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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1918
Page
8
The Camp Travis Stadium is moved to a more accessible point near The TOU per cent Tobacco House at Fourth Street and Austin Road on the Salado route. The move aims to place The Travelers Cigar Shop adjacent, improving convenience for visitors.
The Alamo Iron Works siren will sound for one minute at 12 o clock each day as a city wide moment of silent prayer for the safety of soldiers over there and Allied victory. The practice grew from Texas state and local defense councils and spreads nationwide with support from local stores and community groups.
Harry J Wallner filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy before AL OT Campbell deputy clerk. He lists the trade name Guarantee Cash Grocery and total debts of 22 pounds and 0 shillings with assets of 6506 05. The first meeting of creditors is set with Frank H Booth referee in bankruptcy at Alamo Bank building on August 46.
Two young white men arrested by city detectives admit to stealing numerous automobile tires and inner tubes. Detectives recovered half a dozen tires and plan further recovery as officers press more leads. Owners failing to report thefts hinder records.
Lillian Caldwell, a Black woman, was struck by street car No. S14 at West Commerce and San Marcos Streets around 6 30 Thursday morning. She was taken to a local hospital in a police ambulance with non life threatening injuries.
City detectives arrested six suspects on theft charges after two days of arrests. Three youths under 16 are to be placed with probation officers. The group allegedly broke into soft drink stands at Kelly Field and stole drinks, bicycles, and auto parts. One 27 year old was charged with stealing eighteen sacks of cotton seed meal from San Anton Milling Company on September 3. Additional arrests include a waiter accused of stealing a purse containing 135 dollars and another theft involving water owned by Simon Fitzgerald.
M S Long auditor of Reliance Insurance Company of Pittsburg Pa will speak on Gaining Success at the Friday night study meeting of the Salesmanship Club in the pink room of the Gunter Hotel with dinner to precede. Cr Sawtelle leads the program. The Saturday luncheon at the Gunter Hotel features TL Wy Groves on Winning Promotion with three talks by Frank Wy Yawking R G L Jordan and G B Meliff. Three new members R F Cathvill MM Carroll Wendell Silver elected.
A Tribune essay argues names shape life from childhood to college. It cites a gaol boy and mocks how syllables cannot contain truth as parental and legal pressures fail to fix identity.
An article describes a midlife danger period for women between forty five and fifty five, with symptoms like heat flashes and nervousness. It promotes Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the standard remedy after forty years of use for women's ailments.
This opinion piece rails at critics who mock family estates and place names while noting how names reveal character and social standing. It cites Mona Lisa the dog and Louvre links to illustrate how language creates identity, praising bold naming as expressive and revealing.
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