Doting Daughter of Regiments Joins Camp Travis Visit
Irene J Smith thirteen year old daughter of Major Oscar C Smith of the Fourth Illinois Regiment arrives in San Antonio to spend the summer with her father. She has long followed the regiment on hikes and expeditions and proudly aids Red Cross and Liberty Bond drives. Her aim is to become a Red Cross nurse and she would enlist at once if accepted. Sergt Major William W Hart accompanies her on furlough from Benton.
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Irene J. Smith
Fourth
Ilinois
San Antonio J
Benton
Oscar C. Smith
Smith
Fourth Fittess
Misa Smith
Babe
Illinois
National Guard
San Antonio
Camp Wilson
St. Louis
Daddy
Red Cross
St Anthony
Camp Travis
Army
Army Lfe
Government
William W. Hart
Division
Judge Advocate's
Major
Gets-It Corn Remover Ad From Lawrences Co
An old style patent remedy ad promotes Gets-It as the safe easy corn remover. It claims two drops peel the corn without pain, leaving a smooth toe palm and no scar. The product is marketed by EE Lawrences & Co of Chicago and sold in San Antonio with multiple local drugstores listed as retailers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EE Lawrencs & Co
Chicago
San Antonio
Fischers Drug Store
Adolph Dreln
Hughes Motel
W. C. Kalteyer
H. Ly J Wagner
Laurel Heights Pharmacy
Colorado Potatoes Price Ad From Consumers Supply Co
Fine Colorado potatoes offered at 1.50 dollars per 100 pounds by Consumers Supply Co located at 122 Garden, with telephone contact 4279.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
the Consumers Supply Co
Garden
Army Officers Shuffles At Fort Sam Houston And Leon Springs
Major BE L Goat receives adjutant duties at Fort Sam Houston base hospital relieving Major W F Rice. Colonel Glasgow reassigned to Fort Sam Houston area to lead Fourth Cavalry with prior roles noted. Numerous guard officers promoted and reassigned across Leon Springs Fort Sam Houston Camp Travis and related posts along with an auditor appointment and several transfers to Camp Jackson and Camp Perry. Local humor ends column with a Piruibur Poet anecdote.
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BE. L. Goat
Douglas, Ariz
Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
W. F. Rice
M. C
Rice
W. J. Ghisgow
Fourtuonwn Cavalry
Fort Sam Houston
A. Te Muacomb
Macumb Nae
Glasgow
Unie
Sixteenth Cavalry
Mercedes
United States Guard
Joseph A. Stinng
Walter M. Freeman
Charles I. White
Thomas B. Curtis
A. A. Hart
Camp MacArthur
Waco
Camp Travis
Leon Springs
Pel Rio
Fred WH. Baird
WashioRton
Improvements And Additions Planned At Infantry Post
Major improvements eyed at the infantry post include widening the Grayson Street New Braunfels Avenue entrance, moving bronze eagles back from the street, and widening the roadway between the guardhouse and motor truck group. Repairs, painting, storm sewer construction, and three new buildings by the YMCA and Red Cross are underway or planned, with a new 100 by 40 foot hospital personnel building and a cross-shaped Red Cross facility nearing use. Private Martin Carson of the 245th Machine Gun Battalion suffered a crushed hand while boarding a moving freight train near South Paredo Street and was hospitalized at Fort Sam Houston.
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Infantry
Infantry Post
Grayson Street
New Braunfels Avenue
Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
Young Men's Christian Association
Red Cross
M.C. A
Cavalry Post
Association
Camp Travis Hospital
Martin Carson
245Th
Camp Travis
Aredo Street
Fort Sam Touston
J. G. Carson
Hutton
Texee
Air raid over nearby towns boosts Red Cross event
Air raid warnings disrupt Seguin Austin and nearby towns as flying exhibition to benefit the Red Cross is set for Saturday at Iselly Field. Kelly Field fliers drop informational bombs, with train service arranged and advance tickets sold at Red Cross booths, post exchanges, Camp Travis, and Fort Sam Houston. The program features a parade, Miss Stella Cook as Joan of Arc, and stunt flying by Rodman Law and Theophile Jean Mathieu, with aerial photography and a four o’clock start gate. General Holbrook will attend with his staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Austin
Iselly Field
Red Cross
Kelly Field
Camp Travis
Fort Sam Houston
Kelly Wield
Southern Pacific Railroad
Stella Cook
Joan of Arc
80Th Division
Fourteenth Cavalry
Sam Houston
Kelly
Frie City Road
Young Men's Christian Association
Kelly No. 1
Holbrook
Southern Department
Rodman Law
Mying
Theophile Jean Mathieu
Mathieu
Joseph B. Liovery
Kelly Field Band
San Antonio
National Guard officers face 1917 exam and future eligibility
Questions prepared by the department of militia affairs for officers of the National Guards of staff and corps who were recognized in 1917. About fifty officers at Austin Oklahoma City Phoenix and Santa Fe will be examined under supervision of a recruiting officer. Papers will be graded by a Fort Sam Houston board. Officers not examined then face loss of federal recognition or call to service. exam is expected to be difficult due to prior duties.
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Department, Militia Affairs of Ofice
National Guards of Staff
Austin
Oklahoma City
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Fe
N. M
Fort Sam
Houston
National Guard
Department
Will Observe Empire Day Picnic in San Antonio
Texas British Club to observe Empire Day with a May 24 picnic at Brackenridge Park. Meeting at 6:30 near the bathing beach, followed by picnic supper. Committees include Mesdames Campbell, Lueck, and Wickens. Also notes include local ads, dances, auctions, arrests, and two traffic accidents with brief details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Texas British Club
Brackenridge Park
Mesdames W. P. Campbell
Harry Lueck
C. Wickens
Obituary notices and local notices from San Antonio
Obituary for Mrs. I M Porter aged 57 at 643 West Georgia Avenue, native of Webster County Missouri, resident of San Antonio two and a half years, survived by husband three daughters and three grandchildren, funeral Thursday 4:30 p.m. at Hasy McCollum Chapel with Rev Charles M Rahe. interment at Hosedown Cemetery. Also notes Homer Roger Hathaway two and a half years old dies, funeral Friday 4 p.m. and interment at No. 4 Cemetery. Ads about shoe store sale, courtroom notices of four declarations of intention by Hanke Rodriguez Calderon and Fetten, a Mexican jailed for opposing Liberty Bonds, and local printing ad. Also mention of moving household furniture company to new address and wildcat dog incident at West Travis and Cameron streets.
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I. M. Porter
Porter
West Georgia Avenue
Hasy & McCollum Undertaking Company
Charles M. Rahe
West End
Homer Roger Uathaway
Ilomer
Roger Uathaway
HL BR. Hathaway
West
Houston Street
West Commerce
Ady
Q ban Hair Color Restorer Promises Youthful Hair
Advertises Q ban Hair Color Restorer as a safe non dye solution for gray or faded hair. Claims to restore natural color without staining the scalp, washing off, or affecting washing or waving, and to remove dandruff while keeping the scalp healthy. Sold by druggists with a money back guarantee for 75 cents.
Forter Loring Funeral Director Retires or Changes Affiliation
Notice states Forter Loring, funeral director, is no longer with Shelly Loring Undertaking Co and lists Pearce Robinson Underwriting Co and Privace ambulance along with the address 453 Soledad St and phone Cr 23238.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forter Loring
Shelly-Loring Undertaking Co
Pearce-Robinson Underwiring Co
Privace Ambulance
Soledad
Army funds agreed by House military committee vote
The House military committee unanimously agreed to the $11,000,000,000 army appropriation bill for the next fiscal year and will report it to the House this week. The panel also weighs the fortifications bill at $8.3 billion and requests for $1.5 billion more for ordnance and supplies, with $7.1185 billion national authorization for War Department spending. Major items include armored motor cars, automatic rifles, arms manufacture, and ammunition procurement and repair.
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Washington, D.C
House Military Committee
House
Lent
Baker
War Department
Ordnance
Department
Soldiers' deaths and burial plans from Camp Travis
Private William J. Stewart of the medical detachment at Camp Travis died of pneumonia at 3:30 a.m. on May 2. His wife Mable A. Stewart of Dallas is listed as nearest relative. Three other Camp Travis soldiers who recently died are to be sent home for burial: Jules Washington to Marksville Louisiana with John Broussard attending. Arts Allen to Dallas with Cephas Carmichael in attendance. Manard B. Frame to Blooming, Texas with Julian Garcia in attendance. The passage also includes an unrelated anecdote about a father and son discussing cents and mitts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Stewart
Camp Travis Base
Cspital
Mable A. Stewart
Akard Street
Dallas
Camp Travis
Jules Washington
Depot Crisade
Marksville
John Broussard
Arts
Allen
Depot Brigade
Cephas Carmichael
Manard B, Frame
Bloomburg
Tex
Julian JT. Garcia
Calotabs Purified Calomel Advertised as Nausea Free
Purported medical ad touts Calotabs as a refined calomel with no taste griping or nausea. One tab at bedtime with water, next morning a clean liver and strong appetite. Sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents. druggists offer refunds if not delighted.
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Black Hawk
W. L. Douglas
Douglas Shoe Oo
Miss Smith
Ste
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APE
W.L. Douglas
America
Brockton
Mass
San Francisco
New York
W.1
Tyouglas
W. J. Cousins
Vibe Goveglas
W.L. Douglas Shos Co
Texas Corp
Spark
Houston ST
Poy ‘Sont Sot
J. Watt Page
Militia Arturs
Leo B. Smith
Soren V. Sorenson
Charles M. Powell
August F. Woll
James J. Burke
James W. Black
Roy F. Stark
Harley Weir
James L.turner
A. A. Hoffman
John S. Adams
344Th Field Artillery
Ninetieth Division
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
George R. Stearns
185Th Depotaide
Camp Perry
Merrill R. Carr
Joseph A. Baker
John P. Walker
165Th
Thomas B. Cochran
Gdoward J. Frazer
Arthur W. Taylor
344Th
W. L. Little
T. Sprague
el Paso
Camp Travia
Beston
Ven
the House of Courtesy
Georgette
C.O.D
East
Fead
Car Town
Win Vival
Danea Givert
Magnolia’ Grove
Idebe's Jewelry Store
Main Ave
Reliable Tire Co
Jalewilde
Willett
Alamo Heights
Geoff
Ab Lng
River Ave
Post Gym
Jazz Orchestra
Palm Beach
Hummel's
W. Commerce St
Held
Travis
Clarence EB. Gilmore
Willis Point
van Zandt County
Gilmore
San Antonis
Van
Corporation Court
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plazs
Jeffrey Curg
Turner Hall
Gents
Leti
Ichewilde
Alling Street
A-Bar Mumbing Co
Auetion Caiin
Commerce
St. Sommers & Chunninghim
Taka
Olaity
Bite
A. Lopes
Camp Street
South Laredo
G. W. Bouldin
Bouldin
East rCommerce Street
The
Household Furniture Company
Jhores Street
Katty Furniture Store
United States
Federal Court
Moritz Hanke
Kattelberg
Austria
Louis Rodriguez
Morelos
Coahuila
Mexico
Calistro Calderon
San Fernando
Otto Fetten
Wuelfrath
Germany
B. J. Garwood
Crockett
Dulling Printing Co
Losoyn. St
West Travis and
Cameron Streets
Vie
W. Ih. Stewart
Base Hospital
Eather
Wilie
Willie
Ren
Father
Tom
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rees
Charles Rees
Eyts
Glansey
Xanculne
Freehook
Gunter Hotel
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