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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1918
Page
5
The Depot Brigade’s famous clowns helped raise funds from Liberty bonds during the fourth issue. The Camp Travis clown band performed at the Gunter Hotel corner for the drive’s penultimate week attracting a large crowd. Music oratory and antics drew spectators daily from 10 AM to 10 PM.
A Camp Travis 165th Depot Brigade band featured celebrities from vaudeville and circus circuits. Billy Doss Frazier Nemo Milhorn Eddie Dunn Virgil Reynolds Bratt Charlie Clark and McClosky joined military service while continuing to perform. The group, aided by Camp Travis quartette, was led by Lieut Prosser Ry Martin, former Al G. Fields minstrels performer.
District Attorney D A McAskill said state courts will handle liquor offenses in Bexar County despite federal complaints. He noted state law penalties of two years versus milder federal penalties and that evidence will be presented to the grand jury for cases from both state and federal arrests.
Postmasters and post office employees are urged by the Postmaster General to use higher denomination stamps to save government costs. Citizens should use the largest denomination needed, such as a 3 cent stamp instead of three 1 cent stamps or a 1 cent stamp instead of two 5 cent stamps, benefiting businesses mailing large quantities.
The border camps transformed into makeshift hospitals as influenza swept through. Y men served as nurses and messengers, tending isolated detachments, delivering stamps and supplies, and even acting as surgeons to set a dislocated shoulder. One outpost reported 200 cases and heavy patient care while remaining on duty.
A Republican candidate from Bexar County withdraws from the race for the Legislature. He requests the County Clerk omit his name from the ballot to protect D. A. Walker fate in the contest and urges supporters to back Walker for the Legislature.
An improvised protest at Red Cross headquarters debunked German propaganda about the influenza epidemic. Executives warned alarmist stories and fake doctored scares cause unnecessary panic. They stressed that army hospitals provide care, that Red Cross nurses are available by order, and that accurate burial and medical data show the real situation.
A sale features suits up to 39.50 with options in Serge wool poplin and gabardine in black navy wine bottle green Java Burgundy gray. Plain tailored models and fancy styles with braids buttons plush or velvet trims priced to sell up to 39.50 now 24.75.
Offers up to $65.00 for suits that would be better than your current. Prices start at $36.75 with fabrics such as broadcloth serge Poiret twill gabardine and velour in plain or trimmed styles. Colors include navy brown green burgundy and more. Coats are silk lined. Prices later quoted as $86.75 tomorrow.
Up to 49.50 quality suits offered in new plain tailored and richly trimmed styles. Fabrics include broadcloth fur tricotine serge and gabardine in navy blue black green taupe burgundy and kangaroo. Sale price 32.25 with many styles valued up to 49.50.
A local shop advertises suits from plain tailored to lavish styles priced up to 79.50 dollars. Fabrics include velour bread cloth serge tricotine gabardine and velveteen in shades Pekin navvy brown rose taupe blue beet burgundy and black. There are scores of models totaling 346.50 tomorrow.
A 1920s style anthology item listing several stories with authors and prices including Almanzar by J Frank Davis set in San Antonio, Stealthy Terror by John Ferguson, The Mystery of the Downs by Watson-Rees, The Whirlwind on Russian court intrigue, A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton Porter, and Sonia by Stephen McKenna with prices noted.
Juvenile titles listed with prices include Anne's House of Dreams by L M Montgomery at 1 40 our plymouth forefathers by C S Hanks at 60c to 1 00? no others. Also Georginas Service Stars by Annie Fellows Johnston at 1 35 Sleepy Time Tales by A Bailey 35c plus a selection of painting books Noahs Ark Big Animal Painting Book Peter Rabbit Painting Book and The High Life Painting Book all marked 25c each.
Railway stations host volunteers who guide strangers to camps and army hospitals aided by the Council of National Defense and the Hospital ity Committee of the Girls Auxiliary. They meet incoming trains and transport sick soldiers to hospitals, while temporary information secretaries of the War Camp Community Service coordinate.
Local ad lists sound potatoes priced at 2.50 per 100 pounds available in Medina and at 406 Manin Avenue. Separate listings indicate grocery sellers and contact points for buyers seeking quality spuds by the bag or bulk.
A compact holiday catalog itemizes Halloween supplies with prices. Jack O Lanterns 5c to 98c, caps masks neckties 10c, aprons 1l, crepe streamers 20c and 2 for 8c, doilies 10c, plates 30c and 40c per dozen, seals and place cards 10c, cutouts 10c, salad and ice cards 10c, nut and ice cups 50c dozen, bon bon holders 1.50 dozen, horns 5c, lucky cats 10c, favors 30 50c per dozen, garlands 2c.
A list of fabrics for winter robes and house jackets with widths 27 or 28 inches. Polonia offers kimono and fleece flannel in bright rosebud floral styles at 35 cents per yard. Robeland fleece flannel comes in many colors at 39 cents. Double fleeced robe flannels are 28 inches wide at 49 cents. Beacon Robe Eiderdown is a double faced reversible robe flannel 28 inches wide at 59 cents.
A 1918 report notes Rear Admiral Kanji Kato touring Siberian towns. He criticizes Japanese and praises Americans for subscriptions to Liberty Loan, citing oversubscription in Nueces County and total banked subscriptions at $810,000 after boosts from local donors. Jamaican workers are urged for Cuban sugar estates with a major labor firm arranging supply.
Corone Christi Tex Oct 19 The fourth Liberty Loan drive in Nueces county relies on a line of salesmanship that has proved effective in securing large subscriptions from many property owners who in other war work campaigns escaped. The county committee, composed of representative citizens, was in session Wednesday and again Friday interviewing prospects.
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