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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1917

Page

6

Legislators Settle Dow n 10 Pass Bill a Legislation

Austin March 56 After a San Antonio trip Texas lawmakers settle to busy week as calendars fill. Impeachment probes into the governor do not halt main business. Key bills advance including the congressional redistricting measure and a rural schools appropriation.

Austin, Tex San Antonio House Senate State Highway Commission Conference University of Texas The Agricultural and Mechanical College Dunnam Dayton Board of Regents Davis Van Alderdice McNealus Dallas Holland Lattimore Lange Bee Strickland

Society notes events and meetings in San Antonio

Monday night Captain and Mrs Gregg host dinner for Mrs I T Mann and Miss Bess Hickey of Washington DC. Tuesday Unitarian meeting at 3 p m with Mrs F W Maule. Dr G Bass to speak on Joan of Arc. Parish Aid at 3 p m with Mrs B D Lindsey. Altar Guild at 7 30 p m. Ladies Aid at Grace English Lutheran at 3 30 p m. Woman's Auxiliary of San Antonio Baptist Association at 3 p m in Gibbs building. Cyril Maude lecture at 4 p m in Gunter ballroom. Ladies of Elks card party at 2 p m. Texas Historical Landmark Association observes Texas Heroes Day with 4 15 p m services at Milam Square. Fort Sam Houston Red Cross meets at 9 30 a m in infantry post officers mess. all army women invited. Council of Jewish Women Red Cross Sewing Circle at 9 30 a m in Wolff & Mars building. Red Cross First Aid class at 10 a m in YWCA building. Phoenix Club at Gunter. Sorosis Club at St Anthony. Equal Franchise Society at 10 a m in St Anthony Oak Room. City Mission Board at 2 30 p m in Wesley House. Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary of Prospect Hill at 3 p m in Mrs Bassett's home 2424 West Commerce Street.

Fort Sam Houston The Red Cross Society

English Actor Cyril Maude to Lecture in Fort Worth

Luncheon honors Cyril Maude, English actor, ahead of his Grand Theatre appearance in Grumpy. The event features Ian McKellar and fellow countrymen. a Red Cross benefit Tableaux Vivants follows with notable guests and a free, neutral lecture on trench life by Maude at the Gunter.

Ian Kirk McKellar Cyril Maude Mr. MckKellar Mr. Maude Nat M. Washer New York Ian Hay Maude London

Swift & Company beef sales in San Antonio weekly average

Swift & Company reported San Antonio weekly beef sales for the week ending Saturday March 3 with domestic beef averaging 10.91 cents per pound. Advy. Smith noted a household query while Browne replied about domestic affairs.

Swift & Company San Antonio

Unidentified Man Believed Murdered Near Frio City Road

A decomposed unidentified man about 25 was found in a mesquite thicket near the I. & G. N. Railway tracks and Frio City road. A bloodstained iron bar and fatal head wounds suggest homicide. Police, detectives, and Riebe Undertaking Co. search for identity, with clues including a trunk check and names in a notebook.

Frio City Lancaster Riebe Undertaking Company Cibolo Texas Southern Pacific Oklahoma Dollie McIntyre Achille Okla Tom Been W. H. South Ringling Oklo Myrtle Holmes Beatrice Campbell Denison

Fire destroys $1200 rubber tire stock in plant blaze

Twelve alarms between Sunday 3 AM and Monday 10:30 AM limited losses to under 2000 with most damage at the International Rubber Sales Company plant 528 Main Avenue where tires worth 1200 were destroyed. Insurance of 3900 covered. Other fires include a barn at 114 Union Street and servant quarters at 309 Warren Street with smaller damages.

International Rubber Sales Company Main Avenue H. A. Wood Union Street Fred Schzbler Hago L. Easterbrook J. J. Irvin George Mauff Warren Street H. Kollenberg Oak Street R. P. Braden East Evergreen Street

Fire Alarm Sounds After Back Draft In Dallas Home

Miss M N Reyes and Mrs O Hill were inside separate Dallas residences when a back draft filled a room with smoke on Sunday afternoon. The alarm was raised but no damage occurred.

M. N. Reyes West Commerce Street O. Hill East Houston Street

County to share palms project along Mission loop

County commissioners plan to approve paying half the cost of planting and maintaining palms along the South or Mission loop. The city of San Antonio and donors will cover the other half. Estimated total near 10 000 dollars with an annual maintenance fund. Commission budgets will handle expenses.

Mission San Antonio Jacob Rubiola J. H. Covington

Price of Pleasure Pursuit Quoted in Gangster Exchange

A brief dialogue reveals a minister and a young man discussing the cost of pleasure, with the youth answering that the charge is thirty cents for the first mile and ten cents for each additional half mile. The exchange hints at a commodified pursuit tied to a symbolic or moral context.

Blacksheep Jr

Body Found in Alley Identified as R Yoakum

A 70 year old white man believed to be R Yoakum was found dead in an alley behind 306 Lamar Street shortly after 6 am. Police report the death as natural causes. The body was taken to Riebe Undertaking. Justice of the Peace R Neal Campbell held the inquest. Relatives are being sought. Yoakum had lived in San Antonio for years, renting rooms in the area.

R. Yoakum Lamar Street Harris Riebe Undertaking Company Justice of the Peace R. Neal Campbell Yoakum San Antonio

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