Selective Service Bulletin Urges Address Checks 1917
San Saba County Selection Board notes revisions to Selective Service Regulations and calls for readers to inform registrants of address changes. It urges reporting delinquent registrants and warns of penalties for failure to comply, with notices posted at post offices and board offices.
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Star
Adjutant General’s Department
Agen
United States
Defauit
Punty
San Saba
Wilson
An Saba
Texas
Notice of Stockholders' Meeting for San Saba County Fair Associa
Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of San Saba County Fair Association will be held in the County Court House at o'clock p m Tuesday January 8th 418 for the election of Eleven directors and the transaction of such business as may come before the meeting John Seiders Secretary.
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San Saba
Congress May Limit Food to Individuals War Time Measure
Washington December 5 report indicates Congress may restrict individual food consumption to support the war effort. Officials warn that saving food is essential, with McAdoo urging the public to curb waste as prices and supply pressures rise. Rep Martin Dies advocates a clear rationing line to ensure manpower nutrition while preventing hoarding. Discussions push price controls and cotton inclusion in new measures.
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Washington
Martin Dies
Texas
Wilson
San Saba Public Schools adopt half day sessions
The Compulsory Attendance Law has caused crowding at the First Primary. To ease the load, two sections will attend morning and afternoon on alternate days. No tuition reduction. holidays at year end. Red Cross Christmas Seals on sale to fund Anti tuberculosis work. W W Hart.
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San Saba
Tam
Dee
Red Cross
W.W. W. Hart
San Saba National Bank appoints new assistant cashier
G Dothemyer accepts the position of assistant cashier to succeed H D Chadwick who has answered the call of his country for service in France leaving the bank in need of a replacement during wartime.
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Houston
Chadwick
To. Y
San Antonio
San Sabnational Bank
G. Dothemyer
San Saba National Bank
H. D. Chadwick
France
Selective Service Regulations Excerpt Summary
Excerpts outline the Selective Service Law of May 18 1917 and its classific ation system. It explains Local Board jurisdiction five classes from I to V, the drawing order, temporary discharges, and exemptions based on dependency. It notes that dependents influence deferment but not absolute exemption and urges local boards to apply sympathy and common sense. Continued next week.
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Congress
United States
Notice of Stockholders' Annual Meeting San Saba Bank
Notice is given of the annual meeting of stockholders of The San Saba Building and Loan Association at the secretary's office in San Saba Texas at o'clock p m on Monday January 7 1918 for nine directors and three auditors and other business as necessary. John Seiders secretary
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San Saba Building and Loan Association
San Saba
Texas
P. mi
John Seiders
Red Cross Meeting For Garment Work Announced
Mrs W J Moore superintendent of women's work asks ladies able to donate 50 hours to meet Friday afternoon at the court house to finish garments. Some are nearly complete but buttons and buttonholes remain. Those with knitted items should bring them Friday or Saturday afternoon or leave with Mrs T B Hart. The aim is to forward all ready garments before Christmas holidays. GW Light.
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Dennis Sullivan
Dennis
Mulligan
Venus
Bo Whitman
Hoyt
Chas. H. Hearson
W. M. Johnson
John H. Moore
T. E. Taylor
R. L. Peisker
W. P Lackey
Dra. FE. OG
Beaumont
Musical Evening by Choral Club at Schol House Auditorium
The Choral Club and vocal pupils of Miss Amy Campbell invite the public to a Musical Evening at Schol House Auditorium next Saturday at eight oclock. Admission is free and all are welcome.
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Amy Campbell
Schol House
Jerusalem Falls to British Forces in World War I Campaign
The House of Commons heard that Jerusalem surrendered after being surrounded by British troops. General Allenby was to enter the Holy City with French and Italian contingents, ending two millennia of Muslim and Ottoman control. The report traces the campaign from Sinai to the decisive breakthrough and Hebron before Jerusalem’s isolation and fall.
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London
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Jerusalem
Allenby
Bethlehem
Jerusalem-Jericho
Jerusalem-Shechermy
Holy City
Frederick II
Holy Roman
Amhire
Turkey
Mesopotamia
Suez Canal
Egypt
Great Desert
Sinai Peninsula
Sues Canal
el Arisbk
Wamu
Katiah
Arish
Maghdabad
Palestine
Holy Land
1 Khalil
Jerusa
Jean
el Khalil
Hebron
Jaffa
Bagdad
David
Richard the Lion Hearted
Thanksgiving at Camp Travis Brings Food Fun and Letters
Private Vester Ruffner says he is pleased with his duties at Battery A 845th Field Artillery. Thanksgiving dinner for Camp Travis troops featured turkey, cranberry sauce, jokes, and spreading cheer. Maud and Mabel among the letters from home uplift soldiers, and a Hostess House operated by the YWCA opens for visiting mothers, wives, and sweethearts offering tea, rest, and a cafeteria.
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Vester H. Ruffner
San Saba
Battery A
845Th Field Artillery
United States
J Gladys Norris
Bob Norris
345Th Field Artillery
Camp Travis
C. L. Moore
Hone
Maud
Mabel
Elsie
Alice
Berlin
Young Women’s Christian Association
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Bulletin OF Selection Board
J.D. Ford
Hhe Railway Hospital
Will Ashby
McAdoo
Selective Service Regulations
Beersheba
Jeruslem
Gaza
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