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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1917

Page

6

Federal jobs open in civil service with varied salaries

The civil service commission announces urgent openings in many departments. Examinations will be held any time applications are received for positions such as laboratory assistant, aeronautical draftsman, accountants, master gauge and gauge inspectors, assistant traffic director, and crop physiology assistant. Specific exams for crop physiology on July 25 and grain standardization on July 31 offer salaries from 1000 to 3500 dollars yearly.

Civil Service Civil Service Commission Aeronautical

First Woman to Get Gowns from Paris

Dialog hints at a mythic figure in Parisian fashion history with playful banter about who first wore gowns sent from Paris. Helene of Troy appears in the exchange as a likely candidate in a teasing literary frame.

Paris Bella Stela Helen of Troy

Housewives Sign Hoover Pledge cards in San Antonio drive

San Antonio launches a citywide food conservation pledge program with Hoover cards going to every home from Monday to July 24. Volunteers, coordinated by the National League for Woman's Service, are sought across wards and precincts with ministers, clubs, and theaters aiding in mobilization.

San Antonio United States Food Administration Roy Campbell Food Conservation Committee National League For Woman's Service Central Committee Washington Food Administration Herbert Hoover United States Washington, D. C Food Hugh B Rice City Federation George H. Badger Woman's Club Eli Hertzberg Council of Jewish Women J. P. Benkendorfer Gunter Building Conrad Schasse E. W. Oeeffinger J. E. Melsman H. S. Mulliken E. C. Branch P. J. Lewis A. W. Seeligson Robert Carr Hugh B. Rice George Vaughan A. C. Pancoast H. L. Ransom Amos Graves O. Spencer Thomas Crier Edward W. Oeffinger

Soldiers' Club Opens in Calcasieu Building

Mrs G Bedell Moore owns the Calcasieu building where the Soldiers Club room on the top floor opened with a fine program. War Recreation Board President Nat M Washer sent a telegram from Sacramento thanking Mrs Moore for the generous courtesy that made the club a delightful possibility.

Soldiers’ Club Calcasieu Building G. Bedell Moore Nat M. Washer The War Recreation Board

Port O Connor Assembly Trip Price Revealed

A fragment notes travel to the Methodist Assembly at Port O Connor by Southern Pacific with a quoted fare of six dollars and ninety five cents. The snippet implies transportation details for attendees.

Port O'Connor Methodist Assembly Southern Pacif The Southern Pacific

Visitors Trot Through San Antonio Hotels in Lone Star Roundup

Personal mentions list guests arriving in San Antonio at the Gunter Menger St Anthony Lanier and other hotels. Names include F S McCoy B W Wilkins H Fuller F W Angevine Mack Kercheville F G Markley J G Woodpick G O Jackson T M North Creslie Houston M D Ragland Hamilton Lee C Hagen George Roper H M Wood Winfield and more. An advertisement hints at a compact fireproof accounting and writing case.

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