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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1916
Page
6
Helen awakens unsettled by a vague longing and questions her love for Warren as she confides in Frances. Frances counsels finding an outside interest to relieve monotony and warns that a wife may seek worry when happiness is too smooth.
Ad touts Gets-It as the premier corn treatment sold by E. Lawrence & Co. in Chicago. It claims instant pain stop, no sticking or pressing, and urges buyers to avoid substitutes. Price listed at 25 cents a bottle with distribution nationwide.
In Topeka Kansas Attorney General 8 M Brewster ruled that merchants may form a trust or boycott against deadbeats. Local merchants plan monthly reports of nonpaying customers and share them to deny credit, a move previously challenged as potential antitrust violation but deemed legal by the attorney general.
Miss Ethel Baker receives a farewell gathering at 800 Castro Street hosted by Mr and Mrs Adolph Brown with dance games and refreshments. Guests include Julia Frederickson Mary O Neal Genevieve Dage Lille Brown Minnie Fischer Augusta Brown and many others. The piece also notes a Punch cartoon about a hospital visitor posing as a relative.
Friday society note lists Miss Helen Gunther hosting the Girls Card Club in the afternoon and Busy Bee Red Cross Circle meeting at 9 am in the YWCA auditorium.
Mrs Brazilla Lafayette Naylor announces the marriage of her daughter Zilla Elizabeth to Arthur Hunter Morton on May 31 1916 in Boston Massachusetts. Mr and Mrs Morton will be at home after August 1 at 652 Huntington Avenue Boston. The text also notes a school surprise party for Miss Owens class at St Johns Episcopal church with many attendees and other social items from the period.
Mrs Walter Springall entertained with a luncheon on Wednesday honoring her sister Miss Harriet Thomson whose marriage to Archie Clark of Port Lavaca will take place in July. The color note was orange and white and the table featured Cluny lace as a decorative touch.
An honor guest's ranch home theme filled the table with orange satin and zinnias, a miniature cattle ranch centerpiece, and artistic postcard plates. Prizes went to Mrs. Gus Zalmanzig and Mrs. Craig. Walter Springall presented a ribbon trunk of gifts for Misg Thomson. Numerous guests attended.
Battery B First Texas Artillery will be mustered in as a state militia at Market hall at 8 p m under Adjutant General Henry Hutchings Captain Claude V Birkhead commands the unit and asks all recruits to report for muster those not cleared for physicals to be present at 7 30 p m The battery numbered about 150 members earlier in the week with a 133 minimum and a target of 171 by muster officials believe federal service may follow soon and that further mobilization is likely Local Chamber of Commerce backing militia recruitment and San Antonio officials approved a $100 monthly payment from both county and city toward the battery’s sustainment
Two more applicants join six San Antonians who sign for a proposed state militia aviation corps. W G Fraser of 1601 Main and Jack W Miller of 309 King William apply through Chamber secretary John B Carrington and will be sent to Adjutant General Hutchings. Harold Kayton is the only licensed pilot among them.
June 29 report from Madrid cites a Mexican dispatch saying General Trevino told the war minister the Carrizal fight was not provoked by Mexicans. He says American forces advanced into Mexican territory and only faced resistance when Mexican troops had to oppose the foreigners by force.
Edward ONeill, professor of inorganic chemistry and director of UC’s chemical laboratory, is decorated with the Order of the Golden Sheaf by the Chinese University for aiding China in its Panama Pacific exposition participation.
The Southwest Texas Bonded Parnes Company of San Antonio was chartered today in the State Department. Capital stock is listed at $1000. Incorporators include R. N. Badger E. A. McDonald and V. Roach. The item notes a business incorporation and minimal capital details amid a broader page segment of conversations and notices.
A thirteen year old delinquent from the Bexar County Home sneaked into a county farm barn to smoke a cigarette. The dry barn burned to the ground, fences and two wagons were destroyed, and neighbors helped prevent another fire. Loss estimated over $500. insurance status uncertain.
A protest against moving the general offices of the St. Louis Brownsville and Mexico railroad from Kingsville to Houston reached the railroad commission. The company will concentrate machine and repair shops in Kingsville and expand the plant if Kingsville citizens consent to the office removal.
At 1 am residents cried murder on Dawson and Olive Streets sending police and neighbors into a frenzy. Officers found only frightened men and a wild nightmare blamed for the ruckus, ending the mystery with no crime confirmed.
General rain fell yesterday afternoon along the gulf coast territory tributary to Corpus Christi Texas ending an eight month drought. The shower promises bumper crops for autumn and lifts spirits in the afflicted district.
Quito, capital of Ecuador on the equator, faces a water scarcity with no regular supply. Water carriers deliver water to the city, highlighting chronic service gaps and the burden on residents.
A string of travelers is noted in city hotel registers. T. H. Ellroy of Kansas City and Frank Smith of Chicago are guests at the Menger and St. Anthony respectively, while E. Levi of San Francisco and R. M. Champion of Dallas stop at other renowned hostelrys. W. Stanley of Dallas and A. Marrs of Kansas City are among new arrivals, with several guests registered at the Gunter and Menger.
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