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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
4
The San Antonio Automobile Club will launch a ten day membership campaign starting Monday. Ten teams of local businessmen will solicit 2500 new members. Daily luncheons at the Gunter Hotel will report progress, and yearbooks will be distributed to members and prospective automobile owners.
Maternity is treated as a crisis needing care. The external preparation "Mother's Friend" claims to prevent stretching pains by relaxing abdominal muscles during birth. Available at drug stores with a free booklet offered by The Bradfield Regulator Co. in Atlanta Georgia.
The book provides a complete alphabetical list of club membership spanning from 1912 to the present day. It records names in order and notes the continuity of membership through decades, reflecting the organization’s enduring history.
Officials believe incendiary origin sparked destruction of the Transcontinental Compress Company plant in Paris Texas, where 2700 bales of cotton were lost. Fire last night followed a smaller blaze Sunday afternoon, starting near the press unused since the ginning season ended. insurance partially covers the damage, estimated over 400000 dollars.
A brief dialogue fragment asks the meaning of fame and suggests it draws public gaze. The exchange frames fame as a phenomenon that makes people gaze at a person.
In Dallas a restaurant posted rules to conserve food, charging for any molasses left on a plate after an order of wheats. It also uses odd cent pricing and gives pennies in change to reflect fair practices during the food conservation effort.
An advertisement promotes GROVE'S PASTELESS tonics claiming to fight malaria and strengthen the system. The label lists Quinine and Iron with a tasteless formula priced at 60 cents.
Lieutenant Willborn R. Hudson of Austin is recruiting men for Truck Company No 2 of the Texas National Guard infantry division supply train. The unit needs 63 chauffeurs or mechanics and Hudson expects to raise the whole company in Austin. In two days he has enlisted 11 men before conscription starts July 10. A man cannot volunteer after his name is drawn for cantion.
Rapid progress in organizing Camp Kelly into the United States top flying school. Captain Ferron and staff push final training plans, with French aviation expert Lt Ducos aiding in modeling the camp after French schools. New barracks, sewers, and hangars rise as thousands of acres are eyed for additional aviation camps under War Department.
Major Francis H. Pope and Captain James P. Castleman of the transportation division of the Quartermaster Corps were ordered Thursday afternoon to report to Colonel Harry L. Rogers in Washington. They are expected to proceed to France with Rogers to oversee quartermaster work for the Pershing expeditionary force.
The Fourth of July athletic contests at Camp Funston Leon Springs concluded with Company 3 amassing 19 points to win the morning track events. Company 7 took second with 16 points and Company 2 third with 2. Individual winners included R L Moses and A Moses in sprints, George Peddy in jumping events, and Van Gent in shot put, as teams competed in relays and tug of war while afternoon baseball gameswere played.
The Fifth Field Hospital lost to the Fourth Texas Infantry 6 to 4 in the opening game. Fife and Drum Corps beat Company 9 by 5 to 0 and then fell to Company 3 7 to 6 as the ninth inning rallied. Rifle match saw two picked teams of four vie 456 to 450 with Lt Pope earning top score 132 and Lt Seneff close behind.
Fort Worth Paper Company charter filed in Austin with capital stock of 50 000 and Fort Worth incorporators R H Kirkpatrick L A McWhirter and A R Sperry. Catholic Society of Texas No 9 Fayetteville charter filed with no capital stock. incorporators Augustin Pavel Justin Kubala Frank Klimek Ienac P Rek William Baren and John Kramer.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children and adults. It claims a teaspoonful clears clogged stomachs and bowels, preventing illness, and warns to buy only the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
It is expected within two weeks that the locating board will decide where to establish the South Texas State Normal and Stephen F. Austin Normal in East Texas. A contrastive note asks if travel to Cloudcroft, New Mexico on July 8 is planned, citing a $21.00 Southern Pacific trip as the cost.
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