Women urged to join war effort with grit and health
A wartime appeal stresses women's crucial role beyond traditional duties, urging mothers wives and sisters to endure separations and boost home front production. It extols the influence of women everywhere in support of the front and promotes Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a tonic for overworked nervous women, offering a trial package and medical advice from Buffalo New York.
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Winc
Oine
Pierce
Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Buffalo, N.Y
Texas Text Book Commission Extends Several Contracts
Austin October 28 The Texas State Text Book Commission meets to renew and extend contracts while avoiding changes to texts if possible. Sixteen contractors remain, forty six books to adopt, with most agreeing to renew at current prices. Some books like spelling and geography may face new bids. Tar’s Physical Geography and Warren’s Agriculture received six and four year extensions from McMillan & Company. An increase in per capita tobacco consumption in France is noted as context.
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Austin
Tex
Texas State Text Book Commission
W. F. Doughty
Tar
Warren
McMillan & Company
France
For Women Who Worry Hopeful Remedy Promises Relief
An advertisement advocates Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for worry and the blues in women. It claims outdoor life, sleep, hydration, and a few weeks of the remedy will revitalize the system and strengthen the body, encouraging anxious readers to try it.
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Lydia EK
Winkham
Carmen
Romeo
Juliet
Pierrot
Pierrette
Home Folks column connects soldiers with hometowns
In San Antonio and Fort Sam Houston, readers are asked to help lonely soldiers by writing to or inviting them from their towns. The column lists soldiers seeking connections from Phillipsburg Pennsylvania to Jersey City New Jersey and beyond, with no charge for matching families and soldiers. The piece notes the service pairs civilian hosts with servicemen, fostering letters and hospitality during wartime.
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Phillipsburg
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Pennsylvania
San Antonio
Jold
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Cal
Kelly Field
Jersey City
Depot Brigade
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Miss
Asheville
N.gc
Camp ‘Travis
Lonesome Three
Brackenridge Park Zoo Featured in Educational Film
Shamrock Photoplay Corporation of San Antonio began work on an educational film spotlighting Brackenridge Park Zoo animals with historic San Antonio sites. Pledging school value, the project seeks to reach thousands of students nationwide and preserve living records before animals pass.
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Shamrock Photoplay Corporation of
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
McGeeney
Shamrock Corporation
Lambert
Meek
Shamrock Photoplay Corporation
Fortcoming
Republicans Plan To Make A Fight On Otto Wahrmund
Republicans in Bexar County move to oppose Otto Wahrmund after he refuses to withdraw from the ticket. They aim to split the opposition by backing J A Walker as the likeliest challenger while pressuring other Republican nominees to withdraw. The party seeks to exploit Democratic muddle and doubt county authority to bind primary pledges before the November election.
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Otto Wahrmund
Bexar County
Wahrmund
Wahrmound
Nake
J. A. Walker
San Antonio
Dees
Mr. Walker
H. V. Veardstey
Repiblicans
Navy asks $600 million for new three year ship plan
Washington reports the Navy Department seeks Congress authorization for a second three year build program to add ten battleships six battle cruisers and 140 smaller vessels at a cost of 600 million dollars. Secretary Daniels testified before the House naval committee outlining the plan and its place in the wartime upbuilding of the fleet.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
Navy Department
Daniele
House Naval Committee
United States
Daniels
Department For
Tom
Charters Filed and World War Victory Games Mentioned
Austin charter filings show The Friedlander Company of Waco with 315000 capital and First State Bank of Everman with 310000. The International Taper Company of San Antonio changes name to Bermia Zadek Super Condpa ns. Olympic Games to Celebrate Porcé in New York set for late October with inter allied military participants in Paris.
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Austin
Tex
The
Friedlander Company
Waco
Capital
Alex Sauger
FL M. Fillingin
Fried- Wations
First State Bank of
Everman
International Taper Company of
San Antonio
Bermia & Zadek Super Ciompans
Porcé
New York
Paris
United War Work Campaign
Army Passes and Assignments From Camp Travis and Dix
Army personnel reports list Capt John Hite and First Lieut Richard Darris arriving at Camp Travis, with assignments in infantry and artillery duties. Leave of absence granted for five days. Capt James Farris and Captain Edwards noted in infantry commands. A Natchez, Mississippi execution records Jim Washington, a Black man, hanged for murder of RP Gilson two years prior.
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Bf. Hite
Infantry
Camp Dix
New Jersey
Richard P. Darris
Camp Travia
James G
Farris
G. Edwards
Camp Travis
Camp Meade
Maryland
Ts&th
Kenneth A. Johnson
Batwrs
Natchez
Miss
Jim Washington
Gilson
Adams County
Rheumatism Invader and Its Conquerer S S S Promise
An ad explains rheumatism as blood borne and conquering the body. It touts S S S as a purely vegetable remedy that travels through the bloodstream to remove acids and waste, offering free medical guidance and a booklet upon request.
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Ares
S. S
Swift Laboratory
Lanta
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