Stenographers Needed for Washington War Work Appeal
Washington appeals for clerks stenographers and typewriters of both genders to work in federal offices. Col Daniel McCarthy National War Work staffer says applicants should contact him with full personal details and expected minimum salary. The drought impacted Texas districts with layoffs and the program aims to supply jobs.
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Washington
Daniel’ 8. McCarthry
Mort Sam Houston
McGarthy
McCarthy
Mcken
Texas
Soldiers Get Lift With War Camp stickers in Eastwide drive
Motor service supporters in the East have joined the War Camp Community Service to extend car stickers to soldiers sailors and marines. Local offices at the Camp Community Service in the Childer Building Crockett and To vary Street will issue stickers to motorists who pledge support.
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San Antonio
Antonio
Rotary
Hla
Chidler
Crockett and
Soya. Street
Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic Tablets For Travel Use
Grove's chill tonic tablets offer the same medicinal properties and results as Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic bottled form. The tablets are described as a convenient alternative for those who prefer a tablet to syrup and are marketed for travel use at a set price.
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Grove
Letter of appreciation to Col. McCarthy for aiding San Antonio black workers
A formal note from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People San Antonio branch thanks Col. Daniel B. McCarthy and Capt. H. C. Glovers for employing about 200 Black women in Army reclamation work. The letter praises the army’s kindness and honors Lincoln, while noting the absence of the officers at the time of the reception attempt.
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Daniel
McCarthy
Southern Department
San Antonio
National Association For the’ Advan’ Colored People
H.C. Glovers
Weitten
Jt Rotsion
Lincoln
German retreat in 1918 drives advance to St Quentin
Special cable reports Allied observers describe the German withdrawal from Scarpe to Moeuvres and toward St Quentin as rapid and near complete. Morale is shaken, ammunition shortages grow, and desertion sentences emerge while American forces near full strength.
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Perry Robinson
Times’ Service
San Antonio
Philatelphia Public Ledger
Public Ledeer Co
Jines
Scarpe
Moeurres
Canal du Nord
Sensére
Drocourt-Queant-line
Havrincourt
St. Quentin
Somme
Mont St. Quentin
Case
Temple la Fosse
Alaine Corps
Hindenburg
Abura
Armentieres
Gousean Court-Ares
Paris
Lex
Armany
Ninth Hussars
Veo
Wounded Doughboy Survives 96 Hours in No Man's Land
Private Richard Morse of Harrisburg Pa spent 96 hours exposed in No Man's Land after being separated from his squad near the Soissons Rheims line. He crawled back at dawn with stories of camouflage and fear, noting rainwater and hardtack as his only sustenance. Morse says he believed he would reach American lines and holds the record for time spent in No Man's Land.
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NO Man’s Land
Richard Morsey
Harrisburg
Morse
Jerry
Terry
No Man's Land
German Numbers Debate Sparks Allied Confidence
A wartime dispatch discusses German manpower claims and Allied counter estimates. It quotes Gerald Campbell and Captain Gasdeke on German divisions, Western Front strength, and American division sizes, noting uncertainties and speculative totals about bayonets, fronts, and casualties.
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Ada
West Front
Gerald, Campbell
Vines
Whelms
Gasdeke
Bedny
Washington
Sooo
Unclear military figures cited in western front narrative
A fragment discusses fighting on the Oise and Flanders fronts. It notes Captain Gaedeke's figures as approximate and mentions missing French data. It asserts allied and German forces balance on the western front and references Mayvel 21 and a big drive toward Laris with grim patience and hope.
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Oiseams
Flanders
Gaedeke
Laris
Pationes
Reception for Col Fechet at Kelly Field Aviation Club
Officers of Kelly Field host a reception for Colonel and Mrs James K. E. Fechet to welcome the new field commander. Attendees include staff from Camp Travis Mortuary Sam Houston Brooks Field Camp John Wise Leon Springs and civilians from San Antonio. Three hundred Kelly Field men depart Wednesday for the Central Officers Training Camp with assignments to Fort MacArthur Waco Texas for infantry and artillery.
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James KE
Pechet
Kelly Field
Aviation Club
Colonel Pechet
Fechet
Camp Travis
Mort Sam Houston
Brooks Field
Camp John Wise
Leon Springs
San Antonio
Kelly Fiehd
Infantry
Fort McArthur
Waco
Texas
Zachary Taylor
Louisville
Kelly Field Eagle
Sovenein
Boston
Retirement of General Greble Reported After Board Review
A retirement decision for General Greble was finalized after a board review in Port Sam Houston and Washington. The case involved Navy and military officials evaluating Greble’s service with actions spanning Camp Tawi and Fort Worth, with details forwarded to high command before a final disposition was announced.
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St. Sfutn
Mat Southern
Camp Tawi
Tae Nati
Pre Tient
General Greb
Sauce
Houston
Washington
Nornites
Hospital authority plans addition at Port Sam Houston Base
Port Sam Houston base hospital outlines a new addition including five two story ward barracks, one kitchen, nurses infirmary, mortuary, and central heating plant. Construction to begin within three weeks under Captain Chamberlain. timber to be shipped from Washington.
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Port Sam Houston
Canteriie YG
Chamberlain
Callip ‘Travis and Foyt
Sam Houston
Heavital
Uc Nurses
Washington
Captainhamberlain
Catarrh Relief Promised by S. S. S Prescription
A health ad warns that catarrh is a constitutional blood disease not a mere cold. It links nasal discharge headaches and potential deafness to infected blood and urges S. S. S. as a vegetable remedy that reaches the blood. The ad offers a free medical review from Swift Laboratory Atlanta Georgia.
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Swift Laboratory
Atlanta
Genra
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