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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1916
Page
6
One of the world’s largest automobile shipments arrives in Boston from Flint. B R ebb of San Antonio Buick leads the move after H K Noyes of Boston sent a $200,000 check for 200 Buick cars. Express charges near $15,000 amid freight car shortages.
An express shipment requiring seventy five cars moved a large Buick order, the cash involved setting a record for automobile sales. A second equal size consignment will follow to Massachusetts with tarpaulin protected cars moved on flat cars.
W. R. Adams, head of Atlas Tire Company of Kansas City, expresses satisfaction with Texas business conditions as his firm expands operations. He notes favorable market trends and supportive policies aiding growth.
The concern operates three Texago branches and spent Tuesday in San Antonio. Mr. Adams says business is especially good in Texas. The San Antonio branch opened several months since has eclipsed his best hopes. He notes a persistent rumor of a tire price advance likely to take effect as warmer weather brings drivers north and east into the open.
A quirky dialogue compares armor and hides to animals, noting a rhinoceros and a giraffe. The exchange calls out a periscope as a distinctive feature, reflecting playful naval jargon and visual puns in a condensed wartime vignette.
Tuesday and Wednesday events feature Mrs. John L. Bullis hosting Staff Post Card Club, Automobile Club dancing class, Dramatic Club banquet and cabaret at the Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. J Ernest Jarratt buffet honoring Miss Marguerite Deutsch, Goodfellowship Club at Pine Street Presbyterian Church, Mu Nu Sigmas at the Gunter, Fiesta fete for Mothers and children, St John’s Auxiliary, German Classics reading circle, Les Jeunesse dancing class, Alamo Missionary Society, Tuesday Musical Auxiliary, and a luncheon by Mrs. E B Caruth at the Country Club.
A San Antonio society calendar highlights fundraising for the Protestant Orphans Home. Miss M Eleanor Brackenridge sends an eighty candle birthday cake, a St Anthony cabaret on Thursday features dances and songs, and teas and parties hostesses raise funds through weeklong events at the Majestic and St Anthony venues. Many local families and visiting guests attend and donate to the cause.
Advertises Sargol tablets as a natural yet artificial boost to weight for severely underweight individuals. Claims six assimilative agents convert meals into tissue nourishment with reported gains of ten to twenty five pounds per month. Sold by H. L. Wagner and other druggists with a money back guarantee, caution urged for nonweight gain cases.
A newspaper beauty tip suggests shampooing less often if the scalp is cleansed with a homemade rinse. Dissolve a teaspoon of canthrax from a druggist in hot water to create a thick lather that soothes the scalp and leaves hair with quick-drying, bright, soft fluffiness.
Mr and Mrs H H Sevier entertained Monday evening at the Country Club with a delightful dinner dance. Club rooms wore vines and greens matching a black and white color motif with red flowers. Gold vanity cases for women and ash trays for men complemented the decor. A novel feature was Lew Pockstader's appearance near the close.
Mrs Dockstader entertains with a Teddy Roosevelt impersonation while Miss Mary Tewson hosts a pupil party at a Symphony concert. Temple Beth El plans a Purim ball at the Harmony Club to honor Sunday School children. San Antonio Playground Association schedules two benefit concerts in the Gunter ballroom featuring Rodolfo Fornari Karel Havlicek and Malvinia Ehrlich.
The Gibbons Literary Club met Monday with roll call citing Sermon on the Mount. At 8 pm Wednesday the Equal Franchise Society will host Dr George H Badger as principal speaker at 209 West Commerce street with Mrs A R Thomas leading the round table.
Hardin Circle of West End Presbyterian Church hosts a St Patrick’s tea for Missionary Society from 3 to 6 p m Thursday at Mrs W F Rosier’s home 847 Cincinnati Avenue The German Literary Club met Monday with Mrs J W Holt leading a study session
Mrs M Martin and Mrs Max Hamburger of Chicago read in teresting and instructive papers at a club meeting. Mrs Hamburger was elected an honorary member of the club.
Specials for Wednesday include Best Hama 20c Pic Nic Hams 1c Break fast Bacon 21c Best Creamery Butter Pic Fresh Eggs 20c Hotled Crate 38 for 25c Cash We are the lowest Nichols Gro Co Ph Cr 51 207 Ave C Adv
Special train to Houston for the Cattlemen's Convention departs at 11:00 p m on March 20 via Southern Pacific. Round trip fare is $7 55. Adv.
The report notes Spain operates 992 public electric lighting plants and 978 private ones. The item appears amid a brief dispatch on energy, infrastructure, and municipal services.
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