by Mayor Burdick after a conference with Governor Beeckman. Naval guards were posted to keep naval personnel away in response to a letter from Secretary of the Navy Daniels citing dangers to thousands of recruits.
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Newport
R. I
Burdick
Beeckman
Secretary of the Navy
Daniels
Delegations Gather to Bid for West Texas College Site
Austin reporters note the locating board will meet late this week to decide the site for the West Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College. Delegations from Lubbock San Angelo and Amarillo press their cases as Governor and State Superintendent Doughty observe. Ralls speaks for his namesake Crosby County town which has grown from 160 poll tax receipts to 1700 in four years.
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Lubbock
W. J. Bledsoe
George O. Wolffarth
City National Bank
H. T. Jacobs
Chamber of Commerce
John R. Ralls
Ralls
Crosby County
Pat Murphy
The
San Angelo Standard
C. 13
Corpus Christi Doctors Examine Applicants for Army Reserve
In Corpus Christi on June 26 Captain W. S. Hargis of San Antonio and Captain Edgar W. Loomis of Dallas led a Texas Committee of National Defense Medical Section board to examine 23 applicants for admission to the Medical Officers Reserve Corps. Examinations took place at Painter and Carpenter with Dr. W. N. Wardlow directing. six Corpus Christi physicians were tested along with doctors from Beeville, Alice, Robstown, and nearby towns. Corpus Christi physicians examined include Dr. Wardlow, Dr. Judkins, Dr. Barnard, Dr. Davisson, Dr. Giles, and Dr. Arno.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
W. 8. Hargis
San Antonio
Edgar W. Loomis
Dallas
Texas
Council of National Defense
Medical Officers Reserve Corps
United States Army
The
State Medical Association
R. H. L. Bibb
F. A. Painter
O. H. Judkins
A. W. Davisson
Beeville
Alice
Robstown
W. N. Wardlow
C. H. Judkins
W. C. Barnard
R. Giles
E. O. Arno
Commissioner Urges Fall Crops for Texas Farmers
Commissioner Fred W. Davis asks Texas business secretaries to back farmers in planting fall crops like June corn milo maize Spanish peanuts and beans. He urges bankers and merchants to ensure seed funds are available and local chambers to secure seed for their communities.
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Austin
Tex
Fred W. Davis
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
Davis
Fighting Spirit of Belgians Unbroken
Lieutenant General Leclereq told the National Press Club that Belgium now fields eight divisions along a 22 mile front with munitions plants abroad in Havre and England and a Royal Belgian Lloyd backed by 30 million dollars. He recalled Liege and Yser defenses where Belgian forces held off larger German numbers while Allied forces regrouped. He cited Belgian joy at seeing American troops, and urged vengeance for fallen soldiers as a living summons to fight.
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Washington, D. C
Leelarcq
National Press Club
Liege
Yser
Germany
Leclarcq
Belgium
Havre
Richmond
Letchworth
England
Royal Belgian Lloyd
Leclareq
Santa Fe to El Paso and Seminole Line Expansion
Information from Austin indicates the Santa Fe will complete a 70 mile branch from Lubbock to Seminole within weeks, creating a transport outlet for advancing agricultural areas. Plans reportedly include extending the line toward El Paso and possibly into Mexico, while the Midland & Northwestern Railroad from Midland to Seminole nears half completion under Texas & Pacific Railway operation.
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Austin
Tex
Santa Fe
Lubbock
Texas
Seminole
Mexico
Paso
Midland & Northwestern
Midland
Texas & Pacific Railway
Governor Cancels Texas Trip Due to Official Duties
AUSTIN June 26 Governor Ferguson cancels planned attendance at the Buy It Made In Texas convention in Wichita Falls because of pressure of official business. He was scheduled to deliver an address at the event starting tomorrow.
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Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Wichita Falls
Personal rights and domestic mastership debated
The Social Philosopher asserts personal rights alone fail to solve matters of household power. Benedict responds that a husband cannot be master at home because his wife will not allow it.
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Benedict
Editor James R. Gray Dies in Atlanta
James R. Gray editor of the Atlanta Journal died in Atlanta after a brief illness at 9:30 PM. He had returned from a trip to New York and Washington to visit Lt. Col. Pearce’s wife at Fort Totten and attend a meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association. Born September 20, 1859 in Adairsville, he had led the paper since 1901 as editor in chief and served as president of the Atlanta Journal Company.
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Atlanta
James R. Gray
Atlanta Journo
Gray
New York
Washington
E. D. Pearce
Pearce
Fort Totten
Long Island
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Adairsville
The
Atlanta Journal
Atlanta Journal Company
Southeastern
Associated Press
Mystic Shrine Opens Imperial Council Meeting in Minneapolis
The Imperial Council Nobles of the Mystic Shrine opens in Minneapolis with about 1000 delegates. The agenda covers organizational business and War related resolutions pledging support to the Red Cross. Charles E. Ovenshire of Minneapolis is slated to be elected imperial potentate succeeding Niedringhaus. meeting adjourns Wednesday night.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Imperial Council
Mystic Shrine
Charles E. Ovenshire
Niedringhaus
Organization
Red Cross
New York Opens Last Chance Census Registration
New York City offers extra hours and 30 booths to register by the late census deadline. Director FE Goodrich says subpoenas were issued to unregistered residents including Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman as 100,000 are expected to register today, lifting the city total beyond 2,826,128.
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New York
FE. P. Goodrich
Goodrich
Emma Goldman
Alexander Berkman
Cuba Moves to Abolish Death Penalty Senate Approves
The Cuban Senate voted 17 to 1 to abolish the death penalty and sent the measure to the House for approval. The bill aims to spare several army officers on trial at Havana fortress for sedition and rebellion.
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Cuba
Havana
Senate
Cabanas Fortress
Salazar Suffering Dementia After Mule Kick Incident
El Paso reports Jose Ynez Salazar, former Villa chief of staff, surrendered in Pearson, Chihuahua, is demented from a mule kick suffered while campaigning near Ojinaga. A Mormon arrived from Pearson yesterday.
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Jose Salazar
EL Paso
Tex
Jose Ynez Salazar
Villa
Pearson
Chihuahua
Ojinaga
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