Three Die at Camp From Pneumonia on May Dates
Private Willard Barnes aged 69th Company 18th Battalion Depot Brigade died at 1 15 p m May 11 from pneumonia. Private Columbus Littlejohn 11th Company 3rd Battalion Depot Brigade died at 3 36 p m May 10 from pneumonia. Private John Milton Batchelor 49th Company 13th Battalion Depot Brigade died at 5 10 a m May 10 from pneumonia. Relatives listed in Nevada Swan and Vernon Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Milton Batchelor
13Th Battalion
Depot Brigade
Alice Batchelor
Vernon
Tex
Why Not Write Today Reminds Service Members to Write Home
A British army emissary Sir Walter Lawrence, now in the United States, urges cheerful letter writing to relatives and friends in service. He notes letters boost morale and says many will soon reach France as the advance continues.
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Jay
Walter Lawrence
Unite States
France
Chicago
Fritune
Free Trial Weight Reduction Offer Promises Safe Results
R. R. Newman, a licensed physician in New York at 286 Fifth Avenue Desk K-53, promotes a weight loss treatment claiming readers can request a free trial and pay upon proven results. Letters from Mrs. I. Bateman and Mrs. Anna Schmidt lauding rapid losses are cited as testimonials.
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I. Bateman
Anna Schmidt
R. R. Newman
Fifth Avenue
New York
Soldier seeks readers to write mothers from Fort Sam hospital
A San Antonio edition appeal asks readers to write letters for soldiers unable to read or write English. The Home Folks Editor invites volunteers to pen messages to mothers, aid lonely troops, and connect towns across the country with servicemen in nearby camps and hospitals. The column lists many cities and soldiers seeking contacts and notes ongoing efforts to forward replies to soldiers’ addresses.
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San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
the Light
Lafayette
Louisiana
Minnesota
Kelly Field
Mankato
Minn
St. Paul
Good Thunder
Mapleton
Wagle Lake
Garden C
Amboy
Knoxville
Tenn
Camp
John Wise
Egit
Third Avenue
PRDA
Travis
Texas County
Missouri
Casper
Wyo
Scottish Rite Masons
Solonda
Carbondale
Poomington
Granville
Ellsworth
Pawner
Ill
DuBois
Hiawatha
Kan
England
Bath County
Kentucky
Roselli to Speak for Second Time in San Antonio
Lieutenant Brunu o Roselli of the Italian Army will lecture on Fighting in the Alps at the YWCA Auditorium in San Antonio Monday at 8 30 pm. The talk follows his prior appearance and covers Italy’s mountain and swamp warfare, his career, and links to Major Menotti Garibaldi. Brig Gen W H Johnston will introduce him and Miss Margaret Webb will sing the Italian national anthem.
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Brunuo Roselli
San Antonio
Educational Department
Alps
Roselli
Italy
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Columbia University
Venice
Monte Santo
Trieste
Germany
Menotti Garibaldi
Liberator
Florence
Andrea del Sarto
Browning
Ufe
University of Padua
Urbino
Ameri Tea
Order For the Crown of
Rosell
W.C. A
W. H., Johnston
Margaret Webb
Dr Lyons to Lecture at Camps on Front Experience
Dr Milton H Lyons of Winona Lake Ind recently returned from the France battlefront where he toured for the National War Work Council of the Y M C A He will lecture this week to men at Camp Travis Camp Burns Camp John Wise Fort Sam Houston Detention Camp and Fort Sam Houston.
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Milton H. Lyons
Winona Lake
Ind
Battlefront
France
National War Work Council
Young Men’s Christian Association
Camp
Travis
Camp Burns
John Wise
Fort Sam Houston
Lyons
Kelly Field
Lyon
104Th Massachusetts
America
Camp Travis
Camp Bullis
Hobby Opens Campaign At McKinney
Gov Hobby opened his Texas governor bid in McKinney addressing a large crowd. He touted his record since taking office, praised the Legislature for enacting prohibition near soldiers, urged nationwide education funding, road building, and a land settlement plan to help renters buy farms. He backed a constitutional amendment to lend state credit for land purchase and to create a land settlement commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M'Kinney
Tex
Hobby
Polk County
Greater Texas
Commonwealth
Texas
Werigyen
Agricultural and Mechanical College
America
Industrial Arts
Mayers Land Commission
State Authority to Re-sell Tax Lands to Settlers
The speaker describes selling public school lands of Texas after placing mortgages with the Federal Land Bank of Houston, with the state and federal guarantying 40 percent of value. Purchasers pay 10 percent down and retire the land in 40 years, and forfeiture would allow the state to take the land and resell it to an actual settler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Federal Land Bank of
T Am
Grocers Advertise Fresh Produce at 406 Main Ave
Online ad lists fresh greens and root vegetables at 406 Main Ave. It promotes iresh green beans four pounds for 250, new potatoes six pounds for 250, old potatoes ten pounds for 250, wax onions eight pounds for 260, with prices in cents.
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Main Ave
County Commissioners Court to Meet as Board of Equalization
The Honorable County Commissioners' Court of Bexar County Texas will convene on the second Monday in May 1918 as a Board of Equalization to receive the Assessor of Taxes lists for inspection correction and approval. Witness my seal at San Antonio May 2 1918. Frank R Newton County Clerk Bexar County Texas. (Advertisement.) Fearful of the kick.
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Bexar County
Texas
A. D
San Antonio
Realty Sale Sets Eighty Percent Rise On Houston Street
A parcel on the north side of Houston Street near the river sold for 160000 after being bought in 1901 for 20000 by Col Towne. Real estate men say the price is low given location between two centers and leases expire soon. Hart plans improvements and broader development along Houston Street. Soldiers from Camp Travis form E Society with sixty men from the 366th Infantry and 315th Engineers as charter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Street
Col. IF
Mr. Towne
Wiliam Clarkson
Colonel Towne
J J. Hart
Hart
Jiouston Street
E. Society
366Th Infantry
315Th Engineers
Camp Travis
Christian Endeavor Society
Army “Y
Lonnie Green
Db. A. Sampson
A. C. Martin
Remount Depot to Host Saturday Athletic Meet
An athletic tournament is planned for Saturday May 25 at Remount Depot No 2 on the Austin Road. Commanding officer J Migdalski promises first class exhibitions with broncho busting wrestling baseball boxing horse racing and track events in a varied program for the day.
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Universal Car Co
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Golconda
Bloomington
Elsworth
Pawnee
Riverton
Towa
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Colo
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Mont
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Wash
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Boston
Mass
Manton
Rye
Marienneé Islands
Tewiston, Pa
Catherine
Wheeller
W, Va
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DR. Lyons
Andres Coy
de Travelers
Mvkinney
Advocates Education, Good Roads and Land Settlement Commission
Kaufman
Georgette Crepe and Chine
White Sea Island
Pei
Oxford
Seminary
White Sea Island Sport Oxford
W. Fords
Sammy Kool Kloth
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Yonkers Statesman
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Vzema
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