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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1918
Page
3
A bustling slice of wartime American life discusses impractical inventions proposed to aid the war effort, from electric fences to a tornado proof house, while highlighting a Texas Motor Freight Lines venture. O. C. Payne touts rapid Dallas to Tyler trucking, paralleling rail routes and promising brisk deliveries, arguing roads and motor trucks bolster wartime logistics and farmer supply chains.
A Dallas to Tyler motor truck freight service operates across Texas with a convoy visiting Mesquite Forney Terrell Elmo Wills Point Myrtle Springs Canton Ben Wheeler and Edom. Each truck carries freight along the route, signaling rapid shift to motor transport in the state.
A call to promote oatmeal as a staple and substitute hay for cotton in explosives. The piece argues oats can replace wheat flour in breads and meals, cites Scottish use, and notes hay may lower explosive costs. It mentions Liberty bonds, labor diets, and wartime cotton demand, ending with a quip about the war’s architects.
The Maryland legislature adjourned with Blackeyed Susan named state flower after Speaker Bomberger praised the bloom in a House bill substituting it for Goldenrod. The note also discusses early wireless advances, contrasting Nauen and the Rome Arlington route as Italy and the United States exchange messages.
A German immigrant born in 1851 who came to the United States at age three and raised a large family lived as a citizen for 46 years. He voted and served on juries under a mistaken belief his father had become a citizen. He filed for final citizenship under a 1910 act while awaiting federal court action.
The Majestic bill features The Twentieth Century Whirl a vivid vaudeville mix with Bert Swor Charles Lovenber and Rita Gould among others including Under One Roof and The Girl With the Gladsome Personality. The Royal offers Janna Antonio Company Slin Grindell and Caryl Wither Burke Touhey and Company and more with College Days headlining plus The Land Loper as the feature film.
Elsie Ferguson appears at the Umpire in The Wise of Ten Nie Cushing, an artcraft picture adapted from Mrs. Mery Watts The Rise of Tennie ing. The film centers on a young girl's struggles as she grows from birth.
A stage production starring Jennie Cushing as a slum heroine is praised for grit and rising above poverty with Verguson adding vitality as her mentor. Elliott Dexter portrays Donelson Meigs, a wealthy artist who loves Jennie. The Grand continues Beast of Berlin, praised for patriotic appeal and strong cast, extending through next Sunday after a New York debut and wide national release.
The National Food Administration plans to license about 6000 ginners in Texas to regulate cotton seed as a food product. Warehouse Commissioner F. Weinert says licensing will govern output and distribution, cut waste, and help set a reasonable price for a seed now used for food and feeding. He spoke after a Dallas meeting with cotton seed men and two Food Administration representatives gathering data.
Heavy rains around Lockhart and San Marcos drive the San Marcos river and Plant Creek out of banks. Flooding spreads across rich farm lands between Luling and Lockhart with severe damage to Union Center and Clear Fork areas. Fields lose growing crops.
A brief quotation extols charity and justice for mankind. It frames truth as justice’s handmaid freedom as its child and peace as its companion with safety in its path and victory in its train.
A reader argues the Maine sinking was an outside explosion and proposes German involvement. The letter cites Krupp corruption, the Dreyfus case, and Diederichs in Manila, suggesting a German conspiracy and an official ancestor in Washington may bear responsibility.
A garbled cache of Texas newspaper snippets urges early fuel shopping and war effort duty while weighing politics and social norms. The clippings reference Galveston Tribune Teach the girl English and house skills, Atascosa News-Monitor onions as future crop, Laredo Record commentary, Eagle Pass Guide dieting, East Texas growth, Waxahachie and Fergusona quotes, San Augustine Tribune clean up drive, Greenville Banner war rally, and Corsicana Sun school ground cleanliness.
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