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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 13, 1918

Page

6

Kelly Field Library Drive Prompts City Aid Campaign

A local effort at Kelly Field aims to create a 20 000 book library for aviators. Rotary clubs and civic leaders seek broad city support to collect travel and history volumes, novels, poetry, and reference works from households. The plan includes a campaign week with volunteers soliciting books and funds, targeting every family in Swat Amton to stock shelves for soldiers and cadets at the flying school.

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California Fig Syrup Advised for Children Health

A vintage advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It promises gentle relief for sick children and indelicate stomach issues, urging buyers to demand the genuine California Fig Syrup by name and avoid imitators.

California

Miss Doris Stevens To Spend March 20 Here

Mississippi suffrage leader Miss Doris Stevens plans a visit on March 20 to speak on women’s right to vote. The article notes the movement has more to lose if constitutional ratification stalls and calls for urgent action to push Congress to support nationwide suffrage.

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Suffrage, War Aid and Bread Riots Stir Public Debate

Report notes federal suffrage amendment gains with President and parties behind it yet warns delays hinder conservation goals. Calls persist for unity, wartime governance, and women’s political involvement as global unrest and bread-shortage protests trigger street clashes in Europe and demand rapid relief.

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Rockport ship completion sparks San Antonio industry push

Manufacturers plan an excursion from San Antonio to Rockport to celebrate three ships nearing launch. The three vessels, 100 feet long and steam propelled, will boost Rockport’s shipbuilding plant and position San Antonio as a central shipbuilding hub amid war and peacetime needs.

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Expenditures Tax Protest Sparked In Washington

Fragmentary passage describes manufacturers resisting added tax on wartime expenditures. It notes a potential nationwide tax burden totaling 176 million dollars and hints at persistent inquiries and political maneuvering. Names and clear events are obscured by poor OCR.

Hold Up Detective Bevanws Arrests Robbery Suspect

A detective pursued a halted robbery suspect near the intersection of Duval and Olive streets. The officer grabbed the soldier as he reached for a watch chain, prompting a struggle with an accomplice fleeing around a building in the dark.

Bevanws A. Cook Travis Laree HinsokNers Duval Olive Street

Parcels Sent by American Wives to Prisoners in Germany

Under Mrs Frank We Mahin a committee formed by American born wives and Netherlanders in Holland to send parcels to American airmen prisoners in Germany. The 660th Squadron intends a social event at Kelly Field for training brigades, but no other men are present in the Middle West.

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Entertainment Popularity Echoes Through Time

Fragmentary text hints at a discussion of popularity in entertainment and a sentiment about memory. Names, dates, or places are not clearly readable, leaving the main idea as a vague note on perceived popularity and lasting impressions.

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