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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1916
Page
8
The San Antonio Bi-Centennial Celebration announces additional commissioners named by George D. Armistead chairman. The list includes W. B. Tuttle Lee Shannon Carlos Bee Col T H Sanderson D A McAskill Otto Wardmund Edward H Lange Eugene Nordhaus and Lon D Cartwright. Directors for the Bi-Centennial Celebration Association will be chosen from this list.
Police Court Judge Lowther sentences suspicious arrestees to fifty days on the chain gang to curb thefts during the Mid-winter race meet. Detectives had held a strict watch for crooks over several days, arresting those unable to explain their presence in the city.
Lt Col W G Haan told the Senate military committee that protecting key U S regions would require about 1 025 million troops, with 18 divisions for east coast, 14 for the Pacific, and Boston defenses updated with 16 inch rifles and 12 inch mortars to reach long ranges.
Dr. Ferdinand Sonneborn of New York City and numerous guests are noted at the St. Anthony and Menger. Visitors include I. M. Castro of Laredo Texas, H. Thaxton of Austin, Clarence W. Wilson of Dallas, Mixe and Will Hoge of Houston, J. G Childers Jr. of Cotulla, J. W. Grimbile of New York, E. S. Curtis of North Pleasanton, and others alongside Mrs. and Mr. Brown of Denver and Mr. and Mrs. Winterbotham of Galveston.
Beeville Texas reports a cold norther arriving with wet conditions after several cold spells. Rain needed by Bee County has yet to arrive despite the moisture.
A 15 cent Light Want Ad is advertised as a fast, low cost way to reach buyers, with claims of high response. The brief copy urges readers to act quickly to maximize returns from inexpensive classified advertising.
Dr. Stockton Axson of the Rice Institute outlines a real novel as a chemical mix of plot motive and verisimilitude where story and character blur. He cites Samuel Richardson’s Pamela (1740) as the first genuine novel and stresses unity in plot and individuality in character.
A roundup of new Texas charters includes Lone Star Petroleum Company Austin with $40,000 capital and incorporators C J Williamson H A Evans and Fred Adams. Groesbeck Brick Company $17,000 with C S Bradley R L Underwood Dan Parker and C C Frampton. T H Y Oil Company Sour Lake $7,500 with F L Thomson J H Hudson and J S Young. Camp Cotton Literary Society El Paso with no capital stock and incorporators Robert Lee Willie Hutton Valmore Gobeil. Westland Investment Company Houston $1,000 with L H Dunn Thomas R Joseph and T R Joseph Jr. Carrollton Hardware Company Carrollton Dallas County $5,000 with C E Trudson Charles L Chastain and J B Chastain. Cuero Auto Sales Company Cuero $5,100 with H R Forbese J R Forbese and C C Dickerson. Adone Keown Hardware Company Houston $12,500 with J R Adone John Keown and L R Bryan Jr. Kasten McNeil Mercantile Company Woodsboro $25,000 with W J Kasten A L McNeil and R W Dahse. An amendment drops Ikohns Company Wichita Falls from $40,000 to $35,000. Final capital payments verified for Wallis Lumber Wallis and Valley Box and Crate Factory San Benito and Public Drug Company Houston and Mayfield Company Tyler and Hicks Kellam Company Kaufman.
Sunday January thirtieth promotion notes that 25,000 San Antonio and Southwest Texas homes will hear light want ads. It argues the buying power of these households offers business opportunity and patronage potential for firms.
A Sunday Light Want Ad claims fifteen cents buys effective advertising with strong reach. The Light guarantees 70 percent more daily paid home circulation in San Antonio than any other newspaper, urging readers to rent, sell, or trade using the section.
Classified notice explains Light Want Ads must be in the office by 8 PM Saturday to avoid late column placement. Ads can be placed by phone and priced by word and repetitions, with rates listed for 15 words 1, 4, 7, or 10 insertions.
J Harrison arrested by post office authorities waived preliminary examination and agreed not to contest removal to the Federal court of West Virginia. Judge Edwards set a $306000 appearance bond, while prosecutors indicated the local charge carries lighter penalties than the West Virginia case. Harrison sobbed and said he would follow counsel Ridgeway in the matter. He is unlikely to post the $30,000 bond and remain in the county.
Forty two sticks of dynamite and 300 fulminate mercury caps were stolen Friday night from Merchants powder house five miles from the city on the Salado. The robbery broke a steel padlock and door. Sheriff Tobin and Deputy Diaz hunted for clues leaving a bat-wing order tie as the sole hint.
An advertisement for Overland Auto Livery at 216 Soledad Street cites cr. 6100 and 4100, with new rates of 900 dollars and hourly charges of $1.5 and $2. Dr J K Foster Dentist in Gibbs building also advertised.
Offer for 600 samples of 1917 calendars sold directly by Dulling Printing Co at 131 Losoya with a 10 percent office discount and free delivery.
A black woman was arrested by Patrolman Simpson early Saturday for alleged complicity in attempting to rob a train porter Friday night at the Southern Pacific passenger depot. Her male accomplice remains at large and detectives continue the investigation.
O'Connell Loan Co. at 112 E Houston Street advertises loans on diamonds watches and jewelry offering quick cash against valuable items.
Diaz Sisters Orchestra to play at W. O. W. hall Lat on January 29 for the first annual ball. Tickets priced at 25 cents as advertised.
Prof. Sureddin offers medical and cosmetic massage services from 316-17 Hicks Building.
A short classified notice offers Elgin and Waltham watches for sale with easy payments through C. W. Davis. Contact number Cr. 6114.
Police report two raids on Friday night. Nine pullets were stolen from E. E. Dunning at 288 West Josephine Street. At Mrs. M. Dougan’s home on 200 La Bonia Avenue Harlancale four turkeys and several chickens were taken.
A city wide drive by the Baptist churches aims to reduce indebtedness on church buildings and a hospital lot owned by the city mission board. The drive begins Sunday January 30 with services across Church groups and a mass meeting February 6 at First Baptist. A “committee of one hundred” will oversee a February 7 canvass to collect unpaid pledges totaling about 38000 dollars.
Poll tax payments in Corpus Christi and Nueces county are mounting fast. A principal representative of the department of justice based in San Antonio is in the area, suspected of involvement in alleged frauds in poll tax payments.
W. G. Schuwirth and Company at 231 West Commerce Street offers sewer connection and plumbing services with phone Crockett 641 for inquiries and installations.
George W. Woodhead 59 died in his West Myrtle street apartment at 4 30 am Saturday from injuries suffered when struck by a jitney in Houston about a year ago. He moved to San Antonio two weeks ago for treatment from McClouth Kansas his home. Survived by widow daughter Georgia Emerick brother Grant Woodhead sister Mrs Cabrinkie all of McClouth Kansas. Body to be sent to McClouth by Shelley Loring Undertaking Co. Saturday night.
Satisfied customers recommend Red Swan Coffee to friends and colleagues highlighting Reinhard Co Graduated Roasters and Ady as a trusted name in the brand.
Turkish bath and massage parlors for ladies and gentlemen advertise at 515 Na Varro Street opposite St Anthony Hotel with details of services and hours.
Thieves entered the Rob Ball Brothers Saloon at 102 West Commerce Street by breaking a rear window. They stole about $5 in change from an open cash register. Police were notified of the burglary late Friday night.
Boston Lunch at 104 E Houston advertises a best 25 cent meal with oysters at 20 cents a dozen, highlighting value lunch options for patrons.
Garrie Brittain eleven, son of Mrs O J Brittain of Terrell Texas, had been missing ten days since January 18. Word reached the mother that he might have been located in Georgia Alabama, though local officials are unsure it is him or how he got there.
The listing notes Cowles Auto Livery at Crockett 342 offering new rates of 1.50 and 2 dollars per hour for rental service.
Feldman a real estate man and financier of San Antonio was elected a director of Citizens' Bank & Trust Company at a directors meeting held Friday. Alamo Jewelry Co advertises buy or trade in old gold silver diamonds and coins. Five passenger cars available for $1 per hour.
Santa Barbara, Jan 29 Dr Lois Fitch Mansfield aged 86 died at her home. Believed to be the nation’s oldest woman physician she was noted for opening America’s first open air school.
Duke Jeffries and Willard Smith, election inspectors, were found not guilty by a U S district court jury in Guthrie Oklahoma on charges they conspired to limit black voters by enforcing the grandfather clause. The verdict ends the case for these two inspectors and implicates six others in the pending prosecutions.
The speaker, Brand Whitlock the recently returned Belgian minister, criticized over cheerful optimism. He recalled a Toledo boy asking what an optimist is, replying that an optimist is a man who tells others not to worry while things go his way.
A promotional notice claims Foley's Honey and Tar Compound relieves the racking cough of la grippe. It asserts easing chest tightness, loosening phlegm, and quick relief, with a testimonial from R. G. Collins of Barnegat New Jersey. Available from A. M. Fischer Gibbs Building.
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