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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1918
Page
4
Reports from owners nationwide across 300 lines of business show Fulton trucks delivering 12 to 14 miles per gallon. The "triple heated" gas claims quicker spark and full power, while Fulton emphasizes its large factory and William Fulton Melhuish's focus on the ten and a half model. Prominent users are listed as proof of value.
A meeting will be held at Smith School at eight o clock Monday night to organize a Council of Defense unit for the Fifteenth School District. The district is bounded by East Commerce Street Denver Boulevard Valmetto Street and the city limits. All residents are urged to attend.
About 150 discharged soldiers will march in a Sunday morning ceremony at Camp Travis at 9 o clock to salute the flag and bid farewell before returning to civilian life. Dr Ira Lamadrith will speak after music by the military band. Maurice Bryant, acting regimental sergeant major, led those discharged first at Camp Travis, which opened September 5. Each veteran will receive a War Service Certificate issued by welfare organizations at the camp.
The first modern atlas was by Abraham Ortelius, a Dutch geographer who died in Antwerp in 1598. His landmark volume, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, appeared in Antwerp in 1570, though early maps showed distortions and many places differed from today. The atlas name traces to Greek myth and Mercator, another noted Dutch geographer of the sixteenth century.
An odd Tirade by Tate Remarken for Tit Bits recounts a boy thrashing tale and a nurse’s sickly feeling when a valen from the center of the Andes shouts a false cure. The prose appears as a parodic illustration of devotion to death and truth telling.
Campaign funds for the United War Work drive in San Antonio and Bexar County top $222,007.82 with extra pledges expected. Audits by A. G. Moore and E. C. Warrant show cash near $90,000 in banks and a broad, ongoing collection from men, women, clubs, and local businesses, led by organized women's committees and volunteers.
The city will advertise San Antonio as a winter resort through central northern newspapers. Two Chamber of Commerce teams will raise at least 5000 to fund metropolitan ad campaigns, with Colonels King and Castanola leading crews of captains to coordinate plans and territory. Campaigns begin Tuesday with meetings at the St. Anthony and Gunter hotels.
The Dan Travis training schedule shifts to balance military duty with recreation as demobilization begins. Mornings remain strictly military and tactical, while afternoons emphasize athletics, practice matches, special work, and officer and non commissioned officer schools. The program moves from all work to a half work half play format to keep soldiers fit and engaged during the transition.
Dedication dates were announced for two Knights of Columbus buildings at Camp John Wise and Kelly Field in San Antonio. Camp Wise will be formally dedicated Wednesday night, and Kelly Field on December 3, after delays from an influenza quarantine.
An elderly Scotsman faces a doctor’s warning that he must quit whiskey to save his eyesight. The exchange finds the man, McTavish, defending his habits while acknowledging aging and the doctor’s concern. The ad mentions Medina Main Ave, shop items like fancy potatoes and onions, reflecting a vintage regional newspaper feel.
The Hellenic Society of San Antonio thanks Brigadier General Bartlett and notes two bales of cotton from the United War Work Campaign remain unclaimed. Winners listed by number may claim two bales donated by Colonel Anderson. if unclaimed, the next in line will be honored and the cotton sold at market to add to the campaign fund.
A variety bazaar to endow schools for the blind and maimed soldiers will be held at Turner Hall on Monday, December 9, from 8:00 p.m. to midnight. Concerts, dances, side shows, and other attractions are planned under the British and Canadian Patriotic Fund Association and the Texas British Ladies Association. Tickets are on sale at 621 Bedell Building and 440 Moore Building.
Captain Harry J. Collins, who led Camp Travis fire department, has been assigned to the office of the director of storage in the quartermaster general's department in Washington. He will leave San Antonio Monday for his new post, working on fire prevention at warehouses housing army equipment after demobilization. Previously with the San Antonio fire department, Collins has served at Camp Travis for most of the cantonment’s existence.
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