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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1916
Page
7
The San Antonio Playground Association will sell cakes pies and bread after a cooking contest next Saturday afternoon. Proceeds support the Washington Park playground fund and hiring a summer supervisor for west side children.
Major Malvern Hill Barnum outlined a civilian business men training camp to Rotarians at the St Anthony Hotel. The plan, endorsed by General Funston, aims for a June 10 to July 10 session near San Antonio with a 400 minimum and a 1000 man full regiment anticipated. Each participant pays 30 dollars for one month of drills and uniforms.
Police said the Newark man who killed himself yesterday was not Jean Crones the Chicago chef linked to the Mundelein banquet poisoning attempt. A patrolman who knew Crones said the man in Newark appeared similar but was much larger.
A dialogue shows Willie asking if a seven foot tall deaf mute deserves a label like long silence. Paw affirms a child's right to ask questions, urging sensitivity in description.
The Chamber of Commerce forms several groups to select council members with a ten men per seat rule. Banking Jewelers Hardware Life and Accident Insurance Ready-to-Wear Retail Shoes Public Utilities Investment Banking Capitalists Estates Stockmen Plumbing Heating Electrical meet to finalize representatives. formation will take another week.
Tank wagons shuttle fuel oil between the Alta Vista field and San Antonio with 200 barrels daily sold locally and potential for 2000 barrels daily. Prices range from 90 to 107 cents per barrel fob field. A pipeline to the railroad is planned to cut costs and bring cheaper fuel to buyers. Raborn & Dingman drill on a former Diana lease advancing to 500 feet with a rotary rig ahead of completion.
Mrs. Eliza C Baskin a Texas pioneer died at her home 724 Baltimore Avenue at 5 o clock Friday morning She was widow of John Noble Baskin a Confederate veteran She survived by children James Noble John Z Baskin Mildred Lida and Jane Baskin two brothers and five sisters burial in Confederate cemetery Funeral at home conducted by Rev Philip Cook with pallbearers listed Judge F G Chambliss and others noted in related notices
A. Chadwick and J. A. Chadwick report the death of their father, Beeville resident, at his home Friday morning. The Chadwicks hastened to Beeville at noon to attend the funeral set for Saturday morning. He was a familiar visitor to San Antonio and well known there.
Walter Osterkamp aged 30 died at 8 am Friday in a San Antonio sanitarium. A Missouri native who came from St. Louis six weeks ago, he published city directories. Survived by mother Mrs. Julia Osterkamp and two brothers Fred and Chris, all of St. Louis. Funeral held by Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company awaiting relatives’ advices.
Short classified notice for Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertising automobile equipment with contact phones 971.
Associate Justice J F Carl of the Fourth Court of Civil Appeals resigns effective March 15. He cites confinement as the reason. Gov Ferguson will receive the resignation this weekend. Five potential successors named include District Judges S G Tayloe and W F Ezell.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist in San Antonio announces a free lecture on Christian Science at Beethoven Hall Sunday February 27 1916 at 3 30 pm by Jacob S Shield CSB member of The Mother Church board of lectureship Boston MA. Public invited. doors open 230 pm.
In a public letter to Henry A. Wise Wood former naval advisory board member Justice Charles E. Hughes reiterates he is not a candidate for the presidential nomination. He also declines to comment on preparedness when requested by Wood.
An old remedy claims Sage Tea and Sulphur darkens and restores hair color, adds thickness and luster, and stops dandruff. A 50 cent Wyeths Sage and Sulphur bottle is sold ready to use, with quick results by brushing or sponging onto small strands.
Eligible men will gain membership in the Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine during a ceremonial session March 11 in San Antonio coinciding with the imperial potentate's visit. The event marks a major expansion of the fraternal organization within the area.
The charter of The North Loop Gin Company of San Antonio was filed today in the state department. Capital stock 7000 dollars. Incorporated by Conrad Pape T. H. Kappmeyer and C. E. Jones.
An old advertisement warns against mercury based calomel for liver cleansing and touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable remedy. It claims Calomel harms bones and causes illness while Dodson's Tone cleanses the liver without salivation and offers a money back guarantee.
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