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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1917
Page
3
Catholic Woman's Club hosts a social evening in honor of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson. Marriage of J. J. Rheiner and Miss Olivette Furman at 7 o'clock in Travis Park Methodist Church.
Miss Pauline Parky cancels open house on Sunday afternoon due to a family bereavement involving Miss Louise Flowers, who was to be the honor guest.
Miss Thelma Cochran of Houston is the guest of Miss Mildred Murray. The social exchange highlights friendship in a Houston hosting circle.
Miss Elizabeth Rice of Alfred is the guest of Miss Russell Hughes for a social visit.
Ray Davenport and Grady Carl were admitted to membership in the Entre Nous Club at its last meeting. A social hour followed the business session.
The Over the Samovar Club began with Miss Gladys Morgan as chairwoman at the Carolina tea rooms on Friday. Members studied Rus sia history and featured the election of Master John Harris Newton as mascot, infant son of Wallace and Mrs. Newton, grandson of Mrs. Davenport.
Friday evening the Denver Heights Presbyterian Church hosted a piano recital by Mrs. D. C. Powell’s pupils with Mr. Powell assisting. Performers included Evelyn Gray playing Ardah and Gipsy Rondo, Edna Barrett singing The Slumber Boat and Rockin’ in de Win, Ellen Gray performing Souvenir, and Amy Arno with a selected piano piece.
Mrs Fallon pleads with readers to seek a safe open air deep breathing plan combined with oil of korein to reduce excess weight. The cheap treatment is claimed to cut surplus fat, aid digestion, improve health, and firm skin, with capsules named oil of korein as the key.
A school recital features students aged 5 through 9 performing piano pieces by Koehler Grieg Liszt and a violin selection with a playlet titled The Fraid Bogies Triumph. Notable performers include Harry Clarke Edna Barrett Sarah Gray and Mrs D C Powell guiding a group of pupils.
The Catholic Woman's Association will be at home Saturday evening for men of Fort Sam Houston and Camp Wilson. Moving pictures will be shown and a musical program will be performed by members and their guests.
With Rev. Weddell away in Missouri for a month, Rev. J. W. Repass preaches Sunday morning and Rev. J. H. Groseclose Sunday evening at Travis Park Methodist. A schedule lists July 15 Burgin Dallas July 22 Vinson Texas University president July 29 Groseclose August 5 Mouzan Dallas. Stewards meet Monday at 8 with reports.
An invitation to Mexican laborers in San Antonio and nearby areas to attend a 3 PM Sunday lecture at the city market house by Antonio M. Pedroza. The talk, under the Obreros Mexicanos, will urge Mexicans to remain in the United States amid rumors of conscription and unrest. The Obreros Mexicanos, formed about a week ago, now counts roughly 700 members.
Tele gram reports the Dallas Times Herald publisher’s wife Mrs. Edwin J. Kiest died in a Baltimore hospital after an operation about a month ago. She was a leading figure in Dallas clubs and art, helped found the Dallas Art Association, and aided funds for the fair grounds collection. Mr. Kiest was with her at death.
The Arcee Convention notes San Antonio attendees at the Baptist Young People's Union convention at Palacios by the Sea. Leaders and members listed include Howard Beckerman, Snowflake Smith, Grace Ross, William Pieper, Emma Groathaus, Helen Linscott, Jewel McCann, Walter Neidert, and many others from San Antonio and nearby cities. Also present are Miss Mabel Cummings, Mrs. F A Hill, J A Graves of Del Rio, Rev J B Marshall and family, and a 22 member Cleurne party.
The Kappa Alpha Theta social at Miss Marie David's home 1415 East Houston Street featured dancing and refreshments. Members present included Misses Carmen Olacerigui Helen Alt Hoff Elizabeth Black Helen Soldierer Marie David Margaret Olacerigui Marie Lange Marine Wells Margaret O Shaughnessy Erla Harris and Messrs Neil Johnson Reuben Toepperwein Vincent Campbell Gilbert Bailey Joe Sessions Paul Meusehutz Edward Ogden Percy Starr James Goolsby Glen Hicccox Vernon Newton John Rodriguez H Solcher.
Hillsboro Texas July 7 J E Shirley a prominent traveling man in Texas was killed in an automobile accident at Tulsa Texas. The body has been sent to his home in Corsicana.
Multiple churches list Sunday school times sermons and special events. Calvary Baptist Pine and Hays 9:45 11 8 with baptism YPUs meetings. First Baptist Fourth and Taylor 10 11 8 sessions with youth unions. Beacon Hill Baptist Grant Ave Ashby Place 9:30 11 8:15 Junior and Senior YPUs with midweek prayers. Central Baptist Johnson and Nathan 9:45 11 8:30 revival near South Flores Fest Streets. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Avenue E Fifth Street 11 8 daily services with David from sheep folds and life topics. Luther League and Brotherhood activities noted. July bulletin to be distributed at parish house.
The San Antonio class meets at Modern Woodmen Hall 117 North Flores Street for three Sunday services including 3 p m lecture by A G Eckols 4 15 p m Bible study and 8 15 p m Bible study. Tuesday 8 p m prayer praise and testimony stimulate further events.
St Marys Church lists weekday and Sunday masses with multiple special services and devotions including Children of Mary and Holy Name Society callouts. St Patrick's Church notes Sunday masses 7 30 and 10 am with evening service. San Fernando Cathedral lists Spanish and English masses, Vespers, and cemetery meeting. St Josephs Church provides Sunday masses 6 7 8 and 10 with confessions and devotions.
First Church of Christ, Scientist on Avenue D and Fifth Street announces Sunday services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with subject Sacrament. Evening service repeats. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Central Christian Church on Main Avenue offers morning and evening services with Mr. McLellan preaching and Sunday school at 9 30 a m. Social meeting is Wednesday at 8 p m. Other churches listed include Prospect Hill North Sabinas and West Travis Bible school 9 30 a m Communion 10 45 a m Christian Endeavor 7 45 p m Government Hill services 11 a m and 8 p m with 6 45 p m Christian Endeavor Midweek praising 8 p m Thursday dies Ald Monday at 2 p m at church. South Side Hunstock and Alamosa Sunday school 10 a m preaching 11 a m and 8 p m by John W Smith with fourth sermon in series on the American home.
Pastor H M Wallin leads services with Sabbath school at 9 30 am and sermons at 11 am titled A Lost Treasure. Jail services at 3 pm and Nazarene Young People's Society at 7 pm with The Princely Soldier. Wednesday prayers. Mission on South Flores Street with Sunday school 8 pm and Wednesday prayer meeting.
Rev. Charles Albert Riley leads worship at Central Congregational Church located at 822 Fast Houston Street with Sunday School at 10 a m and sermon at 11 a m Lessons by the way walking and talking feature in the service at 1127 West Craig Pace address listed for further details.
St John s Church Cherry and Burnet Streets rector R Y Barber Fifth Sunday after Trinity Holy communion 730 am Sunday school 930 am Evening prayer and sermon 8 pm St Paul s Memorial Government Bill Grayson and Willow Streets Rev W W Doud rector Fifth Sunday after Trinity Holy communion 730 am Sunday school 930 am Morning prayer 1110 am Evening prayer 8 pm Apostolic rite of confirmation by Rt Rev W T Capers D D at 8 pm Monday Boy Scouts 7 pm Tuesday Girls Friendly Society 730 pm Wednesday vestry meeting meeting at rectory 830 pm St Luke s Prospect Hill Rev H R Remsen rector Sunday 945 am morning service 11 am Christ Church Laurel Heights Holy communion 730 am Morning prayer and sermon 11 am Bishop Capers officiating at both St Mark s Travis Park Rev W Bertram Stevens rector Fifth Sunday after Trinity Holy communion 730 am Sunday school 930 am Morning prayer and sermon 11 am Evening prayer and sermon 8 pm Friday Holy communion 10 am Intercession for the nation daily at 1336 am
Sabbath school 9 30 a m at Nolan and Muncey Streets with F S Erne as superintendent. Sermon 10 30 a m Y P service 7 30 p m sermon 8 p m Young peoples prayer meeting Wednesday evening. Friedens Church on Main Avenue Elmira Street Julius Reichert pastor services 10 30 a m with Sunday school at 9 15 a m and post service congregation meeting.
At Vaars Evangelical Lutheran Church Missouri Synod located at South Presa and Roseborough Sheate G C Falsken pastor. Sunday school at 9 30 a m. Morning service in German at 10 30 o'clock. Subilect of.
Multiple congregations list Sunday school times preaching schedules and midweek events. Churches include Fast End, Los Angeles Heights, Government Hill, Alamo, Laurel Heights, Denver Heights, Prospect Hill, West End, Alamo Heights, Free Methodist Crosby, Travis Park. Clergy named L. Batchelor J. F. Lawlis J. W. Rowland C. W. Webdell and others. Senior and junior leagues and Epworth League noted. Service times range 9:15–11:00 a.m. and 8:00–8:15 p.m. with midweek prayer meetings and special sermons.
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church on Avenue C and Pecan Street with Pastor C. Leonard offers morning sermon Gods Voice in the Summer and evening The Sin y Fast St. Louis. Sunday abiel at 9 45 am Epworth League at 7 pm.
Christian and Missionary Alliance at 626 Matagorda Street hosts Sunday school at 2 30 p m and Sunday preaching at 3 20 p m on The Immensity of God's Love. Tuesday prayer meeting is at 8 p m and Thursday Bible class at 2 30 p m Season on Marx xi.
A listing of services and programs for multiple churches including Denver Boulevard Presbyterian, Utica Presbyterian, First Presbyterian, Alamo Heights United Presbyterian, Westminster Presbyterian, Madison Square Presbyterian, and others. It notes pastors, service times 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., Sunday schools, Christian Endeavor groups, midweek prayer sessions, and special events throughout the week.
The San Antonio Society of the Church of the New Jerusalem will hold divine service at 11 a.m. Sunday at 201 Camden Street inside The Woman's Club. Rev. G G Pulsford will preach on The Holy City with the text from Revelation twenty one ten.
Informal evening service led by Rev. George H. Badger at 224 Dwyer Avenue begins at 8 PM Sunday. Badger will speak on Nearer My God to Thee and its author. Regular summer morning services are discontinued.
Berlin dispatch reports the Socialists in the German Reichstag will not back votes of credit unless specific conditions are met. The note comes amid heated debate over government funding and fiscal controls.
Sealed proposals will be received here until 11 a.m. July 9, 1917, for screening the Surgical Pavilion Central Heating Plant Hospital Corps Dormitories Department Laboratory and Kitchen Addition. Further information on application Adv.
A city mission board meeting for Baptist churches is set for 8 o clock Sunday afternoon at the headquarters 312 Gibbs building. The July bulletin will be handed out Sunday morning at Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church. Brotherhood meets at 8 o'clock Monday and Ladies Aid Society at 3 30 Tuesday afternoon at the parish house.
Informal service at 8 p m Sunday at 223 Dwyer Avenue hosted by Mrs Conrad Schasse. Reverend G H Badger will deliver a short talk titled Nearer My God to Thee during the summer period when regular morning services are suspended.
The confirmation class will be confirmed at 8 oclock Sunday by Bishop W T Capers. Boy Scouts meet at 7 oclock Monday. Girls Friendship Society at 7 30 oclock Tuesday. The vestry meets on Wednesday at the rectory.
The Immanuel B Y P U of the First Baptist Church schedules a 6:45 PM Sunday program led by Mrs John H White with Group 3. The topic is Appreciation of Gods Forgiveness featuring scripture lessons chain readings solos a discussion and seed thoughts led by Patrick Ross Brownfield McMurray Baird Carlyle and Robert White.
In Stockholm on July 7 T St John Gaffney former Munich consul general and Englishman Chatterton-Hill did not secure roles as Ireland’s representatives on the Scandinavian Dutch committee. Camille Huysmans advised delegates that Germany’s emissaries are posing as champions of oppressed peoples.
Washington July 7 The Federal Bureau of Mines reports a surge in explosives production since the war began. Last year’s output excluding exports topped 500 million pounds, up about 44 million from 1915. Exports in 1915 were valued at 188,069,893 dollars.
A Pittsburg speaker asks for moth control items. The exchange notes moth balls as effective and mentions a desire for a gun to shoot moths, reflecting wartime era concerns and improvised pest control ideas.
The West End Lake Pavilion hosts a special Sunday shirtwaist moonlight dance. The open pavilion is described as the coolest place to dance in the city with Lett’s excellent orchestra music number two and a surprise for attendees.
A rare collection of spear and arrow heads and fossils from the palaeolithic era were added to the San Antonio Scientific Society museum Friday night. Petrified wood specimens found in Texas were also secured and shown in Stevens building club rooms. The Society’s museum has outgrown its quarters and plans are underway for a municipal museum to house its collection and future acquisitions.
Dulling Printing Co markets labels business cards at low prices. The notice highlights affordable printing options for small businesses and individuals seeking economical branding materials.
Horace E. Wilson lawyer located at 607 508 State Bank Building advertises legal services and contact Cr. 3281.
O'Connell Loan Co at 112 East Houston Street advertises all kinds of collateral loans including diamonds and watches for short term funding.
The fife and drum corps of the San Antonio Lodge of Elks is renamed a bugle drum corps with eight bugles eight snare drums and one bass drum J W Le Mair from Cheyenne Wyoming a former 80 year army bandmaster leads and directs the new corps which he says will make more noise than any other musical organization in the city.
Ad announces Palm Beach suits priced from 4.50 to 7.50 with extra pants available. Offers 2000 suits to choose from at Hummel's Clothing Store located at 305 West Commerce Street.
Local advert offers to buy or trade old gold silver diamonds and coins. OO Jewelry Co advertises at 315 Alamo Plaza with a brief call for customers to bring items for appraisal or sale.
Special Agent E. T. Needham and Police Captain Stevens arrested a 34 year old woman in the 100 block on North Laredo Street at 10 30 P M Friday night for alleged sale of liquor without a revenue license to operate a blind tiger.
A block from prices at the Jewelry Store along 306 Main Ave prompts customers to compare value. Unknown author notes price pressures in the district as shoppers watch discount signs and stock levels.
Jerfery announces car hire at 1.60 dollars per hour. Advertisement notes rates and contact details for rental services.
Prowlers attempting to enter the Ed Beere saloon at 1540 River Avenue fired on owner Mr Beere at 10 45 Friday night. They fled into Brackenridge Park as detectives King Proudfoot Louthian and Mounted Officer Lowell searched the area without locating the suspects.
Luncheon and refreshments offered at West End Pavilion with Chile served on Sunday. Reminder to remember the Sun night shirtwaist moonlight dance advertised.
A woman was struck by an automobile while attempting to cross in the 400 block. The incident prompted medical evaluation and police attendance at the scene. Further details on injuries or vehicle involved were not provided.
Miss Bessie New of 219 Arbor Place was knocked down and injured on Main Avenue. The car, owned by D. A. Thomas, was driven by G. Graeger of 615 West Cevallos Street. Dr. Forrest treated her briefly before she returned home with a chauffeur. No arrest was made at Miss New's request.
Dan Lewis, attorney at law, located at 414 7 Pepe Building, Travis 6413, provides legal services.
Clinton G Brown is presented as a lawyer connected to Alamo Bank in a brief entry advertising legal services and professional affiliation. The note functions as a professional profile listing and contact pointer.
Cly¢o Grice a 16 year old Black boy was seriously wounded by a pocket knife in the chest during an alley confrontation with another Black boy near Avenue C and Houston Street. The blade likely pierced the lung. William Weems, 14, was arrested on related charges. Grice was taken to Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital for treatment.
Come to West End Lake and cool off. We rent dance hall to private parties reasonable boating available. Cr. 7411. Delightful and cool.
While seated on her front gallery at 208 Rusk Street, Mrs. E Pena was hit by a stone thrown from the street. Police found no suspect and Mrs. Pena suffered only minor injuries.
Augmented Tonight Willett Orchestra led by Mike Garcia on trombone to perform at Turner Hall. Gents 50 cents, ladies free. All are invited to open the music and join the dancing tonight for a lively social event.
Officer A. R. Gonzales was struck and bruised while breaking up a fight at West Houston and Laredo Streets at 4 30 Friday. He held two assailants until help arrived as the other two escaped. Galvan Boniface age 29 and Joe Herrera age 26 were held on aggravated assault charges.
Mrs. Elia Hart of East Auburn Placer County California writes to Chief Lancaster seeking to locate her sister Josephine Johnson who she believes lived near San Antonio years ago and was married to stockman Leland Harrington. It has been 30 years since any word or sighting.
Under the county board of school trustees action the Montgomery property near McDonna was detached from district 46 and added to district 26. Officials note crossing the Medina River prevented children from attending and transferring to district 26 would remove this obstacle and restore access to schooling.
Vacation ad notes a round trip fare of 21 dollars via Southern Pacific to Cloudcroft New Mexico with a note that the town is cooler, dated July 8th.
A rundown of travelers staying at the Menger Gunter Lanier and St Anthony hotels includes Mrs L R Bryan and Miss Mary on guest at the Menger Sam R Merrill of Houston stops at St Anthony N Trotter of San Marcos among Lanier arrivals Miss Emma Askew Carrizo Springs apartments at Gunter Bruce Bentley Hampton VA visiting city Miss W R Wegley of Waco registered at Menger W S Chambers of Kansas in city Saturday morning at Lanier Dr and Mrs W D Fletcher of Smithville guests at Gunter James B Wells of Brownsville arrival at the Menger D E Milliken Gibbs Milliken and Dorothy Milliken Dallas have apartments at St Anthony Mrs Lloyd of Cameron registered at Lanier Wayne Harris of San Angelo among Saturday's guests at the Gunter Mrs A McCain of Fort Worth staying at the Menger Dr and Mrs W of Lared arrive at Squn Parker L Sampoon of Portland Ore in city on pleasure trip staying at Lanier Mrs K M McKensie of Galveston stopping at Gunter
A brief travel note mentions going up to Cloudcroft on July 8 with a cool climate and a $21 round trip fare via Southern Ady.
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