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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1915
Page
2
The fragment blends mock health ads with wartime dispatches and garbled phrases. It references a “Vue tas” remedy, Vitatians, and Wagner’s Drug Store, plus a wartime report noting submarine losses, French claims, and German trench activity. The text wavers between product promotion and front-line updates, with unclear dates or locales.
Russian forces launched a rear attack on Turkish forts near Wirbalien to Kovna and Pilwistki, taking about 305 Russian prisoners. A separate assault near Trasnopol caused heavy Russian casualties, with over 1000 Russians taken prisoner, including a squadron of lancers and five machine guns. An attack northwest of Clechanow was repulsed.
A semi official review released last night states German naval units suffered severe losses in the Baltic Sea. The report says submarines were considerably damaged and a number of transports loaded with supplies were destroyed. The statement notes activity continued from early September.
Reuters reported that the Rooyal Line in the Table has been reinforced by modern fighting ships. British experts say the addition may include four capital ships laid down in 1942, with potential resistance from material and crews challenging completion.
Austria has made a definite offer to cede parts of the Trent province to Italy after the war, with the Italian government yet to reply. A German lieutenant, Schierstaedt, was reportedly sentenced to punishment in Cayenne for alleged pillaging, while German papers question harsher treatment of captives.
March 29 report from Braxton steamer officers details a German vessel Odenwald attempting to sail from San Juan harbor without clearance. American ships fired, causing casualties and damage. German agents asked for papers, denied. family names and memorial referenced amid chaotic recounting.
Reports say Starr leads a gang still at large after the Stroud bank robbery. Plea for capture continues as rewards total around $9,400 in cash and bonds. Witnesses place Starr and associates near the usage road between Titan and Bartlesville while investigators pursue the case.
Reported Holners are on moot and may be taken. Oklahoma City notes the largest posse yet in pursuit of the Stroud bank robbers left Chandler this morning to round up the gang in the southeast hills. Two bandits named Nipp Vann and Henry Stusr are identified. a reward of 500 dollars once offered remains valid.
George G Crawfend of Biraung Hai and president of the Tex heseee bron Cont Cumin leads a Texas tour to extend the business network of his large enterprise. The party, with AG Ture Birmingham and W Whites Wok among others, will be hosted at the St. Juithouy hotel in San Antonio Monday night.
Walter Godkin, a veteran merchant in Mexico for two decades, claims Americans in Mexico face relentless abuses and government indifference. He accuses Washington diplomats of farcical efforts, criticizes the Monroe Doctrine as a dog in the manger, and alleges the Standard Oil Company funds Mexican factions to profit under a Huerta regime, with widespread threats and robberies against Americans. He reports flag burning, beatings, and extortion as common along with poor press access and weak U.S. protection.
Secretary Bryan reported no shots crossed into American territory amid tension near Matamoros. He cited warnings to Mexican forces and described a Mexican attack at 3 PM leaving 200 dead and 178 wounded with 600 horses lost, while Carranza losses were eight killed and 36 wounded. Progreso dispatches said order persisted there.
Dispatches from Mexico City indicate reports that General Obregon and Carranza forces are moving toward the capital while Zapata troops may evacuate. The State Department received no official confirmation. Garza, leading the government in Mexico City, said he was arranging to bring food into the locality and maintain provisions.
Washington reports Pacific Coast Red Cross director Charles J. O Connor is ordered to El Paso to supervise border relief efforts. Red Cross also sent Leetered to Brownsville to care for the wounded, with their arrival confirmed.
A Marlin woman is jailed on suspicion of killing her husband Howard Wolf and burning his body. Evidence includes a missing body recovered fragments found near the home, with authorities pursuing further investigations and a court appearance planned as community tensions rise.
Multiple short obituaries list Joseph Mooney 2, Gilberto Ayala 38, E Lang 72, Catherine Knowlton 71, Mary H Montgomery 46, G Crain 62, and Louis Veach 18 with details on ages origins last residences and funeral arrangements. Names include South Bend Indiana Durango San Marcos San Antonio Muncie Louisville and Kentuckys, with undertakers Shelley-Lorine and others and services at San Fernando Mission Burial Park Travis Park.
Robert M. Rier aged seventy seven, kitchen keeper for the White Star Laundry, was found dead this afternoon at 1 30 in his bed in the YOM building. A 42 caliber pistol lay by his side and a wound to the temple indicated immediate death. A letter to teammate Fuquay suggested suicide and a note to his brother referenced Saint Louis. The incident occurred after he returned from a trip to Fort Wayne, with witnesses reporting a struggle and crowd nearby.
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