Rescue Home Founder Dies of Tuberculosis
Captain Emma Merdian of the Salvation Army Rescue Home died at 3019 River Avenue after a long illness. She led the building of the Rescue Home, worked across Chicago San Francisco St Louis and Texas. Funeral services are set for 3 30 PM tomorrow at the Rescue Home with interment in City Cemetery No 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Merdian
Salvation Army Rescue Home
River Avenue
Merdian
City Cemetery No. 6
Mercian
Chicago
San Francisco
St. Louis
Texas
Gets It For Corns Really a Wonder
The advertisement pitches a new corn cure named "GHTS-IT" that promises painless, safe removal without bandages or plasters. It claims to not injure true flesh, applies in two seconds, and is guaranteed or money back. Sold by BE Lawrence & Co Chicago for 25 cents per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Cap Tumlinson Dies in San Antonio After Long City Life
Cap Tumlinson a longtime San Antonio resident died at 7 45 last night at his home 234 Obraje street He belonged before retirement to the hackdrivers and bartenders unions Survived by his widow and children The funeral will be at 5 this afternoon with interment in cemetery No 3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tumlinson
Cap Tumlinson
San Antonio
Obraje Street
Mrs Addie Morgan Dies After Lingering Illness
Mrs Addie Morgan aged 43 died at 6 pm yesterday at a local sanitarium after a lingering illness. She formerly lived in Taylor Texas and had been in town a month. Her husband and several children survive. The body was taken by Shelley Loring Undertaking to Taylor for interment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Addie Morgan
Police Chiefs Adjourn New Meet In Galveston Selection
San Angelo Texas June 13 police chiefs closed their annual convention after selecting Galveston for the next meeting over Wichita Falls and Temple Hollis Barron of Waco was elected president The association endorsed establishing an industrial school and a legislative committee was instructed to push the matter before the legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Texas Police Chiefs
Galveston
Wichita Falls
Temple
Hollis Barron
Waco
Gonzales club gets $25 for cleaner city effort
Special to the Light reports the Business Men's club approved a $25 appropriation for Gonzales Civic club to aid its campaign to improve city cleanliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gonzales, Tex
Business Men’s Club
Civic Club
Gonzales
Breakfast at St Anthony's Institute Hosts Zwart Family
Miss Caroline Zwart of 117 West Magnolia Avenue hosted a morning breakfast for classmates at St Anthony's Institute. Attendees included Misses Lucille Anthony Josephine Wheeler Ruth Fox Katie Fox the hostess and Louis Zwart Claude Zwart Arthur Lowe Jack Wheeler and Juette Crow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caroline Zwart
West
Magnolia Avenue
St. Anthony's Institute
Lucille Anthony
Josephine Wheeler
Ruth
Katie Fox
Louis
Claude Zwart
Arthur Lowe
Jack Wheeler
Juitte Crow
Cortelyou Testifies on 1907 Panic Bank Deposits
Treasury Secretary Cortelyou tells Pujo committee he cannot recall which New York national banks received 25 million dollars to quell the 1907 panic. He recalls meetings with Morgan and Stillman and demands for relief but names of banks remain unclear and he defers to treasury records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George B. Cortelyou
the Treasury
Roosevelt
Pujo
Money Trust
Samuel Untermyer
Mr. Cortelyou
J. P. Morgan
James Stillman
A. Barton Hepburn
George S. Baker
George W. Perkins
Frank A. Vanderlip
Morgan
Stock Exchange
Cortelyou
Mr.Untermyer
Untermyer
Treasury Department
Charities Fund Committee Meets for Budget Allocations
A meeting of the charities fund committee is set for 4 30 this afternoon in the Chamber of Commerce. It will review the special committee report on affiliation of charities and finalize how funds from a general budget will be apportioned. The panel includes Chamber of Commerce and various charitable body representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charites Fund Committee
Chamber of Commerce
R. H. Wester
August Briam, Jr
J. F. Carter
Humane Society
Trains Delayed Across Galveston Harrisburg Line
Flood conditions in Louisiana force the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad to run all trains six to twelve hours late. Train No 9 due San Antonio at 7:30 arrived 1:00. Train No 7 due here at 6:30 tonight will reach about midnight. A stub train left for El Paso at 10:05. Passengers for the west on No 7 will depart tomorrow morning on No 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Galveston
Harrisburg
San Antonio
el Paso
Try Skin Absorption Instead of Cosmetics, From the Woman Militant
The article urges quitting rouge and powder to prevent roughened skin and wrinkles. It advises applying ordinary mercurized wax as a nightly cold cream substitute to absorb top skin and reveal a clear underskin within one or two weeks. It also suggests a saxolite and hazel face bath for astringent toning and quicker benefits.
Mad dog scare as posses hunt rabid animals near Memphis
At Lavest, 46 miles west of Memphis, armed posses scour the countryside for dogs pigs horses mules and cattle bitten by rabid animals. Ten year old Lawrence Whitehead receives Pasteur treatment after mule and dog bites. A calf wounds Mrs. L Hendricks who loses four fingers, while Samuel Heath is bitten protecting Whitehead. The mule, after biting many, is shot. Heath and Mrs. Whitehead remain in the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Lavest
Lawrence Whitehead
Pasteur
L. Hendricks
Samuel Heath
Young Whitehead
Whitehead Place
Heath
Mrs. Whitehead
Veteran Daniel Ridgill Dies at 107 Near Grape Creek
Daniel Patterson Ridgill aged 107 veteran of three wars and pioneer of West Texas died today near Grape Creek. He fought in the Texas War of Independence the Mexican and the Civil Wars and was a Confederate veteran. He had received a Mexican War pension for twenty years. He never wore glasses and rode until about ten years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Angelo
Tex
Daniel Patterson Ridgill
West Texas
Grape Creek
Texas
Ridgill
Pay as you enter fare system expands city lines
The pay-as-you-enter fare system, praised for smooth operation on the Army Post San Pedro line since last Sunday, will begin on the Beacon Hill Nolan street line this Sunday June 16. Superintendent T C Brown notes rapid adoption, with plans to extend to two more lines next week and eventually all city cars. He commends San Antonians for quick adaptation and reports no hitches in the new arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Post
T. C. Brown
San Antonians
Mr. Brown
Rushes Growler Case in Anta Court
Edgar Young admitted rushing a growler in an automobile and speeding dust clouds along Vera Cruz street with others after leaving a saloon. In police court Wednesday Tadge Buckley treated the aggravated incident as a criminal offense and fined Young $25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Growler
Anta
Edgar Young
Tadge Buckley
Vera Cruz Street
Plan to Save Lives of the Babies at Charities Conference
Wilbur C. Phillips of Milwaukee outlines a plan for infant welfare at the national Conference of Charities and Correction in Cleveland. He calls for health education centers to coordinate social services, and says six dollars per year could cover mother and baby care. He notes Milwaukee costs to rear a baby to early death exceed 120 dollars, suggesting one saved baby funds care for twenty others. Delegates from states and territories gather for a full week of sessions on housing recreation and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
Wilbur C. Phillips
Child Welfare Commission of
Milwaukee
National Conference of Charities and Correction
Phillips
Army Airplane Collision Fatal. Preliminary Board Finds Tilted Wing
The College Park crash that killed Lieut. L. W. Hazzard Jr and pilot A L Welsh occurred from excessive air pressure on aluminum painted canvas wings after a too sharp turn at full speed. The army board released a preliminary finding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Aeroplane
College Park
L. W. Hazelhurst Jr
A. L. Welsh
Army Board
End of Hatfield McCoy Feud Cited By WV Governor Hope
Dr H J Hatfield cousin of Devil Anse Hatfield receives a telegram from A J McCoy endorsing his candidacy for governor of West Virginia The message dated Princeton reads Greetings to Dr Hatfield from A McCoy Congratulations That you may win in November is my desire The telegram accompanies Hatfield s nomination at the Republican primaries last week
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
W. Va
West Virginia-Kentucky
H. J. Hatfield
Anse” Hatfield
Hatfield
A. J. McCoy
McCoy
West Virginia
Princeton
Dr. Hatfield
A. McCoy
Govarene
New Braunfels to Celebrate Fourth of July
A Fourth of July celebration will be held in New Braunfels Texas with a fire department committee led by Emil Daum W H Gerlich Walter Wagen fuehr and A F Moeller and local businessmen promoting the event. The finance committee reports nearly 500 in subscriptions to fund reel race prizes and invitations have been sent to teams statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Braunfels
Tex
Fire Department
Emil Daum
W. H. Gerlich
Walter Wagenfuehr
A. F. Moeller
Entertains Friends at Mrs Furman’s Home
Mrs. C. W. Furman gave a social evening at 11 Powder House Street with music and games. Guests included Mary Atkinson, Mattie Willie Ratcliffe, Corrine Schmidt, Nettie Storm, Dawn and Velma Loving, Elizabeth Beely, Lina Pryor, Ella May Bailey, Winona Furman, Olidette Furman, Fred Silvey, Frank Daugherty, Roy Rees, Griffin Vance, Louis Hader, Gilbur Furman, Werner Starcke, Edgar Starcke, Elmer Zirkel, Clifford Zirkel, Irwin Schnieder, Robert Schnieder, Trousdale Crown, Archie Tressler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Furman
Powder House Street
Mary Atkinson
Mattie Willie Ratcliffe
Corrine Schmidt
Nettie Storm
Dawn
Velma Loving
Elizabeth Beely
Lina Pryor
Ella May Bailey
Winona
Olidette Furman
Fred Silvey
Frank Daugherty
Roy Rees
Griffin Vance
Louis Hader
Gilbur Furman
Working Girls' Mission Relocated and Reports June Aid
The working girls' mission moves from 509 Carson street to the corner of Grand and River avenues. In June it has served 215 meals to the needy and sheltered twenty women. Expenses total $24.85 covering groceries and trunk hauling. Leonard Baker, the evangelist in charge, will preach tonight at the chapel on New Braunfels avenue and Mason street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working Girls’ Mission
Carson Street
Grand and
River Avenues
Leonard Baker
New Braunfels Avenue
Mason Street
The Gunter Lawn and Ter Race Concerts
A fragment notes a cool restful atmosphere and mentions concerts offered as an a la carte service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunter
Ygetne
Ship Freight by Steamer to New Orleans from Galveston
The Southern Pacific now ships all freight for New Orleans and beyond by steamer from Galveston due to floods. The El Cid left Galveston for New Orleans at noon carrying cargo, a 36 hour trip. Upon unload, the vessel returns to Galveston to reload pending freight. No regular schedule has been set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific
New Orleans
Galveston
Southern Pacific Steamship Company
el Cid
Sailings Dates May Change If Flood Persists
The company may adopt a regular list of sailing dates if the flood continues, replacing ad hoc adjustments to schedules.
Baptism Delays Lead to City Arrest
Elmo Collins, a Black man, was arrested on vagrancy charges after saying he waited on Main avenue for a group of Black workers to be baptized before leaving for the Medina dam. Ed Negro testified he came to employ the men, kept them waiting, and was fined $10 in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Collins
Negro
Main Avenue
Ed Negro
Medina
D D D Promise Relief for Skin Troubles
In hot weather poisonous perspiration causes rashes and itching. A simple D D D Prescription for Eczema is sold in bottles but now offered at 25 cents for trial. The ad claims drops soothe and heal skin and vouches for D D D’s effectiveness. A M Fischer from Gibb Building endorses it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fos
A. M. Fischer
Gibb Building
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Central Trust Company
W. Commerce Street
Rescue Home
Ilness
Pace
Lottie Pace
F. E. Mueller
Mueller
Nolan Street
Palmetto Avenue
Alamo Masonic Cemetery
J. M. Krakauer
South Alamo
West Commerce St
éBeemee Son's Restaurans
San Antonio Hospital
Movement For An Industrial School
Civic Improvement
Secretary of Treasury
Committee
The
Woman Militant
Tennessee
D. P. Ridgill
Hostetter
UbGtaTe
Colege Park
Maryland
A Hatfield
Bangkoks
Frank Bros
Alamo Plaza
Ayer
Oxford
W. H. McElwain Company
Boston
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