Pneumonia Toll Grows Across Fort Sam Hospitals
Deaths mount at Fort Sam Houston base hospital Camp Travis base hospital and other facilities as pneumonia follows influenza outbreaks. From Friday noon to Saturday seven deaths reported at Fort Sam Houston base hospital and Camp Travis 12 more from Camp Travis Friday. New pneumonia cases 117 at Camp Travis Saturday morning. Boy Scouts assist at Fort Sam Houston base hospital. Nurse Caroline Walsh dies at Camp Travis base hospital. Lieut Hawthorne Kyser of Marlin Texas dies there Friday.
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Fort, Sam Houston
Camp Travis
Fort, Sam, Houston Base
Fort Sam Hooster Base
Camp ‘Travis
Fort Sam Houston
Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital
Joseph Spivey
Belle Bnives
Mosquero
N. M
Camp Travis Base Hospital
Caroline RR. Walsh
Noonan
Okla
Denis Walsh
Hawthorne Kyser
Marlin
Vox
Keyser
Hy. Se. Keyser
Death notices from Marlin and Tex. men abroad
N Kyser of Marlin Texas notified of death. Lieut Cecil C Smith of Violet Hill Arkansas died Friday night. His father J D Smith notified. Hospital reports Saturday morning add Private Willie Winn Ellen Winn mother Corpus Christi Texas Sergeant Ebie L Tangford W A nearest kin Carthage Tennessee Private William W H Summers A T Summers father Cedar Hill Texas Private Irenee Hamel Alberto Hamel father San Antonio Texas Private Joe Allgood nearest kin J D Allgood Wastella Texas Horace C Gates Mrs F L Gates nearest kin Henderson Texas Private Howard V Daniels W M Bene nearest kin Cleveland Private Simon H Crawford Mrs M fs Weartman nearest kin Stewart Oklahoma Private John D Little Hettie Little nearest kin Runge Texas
Pan-American Round Table Luncheon Postponed at Gunter Hotel
Society notes report the Pan-American Round Table luncheon at the Gunter Hotel postponed. New nurses at the base hospital include Mrs O A Rooney Mrs J W Holt and Miss Arline Herndon. Miss Marion Sykes of Hannibal Missouri has moved into the St Anthony for the winter. The Prospect Hill Baptist Church Buzelian Class postponed Sunday and Monday meetings until quarantine ends. San Antonio Dramatic Club hosts at the Community House with Mrs W D Romberg chairing.
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Gunter Hotel
O. A. Rooney
J. W. Holt
Arline Herndon
Marion Sykes
Hannibal Mo
St. Anthony
Buzelian
Prospect Hill Baptist Church
San Antonio Dramatic Club
W. D. Romberg
San Antonio Fourth Liberty Loan oversubscribed by 438000
San Antonio and Bexar county campaign directors expect the Fourth Liberty loan total to reach 5163310 by Saturday night, with noon Saturday at 3168300. Banks report 4783100 subscriptions and other agencies add 380200, as Private Ralph Batriel parachutes in to drop the hover flag over Alamo Plaza at 3 30.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Liberty
Bankery Life Co
Des Moines
Iowa
H. C. Weise
Missouri Life Insurace Co
W. H H. Lee
Ralph W. Battriel
Kelly Field
Liberty Loan
Alamo Plaza
Alamo
NEED MORE NURSES FOR ARMY HOSPITALS
Mrs. J Stevens head of the local Red Cross nursing service says graduate and experienced nurses are in demand for army hospitals. Nurses should register at Chandler building headquarters to be reachable for emergencies. Aids and untrained women may enroll for aid duties, though there is no current call. They receive Red Cross IDs and are dispatched only on direct hospital orders.
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Army
J. ¥. Stevens
Red Cross
Stevens
Chandler
Southwestern Division Nursing Service
Postal Receipts Show Surge In Year To September 3
Postoffice receipts for the year through September 3 total 850,579.75 dollars with this month’s receipts at 60,000. The year’s figure marks a sharp rise from last year’s near 1.7 million in round numbers. Various city notices follow including restaurant ads, legal notes, and service announcements.
Wages Raise Granted to Electrical Workers Union Local 500
The Electrical Workers Union Local No 500 announces wage increases for plant and distribution employees in the electrical department. Increases, based on the rise in cost of living since 1915, raise daily wages from 3.00 to 6.00, averaging about one dollar per day, effective October.
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Electrical Workers’ Union Local No. 500
Cowboy Captures Negro Fugitive Near San Antonio
A 24 year old Negro wanted on multiple charges was captured at two o clock Friday afternoon thirteen miles west of San Antonio after a spectacular chase with police and detectives aided by airplanes. The fugitive, dubbed Slim Jim, was wounded and brought to Central Police Headquarters. The pursuit involved Chief Lancaster Detective Van Wiper and a posse.
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Policr
San Antonio
Castroville
Antonio
Slim Jim
Central Police
W. 4
Nentwich
van der Stucken
Lancaster
van Wiper
Castroville Road
New Braunfels
J. A. Kerr
Mast Craig Place
M. Kerr
Artillerymen of Camps Here Will Get Commissions
Thirty six enlisted men from artillery organizations stationed at Camp Travis and Camp Stanley have graduated from the field artillery central officers training school at Camp Zachary Taylor Ky and been recommended for appointment by second lieutenants of artillery. The graduates include men from the 44th 5th and 52nd artillery regiments and the Red Artillery with names listed. The training camp graduates about 17 other candidates from nearly every artillery camp in the nation. Seize German Light Plant. San Salvador Oct 180 The Guatemalan government orders confiscation of the German owned electric light company at Guatemala City.
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Camp Travis
Camp Stanley
Field Artillery Central Officers’ Training School
Camp Zachary Taylor
Tey
44Th
Tay
Red Artillery
William Andrews Brown
Albert Raymond Morledge
William Campbell Emble
Joseph Curtis White
Wilfred Charles
Tesse Augustus ‘Lurner
Willian Fowler Catlins
George Emery Benson
Harald Osa Hoppe
Lofton van Madden
Daniel ‘Thomas Sheppard
Sord Artillery
Paul McElroy Washington
Gay Marrow
John Farnsworth
William Francis Fisher
Paul Frederick Jervis
Paul Vestal McPherson
Crowell Edward Tease
Joseph Mahan Wells
Raymond Patrick When
Murray Russell
Thomas Vernon Stark
William Luther Sutton
San Salvador
Catemalan
Guatemala City
Influenza Epidemic Closes Schools and Spreads Across Regions
Spanish influenza continues nationwide with high death tolls and rising case counts in states from New Jersey and New York to Oklahoma and Texas. Reports note crowded cities worsen spread, camp outbreaks persist, nurses scarce, and public health appeals for volunteers. The illness reaches Ontario and other Canadian cities with theaters closed.
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Washington, D. C
Public Health Service
Mississippi River
New Jersey
New York City
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Massachusetts
Maine
Rihode Island
New Hampshire
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Mississippi
Middle West
Louisville
Kentucky
Indiana
Indianapolis
Michigan
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Canada
Toronto
Dominion of Canada
Huns Give Up Serbia in Central Powers Evacuation
Vienna dispatch reports central powers begin evacuation of Serbia Albania and Montenegro while Allied forces advance from Nish toward Kruchevate. Serbian war office says Kruchevate, 80 miles NW of Nish, has fallen to Serbians as the region feels the shifting front.
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London
Serbia
Albania
Montenegro
Vienna
Amsterdam
Central
Nish
Serbian War Office
Kruchevate
Safety zones limit passes for streetcar loaded zones
Fire and Police Commissioner Wright reports citizen complaints about traffic law enforcement. He notes many concerns lack understanding but some merit attention. He explains safety zones exist to keep cars moving while street cars load and unload, preventing blocks of traffic from extending behind stopped cars.
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Wright
San Antonio Lt Miller Wounded in France
Earl G. Miller of San Antonio, a member of the 141st infantry in the Thirty-sixth Division, is slightly wounded in action and hospitalized in France. A Camp Stanley graduate, he served with the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard unit trained at Fort Worth. The division, in the Champagne sector, includes infantry, artillery, cavalry, and a trench mortar battery from San Antonio.
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Earl G. Miller
San Antonio
141St Infantry
Mary McConnell
Victoria Street
France
Miller
Camp Stanley
Texas
Oklahoma National Guard
Steel Wowie
Fort Worth
Champagne
Red Cross class enrollment delayed. nurses sought
Class sessions in Elementary Hygiene and Home Care of the Sick are postponed as the instructor is unavailable. Mrs. J J Stevens will accept registrations. Red Cross HQ will enroll for several days. The nursing service has dispatched eight graduate nurses, thirty practical nurses, and one hundred aides. further registrations of graduate and experienced practical nurses are requested.
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Red Cross
J.J. Stevens
Department of Education
Stevens
Church Services Suspended Amid Health Crisis Notices
In compliance with health and city orders banning public gatherings during the influenza epidemic, regular Sunday services are suspended across multiple churches. Several churches will open for prayer and meditation, with individual arrangements for worship and home prayers noted by St Luke's Episcopal Church and others.
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Ick
Mark’s
W. Bertrand -Stevens
Republic Tire ad and Soldiers to Vote notice
Republic for the Betterment of Industry discusses the importance of motor trucks and Republic tires for heavy duty use. It extols steel and solid tires, promoting Republic as durable and wear resistant for trucks. Soldiers to Vote notes plan to allow stationed servicemembers to vote while preventing influenza spread, with surgeons overseeing poll safety and instruction to avoid disease.
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Republic
Republic Tire Company
Avenue CL
Department
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