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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1916
Page
16
West Danby New York resident Mrs DeWitt Sincebaugh says the remedy cured nervous trouble and female disorders enabling her to work on a farm with four daughters. She reports her oldest daughter also benefited and recommends keeping the product at home. The advertisement touts forty years of use and roots and herbs as its medicinal basis.
The Red Cross collecting and distributing station at Avenue E and Fourth Street in San Antonio is ready to receive shipments. Randolph Robertson reports no supplies are yet on the way. The site has been scrubbed and cleaned, and furniture provided by the Woman's Club is placed. Local companies offer to help furnish items, telephones may be installed Friday, and cleanup crews removed yard trash.
The humorist Oliver Herford is noted for gray clothes in summer attire. A friend asked why his suits stay the same shade, and he replied with a dry joke about sending the tailor a sample of his dandruff after a June stroll on Fifth Avenue.
Republicans in Bexar County schedule precinct conventions for July 22 to elect delegates to the county convention and choose one executive committee member per precinct. The county committee will canvass results July 29 at an as yet unspecified location. The call lists precinct chairmen and venues across the county, with a projected heavy vote tied to national policy on Mexico and possible cross-party coalition talk.
A jagged OCR fragment mixes a Spurgeon anecdote about heaven and a newspaper ad jumble. It references a cornet Sabbath joke and stray phrases about paid homes, San Antonio notices, and want ads with unclear figures and lines.
The Wolff and Marx Co announces Saturday morning bargain events from 8 30 a m to 1 p m each Saturday in July and August. Stores open until 1 p m and offer seasonable desirable merchandise with exceptionally low prices across every department.
Boxes of books magazines and games will be sent Saturday by Mrs Charles G Starr chairwoman of the reading matter drive for soldiers in hospitals and on the border. Donations from many residents include boxes from San Antonio Drug Company and gifts totaling funds for Red Cross needs. A $100 gift from Robert Driscoll supported purchases while $75 went to the Red Cross for bandages. a chicken dinner ad accompanies the notice.
The funeral was held for Charles Meginnis from 212 Hill street with Rev. Hi L J Williams officiating. Burial occurred at City cemetery No 4, with a guard from the San Antonio Zouaves present. Adolf Schmitt, 57, died at his daughter’s home on 217 Foard street. he was a longtime San Antonio baker and Harmonia Lodge member. He is survived by a son Otto, two daughters, two brothers, six sisters, and others. The funeral for Schmitt will be held at Mrs Dennis’s home, with interment to follow.
William O. Rutledge aged 87 died at his daughter Mrs A Armstrongs home 314 Matagorda street at 115 pm Thursday He was a Confederate veteran He is survived by his daughter 13 grandchildren and four great grandchildren Funeral services were held at Mrs Armstrongs home at 4 pm Friday and interment followed in the Confederate Cemetery Rev A Wolf of St John s Lutheran Church conducted the services with Albert Sidney Johnston Camp United Confederate Veterans pallbearers J H King reported death of another local figure in Houston He formerly worked at the San Antonio and Aransas Pass office and is survived by his widow and sister Mrs R J Pruitt of San Antonio Body to be sent to Memphis Tenn for interment
Local ad announces Shetley Lorig Underlining Co offering automobile equipment with contact via two phone numbers 971 and Adyv.
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