San Antonio Subscribers Liberty Bonds Drive
San Antonio banks report over 1.25 million dollars in Liberty bonds subscribed for by banks and customers with plans to reach at least 2 million. Bonds issued June 15 1917 carry 3 12 percent interest, tax exempt except inheritance or estate tax, with installment options for wage earners and bank handling at no charge.
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San Antonio
Washington
William G. McAdoo
Treasury Department
Federal
Youngest Nurse in French Service
An eight year old Countess de Bourbon, a noble descendant, pours a drink for a wounded poilu. The girl is described as a regular, hard working member of the French nursing system and the youngest in the service.
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Countess de Bourbon
Countess
Government to issue Liberty bonds via banks and post offices
Banks and other outlets designated to take subscriptions for Liberty bonds while the government plans broad distribution. City National Bank will allow wage earners to subscribe and pay in monthly installments without interest, retaining 3 1/2 percent as time value. Subscriptions require small upfront payments with staggered dates through August 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Company
San Antonio
McAdoo
City National Bank
W. R. King
Washington
Mr. King
READY FOR BUILDING IN SOUTHERN DEPARTMENT TRAINING
Construction of Cantonments and sites for the six National Guard divisions begins as officers report to Col. Harry L. Rogers. Nearly a dozen officers telegraphed in Saturday will be assigned soon, with heavy work and staff shortages in the quartermaster department due to redeployments. Women stenographers are filling clerical roles as experienced clerks leave for other duties.
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Southern Department
National Guard
National Army
Reserve Corps
Harry L. Rogers
Quartermaster Department
Colonel John Dowell Dies in Houston Funeral Held in Austin
Colonel John Dowell, long a leading Austin lawyer who moved to Houston, died last Friday. His funeral was held at 4 PM from his son George S Dowell's home in Austin, with Rev. W R Minter of the First Southern Presbyterian Church officiating. Dowell had served with the Texas National Guard during his career.
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John Dowell
Austin
Tex
Houston
George 5. Dowell
W. R. Minter
First Southern Presbyterian Church
Dowell
Texas National Guard
Pattullo Goes With Pershing Expedition to Europe
George Pattullo a writer for the Saturday Evening Post will accompany General Pershing’s expedition to Europe. He left San Antonio to finish stories and join the American force abroad after ten days in officer training camps.
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George Pattullo
Saturday Evening Post
San Antonio
General Pershing
Europe
Mr. Pattullo
Mexico
George
Maine
Pattullo
Post
Philadelphia
Maverick 10th Cavalry Recruits Under Captain Maverick
Captain Maverick begins recruiting for a 105 man cavalry troop in San Antonio with headquarters at Alamo National Bank room 702. Eligible 18 to 45 year olds, and 18 to 21 year olds without parental consent, may enlist for pay up to 30 dollars a month once mustered into Federal service.
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Lewis Maverick
Texas
Alamo National Bank
Texas National Guard
Army
Plul
San Antonio
Captain Maverick
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Pershing
Mexico
Battery B
Bexar CountyPlans to Use Hospital for Slacker Reform
County Judge James R. Davis plans a conference with the Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital board to offer free surgeries to young men in Bexar County unable to pay, aiming to remove minor defects thatbar recruitment. Doctors note many fixable conditions exist, with cooperation from the local medical association and hospital facilities.
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Bexar County
James R. Davis
Robert LB. Green Memorial Hospital
Judge Davis
J. H. Burleson
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
T. T. Jackson
Davis
Woman Found Dead in San Antonio Home
Miss Esther Castaneda a 39 year old former Celaya school teacher was found shot dead in her room at her parents 131 West Dittmar Street Saturday morning a .38 caliber pistol lay near her bed Justice Fisk led the inquest Saturday afternoon The funeral is set for 10 am Sunday from the residence then at San Fernando Cathedral with burial in San Fernando Cemetery.
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Esther Castaneda
Celaya
Mexico
Castaneda
West Dittmar Street
Miss Castaneda
San Antonio
Justice Fisk
San Fernando Cathedral
San Fernando Cemetery
War Talk Sparks Small Town Hopes and Jokes
Local chatter reflects anxiety about a global conflict with mentions of Germany Cuba and New Jersey. A Cornell widow notes grim humor about the army and nursing dreams while friends joke about enlisting and marriage amid the looming war.
Plant taxonomy ranks divide kingdom into divisions to species
The plant kingdom is divided from Division to variety. Most people distinguish varieties as species, with fruit trees treated as varieties and ornamentals or wild plants kept at species level.
Largest and finest saxifrages grow along California streams
The northern California saxifrage 58. peltata thrives along stream margins and in watery soils. It demonstrates hardiness across the Pacific coast and deserves wider use as a wet soil plant.
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California
Pacific Coast
Pepper tree species in California landscape varieties
Three species of Schinus trees are noted. The commonly grown California pepper tree is described alongside the Brazilian Schinus terebinthifolius, which is smaller and less handsome with coarser leaves. A third shrub form with simple leaves is mentioned.
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Schirus
Explains Coliseum Charter Section and Election
A letter to civic groups explains the coliseum section of proposed charter amendments. Voters are urged to vote Friday for Section 64A to empower future issuance of auditorium bonds, with a nonpartisan fifteen member auditorium board appointed by the mayor. The notice notes it does not decide bond issuance now.
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Auditorium General Committee
Auditorium Board
Carnegie Library Board
City Leaders Talk Amid Vote on Amendments
A leader says he is "going fishing" while another critic calls civil service "all bosic." Most city forces are urged to vote for the amendments as it is believed to secure their jobs.
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Veyed
Bosic
One Horse Chaise Ad Promises Swift Transit In London
An 1728 advertisement notes Royal letters patent to William Chapman for a one horse chaise with two wheels drawn by a single horse. It claims ease and speed, urging visits to Wormwood Street near Bishopsgate to see ready carriages and see demonstrations.
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London Daily Post
Wisconsin Historical Library
Minneapolis Tribune
William Chapman
London
Wormwood Street
London Wall
Bishopgate
Building Material Tariffs Come First
At the Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in San Antonio the first week in Texas ends with focus on stone sand gravel and brick. Witnesses today include J B Payne of Texas and Pacific railway and L M Hozsett of International Great Northern railway as the Shreveport veterans honor Sam Cowan before his Washington departure. Ed Byars Fort Worth Freight Bureau arrives to aid shipper counsel and offers figures on rates covering grave iron sand and fire clay for testimony against the I C C tariff.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry Turrell
San Antonio
Texas
J. B. Payne
Texas and Pacific Railway
L. M. Hozsett
International & Great Northern Railway
Esterday
Sam Cowan
Shreveport
Lato
Pers
Washington
Interstate Commission
East
Ed Byars
Fort Worth
Byars
Spaska Dental Office Offers Modern Equipment
Dr Spaska a dental surgeon at 204 Brady Building advertises modern dental equipment and pyorrhea treatment with X ray machines as a specialty. Office hours are 9 to 12 am and 1 to 5 pm.
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Spaska
Brady
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PATHE
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Losoya
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Houston and
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Phone Crockett
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U. S
Maverick
Stth Cavalry
Germany
Cubas
New Jersey
Morquito
Red Cross
Jim Sez
Cornell
Rank Bros
Army Department
South
Frank Bros
I. C
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