Holdenville Girl Seeks Missing Brother Walter McKnight
A 16 year old girl Ruby McKnight of Holdenville Oklahoma asks Postmaster George Armistead to help locate her 22 year old brother Walter McKnight missing since July. She says a fortune teller claimed he was in San Antonio working in a roundhouse and urges effort to find him for her worried parents.
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Ruby RW McKnight
Holdenville
Okla
Walter N.cKnight
Sn Antonio
Stmaster
George D. Armistead
The
Ter
Papa
Mama
Mother
Otto Von Below Inspires German Troops At Monastir Front
Berlin reports Infantry General Otto Von Below led German rifles in recapturing a mountain peak northeast of Cherel as Bulgars retreat in disorder. King Peter’s War Office notes French and Serbs gain foothold near Monastir. British retake Prosenik.
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Otto von Below
Berlin
Monastir
Cherel
German incidents fail on western front south of the Somme
Nov 18 report from London notes German forces renewed offensive efforts south of the Somme with no gains. French war office says Teutons repulsed all assaults while British actions in the Ancre sector show no clear ground gains. Berlin cites failed British breakthrough attempts near the brook. Grandcourt and the Heights of Serre remain key targets as French and British air forces bomb German aviation fields and Os tend power works. Zeebrugge also shelled.
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London
Somme
French War Office
Ancre
Berlin
Hnes
Grandcourt
Serre
Ostend
Zeebrugge
Italians Make Gains on Carso Plateau
Rome reports General Cadorna’s troops extended gains on the Carso after a brief lull in bombardment. Austro-Hungarian assaults southeast of San Pietro and near Gorizia were repelled. Winter approaches the Italian front with heavy snow and subzero temperatures hindering operations on several fronts.
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Rome
Cadorna
Carso
War Office
San Pietro
Gorizia
Trentino
Falkenhayn Army Advances in Transylvanian Passes
Berlin reports progress by General von Falkenhayn troops in Transylvanian passes and Alt and Jiul valleys near the Carpathians. Bucharest disputes with claims of Romanian gains around Dragoslacele and northeast of Campulung as German forces push west of the Wallachians.
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London
von Falkenhayn
Transylvanian
Berlin
Campulung
Bucharest
Alt
Jiul
Carpathians
Catholic Woman's Association Launches in San Antonio
Father Edward N. Garesche will launch the Catholic Woman's Association at 8 p.m. Monday in the Gunter hotel assembly room. The group plans vocational training, moral uplift, rest rooms, and recreation for women. classes in English, physical culture, tatting, and stenography are under way. The bishop of San Antonio endorses the effort as a broad, inclusive work for Catholic families.
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E. L. Garesche
St. Louis
Gunter Hotel
Catholic Woman's Association
Edward N. Garesche
Queen's Work
Father Garesche
Daughters
Isabella
Catholic Woman's Club
United States
Pacific Coast
Sodality Union
Los Angeles
Brownson House Settlement Association
Columbus Auditorium
California Syrup of Figs Advertises Gentle Baby Laxative
An old time advert promotes California Syrup of Figs as a safe pleasant tasting laxative for children and adults. It claims to relieve cross feverish children, cleanes stomach liver and bowels without griping and suggests a 50 cent bottle with directions on the label.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Llano Ships Turkeys to Austin in Seasonal Trade
Turkeys by the thousands arrive daily at Austin dealers who kill and prepare them for shipment to New York markets. The Llano area supplies three to five car loads weekly, each car holding about 1000 birds.
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Austin
Tex
New York
Llano
Danderine Hair Cleanse Promises Quick Beauty Boost
An advertisement urges women to moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw it through one strand at a time to cleanse dust and oil. It claims hair will become wavy fluffy and lustrous while dandruff itching and hair loss are stopped. A 25 cent bottle is marketed as a small, valuable purchase.
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Knowlton
San Antonio Women Present Colors at Fort Sam Camp
The women of San Antonio present colors from the first civilian regiment and plan to place them in the Alamo chapel. The colors will be escorted by camp members and the San Antonio Rifle Club, with a ceremony likely at the Alamo. Officials including Major Laubach and Mayor Brown may present the flags.
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San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Alamo Chapel
Alamo
Howard Ll. Laubach
E. P. Liscomb
The
Daughters of the Republic
Clinton Brown
Willard F. Waltz
Howard L. Laubach
Architects Aid Civic Improvement in San Antonio Effort
The State Architects Association plans civic improvement across Texas cities with priority to San Antonio. Local members will study conditions, coordinate with the Civic Improvement Department, and promote street park and building enhancements. Members of the Civic Improvement committee span Dallas to Beaumont with diverse city representation.
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San Antonio
State Architects’ Association
F. C. Teich
Houston
Civic Improvement Department
Texas Association
Civic Improvement Committee
Corsicana
George Burnett
Waco
F. W. Steinman
Beaumont
C. G. Lancaster
Marshall
F. W. Heldenfels
Beeville
George Lindsey
Greenville
J. R. Bryant
Sweetwater
John Tullock
Sherman
J. E. Large
Bay City
Henry Mount
Lubbock
Residents push to pave Jones Avenue from Lone Star plant to Koehler Park
A Jones Avenue boulevard improvement committee formed at Rodriguez hall plans city paving or macadam for over two miles. Residents pledge pro rata payments and seek signatures on a paying petition to satisfy a promised access to Brackenridge and Koehler parks, with officials named to lead the effort.
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Jones Avenue
Lone Star Brewing Company
Koehler
Ed M. Rivas
A. 1D. Zucht
O. ©. Luter
Joseph Rubiola
William A. Cocke
T. H. Ridgeway
William Schlessinger
Otto Koehler
Hoehler Park
Brackenridge
Koehler Parks
Laurel Heights
Josephine Street
Residents push for Jones avenue boulevard loop plan
Town officials and residents push to convert Jones avenue into a boulevard linking parks with River avenue. City funds are claimed sufficient for the city’s share, with property owners expected to pay their portion. Charters issued for multiple Texas companies including Huntsville Citizens Oil, Spring Creek Petroleum, Farmers Cotton Oil, Morell Oil, and a Dallas Registered Nurses Association with no capital stock.
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Jones Avenue
River Avenue
Smith
Austin
Tex
Citizens’ Oil Company of
Huntsville
Capital Stock
G. A. Wynne
J. E. Allen
W. L. Hull
Spring Creek Petroleum Company of
Houston
F. J. Lock
J. Rosson
R. W. Townley
Farmers’ Cotton Oil Company of
Waxahachie
Morell Ol! Company of
Sam Harmon
M. O. Rayer
D. O. Patton
Dallas County Registered Nurses’ Association of Dallas
M. C. Smith
Alma Rembert
Annie L. van Arsdale
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Lest Optical
EE Charles Rees
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Kanena
Kaiser
Peter
Cerna
Prosenik
J. W. Shaw
Society of Jesus
Garesche
Texas
Texans
Jesuit College of
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Caretta
Edward Garesche
E. F. Garesche
Cross
Feverigh
Llano Ships
Rogers
Texas Music Co
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Exas
South Texas Music Company
the House of Quality
Avenue C
R. M. Delk
J. W. Hosford
John M. Harrison
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Reliable Union
322 West Commerce
Union Painless Dentists
West Commerce
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