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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1916
Page
14
The Swangers from Beaumont arrived in San Antonio by automobile for a visit while Dr. J. B. Swanger enrolls in a civilians training camp. The notice mentions local business ads and upcoming events including a Preparedness Club meeting on Prospect Hill and a series of local services.
More than twenty styles of wash skirts offered in Cotton Gabardine and Honey Comb Cloth with detachable belts and patch pockets. Trimmed with pearl buttons. Choice price at 1.98.
A big lot of wash skirts in awning stripes of white Silverbloom Pique Linen and Gabardine and Golfine in rose navy Copenhagen and white. Regular and extra sizes. Choice $3.98. New tubs priced at 6.50 7.00 or 7.50.
Secretaries of retail merchants associations from across the state gathered at the St. Anthony hotel for a luncheon hosted by the Committee of One Hundred. They were urged to boost the Bi Centenn ial exposition planned for San Antonio in 1918 and to mobilize support in their regions.
Major Albert E. Waldron to Walter Reed General Hospital for observation and treatment. Fifteen days leave for Major Ernest L. Ruffner around June 16. First Lieutenant George C. Beach to active duty at Fort Monroe. Captain John C. Marticur moves from Tenth to Sixteenth Infantry. unassigned officers reassigned: Major Ralph Harrison to First Cavalry, Captain Sherrod Couseman to Thirteenth Cavalry, Captain Clyde B. Crusan to Fourth Infantry, Captain Paul B. Malone to Twentieth Infantry, First Lieutenant Edward B. McCleave to Sixteenth Infantry, Second Lieutenant Oswald H. Saunders to Twenty-sixth Infantry. Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell to report to Western Department on arrival in San Francisco. Captain Oscar J. Westcott assigned to Tenth Cavalry.
The piece notes historic scenes of French prisoners on Dartmoor and recounts modern Hague rules for prisoners of war. It contrasts 1809 to present, detailing protections, work limits, pay, parole options, and penalties for escape. The anecdote ends with a church scene where two men decide to stay married as they are.
In a morning study session a vicar receives news that the curate has married two couples and wed two men to the wrong women. The verger asks the vicar if the marriages were properly registered and seeks guidance.
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