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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1916
Page
17
Night display lit the north field stretch of Fort Sam Houston as rockets and searchlights from the Illinois Engineers camp rose several thousand feet and burst, illuminating a wide area. The unscheduled exhibition drew many questions to Camp Wilson switchboard as officials explained the lights.
Were merely assembling their huge searchlights after the long trip from Chicago and that the rockets also were being tried out.
Two emergency storehouses are being erected on the grounds of the United States arsenal on South Flores street under Captain Harry B. Jordan. Each building measures 40 by 220 feet, built of corrugated iron with tin roofs, to handle the large and growing supply influx for troops in the department. The captain notes the facilities could store ammunition or other army stores, and work is rapidly progressing.
Atlantic City reports fibre legs becoming fashionable as leather price hikes and war drive surgeons to use fiber compounds. Manufacturers plan leather limbs for exclusive trade, while ordinary people adopt the cheaper fiber versions as the annual Wholesale and Retail Surgical Trade Association convention discusses the shift.
San Antonio organizes aid for troops at the border. The Light reports a telegram reply from Captain R O Whitaker listing needed items, and the National Honor Guards join to pack and ship weekly boxes containing cigarettes, tobacco, candy, soap, towels, and more. Donations to The Light and to Miss Josephine Woodhull are being collected. committees from churches coordinate refreshment duties.
Petrograd dispatch reports Lady Sybil Grey daughter of Earl Grey former governor general of Canada was seriously but not dangerously wounded on the Russian front during hand grenade practice a splinter penetrated her left cheek and jaw while she sat nearby
New York National Guardsmen en route to the border and Wisconsin guardsmen assigned to Fort Sam Houston were greeted by Christ Episcopal church women led by Mrs. G. P. Trimble. They served fruit ice cream and snacks as trains arrived. The committee planned long hours of refreshment service with more trains expected in the evening. The first load consisted of New York artillerymen who received hot coffee rolls and oranges. officers asked that provisions be delivered to the post for distribution to soldiers after a demanding day of setting up camp.
San Antonio notice dated July 8 1916 fixes the polling place for precinct 31 at Zumberge's Hall 409 Austin street replacing 409 Grayson street as announced earlier in the San Antonio Light. Fred Fries signs the notice.
Otto Opperman aged 18 died at his father’s home on Laredo Street at 5 35 am Tuesday. He was born in San Antonio and survived by his father Rudolph Opperman and three sisters Hulda Chavez Dora and Adele Opperman, all of San Antonio. Funeral from 1402 Laredo Street at 10 am Wednesday, burial in Hermann Sons Cemetery. Charles Reuchlin died at noon Monday. funeral from his daughter Mrs Rudolph Maurer’s home 201 Paso Hondo Street at 6 pm Tuesday, burial in City Cemetery No 6. Pallbearers named. services by Rev A Wolff of St Johns Lutheran Church.
Mrs L C Wallace aged 39 died at 10 am Tuesday at the home of Mrs M Cheat ham 1022 Main avenue. She recently moved from Barksdale Texas. Survived by husband and one daughter. Body to be sent to Barksdale for burial Wednesday noon by Sloan Hagy Undertaking Company.
Advertisements note Shetley Lavitar and Wiettakwng Co as sources for automobile equipment with contact phone 671 and general ad language indicating line of auto parts and services.
The Yucatan governor rejects war despite pressures from some Mexican colleagues. He notes the peninsula’s Mayan heritage and independence from the mainland. The article describes a population of about 400,000 with Mayan descent seeking to stay optimistic amid regional tensions.
The article reflects on Maya ruins enshrouded by jungle growth and their neglect by Yucatan, notes the region's economy centered on henequen exports worth about 20 million dollars in 1910 with 400 plantations, and warns war with the United States would threaten Maya and Yaqui livelihoods. It contrasts peaceful Maya life with rising tension and misused enmities while recounting a brief, unrelated anecdote.
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