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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1917
Page
11
A mass meeting at Turner Hall Tuesday night nominated opposition school board candidates John Fentiman Graham Dowdell Dr E O Evans and Ben Schwegeman. A near riot erupted before the opposition withdrew to the first floor assembly room for a rump meeting.
Clarence H Mackay and his mother Mrs John W Mackay present a fully equipped hospital base unit to the Government. The 500 bed facility with about 125 staff, including twenty physicians and fifty nurses, cost around 40000 and will be ready for action in case of necessity. Roosevelt Hospital staff join the operation under Red Cross direction.
At two community meetings, ballots favored the same ticket slate. Present women attendees urged unity and highlighted progress on local issues.
An advertisement extols Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild gentle laxative for constipation, claiming it prolongs life and eases discomfort. It notes a trial bottle free by mail and warns to avoid imitations, with a testimonial from Robert LeForgee of Davenport, Iowa.
After long ownership, drivers feel confident their judgment was right and become Reo enthusiasts. They praise dependability and economy in operation and maintenance, valuing the car as a trusted transportation choice.
Mrs. Rena Maverick Green announced she will not accept the faction’s nomination and refused to have her name on their ballot. She issued a signed statement saying she will run with the school children’s ticket again and asked friends to support it at the polls.
A fine portrait of John S S Patterson, former commissioner of insurance and banking, who was killed in service, has arrived at the Department of Insurance and Banking. It will hang in Commissioner C O Austin’s office. Gift from Texas bankers, both state and national, painted by N Nave of New York.
The San Antonio school board voted to include military training in high school curricula starting September 1917. Army officers will teach the course, voluntary at first, amid pressure from the Chamber of Commerce Rotary Club and Veterans groups. Proponents frame it as citizenship duty and national preparedness.
New York reports a 25 to 200 percent rise in seed costs year over year attributed to suburban gardening. Retail seed potato prices jump from 5 to 12 dollars per barrel while sweet corn moves from 2 to 4 a peck and other vegetables push higher. Reserve stocks are expected to prevent shortages.
The marriage of Minnie Nance formerly of Cleburne and connected with the Attorney General's Department to Homer D. Hudson an attendant of the State Department of Insurance and Banking was announced in Austin Texas on April 4.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings receives a letter from his son Henry Hutchings Jr at the National Military Academy West Point confirming the current class will graduate April 20. He will receive a second lieutenant commission and join the regular army. The elder Hutchings praises his family military service, noting Capt. E G Hutchings commands Company E Second Texas infantry.
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