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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1918
Page
3
San Antonio bakers from Local Union No 185 submitted a wage and closed shop agreement to employers, asserting local pay is the lowest in the state. The Master Bakers’ Association reviews the proposal, with a Sunday meeting to decide. The plan lists day wages from 24 to 21 dollars for various roles, while no firm wage scales exist for foremen or mixers.
Rev Tl W Michael of Port Smith Ark spoke to about twenty people at the Y M C A on Help Win Democracy for The World and Help Win the World for Christ He works among deaf and dumb in Tonston Galveston Witco Austin Dallas Fort Worth Denton and Temple with bible classes at each place Fort Worth is the only church building for the deaf in the state He preaches to all denominations with acting secretary Bennett granting use of the Y M C A reading room
A Detroit man credits Tanlac with transforming his wife’s health after years of stomach trouble. He reports she gained weight, lost gas and headaches, and now sleeps well. The ad notes Tanlac is sold in San Antonio by Wagner’s Drug Store and Meier’s Pharmacy under a special representative.
Camp Travis posts a memorandum praising American soldiers for their conduct and deadly accuracy in France. Foreign observers and British journals laud the troops, noting steadiness under fire and heart shots, and urge training soldiers to emulate these front line examples.
The general strike in Montivideo ended last night after several days of action. Tramway and dock workers remain on strike. Thirteen Russians were arrested today in connection with bombs. Nearby, Travelers Cigar Shop at 222 Ave C and Maillard's Famous Candies are noted in the same issue.
Texas fish prices will be regulated by six one price interpreting committees under zone administrations starting September 1, with county food administrators ex officio. Fish will be sold by exact names only, and the effort aims to secure deferred draft status for professional fishermen as relief and production rise. Zones cover Brownsville Corpus Christi Port Aransas Aransas Pass Seadrift Port O Connor Port Lavaca Palacios Matagorda Freeport Galveston Houston Port Arthur Sabine Dass.
Charters granted to the Texas Honey Producers Association of San Antonio and Company Mercantil Mexicana of Lyle Oil Company in Mineral Wells. Incorporators listed for each, with capital stocks ranging from 15 000 to 750 000. Bank charters awarded to Farmers State Bank of Patt sboro and Guaranty State Bank of Eastland. Amendments filed for Seay Cranfill Company and L Simpson Turber. Great Tire Company granted Texas business permit under blue sky law. Marposa Mining Company of Dover Delaware awarded permit to sell stock in Texas.
Aug 16 near Lockhart Texas reports the Moble brothers harvest 1800 bushels of t class corn from 25 irrigated acres averaging 72 bushels per acre. Corn sells around 1.35 a bushel while water pumped by gasoline engine and ditching labor kept costs low.
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