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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1911

Page

15

Regimental Banquet Dazzles Eleventh Cavalry at Menger Hotel

The Eleventh Cavalry held its annual regimental banquet in the Menger hotel inner court last night. Decorations in national colors with red blue and white lights impressed officers gathered around a hollow square table and a fountain centerpiece. Toasts honored the regiment the soldiers leadership and key regimental figures as officers and band members enjoyed the evening with songs and toasts to the regiment and its people.

Eleventh Cavalry Menger Hotel Managerills James Parker Amos Pearson Grunert Bell Bwift Baird Elting Reynolds Robinson Berg George Waring G. H. Morgan J. T. Haines M. W. Rowell R. C. Cabell George T. Longhorne W. C. Brown G. W. Goode Eleventh Cavalry Hunt Club Guy Cushman D. A. Robinson H. A. White George M. Morgan W. A. Brown R. E. L. Michie T. A. Roberts George W. Goode Robert D. Walsh Delphey T. E. Casteel George T. Langhorne Samuel G. Jones Melvin W. Rowell Powell Clayton Jr Herbert A. White Alven C. Gillem M. M. Bartlett James Horace M. Nickam Stewart O. Elting Horace H. Fuller Chester P. Mills John M. Gould

Telephones Cut Over to New Board in Five Minute Switch

At 1 am about 5000 subscribers were cut from the old switchboard and connected to a new six story building. The $500,000 installation was inaugurated with officials present in overalls and lunch served in the new operators dining room.

Southwestern Telephone Company

San Antonio Guests Attend Cut-Over Operation Officials

Local San Antonio visitors came to observe the cut-over with refreshments provided. Dallas officials and Texas division staff from several posts attended the transition, including Gates Mc Bride Yensen Caughey Laxman Kellogg Johnston Vaughan Parkinson and Watham. Nell Merrin arrived to set up the cafe and banquet features for operators. Dear Miss Grey liquid soap making via dissolving leftover toilet soap in boiling water is offered as a simple, inexpensive tip.

San Antonio C. A. Gates H. D. McBride Fred W. Yensen R. I. Caughey G. M. Laxman W. D. Keniston W. B. Kellogg Texas Charles H. Abbott Dallas W. W. Vaughan B. H. Johnston D. M. Parkinson Watham Oklahoma City Nell Merrin Haskell Exchange Miss Grey

Free to the Ruptured Plasta Pads Trial Offer

Plapao Laboratories in St. Louis Missouri offers a free trial of Plapao plasta pads claimed to cure ruptures at home without straps buckles or springs. The ad emphasizes self adhesive use and privacy for sufferers seeking relief.

Stuart Plapao Laboratories Block 49 St. Louis Plapao

Preparing for Annual Exhibit at Y M C A Gym

San Antonio YMCA gym classes prepare for the May 5 annual exhibition in the gym. About two hundred men and boys will participate with new features such as the Jumping Jack Drill and silent drills. The program includes Indian club and dumb bell routines, Swedish folk dance, Roman ladder work, and a wrestling exhibition.

N. Tannenbaum San Antonio

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Menger THE House OF Fashion Shantung Antartic London Douglas Mawson J. Mawson Pilate Hale Hedlyteco Matt Freck Dauphin Co Chas. E. Condon Lewiston Foot
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