This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1916
Page
9
An Austin conference hosted by Commissioner Davis with Governor Ferguson and business leaders endorsed aiding the bureau of agriculture to attract paper mills in Texas. They note 15 million tons of cotton stalks could supply material once cotton is harvested, citing two patents from Germany and the United States for making paper from stalks.
The Texas State Ginners Association executive committee votes a $1 assessment per member to fund a campaign in the next Legislature against the warehouse and ginning law. They seek repeal of the sample clause making ginners guarantors of bale samples and the wrapping requirement. A headquarters guard committee will operate in Austin with Dabney White trusted, despite outside criticisms.
Officers from First Mississippi and Second West Virginia regiments will entertain Third District of Columbia and brigade HQ officers at the St. Anthony Hotel banquet Friday at 8 p.m. About 150 officers are expected. The program features toasts, ballet, Mississippi band music, and selections. The event follows a Leon Springs rifle contest that decided brigade dining costs, with the two regiments losing.
Judge Duval West forecast Washington word on Friday or Saturday that President Wilwon has signed his commission as federal judge for the Western District of Texas. He plans to go to Austin to take the oath before D H Hart and return to San Antonio to open his first term January 3, despite public belief the court would start January 9. He announced he would convene next Tuesday.
The Premier Film Company of San Antonio filed its charter in Austin on December 29 with capital stock of $6000. It is incorporated by T. T. Dillon P. S. McGeeney E. J. Akey and Henry Kolbe. An amendment to the Dixie Oil and Refining Company of San Antonio increases capital stock from 4100,000 to $115,000.
In Volhynia on December 29 reports describe brutal, repetitive Russian offensives aimed at Kovel. German and Austrian lines hold at Zaturcy, Zubilno, No. 245, and Devils Wood as heavy losses and flooded trenches mark the six month battle.
A noon farewell luncheon for Herbert J. Hayes, first president of the Rotary Club of San Antonio, was held at the St. Anthony hotel. Hayes departs for Houston to enter business. Charter members reenacted early club meetings and speeches praised Hayes as a business man and Rotarian.
Army men from Camp Wilson plan an Evening in a Vaudeville Agency at the YWCA. About 200 men from the Second Wisconsin and Thirty seventh infantry will attend, with 200 girls as audience. Mackay will manage the agency and present pianologue. Ashworth and Brooks perform. Dr Voorhese will do stunts.
Congress readies renewed battle over importing tick infested Mexican cattle into Texas and the United States. Louisiana Senator Broussard and Alabama Senator Underwood oppose, while Senator Sheppard and Representative Garner defend Texas interests. Garner argues for limited importation to avert heavy losses, as debate shifts to Agriculture Committee.
General Francisco Murguia’s Constitutionalists retook Torreon from Villistas after a running battle that left the enemy in disorder with heavy losses. Carranza plans reinaugurating constitutional government on April 1 with elections held nationwide. Villistas then occupied Saltillo, a report disputed by Carranza officials.
Six Industrial Workers of the World militants were arrested in Virginia Minnesota on December 29 amid illegal activity tied to picketing of the Virginia and Rainey Lake Lumber Company mills. A strike declared yesterday seeks higher wages and a pledge from the company not to discriminate against I W W members. Mill officials say the strike order came from the local I W W branch, not the workers, and estimate about 150 men followed it.
President Wilson said he would veto the twenty eight million dollar public buildings bill if it reaches him in its current form in the House. He has not decided on the rivers and harbors bill recently sent to him by Chairman Sparkman.
SAN ANGELO Texas December 29 Counsel for the Kansas City Mexico Orient railway asked the city development board to cooperate in relieving the coal shortage in San Angelo and the west where communities lack coal and basic commodities. The railway needs about 300 tons of coal daily to operate. Passenger trains are currently mixed west of San Angelo. The coal situation has shown improvement.
A tense exchange from Louisville Courier Journal quotes a swaggering speaker in a camp threat scene. The sheriff questions the motive while the man claims they seek trouble and refuses restraint.
The Russian steamship Kursk, en route from Archangel to New York with 126 aboard, struck a mine near Kirkwall Scotland on November 29. One passenger and two crew drowned as lifeboats were launched and the vessel was towed to Kirkwall. Survivors drifted all night in lifeboats before rescue by English patrol boats.
President H G Staacke of Staacke Bros to host about twenty five employees at a Friday night banquet in the Gunter hotel's pink room. The event includes shop talk on the year's experiences and future outlook as Staacke Bros marks a successful year and the owner expresses appreciation.
London December 293 report says women workers are sought in large numbers for English farms. A Department of Agriculture official notes many women have moved to munition factories for higher wages and weekend holidays. The government weighs striking off men valuable to farmers from revised recruiting lists.
A monkey kept aboard a German submarine was found deserted on a British steamer in the Mediterranean after crew abandoned ship. A German sailor saved the animal and brought it to the U-boat where it remained until cold weather forced its removal.
In Bavarian court circles it is stated Prince Leopold intends to decline the crown of the resurrected kingdom of Poland if offered. The field marshal, aging and dismayed by Austrian court protests over his heir, makes an Austrian archduke a likely future Polish ruler.
Switzerland endures a hard winter as foreign residents surge, hospitals and detention camps fill with wounded, and coal and food supplies shrink due to belligerent demands. Tariffs rise in hotels and shops, heating charges increase, and with no coal mines the fuel crisis deepens while the Swiss army readies for possible conflict.
A meeting of thirteen United States district attorneys from Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Massachusetts and Rhode Island was held in New York to decide whether indictments will be sought against food and fuel speculators. They planned to compare results of investigations into rising prices of food and fuel.
Former Colmar mayor Blumenthal calls for Alsace Lorraine natives who gained French citizenship to swear they will never return to German soil. Those who refuse should be treated as German subjects, sent to camps, and deported after the war. Also notes camphor distillation progress and a new electrical soot abatement device.
George A. Gage of Suter County, California, calls himself a musical farmer and says mules respond to music. He uses a phonograph on his farm to break mule colts, noting Benjamin Harrisonthe most recalcitrant mule—became gentle after a brass band visit. Horses seem less affected by music.
Mingus reflects on a public persona and private restraint. The dialogue features indecipherable symbols and fragmented quotes about speaking freely at home and at work, with Life magazine mentioned as a source.
The notice touts a cosmetic method using colized wax to smooth complexion and erase fine lines under bright ballroom lighting. It claims a temporary, wrinkle reducing effect with no skin trace, sells an ounce at drugstores, and promotes a product featured in Woman's Realm.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.