Watermelon Feast Planned for Soldiers at Brackenridge Park
The War Recreation Board plans a July 19 watermelon feast for soldiers in San Antonio at Brackenridge Park. About 3000 melons will be sliced for five cents each after soldiers asked for a nominal charge. A negro cake walk, prizes, a military band, and expert cutters are arranged with Mrs Eli Hertzberg as chair. The Soldiers Club at the Calcasieu building opens Friday with an informal program and officer elections, and the Brackenridge Park open air auditorium will host services on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
War Recreation Board
San Antonio
Brackenridge Park
Recreation Board
Eli Hertzberg
Emil Frank
Woman's Club
Robert McMillan
Thomas Beck
A. O'Neill
Soldiers’ Club
Calcasieu Building
James Parker
Southern Department
Nat M. Washer
Elbert M. Vail
Sunday Evening Programs Begin at 7 30 O Clock
The text notes a program will begin at 7 30 o clock every Sunday evening, operated under the auspices of various churches and continuing thereafter each week.
Bohemian Red Cross Chapter Formed in Yoakum
Bohemians organize a Red Cross chapter at K C Hall in Yoakum Texas with Judge E J Matis presiding. Officers elected include Anna Benys president Anna Peters vice president E J Matis secretary and F P Peter treasurer. About $100 raised with a $25 initial donation and a membership committee named John Peter Vallentine Pisch Adolf Benys Mary Kauskopf Lillian Benys Mary Peter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yoakum
Tex
American Red Cross
K. C. Hall
E. J. Matis
Red Cross
Anton Tear
Hallettsville
Anna Benys
Anna Peters
F. P. Peter
Messrs
John Peter
Vallentine Pisch
Adolf Benys
Mesdames
Mary Kauskopf
Lillian Benys
Mary Peter
Plan Franklin Test: Road Economy Run Across 200 Cities
Distributors of Franklin automobiles in 200 cities including San Antonio will conduct a fuel economy run Friday July 13. L F Birdsong of Birdsong and Potchernick will lead the test using a Series 9 touring car to measure miles per gallon regardless of weather. Birdsong aims to surpass last year’s high mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
United States
San Antonio
L. F. Birdsong
Birdsong & Potchernick
Birdsong
French President Honors W B Poland For Relief Work
Announcement from London says President Poincare of France awarded the Cross of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor to W B Poland former Holland director of the American commission for relief in Belgium. The honor cites his courage in denouncing German deportations in Northern France. The Life quip about names follows.
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London
Poincare
France
Legion of Honor
W. B. Poland
Holland
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
Ameri
Two Men Injured When Trucks Collide
Two separate late day and night accidents left two men injured and several vehicles damaged. A beer truck and an Aschbacher Soda Co truck collided on Fredericksburg Road near the city limits, injuring Joe Bartlett and Joe Turner. Bartlett suffered a compound leg fracture and arm fracture with body bruises. Turner had body bruises. Both were hospitalized at Robert B. Green Memorial. An army truck and a jitney collided at Grayson and Pine Streets injuring no one. A second army truck and jitney crash at Burnett and Chestnut Streets left no serious injuries.
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Old Style Lager Company
Aschbacher Soda Company
Fredericksburg Road
Joe Bartlett
Dawson Street
Joe Turner
Turner
Robert B. Green Memorial Hospital
Aschbacher
William F. Seyler
Ramon Friesenhahn
Grayson
Pine Streets
Burnett
Chestnut Streets
Lloyd M. Fowler
T. E. Hood
Hart Replaces Rogers as Southern Department Quartermaster
Col. William H. Hart arrives to assume duties as department quartermaster, relieving Maj. Elliott after Maj. Rogers left for France. Hart, previously depot quartermaster in Seattle, replaces Rogers in the Southern Department. Maj. Emott may stay as supply officer at Fort Sam Houston. Col. Brook Payne takes command of the new Twentieth Field Artillery at Leon Springs.
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William H. Hart
Parker
Southern Department
Elliott
Harry L. Rogers
France
Siart
Seattle
Wash
Emott
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
el Paso
Brook Payne
Twentieth Field Artillery
Leon Springs
Retired merchant credits Tanlac after 23 years of illness
H. J. Willenbrock of San Antonio endorses Tanlac after 23 years of liver and stomach trouble. He says lines of pain, headaches, and insomnia have vanished and his energy, appetite, and mental clarity have improved. Wagner's Drug Co. and E. J. Meier sell Tanlac in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. J. Willenbrock
San Antonio
Tanlac
W. K. Bell
Wagner
Jeouian
Wagner's Drug Co
E. J. H. Meier
Repeating Red Cross Camp Funston Program at Camp Kelly
The San Antonio Red Cross entertainment committee repeats last Friday's program at Camp Kelly on Friday July 13. Mrs William Aubrey reports enthusiastic response including a student at Camp Funston praising it as good as any seen in New York. Participants meet 6:30 pm at the Gunter Hotel and travel by automobile to the camp. The committee proposes a volunteer bureau for program participants, to be arranged by Prof Frederick Abbott and William Herff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
American Red Cross
Camp Funston
Camp Kelly
William Aubrey
New York
Gunter Hotel
Frederick Abbott
William Herff
Port O Connor Methodist Assembly Ad Offers $6.95 Ride
An advertisement notes a round trip fare of $6.95 via Southern Pacific for travel to the Port O Connor Methodist Assembly. The brief promotes a discount or special railroad rate for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port O'Connor
The
Methodist Assembly
Southern Pacific
Ady
Watered milk found in San Antonio samples in Texas
State Pure Food Department chemists analyzed 50 milk samples from local dealers in San Antonio and found eight adulterated by watering and skimming. Commissioner Hoffman says five complaints will be filed against the dealers of the adulterated milk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
State Pure Food Department
San Antonio
Hoffman
Idaho Woman Made Well in Aberdeen
A Aberdeen Idaho woman reports relief from long standing pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes three bottles leading to a marked health improvement and urges other women to consider the remedy. The ad notes confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co with a woman to read and answer letters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdeen
Idaho
Lydia BE
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Percy Prestidge
Catholic Women’s Association Hosts Lecture on France
In the Society section, the Catholic Women’s Association holds an 8 PM social and illustrated France lecture at the clubhouse pavilion. The San Antonio branch of the Southern Association of College Women meets Thursday at 10 AM with Mrs. Charles B. Meek at 143 East Ashby Place. Alamo Heights Missionary Society gathers at 3 PM and Queen’s Daughters at 4 PM in St Mary’s rectory. Mrs Carleg Bee’s war recreation committee also meets at 10 AM at Menger.
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Catholic Women's Association
France
San Antonio
Southern Association of College Women
Charles 8. Meek
East Ashby Place
Oriental night staged for Red Cross at Menger Hotel
The Chinese refugees at Fort Sam Houston organize an Oriental Night at the Menger Hotel to raise funds for the Red Cross. Notables attending include Col. Malvern-Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, and many others. the event emphasizes economical planning and proper attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Fort Sam Houston
American Red Cross
Uncle Sam
San Antonio
Menger
William Tracy Page
China
Republic
Malvern-Hill. Barnum
John J. Stevens
George C. Eichlitz
J. Bayard Schindel
Victor Keller
F. L. Hillyer
John L. Bullis
Swain
van Meter
Captain Reeves
Ralph Hugo
Mark Ireland
M. G. Guggenheim
William Aubrey
J. Bruce Lewright
Thomas Atlee Coleman
W. T. Johnson
Major Coltrane
G. P. de Wolf
H. W. Ross
George T. Larson
Floyd McGown
Dan Breen
EF. G. Piper
Mr. Fink
C. B. Houghton
School No 9 Heating Plant Contract Awarded
The Board of Education opened bids and awarded the heating plant repair at School No 9 to West & Gutzeit for 270 dollars. Floor oils and supplies bids were referred to the supply committee. Patrons of School No 4 seek extra land. petition referred to the building committee. The Commercial Recorder wins the annual report publication contract and audit report will be issued in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School No. 9
Board of Education
West & Gutzeit
Commercial Recorder
Memphis Strike Ends After Mediation Report
Through mediation by Charles Bendheim of the Labor Department the three month strike by the Retail Clerks Union against the Memphis Retail Merchants Association is resolved. Clerks win recognition of the union with wages to be settled later, and the right to organize is acknowledged. Most city department stores were involved in the walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Charles Bendheim
United States Department of Labor
Retail Clerks Union
Memphis Retail Merchants Association
Bar Association forms committee on Judge Storey tribute
A San Antonio Bar Association committee will draft resolutions honoring the late Judge A. B. Storey. Chaired by Judge J. O. Terrell, the group includes John Boyle T. H. Franklin John Sehorn John Cunningham Ira Kercheville K. H. Ward and Judge J. L. Camp. The panel meets Thursday to prepare the tribute for Texas courts.
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A. B. Storey
San Antonio Bar Association
Appellate
Supreme Courts of
Texas
Henry P. Burney
Bar Association
Seventy-third District Court Room
J. O. Terrell
John
Committee members tied by Tehuacana Trinity links
The meeting revealed that two committee members Judges Terrell and Camp were former classmates of the late Judge Storey at Tehuacana University now Trinity University. All three belonged to the same college fraternity.
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Terrell
Camp
Judge Storey
Tehuacana University
Trinity University
Red Cross Dinner Invites From Air Over San Antonio
A Chinese invitation message will be dropped over San Antonio by airplane at 4 PM on Wednesday. The city wide notice promotes a Red Cross benefit dinner on Thursday evening July 12 from 6 20 to 9 30 at the Menger Hotel with reservations available at the Menger.
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San Antonio
China
Pekin
Menger
T. K. Fong
Red Cross
Uncle Manasseh
Mammy Hannah
Southland
Menger Hotel
Charters Filed For Hart Belt Line Railway Company
Charters filed in Fort Worth list Hart Belt Line Railway Company with $50,000 capital to build and operate freight rail to mines gins quarries mills and connect with Santa Fe and Rock Island. Incorporators are D Hart M A Hart and D Hart Jr. Also Huntington Telephone Company and R D Jones Lumber Company chartered with named incorporators and capitals.
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Eines Tex
Hart Belt Line Railway Company
Fort Worth
Capital Stock
Block 40
North Fort Worth
Santa Fe
Rock Island
D. Hart
M. A. Hart
D. Hart Jr
Huntington Telephone Company
Huntington
Capital
R. P. McKewen
W. T. Stewart
J. W. Buckner
R. D. Jones
Widow Lady Bountiful Confronts Grieving Farmer in Market
In a humorous vignette from the New York American a widowed Lady Bountiful greets Farmer Stubbs on village street. She chides him for not paying attention as he explains his wife died less than two weeks ago and he has not begun courting again.
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Bountiful
Stubbs
New York American
Villa Attack Repulsed in Parral
Mexico City dispatch reports General Villa led an assault on Parral that was repulsed, according to the War Department. The action occurred amid ongoing hostilities in the region.
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Villa
Mexico City
War Department
Parral
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Mi@eaz
Armour
J. E. Hoban
Qualit
Camp Kelly Boys
George
Frenz
Detroit Freeress
Sociad
Alamo Heights Missionary Society
Queen's Daughters
St. Mary's Rectory
Na AM
Circle C
Thomas N. Smith
Christo Church
A. W
Rockport
Aurelia Wood
Kingsville
Sarah Kleberg
J. P. Benkendorfer
Council of Mothers
Wolff & Marx Auditorium
David Marks
Roslyn Alexander
Galveston
Edward Levy
T. P. McCampbell
John 8. McCampbell
McCampbell
Princeton University Ambulance Corps
van Dyke
Princeton
Catherine Waugh
Houston
Ruby Dan Murphy
Taylor
Rowena Walker
William Anderson Shafer
Dorothy Marie
John Edward Swift
Chicago
Bobbie
Father
Memphis
Storey
Aviators
Avenue C
Travis St
Clark Jewel Gil
Acasna
Alaska
Clark Jewel Oil
Clark Jewel
Department
Vulcan
Newton, Weller & Wagner Co. Crockett
W. Commerce St
Travis
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