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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
13
Fragmented report lists officers and assignments across multiple locations including Idaho Georgia Colorado and California. Mentions First Lieutenant ranks, medical officers, transfers, and a general superintendent transport order with unclear names and detached phrases.
A Santa Fe passenger train bound from Houston toward Richmond was delayed for about half a mile due to a buffer crown pulling through an engine, badly scalding conductor Valentine C. I. Vaan Poet. The report contains garbled lines and broken phrases, with unclear names and dates beyond the main incident.
The Tropis Socisd Club takes charge of Academy Hall with a grand opening set for December 18 featuring free admission for gents and ladies. Willetts Orchestra will play as part of a Sunday night dance event. Police report a Pittsburg felonious arrest of a wanted man, and district court in Texan matters meets with Judge W. S Anderson presiding in place of Judge S. G Tayloe.
The funeral for Win M Poor occurred Thursday at 1 o'clock with services at the home conducted by Rev. Lewis Mevey and interment in Confederate centers. Pallbearers were Confederate veterans. Annie Louise Mageard, 28, died at her home in Hadiville. Survived by husband R W Haggard and three children Woodie, Winitred, and Reibert. funeral held in Wallville Tuesday.
Fragmentary notice lists an undertaking related to Autemarine equipment in California with two phone numbers and a name Ady. The text is incomplete but implies a business notice or inquiry about equipment.
The article notes a dispute within the Chiropractors movement over medical authority, highlighting a case against Lon Herrington for practicing medicine without license. Palmer School graduates insist they practice only chiropractic adjustments, not medicine, surgery, osteopathy, or mental healing, while critics call for licensing parity across healing traditions.
San Antonio hotel owners praised the Texas Hotel Keepers' Association annual meeting held in Fort Worth. Homer T. Matthews of the Rice Hotel in Houston was chosen president for 1918 and Mineral Wells selected as the next convention site. The gathering featured lively debate over locating a central convention city, with Mineral Wells ultimately favored.
The Innes case, involving Victor Th. Innes and Mexida May Tres, seeks to avoid extradition from Bexar County to Georgia. Judge Ward of Swearingen & Ward notified that defense is prepared. Supreme Court argument set for January 4 with Folieltor General Voreey for Georgia and Senator Tatler for the defense. The couple, jailed over a year, were brought from Portland after a disappearance near Avante, Georgia, and were indicted for murder but later pardoned.
Jude Ward argued before the Supreme Court, seeking to halt extradition. The dispute centers on capitational rights of two parties and whether the lower court decisions complied with legal standards. The ruling will determine if the parties must return.
Reports from Paris note General Hag remains a favored figure as France and allied forces press through early war days. Montage of dispatches highlights Marshal Petain and General Yale in close liaison with French HQ, praised for steadfast leadership amid crisis.
In a wavering, garbled speech Lane urges Congress to craft clear mining laws. He laments that current rules are refined into obscurity and argues for a straightforward framework guiding mining engineers and the industry.
A notice announces two free lectures on Christian Science by Piret Chueh af Kheist Aetoneist in Ban Antonie. Doors open at 2:80 pm Sunday December 13 1945 at 3:30 featuring Biekoel Young. Public invited. from Mather Church Wie Wiret Church of Christ Sehnetz in Rosten Massachusetts.
Franklin Newhall died today at age 93 in the midwest region. His nickname the apple king was noted in local circles.
A. W. Hare Harris of Northwestern advocates against compulsory military training in universities unless the government uses trained officers. He notes Spanish American War recruits lacked college preference and warns that training is useless if isolated to single colleges and time wasted. The message reflects broader wartime policy debate.
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