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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1916
Page
9
San Antonio officials pass a unanimous resolution praising Companies A, C and D and Troop C of the Texas National Guard for answering President Wilson’s call to arms. The council also debates street paving and grants for public works, with licenses and personnel changes noted.
Committees of the Bexar County Sunday School Association oversaw a Red Cross seal sale Friday. Mrs. Ora Marshall named chairs for posts at the post office, hotels, and business blocks with detailed local locations including Fishers Drug Store Gibbs building Alamo Hotel Grand Opera House and several hotel lobbies. Additional chairs covered Gunter Hotel Empire Theater Hertzberg corner Crockett Hotel Queen Theater Wigwam theater Stowers Mills and other downtown spots.
Mrs. D. S. Combs 70 died at her home 3875 King's Highway after weeks of illness. Funeral at home conducted by Rev. Felix H. Hill, with interment in San Marcos. Traction Company cars ferried Protestant Orphans' Home children to pay last respects. Survived by husband D. S. Combs, three children, and eight grandchildren.
A Carnegie Hall mass meeting pledged nearly 2.9 million dollars for Jewish war relief in Europe. Jacob H. Schiff and Julius S. Rosenwald led with 100000 each, as 40 contributors gave 466875. The drive aims to raise ten million for 1917 relief efforts. Thousands attended amid ad hoc crowds and eager volunteers.
Donations and pledges from Nathan Strauss Felix M Warburg Mortimer Schiff Jacob Wertheim Louis Marshall and Jews of Chicago reached sizable totals in 1917 with checks amounting to 75000 pledges totalling 500000 U S funds. cash gifts and pledges from cities outside New York reached about 1184000 and other sums were collected at a meeting though the final total remains uncertain.
University of Texas cafeteria served 41 053 meals in October at an average 13 1 3 cents per meal. Milk price rose. no profit is made, meals offered to students cheaply, with student helpers earning meals or small wages. Berea College reports seven cent meals for fourteen hundred students, aided by economy and a balance ration.
A large delegation from the Western Fruit Jobbers Association travels by special Pullman train to attend the national convention in New Orleans. They arrive in San Antonio at 2 p.m. January 27 and stay until 11:30 p.m. to tour the city, with an issued folder featuring scenes from San Antonio and along the route.
The annual showmen's circus and Christmas tree shift from the Gunter Hotel lobby to the lawn behind the hotel to accommodate expected crowds. Camp Wilson regiments join local spectators as the main tent rises Saturday and seats are arranged for broader public access. Directors include John A. Pollitt and J R Mann Jr with Earl Walker coordinating security.
An advertorial describes pressing a live electrical button to corn pain and promotes free zone drops from drug stores. It claims a quarter ounce relieves soreness, shrivels the corn, and pulls it out without pain, asserting the drug is harmless and non irritating.
The Gunter Hotel presents a multi column spread featuring pictures and descriptive matter about its grand Circus event. Readers will see vivid illustrations of acts, clowns, and parade scenes along with notes on schedule and admission details.
An exodus of state officials and department attaches has begun for the Christmas holidays. Many will spend several days at home, with departments declaring holidays through next Tuesday or Wednesday. From now until after New Year little official business will be done and higher courts adjourned to January 3. Business will pick up after January 9 when the Legislature convenes.
A Japanese style tea garden modeled after Golden Gate Park will be built at Brackenridge Park next season. The site is the old cement plant at the rock quarry now dismantled and to be cleared and rebuilt with arbors vines and a vine clad brick smoke stack. The old cement plant tower will be converted into a pagoda with vines forming a Chinese temple roof.
Commissioner notes promise of a fine feature for the park system as a tea garden is proposed just left of the Alpine drive that winds above the old rock quarry pits.
In Austin on December 22, officials reported that a proposed constitutional amendment allowing counties and school districts to issue bonds up to one dollar per $100 valuation failed in the last election by 7099 votes. The next legislature will consider a joint resolution to again seek voter approval. The canvassing board counted 122,040 affirmative and 129,139 negative votes.
Free sample from Corega Chemical Co offered to Steat Druggiste and Dental Supply Houses in Cleveland. The promotion highlights a complimentary 0 value distribution to professional pharmaceutical outlets in the area.
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