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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 09, 1916

Page

5

Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant Promoted for Bronchitis

R J Schiffmann rep St Paul Minn advertises Schiffmanns New Concentrated Expectorant for bronchial affections including bronchitis whooping cough and colds. It offers a money back guarantee at H L Wagners drug store and claims economy since one bottle yields a pint when mixed with sugar and water. The product is described as plant based free of narcotics and safe for children with pleasant taste and guaranteed satisfaction.

Schiffmann H. L. Wagner Dr. Schiffmann R. J. Schiffmann Rep St. Paul Minn

Wesley House Shares in Concert Proceeds at Beethoven Hall

The Wesley House will share in proceeds of a vocal ballet and instrumental concert at Beethoven Hall Saturday evening led by Hector Gorjux. Soloists include Carmen Caussade soprano Angel De Leon baritone and dancers Zaleme Pettus Lucy Henderson. The program features Puccini Madama Butterfly arias and selections from Tschaikowsky Ponchielli Delibes Verdi and more with multiple duets and ensemble pieces.

Wesley House Beethoven Hall Hector Gorjux Carmen Caussade Angel de Leon Zaleme Pettus Lucy Henderson Caussade Tschaikowsky Miss Zaleme Pettus T ' Pagnaccci Leoncavalld Senor de Leon Ponchielli el Guitarrico Soriano Senor de Leon Serenata Aragonesa Idilio Octeto Espanol

Opera singers and conductor guest at Madrid Royal Opera House

The article profiles a dramatic soprano who has sung in Spain, South America, Mexico and France and notes Senor de Leon also appearing in Madrid and across Spain Cuba Mexico and Central America. Hector Gorjux will lead a 16 piece orchestra with conducting credits in Italy Buenos Aires Montevideo Rio de Janeiro Havana and New Orleans.

Royal Opera House Madrid Spain South America Mexico France Senor de Leon Cuba Central America Hector Gorjux Italy Buenos Ayres Montevideo Rio de Janeiro Havana New Orleans

Tailored Suits Offered by Local Tailor at Lentz Shop

A brief advertisement notes suits with genuine tailoring available from Lentz at 312 West Commerce, highlighting quality craft by a bona fide tailor.

Lentz Commerce

Troops From El Paso Headed to Panama Canal Zone

The US Army transport Kilpatrick arrived at Galveston from Cristobal and will sail to Cris tobal tomorrow with the first battalion of the Fourth Field Artillery bound for the Panama canal zone. On board were General John L. Clem Colonel John M Heard and Major John P Madden.

Galveston Tex United States Army I Kilpatrick Cristobal Fourth Field Artillery Panama Canal Zone el Paso Kilpatrick John L. Clem John M. Heard John P. Madden

Paper and rag saving urged to avert shortage

The Department of Commerce recalls an 1801 New England appeal to women to save rags and asks the nation to hoard paper and rags to prevent a looming shortage of papermaking materials. It says much discarded paper could be recycled and notes the drive is prompted by manufacturers.

Washington, D. C New England Department of Commerce

Wheat flour claim sparks mineral content debate

A heated claim questions flour processing and mineral retention, emphasizing that the wheat used remains unrefined from start to finish and that the product should preserve the grain's true mineral content.

EverywomanStage Triumph At Grand Opera House

Edna Porter stars in Everywoman at the Grand in San Antonio, delivering a powerful performance as the title role. The production features lavish costumes and strong ensemble work, with Florence Gerald and George Sydenham among notable cast members. The allegorical drama, praised for its dramatic impact, continues with a Thursday showing.

San Antonio East Edna Porter Miss Porter Browne Porter George Sydenham Truth Hazel O’brien Frances Simpson Lillian Durkin Frank Kilday Grand Opera House

Corpus Christi Class of 1916 Debates Cap and Gown

Corpus Christi high school seniors debate the use of uniform cap and gown at commencement. Last year opponents won, but this time a majority supports the idea though several girls oppose it.

Corpus Christi, Tex Corpus Christi High School

Austin organizes new artillery battery for Texas National Guard

Promoters completed organizing the Austin artillery battery designed to muster into the Texas National Guard. The unit will field 133 men with three inch light artillery, require about 90 horses, and drill at Camp Mabry under Captain D. A. Lane.

Austin Tex Austin Artillery Texas National Guard United States Army Camp Mabry National Guard D. A. Lane

Turkish leaders visit Mohammed's tomb in Medina

A Constantinople through Berlin dispatch says Enver Pasha the war minister Djemal Pasha and other dignitaries arrived last Thursday in Medina Arabia and visited the tomb of Mohammed in the prophet's city.

Amsterdam London Constantinople Berlin Enver Pasha Djemal Pasha Syria Medina Arabia Mohammed

Social Calendar Highlights Evening Gatherings This Week

Thursday night informal dance and card party at the Harmony Club. Major and Mrs J. Winn host a dinner. Friday events include Burnet School Mothers and Teachers Club at 3 45 pm and Mrs James K Stuart entertaining for Protestant Orphans Home. Dean Richardson Auxiliary St Marks meets 10 30 am. commessees with Miss Gladys Woods. Herff School Mothers 3 46 pm. St Marks Parish Aid 3 pm. Ursuline alumni 4 pm. Fannin School Mothers 3 30 pm. Los Angeles Heights Mothers 3 45 pm.

Harmony Club Burnet School Mothers’ and Dean Richardson St. Mark’s' Episcopal Church

Dramatic Recital and Club Programs Highlight Sioux Falls Visit

Mrs. George Hoffmann and Mr and Mrs Gus tav Werner host a visiting party from Evansville and Minneapolis. Lillian Cannon presents students in a Harmony Club recital with Hazel Hutchins and Gilbert Schramm assisting. A Maeterlinck Dramatic Club program features multiple literary selections and two one act plays The Three Dear Friends and The Far-away Princess.

George Hoffmann Sioux Falls Iowa Gustav Werner Evansville Ind E. A. Holmgreen Hoffman I. L. Gillespie Minneapolis Lillian Cannon Harmony Club Hazel Hutchins Gilbert Schramm Helen Barton Margaret Witting Lillie Koch Myrtle Carl Agatha Fitch Nora Deussen Monetta Thomas Martha Kehoe Therese Barton Creslie Morris Clara Huffmeyer Vera Brubaker Benton Cannon Sudermann

Luncheon Honors Mrs Tips With Teapot Favors

Mrs Homer T Wilson Jr hosted a Country Club luncheon Wednesday honoring Mrs Charles E Tips of Three Rivers. White nar cissi and pink roses adorned the table and each guest had a personal teapot to pour her tea. Plate favors featured dainty Japanese figures naming dames Tips, James Walthall, Richard V Negley, Henry P Burney, Vivian Vick, Hal Browne, John William Goode, Foard Townsend and George Harrison Moody.

Homer T. Wilson Jr Country Club Charles E. Tips Three Rivers Owers Mesdames Tips James Walthall Richard V. Negley Henry P. Burney Vivian Vick Hal Browne John William Goode Foard Townsend George Harrison Moody

Womans Club Philanthropy Dept Elects Officers

The department of philanthropy of the Womans Club elected officers including Mrs John J Stevens as chairman Mrs Cornelius O Neill as vice chairman and Mrs R C Lehmann as secretary New directors are Mesdames Rena Maverick Green J Rainsford Sprague and A H Worden The retiring chairwoman Mrs Corrigan reported significant work and requested sewing donations for the year.

Department of Philanthropy The Woman's Club John J. Stevens Cornelius O'Neill R. C. Lehmann Rena Maverick Green J. Rainsford Sprague A. H. Worden Corrigan Department

Old Folks Need Cascarets for Liver Bowels

An advertisement claims Cascarets aid aging bowels and liver function, describing constipation as natural and urging daily use. It promotes a gentle tonic available for 10 cents a box at drug stores and asserts effectiveness while you sleep.

Charity events and fundraisers fill city week

Salvation Army home sewing needs highlighted as fifteen girls work on materials. A joint philanthropy civics program at Carnegie Hall on April 6 features a debate Are We Growing Better with Mrs. Bliem Corrigan for the negative and Mrs. Stewart Worden for the affirmative.

Salvation Army Philanthropy Civics Carnegie Hall Milton J. Bliem Clyde S. Corrigan Solon K. Stewart A. H. Worden Max Hamburger Chicago J. Rainsford Sprague Adina de Zavala

Benefit Tea For Protestant Orphans' Home Planned

Miss Margaret Chambers will entertain Friday afternoon for the Protestant Orphans' Home. Others on the program include Miss Storrow Devine Smith Mrs W E Hood Mrs W L Martin Mrs W E Henderson Mrs Charles Dein er Mrs George Hagelstein Mrs Phil Dimmitt and Mrs Byron Keith. A Stephen F Austin School Mothers Club meeting Friday afternoon will discuss Recreation of the School Child with leaders Mesdames H D Brown Herbert Linscott and E W Kramer and Miss Julia Moore.

Margaret Chambers Storrow Devine Smith W. E. Hood W. L. Martin W. E. Henderson Charles Deiner George Hagelstein Phil Dimmitt Byron Keith Stephen F. Austin School Mothers’ Club Mesdames H. D. Brown Herbert Linscott E. W. Kramer Julia Moore

Amusements Tonight At Grand Majestic And Queen

The Grand presents Everywoman and six other acts while Majestic features the vaudeville act A Telephone Tangle. Queen screens The Flight of a Duchess starring Gladys Hullett along with additional film selections.

Grand

Sari the Gypsy Leader heads Grand shows weekend run

The article previews two major shows at the Grand. Shar ee Hunga rian operetta features lively Kalman music and popular songs like Love Has Wings and Follow Me plus the Hazazaa dance. The Birth of a Nation returns to the Grand Opera House with D W Griffiths dramatic Civil War romance and battlefield scenes.

Henry W. Savage Europe Emmerich Kalman Budapest Hungary C. C. S. Cushing E. P. Heath New York Grand Opera House D. W. Griffith Lord Byron Childe Harold Bull Run Carolina Brussels

Travis Club Card Party Monday Night

The Travis Club hosts a card party at 8 30 o clock Monday evening for members. Bridge and 500 will be played and dancing will follow the games. Mrs Joe Walsh is chairman.

Travis Club Joe Walsh

Swearingen party heads to Fort Worth horse show

Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Swearingen and Miss Dorothy Swearingen will travel Friday to Fort Worth where Miss Swearingen will represent San Antonio as princess at the horse show with Will Howell as her knight. Reva Berman has returned from Indianapolis with Mrs. Kahn and Carroll Kahn as guests of the Bernmans. The Alamo Heights Missionary Society postpones a party to Friday night at Mrs. W. A. Cocke’s home. The Pan-Hellenic Society will host a luncheon Saturday at 12:30 in the Carolina tea room for sorority alumni and visitors seeking information from Miss Marjorie Hicks. The Collins Garden School PTA meets Friday at 3:30 with a discussion on public school moral standards led by Miss von Dorn, Mrs. Rowan, and Mrs. Williams.

L. B. Clegg Ernest Groos Alexander Fraser Soledad Tink G. (. Glass Evergreen Street Travis Park Methodist Church P. H. Swearingen Dorothy Swearingen Fort Worth Miss Swearingen San Antonio Will Howell Reva Berman Isador Ferdinand Kahn Indianapolis Kahn Hannah Kahn Carroll Kahn Berman Alamo Heights Missionary Society W. A. Cocke Pan-Hellenic Society Carolina Tea Room Marjorie Hicks Travis Collins’ Garden School Miss von Dorn Rowan Williams

Native Dallas Vaudeville Pair Tops Majestic Bill

At the Majestic Theater the Dallas native Bud Fagg and partner Julia White headline the vaudeville lineup titled Africanology. The bill features Joseph Hart in A Telephone Tangle with Madge Caldwell as switchboard operator, plus Joe Whitehead, Dan Sherman and others in varied acts.

Dallas Majestic Majestic Theater Bud Fagg Julia White Miss White Atlanta Cupid Madge Caldwell Joe Whitehead Dan Sherman & Company Reine Davies The Three Chums

Tailored garments by Lentz offered at 312 W Commerce

Local advertisement notes tailor made clothing with a reference to Lentz and lists a shop at 312 West Commerce. The snippet suggests bespoke items and the tailor as a focal point. No additional events or dates are provided.

Corpus Christi voters heated over prohibition election

The Attorney General's Department appoints sixty deputy officers to preserve order in Corpus Christi during the prohibition election. Citizens are stirred with both sides claiming large majorities. A Houston to Corpus Christi round trip and cattlemen's convention special train departs March 20 at 11:00 p.m. via Southern Pacific.

Attorney General’s Department Corpus Christi Houston Southern Pacific

Sunday Train to Sutherland Springs 60 Cents

60 cents for round trip to Sutherland Springs every Sunday with the Southern Pacific train at 7:55 am Adv indicates advertised service.

Sutherland Springs Southern Pacific

Queen Theater presents Gladys Hullett in The Flight of a Duchess

Gladys Hullett stars in a five reel Mutual Master DeLuxe film The Flight of a Duchess at the Queen Theater today. The program also features the Rooney Bent duo in I’ll Get Her Yet and two comedies. Tomorrow 8:45 pm free souvenir spoons with Beverly Bayne image for ladies. Saturday matinee 10 to 1 for Mothers Council with Rip Van Winkle for children.

Gladys Hullett Queen Today Kleine-Edison Mutual Queen Theater Thanhauser Queen Rooney & Bent Majestic Theater Beverly Bayne Mothers’ Council Rip van Winkle

Kilmer Swamp Root praised by North Carolina druggists

A 1915 testimonial from H. H. Brown, a Pinnacle druggist, extols Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root for kidney and liver trouble. Porter Drug Store Salisbury notes its strong local use and recommendation by their veteran drugman. Sample bottles and a booklet are offered by mail from Kilmer Co Binghamton NY. San Antonio Daily Light is requested in correspondence.

Dr. Kilmer & Co Binghamton, N. Y San Antonio Daily Light

Doctor's O docree Medical Advice Column

A reader asks about gaining weight with three grain hypo Buclane tablets and other remedies. Dr. Lewis Baker recommends these tablets with meals to aid assimilation and weight gain.

Doctor O Docree Dr. Lewis Baker

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Gomez Panama Battle Creek Mich Major Mrs. J Winn James K. Stuart Orphans’ Home Gladys Woods Herff School Mothers’ and Teachers’ Club St. Mark's Ursuline Alumni Ursuline Convent Fannin School Mothers’ Club Los Angeles Heights Mothers’ Club Maeterlinck Dramatic Club Little Women Erna Schoefeld Elizabeth Joyce Elizabeth Birkenmeyer Myrtle Pendleton George Connolly Justina Newman Silas Marner Bernice Jenner Arlene Evans Ben Glaze Mauro Frances Kroeger Hugh Stewart Zay Smith Edith Weber Helen Hoeffling Arthur E. Goodrich Co. F 17Th Infantry Eagle Pass Cuticara Dept. T. Boeton Mme Alicia Petticlere Alamo Heights A. J. James Queen: Motion Pictures T Hopkins & Son New York City W. Commerce Corpus Hertzbergs Houston and Mary's Sts Faust Maull Bros St. Louis, U. S. A San Antonio, Texas Guzmani DR. Kilmer Mra. L Lewis Baker College College-Ellwood Sts Dayton Too Stout Jeseie
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