Sun Eclipse Draws The Nation In June
Astronomers predict the most interesting celestial event of the year a total solar eclipse on June 8 from Astoria Oregon to Orlando Florida. San Antonio lies within 325 miles of the shadow. the eclipse starts at 5 30 p m and ends at 7 24 p m with a two hour partial phase across the middle United States. This is the year’s first of three eclipses and the only one visible in the United States.
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United States
North America
San Antonians
Astoria
Ore
Orlando
Fla
San Antonio
Guthrie
Oklo
San Antonio Luncheon Praises Mexico and Prieto
Prominent San Antonians honored Antonio Prieto border commissioner for Mexico at a Gunter Hotel luncheon. Speakers included J. J. Staile mayor Sam Bell and Guillermo Seguin among others, with references to the McAllen conference on Grand River irrigation.
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Mexico
Antonio Prieto
Gunter Hotel
Prieto
McAllen
J. J. Staile
Chamber of Commerce
Sam C. Bell
Selig Deutschman
Winchester iKetsa
D. J. Woodward
Albert Kronkowsky
Lon ¢. Til
Larlingen
Guillermo Seguin
San Antonio
Juan Marshall
J. J. Kirkpatrick
Harry JL. Miller
Willam M
German Alien Registration Regulations Announced for June 16
Chief of Police Lancaster and deputies study rules for registering German alien females aged 14 and up in San Antonio. Registrants must provide four 3x2 inch photos, face and shoulders visible, and risk arrest and internment if they fail. Registration closes June 26 with inquiries advised to confirm status.
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Lancaster
San Antonio
United States
Airman Shelley's Paris Visit From Front Line France Letter
18 year old Shelley Collier, top sergeant in the Motor Transportation Service in France, reports from Paris about YMCA entertainments, soldiers’ camp life, and a remarkable trip. He notes the cost of the visit, his new office duties, French lessons, and pride in his health and morale. He also laments bean conservation and recalls Napoleon's tomb and Guynemer’s famed plane.
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Shelley Collier
W. W. Collier
France
Motor Transportation Service
Chevron
United States
Paris
Guynemer
Gilad
Paria
Lfe
Black-Draught endorsed by Cobden family as household remedy
Mrs Alice Metz of Cobden Illinois praises Thedford s Black Draught as a relied on vegetable medicine for liver and stomach troubles. She says it helps her children and husband and urges keeping it in the home for indigestion constipation fever and stomach issues.
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Cobden
Alice Metz
Thedford
Soldier Letters From Camp Travis Highlight Duty And Daily Life
A WWI correspondent writes from Camp Travis about scarce leisure time and the pride in being among the first to volunteer. He details varied tasks from digging ditches and building cantonments to manufacturing automobiles, notes a move back to a motorcycle company, and shares movie outings and Major Brown’s leadership. He reflects on office work, English learning by a captain, and his seven months in the country while appreciating privileges and discipline. The piece ends with a separate note about David B. Weaver’s gold mine discovery in Saxony, Minnesota, dating to 1864 and 1868 prospects after a Montana trip.
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Pierce
Tere
Moving Picture
Major Brown
Dad
Willis Overland Automobile Factory
Motor Transportation Service
Saxony
Minn
David B. Weaver
Montana
Airdale dogs hailed as top war messengers by Signal Corps
Chicago May 31 Airdale dogs praised by Central Department Signal Corps officers as superior war messengers. They surpass other breeds in intelligence and courage though no War Department authorization for battlefield use yet exists. Training programs and army camp reports show progress while pedigreed dogs flood in. The breed derives from Aire Valley England and is favored for night camouflage and barbed wire evasion. Females in demand. training remains a military secret.
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Ill
Airdale
Central Department
Signal Corps
United States Army
Europe
War Department
Aire Valley
England
Airdala
Joske’s Big Semi Annual Clearance and White Sales Begin
Local ad notes Joske’s department store announces a big semi annual clearance and white sale to start next week. Watch for the advertisements and savings on remaining stock across home goods and apparel.
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Joske
Ady
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