Real Estate Exchange Invites Tour To McAllen May 25
Emery Latanner of McAllen Texas, Rio Grande Conservation Association representative, invites San Antonio real estate members to join an excursion to McAllen on May 25. Latanner says the trip aims to show western valley opportunities and secure San Antonio business for the region. Speakers note support for federal short line railroad control and irrigation treaty discussions with Washington and Mexico. Frank J. Richardson is introduced by President J. H. Kirkpatrick.
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Emery Lattaner
McAllen
Tex
Rio Grande Conserviction Association
Nvon i
San Antonio
Texas
Selig Veutsehman
Washington
Hidalgo
Rio Grande
Frank J. Hichardson
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Buried Loot Found During Market Street Excavation
Two hundred dollars in Mexican money and some gold were found Thursday by Wright & Sanders excavating for the San Antonio Drug Co on Market Street. The money was loose in the ground, with silver dollars dated 1864. The area once housed San Antonio’s main riverfront bastion and old residences, suggesting someone buried the coins to keep them safe amid unsettled times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright & Sanders
Market Street
San Antonio Drug Company
Market Stre
San Antonio
Wheat Offers Fall Short As Texas Farmers Hold 1 Dollar Bushel
In Pr oio Texas 100000 bushels of ripening wheat near the railroad town of Presidio lie ready for harvest within ten days but farmers cannot fetch more than one dollar per bushel. Local millers advise seeking help from the United States Grain Corporation in Kansas City to obtain better pricing or an outside buyer to move the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Proio
Texas
Presidio
Marfa
Millington
United States Grain Corporation
Kansas City
Lidon
Blustery Winds Foreseen From Intensifying Storm
A powerful storm centered over Nebraska Thursday morning is expected to cause blustery winds and unsettled weather Thursday night into Friday. Uncertain rain chances depend on further storm development while reports indicate rain near the center and snow to the north with Wyoming and Montana also reporting snowfall. A following high pressure area cooled temperatures to freezing as far south as Wyoming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Wyoming
Montana
Follow Your Heart Or Wealth In Aomans Advice
In a quoted tale from Everybody's Magazine a man asks a friend whether to marry a rich heiress or a penniless beloved. The friend answers to follow the heart, urging the poor beloved, and humorously asks to be introduced to the other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everybody's Magazine
More Than 500000 American Troops Sent to France
Secretary Baker announced that more than half a million American soldiers have been sent to France this year, surpassing his January forecast of 500000. He reported no current shortage of light or heavy Browning machine guns in France or the U.S., and noted production progress though exact troop figures were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
France
Baker
Congress
Senate
America
Ordnance Department
War I Department
Germany
Af Tica
United States
Crowder
May Raise Draft Age Hinted by Crowder Meeting
Washington May 9 The draft age may be raised to 40 years within months after a meeting of Provost Marshal General Crowder and the House military committee. Committee members noted the War Department was studying changes while Crowder asked $15,762,006 for next year’s draft expenses and forecast half a million more examinations for men reaching 21.
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Washington
PD. C
General Crowder
House Military Committee
Crowder
War Department
Soldier Dies in Pit Collapse at Kelly Field
Private Lile M. Dodge of Brule Wisconsin was killed instantly when an earth embankment collapsed at a government gravel pit near the field Wednesday afternoon. Two other soldiers were slightly injured. Dodge had been at the field only a short time and his mother Mrs J M Dodge lives in Brule Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lile M. Dodge
Kelly Wield
Government
Dodge
Brule
Wisconsin
J. M. Dodge
Campaign Planned for Sale of Thrift Stamps in Mexico
War Savings and Thrift Stamps totaling 47920 have been sold in Mexico since the campaign began. Officials aim to move 500000 to 1000000 dollars in stamps, selling to Americans in Mexico and allied nationals. W J Niggli and J I Nis lead efforts in Mexico with diplomatic aid from American, British, and French officials and local supporters named on the honor roll. The drive will be organized by districts with local chairs for a three year campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United Stas
W. J. Niggli
War Savings Committee
Eagle Pass
Tex
J. I. Nis
Republic of Mexico
MM. U. Seheble
Sabinas
Ll. M. Lamar
J. Niggli
Hidalgo
Clu Harinera
del Norte
Prete Negras
Arthur Ja. Deroy
Airs
Arhur
Derby
Arthur Derby Jr
Charles Derby
Frederick Derby
Claire Derby
Mary Louise Derby
Monterey
Rudolf Holker
Gomez
Harry Seates
Torreon
Roberts McCormack
Ide Stine Hope
Frank Phillip Welch
Kenneth B. Tanner
William Robert Ringis
Aleidem Olsivie Stavewon
al HH
Telliot Nokin
Shirley Oba Nolan
Th Th Tanner
San Luis Potosi
WM. Bonner
Edwand M. Rowley
Tasepleo Lodie No. 16
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Critical stage of war voiced at London suffrage event
Mr. A Henderson M T told a London audience that the war is at a critical stage. He warned that a peace in which Germany concedes to France over Alsace Lorraine and colonies would be cynical and sow future war, urging women to stand firm against such a settlement.
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London
A. Henderson
M. T
von Buelow
Russ
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Russia
Four Die In New York Subway Cave-In Rescue Underway
Four laborers trapped 100 feet below Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn in a subway tunnel after a late night cave in have died. Four others were rescued after six hours imprisoned, kept alive by compressed air fed through pipes from the street. Rescue teams work to reach a second section where four more men remain trapped with little hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Flat Bush Avenue
Brooklyn
Removal of Arthur Yager as Porto Rico governor
Samuel Gompers AFL president urged President Wilson to remove Arthur Yager from his post in Porto Rico citing incompetence in handling the labor situation. The request was made in Washington on May 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
LD. C
Arthur Yager
Porto Rico
Wilson
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Obituary notices for Wells Peterson Birkelbach Heiligmann and Brown
Obituaries report deaths of Mrs. W A Wells 42 of Texas involving burial in Stockdale and list surviving relatives including daughters Mrs T H Wheat Mrs G C Leidy and Miss Letha Wells and sons W C Wells Coleman Wells as body sent to Stockdale. Albert Peterson a former San Antonio officer and two sons. Odillie Birkelbach a native of Germany. Natalie Heiligmann of Sisterdale with five daughters and two sons. B W Dawn pioneer rancher of Carrizozo struck by lightning with widow six children and extended kin, noting Brown was a member of the Old Cattle Train Drivers Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Wells
Coleman Wells
San Antonio
Stockdale
Hagy Undertaking Company
Albert Peterson
Texas
Albert Peterson Jr
Dlorace J. Peterson
Goliada
Zizilk Undertaking Company
Odillie D Birkelbach
Odilile Birkelbach
Germany
Henry Birkelbach
Fayetteville
Rex
Shelley-Loring Line Dertaking Company
Natalie Heiligmann
Royal Hospital
Heiligmann
Sisterdie
Aired Heiligmannn
Boerne
E. Pechnert
Hiobert Kuntz
Bergheim
John Zoeller
August Zoeller
Krentaberg
Emmaeligmann
Otto
Richard Werner
W. Brown
William Hi. Tomson
B. Wawn
Carrinoro
N. MM
Mr. Brown
Waig
Southwest
Porter Lovitty Funeral Director Change at Shelly-Loring
P Loring has severed ties with Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co and disposed of interest. Joseph Shelley will continue the business providing the same courteous treatment. Private ambulance and motor equipment listed at 4a Soledad St with Cr. 2325 contact.
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Porter Lovitty
Shelly-Loring’ Undertaking Co
Auv
Pearce- Robinson Undertaking Co
Rivate
Soledad St
P. Loring
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Joseph Shelley
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Burleson challenges Roosevelt over wartime press policy
Postmaster General Burleson demanded names to prove Roosevelt's claim that the Administration punished papers upholding the war while spared papers opposing it or aiding Germany. The statement argued as true or false, with Burleson asserting easy demonstration. Nearby, an ad notes The Moss Agat Cigar at Travelers' Cigar Shop on Ave. C. In Northern Arabia, Hilla bees quickly occupy newly placed hives.
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Washington, D.C
Burleson
Roosevelt
Germany
Northern
Arabia
Heavy fighting renewed on Somme front in Europe
British front reports renewed heavy fighting with German assaults on a short front near Kemmelbeck Wyverbeck and Kleine Verstraat Ridge. Australians push east toward Morlancourt. weather turns warm and dusty as lines hold or advance. In Mesopotamia, Kerkuk falls to British on May 7 with no opposition, Turks retreat from hospital area. On Italian front, RAF reports seventeen enemy airplanes destroyed with no losses.
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Kemmelbeck
Wyverbeck
Kleine Verstraat
Sorame
Somme
Ancre
Morlancourt
Beilish
Mesopotamia
London
Kerkuk
Mosul
British War Office
Lefe
Werkuk
Lloyd George Appears Certain To Remain In Post
The piece notes weaknesses in the wartime government led by Lloyd George including lack of general election mandate and prewar voter rolls while highlighting tensions inside the Liberal party and Irish Home Rule. It reports growing public opinion resisting a khaki election despite pacifist and anti Lloyd George newspapers opposing the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asquith
Liberal Party
Ireland
Lansdowne Urges Peace via Negotiations in Lords
In London the House of Lords debated pacifist agitation with the Marquess of Lansdowne insisting peace comes only through negotiation. Lord Curzon countered that peace by negotiation is impossible amid a national crisis of historic proportions. A farmer, Lloyd Gratner of Tawrenceburg Indiana, reported missing corn and found a prized horse dead near a trap set for the grain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Lords
Marquise of Lansdowne
Lord Curzon
Vloyd Gratner
Tawrenceburg
Ind
British Submarines in Many Encounters with Warcraft
Washington May 9. Official British report disclosed to the public committee on public information notes British submarines attacked more than forty four warships. The review details passages through mine fields and engagements with German coast defenses, including torpedoing two of four battleships and a naval encounter with a German light craft. The piece mixes war news with a whimsical Bohemian romance anecdote and a Pittsburgh Sun joke about a stag party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Committee On Public Information
America
Dardanelles
Pan Finely
When Fortune Failed Austrian Empress
Empress Zita of Austria-Hungary faces a family war as two of her brothers, Princes Max and Alex, serve in the Belgian army. The Detroit Free Press notes the war being a family brawl with Zita’s marriage to Archduke Carl Francis illustrated as a love match amid royal caution.
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Archduke
Stranzenbad
Bohemia
Duke of
Parma
Maria Theresa
Maria Antoinette
Austria
Hungary
Austria-Hungary
Empress Zita
Charles Francis Joseph
Detroit Free Press
Duke of Parma
Prince Max
Prince Alex
Morocco
Zita
Carl Francis
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Brewster
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Colby
Goggan
Hinze
Becker Bros
J. P. Hale
Newman
Walnut
Rembrandt
Armstrong
Houston
San Antonio, Texas
M’allen
Real Estate Board
San Antonio Printing Co
Soledad
Crockett
L. B. Clegg
Franz C. Groos
W. F. Sibert
See
Oon Drug Company
Wis
Queiee
Bush
Brooklyn Subway
Briegles
Roosevelt T
Moss Agat
Travelers’ Cigar Shop
Ave. C
Thaly
Vhitish
Lloyd George
Lansdowne
Peach
Paul
Curzon
Boys’ Barber Shop
Alamo and
Commerce Streets
HM Warcraft
Admiralty
Mabel
Louise
Papa
Pittsburg Sun
E. Houston
Dean Specialty Works
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