Austria-Hungary Parliament Reform Sparks Liberal Drive
Vienna reports that Austria-Hungary moves toward parliamentary reassembly after war era deadlock. Premier Clan-Martinio hints at a coalition law and war profit tax while Emperor Charles seeks liberal reforms. Apponyi and Andrassy summoned, signaling push for universal suffrage and broader political change.
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Amsterdam
London
Vienna
Clan-Martinio
She Prem‘er
Counts Albert Apponyi
Julius Andrassy
Empire
Count Tisza
Count Apponyi
United States
Count Andrassy
England
Austria-Hungary
German Socialist Convention Planned for August 12
The Berlin Vorwaertz reports a national German Socialist convention to be held August 12 at an undecided location. If permitted, it would be the first wartime gathering and aim to settle whether the radical or regular faction best represents the party’s masses.
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Copenhagen
London
Berlin Vorwaertz
Berlin
Tisza Explains Resignation Over Franchise Stand
A Budapest dispatch via Berlin reports Count Tisza stating his resignation as Hungarian premier stemmed from his stance on the franchise question. He said the king would not accept his proposals after outlining them in an exhaustive speech during a conference with National Labor party representatives.
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Tisza
Amsterdam
London
Budapest
Berlin
Count Tisza
National Labor Party
Modified censorship clause in spy bill advances
Conferees produced a revised newspaper censorship section for the Espionage Bill. It bars publishing military information useful to the enemy and lets a jury decide usefulness in prosecutions. The section limits penalties to a $10,000 fine or up to five years and was drafted by Chairman Webb. Hope for Democratic support remains strong despite Republican opposition.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Germany
United States
Webb
House Judiciary Committee
House
Wilson
An Improved Cascara Digestive Liquid Advertised
LAX-FOS An Improved Cascara digestive liquid laxative and liver tonic blends strength with a palatable aroma. It does not gripe or disturb the stomach. Price 50c. Adv.
Divorce Granted to Mrs Anthony J Drexel of Philadelphia
London May 25 A divorce was granted to Mrs Anthony J Drexel wife of the Philadelphia banker on statutory grounds and desertion. She left her husband in 1911 and a separation assumed to give her 50 000 dollars yearly was later arranged. Drexel sued for divorce in Paris in 1915 and interrupted the allowance, prompting cross border actions.
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London
Anthony J. Drexel
Philadelphia
Gift house to be awarded after drawing in San Antonio
A committee of ten from local groups culled 3700 essays to 100 finalists for the gift house. The final drawing will occur Saturday at 6 pm at the grounds, with the last name drawn receiving the house if all rules are met.
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San
Traction Company
Collins Garden Lines
Captain Bets Yankee in Bottle Shooting Challenge
The Golden Cross captain tests a Yankee passenger’s skill by betting he can hit a bottle at twenty yards on a heaving deck. The Yankee lands three hits out of six, shattering the bottle, then accepts a tougher wager for five more shots under rough seas.
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Golden Cross
Mangham Wins Path to Texas Golf Championship Semis
In Fort Worth on May 25, four players remain in the Texas State Golf Association match play at Rivercrest. Clarence Mangham of San Antonio and Bryan Heard of Houston advance to face off in the semifinals with Brown vs Hubby. Mangham beat Frank M. Lewis 7-6 while Heard defeated J W Slurst 2-1 as Houston and Dallas clubs push toward a new champion.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Texas State Golf Association
Rivercrest
B. H. Brown
Houston
C. M. Hubby
Waco
Clarence Mangham
San Antonio
Bryan Heard
Brown
Hubby
Mangham
Heard
Chilton Jennings
Glen Garden
Sam Hogsett
River Crest
F. M. Sherwood
J. W. Broad
John Puterbaugh
Dallas
Roy Vance
Gaines Gwathmey
L. R. Munger
J. C. Jester
Joe Kendall
L. H. Atwell
F. J. Jester
M. L. Massingill
Wright Russell
Bonham
Otto Harold
Lloyd Whitley
Hk. A. Ferris Jr
E. K. Collett
W. C. Stripling
H. P. Smith
Ralph McLendon
Frank Douglass
Soldiers seek immediate citizenship amid 90 day posting rule
Scores of soldiers with first papers face a federal law requiring 90 days notice before final citizenship can be granted. Seven uniformed men asked Clerk Campbell to be made full citizens while the federal court is in session. Judge West will rule on whether they may be naturalized without the 90 day posting period.
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United States
A. I. Campbell
Duval West
Wasp Stirs Baby in Railway Carriage
In a summer railway carriage a toddler is pacified by a nurse after a crying bout. A mother, half hidden by a newspaper, insists the nurse give in, then reveals the cause a wasp stinging the child and prompting the pleas to stop crying.
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Bain
Liberty Bond Drive to Subscriptions in San Antonio
Judge William F. Ramsey and other leaders headline a Friday night mass meeting at Travis Park Methodist Church to urge immediate Liberty Bond subscriptions in Texas $36,000,000 allotted. Committees report strong responses including a $185,000 one day total and a $100 bond bought for a 27 day old, with local banks handling funds for use in government needs.
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William F. Ramsey
Federal Reserve Bank
Dallas
Travis Park Methodist Church
Ramsey
Texas
St. Anthony
James R. Davis
Clinton G. Brown
Franz C. Groos
Chamber of Commerce
J. Whucker
Robert L. Ball
San Antonio
Nat M. Washer
Thomas H. Franklin
Judge Ramsey
San Antonians
Sonmie
Ihe
J. W Hucker
Bexar County
George J. Roark Jr
George J., Sr
George
Union Pacific Subscribes to Five Million Liberty Bonds
A message to J. W. Frawley in Texas reports that Union Pacific has subscribed to 5,000,000 of Liberty Loan bonds and urges all employees to subscribe. The company offers to advance up to 25 percent of an employee salary to buy bonds, repaid in small monthly installments without interest, with cash paid for the bonds by the railroad.
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J. W. Frawley
Union Pacific
Texas
Dallas
San Antonio
Frost Is Appointed as Liberty Bond Sale Chief
Temple Tex May 25 F F Downs Texas chairman of the National Bankers Association for the sale of liberty bonds announces district chairmen appointing Guy M Bryan for the first district and listing further selections across districts in the relief effort if available.
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Temple
Tex
F. F. Downs
Texas
National Bankers’ Association
Liberty Bonds
Guy M. Bryan
Bank Leaders Named for State Judicial Districts
The document lists district banking executives across Texas. Names include T. C. Frost of Frost National Bank San Antonio H A Wroe of American National Bank Austin Ed Rotan of First National Bank Waco E O Tenison of Tenison National Bank Dallas T C Yantis of Brownwood National Bank Brownwood and C W Snyder of City National Bank Wichita Falls.
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Lumberman’s National Bank
Houston
T. C. Frost
Frost National Bank
San Antonio
H. A. Wroe
American National Bank
Austin
Ed Rotan
First National Bank
Waco
E. O. Tenison
Tenison National Bank
Dallas
T. C. Yantis
Brownwood National Bank
Brownwood
C. W. Snyder
S City National Bank
Wichita
Alls
McAdoo Visits Kansas City to Help Liberty Bond Float
William G. McAdoo secretary of the treasury and W. P. C. Harding head the Federal Reserve Board arrived in Kansas City to assist local officials of the Kansas City Reserve Bank in floating the $125,000,000 liberty loan bonds allotted to the district.
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Kansas City
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
W. P. C. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Kansas City Reserve Bank
General Electric to Buy $5 Million Liberty Bonds
SCHENECTADY N Y May 25 The General Electric Company will purchase five million dollars worth of Liberty Loan bonds it is announced.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Company
Proctor and Gamble and Union Central Invest One Million Each
The Proctor and Gamble Company and the Union Central Life Insurance Company subscribed $1,000,000 each to the Liberty Loan in Cincinnati dated May 25.
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Cincinnatio
Proctor and Gamble Company
Union Central Life Insurance Company
Liberty Loan
Exempt Groups No Draft Registration This June
A telegram from Pro vost Marshal General Crowder informs state governors that members of duly organized military or naval forces are exempt from registering under the Selective Service Act on June 5. The notice clarifies exemptions for personnel under other laws of the United States and aims to coordinate exemptions nationwide.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Crowder
French Score Gains on Aisne Front
Paris May 23 French forces gained part of Chevreux wood on the Aisne front last night the war office reports German shelters were demolished by French artillery and found filled with dead reinforces the Franco German fighting near Chevreux wood and on the Aisne line.
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Paris
Chevreux Wood
Aisne
War Office
Nurse Corps Dormitory Construction Sealed Proposals
The Office Quartermaster at Fort Sam Houston Texas invites sealed proposals to 11 a m June 11 1917 for constructing a Nurse Corps Dormitory with heating plumbing lighting and electric fixtures. Further information on application.
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Nurse Corps
Quartermaster
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Bicycles $10 and Up on Easy Payments
Portage Tire Co advertises bicycles priced from ten dollars and up with easy payment terms. Located at 2215 South Alamo Avenue, Ady.
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Portage Tire Co
Alamo
Indians Evolve a New Kind of Maize
The Pueblo Indians of Colorado have developed a drought resistant maize that grows from a deep single root system, surviving in the West’s arid deserts. The USDA notes this maize can reach underground moisture, tolerate dry soil, and yield with minimal weed competition, aiding national food supply during war. The government is preserving seed and expanding planting across western deserts.
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Washington, D. C
United States
West
Department of Agriculture
Colorado
Guy N. Collins
Department
Bureau of Plant Industry
Vitalitas Spring Tonic Promoted in Drug Store Ads
An advertisement touts Vitalitas as a drugless spring tonic that cleanses the blood and restores vigor to muscles nerves bones and blood tissues. It claims worldwide success against indigestion rheumatism nervous debility and liver and kidney ills and directs readers to Sommer's Drug Store and other chemists to buy it.
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Vitalitas
Sommer
Contest at Y W C A Promises Monthly Swim Cup
The first of four monthly swimming contests was held in the YWCA pool with twelve entrants and about fifty spectators. Contestants used numbers for judging since judges did not know the names. The overall winner will receive a silver loving cup after the series.
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Young Women's Christian Association
Lottie Kingsbury
Otie Thomas
Armstrong
Mildred Seale
McCown
San Antonio Tax Payers Urged to Pay 1916 Taxes
San Antonio notices taxpayers that 1916 city taxes are due and payable now. To avoid six percent annual interest and two percent monthly penalties, payments must be made before May 1, 1927.
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San Antonio
Tex
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