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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1915
Page
5
A sprawling scrape of late 19th century notices reports fires near a home for the aged, legal actions, auctions, arrests for forgery and swindling, missing goods, and taxi and business ads. Names include Davison and A Well, J Wy Gullaner, Alberto Garcia, and Francis Dupussieus with addresses in San Antonio. The piece mixes crime, auctions, theatre notices, and social events in a dense urban roundup.
In a plenary session representatives introduced the Equal Suffrage Amendment to be considered by the House and Senate. The move, led by lawmakers including Maker of IT0od and Palo Finke, aims to place the amendment on next November’s ballot pending committee reports and House approval.
Fragmented obituaries list Henry Walters of Shreveport died Friday night. Leah Stern, age unknown, of St Louis, died at home after moving to San Antonio. Helen Victoria Sansom’s funeral held at 51 Marshall Street with burial at Mission Burial Park. Horace Bolt, 50, former banker from Baltimore, died after long illness. Miss Pearce Roming Clare, a clinician, advertised ambulance service. scattered names, places, and brief funeral details across the page.
Plans discussed by President of the Great Northern and Santa Fe to extend the Fredericksburg road northward toward Brownwood, creating a new junction with the Frisco and Santa Fe lines. Projected cost around 25 years of prior plans, with preliminary valuation and potential traffic estimates cited by officials.
Katherine and Mie Stinson plan morning and afternoon flights from Army Lost maneuver field if weather cooperates. The sisters moved a recovered machine to Fort Sam Houston hangar for inspection and practice in coming weeks amid reports of overseas passengers and local interest. A separate incident nearby saw Terney Hensel attacked by three men, while the American Howling Company plant at Stagelth burned, causing heavy losses.
Wealthy retiree from Kansas City, Jd. Beunun, visited San Antonio with his wife and praised the city as a premier winter resort. He recounts San Antonio’s growth from 30,000 population and cheap Houston street real estate to a modern city attracting visitors, noting his own 37-year repeated winters here and plans to stay from November to May.
Report discusses rapid aviation warfare development. British and German air services enhance aircraft use, range, and anti aircraft tactics. Observers note air scouts within rifle range and artillery countermeasures shaping battlefield information flows amid rising casualties.
A contemporary account details British and German aviators dropping newspapers and signaling for artillery while civilians face deception and fear. The piece notes how Germans publish false reports to lower spirits as British planes act more boldly, signaling targets and drawing wary reactions from troops and horses below. It also mentions a separate note about Billy Sunday’s Washington sermon on Take 19 1. Jesus entered and passed Jericho.
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