Obituary notices from San Antonio amid wartime deaths
Funeral notices recount the deaths and services for Herbert G. Igo 21 of San Antonio who died of pneumonia at Camp Nicholls near New Orleans and for other locals including Mrs. Claiborne Adams Marie Swenson Isaac Knight Mary S Granato Mrs Ralph Warden Le Roy De Wolff 47 year old German native and Robert Stuart Jr with details on burial places dates and family survivors in San Antonio during wartime schedule times and locations for services across multiple cemeteries and churches
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Igo
New Orleans
San Anstonio
George Igo
San Antonio
Herbert Igo
Bexar County
Edward
John Igo
Alice Igo
Miebo Undertaking Company
Locke Hill
Isaac Knight
Porter Soring
Stev. Lee Heaton
Mission Burial Park
Mary
Granato
Mary S. Granato
Lakeview Avenue
Italy
Sam Granato
Joe Serivano
Frank
Vete
Hoboken
N. J
San Fernando Cathedral
la Roy de Wolff
le Roy de Wolff
Porter Loring
Camp Nicholls
San Antonia
Toackhill
Lockhill Cemetery
Robert William Stuart, Jr
Robert Stuart Jr
Robert William Stuart
Frank, Street
National Cemetery
Stuart
Naval
Ttt
Porter Loring Funeral Ad and Undertakers Notice
An obituary era classified item notes Porter Loring Funeral Director at 206 Jefferson Street with an advertisement. Also referenced is Hagg and McCollum Undertakers offering ambulance and lung motor service, listing Percer event and Pecan Cr. 104. Immediate advertising context shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Loring
Jefferson St
Adv
Hagg & McCollum, Undertakers
Lung Motor Service
Imme
DIERY CAMP FACES PNEUMONIA EPIDEMIC tapering QUARANTINE EXPECTED LATE WEEK
Pneumonia following influenza hits camps around San Antonio and posts in the Southern Department with 13 deaths at Camp Travis and 30 at other posts by Saturday noon. Crests passed, quarantine may lift by week’s end. Camp Travis reports 7854 influenza cases, 822 pneumonia, 39 pneumonia deaths, 1805 returning to duty. Deaths listed for Camp Travis personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Southern Department
Camp Travis
Fort Sam Houston
Department
Camp ‘Travis
Fort Sam Hotston
Travis
An Ena
Fort Sam Houston Dane Hospital
Worstat
Fort Bliss
Wort Bliss
el Paso
Brownsville
District
United States Guard
11Th Battalion
Guard
Camp
Mabry
College Station
Prairie View
Norman
Okla
Tascon
Aviz
Rice
Institute
Influenza Sick at Camp Stanley Reported by Commanders
Brigadier Generals Wolters and McDill report many officers and enlisted men at Camp Stanley training schools sick with influenza and some with pneumonia. Most have been moved to the Seminardy where ten days must pass after normal temperature. Hospitals are well run and no deaths have occurred. Relatives are advised if condition worsens. The telegram notes a rising number of cases but a crest has been passed.
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el Paso
Big Bend
Eagle Pass
Fort Clark
del Rio
Fort McIntosh
Jere B. Clayton
Fort Bliss
Camp Mabry
Austin
College Station
Norvell
Reguine Army
Sunk Americad submarine chaser No. 210 near supply ship
The U S chaser No 210 was sunk in foreign waters after an explosion on October 9. One enlisted man was killed one missing an officer and eighteen men seriously injured including Rice Lassett and Harley Jerome Gilfillan. The ship was taking aboard fuel when a hole opened in the port side and the foredeck caught fire. The heat caused the vessel to sink about an hour later. cause under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
Navy Department
Rice Lassett
U.S. N. TF
Morest Hill
FT. 1
Harley Jerome Gilfillan
U. S.N
Wyoming
Roy Worden Kerns
U.S. N. Tt
Eley
Cini
Navy
Velour Silvertone and Frost Glow Coat Sale Listing
A dated storefront sale ad lists Velour Silvertone and Frost Glow coats with prices ranging from 19.50 to 39.50 and sizes 16 to 36. The ad reads like a vintage catalog with multiple price points including 25, 30, 32.50, and 39.50, reflecting a promotional sale period.
Overcoat Prices Listed in Mixed OCR Text
A garbled catalog line shows varied prices for children and adult overcoats, with entries like ages 9 to 14 at eight dollars and higher amounts up to eighteen dollars. Several lines contain stray characters and malformed digits, including a fragment referencing ages 24 to B years and inconsistent cents.
War Work Tour Named Judge for Committee
A state war effort committee will tour the region this week with Judge M. J. Buckley appointed to join the delegation. Messages inform Mrs. W. D. Rote that Lieut. Robin G. Rote was severely wounded in action on September 12, with no further details released. Local notices include ads for Idlewild Pavilion, the Turner Gymnasium opening October 14, and various services and shops.
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T Court
M. J. Buckley
Son
W. D. Rote
West Cypress Street
War Department
Robin GC. Rote
Infantry
Ranger D Timberlake of Texas Rangers Shot Near Brownsville
The body of Ranger Sergl. D. Timberlake, aged years, was en route to Uvalde for burial in San Antonio after being shot during an attempted capture of Mexican smugglers near Brownsville. Capt. William Taylor and Rangers Lee Roser and John Cooper accompanied the remains. The gang leader Delgado fired on rangers who halted them. Timberlake died from a wound in his right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James D. Polk
Remount Station No. 2
Thomas De‘ghiell
San Antonio
Stewart Polk
California
Miledred Polk
Feneral
M. Mon- Lang
Hagg & Me‘Collum
Cofenderate
Sergl. D. Timberlake
Exas Rangers
Brownaville
Texas
Uvalde
William ‘Taylor
Ranger
Timberlake
Lee Roser
John Cooper
Imberlikey
John A. Long
W. H. Hanson
Texas Ranger
Manson
Ranger Long
Browns‘ville
Hanson
Brownsville
Wayster
Wimber-lake
Wimberlake
Laylor F
Rio Grande
Delgado
Ranger Shaw
Illicit still found in old sorghum mill raid
Guthrie Oklahoma raid on a sorghum mill leads to seizure of an illicit still and ten barrels of mash. In custody are Jasper Cochran a wealthy farmer and his hired man Lehiard Kinney. Both jailed on liquor charges as investigators review the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guthrie
Okla
Jasper Cochran
Liehiard Kinney
Cochran
Kinney
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Claiborne Adams
Albert ‘J. Smith
South Flores Street
W. ©. Sullivan
S. G. Newton
Erard Guenther
Ihe Kampmann
Lytle Gosling
Stanne Gassit ¥Ranz Grous
J. J. McVeal
Marie Swenson
Morgan City
San Fernando Cemetery
Ralph Warden
Denton
North Carolina
Pierce Menkin
Germany
Toledo
United States
Pierce-Robinson Undertaking Company
Harold Suasal
Harold Sussal
Dallag
Harold Suousal
France
Snusal
Louis Snoasal
Teigh Street
Frost National Bank
Federal Reserve Banks
Groos National Bank
Diery
Arthur Caraway
23Th Co
165Th Depot Brigade
Nixon
Ralph Flick
Brotor
Lruck Co
Anna Plick
Mitchell
Ind
Howell’ S. Currie
40Th Co
P.H. Currie
Rainbow
James I. Webster
45Th Co
Mirs
Etta Webster
Wichita Falls
Leonard Daniels
39Th Co
Lida Daniels
Jasper
Joe Grohman
32Nd
Denet
John
L. Grohman
Rasauky
Ave
Lee C. King
David J. King
Grayburg
Vexas
Eddie Nelons
165Th Depot
Dick Netons
Mesia
Horace N. Sheffield
Ida Sheffield
Coolidge
Lee Munski
26Th Co
16Th
Joe Munski
Brenham
Sam. Riley
Jllie Riley
Hearne
Charlie Dicke
48Th Co
165Th
Stanley
U. S. Chaser Sinks
Fenere
Tere
Pyramid Drug Company
Pyramid Building
Marshall, Mich
Washer Bros. Co
Alamo
Commerce
Bolivia
Coats
Tars
Kelly Hield
Crockett 101
Idlewild Pavillion
River Ave
Tyour
Alamo Heights
Adve
U.S
Houston
Turner Gymnasium
Sut West Commerce
Bexar
Strom
A. H. Shafe
H. Shafer
W. Comtrician
South Fores St
Sunset Cleanfog
Ores
Crockett
Alamo Jewelry Co
Alamo Plaza
Ies Willett
Astto
Iran
Wy Tight
Ipa
Dadge
The
Corporation
Dulling Printing Co
Losoya St. Cr
West Commerce
C. C.mcdonnnell
Army
Art Sam Houston
Bateman
Julius Horn
Lugene Navarro
North
Colorado Street
Toe Angel Navarro
Camp MacArthur
Gustav Vatginn
Beacon Ave
Adj
William Louthian
Wright
Tucson
Ariz
Lonthian
Real Department
Sergeant Timberlake
Optometrists
Opticians
E. Houston St
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