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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1916
Page
8
Army and navy officials praised gunfire tests at Fort Morgan Alabama aboard the New York and Arkansas. From 12 miles out in the Gulf the battleships hit fortifications with little damage and the fort’s goats and iron crew dummies remained uninjured.
A physician offers a regimen for rheumatism with a potassium iodide and salicylate mix, colchicum, cardioethyl, and other components to be taken in doses, plus advice on scalp dandruff, cold and cough, fat reduction, fatigue, weight gain, kidney trouble, blood purification, and general tonics. He invites readers to send symptoms for free advice and notes prescriptions can be filled at drugstores.
In Society Thursday Night Mrs M B Hutchins and Mrs Sterling Price Adams host a cabaret dance at the St Anthony for Protestant Orphans Home. Harmony Club hosts weekly dance and card party. Prospect Hill Methodist Church Missionary Society hosts a St Patrick s tea Friday noon to 10 pm in church basement. William T Harris Parent Teachers Club meets 3 30 pm Old Post. Women's Relief Corps auxiliary to G A R meets 2 30 pm Odd Fellows hall. Merry Maids Musical Club meets 4 pm led by Mrs J G Griner Miss Fred Marie Peyton leader. Dean Richardson St Mark s Episcopal Church auxiliary meets 10 30 am parish house. Bonham School Mothers Club 3 30 pm Morrill high school Parent Teachers Association 3 45 pm De Zavala School Mothers Club 3 45 pm.
Mrs Mary Bryant leads the department of literature as chairman with a slate of new officers. The piece notes fund drives for the Protestant Orphans Home, multiple social events including needlework and card parties, and Pen Women and Ladies' Aid Society activities with guests from New York and Utica Presbyterian Church.
A promotional notice touts Sargo tablets as a flesh building agent to help thin people gain weight by improving fat absorption. It claims quick results, with guarantees from druggists like H. L. Wagner and Sargel availability through wholesalers. Cautions that Sargel should be used only when weight gain is desired.
Mrs J R Farrow of 1257 Windsor Ave Bristol Tennessee reports chronic tetter on her hands and face. She says after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment she was relieved and healed within two months. Signed July 15 1915.
Friday evening at 726 San Pedro avenue the Les Jeunesse dancing class hosted a social at the home of Miss Virginia Priest in honor of Miss Lucile Everett. Attendees included numerous Misses and Masters from the local social circle with varied friends and community figures.
Amusements notes Dr W Griffiths Birth of a Nation at Grand opera house presented twice daily. The piece imagines a meeting of Generals Lee and Grant at Appomattox with Lee immaculate and Grant muddy and weary.
The Elsie Faye Trio delivers bright breezy songs and dances with Miss Faye joined by Joe Miller and John Hogan in a strong vaudeville act. Headliner Emma Carus offers a fresh cycle of songs dances and dialogue with Noel Stuart Pat Rooney and Marion Bent. At the News Stand also a hit.
The Lyman H Howe Special will show next Monday to Wednesday with a matinee on Wednesday. A world excursion visits Italy France Madeira Switzerland Holland and Scotland. Tourists also explore Glacier National Park and the Willys Overland plant in Toledo to view American industry and auto manufacture.
Mrs Jack Raybould entertained the San Jacinto Card Club Wednesday afternoon with prizes awarded to Mesdames A E Schmitt F L Toepperwein and Edward W Oeffinger. Seventeen members attended including Frank Conyers W H Curry Albert Friedrich R Graves E W Oeffinger G Huntress J M Kraukauer W A McIlwaine H Wagner Jr Ed Gutzeit and Alex Uhl. Mrs Ed Gutzeit hosted the Daisy Card Club Tuesday afternoon with prizes to Mesdames Frank Convers L Spahn Jr and Meyers and attendees G H Phillips F Colosia M Buratovich F Convers O Hanzal Alex Uhl G Huntress H Wagner Fred Bushick among others. Ed Gutzeit also entertained at 500 Tuesday evening with an eight course dinner preceding card games. guests included L T Watters Jack Raybould Meer acheidt Alex Uhl and A Topperwein.
The San Antonio Symphony under Conductor Arthur Claassen closes the season with a program at Beethoven Hall Thursday evening. Soloists include Marian Raborg on piano and violinist William Marx. The concert begins at 8 30 with works by Dvorak Gounod Herbert Bruch Wagner and Rienzi Overture.
Newspaper men plan a "baby show" at the National Press Club in Washington to exhibit several baby congressmen. Representative McLemore of Texas is to be shown and may “wail” about life as a new member. Also exhibited are Walsh of Massachusetts and Venable among others.
Mrs. P. Rehkamp of Covington Kentucky writes she has used Foley’s Honey and Tar for nearly two years and gives it to all eight of her children who suffered from croup since infancy. She endorses the medicine as safe for men women and children and urges treating a grippe lingerer to prevent weakened health.
Mississippi, Meeker of Missouri, Gandy of South Dakota, Dill of Washington, Sanford of New York, Elston of California, McArthur of Oregon, Britt of North Carolina, Scott of Michigan and Huddleston of Alabama are named. The Press Club staged come back night with Longworth and other Republicans who were severed in 1912 and returned in 1914. A special train to the Cattlemen’s Convention departs 11:00 p m March 20 from Houston and return fare is 7.55 dollars.
Captain Francis Jebsen of San Francisco, earlier reported dead on U-36 sunk August 18, 1915, is alive per German consulate officials. They claim he is on a secret Kaiser mission, possibly aboard Moewe or commanding another raider. he faces federal charges for neutrality law violations.
Mrs. P. M. Gates died when a scarf caught in a washing machine wringer strangled her. The death occurred yesterday in Pratt Kansas and was found by a daughter returning from school.
A statewide drive to raise full strength for the land and naval Louisiana militia began in New Orleans after a meeting of local exchanges and commercial groups pledged support. The plan calls for doubling artillery batteries, expanding the naval militia to three battalions, and forming a new infantry company.
Service notes a weekly Sunday train to Sutherland Springs leaving at 11:00 p.m. on March 20 and returning, with 60 cents fare, and a 7:55 a.m. departure on Sundays via Southern Pacific.
Five hurt when a jitney overturned on the Longview Henderson route late yesterday. Injured: Jess Young head wound Ed Compton broken arm Dr A J Deason both collar bones broken Rice Russell broken arm Ed Spharlar bruised. Case notes on Democratic primary dispute and Supreme Court certification in Texas.
In a special session at Austin Judge James B. Stubbs of Galveston argued the certified questions in the primary case. The proceedings set the stage for an early decision by the high court on a disputed matter framed by the certified questions.
Austin March 16 The state library and historical commission met in annual session. Routine business was transacted in the morning. Members include W F Doughty Commissioner of Education Prof F E C Barker University of Texas Judge O T Kirvin Emma Burleson and Mrs J B Dibrell all of Austin or Seguin.
Dr. E Sauer touts Nuxated Iron as a remedy for iron deficiency causing fatigue and nervous weakness. He claims two five grain tablets thrice daily for two weeks can boost strength by 200 percent with many cases overcoming long illnesses. The note offers a $100 pledge and money back if results fail to double strength in 60 days.
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