Maine’s “musical whisky” and dry state paradoxes
An old San Antonio column touches on Maine’s inventive liquor schemes, including “musical whisky” in piano cases and prune-oat distillations. It contrasts Maine’s dry stance with pragmatic avoidance of prohibition, then shifts to San Antonio’s police and military discipline, praising Lewis Maverick’s potential as police commissioner.
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Rumford
Maine
Houston
San Antonio O
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
San Antonio
Toy Police Department
United States
Lewis Maverick
Maverick
Toying With The Police In San Antonio Fracas
Soldiers accustomed to discipline mock civil authority and exploit lax policing. A San Antonio brewery melee last Sunday illustrates how troops test a police force seen as entertainment rather than preservation of public order.
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San Antonio
Police Department of
Patriotism and a Kaiser's Picture
An Associated Press dispatch notes central high school students tore down a Kaiser Wilhelm portrait and replaced it with President Wilson. The piece argues patriotism is better shown by peaceful, dignified actions and readiness to fight when called, not mob action or vandalism.
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Central High School
William
Germany
Wilson
Associated Press
Dispatch
Washington
America
King Solomon
Fiji Islands
Mexico
United States
Patriotism and Boy Scouts defend national spirit in schools
A column urges schools and parents to train boys in real patriotism and citizenship, praising Boy Scout work and linking military discipline to national duty. It notes a school that removed the Kaiser's picture and started optional military training, arguing it should be compulsory.
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Boy Scout Movement
London Says German Retreat In France Advances Smoothly
London reports the German withdrawal in France is progressing in orderly fashion and with reasonable speed, suggesting cautious optimism about the maneuver's execution.
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London
France
Navy enlistment raises pacifist cook question
Secretary Daniels plans to enlist women in the navy prompting questions about whether pacifist cooks can serve aboard ships. The issue ties to broader wartime labor and gender roles as recruitment expands.
Lloyd George to hail Russian revolution in Parliament
Lloyd George plans to introduce a resolution congratulating Russia on its revolution. He may struggle to manage his own position while avoiding provoking the czar.
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Lloyd George
Russia
Mayor Mitchel Calls National Farmers Convention in NYC
New York Mayor Mitchel summons farmers and produce growers from across the United States to discuss supply and demand in New York City. The move aims to educate residents about national markets and reduce city price pressures amid evolving views on regional production.
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Mitchel
New York
United States
New York City
Appalachian Range
Magnifies Its Own Profession Says Senate Plan
The Columbus Journal argues the Senate bill aims six months of training for universal service while the army staff pushes for a year, implying the staff magnifies its role and elevates soldiers over citizens and civic life.
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Senate
Army General Staff
Columbus
Ohio
Step Toward Harmony in Post Office Bill
The provision barring liquor ads in mail distribution near states with anti advertising laws is a step to harmonize federal and state rules. It aligns with a Supreme Court ruling that supports state laws on liquor shipments into dry states.
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Supreme Court
New York Times
Mann Leads Peace-at-Any-Price in House
The Louisv ille Courier Journal notes that Mann acts as the technical leader of the peace-at-any-price faction within the House Republican ranks and suggests some Democratic members align with him rather than the nation, risking collaboration with Mann.
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Mann
House
W. J. Bryan
United States of America
Louisville Courier-Journal
Texas Loyalty Shown With Flag Display On Holidays
The Cleburne Review notes Texas proves its patriotism by properly displaying the national flag at holidays and patriotic gatherings as the nation faces a trying period.
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Texas
Cleburne Review
Exports to South America Grow on Lack of Competition
The Beaumont Enterprise notes a strong rise in U S exports to South America last year, led by manufactured goods and aided by little competition. Total shipments reached 220,288,188 dollars versus 144,128,681 dollars in 1915, with expectations of postwar disruption to European trade.
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South America
United States
Beaumont Enterprise
Bryan cancels Florida lectures amid emeritus claim
Mr Bryan, titled President Emeritus, cancels five Florida lecture engagements to hasten to Washington and exercise supposed duties as self appointed president emeritus. Floridians must accept the denial with resignations they can muster from this reflection on the citizen owes to the country in such crises.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Florida
Washington
United States
Galveston News
Overt Acts in Submarine Campaign Defy U.S. Wishes
A Temple Telegram excerpt argues that overt acts against the United States, openly defying government wishes aligned with international law, amount to aggressive provocation. The comparison likens such acts to a facial slap triggering potential retaliation.
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United States
Theaters Springtime Brightens San Antonio Vaudeville
The new vaudeville bill in San Antonio features Bert Levy with rapid sketches on public figures, Herbert Williams and Hilda Wolfus in Hark Hark Hark, a minstrel style The Black and Kite Stevue, La Chesta in toe dancing, the Kanazawa Japs performing balance feats, Mary Norman storytelling, and duo Truly Shattuck and Marta Golden in Musical Comedy Moments.
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San Antonio
Bert Levy
William J. Bryan
Levy
Herbert Williams
Hilda Wolfus
Williams
la Chesta
Hayes
Rives
Kanazawa
Mary Norman
Shattuck
Marta Golden
Hay
Flora Bella Comes to Grand Opera House This Weekend
Miss Florence Webber stars as Princess Manja in Flora Bella at the Grand Opera House with Rhoda Nichols Marion Dyer Mildred Shelly John L. McLearney John Philips Russell Lennon among the notable cast. The production runs Saturday and Sunday with matinee and night performances.
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Florence Webber
Flora Bella
Grand Opera House
Miss Webber
Manja
Rhoda Nichols
Marion Dyer
Mildred Shelly
John L.cLearney
John Philips
Russell Lennon
Henry B Walthall at Queen in The Truant Soul
Henry B. Walthall appears at the Queen Theater today in The Truant Soul a Victor Rousseau drama about a famous surgeon battling drug craving and mental strength amid love. Mary Charleston leads a strong cast with Walthall supported by noted film stars as Friday and Saturday bring a new chapter of The Great Secret plus Beatrice Fairfax stories on the program.
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Henry B. Walthall
Queen
Queen Theater
Victor Rousseau
Mr. Walthall
Mary Charleston
F Francis X. Buchman
Beverly Bayne
Beatrice Fairfax
Heart of Texas Ryan at Empire Theater with star lineup
The Empire Theater offers the Heart of Texas Ryan for the last time today featuring George Fawcett Frank Campeau Bessie Eyton and Tom Mix in leading roles. The program also includes Pathe Weekly No. 22 and a Triangle comedy with scenes of forest fire poker room escapes cattle rustlers bulldogging and a life saving rescue set in Lone Star scenery.
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Empire Theater
Pathe Weekly
George Fawcett
Frank Campeau
Trampas
Bessie Eyton
Tom Mix
Mr. Fawcett
Miss‘Eyton
Selig
Gilson Willets
Red Eye
Lone Star State
Alias Jimmy Valentine Returns To Majestic Stage
The Bursting Players will replay Alias Jimmy Valentine at the Majestic next Monday and Tuesday March 26 and 27 with matinees each day. The famous O Henry story drew a strong crowd last week and patrons requested another performance.
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Jimmy Valentine
O. Henry Story
Majestic
Bunting
Elman Delights Big Audience At Recital
Mischa Elman wowed Beeth oven Hall with a recital before a large San Antonio crowd. The violinist impressed critics with superior tone, technical mastery, and imaginative interpretation, delivering four encores after a sweeping program that included Schubert Ave Maria and Scarlatti Pastorale. Accompanist Philip Gordon supported a diverse, well received performance despite audience interruptions during several passages.
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Mischa Elman
Europe
Beethoven Hall
Fritz Kreisler
Efrem Zintbalist
Elman
Weber
Dvorak
San Antonio
Philip Gordon
Paganini-Auer
A Reader Defends Personal Choice on Gambling Dens
A reader responds to a letter signed A Victim, arguing the gambler went with consent and noting two sides to every issue. The writer criticizes blaming police or the city for losses and compares the matter to theft at a brewery, while expressing mixed views on gambling dens.
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San Antonio
Shiloh Monument Ready for May 17 Unveiling
Nashville report confirms the United Daughters of the Confederacy will unveil the $50,000 Confederate monument on Shiloh battlefield on May 17. The project stands as one of the largest undertaken by the organization.
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Daughters of Confederacy
Nashville
Tenn
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Shiloh Battlefield
Daughters of the Confederacy
Vassar Girls to Mobilize for War Service
Announcement from Poughkeepsie reports Vassar College pegs 1120 students for National League for Women's Service roles as nurses wireless operators and clerks. Red Cross hospital classes ready for immediate graduation.
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Vassar
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
National League For Women's Service
American Red Cross
Women Show Free Cooking School In San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light Free Cooking School and Food Show grows daily as Mrs Helen Downing leads talks on budget meals and emergency shelf planning. She demonstrates grape juice processing, fruit dishes, and economical meat cuts, with menus for school lunches and home meals, plus rolls and Spanish rice recipes.
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San Antonio
Helen H
Soledad
Soledad Street
Mrs. Downing
Praise for Conference on Baby Health in San Antonio
Morris Stern of the Chamber of Commerce endorses the Baby Health Conference to be held in San Antonio May 1 to 15. He cites infant mortality linked to maternal ignorance and commends the educational campaigns and the women leading the effort for public welfare.
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San Antonio
Morris Stern
Department of Public Welfare
Chamber of Commerce
W. A. King
Local bidders favored for Medina cracker plant build
San Antonio firms will get preference on contracts for Brown Cracker and Candy Company's new three story factory at Medina and El Paso Streets near N and G N tracks. Ground area 250 by 220 feet. total cost about 160000 dollars. project aims to be the nation’s most up to date cracker factory.
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San Antonio
Brown Cracker and Candy Company
Medina
el Paso
C. C. Leel
Manufacturers’ Club
J. L. Brown
Brown Cracker and Candy Company of
Dallas
Mehring elected to Liebknecht seat in Prussian Diet
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Franz Mehring elected to the Prussian Diet seat vacated by Dr. Carl Liebknecht. A socialist minority opponent of the war he faced authorities and was once held in preventive arrest. He won 41 of 427 votes amid Socialist majority opposition.
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London
Franz Mehring
Carl Liebknecht
Berlin
Reuters
Amsterdam
Mehring
Liebknecht
Arion Society Loyalty Pledge Angers German Club
The Arion Society, a leading German club in New York, denounces a mayoral committee loyalty pledge urging members to sign. The society notes German Americans who gained citizenship understand their duty and that allegiance is enduring. The blank pledge posted in the society building drew no signatures and was removed.
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New York
National Defense
Arion Society
Must Attend Drills or Face Federal Prosecution
Chicago March 22 United States district attorney Charles F Clyne issued an opinion stating guardsmen who miss drill but keep their uniforms could face federal charges. The opinion, requested by Capt W G Hendry adjutant of the First Illinois Infantry, rests on a federal statute with a two year prison term.
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Charles F. Clyne
United States
W. G. Hendry
First Illinois Infantry
Clyne
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