Sudden Air Attack Destruction Of German Transports
British air reconnaissance reports a large column of German transports under attack. Nine aircraft bombed the road from 600 feet, wrecking wagons and stunning personnel. Bombs dropped on ammunition dumps and three German gun batteries were destroyed or damaged. A headlong dive by a British pilot scattered a Fokker formation and sent one plane crashing. German troops nearby hurled stones as the pilot returned fire.
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Edward Price Bell
San Antonio
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Paes Nowe Comdon
Howe
Sud
Aerial Combat Over the German Lines Ends With German Retreat
A British pilot attacked a formation of nine German aircraft and downed a triplane in flames after a dive. He then tackled a group of wrecks, destroying another machine before the rest withdrew. The action suggests Germans are increasingly on the defensive both in air and on the ground.
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Denly
Three San Antonio men join field artillery training corps
Notice confirms acceptance of three more men from San Antonio for the field artillery central officers' training school at Camp Zachary Taylor Kentucky. The men are D. Moore, T. Carl, and K. McHaney. The examining committee chaired by Col. Hendrick will now accept applicants for the coast artillery training school at Fortress Monroe Virginia.
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San Antonio
Field Artillery Central Officers’ Training School
Camp Zachary Taylor
Kentucky
Col. W. &. Hendrick
Ticom. D. Moore
South Presa Street
Thomas G. Carl
West Magnolia Street
Kemper GC. McHaney
East Elmira Street
Hendrick
BP. B. Carruth
Arthur Storma
Coast Artillery Training School
Fortress Monroe
Virginia
Coast Artillery Service
Lawson Injured in Limousine Crash Near Northboro
Boston financier and independent senate candidate Thomas W. Lawson was injured when his limousine overturned on the State Road in Northboro late Wednesday. Hospital authorities refused to disclose his condition.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Marlboro
Mass
Boston
United States
Northboro
Mr. Lawson
Willie Christmas
Rupert Alley
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
John A. Fournier
West Mulberry Street
Automobile Owners Asked to Volunteer for Emergency Work
Cars are urged for Red Cross Motor Division relief efforts during the influenza epidemic. Under Mrs. H. S. Mulliken, dozens of vehicles have aided base hospitals and railway stations. Volunteers can assist nurses by providing two hours daily of recreation transport to town, with calls to Crockett 4071 for assignment.
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Red Cross Motor Division
H. S. Mulliken
Toors
Mulliken
Crockett 4071
Northcliffe urges American aid in German colonies
Lord Northcliffe urges united American aid and a shared trusteeship of German colonies amid wartime peace talk. He warns of a German peace offensive aimed at delaying peace and calls for unified allied command to avoid Bolshevik danger and preserve public resolve in the United States and its allies. He cites Russia’s distress and cites Wilson’s test of goodwill as the acid test.
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London Times Service
Tia
San Antonio Light
Philadelphia Public Ledger
The
Public Ledger Co
London
Lord’ Northcliffe
American Officers’ Club
Lord Northcliffe
Germany
United Command
Entente
Thig
Lord Milner
United States
Lord ‘Northcliffe
Sen Jess
Russia
Wilson
Labor Board to Meet in San Antonio on Labor for War Plan
The full Labor Board for Bexar County and auxiliary groups will hold a Saturday meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the Chamber of Committee to plan a more active campaign to direct able-bodied men into essential industries for the war effort. The gathering will finalize methods for a campaign aimed at maximizing civilian labor for war production.
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Bexar County
Chamber of Committee
Labor Board
Home remedy darkens gray hair says San Francisco man
Mr. Fr. McCrea, a well known resident of San Francisco, known as Daddy and Grandpa for his white hair, describes a simple home mix to darken gray hair at very little cost. Combine water, bay rum, Barbo Compound, and glycerine then apply twice weekly until the shade is reached. The mixture is not a dye, does not color the scalp, and leaves hair soft and glossy.
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FR. McCrea
San Francisco
Daddy
May Enlist in Marine Corps for November Quota
The notice states eligible men aged 18 since September 12 1918 may join the Marine Corps with local boards having no jurisdiction. San Antonio quota for November is 50. Men registered before Sept 12 1918 are not eligible for individual induction. The paper also lists assorted local advertisements and notices including theft recovery and a trial start for Fred Green from 1914.
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Marine Corps
San Antonio
Marine, Corps
California Fig Syrup for Children’s Health
A vintage unsolicited medicine pitch. It urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for a sick child with feverish signs, coated tongue, stomach upset, and diarrhea. The ad promises gentle cleansing, quick relief, and easy dosing for babies to adults, urging readers to insist on the genuine California Fig Syrup Company product.
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Witte
California
Vice
California Fig Syrup Company
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