Amusements War Speech Condemns German Autocracy
A vigorous wartime editorial denounces Germany as an autocratic aggressor and urges total war to end its threat. It accuses German rulers of murder on the seas and inciting civil conflict, warning of a reckoning once plain people learn the truth. It portrays Germany as seeking world domination and stoking hatred through its professors and poets.
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Weare
Germany
England
Italy
Belgium
Serbia
Roumania
Red Cross San Antonio chapter eyes home support and canteen reform
The San Antonio Red Cross chapter hosts two meetings to boost home relief efforts, including more nursing staff for both domestic and international needs. A mass meeting at Beethoven Hall will inform the public about needs and qualifications, while a second session retools the canteen service with a new command structure. Volunteers with legible handwriting are urged to help compile donors and records at the Chandler building.
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Red Cross War Fund
San Antonio
Red Cross
Beethoven Hall
Llenrietta
Shipley
Trenalnine School
Executive Headquarters
A. B. Spencer
Weok
Ote
H. Lee Ransom
War Fund
Bexar County
Bone
Chandler
Losoya and Crockett Streets
Answers to Soldiers Requests Spark Local Warmth
Citizens respond to Home Folks column seeking soldiers from various towns. Letters and visits connect San Antonio locals with servicemen in hospitals and abroad, including an English adoptee and dozens of U S towns. The Home Folks editor coordinates messages, welcomes new volunteers, and lists unanswered towns for future replies.
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Light
Home Works
New York
Home Folks
San Antonio
Evansville
Ind
Newark
N. J
Aransas Pass
Lowell
Mass
Wditer
Greenville and
Water Valley
Miss. Charlotte
N.C. Moberly
Blue Ridge
St. Louis
Milan
Wellington
Kan
Grandishand
Neb
Green Bay
Sheboygan
Manitewoc
Ashland
Appleton
Oshkosh
Kenosha
Racine
Milwaukee
Wis
Houghton
Hancock
Negtunee
Mich
Twin Falls
Idaho
Dunkirk
N. Y
Detroit
Grasse Pointe
Rockland
East Port
Berwick
Rose Lake
Idaha
Plymouth
N. A
Woodbury
WN. J
Pittsboro
Miss
Carthage N. Y
Good Thunder
Mapleton
Farle Lake
Garden City
Amboy
Minn
Casper
Wyo
Carbondale
Granville
Pawnee
Mount Vernon
Brownsville
Port Dodge
Iowa
Lehigh
Burnside
Mitchell, S. C
Bronxville
Monticello
Westchester County
New Rochelle
Sacramento
Cal
Stockton
McKeesport
Johnstown
Maiden, Wash
Flying Circus down German plane near St Mihiel
Allied airmen in France confirm four American pilots formed a flying circus that destroyed a German aircraft at St Mihiel. The team included Lieutenants George Wisher Edward Curtis Edward Buford and Alexander McLanahan with Lieut.ner playing a key finishing role. Observer reports a German gunner fought to the end while the rescue of a crippled British bomber by Lieut. Douglass Campbell is noted near Tou sector.
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Associated Press
France
St. Mihiel
George F. Wisher
Chicago
Edward Curtis
Rochester
Edward Buford
Nashville
Alexander McLanahan
Philadelphia
Ner
Obosever
Douglass Campbell
California
Tou
Obituary notices from San Antonio area deaths
Mary Virginia Hamner 23 died in Boerne Texas May 29 native Virginian lived in Texas 3 12 years survived by father Rev W M Hamner brothers J T Fr G Hamner Fred Hamner sisters Emma Lee Lylie Hamner funeral 5 pm at J J Hamner home San Antonio body flown to Browns ville Tennessee for burial Mary A Eggeling 48 died in local hospital native Castroville resident 30 years in San Antonio survived by husband Gustave Eggeling daughter Elizabeth Speier three brothers three sisters funeral 4 30 pm from 144 Leopold St services St Marys Church Interment St Marys Cemetery Mary B Lowery 38 died at home 1230 Carson St native Ireland 82 years in San Antonio wife of serviceman father J J Donovan four children funeral 10 am from Shelley-Loring chapel interment Burnt St Marys Cemetery Lizzie Hill 83 died Sherman Texas daughter of General Yell niece of Governor Yell Arkansas moved from San Antonio early life Pine Bluff Arkansas Thomas H Baker 1 year old son died Holmburg body to Adinburg for burial Porter Taylor Loring Funeral Director listed as provider with other undertakers
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Mary Virginia Hamner
Maury Virginia Hamner
Boerne
Tex
Virginia
Texas
W. M. Hamner
Methodist Ghurch
Phart
J. T
Fr. G. Hamner
San Antonio
Fred Hamner
United States Army
Emma Lee
Lylie Hamner
J. J. Hamner
West Mistletoe Avenue
Felix Hill
Laurel Heights Methodist Church
Hagg-McColum Undertaking Company
Brownsville
Tenn
Mary A. Yegching
Mary A. Eggeling
Hermann Sisters
Leopold Street
St. Mary's Church
Father Vasbinder
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Mary 8 B. Lowery
Mary B. Lowery
Carson Street
Ireland
1 Mary's Cemetery
Lexie
Lizzie Hill
Sherman
H. M. Seekin
Mra JH
Pine Bluff
Ark
General Yell
Yell
Arkansas
Idlers Arrested As City Targets Idle Workers
Nineteen men ages 19 to 25, including whites Mexicans and negroes, were arrested for idling. Those arraigned were convicted with fines from ten to twenty five dollars. Mayor issued orders to prevent escape as the city harvests hay and oats on the sewer farm south of San Antonio to feed Brackenridge Park animals and the zoo.
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Mayorell
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
They Are All Beautiful Mid-Summer Dresses
The ad touts plain colored, striped and printed dresses in neat figures with organdy trim and braids. Many tunics and pleated tailored styles are offered with a strong value claim noting an allotment of 168 dresses from a possible 500.
Domestic Sheetings and Fabrics Sale Prices
A vintage ad lists Bleached Sheeting at 57c yard, folded into 65c quality, 90 inches wide with limited stock. Also offers Pepperell Pillow Casing 32c yard, 45 inches wide, and Bleached Indian Head 37c yard, 44 inches wide. Fruit of the Loom Domestic 24c yard, 36 inches wide, 3,000 yards available. Lonsdale Bleached Cambric 23c yard, 2,000 yards. Bleached Domestic 17c yard, 36 inches wide, 3,000 yards.
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Lonsdale
Dimity and Flaxon Checks Offer Small Print Styles
Durable spun yarn fabrics advertised for women and children feature 27 inch and 32 inch Dimity and Flaxon checks at special sale prices. Longcloth pieces priced per 12 yard roll with various widths and quality levels, including 30 and 36 inch options, showcase textile bargains.
White Silk Fabrics Sale Prices Listed
A catalog of whitesilks and crepes with sizes 33 to 40 inches, quality marks and sale prices. Items include White Shantung Silk, White Khaki Kool, White Sport Satins, White Georgette, and Plisse Crepe with discounted prices per yard. Major suppliers appear unnamed in a window display listing.
Tarantulle Hand-Embroidered Underwear and Red Star Cloth Deals
Hand embroidered Tarantulle lingerie for home sewing offered in 40 inch widths with low 41 to 63 cent specials. Red Star Diaper Cloth priced per 10 yard piece from 1.49 to 2.85, with various widths up to 30 inches. Dreamland 20 inch cloth 1.49.
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Red Star
Dreamland
White Habutai and Taffeta Fabrics Sale Prices
White Habutai 27-inch quality 50c now 41c. 27-inch Habutai 59c now 47c. 36-inch Habutai 75c now 68c. 36-inch Habutai 1.00 now 89c. 36-inch Habutai 1.25 now 1.09. 36-inch Habutai 1.50 now 1.29. 36-inch Habutai 2.00 now 1.69. 36-inch White Taffeta 1.75 now 1.57. 36-inch Taffeta 1.85 now 1.63. 36-inch Taffeta 2.00 now 1.69. 36-inch Taffeta 2.50 now 2.19. 40-inch Taffeta 2.50 now 2.19.
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Empire Line
America
Sergt
Arthur Guy Empey
Lois Meredith
James Morrison
Vitagraph
Empey
William Fox
Pearl Theater Today
Triangle
Jack Livingston
Geo. Walsh
Fox
Roy Stewart
Peatseee
Rrescott
Miss Hope Eden
Edith Storey i
Dorothy Dalton
Pathe News—Drew
Princess Tonay
AiWeek
Joe Barton
Scott
Christi
Elr
Tatest
RED Cross Chapter
Joske
Ady
Harry Green & CO
Bancroft & Broskei
Jack Barn
Carlisle
Humer
Man
Boy
Sheraleo
Hanoi
Vice Aquid Dove
Corporation Court
Clara Graham
Sion
Thomas H. Baker
Thomas HW. Baler
A. Y. Baker
Holmburg
Adinburg
Pearcy-Robinson Undertaking Co
Soledad St
Hagg & Metrellum
Corner Ave
Cr. W
Joske's
Wolff & Marx Co
Alea
Flaxon
Dimity
The
Wolff & Tarx Co
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