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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1915
Page
10
Mrs Win Lake and family observed a wedding on East Teveteten street with officiating clergy. Attending immediate family and friends, the ceremony featured a formal speech and cultural rites at 22 am.
The 1916 Grand Lodge session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Texas will be held in Mineral Wells after a near unanimous vote. Officials announced preparations, with speeches and committee reports dominating the executive session. The convention also set Mineral Wells as the site for the Rebekah Assembly meeting next year.
Authorities endorse whiskey as a medicinal tonic with purification standards set by the government. Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is highlighted as a refined, carefully aged product using only select grains, claimed to improve stomach ailments and general vitality, sold in sealed bottles only.
Officers of the Hehekan Avsea Texas assembly attend a grand lodge convention in Austin. Delegates plan formalities for the 1916 convension and await a Wednesday afternoon session to finalize leadership, with future travel and meetings outlined for Thursday.
A student cast under Martha Fowlkes presents Thy Cimber Clyde Fiteh e at the Queen Theater formerly the Tzu on Wednesday evening. Miss Fowlkes directs with Wardell Fitua Milton McAlister and Agata Blanke among returning performers plus Misses Stile Fang Bailay Coulter Wol Schelling and Keeny in supporting roles. The Christmas tree scene features a Mignon aria danced by Teush Mallock and others among a largely student troupe with local shop advertisers listed.
A London Times inspired essay outlines an electric barrier across the North Sea from the east coast to German waters. Poles with vertical bores would sit near the surface, delivering current to fry metal ships and visualize faults with resistance indicators. An experimental scale test and guarded power supply are suggested.
A Tyler Texas incident ends with Allen Pe depbre firing on his wife Mrs. JeanensT Noses at 207 dust Uriwhs sleet, wounding her, then shooting himself. Mrs. Rogers, treated at city hospital, is reported recovering. Accompanied by Levard, he traveled from Tyler to San Antonio before the tragedy, then returned. The couple had recently separated, with the man identified as a white-agers individual. The violence occurred near a residence, followed by the suicide.
A World War era Austrian cavalry unit undertook a covert mission through forest and road to bypass Russian forces. Fifteen volunteers formed a scouting party, moving by night along a main highway before reconciling with Cossack patrols. They sheltered in a farm and evaded detection until dawn.
Fragmentary OCR depicts Austrians breaking toward a river crossing under Russian fire. Austrian cavalry split men across a lumbering bridge bluffing the Russians, then withdrew as Russian forces closed in. Plus a tasked Austrian commander monitoring the crossing.
Specialists oppose a proposed war bread bill arguing it would reduce flour quality and hurt nutrition. They warn substituting corn or rye meal for wheat flour risks beri beri and higher bread costs, urging careful control over additives and milling inspections. The debate centers on protecting public health while easing wartime shortages.
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