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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1916
Page
7
On a Henry county farm near Jones's mill Bud Ray's grounds yielded a can containing 300 dollars in gold uprooted by a hog. Neighbor Mrs. Richard Collins claims the money, saying her husband once owned the farm and she loaned him the amount before his death. Her husband’s records later noted the thirty hundred dollars canned.
Advertisement notes a special train for the Cattlemen's Convention in Houston with a round trip fare of 7.55 dollars. Train departs at 11:00 p m on March 20 from Southern Pacific.
A Sunday service runs from Southern Pacific at 7:55 am with a 60 cent fare for the round trip to Sutherland Springs and back, adv.
A London report from March 20 describes Turkish distrust of German victory bulletins, panics over British submarines at Constantinople, and rising friction between Turkish civilians and German soldiers. It notes Armenian massacres, German control under Von der Goltz, and fear of a key turning event at the Golden Horn if war shifts.
A British unit in Flanders found a four year old girl in a roadside ditch eight months earlier. She recovered from exposure and became the company’s darling, even crossing into no man’s land via periscope. Named Phillis after finder Private Philip Impey, she now moves to Bedford with the sergeant major for care. The child's parentage remains unknown.
Albert Sidney Johnston Camp No. 144 and Barnard E. Bee Chapter No. 86 hosted a Sunday social at the Woman's Club with a large turnout. The program included recitations by Miss Bird Patterson and Miss Ruth Brown, songs by Miss Mary Carter and others, and the Assembly's performances. Memorial exercises are set for 3:30 p.m. at the Confederate cemetery on Decoration Day. the regular session for that day will be postponed.
War weary soldiers on leave seek recreation as dancing classes reopen in London. Admission costs a dollar and a quarter with partners encouraged. solo turns with instructors also common. Gloves dropped, popular styles include Boston, hesitation waltz, one steps, fox trots, and a modified turkey trot. Dancing continues into the evening with later sessions for the ardent.
A brisk philanthropist pays a taxi fare during a heavy downpour and notes the driver is soaked and cold. She asks if he ever caked anything when soaked, and he humbly confirms he generally does. She tells him to wait while she runs up her errand.
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