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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1918
Page
1
San Antonio officials led by Dr. W A King urge residents to stay home during the mild influenza outbreak. They advise against gatherings, keeping windows open, and delaying school closures while reporting no local fatalities.
A British prisoner report from Rotterdam describes German war weariness, rampant food shortages, and severe abuse of inmates. Officers recount brutal treatment by German doctors and guards, including a case of deliberate torture near Metz and harsh conditions in camps behind German lines.
Uncle Sam urges early shopping with October 1 start and deadlines for mailing gifts to troops and civilians. Regulations require one overseas parcel per man, mailed by November 15, with standard 9 by 4 by 3 inch containers and coupons attached. Local Red Cross chapters handle distribution.
A thrift focused store promotes coats for men women and boys all week with slogans Better Coats at Lower Prices and This Store of Better Values. The ads claim savings are greater than usual urging shoppers to take advantage of the sale.
This notice advertises a removal sale featuring boys overcoats aged 214 to 8 years at various prices, plus a wide range of ladies and men’s apparel including suits dresses skirts undergarments hosiery hats shoes and army clothing.
The passage documents accounts of cruelty in coal and salt mines and stone quarries. It notes these brutal conditions inflicted on fellow countrymen and claims the extent cannot be fully known by the authors.
An excerpt reports a German correspondent recounting six cases of British prisoners sent to coal mines near Aix la Chapelle who returned emaciated and skeletal, with bones protruding through skin. The article notes concerns over preventable deaths and questions what steps would prevent recurrence.
The two school centers plan nightly entertainment this week with dancing headlines at School No 7 and the Navarro Center. Activities include an omnisquerade ball at Johnson Center and outdoor dancing at Navarro Center, plus singing, motion pictures, rallies, and other varied events for local residents.
Government approves a project totaling about 825,500 dollars to upgrade Camp Travirt Fort Sam Houston and Station No 2. It includes heating plants, hospital systems, barracks and utility upgrades, plus a well being sunk at Camp Bullis to access a 1800 foot water supply.
Former actress Suzy Depay and four companions faced trial in Paris on charges of maintaining relations with the enemy. The group included Emile Cuiller, once manager of Sam McVey the American boxer, and Maurice Trembley a bank employee linked to Austrian interests. The hearing occurred yesterday and those charged were arrested earlier.
London Times Service reports on German panic after armistice offers. Kaiser reportedly falls into religious mania, kneeling in chapel and praying for dynasty and crown amid internal strife at main headquarters. Citizens arrested for anti-Hohenzollern literature as revolutionary sentiment grows.
Lieutenant John M. Currie 22, of Austin Texas, killed Sept 12 while serving with the Rainbow Division in the St Mihiel context. A graduate of Austin College, he trained at Officers Training School, earned a commission, and served on the front with two brothers also in France.
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