First Men to Be Discharged Told in Order
War Department telegrams issued to Major General Cabell specify discharge for only ten volunteers drafted or inducted during the emergency in the Southern Department. The order excludes tactical divisions and major units, affects Student Army Training Schools, and directs medical evaluation and treatment before any discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Rosey C. Cabell
Southern Department
War Department
Southam Department
Washington
Student Army
War Risk Insurance Notice on Discharges and Rail Moves
Ample advance notice will be given to meal representatives of United States railway administration of numbers dates and destinations of men to be discharged. Discharges will be scheduled by locality and rail movement capacity with weekly reports. Notify within territorial limits and indicate control status excluding tactical divisions and certain training camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Railway Administration
A New Depot Brigade Forming Under Demobilization Orders
The 168th Depot Brigade is reorganizing under demobilization orders. Four hundred volunteers will remain in the depot brigade with additional personnel to fill the 4000 training battalions and 2000 development battalions. Selection of the remaining men for depot brigade strength will follow.
Wartime hair dye recipe from Mrs Mackie headline
Mrs Mackie the New York actress and grandmother shares a home remedy to turn gray hair black brown or light brown. She promotes Orlex powder sold with a gold bond guarantee that it contains no harmful metals or coal tar derivatives and claims it leaves hair fluffy without rubbing off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackie
New York
Orlex
Orlex Bowder
Reorganized receiving station delays work of demobilization
The receiving station now forms part of a large muster out center alongside the war risk insurance office and the mustering office. Personnel await essential blank documents from Washington before they can begin processing soldiers back to civilian life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Risk Insurance Office
Washington
Joske Memorial Cottage Bids To Be Advertised
Bids for the Hen rietta Joske Memorial Cottage will be advertised soon after the Bexar County commissioners authorized the county auditor to proceed. Plans by Henry T. Whelps were accepted, and 1800 feet of Jennings Avenue in Fenfield Addition will be graded and graveled. The Foster Road improvement in Precinct No. 4 was halted pending correct road lines. Finley Method Company bond for surface treatment on Sulphur Springs Road was approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Joske
Bexar County Commissioners
Henry T. Whelps
Jennings Avenue
New Fenfield
County
Creemet No. 2
Foster Road
Theft of Bees Wax Valued at 940 Dollars Reported
Detectives say a 20 year old white man was arrested for theft of 2000 pounds of bees wax from Max Mayer at 501 North Cherry Street. About 600 dollars has been recovered, with wax sold at 80 cents per pound. Investigators expect felony charges in multiple cases if totals exceed legal thresholds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight
Max 2. Mayer
North Cherry Street
Bicycle Collision Injures Boy on Military Plaza
A boy named Lucio Canta suffered a fracture to his left leg below the knee after a bicycle collided with an automobile at Military Plaza on Tuesday afternoon at 32 30. The car was operated by Liegt J WH Foster Kelly Wield No 1. He was taken to Robert Green Memorial Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Lucio Canta
Military Plaza
Liegt
J WH
Foster
Kelly Wield
Robert 2. Green Memorial Hospital
United War Work Fund Grows. Totals Pass 200000
The United War Work Campaign continues to raise funds with totals surpassing $198,978.72 and expected to reach about $225,000. Contributions come from diverse groups, including military camps, athletic events, and city workers, with volunteers orchestrating football, boxing, and polo activities to fund the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United War
Work Fund
United War Work Campaign
A.G. Moore
Alamo Plaza
Kelly Bield
Camp Travis
Travis Stadium
Clough
Kelly Wield
Dublin
Lrayis
Public Service Company
Pape's Diapepsin for Indigestion
Undigested food and indigestion relief advertised for instant relief. Describes lumps of pain belching gas acids and sourness with a claim of quick stomach upset relief.
Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
The advertisement claims women and men can eat one or two Pape's Diapepsin tablets to stop indigestion pain and dyspeptic distress. It asserts disordered stomachs feel fine instantly and that the pleasant tablets are harmless, pleasant, and inexpensive at drug stores.
Dr Bell’s Pine-Bar-Honey Helps Cols
Dr Bell’s Pine-Bar-Honey claimed to lessen danger from colds and relieve stuffed head coughing and inflammation. Advertised as a standard remedy, it targets both young and old with a pleasant, comforting formula available from druggists for 80 cents or 1.20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
International Labor Conference Planned During Peace Parley
Samuel Gompers announced after an executive committee meeting that an international labor conference would be urged, with representatives from all allied countries, to meet at the place and dates of the great power conference. Mexican and Porto Rican labor delegates favored moving the Pan American conference from Panama to Havana, Cuba. No action was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Federation
St. Anthony Hotel
Panama
Havana
Cuba
Sage Tea Dandy to Darken Hair Quickly
An old Sage and Sulphur Compound promises instant darkening of gray hair with a 50 cent bottle sold at drug stores. The ad touts natural, even coverage after one or two applications, claiming hair becomes lustrous and youthful, though it notes no disease treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyeth
Lubpur
Gompers Guests of San Antonio Labor Delegation Events
Delegation members including Tunis Morenos Eziquel Salcedo and M Rico of Mexico and Santiago Igle sing of Porto Rico attend a flying exhibit hosted by Colonel Gillmore. Gompers and labor leaders tour the field dine with local groups and plan a mass meeting with a telegram to Governor Hobby. Women may be employed as trolley car conductors in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunis Morenos
Eziquel Salcedo
BE. Guintero
M. Rico
Mexico
Santiago Iglesing
Porto Rico
Porto Rican Federation of Labor
Gompers
Gillmore
Kelly Wield
Conalel Gilmore
San Antonio
Iabor
San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
San Antonio Trades Council
St. Anthony
Hobby
Incheon
Federation
Toredo
Gomperss
Get Rid of That Persistent Cough
Stop that weakening persistent cough or cold with Eckman's Alterative the tonic and upbuilder of 20 years' successful use. 800 and 1.50 bottles from druggists or from Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eckman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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FOX CO
Charles Rees
Rees
Gunter Hotel
Mas
Purina
Latex Seed CO
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Pape
Dr.Bell
Tarre Ian
Om, Tex
International Labor Conference
America
Toronto
Canada
Din Antonio
Edison
Phonograph Shop
A. F. Beyer
Sharp Shop
E.houst
Liberty
The
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
West
Commerce Street
Wm. L. Herff
M. E. Brackenridge
Leroy G. Denman
Eisler
John B. Herff
Thos, H. Franklin Floyd McGown
Chas, A. Zilker
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