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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1916
Page
18
Miss Clara Theis hosted a linen shower one afternoon, entertaining guests with tea and light music. Attendees included neighbors and relatives who admired the gathered gifts and shared in the cheerful event.
A notice honors Miss Christina Schwartz on her upcoming marriage to Frank Ruhnke set for Tuesday. Attendees include Mary Jacobi and Mathilda Theis among others, with extended greetings from local residents and families. Sealed proposals are invited for a hospital screening project with details to be obtained from the Quartermaster. A travel advertisement lists a New York round trip fare of $84.15 via New Orleans and steamer.
Norma Talmadge stars as Cora in The Children in the House a modern domestic drama with striking pictorial scenes and a motor car chase as villains meet doom at the Grand opera house today for the last time Also The Tight Rein shown last time this Sunday and Monday. Don-Ton Park crowds saw J Warren Kerrigan in A Son of the Immortals last night with Smiths San Antonio band and Madame Petitclerc encore requests Kerrigan returns to screen No 1 tonight and lighter comedies on screen No 2. Don-Ton Park lies on the river in central San Antonio offering a pleasant summer evening venue.
A strong Princess vaudeville bill features Mor ton Mayo and Lee singing and talking, Pork Chop Evers in blackface, Standard Brothers acrobatics, and Arthur Young Trio on violin and piano delivering polished comedy and musical acts all this week.
Office Constructing Quartermaster, Fort Sam Houston Texas announces sealed bids due June 7 1916 at 9 am for constructing a corrugated steel storehouse and wagon shed. Public notice requests full information on applications and bid requirements.
Advertisement notes a $75.35 fare for a New York to New York round trip via Di verse Route with fall service both ways using Oil Burning Locomotives. Southern service is mentioned.
A city petition filed Monday asks San Antonio to approve a $1,000,000 appropriation for park beautification and permanent structures to serve the Bi Centennial Exposition planned for winter 1918. The section with over 3000 qualified voter signatures will be presented to the city council and mayor by a committee including Harry L Miller and B Weller among others. The petition lists numerous well known designers and local businesses among the signers with the petition to be filed in sections as collected.
A Hague dispatch reports the Holland American Noordam, arriving May 28 from New York to Rotterdam, was forced by British authorities to abandon its mail at Falmouth.
SOUTCAL CALENDAR lists Daughters of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis birthday at the Menger Monday. Tuesday parish aid groups meet at St. Mark's and Prospect Hill churches with hostesses. Various Ladies Aid and Missionary societies gather at homes or churches. Luncheon at the Menger honors Mrs. T. N. Devine. Marjorie Will hosts a forty two party for Elma Martin and Mildred Hesse.
The San Antonio Turn Verein ladies plan a Thursday afternoon meeting hosted by Misses Dall ing and Wiedenfeldt. A Thursday evening swimming party and picnic at Brackenridge Park are set for members and escorts. Mrs. Bessie Rowley Clark will visit Ohio for a month. Miss Catherine Coolidge summers at Corpus Christi with guest Miss Laura Virginia Adams. Mr. and Mrs. J Sterling Frazar announce the engagement of daughter Maude Gertrude to William T. Craig with wedding planned June 10. Mu Nu Sigmas meet Tuesday at the Gunter Dungeon. Swift and Company reports San Antonio beef sales for the week ending June 3 averaged 9.74 cents per pound.
Miss Cara Franklin presents pupil Miss Agnes Kray in a piano recital at 2312 Main Avenue Monday afternoon. Miss Kathleen Coulter assists. The program includes E Bach Solfeggietto and Toccate, Paradies, Angel's Serenade, Rondo Capriccio, Elf and Firefly, Song of the Brook, Ronde Francaise, Ronde Brilliante, and Concertstucke. First number at 4 30. New Orleans and steamer routes noted.
A special Texas editors train left Fort Worth for the annual convention in El Paso after a morning breakfast. A one hour stop is planned at Abilene for a special entertainment en route to the gathering.
The Baby Health Conference led by the San Antonio Council of Mothers and supporters begins at 4 AM Tuesday at St. Mark's parish house. Six month olds examined first for contagious diseases, then developmental, eye and ear, dental, and physical checks by Dr. Homer T. Wilson and a team.
The twenty second annual exercises are set for Tuesday at 3 30 p m in the college auditorium. Orator James R Dougherty of Beeville Texas will speak A number of student speakers include Fritz Fink Bulverde Texas George Lack Beaumont and George Stecker San Carlos Arizona winner of the oratory medal Sixteen in the high school and preparatory department will receive diplomas Bishop Valdespino of Aguascalientes Mexico will preside in Bishop Shaw's absence After the exercises students depart for home A special trolley service from the West End car line will convey visitors to the college.
A bottle recovered from a river near Canton, Missouri contains cryptic notes and cheap jewelry that investigators hope will explain the June disappearance of two young girls. Quincy reports details urge patience as clues are analyzed.
A letter from C. C. Carty, a Durant real estate dealer, claims to help solve a doll murder case in which two girls were killed in Durant Oklahoma. The note mentions notes and jewelry sent to McCarty to aid in identifying the writer, including one note written on McCarty's business card.
San Antonians visiting Boerne stop at Kendall Inn. Mr. and J. O. Terrell and daughter Mat and Miss Ora Lee Clark, Judge Mrs. A. B. Storey, and Mrs. G. Dell Moore with her son, plus Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shiner and W. H. Clarke, all seen at Ye Kendall Inn.
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