Northwest Texas Insane Asylum Site to Be Chosen
Preparations are underway to select a site north of the Texas and Pacific Railway between El Paso and Fort Worth and west of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe between Fort Worth and Gainesville. The project includes at least 500 acres and a $400,000 appropriation. The governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general will form the site selection board.
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Austin
Tex
Northwest Texas
Texas and Pacific Railway
el Paso
Fort Worth
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Gainesville
Lax-Fos Screed Lauds Enhanced Cascara Digestive Liquid
An improved cascara laxative presents digestive liquid laxative properties with cathartic and liver tonic benefits. It emphasizes stronger effect paired with a palatable aromatic taste and notes it does not upset the stomach. Advertisement.
Leases for National Guard camps ordered at four cities
Authority to close up leases for temporary Guard encampment sites was issued at Southern Division headquarters. Sites at Fort Worth Waco Houston and Deming NM will be non permanent camps with temporary mess shacks and tentage. A fifth site at Fort Sill OK sits on government property and Camp Wilson will host longer draft army training. Major Elliott will assign officers to manage the work.
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Southern Department
Fort Worth
Waco
Houston
Deming
N. M
National Guard
Fort Sill
Okla
Elliott
Camp Wilson
National Guardsmen
German gold reserve declines as war wears on
The Imperial Bank of Germany reports a weekly drop of 76,000,000 marks in its gold reserve, the first decrease during the war. Despite propaganda, jewelry surrender and foreign purchases drive the decline, while note circulation outpaces gold gains. German gold moves to Dutch banks in Amsterdam as part of debt payments to Holland.
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Copenhagen
Imperial Bank of Germany
London
the Times
Amsterdam
Imperial Bank of
Germany
Holland
Army in Mesopotamia Now Well Supplied
London June 29 The Times critic reports a marked improvement in British forces in Mesopotamia with excellent provisioning medical services and hospital facilities. Base operations shift from India to the War Office while Bombay remains the chief depot as shipping cargoes are efficiently managed.
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London
the Times
Mesopotamia
India
War Office
Bombay
Dutch Warship Visits America to Port in Harbor
A Dutch armored cruiser, the first Holland warship in this port in over a decade, arrived for several days. It is said to act as convoy for Holland passenger and freight vessels ready to depart for American ports.
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Atlantic
Holland
Allied Printing Trades Council Admits All Allied Trades
The Allied Printing Trades Council met in Austin and voted to admit all allied printing trades, boosting strength and unity. The next annual meeting will be in San Antonio three days before the State Federation of Labor meeting. Officers elected include H. C. Colley, E. L. Keith, L. H. Hicks, and A. C. Wright. Army service counted for homestead rights now moves from Senate to House approval with patents to widows or minor children after the entrant's death.
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Austin
Tex
Allied Printing Trades Council
Allied Printing Trades
San Antonio
State Federation of Labor
H. C. Colley
Houston
Washington, D. C
Army
Navy
Senate
House
Joske's Stock-Taking Sale On Swimwear
Before stock taking at Joske's, sale items include bathing suits in California style jersey from $5.00 with color variety. Special display season’s best styles in taf feta and satin at $10.00 and $15.00. Children’s suits priced 50c to $1.50 in drill or mohair bloomers 4 to 14 years with V neck square neck or sailor collar. California jersey suits $1.25 to $1.50 in straight line styles.
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California
Bathing Suits and Accessories at Joske Store
Joske Store advertises a wide range of bathing suits from $0.89 to $10.00 in black Jersey, mohair, Cal ifornia style, and fiber silk, plus matching caps, hats, shoes, bags, and water wings si zed for ocean resorts and beaches. It lists numerous styles including V-neck, sailor collar, belted waists, and color combinations with Rex soles on shoes.
Pre-Inventory Hosiery Clearance In Fresh Stock
Tomorrow a wholesale clearance offers about 500 pairs of women's fancy hosiery at 1.09 per pair, down from 1.25 to 1.75. Stock includes plain and richelieu ribbed styles in leading shades. Also infant white socks and mercerized lisle hose, values up to 35c, with infant fancy top socks at 15c 25c 35c.
Sale on Real Hair Nets at Low Prices
Advertisement notes another sale of real hair nets in the Hair Goods Department. Nets come in cap shape or fringe styles, with sizes and multiple price points including 12 for 48c or 12 for 97c and 1.85, all hand made from sterilized human hair and sold in sanitary envelopes.
Bath Caps Added To Toilet Goods Sale
Bath caps in the street floor toilet goods section offer an immense collection in new styles and colors at prices from 15 cents to 2 dollars.
Caps in frill styles on sale at 19c tomorrow
Readable fragment notes regular 25 cent caps offered in frill styles in all colors, with sale starting tomorrow at 19 cents each.
Mme IseBelle powders offered as two for a quarter
Advertisers tout a sale on Mme IseBelle products with a 25 cent regular face powder box and a 15 cent Heatherbloom talcum powder box, both available tomorrow in all shades. The two items are advertised as a combined 25 cent deal.
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Mme. Ise
Belle
Flags for the Fourth Fling store ad
The ad promotes a wide selection of flags and flag accessories for the Fourth of July. It lists small cotton, silk, and wool flags in multiple sizes, flag outfits with poles and holders, house flags, and flag poles in various lengths with prices from 10 cents to $15. Includes decorative bunting and flag holders.
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U. S
Why We Are at War and Other Books on Sale
A bookstore advertises Woodrow Wilson’s Why We Are At War at 50c and other titles by Ian Hay Mary Roberts Rinehart Irvin Cobb Lex Rohmer Grace Miller White and Sinclair Good Reading steel-bound fiction. A stock of about 500 cloth bound books priced at 1.00 to 1.25 is slashed to 35c per copy or 8 for 1.00.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ian Hay
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Irvin S. Cobb
Yukon Trail
William MacLeod Raine
Cecelia of the
Pink Roses
Catherine Taylor
Fu Manchu
Lex Rohmer
Grace Miller White
Sinclair
Vacation Baggage Trunks At Joske Store Specials
The Joske Store offers a wide baggage section in the Economy Basement with special prices on trunks, suitcases, and bags. Fiber trunks range from 16.50 to 17.98 for various sizes, metal covered trunks from 6.25 to 10.00, matting cases for week ends, steamer wardrobes priced around 30.00, coat cases at 10.00, and leather suitcases from 5.98 to 6.25 with linings and robust hardware.
Mobilize Boy Labor Amid War Mobilization Drives
Wartime mobilization of the nation’s boy labor is the aim of a two day convention of the United States Boys' Working Reserve in Washington. Speakers include Secretary of Labor Wilson and Herbert Hoover as the plan seeks to offset labor shortages caused by conscription by using youth in agriculture and industry.
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Washington, D. C
United States Boys’ Working Reserve
Council For National Defense
America
Labor
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
P. P. Caxton
United States Commissioner of Education
W. 8. Gifford
Dipas
The
Council of National Defense
Plans Garden Concert by Beethoven Maennerchor
The Beethoven Maennerchor will stage a garden concert at Beethoven Hall Saturday night starting at 8 30. Music by W H Smith’s band will accompany the program and a dance will be held in the hall if rain interrupts the concert. Members and out of town guests are invited.
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Beethoven Maennerchor
Beethoven Hall
W. H. Smith
The
Maennerchor
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