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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
11
Scientific essay explains how salt lowers ice’s freezing point, making ice melt as heat is drawn from surroundings. It covers heat as molecular energy, latent heat in solutions, and a comparison between pure water and salt water cooling to subzero while salt solution remains liquid until deeper freezing.
Camp Travis begins regular officer physical training on Monday September 24 under First Lieutenant M O R Edie camp physical director. Drills run 2 to 3 p m on the drill area behind general headquarters as officers join the camp’s morning enlisted drills in uniform to build fitness.
A visitor remarks on a narrow street in Yonkers drawing reaction from a local citizen. The exchange highlights a narrow urban passage and questions about street naming, with references to Grand Street and a bustling pavement. The snippet captures street life and dialogue in a suburban town.
A San Antonio Light and Chicago Daily News dispatch from France describes the front line line of communication as a busy 30 foot road with M. P. traffic control. French American British vehicles of many types mingle, from armored cars to Ford ambulances, as heavy artillery and supply wagons move to support battle lines. The article highlights the crucial role of traffic police in keeping the supply chain intact.
The advertisement touts a hard rubber inhaler carrying Hyomei as a lifetime antiseptic cure. It claims rapid relief from catarrh bronchitis sore throat croup and coughs with a money back guarantee. Sold by A M Fischer and druggists everywhere with affordable complete outfits.
A correspondent portrays continuous movement and destruction in trenches and fields. Shells scatter through grain while troops bury German dead under wheat with wooden crosses. Horse corpses pile along lines as transport engines hum and wagons groan in a grim, laboring landscape.
Contained in a war era dispatch, German newspapers deride Entente terms as impossible without defeat of allied conditions while warning that peace talks depend on Germany overcoming demands for colonies and Alsace Lorraine. Critics cite Balfour plans as indemnity heavy and stress the need for victory.
Rome reports indicate the Vatican is pressing Austria's proposal on Entente powers while aligning editorially with Wilson on continuing the war. Pope Benedict and Cardinal Gasparri oversee efforts as Vatican officials gauge response to the Austrian note.
In Salem Oregon women replace men called to war service in the state highway department. They drive water carts to wet down macadam before rolling, serve as checkers and weighers at gravel pits and rock bunkers, and receive orders to reassign to essential labor as men go to war.
Advertising copy touts Nuga-Tone as a remedy for weakness nervousness poor appetite and anemia claiming it builds red blood and energy. It pledges stomach relief appetite boost and rosy cheeks with a money back guarantee if not benefited after twenty days. Sold by druggists including ToL Warner Drug Co and others at 1.00 lasting a month.
Washington officials report that a White House conference with cotton leaders showed President Wilson intends not only to set a price for this year's crop but to seek government control of distribution. No specific price was announced, pending a special board's report on costs and production.
The State Department warns that Netherlands must resist German threats to destroy ships at neutral ports to gain American aid and prevent further idle shipments. It notes 400,000 tons of petroleum remain idle in Ruhrian ports and urges lifting the embargo to restore trade.
Estimates by the United States Employment Service show that 60,000 men are needed to harvest the fiber required from the Maine woods. At present there are only a limited number of workers available. Washington, D. C. September 20. The report highlights a manpower gap in securing wartime timber supplies.
The article notes that thousands of laborers are needed for forestry and war industries, with Maine forests supplying timber for naval yards, docks, and shells. It mentions mobilizing non essential industries, recruiting from Michigan woods and the Pacific coast, and rationing labor to meet war needs.
The piece compares French and American wheat harvesting, noting French fields thousands of patches resembling Kansas stretches. It describes implements used by French farmers, from hand sickles to self binders, with women binding sheaves after wheat is cut, and mentions American-made machines and the involvement of children in gathering straw.
An old advertisement touts Creole Hair Dressing as a facial hair color restorer that darkens gray hair to a natural core shade. It promises a beautiful dark, soft shine and claims all-gray hair can be evenly colored without staining skin. The ad urges purchases from drug stores or direct mail via Van V Mansfield Drug Co. Memphis.
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