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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1916
Page
3
Knights and Ladies of Security council No 1789 looks forward to a visit by national officers including the president secretary treasurer medical director and editor in October. They will present stereopticon views of initiatory work at the local hall with no definite entertainment plan yet decided.
J. B. Crow reports that moving pictures from the national convention in Toledo in June are nearly finished and will be shown in San Antonio soon. The council meets first and third Fridays at Woodman of the World hall on East Houston street with an election of officers at the next meeting.
A Mobile woman sought the famed banjo player Theophilus Baxter to perform at a function but found his wife who says he stopped banjo playing to fish. She adds he quit after fearing minstrel show work and has not religion, only fear of the boss offering a suddy job.
Washington Aug 25 The Texans hoping for a fall visit from President Wilson will be disappointed as he limits campaigning to a front porch effort at Shadow Lawn New Jersey. He will deliver acceptance at Shadow Lawn then a few prepared utterances and veranda speeches while Congress and party leaders handle broader outreach.
Mrs George Stephens of Patoka Illinois reports relief from years of infertility after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with restoring health and enabling a healthy baby girl. The ad touts roots and herbs as the tonic behind women's health addressing displacements irregularities and other female troubles.
AP Correspondence notes that wartime scarcity has eroded desires for travel and comforts in Britain. Two years of restrictions ended grand canal and continental trips, with cross country rail services cut and dining cars removed. Citizens now travel little, wait for deliveries, and cancel vacations amid widespread frugality. Portage Wire Co. adv.
Porto Rico tax bureau reports one individual earned over 100000 last year, the largest income found. There were twenty incomes above 50000, with fourteen between 50000 and 75000, five between 75000 and 100000, and one above 100000. 957 individuals and 131 corporations taxed. total revenue 120000, up from 77000. High sugar prices blamed for big incomes. more may come this year.
Civilians who attended the military training camp at Fort Sam Houston in June will be eligible for commissions in the officers reserve corps. An oral examination on practical points from the training camps will qualify applicants, with written tests only if oral results are unsatisfactory or forms are needed. Examinations will be held at Plattsburg New York after field maneuvers around September 6.
A San Antonio board of commissioners started a Friday session to appraise ten feet off the front of lot 13, block 149 owned by Adelia Chavez and others for Travis street widening. The panel also awarded 1200 for a strip fronting Maggie Bihl between South Flores and Cameron streets, with an appeal likely.
Greenwich residents Mrs. Eugene Maxwell Moore and Miss Janet Shearson were rescued from a drowning incident off the Belle Haven Casino when their canoe overturned. The rescuers were William H. Hays and George B. Carhart.
Miss Shearson and Miss Carhart were filmed for The Fatal Gems a charity photo play. During a canoe race Mr Carhart and Mr Hays rescued the women from the water after the canoe capsized, an added feature drawing society interest.
A man steps on a young lady's foot in a trolley car. She calls him clumsy and he retorts that her feet are large enough to be seen. She grins, his quip softens the moment. Also a brief joke about winter rates and tickets.
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