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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1917
Page
5
Ernest Harold Baynes gave his final San Antonio lecture on Dog-Man's Noblest Friend to a Tuesday evening audience and repeated it for 1500 ward school children. He traced dog human companionship from primitive times to today and discussed species development under varying climates, with slide illustrations.
An incandescent lamp socket has been patented to fit into the tines that formerly held the lamp chimney enabling old off lanterns to be used for electric lighting. The design relies on a base compatible with the chimney support structure to allow insertion and operation.
Thirteen plants with total capacity of 90 million cubic feet of ozonized air have been installed in a London underground railway system to improve ventilation.
The YWCA campaign concluded with 25 761.25 raised toward a 70 000 goal for a summer camp and non revenue departments. Business Girls team contributed 1537.45 from 350 donations and pledged an additional 1000. Organizers praised small gifts and pledged future effort.
Paris report quotes former Greek premier Venizelos arguing the Entente proposal to cede eastern Macedonia to Bulgaria sparked Greece's troubles. He says the king would not honor Serbia treaties without Entente pressure, and that his revolt aimed to support Serbia and Greece's war effort, with internal issues to follow victory.
Col A L Westgard, director of transcontinental highways, arrives in San Antonio with six others to film current life across the western United States. The party travels by two automobiles and aims to capture roads, Indian tribes, National Guard activity, and historical sites for a national film under the National Highways Association and the U S Interior Department. They stay at the St Anthony Hotel with D E Colp of the Texas Good Roads Association directing local filming in Texas before moving to Corpus Christi and beyond.
David A Middleton of 1717 Chenevert Street Houston describes severe asthma like kidney pain and digestive trouble before Tanlac. He credits Tanlac with weight gain relief, better digestion and energy enabling him to resume locomotives runs, sleeping well, and improved mood. Sold in San Antonio by H L Wagner Drug Co and E J H Meier via a Tanlac representative.
Eight year old Frank Viviano, son of Gaetano Viviano, was found exhausted from hunger by Father J. J. Butler after being kidnapped March 3. A $50,000 ransom demand signed The Black Hand prompted the suspect theft and a prior disappearance of two Viviano relatives in 1909.
A large delegation of Chippewa Indians from Bowstring County traveled to Deer River to wed under Justice Ed Cahill’s weeklong allowance. The department plans no interference with elder marriages but targets younger, often educated, members living outside legal wedlock after sheriff actions and Indian agent complaints.
A. R. Atkinson of the Southern Pacific announces that freight from San Antonio to New York and other Eastern ports via Galveston will be accepted within 60 days. The Morgan Steamship and Mallory lines will handle through bills of lading, removing the need to rebill at Galveston. The move follows an Interstate Commerce Commission pressure to fix unsatisfactory service and prevent forced reconsignments.
Dr Ferdinand King promotes Nuxated Iron as easily absorbed and stomach friendly. He asserts it boosts strength for weak and nervous women and that two weeks show results. The note claims druggists, including H L Wagner, carry Nuxated Iron with a money back guarantee or prescription optional.
Merchants and general shippers in San Antonio will receive faster and more satisfactory service on freight shipments to eastern points under the Interstate Commerce Commission requirements.
An old advertisement touts a single remedy named LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE promising to cure a cold in one day. It directs readers to seek the full name and notes a signature by Kk. W. JROVE and a price of 25 cents.
Charters filed show multiple firms from across Texas including Bois dAre Creek Oil and Gas Bonham with 15000 capital East Texas Overland Alto with 1000 Farm Tractor Dallas 5000 Riverside Development Brownsville 25000 Southwestern Oil and Gas Galveston 30000 Tribune Publishing Tyer and Angelo Furniture San Angelo with name change to Angelo Furniture Company Texas Gulf Steamship Company capital shifts from 100000 to 590000 and dissolution by Midway Grocery Houston and S A Temple Mortgage Dallas.
Edgar P. Haney, former Wichita County legislator and newspaper publisher at Wichita Falls, will seek election to Congress from the Thirteenth District under the new redistricting plan. Haney is a well known state figure with multiple legislative terms.
Briga dier General Henry A Greene and officers of the Twelfth division staff were guests of honor at a Tuesday night farewell dinner hosted by the Second West Virginia and First Mississippi infantry at the Menger Hotel. Toasts were given by several divisional staff officers and by officers of the two National Guard regiments. The First Mississippi band played, and about 70 officers attended. The honored guests included General Greene Lieutenant Colonel E S Munson Maj R H Pierson Captain W C Johnson Captain Campbell King Captain D F Craig Lieutenant W D Weley Col L M Kennon Captain W K Naylor and Captain Davis Bowers, all of the United States Army.
W. H. Steele, 80, a pioneer Texan and Confederate veteran, died Wednesday at 5 am at his home 1716 Main Ave. He had lived in the city about ten years, moved from San Marcos. Survived by widow and two sons Dr J B Steele and C H Steele of San Antonio. Funeral Thursday at 7:30 am at the residence, then body dispatched by Pearce.
W H Steele born 1836 in Howard County Tennessee came to Texas as a child with parents J S Steele. He joined Debney regiment Company E Twenty sixth Cavalry in the Civil War serving in the trans Mississippian theater and mustered out at Houston in 1865. He lived in San Marcos until 1906 then moved to San Antonio.
Berlin scientists report yeast can be engineered to yield flavoring extracts and a muscle building tonic. They also describe a non inflammable mache substitute for celluloid, expanding yeast applications beyond baking and brewing.
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