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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
6
The Third Tennessee Infantry stationed at Pharr and Hidalgo is ordered to move to San Benito. The Seventy-fourth New York Infantry transfers from Pharr to McAllen. Pharr camp will be abandoned.
Colonel and Mrs Harry E Wilkins host dancing at the post gymnasium. Cabaret dinner dansant at the Gunter. Mr and Mrs William D Syers entertain the Tuesday Evening Five Hundred Club. German Literary Club drama meet at 8 15 in the Gunter pink room. Mrs Nat M Washer hosts luncheon in the Gunter pink room. Mrs Tazewell Campbell hosts cards for Miss Dorothy Gage. Civics meeting of the Woman's Club at 3 30. Bonham School Mothers Club at 3 30. Executive committee of Woman's Aid and Missionary Society of First Presbyterian Church meets at 3 30 in church parlors with Presbyterian aid societies invited. Missionary silver tea 4 00 to 6 00 at Mrs George Ganssle 322 Baltimore for city mission work. Ladies Aid Society of Prospect Hall Christian Church at 3 in the tabernacle 2524 West Travis. German Classics Reading Circle at 3 in the oak room of St Anthony.
Mrs. F. E. Hathaway hosted a Prospect Hill Christian Endeavor gathering with many attendees. Guests included Louise and Helen Ahr Maggie Cain Margaret Holzhorn Annie Mae White Annie Brice Beulah Blackman Josephine Holzhorn Louise Hathaway and numerous others. Additional notes mention Mildred Morris visiting Austin for the inaugural ball and other local social arrivals and events.
An old advertisement promotes Cuticura products for dandruff itching and dryness. It advises rubs with Cuticura Ointment, morning shampoo with Cuticura Soap, and tepid rinses for soft white hands. It claims Cuticura Soap is pure and better for daily use and offers free samples by mail with a Boston Dept. 14F address.
Mr and Mrs Gage Mrs J H Lapham Dr and Mrs Witten Booth Russ Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis and Dr and Mrs J H Burleson preside over 175 guests at a lavish dining and ballroom event. Attire features rose gold silks and yellow tulle with smilax decor. a five course supper at 11 and a program with twelve dances.
Mr and Mrs A C Toudouze hosted a social evening for Miss Edith Masse of Ban dera. The gathering featured games dancing and refreshments. Attendees included Edith Masse numerous Breeden Necker Pal mer Toudouze Lawson and Evins family members and friends.
Miss Clara Schummann entertained the Daisy Bunco Club Sunday afternoon with piano selections by Hazel Mucenfuss and Clara Schummann. Refreshments were served and bouquets of ferns, sweet peas and hyacinths were favors. Attendees included Stella Stricker, Emma Kirchens, Emma Kolp, Dora Knopp, Katherine Rilling, Frieda Jaehnig, Hazel Mucenfuss, Clara Schummann, and Hulda Steffler.
San Antonio readers are reminded that the Breck enridge golf links are open and free for public use. Commissioner Lambert notes only locker rental if players wish to store clubs, balls, and toys, but playing costs nothing.
Texas dealers traveling to Chicago on the San Antonio Special will pause in St Louis for a day. The train leaves San Antonio at 7 a.m. Saturday and reaches St Louis at 11 30 a.m. Sunday. It departs St Louis at 11 30 p.m. Sunday for Chicago, arriving Monday morning.
Queretaro Mexico January 16 sections of the new constitution ratified by the constitutional assembly define Congress powers to admit new states raise territories tax regulate foreign commerce declare war regulate immigration naturalization and colonization control military forces establish banks value foreign money and mines concessions. A motion suspended discussion on mining commerce credit and labor. A plan to create national and agricultural banks and to grant special mineral land concessions was also presented. The plan could allow land condemnation for plants refineries or transportation facilities and affect foreign companies. a committee will decide its fate.
In a playful exchange cited by the Boston Transcript a woman asks a lawyer about filing for divorce and the lawyer retorts with a clinching question. The quip highlights marital legal tensions and witty courtroom banter from early press.
An old Sloan's liniment advertisement touts quick relief from rheumatism gout lumbago neuralgia sprains and bruises. It promises cleaner faster results than mossy plasters or ointments without staining skin or clogging pores. Distributed widely in family medicine chests.
International vice president S B Marks spoke to San Antonio local No 33 at Trades Council Hall about the Pressmen's Home in Tennessee and a tuberculosis sanatorium. He then left for New York for board meetings with the union directors.
Justices Neil Campbell and Ben Fisk ruled that the county attorney, not the district attorney, has the legal right to represent certain cases, affecting annual fees estimated between 1200 and 1500 dollars. The decision, issued Tuesday morning, clarifies who holds appeal and prosecutorial authority in the matter.
The piece explains Lydia 5 Pinkham s Vegetable Compound uses over 250 000 pounds of herbs annually gathered at their optimal season. It describes meticulous cleanliness, percolation, sterilization of utensils, pasteurization and filtration before bottling, attributing success to the herbs and careful preparation in treating female illnesses.
Two justices met in a joint session and heard arguments from County Attorney Newton and Assistant District Attorney Black. They resolved the contention in favor of Newton. Also notes on a beer theft from an I G N railway box car with eighty four pint bottles stolen and three men seen fleeing. no arrests yet.
A meeting to discuss plans for 1917 relief funds for Jewish women and children in the European war zone is set for Wednesday January 17 at 8 15 PM at Temple Beth El. Also reported are a pistol discharge incident leading to a $25 fine for Alberto Vastrero and a stolen Overland car case, No. 10475, owned by O D Miller.
Three train loads ferry San Antonio football fans and militia to Austin for the afternoon game between the Second Texas Infantry of Corpus Christi and Camp Wilson’s eleven. About fifteen hundred militia on two M E and T trains left 7:30 am. A civilian and soldier train followed at 9 am. Return trains scheduled for 11 pm arrival back in San Antonio.
Quoted Uncle Fren remark frames loss of funds and national fate as a lesson in political bets. The line comments on squandered money and perceived national disappointment.
Real estate promo targets home buyers with a property sale pitch mentioning a Dollar Day Light Want Av plan. The ad notes 15 words repeated 11 times across two Sundays and starting Thursdays.
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