Volunteer Week Boosts enlistment for Texas National Guard
San Antonio batteries of light field artillery led by Captain Raymond Phelps and Captain Davis McGown were designated Battery A and Battery C of the Second Texas Field Artillery, with Battery B commanded by Captain Claude V. Birkhead. Volunteers are urged to enlist before June 30 to avoid draft and to choose their branch. rally day featured recruitment at Alamo and talks by former Congressman R. L. Henry.
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San Antonio
Light Field Artillery
Raymond Phelps
Davis McGown
Phelps
McGown
Second
Texas Field Artillery
Claude V. Birkhead
Texas National Guard
Market Hall
Ira C. Ogden
Hal L. Howard
Oscar S. Dewees
Alamo
R. L. Henry
Battery A
Texas
Screening hospital buildings at Fort Sam Houston Texas
Office of the Construction Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston invites sealed proposals until 11 a m July 9 1917 for screening Surgical Pavilion Central Heating Plant Hospital Corps Dormitories Department Laboratory and Kitchen Addition. Further information on application Adv
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Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Hospital Corps
West End lake pavilion hosts Wednesday dance with Willets orchestra
West End lake pavilion offers a Wednesday night dance with Willett's famous orchestra. Gents 50 cents, ladies free. Also listed are local ads for loans, jewelry, and clothing stores. A loyalty mass meeting for Negroes at St Pauls Church includes speakers like Philip C. Hanna and Chaplain Doherty. A freak chicken with two bills and three eyes is exhibited at F Singer's barnyard. Automobile hits a 12 year old boy at Tenth Street and Avenue C.
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West End Lake Pavilion
Willett
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Loyalty Club No. 1
San Antonio
Philip C. Hanna
Mexico
Francis B. Doherty
Third Cavalry
William J. Laws
St. James A. M. E. Church
G. F. C. Curry
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
J. D. Lowery
Hawkins
Warren West
G. W. Winter
F. Singer
Hitching Street
Singer
Carl Wade
Eleventh Street
Tenth Street
Avenue C
Negro Fugitive Captured After Escape and Raid Incident
Police captured Emmett Washington, 27, a convicted fugitive, after a Monday afternoon arrest on Labor Street following a raid on a West Commerce Street hotel. He was armed with two pistols and linked to stolen clothing and a pistol seized from L. S. Williams's home. Earlier, four adults were arrested for vagrancy and two laborers for selling beer to soldiers in uniform.
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Lancaster
Brown
West Commerce Street
Emmett Washington
Texas
Neal
James
Lonnie Crow
L. S. Williams
Mackensen Alley
First Baptist Church Social For Camp Kelly Airmen
The ladies of the First Baptist Church plan a social and musical evening for Camp Kelly soldiers on Thursday at 8 o clock. The program at the church on Fourth and Taylor Streets will feature music, with refreshments and additional efforts to provide a good time for the air men.
Club to Seek Members for San Antonio Salesmanship Club
The Salesmans hip Club of San Antonio opens a broad membership drive with a noon meeting at the Gunter Hotel. W. W. McAllister and G. E. Melliff named as chairmen of rival committees. Delegates to the World’s Salesmanship Congress in Detroit are set for June 10 to 14.
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Salesmanship Club of
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
W. W. McAllister
G. E. Melliff
I. H. Thurman
Tom H. Ethridge
Detroit
Mich
Bound Over to Grand Jury in Liquor Sale to Soldiers
Edward Klaus faced a preliminary hearing before United States Commissioner R.L. Edwards Tuesday. He was bound over to the federal grand jury in a $500 appearance bond after being charged with selling liquor to soldiers in uniform.
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Edward Klaus
R.L. Edwards
United States
Federal Grand Jury
Obituary for Mrs A C Clamp Pioneer of Texas Passes
Mrs A C Clamp 86 died Monday afternoon at 608 Mason Street. A Texas pioneer who arrived with her parents shortly after the San Jacinto battle, she was born in Marietta Georgia and descended from a prominent family related to Jefferson Davis. Survived by five children W L Clamp Jim Clamp C C Clamp Mrs P O Elterman John D Clamp and H L Clamp plus 18 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The body was sent from Georgetown by Riebe Undertaking Company for burial.
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A. C. Clamp
Mason Street
Clamp
Texas
San Jacinto
Marietta
Jefferson Davis
Georgetown
Riebe Undertaking Company
Death of Miss Mary Blaschke in Fayette County Texas
The body of 27 year old Miss Mary Blaschke a Fayette County Texas native who died Monday night at 11 30 pm in a local hospital was sent at noon Tuesday to Schulenburg by the Shelley Loring Undertaking Company.
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Mary Blaschke
Fayette County
Texas
Schulenberg
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Mrs. Margaret Knaus Dies in San Antonio Home
Mrs. Margaret Knaus 46 died at 446 Garza Street in San Antonio Tuesday morning after residing here 28 years. Survived by husband Joseph, sons Anton Joseph and Emil Edward, daughters Mrs. Anton Mueller and Mrs. Albert Kuehm, and three grandchildren. Funeral from the residence at 3 p.m. Wednesday with services at St. Anne's Catholic Church Beacon Hill conducted by Rev. Father Nichol.
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Margaret Knaus
Garza Street
Blanco County
Texas
San Antonio
Brunhilde Lodge
The
Hermann Sons
Joseph Knaus
Anton Joseph
Emil Edward
Anton Mueller
Albert Kuehm
Joseph
Peter
Christian Kneupper
Kendalia
Tex
Christian Speier
John Schneider
St. Anne’s Catholic Church
Beacon Hill
Father Nichol
Interment Planned at St. Josephs Cemetery
The notice states that interment will be made in St. Josephs cemetery.
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St. Joseph's Cemetery
Grace Gurney Dies. San Antonio Resident
Grace Gurney 54 died Monday afternoon at a local hospital after moving from Pueblo Colorado to San Antonio three months ago. She is survived by her husband Bert Gurney. Funeral was held Tuesday at 3 PM from Riebe Undertaking Company parlors and burial followed in City Cemetery No 4.
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Grace Gurney
Michigan
San Antonio
Pueblo
Colo
Bert Gurney
Riebe Undertaking Company
City Cemetery No. 4
Mrs Francis Koehler Rites Noted In St Louis
Word from St Louis Missouri on Tuesday announced the death Sunday morning of Mrs Francis Koehler sister in law to Mrs Otto Koehler of San Antonio. She had visited this city often and was well known and prominent socially.
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Francis Koehler
St. Louis
Otto Koehler
San Antonio
Koehler
Shelley-Loring Auto Equipment Ad Promotes Heavy Duty Truck Tires
An advertisement from Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. showcases automobile equipment with a phone contact 971 and an item described as a heavy duty motor truck tire carrier designed to hold three tires.
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Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Rates Granted for Old Time Trail Drivers Meet in San Antonio
Excursion rates of one and a third fare and less for the round trip were set for the Old Time Trail Drivers Association convention to be held in San Antonio July 3 and 4. About 500 plains veterans and families are expected to attend for three to four days, with rail rates valid July 2 through July 6. The meeting will feature a business session with cattle herd figures rather than profits or beef market trends. A barbecue plans to recreate the old open-air feast amid modern tools and hungry men.
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Trail Drivers’ Association
San Antonio
the Plains
I. A. Lawdon
Acid Indigestion Warns Against Untreated Gas
The article warns that excessive stomach acid causes gas and bloating and risks gastritis and ulcers. It advises using Bisulated Magnesia after meals to neutralize acid, drive out gas, and soothe the stomach, noting Bigurated Magnesia as a safe, inexpensive remedy.
Fragmented ad copy for a snow-white medicinal product
The readable passages advertise a clean creamy substance with medicinal claims linked to Japan. It mentions store availability and a promise of relief, though most details are garbled and unclear. The text includes stray phrases about feet and kindness to the poor, but lacks coherent context or verifiable specifics.
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Ice
Japan
Census taker reports Socialist harassment at store
A Madison Avenue drug store census taker telephoned to say Socialists harangued the crowd and urged non registration. He claimed he punched one of them in the nose and the group left.
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Madison Avenue
New York Sun
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W. F. Sibert
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San Antonio Battery
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O'Connell Loan Co
E. Houston St
Elite Sign Co
J. C. Graves
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Hummel's Clothing
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Main Ave
Manhattan
Hatch
Wilson Bros
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Lukin Military Academy
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Dan Lewis
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Clinton G. Brown
Alamo Bank
A-Bar Plumbing Co
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Regre
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Memphis
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Peaske-Gaulbert Co.,Inc
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