Nine Nurses Accepted and Sent to Base Hospital
Nine young women were accepted for immediate hospital service and dispatched to Camp Travis. They join others from the student nurses reserve and Red Cross courses. Applicants should contact Mrs W D Siers at the Council for National Defense for enrollment and details. Overseas caps and spiral puttees are not to be worn by returned servicemen at Camp Travis.
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Ini
W. D. Siers
Council For National Defense
Red Cross
Camp Travis
Anita Labatt
Laurel Clarkson
Margaret Nelson
Alberta Masters
Hearn
Binne Cage
Ethel Baker
Lucille Littlejohn
Carrie Witter
Syers
W. D. Syers
Office
The
Council of National Defense
Bedell
Caup Travis
Mi-o-na stomach tablets pledge relief from indigestion
An advertisement warns that hundreds of thousands take a “slow death” by digesting stomach tissue with strong digesters. It promotes Mi-o-na stomach tablets to relieve distress in five minutes and, with regular use, to rebuild a run down stomach and stop indigestion belching and sour stomach. The pills are sold by druggists and guaranteed by A. Vincher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Sdruggista
M. Vincher
First shipment of fruit pits for gas mask carbon from San Antonio
The first fruit pits and nut shells collected by San Antonians for government gas mask carbon were shipped Friday from the reclamation shops at 703 East Commerce Street, about 1000 pounds. Schools, stores, and Red Cross collected pits as part of a nationwide effort, with pits from peach and olive seeds among those used. Housekeepers, hotels, and restaurants are urged to contribute by placing materials in local receptacles or at the reclamation shop.
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San Antonians
Department
East Commerce Street
Gas Defense Division
Chemical Welfare Service
Uited States Army
Daniel EB. McCarthy
Department Quartermaster
C. S. Meek
Meek
Quartermaster’s Department
Ted Cross
Council For National Defense
Food Administration
United States
War Department
Red Cross
Quartermaster Reclamation
Women named to act on Bexar Labor Board
Two women appointed Thursday as members of the Bexar County community labor board with full voting powers on women in industry. Mrs. Blanche Douglass and Mrs. B. F. Nicholson represent labor and business respectively. Mrs. W. S. Hendrick named city general chairman for enrollment of women in industries with four committee chairmen planned. Washington has authorized two women to join the Texas state advisory board, expanding it to seven members. No Texas women had been named on the state board yet. Mrs. Douglass is active with the Car ter Woman's Auxiliary and Union Labor League. Mrs. Nicholson has philanthropy ties. Mrs. Hendrick is married to Colonel Hendrick of the Morris Plan Bank.
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Bexar County
B. F. Nicholson
Blanche Douglass
W. 8. Hendrick
San Antonio
Department of Labor
Washington
State Advisory Board
Texas
Douglass
Carter Woman’s Auxiliary
Treas
Union Labor League
Association of Men and Women
Transfer Girls' Home Land On Selma Road Near San Antonio
The city and county jointly acquire a twenty acre tract on Selma Road for a permanent girls detention home. Mayor Sam C. Bell filed the warranty deed transferring the land after sheriff's sale in August. County Judge Davis and the board survey Houston and Galveston detention homes to guide local plans.
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Selma Road
San Antonio
Sam C. Bell
Bell
Davis
Board of County Commissioners
Houston
Galveston
Two Young Men Arrested in Train Depot Theft Case
Two young men, one Mexican, were arrested by Detectives Green and Harry on Thursday for the theft of a trunk containing wearing apparel from the M. K. & T. Railway depot platform. They will be transferred to custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green
Harry
Negro boy confesses theft of funds from sister
County authorities say a 14 year old negro boy confessed stealing $9.10 and jewelry from his sister. He and companions used most of the money. $2.85 was recovered as Detective Knight arrested him Thursday night. The sister is described as destitute, with the money meant to buy provisions through month end.
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Knight
Calotabs touted as pure modern calomel reform
An advertisement extols Calotabs as a purified, safe calomel substitute. It claims the new tablet cleanses the liver overnight with no harmful effects, requires only one nightly tablet, and promises a healthy appetite at breakfast. Available only in sealed packages for thirty five cents.
Influenza prevention and camp notices in wartime era
Col Jere J Clayton urges crowd disease avoidance with simple rules like avoiding crowding, coughing etiquette, and hygiene. The 85th Infantry heads to Camp Bullis for a week of war-condition training. Remount Remount Station expands Camp Travis fire protection and supports Lost and Remount calls. French and Belgian refugee clothing donations rise, with women workers repairing garments for winter aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere J. Clayton
Southern Department
Beng
Camp Bullis
85Th Infantry
Camp ‘Travis
Remount
Travis
Travis No. 1
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Gentle Liver Cleanse
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims the tonic cleanses the liver and bowels without salivation, improves energy, and can be given to children, with a money back guarantee.
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Dodson
Drosgist
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Houston and
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Verman
Pias
Bexar Labor Board
Carpenter
Selmai Road
Serge
Knox
Lyones
Atl
Jin
Havana
Louis
Ealomel
Jenkins
Doilson
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