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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1916

Page

3

Christmas Observance Opens With Messiah in San Antonio

The Rotary Club of San Antonio stages an open air Christmas observance in Travis Park with a two part program. Massed bands from Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson perform The Stars and Stripes Forever, followed by Handel’s Messiah featuring the Municipal Chorus, the San Antonio Orchestra and soloists culminating in the Hallelujah Chorus with 1147 performers.

Rotary Club of San Antonio H. W. B. Barnes Travis Park Santa Claus Fort Sam Houston Camp Wilson Muscians Tannhauser Sixteenth Infantry Seventh Field Artillery Third Illinois Infantry Fourth Illinois Infantry Seventh First Wisconsin Infantry Second West Virginia Infantry Washington D.C Mississippi Infantry Alabama Infantry National Guardsmen George E. Gwinn Fred Jones Maude Fenton Bollman Rockford Roy B. Lowe Elsa Harms Charles M. Lee Walter Lindsey Gilbert Schram Emmett Roundtree Wagner Weldon Cele- Doruoud Os Cee Acesse Franck Faust Gounod Gate City Stradella Jefferson and Pecan St. Anthony Rotarians St. Mark's Parish House Rotary Club St. Anthony Hotel Rotary Clubs

Foley’s Honey and Tar and Pills Trial Offer

An old requested mail-in offer from Foley & Co. invites readers to send a five cent slip with name and address to receive a trial package of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and colds, Foley Kidney Pills for pain and rheumatism, and Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation and sluggish bowels.

Foley & Co Sheffield Ave Chicago Ill Foley A. M. Fischer

Holiday Gift Guide Items Listed in Advertisements

Local ads list Christmas suggestions including bicycles guns flashlights punching bags boxing gloves knives safety razors and roller skates from Portage Tire Co at 218 Alamo and Universal Food and Meat Cutters. SAM SPEIR HARDWARE CO at 219 Losoya St advertises related goods.

Portage Tire Co Alamo Universal Food and Meat Cutters SAM Speir Hardware CO Losoya St Adv

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