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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1918
Page
3
The article explains a new need for gas-proof emergency food containers to keep rations uncontaminated by poison gases in the French battle zone. Hermetically sealed tin or wax paper boxes aim to prevent gas entry and vermin, ensuring wholesome meals during extended movements away from supply lines. It emphasizes support for Liberty Bonds.
An article argues against widespread alarm over the Spanish influenza while noting its presence in the country. It urges prudent precautions comparable to handling a grippe outbreak, emphasizing prevention over panic and advising sensible public health measures.
The piece describes a new rapid or severe influenza form and urges Americans to prevent spread through crowd control, coughing etiquette, ventilation, clean living, and personal hygiene. Surgeon General guidelines stress avoiding crowds, masklike behavior, clean habits, proper diet, rest, and sanitation to curb the disease before winter grippe returns.
A writer urges Americans to learn more about grapes and wine substitutes, noting postwar wine prohibition may shift grape culture toward edible varieties. Texas Southwest gains potential with earlier ripening grapes and improved cultivation through proper pruning and soil fertilization.
A column blends war dispatches on Palestine with verses about Flanders graves and hunting moonlight. It ties Allied victories to Christian lands reborn, cites Allenby’s advance, notes Turkish retreat, and closes with poems by Lillias G. Nevin and Harriet Whitney Durbin celebrating memory and nature.
The article traces the British flag’s evolution from the St George, St Andrew, and St Patrick crosses to the Union Jack, notes the common upside down display in the United States, and reflects on Britain’s wartime alliance with France starting in 1914 as American and British forces fight side by side for liberty and democracy.
The last of the three brass bells from the Alamo Mission, missing for years, was returned to its original home in San Antonio. It will sound this Saturday at 5 p.m. to mark the Liberty Loan campaign’s success. The bell’s journey included discovery in the San Antonio River and time in California before its reacquisition by Mrs. Joseph Dibrell of Seguin. The Daughters of the Republic will custodianship once Mrs. Hal Sevier returns from abroad.
A roundup from Austin lists several charter filings and amendments including Cameron Commercial Club Cameron with no capital stock. English Benevolent Society of Texas Galveston. Presbyterian Church U S A L Silverton. Valley Gin Co with two incorporators. Amended capital changes for Switch Co increasing to 25000. Patch filings for Harrison Inc changing stock and name. Hind Song a renamed Birdsong Co San Antonio. Collins Coof Shippers Patch ing Association Dallas. Southern Structural Steel Co San Antonio changing name to Southern Steel Co.
Associated Press reports from a Southwestern French port show American ships unloading 20,000 tons daily as 45 docks along five ports handle 30,000 tons per day. Enlisted men and 13,000 engineer troops share the work with 3,000 civilian laborers and 2,000 infantry in a vast, throbbing military operation.
Germans denationalize Alsace Lorraine residents for supporting France and confiscate their property. They route furniture to city welfare bodies at prices far below auction value, while commanders strip native Alsatians from units. A German soldier report reveals distrust of Alsatians. Pan Germanists admit many in Alsace Lorraine favor France. plebiscite support appears strong. charter filed for Capote Nitrate Co. in San Antonio with $100,000 capital.
A sprawling, rough-edited collage quotes jokes and social chatter from wartime daily life. It lampoons leaders, mentions lingering influenza fears, and recalls a Detroit Free Press joke about Uncle Sam and a Maine digger. It weaves anecdotes of cabaret parades and a Maine fortune buried, with notices of arrests and bonds.
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