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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1918
Page
1
Corpus Christi authorities order house to house notices to remove weeds and standing water and oil cisterns to curb Spanish influenza. Inspectors name properties to cut grass yards while civilian cases rise but deaths remain low. Camp Scurry reports no soldier deaths.
The Eighteenth ammunition trains of the Eighteenth Division at Camp Travis begin organization and training with Col Arthur M Shipp in command and Maj Herbert Dearn in active charge. Officers come from 803rd and 304th Cavalry now converted to artillery regiments. Training covers equitation, horse handling, and recruit instruction, with motor work to follow. At full strength the unit will number about 1200 men.
Civil Service invites applicants for yard and terminal jobs at Camp Travis. Applications due by 6 pm November 2 to the Tenth U S Civil Service District in New Orleans. Positions include track foreman, engine foreman, locomotive engineer, and more with monthly salaries from 114.30 to 200. Information available at the post office Civil Service office.
Special correspondent Paul Ayres Rockwell reports from the Champagne vineyards around Rheims where war devastation persists. He notes a population drop in Verzenay from 2200 to six civilians, the acting mayor and his wife among the last residents, while women and old men continue grape picking under shellfire as refugees return to assess losses and rebuild life.
Villagers return to Verzenay seeking shelter and salvage grapes in the wrecks while the old windmill on a cliff remains intact. Residents recall loss as champagne bottles saved for a dead son are shared, and the mill, an observatory for the French, survives near bombardment and destruction. Near Rheims, shell damage shows but the mill stands.
A fragmentary note quotes Boake mentioning a fear on a train with uncertain wording. The readable text hints at a speaker warning about sitting on a train, but content is fragmented and lacks clear names, places, or events to confirm a specific incident.
W R Raymond of the YMCA Southern District returned from a New York conference of YMCA supervisors and directors. Plans call for immediate expansion of the educational bureau and recruiting of 2000 more men for overseas educational duties to meet growing demand as troops demobilize and shift to industrial work and rehabilitation. Military authorities have delegated YMCA to provide instruction to soldiers and foreigners including English teaching.
A bold promotion argues excess stomach acid robs health strength and vitality, linking acid-stomach to numerous illnesses. It presents EATONIC as a fast, easy cure, backed by testimonials, guarantees, and a mail order offer from Batonic Remedy Company in Chicago.
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