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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1917
Page
10
Cattle and other livestock are being driven 80 to 100 miles to San Antonio markets due to a shortage of stock cars. Railroads report scarce cars amid war time demands. Daily receipts at the market have fallen from 600–1500 to 300–600, with a Friday low of 263 head. Shippers say long drives reduce cattle condition and price, and hogs cannot be driven far.
A vintage advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a natural non dye solution to gray hair. It claims ironclad guarantee and money back if unsatisfied, with price 60 cents at local drug stores and orders to Hessig Ellis Drug Co in Emphis Tennessee.
Railroads plan to keep stock cars near their lines as thousands are used for horse transport. Shippers warn that cars held back will raise demand for pork during heavy livestock movements. Carriers intend to deny long hauls to keep cars from straying far from their routes.
R W Thomas of Moore Texas arrives at the Lanter hotel while J L Higginson of Denison stays at the Gunter J P Kean Dallas ex bank examiner visits the Menger J T Booth H G Tenholder Beaumont occupy apartments at St Anthony Mrs J Goudet New Orleans registers at Lanier W M Brown San Saba stays at Gunter George W Hunter Fort Worth arrives at Menger A A Frank St Louis visits the city guest at St Anthony Judge M D Slater Llano registers at Lanier Co L Heiman El Paso stays at Gunter J H Sparks D Hanis share apartments at Menger M Goetschel Shreveport registers at St Anthony Mrs J H Holt Mrs Ray Leenan Mineral Wells guests at Gunter H Melasky Taylor and family motored in plan to visit Camp Funston Melasky senior partner of Melasky Miller auto dealers J Leo Farrell Fort Worth arrives at Menger Charles D Eadie Cleveland stops at St Anthony
Signs in all San Antonio barber shops announce a rise to twenty cents for a shave after July 1. The Barbers' Union enacted the increase at its last meeting, citing higher living costs. The tonic application price was raised earlier by shop owners due to tonic cost hikes. A fifty cent hair cut is hinted as a possible future development.
A judge depicts a conversation where a husband is rejected for military service due to health defects and his wife retorts that he can assist with house chores. The exchange highlights the humorous clash between wartime draft pressures and domestic labor roles.
Community notices include a Drill Team dance at West End Lake pavilion with 25 cent admission and Willett's Orchestra. A carpenter, Kullwerth, injured by a frightened horse at Commerce and Alamo Streets, hospitalized but not seriously hurt. Also reports bootlegging arrests and a car collision at 6:15 involving G B Keith and A L Wilson.
Friday issued to three young men from Austin state departments. Names include J B DuPriest B M Harding and Grover Lewis. Other items note car hires, pawn, and local advertisements amid a cluttered downtown scene with a July calendar entry.
A column extols homemade lemon juice lotion blended with orchard white to whiten and soften skin. Uses two lemons and three ounces orchard white to yield a quarter pint, costs about a small jar of cold cream, and keeps for months with proper straining.
Campbell of the Federal court is named in petitions filed by Maria Alice Marquez a trained nurse who renounced allegiance to Mexico and Henry Frederick Gustave Schultze who renounced allegiance to Germany. A note warns the K L S drill team may perform at W End Lake tonight without Knights and Ladies of Security approval. Paul E Dealing president Alice M Norton secretary J B Crow financier.
An ad notes a refrigerator manufactured at 233 Lamar Street Cr. 770 and mentions the Dixie Social Club will disband dances until further notice.
A Saturday and Monday sale offers 13 pounds of sugar for 1.00 with a one dollar purchase of other goods. The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. advertises at 215 Lasoya St with Tra vis 63 and a note about a dance by the Sunset Concert Band at W. O. W. Hall on June 29 1917 at 8 o'clock admission 50c ladies free. Deputy Sheriff John Subira departs for Eagle Pass to fetch two soldiers accused of stealing a seven passenger Studebaker owned by H B Hardwire of 249 Jooper Street.
Frank T. Rather applied for an American passport through Clerk A S Campbell with travel planned to Bocas del Toro Panama. A gasoline fire destroyed Louis Hurtadas auto on the North Loop. parts saved. M L Williams driving an auto struck a curb and iron post at College and Navarro causing damage but no injuries.
For a large backyard tree to provide shade in summer and sun in winter, prefer grafted Spanish or Italian chestnut. Seedlings may grow faster, but grafted varieties give steadier crops, and two trees offer greater crop assurance.
Planning to inaugurate a campaign for road extension in Bexar County the highway division of the Chamber of Commerce chaired by Porter Loring will hold a meeting Monday. A program will map out organization to secure Federal and state aid for building modern highways to Corpus Christi Eagle Pass Laredo Browns ville and Kerrville. These routes will form main arteries for others across sixty counties and vast productive lands. The Texas State Highway Commission will appoint a district engineer with headquarters in San Antonio to work with federal and county engineers on 4000 miles of improved highways in this district.
Red Cross War Relief headquarters at 715 Gunter building will keep a post campaign office for pending donations. By noon Friday the fund stood at about 126000 with pledges due July 1. Contributors are urged to send payments now by mail or bring cash or checks to headquarters to avoid reminder notices or collection costs.
A long Army notice lists officers and assignments for medical examining boards to be held July 9 in Washington. Names include Lt Col Nel Champe C. M Voce Jr Philadelphia Maj Elih Siter Pittsburg Lt Col Basil H Dutcher Mobile Capt John O Rues assigned Western Dept and many others with posts at Forts and hospitals.
James Thompson, a special officer, reports his police dog captured William Payne, a deserter from the Missouri National Guard, who had escaped from the disciplinary barracks on the Mexican border. The dog seized Payne by the trouser leg, aiding officers in subduing him.
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