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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1916
Page
3
Furnish Will Filed For Probate Of Mrs Martha Furnish Estate
The will of Mrs. Martha A. Furnish filed for probate in San Antonio names her three children D K Furnish Mattie F Smith and Louise F Pendleton each to receive 7000 and five grandchildren Townsend Smith Stanton Smith David W Smith Elizabeth Carr and John Harper Furnish each 3500. The estate valued over 10000 is declared wholly community property with one half from the community to the devisees and the remainder to her husband. D K Furnish seeks appointment as executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha A. Furnish
D. K. Furnish
Frank R. Newton
Mattie F. Smith
Louise F. Pendleton
Townsend Smith
Stanton Smith
David W. Smith
Elizabeth Carr
John Harper Furnish
Christmas plans at YWCA for soldiers at Fort Sam Houston
The YWCA outlines Christmas week activities for 17 500 military personnel away from home, with five nightly parties from Christmas to New Year, a lighted tree, and possible minstrel shows and games. Extention workers from the national board plan reach to include 200 girls each evening and plans for vesper services December 17 24 and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Woman's Christian Association
Fort Sam Houston
Camp Wilson
Association
Ernestine Friedmann
Vera Schafer
National Board
Young Men's Christian Association
Extension Clubs
San Antonio Man Credits Tanlac For Health Revival
W H Bowyer a 60 year old San Antonio rooming house operator says Tanlac relieved forty years of indigestion rheumatism and frequent illness. After two bottles he gained weight and regained appetite with improved digestion and strength. Wagner Drug Co and E J H Meier sell Tanlac in the city under a special representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
W. H Bowyer
Main Plaza
Wagner
Bowyer
Wagner Drug Co
E. J. H. Meier
Tanlac
Arrests Stun City as Youths Stole Trousers
Two young Black youths aged 16 and 17 were arrested by Policeman Dennett at 6:30 Tuesday afternoon for stealing twelve pairs of second hand trousers from N. Kessler's store at 619 Commerce Street. They will be sent to county authorities on theft charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennett
N. Kessler
Commerce Street
Southall
East Crockett
Walnut Streets
Corporation Court
Militiamen to Attend Evening of Music and Games
Third and Fourth Illinois units plan a evening program at Camp Wilson featuring games and a musical program. This will be the seventh entertainment organized by the extension department for militiamen and for the extension department girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Camp Wilson
The Quinine That Does Not Affect Head
Laxative Bromo Quinine claims tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. Claims there is only one Bromo Quinine with F. W. Grove’s signature on the box. Price 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Grove
Landmark Club celebrates Texas history at Carnegie library hall
The Landmark Club of San Antonio hosts a 3:45 pm Thursday program at Carnegie library hall featuring music by the Bonham school orchestra and three minute addresses on Texas history. Speakers include Capt. J. E. Elgin, Col. F. A. Chapa, Dr. A. Sachs, Senator Carlos Bee, and others with Mrs. Sarah King as committee chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landmark Club of
San Antonio
Carnegie Library Hall
Texas
Bonham
J. E. Elgin
Milam
C. M. Barnes
Veramendi
F. A. Chapa
L. J. Hart
A. Sachs
Antiquities Talk Turns To a Very Old Table
A collector debates a Dublin table’s age, claiming the piece is four centuries old. He boasts of an Arabic table exceeding two millennia in age, then shifts to a tangential remark about multiplication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Travelers Check In To San Antonio Hotels
Alfred P C Petsch Fredericksburg attorney is in San Antonio on business and staying at the Gunter Hotel F W Blesse Eagle Pass is stopping at the St Anthony Mr and Mrs G C Kirkland Goliad guests at the Menger Claude Pollard Kingsville railroad attorney at the Gunter W E Douglas Houston late arrival at the Menger Mr and Mrs T Mack Fort Worth registered at the St Anthony Mr and Mrs C G Krueger Beeville guests at the Gunter J J Pauley McLean Tex stopping at the Menger T J Deck League City and W M Abbey Houston among out of town business men registered at St Anthony Hotel Wednesday morning A Saunders Dallas at the Gunter
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred P. C. Petsch
Fredericksburg
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
F. W. Blesse
Eagle Pass
St. Anthony
G. C. Kirkland
Goliad
Menger
Claude Pollard
Kingsville
Gunter
Argon
W. E. Douglas
Houston
T. Mack
Obituary for George Carruthers Veteran and cattleman
The funeral for George Carruthers 76 retired cattleman and Civil War veteran who died at his home 712 East Elmira Street was held at 3 PM Wednesday from Ludwig Undertaking Company. Interment in the National cemetery with military honors. Grand Army of the Republic members attended. survived by his widow and several children mostly in Texas except Mrs Richard Phillipson of Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Carruthers
East Elmira Street
Ludwig Undertaking Company
Blum Street
National Cemetery
Grand Army of the Republic
Scotland
Carruthers
Texas
Richard Phillipson
Milwaukee
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. Chapel Interment at Locke Hill
Interment will be made at Locke Hill for Mr. Locke, a collector for the Shelley-Loring Company, who was traveling to his home in Los Angeles Heights when the accident occurred. Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. automobile equipment. Both phones 9871.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Locke Hill
Locke
Shelley-Loring Company
Los Angeles Heights
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co
Leach Begins Bid for Piano Endurance Record in Texas
Edward J. Leach of Knoxville Tennessee starts a four day piano endurance attempt in the South Texas Music Company sales rooms at 3 PM Wednesday seeking a $300 prize from the American Piano Association. The current world record is 62 hours 59 minutes 32 seconds. his goal is to surpass it, having previously lasted nine hours before numbness forced a pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Leach
American Piano Association
Edward J. Leach
Knoxville
Tenn
South Texas Music Company
Mr. Leach
Tennessee
Book Request Sparks Father Son Banter
A playful exchange centers on a request to buy a book. Algy notes literary ambition while a humorous misstatement about eating a 4 carriage and practicing oak on the head adds comic misdirection to the dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algy
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