Bilk by Soldiers and Civilian Hit Local Wholesalers
Through collusion two soldiers and a civilian defrauded local wholesale houses of goods worth 1000 to 1200 dollars over two months. The civilian has been arrested on the case.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1917
Page
3
Use Cocoanut Oil For Washing Hair
Advice on shampooing with pure cocoanut oil, noting soaps and shampoos can dry the scalp and damage hair. Recommends moisturized oil with water to create rich lather that cleanses hair and scalp, leaves hair silky and manageable, and is inexpensive and widely available.
Soldiers desert after theft ring involving postsupply
Federal authorities sought the soldiers who led a plan to haul supplies from wholesalers to the post. They demanded and signed for excess goods then sold them to a civilian at about half market value. Detectives Bradford and Green arrested the civilian Wednesday afternoon, who confessed acting as purchasing agent for a…
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford and
Green
Stomach Medicines Described as Dangerous and Harmful
A warning against indiscriminate use of stomach drugs. The text notes risks from gastric ulcers and excess acidity, advising avoidance of medicines that fail to neutralize acid and recommending pure bisulated magnesia as a safe after meal remedy to neutralize excess acidity and prevent fermentation.
Internal Bath Promises Health Through J B L Cascade
A San Antonio advertiser claims the J B L Cascade internal bath cleanses the lower intestines, removes waste, and boosts health. The piece touts constipation relief, reduced auto intoxication, and offers a free expert booklet from H L Wagner at 507 E Houston St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. L. Cascade
H. L. Wagner
E. Houston St
San Antonio
Texas
Restaurant scheme cost Collins Grocery and Armour Swift firms
A restaurant operator pocketed the difference between payments and market value of purchased goods in a scheme. The Collins Grocery Company and the Armour and Swift Companies reportedly lost between 300 and 500 dollars each through the operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins Grocery Company
Armour and Swift Companies
Hotel Guests and Arrivals Listed at San Antonio Inns
Local society notes show guests at the St. Anthony Gunter and Menger hotels including J. G. Childers Jr. of Cotulla Dr. J. R. Roberts of Donna and Mrs. M Robinson Elsie Robinson Vivian Robinson of Keota Okla at the Menger. Others include A Morris Allen Okla Leo Waldman New York Elmer G. Johnson Minneapolis Nathan Cohen New York Henry Cowan Comfort J M Gibson Clinton Mass W D Metral Newton Kan M Brown Beeville and H Calderon El Paso at various inns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Childers Jr
Cotulla
St. Anthony
J. R. Roberts
Donna
Gynter
M Robinson
Elsie Robinson
Vivian Robinson
Keota
Okla
Menger Hotel
A. Morris
Allen
Leo Waldman
New York
Gunter Hotel
Charles Iddiars
Kansas City
Elmer G. Johnson
Minneapolis
Gunter
Nathan Cohen
Henry Cowan
Comfort
W. D. Metral
Newton
Kan
Menger
J. M. Gibson
Clinton
Mass
M. Brown
Beeville
Mrs. H. Calderon
el Paso
Baby Found On Doorstep In Manhattan Home
A deserted infant about three or four days old was discovered on the steps of Frank Carasco at 335 Menchaca Street at 11 o'clock Wednesday night. The baby is in the city hospital under care. The item is reported in New York News with a separate humorous exchange between a bride and groom unrelated to the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carasco
Menchaca Street
Brownatone hair tinting ad promises instant, undetectable shade
An advertisement touts Brownatone as a simple no mix hair tint that cannot be detected, washes off, or rubs off. It claims instant results from light golden brown to black, with samples and a booklet available for 10 cents and direct laboratory shipping. Sold by Kenton Pharmacal Co and various San Antonio druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton Pharmacal Co
Pike St
Covington
San Antonio
Wagner's
Fischer's
Gibbs
Meier’s Pharmacy
Commerce Street
George Keene
Aloe Plaza
G Drug
Thrift lesson preached by Latshaw in San Antonio
Dr. David Latshaw of New York, // YMCA speaker, arrives for a five day thrift campaign in San Antonio. He defines thrift as intelligent income use to balance life, not mere saving, and urges building a personal budget with categories like house food clothes education, then adjusting spending to goals and needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Latshaw
New York
International Circuit of Young Men's Christian Association
United States
San Antonio
E. E. Dilley
Latshaw
Dr. Latshaw
Savng
The Gramophone Pitch and the Flute Trade
A shopman hypes a gramophone and a visitor tests a disk that imitates the flute. The device reproduces the visitor as if his playing were heard, prompting a humorous refusal to buy the gramophone while offering to sell the flute instead.
Legal inquiry on divorce charges in a domestic case
A woman asks a lawyer about filing for divorce from her husband and questions the attorney about their fees. The exchange centers on the costs and process of initiating dissolution of marriage.
Moore & Irish Buy Highland Park Tract in San Antonio Real Estate Move
Moore and Irish Bay purchase Highland Park holdings from L. P. Peck in a deal valued over $200000. They dominate Texas lot sales with projects in San Antonio including Alamo Heights and Brackenridge Place, and have expanded to Fort Worth Dayton and Erie. The Highland Park addition features 50 by 150 foot lots with modern utilities and a $40000 Highland Park School at its center. Over 200 homes have been built since listing began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Peck Highland Park Holdings
Moore & Irish
San Antonio
Texas
Alamo Heights
Southholme
Collins’ Court
Queensborough Place
Highland Park School
Obituary for Ernest Barkmeyer a San Antonio native
Ernest Barkmeyer, 26, died at 1 50 p m Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital. He was born in San Antonio and survived by his mother Mrs Herman Barkmeyer four brothers Edward Gustave Louis and Benjamin Barkmeyer and one sister Mrs Ida Gastling. The funeral will be at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon from his mother's home on the St Hedwig road with Rev A L Wolff of St John's Lutheran church officiating. Interment will be in the Barkmeyer home burial plot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Barkmeyer
San Antonio
Herman Barkmeyer
Edward
Gustave
Louis
Benjamin Barkmeyer
Ida Gastling
St. Hedwig Road
A. L. Wolff
St. John's Lutheran Church
Barkmeyer
Funeral for Lester Fitzgerald at Shelley-Loring Chapel
The funeral of Lester Fitzgerald age 28 who died Wednesday morning at his home 1003 Van Ness street will be held at 9 the Friday from the Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company chapel. Interment will be at Mission burial park. Fitzgerald was a Colorado native who came to San Antonio recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Fitzgerald
Lester Fitzgerald
van Ness Street
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Mission Burial Park
Fitzgerald
Colorado
San Antonio
Funeral for Ivan Mitrovich in Los Angeles
The funeral for Ivan Mitrovich who died January 19 in Los Angeles was held at 2 30 pm Thursday from Zizik Undertaking Company chapel. Rev Father Fassbender of St Marys parish led services. He is survived by his parents a brother and four sisters with pallbearers named J E McElroy Will McCullough W C Kalteyer Walter Lewright Herman Ochs and H Schultz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Mitrovich
Los Angeles
Zizik Undertaking Company
F. Fassbender
St. Mary's Parish
Mitrovich
Adolph Mitrovich
J. E. McElroy
Will McCullough
W. C. Kalteyer
Walter Lewright
Herman Ochs
H. Schultz
Mrs Maria Eisfeld Dies in San Antonio After 25 Years
Mrs Maria Vera Eisfeld aged 40 a Long Island native who lived in San Antonio for 25 years died at 1 o clock Thursday morning at a local hospital. She is survived by her husband and a daughter. Funeral services are set for Friday at 8:80 in Zizik parlors and St Marys church at 9, with interment in Hermann Sons cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria Vera Eisfeld
Marie Vera Eisfeld
Eisfeld
Long Island
N. Y
San Antonio
Zizik Undertaking Company
St. Mary's Church
Hermann Sons
Death of J. R. Hoffman in San Antonio
J. R. Hoffman, 46, died after a long illness at his home 419 East Cincinnati Avenue Thursday at 10:10 AM. He was a Cuero native who had lived in San Antonio for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Hoffman
East
Cincinnati Avenue
Cuero
San Antonio
Sloan's Liniment Sold for Rheumatic Pain Relief
Advert reveals Sloan's Liniment as quick penetrating relief for rheumatism and stiff joints. Claims ease after long drives or cold waits, with soothing effect on fingers wrists and arms. Suitable for gout neuralgia toothache bruises sprains and cold feet. Sold at all druggists 25c 50c and 1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sloan
Local Officer Laid To Rest After Ten Years of Service
The deceased, who served ten years and more in the police department, is survived by his widow and one child, his parents Mr and Mrs Rumnald Hoffman of Cuero, three sisters Mrs John Truetz and Mrs Fred Warn ken both of Yoakum, Mrs Fred Lentz of Victoria, and a brother Will Hoffman of Cuero. The body will be sent to Cuero Thursday night for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Department
Rumnald Hoffman
Cuero
John Truetz
Yoakum
Fred Warnken
Fred Lentz
Victoria
Will Hoffman
Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment Ad
Local advertiser Shelley Loring Undertaking Co offers automobile equipment and related services. Contact via phones 071 for information and orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co. Automobile Equiment
Money for waterways in Texas approved by House
In Washington the House approved 1,352,300 for Texas waterways for the 1918 fiscal year in minutes. Opposition focused on 25,000 for the Colorado river and 75,000 for Inland Waterways, but were defeated. Projects include Port Aransas maintenance 100,000 and Brazos mouth harbor 216,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House
Texas
Colorado River
Frear
Wisconsin
Port Aransas
Gulf Coast
Arangas Pass
Corpus Christi
Freeport
Brazos
Seventh Grade Graduation At Bowie School
Bowie school seventh grade commencement held in the auditorium at 8 o clock Thursday evening. Address welcome by Ben Meyer. Speeches include What the grammar school has done for me by Ray Kutschenreuter and What the high school will do for me by Amelia Patino. Performances include songs and a class play. Graduates listed include Lillian Butler Sue Cunningham Nona Dowdy Blanche Dlugosch Ruby Fly Aurora Gonzales Edith Grubb Robert Haralson Lynda Henry Juventino Herrera Alfred Hoffman Stella Jones Olga Kariger Ray Kutschenreuter Clara Leschke Lola Longeay Maggie Levine Sarah Marshh Ben Meyer Gussie Lee Nolen Amalia Patino Gilbert Santa Cruz George Schweitzer Louise Thurmond Ethel Zoller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowie School
Ben Meyer
Ray Kutschenreuter
Amelia Patino
Stella Jones
Lillian Butler
Sue Cunningham
Nona Dowdy
Blanche Dlugosch
Ruby Fly
Aurora Gonzales
Edith Grubb
Robert Haralson
Lynda Henry
Juventino Herrera
Alfred Hoffman
Olga Kariger
Clara Leschke
Lola Longeay
Maggie Levine
Sarah Marshh
Gussie Lee Nolen
Amalia Patino
Gilbert Santa Cruz
George Schweitzer
Louise Thurmond
Ethel Zoller
Real Estate Leaders Seek Apartments to Ease San Antonio Shortage
Realty men at the weekly Real Estate Board luncheon at the Gunter hotel urged building more apartment houses to solve the tourist lodging shortage in San Antonio. Lytle presided as toastmaster while Hart highlighted booming opportunities for modern apartments and urged owners to invest. A free rent bureau to list vacant units was approved and Torrens land registration support was requested from Senator Bee. Madison spoke on real estate and railroads as part of the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Real Estate Board
Gunter Hotel
W. J. Lytle
Ll. J. Hart
Carlos Bee
Austin
H. M. Madison
S. A. & A. P. Railroad
City Federation proposes riverfront land purchase for park frontage
The City Federation of Women's Clubs launched a plan for the city to buy a strip of land on River Avenue to grant Brackenridge Park an entire street frontage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
City Federation of Women’s Clubs
River Avenue
Brackenridge Park
Woman to Speak on Social Welfare in Texas
Miss Mabel K. Stafford executive secretary in the southwestern field for the Young Woman's Christian Association will address the Rotary Club at Friday's lunch. She will discuss the advance of social welfare among women in Texas, with Rotary noting her training makes her qualified to speak authoritatively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mabel K. Stafford
Southwestern
Young Woman's Christian Association
Rotary Club
Rotary
Indictments Return Ninety Nine Defendants in Cincinnati fraud case
Six sealed indictments naming ninety nine individuals as defendants were returned by the Cincinnati grand jury probing alleged election frauds. The names were transmitted to the U S marshal to bring the defendants into court under capias as soon as apprehended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
Capias
Local Collision Ends With Hemming of Suspect Driver
A man named Jones, misidentified in the report, was struck on Van Ness Avenue by a female driver and taken to a hospital. His injuries were not serious, and he was moved to the police station where the driver was kept. The lady blamed Jones for the accident claiming she is a careful driver with seven years behind the wheel while Jones retorted he has walked for 34 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Argonaut
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sto
Lok
BILK
Websters
Flanders
G.& C. Merriam CO
Springfield
Infant
U. S
Scotland Yard
Alica
L. P. Peck Holdings
Mio E
Linisment
Spain
Wolfson’s
Moneybak” Taffetas
Saul Wolfson
McCall and Home Journal Patterns
Miss Stafford
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