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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1916
Page
6
Saturday Night social calendar lists a St Anthony event with Swearingen Edwards returning from Princeton. John Edwards Jr. hosts a swimming party at his ranch home honoring his brother Swearingen Edwards and is the centerpiece of the evening.
Mr and Mrs Gus Giesecke entertained at the Menger Friday honoring daughter Emmie Giesecke. Smilax with red white and blue decor, punch and late ice course. over 150 guests. Miss Charlotte Blessi of Eagle Pass visits Miss Kate Buckman and leads Eagle Pass Girls Honor Guard. Several Chicago figures and Fort Sam Houston officers attended the military dinner dansant.
Covers laid for military officers including Colonel Scott and Lieutenant Colonel Anderson with multiple majors captains and lieutenants listed. Mrs Milton S Fenner visits from Karnes City. Frank Fluegge returns home from Eagle Pass. Pegas Memorial Baptist Church Woman's Missionary Society meets with devotionals led by Mrs Horace Wilson and talks by Mrs J E Coen and others. 35 members attend. yellow and white refreshments served.
The Personal Workers' Class will meet at o'clock Thursday evening at the Young Men's Christian Association. Grover Lee will have charge of the meeting and all interested are invited to attend.
Rev. J. W. Hill, formerly of Laurel Heights Methodist Church and now with the North Texas Conference, will preach Sunday morning at Prospect Hill Methodist Church.
The San Antonio branch of the Christian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion led by John A. Lewis meets every Sunday at 3 p m in Red Men’s Hall 112% Soledad street Nettle E Green serves as evangelist in charge
Prospect Hill Baptist Buena Vista and San Jacinto streets T. V. Neal pastor services Sunday 6am 8pm Sunday school 9 30am B Y P U 6 45pm Tradies Aid and Missionary Society 4pm Mrs W H Chadwick president Beacon Hill Baptist Grant avenue Ashby place Pastor T C Long Bible school 9 30am preaching 11am J W Clayton 8pm B Y P U Tuesday 8pm Mrs Goffs class 8pm Prayer meeting Wednesday 8pm Riverside Park Baptist J M Carroll pastor Sunday school 9 30am preaching 11am 2 30pm Morning More Blessed to Give Than to Receive Evening Soul Winning BY BP U 1pm Central Baptist R W McCann pastor Sunday school 9 45am Men s Brotherhood Bible class 9 30am big tent Snyder s store South Flores 11am Love s Offering 8pm big tent The Mastered Life Ladies 3 30pm Monday BB Y P U Tuesday Bible study prayer and praise Wednesday 6pm First Baptist Fourth and Taylor streets Sunday school 10 0 preaching 11 and 2 0 Chaplain Robert R Fleming 19th Infantry First Illinois Cavalry band 28 pieces at 11am Calvary Baptist North Pine Hays Sts W W Lee pastor Bible school 10am preaching 11am and 8pm Morning The Water of Life Evening Pact Faith Feeling Senior Junior B Y P U 7pm Ladies 4pm Monday prayer 5pm Wednesday Hillcrest Flores Elsie Rev B A Owen pastor Sunday school 9 45am preaching 11am 8pm B Y P U at 9 30pm Ladies meetings Tuesday 2 30pm Prayer 8pm Wednesday
San Antonio Bible Students of the class will gather at 117 North Flores street in three Sunday services. C. K. Gerbes will lecture at 3 p m on Let the Mind Be In You Which Was Also in Christ Jesus. Bible study follows at 4 15 p m with an 8 p m symposium. Tuesday prayer meeting scheduled with no collections.
San Fernando area Catholic churches publish mass times for Catholic, Our Lady of Sorrows, and St. Mary’s, including Spanish sermons, English sermons, catechism after mass, and various devotions. Feasts noted include the Assumption on August 15 with multiple masses and Sodality receptions.
First Church of Christ Scientist Fifth street and Avenue D holds Sunday service at 11 a.m. with subject Soul. Evening service suspended until September 3. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 o'clock p.m.
South Side Christian Church on Hunstock and Alsmora avenues led by Albert T. Fitts offers Bible school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. on "Every Man Has His Work" from Mark 18:34. Christian Endeavor at 7 p.m. with preaching at 7:30 p.m. on "Neglecting a Great Salvation" from Hebrews 2:1-3.
A poignant vignette from the Ohio State Journal describes a girl in a city candy store window, her longing gaze fixed on clothes worth 175 dollars while she holds only two street car tickets and a powder rag in her $35 mesh bag, illustrating urban hardship.
The Church of the Nazarene on Sandoval and Colorado streets in Beacon Hill has Sunday school at 9 30 a m a young people's meeting at 6 p m and a prayer meeting Thursday evening. W O Self is pastor with preaching at 11 a m and 8 p m.
Denver Heights Church of Christ at 401 Porter Street holds Sunday school at 10 a m and worship at 11 a m led by E H Merrick. Evening studies on the life of Christ at 7 30 p m. Revival services at 8432 South Flores Street with G M Rance discussing Preparing to Meet God Saturday at 8 p m and The Value of Sunday at 11 a m.
Central Congregational Church announces an 11 am sermon titled When Good Becomes Evil. Pastor C A Riley will lead, with Sunday school at 10 am in the Cool breezy auditorium of the Young Men's Christian Association at Avenue JL and Third Street.
St. Marks Episcopal Church and St Pauls and St Lukes in San Antonio list eighth Sunday after Trinity services Holy Communion at 7 30 am morning prayer and sermon 11 am with visiting rector Rev F C Price and Rev Harvey Officer to address women’s meeting Wednesday at 5 pm Holy Communion 10 am Friday at St Pauls and 8 40 am at St Pauls Grayson and Wilton Streets Government Hill Christ Church Laurel Heights and St Luke's schedule morning prayers sermons and Sunday school 9 30 am with bishop W T Capers absent rector John Ridout listed for11 am service only
Burnet and Chestnut streets Sabbath school 9 50 a m morning worship 11 o clock sermon Love An a Constraining Force Young People's Society 7 30 p m sermon 8 p m How to Become a Christian Young People's prayer meeting Tuesday evening Congregational prayer Wednesday at p m FAS Enn pastor Evangelical Friedens Church Marin avenue Elmira street Julius Reichert pastor Sunday school 9 15 a m Services 10 30 a m and p m
Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church on Avenue E and Fifth Street with Rev. Paul F. Hein. Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Sunday school 9 15 a m. morning service 11. sermon by Rev. Edwin aan. no evening service. St Pauls Evangelical Lutheran Church at South Presa and surrounding streets led by Rev. G Falsken. Sunday school 9 30 a m. German service 10 30 a m. no evening service. Beitel Memorial Congregation Post Road led by Rev. E G Knaak. Sunday school 9 a m. divine service 10 a m. W Laubach of St Paul Minn to preach at Grace during morning service. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran East Nueva and South Presa with A L Wolff and assistant pastor B G Stricker. Sunday school 9 30 a m English. German service 10 30 a m Christ Is the Only Mediator. English service 8 p m by Rev B G Stricker.
A list of Sunday worship schedules across San Antonio area churches. Travis Park Methodist led by Rev. C W Weddell with 10 45 am sermon and Rev J H Groseclose at 8 pm. Prospect Hill with Rev J W Hill preaching at 11 am. Epworth League and junior groups noted. Weekly prayer, stewards and senior league meetings listed across multiple parishes including Laurel Heights and Alamo Heights.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church at Avenue C and Pecan Street lists Pastor Harry Leonard preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Epworth League meets at 7 p.m. German Methodist Episcopal Church led by Rev. B Breihan with Rev J C Groth preaching at 10:45 a.m. in German and 3 p.m. in English on the theme That day all may be one from John 17 20 23 God’s Over.
The town churches list Sunday school at 9:30 to 9:45 a.m. and worship from 11 a.m. Baptist, Presbyterian and End Presbyterian groups hold evening lectures, sermons, and youth services. Special speakers include Rev. Herbert Springall on From the Cradle to the Cross.
Theosophical Society presents a lecture by Miss Marjorie Tuttle titled The Desire of All Nationals. It is scheduled for Monday at 8 p m at 402 Pecan Street Competition. An unrelated Life cartoon caption about a milkmaid and a moving picture actress is noted but not related to the event.
Boerne Texas August 12 plans call for improvements to buildings and the ladies rest room at the fair grounds. The White Sox will play daily against teams from San Antonio and Bandera and two military bands will provide music. San Antonio manufacturers will run booths under C C Lees supervision with two decorators arriving next week. Major prizes in ladies departments promise large exhibits in fancy work and baking. A baby show and daily bucking contests will attract crowds.
State health officials report 323 typhoid cases in July across Texas with Dallas County accounting for 70 cases and the city of Dallas 60. Galveston 22, Fort Worth 33, San Antonio 16, plus scattered county totals. Also 60 smallpox, 60 scarlet fever, 68 diphtheria, 77 tuberculosis cases. infantile paralysis up to 24 with two Hardin county cases in August.
War Department issues pick for Capt B D Foulois as junior military aviator with rank of major and similar detail for Capt Frank P Lahan. Major Foulois, pioneer U S Army aviator, dates back to 1910 experiments at Fort Sam Houston and has led aero squadrons with General Pershing before the Mexico expedition.
Music lovers in Eagle Pass celebrate bringing the Third Field Artillery Band to town after a decade in San Antonio. Chief Musician Pentland is recruiting and plans a first public concert on the courthouse lawn, underscoring the band's reputation as a crack Southern military ensemble.
A. R. Andrews secretary of the State Fire Insurance Commission, after returning from the Democratic convention in Houston, urged Galveston to restart the fire patrol boat by August 15 or the 25 cents per $100 credit for its operation would be withdrawn. He noted the vessel was discontinued August 1 and much of Galveston Bay harbor lacks adequate fire protection since.
Mrs. F. M. Wantzloeben entertained with a lawn party on Thursday evening in honor of her daughter Miss Ellen. Dancing strolling and refreshments were enjoyed by forty or more guests. Ellen Wantzloeben later hosted a swimming party Friday evening for her guest Miss Wilma Welsh.
A Louisville Courier Journal quip contrasts today’s youth with past bravado expressing doubt about modern daring and noting fences in baseball being taller than in earlier times. The exchange reflects nostalgic attitudes about sports and youth.
A Notre Dame woman named Mrs. M Summers offers a free home treatment for rheumatism and related pains. The method claims to cure at home by banishing uric acid, loosening stiff joints, purifying blood, and brightening eyes, with testimonials from thousands. address Box R Notre Dame Ind.
Universal's Where Are My Children is shown for the last time at the Grand with a two angle birth control theme. The Fall of a Nation opens tomorrow at 2 30 matinees. Princess shows Little Mary Sunshine for the last time and The Battle Cry of Peace next with a defense theme and strong army navy message.
Schedule changes on the Brownsville Frisco line delay mail flow to Rio Grande City. Mail arrives at Samfordyce at 7 p m and departs next day noon. newspapers take two days to reach Rio Grande City. About 9400 pounds of mail arrive daily. Local groups seek relief from the schedule. Charters issued in Austin include University Club of Houston and Union Men's Fraternal Association of El Paso.
Brief, disjointed lines discuss comparing Crawford and Crashaw. One line suggests murder insinuation in York while detectives close in. The text conveys tension and pursuit rather than a complete narrative.
A brief excerpt shows a dialogue about Browns visiting a place and noting a change from statuettes to bas-reliefs in a new flat. The fragmented exchange mentions a small space and a translation of decorative items.
One size smaller after using Allen's Fe fuse antiseptic powder for the f Shaken into the shoes and used in foot bath Allen's Foot-Ease makes new shoes feel easy and relieves bunions and corns. It is advertised as the greatest comfort discovery of the day with a free trial package available by sending address to Allen Olmsted LeRoy.
The custom in the United States requires applicants for public transportation business licenses to pay a franchise tax and contribute to street upkeep. The requirement aims to fund city streets and regulate entry into the transport industry.
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