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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1914

Page

3

General Funston's Command Heads to South Houston Saturday

The second United States army division left Hulen Park at dawn after a night there and began the hike to Houston with Webster as the day’s objective. They will stop in South Houston Saturday night and reach Houston proper Sunday morning, with all arrangements complete and no hitch reported. General Funston, still ill from a rising in his left ear, remains with the command despite medical advice.

General Funston South Houston Dickinson Tex United States Army Hulen Park Houston Webster Ing Houston Funston Axminster

YM C A Directors Review Year s Work

The newly elected YM C A board met at the Y M C A auditorium with eighteen directors present. Officers were elected and financials reviewed by public accountants Hart Fied and Aikman. The year saw a $1193 debt reduction to $2300 outstanding and calls for a larger home due to rising membership.

The Young Men's Christian Association N. H. King R. C. Jones A. M. Fischer T. N. Smith J. C. King H. F. Affleck Hayden Smith Roland Springall Paul H. Scholz G. E. Quinn J. C. Kinney T. H. Flannery E. E. Dilly Hart, Fied and J. Floyd Smith George H. Wheeler R. M. O’hair Association

Decoration Day Honors Plan Confederate Observance

Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy schedule Decoration Day at the Confederate cemetery next Sunday at 4 p.m. Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 144 and Barnard E. Bee Chapter organize a public service with flowers, processional program including invocations, readings by Miss Claudia Smith and Miss Janie Baskin, songs, an oration by Rev. D. Emory Hawk, and taps.

Albert Sidney Johnston United Confederate Veterans Barnard E. Bee United Daughters of the Confederacy Commerce C. B. Cross Claudia Smith Emory Hawk Janie Baskin

Suspects Trapped After Scrape Near Escanaba

Suspects Joseph Parent and Clyde Smith, linked to multiple railway station robberies, are believed trapped in a swamp near Escanaba after a running fight with police yesterday. Sheriff Curran and Chief Iverson led a posse of about a hundred officers in the pursuit.

Escanaba Micn Joseph Parent Clyde Smith Curran Iverson

Hood's Sarsaparilla for Spring Tiredness and Vitality

The ad claims spring tiredness signals impure blood and low energy, urging readers to ask their druggist for Hood's Sarsaparilla. It emphasizes the medicine as a trusted, old standard blood tonic that relieves tiredness and restores vitality.

Fer Hood

Robbery Suspects Fire On Chief In Pursuit Through Town

Armed men guarded the swamp through the night as Chief Iverson tried to arrest them. They opened fire, fled, and a pursuit led through a hotel where over fifty shots rang out and panic spread to a lumber yard. A brief battle followed in the swamp. no injuries reported. The crimes spanned weeks, the latest taking $700 near Gladstone last Friday.

Iverson Gladstone

Derelict Schooner 8 G Haskell Found Southwest of Bermuda

The derelict schooner 8 G Haskell, sought by the revenue cutter service for weeks, was located bottom-up about 150 miles southwest of Bermuda by the cutter Algonquin according to wireless.

Washington, D. C 8. G. Haskell Revenue Cutter Service Bermuda Algonquin Revenue Cutter Haskell Boston

Husband shoots wife then kills himself in Ohio incident

In Bellaire Ohio on April 17 John Luggs shot his wife four times after she refused to pay half the divorce costs. He then killed himself. Two young children witnessed the tragedy.

Bellaire Ohio John Luggs

Quick package delivery bag baggage transfer note

The ad mentions quick package delivery and baggage transfer services with a phone line at 749 available any time. It presents a general notice rather than a full article, focusing on contact for service.

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