Quartermaster Reserve Officers List Closed for Q M Reserves
War Department stops new Class II reserve officer applications after February 21 1917 due to high demand and sufficient numbers already obtained for duties not requiring mental testing. Col George H Cameron relayed the instruction in the Southern Department.
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War Department
George H. Cameron
Southern Department
Quartermaster Officers’ Reserve Corps
Quartermaster General's Office
Military officer recruitment near steady flow of applicants
The quartermaster corps explains that the policy is not a barrier to men seeking reserve officer commissions in the regular branches or other staff corps. The system allows for examination and welcomes applicants, with a steady flow entering Colonel Cameron's office.
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Quartermaster Corps
Cameron
Garland Seeks Re Election As Tax Commissioner
James F. Garland, longtime San Antonio resident, announces his candidacy for re election as commissioner of taxation. He entered politics as city assessor four years ago and helped establish the Somers system of land valuations and new city block maps. He supports civil service for police and fire departments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Garland
Garland
San Antonio
Brown
Police and Fire Department
Iowa to Denounce Filibuster in General Assembly
Des Moines reports a resolution in the Iowa General Assembly condemns Senators Cummins and Kenyon for filibustering the armed ship bill in the U S Senate. The measure aims to be considered in the lower house today.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Iowa General Assembly
Cummins
Kenyon
United States
Senate
Purchase of Mountain Forest Lands Authorized
Washington March 7 The National Forest Reservation Commission authorized the purchase of 32 266 acres of land in the Southern Appalachian and White Mountains for inclusion in the eastern national forests.
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Purchase Mountain Forest
Washington
Appalachian
White Mountains
National Forest Reservation Commission
Five Hundred Aliens Become Citizens in Chicago
Five hundred aliens, a record, were sworn in last night in Chicago. The ceremony was sponsored by the Polish Young Men's Christian Association and involved a mass naturalization of new citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Polish Young Men's Christian Association
Children Pay Tribute To Heroes Of Texas
About 500 children gathered at Ben Milam grave in Texas on Heroes Day to honor Alamo defenders. The event, under the Texas Landmark Association, featured wreaths, speeches by Civil War veterans Jack Elgin and F. F. Collins, flag processions, and songs including The Star Spangled Banner Columbia and the Texas Hero Song. Schools such as Bonham Lamar Johnson Crockett Bowie Milam DeZavala Collins Gardens Sam Houston Ruiz Robert B Green Maverick Fannin and St Mary's Hall contributed wreaths. The event highlighted Ben Milam as the only Alamo hero buried there and celebrated liberty for Texas.
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Ben Milam
Texas
Alamo
Texas Landmark Association of
San Antonio
Jack Elgin
F. F. Collins
Ben Mitama
Columbia
Adina DeZavala
L. Schweppe
L. Penix
Jatherine Rucker
Stella Higgins
T. Billups
Elma LeStourgeon
Mary Bedford
Mary Louise Ee
P. T. Huff
K. Russell
Millers Brothers 101 Ranch Will Not On Road This Season
Zack Miller owner reports the 101 Ranch Wila West Show won t tour this season and that army horses are being bought in San Antonio. He says show horses have been sold to the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in Chicago, while the Millers plan to return to touring next year. Miller has been active in buying and selling horses since the European war began, shipping hundreds of carloads from Texas to Louisiana and Mississippi. At a recent army horse sale he bought about 250 head.
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Millers Brothers
101
Wila West
Zack Miller
Outfit
San Antonio
Miller
101 Concern
Chicago
Colonel Cody
Johnny Baker
Miller Brothers
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Supreme Court sustains Thomson suit against British shipowners
The Supreme Court sustains a judgment in a case brought by Thomson and Company of New York against Sir Charles W. Cayser and other British shipowners. The action seeks treble damages under the Sherman law for an alleged 1899 steamship shipping combination to South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Thomson and Company
New York Shippers
Charles W. Cayser
South Africa
Ask Father About Head Hunters and Heads After
The speaker questions what the Head Hunters do with the heads once obtained and suggests a mockery of the idea, telling another to stop bothering them.
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Father
Seon
Tanlac Restores Local Woman After Six Years of Ill Health
E. J. M. Hopkins of San Antonio praises Tanlac for curing his wife after a six year decline from nervous indigestion pain kidneys and insomnia. He reports the first bottles relieved her and two bottles fully restored her health with better appetite sleep energy and cleared skin. Tanlac sold locally by Wagner Drug Co and E. J. H. Meter with a Tanlac representative.
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Tanlac
E. J. M. Hopkins
Acorn Refining Company
Mr. Hopkins
Taniac
San Antonio
Wagner Drug Co
E. J. H. Meter
May Lose Membership in Union League Club
Chicago March 7. A question about Congressman William W. Wilsons Union League Club membership arises after his vote against the neutrality bill. Club president Frank J. Loesch questioned his loyalty. Wilson replied that he opposed armed merchant ships and urged continued Congress readiness.
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Chicago
William W. Wilson
Union League Club
United States
Wilson
Frank J. Loesch
Germany
Congress
Train of 24 Carloads of Potatoes For Tax Evasion Probe
San Bernardino county authorities seek the owner of a train of 24 carloads of potatoes found on a Colton railroad siding. The shipments, valued at about 35000 dollars, carried no donor or consignee name and are suspected of being sent to evade tax assessments.
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Colton
Cal
San Bernardino County
Transport Dix Returns to Port After Steering Gear Accident
The U S transport Dix, which left Seattle for Manila last Saturday, suffered a steering gear failure 360 miles southwest of Cape Flattery and is returning to Seattle today under her own steam with a crew of 150 aboard.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
Dix
Manila
Cape Flattery
Why Indeed Why Call Me the Consumer
A fragment from a city debate questions who funds city services and who is labeled a consumer. It hints at budget pressures and accountability for bill payers in municipal governance.
Railroads pledge service to country amid crisis
Frank H. Hamilton Frisco System treasurer arrives in San Antonio with wife for a two week vacation at the St. Anthony Hotel. He notes the Frisco System joins with MKT in a rapid St. Louis to San Antonio train and forecasts strong prospects for the resort city. He says the railroad, recently out of receivership, reports improved earnings and optimism for the future.
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Frank H. Hamilton
Frisco
San Antonio
Hamilton
St. Anthony
Frisco System
Texas
St. Louis
United States
Mr. Hamilton
American Surgeons Remain in Germany to Continue Work
Berlin reports the American physicians expedition led by Dr. Edward F. Nippert has returned to Deutsch Eylau to resume duties under a New York committee. The unit under the German Austrian Aid Society of Chicago moved to Graudenz and may depart Germany at will. The Naumburg unit has ceased operations after donating its hospital equipment to the city.
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Berlin
London
American Physicians’ Expedition
Edward F. Nippert
Cincinnati
Deutsch Eylau
New York
American Physicians’ Unit
Germany
Naumburg
Quinine Product Promoted as Gentle Head Tonic
Public advertisement extols Laxative Bromo Quinine as safe for all users without causing nervousness or head ringing. It claims only one Bromo Quinine exists and notes E. W. Grove’s signature on the box with a 26 cent price.
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E. W. Grove
Texas charters filed and dissolutions noted across state
Dallas Motor Sales Co Union Oil Co Texas Mercantile and Manufacturing Co Pittsburg Storage Goggan Building Co Beck Petroleum Co all file charters with varying capitals and incorporators. Intermountain Railway Light and Power Co granted permit to operate in Texas with headquarters in Houston and offices in Navasota Sour Lake Silsbee. Dissolutions recorded for H Dubin Mercantile Co Denman Jersey Farm Co and C H Mitchell Co in Laredo Houston and Seymour.
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Austin
Tex
Dallas Motor Sales Co
Dallas
Capital Stock
L. E. Couch
L. B. Couch
Roy Tufts
Union Oil Co
Benton Collins
W. A. Green Jr
W. H. Leftwich
Paul Kayser
John McCleary
Houston
William A. Hogan
Galveston
Beck Petroleum Co
Orange
W. H. Stark
H. J. L. Stark
J. M. Dullahan
Texas
Intermountain Railway, Light and Power Company
Colorado Springs
Colo
Navasota
Sour Lake
Silsbee
H. Dubin Mercantile Co
Laredo
Denman Jersey Farm Co
C. H. Mitchell Co
Seymour
Shreveport Population Census Shows Growth
A special census of Shreveport Louisiana by the census bureau at local request finds the February 15 population at 36,953 up from 28,015 in 1910, a 30.6 percent rise. Whites number 21,197. negroes 15,372. and 24 of other races.
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Shreveport
Washington, D. C
Census Bureau
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Levine
Charlie O’leary
O’leary
Pabst
Milwaukee
Pablo
Mann, Stern
Texes
Fficers
Q. M
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Peruns Company
Columbus, Ohio
Heroes OF
Milam
Hopkins
S.S.S
Department I
Atlanta, Ga
SWIFT
Tlanta
Columbus
8. C
Presbyterian Church
Pan- Presbyterian Alliance
World Presbyterian Alliance
Canada
South America
J. K. Lamm
Stearns
Carnation Milk
Ed Strauss
South Press
Quick Tire Service, Inc
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