Million Poles Fight With Allies Across the World
Washington reports over a million Poles are fighting or ready to fight with the allies. Enlistments include 800,000 in Russia England and France and 600 in Chicago with thousands more joining U S forces. Polish leaders say hundreds of thousands in the U S await chance to prove loyalty and fight for liberty.
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Washington
D. C
Poland
Berlin
Teuton
Russia
England
France
United States
Germany
Europe
War Department
Chicago
Illinois
Detroit
City Hall Lawn
Wis
Consin
Milwaukee
America
Paris Temps
Temps
California Syrup of Figs Promises Gentle Inside Cleansing
An old advertisment touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for all ages. It claims quick relief from clogged bowels, sour bile, and feverish symptoms in children, noting a coated tongue as a sign to use the product. The ad warns against counterfeit syrups and directs buyers to the 60 cent bottle from the California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
California Fig Syrup Company
Delivery boy held in two ring thefts and other crimes
An 18 year old delivery boy was arrested by Detectives Green and Harris for stealing two diamond rings valued at 80 and 10 dollars. rings recovered and returned. Also reported were a 175 dollar ring missing from Mrs Mathies, tools stolen from F Hanan, and a Studebaker taken from in front of Travelers Hotel. A Campbell car stolen near Travis Club was recovered.
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Green
W. C. Mathies
South Presa Street
George B. Campbell
Magnolia Avenue
Travis Club
Race to the sheriff ends with wife jailed after shooting
A Cherry Street woman rushed to the sheriff and confessed to shooting her husband. Sheriff deputies detained her in the county jail for questioning. A frightened husband then demanded his wife be arrested, but found no bullet wounds on himself.
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Cherry Street
James Galbreath
Beers Sold to Soldiers In Uniform Chauffeur Arrested
A livery chauffeur and a carpenter were arrested on a federal liquor sale to soldiers in uniform scheme. The chauffeur allegedly ran nightly joy rides with beer and charged eight dollars an hour plus two dollars per soldier, with four soldiers as witnesses. Police inspectors Massey and others seized the pair Tuesday night.
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Massey
Norton
Jacobs
Quartermaster Corps
Wiesman
Department of Justice
Norton, Baker and Hopkins
CATTLE TO MEXICO SHIPMENT MOVES TOWARD CITY OF MEXICO
The fourth shipment of breeding cattle, 400 cows and calves, moved from Fayette Missouri via the Katy to San Antonio and on to the City of Mexico. The ten car train aims to deliver about 5000 head within six weeks, under an American firm with offices in New York St Louis and Eagle Pass, represented by E S Burrowes.
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Mexico
Calve
San Antonio
Fayette
Katy
New York
St. Louis
Eagle Pass
E.S. Burrowes
Editor of Atlanta Journal Dies
The funeral for James Richard Gray editor and principal owner of the Atlanta Journal will be held Thursday at 10 AM from the family home. Interment is private. All city courts closed for the term today in his honor.
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Atlanta Journal
Atlanta
James Richard Gray
The
Social Calendar Details Downtown Gatherings
Wednesday Night Delta Gamma Taus meet at 8 in their club rooms Gunter building. St Ann s Church ladies hold benefit lawn social Thursday. F M Musical Club at 2 30 in Gunter pink room. Daughters of Scotia at 3 in Gunter. Grace English Lutheran Ladies Aid benefit aluminum demonstration at 3 in parish hall. Utica Presbyterian Woman s Auxiliary picnic 3 30 to 8 at San Pedro Park. Barnard E Bee Chapter D of C sew for Red Cross 9 in Wolff Marx auditorium. Governors palace restoration exec committee meets 10 at St Anthony.
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Delta Gamma Taus
Gunter Building
Ladies of
F. M. Musical Club
Gunter Pink Room
Ladies’ Aid Society of Grace English Lutheran Church
Woman's Auxiliary of
Utica
Barnard E. Bee
Daughters of the Confederacy
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
Red Cross
Governors’ Palace
St. Anthony
Reception for Dr Doud at West Mulberry Avenue
A reception from 8:30 to 10:30 Friday evening at 924 West Mulberry Avenue honors Dr Doud new rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church and Mrs Doud. Congregation members and friends are invited.
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J. F. Howard
West Mulberry Avenue
Dr. Doud
St. Paul's’ Episcopal Church
Social Highlights From Seguin Visit And Houston Wedding News
Miss Ima Hogg hosts Pan-American Round Table lawn party in Seguin with guests from Austin Waco and Seguin. Kingsville and Utica connections surface as plans for Robert Neal and Marian Seward wedding adjust after a aunt’s death. Baker Johnson Carlson announcement notes Dallas couple to reside at Dallas Country Club after August 1.
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Joseph Burton Dibrell
Pan-American Round Table
Seguin
Park Hotel
United States
Carlos Bee
A. B. Weakley
W. S. Hendrick
Tazwell Campbell
H.S. Mulliken
J. B. Lewright
Henry Ashby McCulloch
Lee Joseph
W. A. Daniel
E. Hertzberb
John Case Griswold
Marion B. Fenwick
H. H. Sevier
Austin
A. R. Spell
Waco
W. A. Adams
Nellie Dancey
Walter Nolte
Robert Neal
Marian Holt Seward
Houston
Miss Seward
Covington
Ingham Seward
Christ Church
Rice Hotel
T. D. Dobbs
Marguerite Coleman
Miss Coleman
T. A. Coleman
J. N. Keeran
Tyler
Tex
Philip Krecker Baker
Dallas
Emeola Johnson Carlton
Jesse Johnson
Matamoras
New York Lad Genius at Figures Surfaces
A six year old New York boy, Samuel Jungreis, carries an automatic adding machine and suddenly shows extraordinary math talent. He can rapidly and accurately add long columns of figures, stunning family and neighbors as the story spreads through the city.
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New York
Samuel Jungreis
Sammy
Tobias Jungreis
East Seventh Street
Notable Texans Attend Quiet Tyler Wedding
In Tyler a simple wedding at Christ Church united two prominent figures. The groom, a general commercial superintendent for the Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company, resides in Dallas but visits San Antonio often. The bride’s family ties and future plans include a month by Lake Michigan with frequent visits to San Antonio in the fall and winter.
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San Antonio
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Baker
Dallas
Johnson
Matamoros
Mexico
Saskatchewan
Canada
C. E. Snowden
Christ Church
Tyler
North
Lake Michigan
Prospect Hill Church Plans Camp Kelly Musicale
The Christian Endeavor Society of Prospect Hill Christian Church will host a musicale on July 6 in the tabernacle at West Travis and North Salinas Streets to honor the Camp Kelly men. It starts a series of bi monthly entertainments inspired by a successful lawn party at Miss Annie Brice’s home where about 150 Camp Kelly men attended.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Prospect Hill Christian Church
Tabernacle
West Travis
North Salinas
Camp Kelly
Annie Brice
Appointed Chairs Named for Military Tournament Ticket Sale
The article lists the chairmen appointed to oversee ticket sales for the military tournament at the fair grounds on July 4. Each chairman will form their own committees, with names including Mrs. Frank Paschal boxer Mrs. R. C. Lehman general chairman and several others such as Mesdames George B. Peyton A. B. Spencer and Wesley Peacock.
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Fair Grounds
Frank Paschal
Boxer
R. C
Lehman
George B. Peyton
A. B. Spencer
Wesley Peacock
Hugo Kaufman
John Case Griswold
L. B. Clegg
Willis Keller
Frank Sorrell
W. Turner
Solon Stewart
Edwina Snider
Missionary garden party and social notices from local area churches
The Ala mo Heights Methodist Church Missionary Society plans a garden party at Judge Brooks home from 4 to 10 pm with ice cream cake candy and coffee and a music and literature program. Roy Campbell returns from Troy Ohio with daughter Adelaide after travel through Culver and Chicago. Herbert Stinson and Beulah Blanche Richards announce their June 21 marriage and now reside at 721 Lewis Street.
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Missionary Society of the
Alamo Heights Methodist Church
S. J. Brooks
Roy Campbell
Troy
Ohio
Hhe
Adelaide Campbell
Culver
Ind
Chicago
Miss Madera
Washington, D. C
Herbert Stinson
John L. Stinson
Beulah Blanche Richards
Lincoln, Neb
Stinson
Lewis Street
Miss Patty Smith Returns From Northampton Visit
Miss Patty Smith returns from Smith College Northampton Massachusetts and is visiting with her parents Colonel and Mrs Hamilton Smith of Fort Sam Houston.
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Patty Smith
Northampton
Mass
Smith College
Hamilton Smith
Fort Sam Houston
Baker Family Arrives at Fort Sam Houston from Washington
Colonel and Mrs. Chauncey D. Baker and their daughter Miss Rheta Baker have arrived at Fort Sam Houston, traveling from Washington D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey D. Baker
Rheta Baker
Fort Sam Houston
Washington, D. C
Top of the Town party honors Miss Edythe Clark
Houston social circle hosts M. P. Strickland’s Tuesday event to celebrate Mineral Wells guest Edythe Clark with attendees from Amarillo Philadelphia Clarksville Tenn. and others. Friday gathering planned with Miss Josephine Bell as Yemmnessees meet at 4 pm. Season opening Thursday promises standout decorations program and menu amid strong reservations from army and civilian guests.
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M. P. Strickland
Houston
Edythe Clark
Mineral Wells
Bonnibel Stowers
Misses Clark
Grace McClannahan
Mildred Whitsett
Amarillo
Charlotte Newton
Marjorie Brown
Philadelphia
Mary Howard
Laura Virginia Adams
Willie Hayes
Clarksville
Tenn
Henry Hare
Robert Scott
Hubert Loeffler
Cresley Morris
Lafayette Ward
William Wine
Wilkes and Goldbeck Tie Wedding in Hubbard Home
Lyndon Lowell Wilkes of Hubbard wed Eleanor Goldbeck in a private ceremony at her mother Ida Schulze Goldbeck’s home. The couple plans a home in Hubbard after a trip to Galveston Houston and Dallas.
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Wilkes-Goldbeck
Lyndon’ Lowell Wilkes
Hubbard
Eleanor Goldbeck
Ida Schulze Goldbeck
Vilita Street
George Belsey
Emmie Schulze
Bernice McGee
H. L. Goldbeck
Ida Goldbeck
Marvin Saunders
Galveston
Houston
Dallas
Labor Dept Seeks to Avert New York Shipyard Strike
Officials continued efforts to prevent a general strike in New York ship building plants. Mediator Rowland B Mahoney was due to arrive from Washington to help adjust differences. About twelve thousand workers would be affected as they demand higher wages.
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New York
Department of Labor
Rowland B. Mahoney
Department
Washington
Arranging Food Supply for Troops in France
Major General Sharpe and the Quartermaster Department study what foodstuffs the United States can supply for troops in France. France may provide bran vegetables fruit milk coal straw and some fish while American bakeries could add bread supply via bakery companies in each division. Traveling steam heated ovens and 12 ovens feeding about 30 000 men are described as efficient for large scale feeding.
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Washington, D. C
Sharpe
Quartermaster Department
France
War Department
Texas opinion narrows chauffeur definition for license tax
The attorney general's department ruled for the State Highway Commission that the chauffeur license tax applies only to those paid to drive or operate motor vehicles or who operate for hire. Casual drivers or those not primarily earning a living from driving are not considered chauffeurs under the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
Attorney General's Department
State Highway Commission
Mrs Oelkers Hosts 500 Club Afternoon
Mrs. W G Oelkers entertained her 500 Club Tuesday afternoon. After games, refreshments were served.
City officials study new state fire escape law
Fire Chief Austin W. Bishop and Fire Marshal W. P. McNeal left for Austin to confer with State Fire Marshal Inglish on the upcoming fire escape law. The law, effective June 20, abolishes ladder escapes and allows interior escapes in a fireproof shaft only with exterior openings. San Antonio has no interior escape compliant with the law, aiding safer egress and firefighting access.
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W. P. Bishop
W. P. McNeal
Austin
San Antonio
Switzerland Increases Federal Council Representation
President Schulthess told Berne reporters that non-German Switzerland now holds three of seven seats in the Federal Council after Gustav Ader succeeds Dr Hoffmann. He praised German Switzerland for cooperation with French Switzerland and affirmed Switzerland’s neutral stance toward all belligerents.
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Paris
Berne
Journal
Schulthess
Switzerland
Federal Council
Gustav Ader
Hoffmann
Schultheis
Regular Army short by 60,000 as recruiting week lags
Washington June 21 Officials say the regular army remains about 60,000 men short of War strength with recruiting week half over. President Wilson had urged 170,000 volunteers but returns show little response from military age men. Nevada leads with over quota, Oregon and Utah near 200 percent, Vermont well under. State tallies through Monday night place Missouri 86 percent, New York 72, Texas 59, Oklahoma 49, Tennessee 39, Louisiana 38, Arkansas 24.
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Washington, D. C
Oe Department
Wilson
Germany
Nevada
Oregon
Utah
Vermont
Missouri
Kansas
New York
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Louisiana
Arkansas
Modern built in furniture at Steves Sash and Door Co Av
A local business showcases built in furniture options at Steves Sash and Door Company Av, highlighting custom designs and installation services for homes and offices.
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Morgan Doors Steves Sash & Door Co.—Adv
Modern ‘Built-In’ Furniture
Steves Sash & Door Co.—A.v
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