Corpus Christi High School Commencement Exercises
The Corpus Christi High School senior class held its commencement in the city auditorium with 30 graduates, 18 girls and 12 boys. Dr. Payne of the State University English department delivered the address, Dorothy Todd saluted, Estelle Weil spoke as valedictorian, and diplomas and medals were distributed by school officials. Reverend Henry Austin gave the invocation and Reverend D. B. South pronounced the benediction.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Twa Corpus Christi High School
Helen Patterson
Payne
The
State University
Dorothy Todd
Estelle Weil
A. M. French
J. C. Tucker
Henry Austin
Henry Austin Gave the Invocation and the Benediction Was Pronounced By Rev
D. B. South
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Lemon Lotion for Fresh, Soft Skin on a Budget
Simple lemon lotion blends juice from two lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Strain juice to remove pulp for months long freshness. apply daily to face neck arms and hands to bleach freckles tan and sallowness while softening lines.
Faces Prison For Maiming And Burglary In Texas City
A Mexican suspect faces a six year penitentiary term after maiming 14 year old Santiago Garcia with a butcher knife during an attempted robbery. The weapon had been stolen from Manuel B. Lucio’s home on Tam Pico and Sabinas Streets, broken into the day before the attack. The man, previously given a suspended burglary sentence in local court, also faces burglary charges tied to the prior break in.
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Santiago Garcia
Manuel B. Lucio
Tampico
Sabinas
Garcia
His Pudding In France Causes Cement MixUp
During a holiday in France sergeants of a battery share a grand plum pudding. A failed fork test leads to jokes about a cannon ball and regimental football. The cook explains the flour came from store No. 6 and the quartermaster sergeant realizes the pudding may contain Portland cement.
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France
How to answer questions on registration cards manual
Government issues circulars guiding men on how to respond to army registration questions. The instructions urge readiness, correct spelling, full legal name, precise home address, birth date, citizenship status, place of birth, and current occupation, with examples and steps for calculation and verification.
Plattsburg Camp Trains Officers for New Army
Lieutenant Colonel Paul A Wolf commands an Officers' Training Camp at Plattsburg one of several nationwide camps for the new conscript armies. He supervises about 5000 candidates undergoing intensive three month training, a demanding program but the cadets respond well and respect him.
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Paul A. Wolf
Plattsburg
Wolf
Draft World War I draft questionnaire excerpt
A public guidance passage outlines how to answer a draft registration form. It details job type, employer, dependents, marital status, race, and past military service. It and urges precise answers for the War Department, including exemptions and supporting grounds.
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United States
Supply
Marine
Navy
National Guard
Regular Army
War Department
Physicians of Bexar County Make Record in War Medical Drive
Texas committee reports Bexar County physicians set a state record with 20 to 22 of 25 candidates likely to be accepted into the medical reserve corps. Statewide 6000 registrations sought for 800 doctors, with 1600 physicians available in Texas. Examiners named from San Antonio Austin Dallas and Waco.
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Bexar
Medical Reserve Corps
Army
Texas Committee
National Council of Defense
Texas
Regular
Army Medical Examining Boards
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Galveston
Navy
W. B. Russ
Reserve Corps
W. H. Hargis
A. F. Beverly
Austin
Edgar W. Loomig
Dallas
D. L. Eastland
Waco
Leutenant
Texas Medical Committee
J. M. Inge
Denton
I. C. Chase
Fort Worth
J. W. Burns
Cuero
J. E. Thompson
Holman Taylor
J. L. Burgess
Frank C. Beall
J. H. Foster
Houston
H. M. Doolittle
Judge bets ten thousand against one twenty four
A Northwestern insurance company assigns its reporters to tough cases. A new agent targets Judge, who disapproves of life insurance but agrees to a $10,000 vs $240 bet on living a year. The judge signs to seal the accord.
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Northwestern Insurance Company
Wall Street
Stolen Gems Recovered as Couple Arrested
A young man aged 21 and a 19 year old woman were arrested Friday as detectives recovered two diamonds valued at 300 dollars each and 50 dollars in currency from Mrs. Srege Sims of 122 Ruiz Street. The man confessed to the theft which occurred Monday night at Mrs. Sims home. One diamond had been set in a ring after a pawn loan of 95 dollars was obtained earlier Thursday. The other diamond was found in a purse. The man will face felony theft charges. the woman is detained for further inquiry.
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San Pedro Avenue
San Antonio
Bexar County
Texas
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Naturalization Court
Columbus
Vienna
Austria
Paris
France
Sofia
Bulgaria
Japan
China
Central Police
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Palm Beach
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Alamo Plaza
Duffy’s
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Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester, N. Y
John Pes
Perce
Havana
John Ruskin
Antekel
Yats Cigar Mfg
Ullmann, Stern & Krausse, Distributors
Priestley
Ag A Tsley of
Texas Agricultural Company of San Antonio
State Department
W. B. Baxter
Gerens
Florence R. Ramer
Frank A. Kane
Seattle
Wash
First Congregational Church of
W. A. Sweet
F. W. Smithers
John A. Williams
Master Bakers’ Association
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