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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1916

Page

9

Dog Dash Under Fast Train Stuns Train Crew

A small dog darted under a speeding train near Greenwich on the Athol ranch of the Boston and Albany line. The locomotive traveling about thirty miles an hour passed over the dog’s path, which emerged unhurt on the other side, drawing startled reactions from trainmen.

Baltimore Greenwich Athol Ranch Boston

Women Leaders Launch Hughes Campaign Train Across States

The Republican women run a nationwide Hughes campaign train leaving New York October 21 and returning November 4. It is financed and managed by women with speakers like Maude Miner and Mary Dreier. States touched include Connecticut through New Jersey with large receptions, meetings, and demonstrations led by prominent national and state women.

New York Hughes Republican Women's Campaign Hughes Alliance Willcox Republican National Committee Maude Miner Raymond Robbins Mary Dreier Helen Todd Francis Kellar Arthur Capper Topeka Kan George Sutherland Salt Lake City Utah Herbert C. Humphreys Reno Nevada Thurston Ballard Louisville Nicholas Longworth Cincinnati Ohio Harry Payne Whitney Maud Wetmore Newport R. I Phoebe Hearst Montana Washington Oregon California Arizona Idaho Wyoming Colorado Kansas Missouri Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware New Jersey Minnesota Oundary Line St. Paul Loca Hughes Alliance Minneapois

Life in a Kite Balloon Over Europe’s Battlefields

A journalist chronicles a British kite balloon crew observing and directing artillery from aloft. The account highlights dangers of drifting, enemy fire, and the telephonic link to ground batteries as rounds blast gun positions and alter the landscape, revealing war's sheer scale.

Europe Paris

Boys Fall Hats Special Values

Exceptional school and dress hats in Rah Rah or Senior styles. Made of worsted velvet or cloth in black brown navy scarlet or mixtures. All sizes available. Special at 1.00.

Poe

Germany trains 2500 war dogs for front line service

Dr. Max Osborn of the Vossische Zeitung reports Germany expanded from eight trained dogs in 1914 to about 2500 deployed across the western front and other theaters. He notes a military canine hospital at Cheri and a Ver dun district dress parade of varied breeds.

Max Osborn Vossiche Zeitung Western Front New York Sun Germany War Office Red Cross Dogs’ Society Osborn Jear Verdun

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