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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 09, 1917

Page

5

Students Sore Arms In City For Day To Work Monday

Two thousand San Antonio men in khaki gathered at hotels signing Camp Funston for duty as paratyphoid vaccination began at Leon Springs. Instructors plan trench warfare basics next week while YMCA activities and study halls provide evening entertainment for soldiers awaiting Monday work.

San Antonio Camp Funston Federal Reserve Officers Training Camp Leon Springs Army Ceast Coast Artillery Bungayeitso Plon F. MG. A F. M.C Fiel Thomas W. Currie University of Texas Halle Y.M

Rifle Grenades to Start Infantry Training Next Week

The camp will add rifle grenade usage to infantry training. A cylindrical bomb attaches to a notch at the rifle end. distance is set by notch depth. Blank cartridges fire at 45 degrees to propel grenades. Training emphasizes quick accuracy, though rifle wear is high. The schedule covers extensive study, drills, and signaling across infantry and field artillery classes.

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Ringling's Circus to Come to San Antonio September 29

The Ringling Brothers circus arrives in San Antonio on September 29 with Cinderella as the big spectacle on a massive portable stage. The show features 1250 actors and 75 horses, six aceties, 480 circus artists, and a 300-dancer ballet in the ballroom scene. Highlights include Wirth family riders, Jan MacPherson troupe, Australian woodchoppers, Chinese wrestlers, Teelandic wrestlers, a Teel trained animal program, sixty clowns, and a street parade the morning of performance before leaving for Galveston after the night show.

Ringling Brothers San Antonio Wirth Austra- Man Tiders May Wirth Ringling Teel Trainea

Watch theft shocks Fort Worth detectives

County detective questioned two youths in the county attorney’s office then released them only to discover his watch missing as he checked the time. Ronnie admitted the theft occurred during the interrogation. Meanwhile, Fort Worth traffic managers will oversee material shipments for nine aviation schools as a conference, Lt. Allen said, aiming to speed construction with railroad line access.

Fort Worth Tex Ronnie South Allen Hia

War and pestilence linked no more by science says Dr Woods Hatchingon

In a science grounded view the author argues warfare’s deadly toll has shifted from disease to battle injuries. He cites historical ratios from Civil War to modern conflicts and credits medical science, sanitation, training, and nutrition for dramatically lowering disease deaths among soldiers while stressing ongoing wartime medical progress.

Woods Hatchingon M.D Central Europe Gustavus Anolphos Truenne Louis Stv Gras Penta Sich Viboroud Cho Sheffield Melbourne Armica France Ivden Paris London New York

Matchless Beauty Secrets With Stuart's Calcium Wafers

Rivals Venus in matchless beauty. How the up to date girls banish pimples blackheads and skin eruptions with Stuart's Calcium Wafers. Describes calcium sulfide as a purifying agent for skin and offers a 25 cent box plus a free trial pack by coupon.

Venus Stuart Nature Justax Doug

Free Trial Coupon Notice from Stuart’s Cul Elum Waters

An OCR fragment advertises a free trial coupon from A Suture Co at 366 Stuart Bix, Martill, Michigan. It promises a fram package of Stuart's Cul elum Waters and requests return mail backing. The legibility is poor and details are unclear.

A. Suture Co Stuart Bix Martill, Mich Stuart

Yemburg Feels the Kaiser's Mailed Fist

In Luxembourg turmoil, two thirds of mine workers strike in June demanding better profits from Tech sur Alzette Iron mines. German troops threaten quelling demonstrations and deport Belgian workers to replace strikers, as protests spark across Dudelange and other towns.

Amsterdam Pacific Luxemburg Tech Sur Alzette Regatiationa Dudelange Txt Israel Luxenburg Taxemmy Yar Teezmar Tersmat Berlin

Steubenville Guardmen Draft Clash Sparks Bitter Tension

In Steubenville Ohio a bitter clash between guardsmen and drafted men flared after consent to escort drafts to the railroad station was refused by the tuning units. Citizens’ letters asking for remounts to the army were sent to Washington. Separately Willis Texas reports a warehouse near ton of cotton stolen by unknown culprits from an inbound shipment.

Steubenville Ghiv Gommunins I Tenth Ohio Infantry Washington, D.C Regular Army Gay Ancit Slater Pemtayl- Vana New York Junole Ohiadi

Monkey Holds Up Train at Bighorn Cal Morning

In Bighorn California a large monkey named Lolonahrm caused chaos when not fed breakfast, ramaging through the area and biting a young woman on the ankle before leaping aboard a nearby train.

Cal Kathertty Smith

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