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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1916
Page
5
Advertises Cuticura free by mail with a 32 page skin care booklet. Requests post cards to Cuticura Department T Boston. Distributed globally through sellers and retailers.
Corpus Christi reports its fourth burglary in a week. An intruder entered E. B. Cole’s home and stole a watch jewelry and valuables then took lunch from the refrigerator after the theft. Police have not yet made any arrests in connection with the burglaries.
Adjutant General Henry Hutchings and Capt James M Love Jr complete the muster of Battery B First Texas Artillery into the state militia by Friday evening. At Market Hall 116 recruits signed the muster roll. others face court martial for failure to report. Recruits receive timing notes for physical exams and muster, with officials including Col William S Scott and Col John W Heard in attendance. Hutchings and Love stay to muster remaining recruits Friday night.
Aransas Pass Texas traffic manager W A Scrivner asked Congressman Garner to offer free use of port facilities to the Navy and War Departments for troops and matériel during the Mexican situation. Port Aransas sits 180 miles from Mexico with sufficient depth to handle vessels. The private yacht Cassana carried 92 refugees back to Tampico, while the Canfield sailed with Huasteca Petroleum Company departments and fuel for Providence, Rhode Island.
A large U S flag was hoisted at Fort Ringgold marking renewed interest in reestablishing and re-garrisoning the fort, with Senators Sheppard Culberson and Rep Garner pressing Washington. The site lies at the edge of Will Reoccupy post near Camargo across the Rio Grande, seen as a strategic frontier point. Also noted is a Sunday Southern Pacific return service from Sutherland Springs at 8 15 a m.
Captain Joe Sheppard and Captain Hermann Richter will address Cuero residents Friday night to drill volunteers for border service. Captain James C. Howerton and cadets from A and M College are home for vacation and ready to join home guard duties. Mayor Milligan urges preparedness despite no anticipated trouble as election fights over a $150,000 bond for street improvements intensify in Corpus Christi. Train and steamer fare advertised for travel to New York via New Orleans.
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