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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1909

Page

20

Salvation Army Plans Emergency Home for Women in San Antonio

Salvation Army leaders Captain Emme Merlian Mary Potter and Lieutenant Lilly Johnson head a drive to open an emergency home for distressed women. Located at the Salvation Army hall on 172 North Hosiers Street the facility will operate after March 1, with nightly meetings and public subscriptions supporting care and housing until women regain independence.

Salvation Army San Antonio Emme Merlian Mary Potter Lilly Johnson Trose Tormerly

FormerGamblers Pay Nominal Fines

Several former gamblers and gambling house hangers had charges filed by Justices Fisk and Um eeheid. Pleas of mil ity were entered and fines of 1 dollar each assessed. County Attorney Newton said the action was not to punish past gambling but to curb vagrancy and urge them to work and become respectable citizens.

Fisk Um ‘Eeheid County

Women of the era in Sanitary, Suffrage, and Society Notes

Mrs Keith Spalding of Chicago donated 18000 and 40 acres of Tang for a Napierville tuberculosis sanitarium. Mrs Orange F Lowell drew the loudest applause at the Massachusetts Press Association for a women suffrage address. Miss Sturtevant of Brookfield earned Braun prize funds for a world tour. The rise of women voters in Utah and Glasgow highlights ongoing progress in registration and education.

Keith Spalding Chicago Napierville Mrs. Orange FF. Lowell Massachusetts Press Association Lhd America Lowell Massachusetts Braun Sturtevan Wis Missouri National Teachers’ and Students’ Association Europe

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