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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1916
Page
15
Illinois Engineers sparked curiosity with an unplanned night display on a field north of Fort Sam Houston. Rockets rose several thousand feet and burst, lighting a wide area as residents questioned the strange lights and the Camp Wilson exchange fielded inquiries.
Ground crews were assembling their massive searchlights following the long journey from Chicago while confirming that the rockets were also undergoing testing and trials.
Two emergency storehouses 40 by 220 feet rise on South Flores Street within the United States arsenal grounds under Captain Harry B. Jordan. Corrugated iron sheds with tin roofs will house ammunition and other army stores. Construction is being rushed due to the vast influx of supplies and troops in the department.
Atlantic City observers say fiber legs will lead the coming year’s styles as leather costs surge during the war. Manufacturers of artificial limbs now favor fiber compounds, though leather limbs remain in use for high end trade. Trade leaders note ordinary people will likely wear the fiber option.
In response to a telegram from The Light to Captain R. O. Whitaker of Troop C Texas Cavalry, a reply lists needs for the soldiers including baseball equipment cigarettes tobacco goggles soap towels chocolates. Troop applauds the wire and notes men are working hard reading books.
The National Honor Guards announce a weekly shipment program for the San Antonio soldiers on the Rio Grande. Miss Josephine Woodhull will collect perishable goods, cakes, and money at 115 West French Place to fund and pack weekly boxes beginning Thursday. Volunteers and donors from the community are urged to contribute through The Light or direct donations to Miss Franklin, Miss Woodhull, and Mrs. Clegg, with committees meeting to pack boxes at the YWCA and churches coordinating refreshments for the troops.
Petrograd dispatch reports Lady Sybil Grey daughter of Earl Grey former governor general of Canada was seriously but not dangerously wounded with the Russian Red Cross at the front. A hand grenade exploded near her seat and a splinter penetrated her left cheek and jaw.
National guardsmen from New York en route to the border and Wisconsin troops to be stationed at Fort Sam Houston were welcomed by the women of Christ Episcopal church. They served fruit, ice cream, coffee, rolls, and oranges while officers asked that refreshments be sent to the post for distribution to the men after a hard day of tent pitching and ditching camp.
Notice to voters shows a special election date July 17 1916 in precinct 31 with polling at Zumberge's Hall 409 Austin street replacing the former 409 Grayson street per city clerk Fred Fries notification. The notice references prior publications in the San Antonio Light on June 28 and July 2 and July 6 1916.
Otto Opperman 18 died at his father’s home on Laredo Street at 5 35 Tuesday morning. Born in San Antonio he lived here all his life and is survived by Rudolph Opperman and sisters Hulda Chavez Dora and Adele Opperman. Funeral from 1402 8 Laredo Street at 10 Wednesday. interment Hermann Sons Cemetery. Charles Reuchlin died at noon Monday. funeral from Mrs Rudolph Maurer 201 Paso Hondo Street at 5 6 Tuesday afternoon. interment City Cemetery No 6. Pallbearers named. Rev A Wolff of St John Lutheran Church to conduct.
Mrs L C Wallace aged 39 died at 10 Tuesday morning at the home of Mrs M Cheat ham 1022 Main avenue. She had arrived from Barksdale Texas a few days earlier. Survived by husband and one daughter. Body to be sent to Barksdale for burial noon Wednesday by Sloan Hagy Undertaking Co.
An advertisement for Shetley Lagrtiacsi Lodertakeng Company selling automobile equipment. Includes both phone contact numbers 971 and (Adv.).
The governor of Yucatan states that despite actions by some ardent parriots the state does not want war. He notes Mexico's quarrel is not the peninsula's, which has Mayan heritage and a history of independence from the mainland. The Mayan people prefer living calmly over aggression.
The article laments underexplored half buried cities in the Yucatán, noting their mystery and overlooked tourist potential. It warns that local unrest and revelatory colonial trade, centered on henequen exports and Yaqui labor, threaten livelihoods and peace as larger conflicts with the United States loom, risking Mestizo Mayans' subsistence.
Dialogue captures a brief moment as Mike recalls ending a quarrel over a seat on a tram. Ike asks how it happened while Mike describes the decisive, almost humorous confrontation with a woman aboard.
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