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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1917
Page
10
In Austin on March 21 the governor signed Senate and House measures authorizing the formation of corporations to build dry docks and marine railways, creating irrigation districts by county commissioners courts, diminishing Falls County civil jurisdiction, and reorganizing judicial districts eighty first thirty sixth and forty ninth.
Ladies gather as the Shakespeare Club meets with the Misses Baskin. The Evan gelical Friedens Church Ladies' Aid Society convenes at 3 p.m. in the Protestant Home for the Aged on San Juan Road. Over-the-Samovar Luncheon Club also meets.
Mrs. R C Van Vliet and Colonel Van Vliet prepare to depart for their new station in Laredo after a visit by Miss Victoria Herff in Asherton.
At Tuesday afternoon’s meeting the Sorosis Club decided to focus next term on present day books. The study session covered Canada with Mesdames F. F. Stauffer Allen Nichols J. H. Reagan and T. B. Askew taking part in the discussions.
Mr and Mrs Charles A Patterson have returned from their wedding trip to New Orleans where they celebrated their marriage with family and friends.
A professional costumer designed costumes as children are urged to stay in place or forfeit parts. Last appeal issued for joining as registrations close Friday. Duchesses met for the first time Tuesday and will meet again Friday noon. Mrs. Sarah Collins of Waco and Mrs. Gertrude Mullings of Bogalusa, La., visit brother Consul John R. Silliman and Mrs. Silliman at Craig Place before returning to Mexico.
Miss Eleanor Barclay represented the city as princess at the annual Fort Worth horse show and was guest of Miss Charlotte Clayton, who visited here earlier this winter as guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. Lipscomb.
Two teams took the course Tuesday at the Country Club led by Mrs. B F Stout and Mrs. P J MecNeel. Stout’s squad featured Elizabeth Reed George and several others while MecNeel’s team included J H Burleson Lewis Maverick and Scobey among members. A luncheon was served beforehand to additional players including Mrs N R Schoonmaker and Miss Atkinson.
The Daughters of the Confederacy arranged a picnic at their Tuesday meeting to be held shortly after Easter with the Confederate Veterans as honor guests.
A break in at the Majestic Cafe on Main Avenue yielded $62.80 from the cash drawer and a stash of items including punch boards, jewelry, knives, razors, tomatoes, eggs, sugar, and coffee. Patrolman Stark discovered the rear door broken. detectives arrested several suspects and recovered $40. Meusebach reported 20 hens stolen from his Clinton Avenue home.
The Fi esta fete rehearsals delight young dancers and their mothers as Mrs. Roy Campbell invites unregistered children to meet next Friday. Free aesthetic dancing lessons accompany regular fete preparation and costumes are being organized by management.
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a harmless remedy for constipation in children. It describes coated tongues, sluggish livers, and other symptoms, urging mothers to give a teaspoonful and noting the bottle carries directions for all ages. It warns against counterfeit products and promotes the genuine California Fig Syrup Company version.
The San Antonio Automobile Show organized by the Southwest Texas motordom society runs March 31 through April 7 at Sole Dad Auditorium and Temporary Annex delivering a premier automotive exhibition in the region.
An advertisement urges mothers to keep Musterole for fast relief from sore throat bronchitis tonsillitis croup and more. It claims the balm soothes without blistering and is useful for adults and children with symptoms ranging from neuralgia to chest colds and even pneumonia prevention.
Delegates from major Texas cities attend the Royal Neighbors of America state camp at Woodmen's Hall Crockett Hotel in San Antonio. Mrs Myrtie E Park presides. Mayor absent, Robert G Harris stands in. Alma Beyer voices hospitality and a plan to rotate the state convention between twice yearly and keep San Antonio as permanent meeting place. The Star Spangled Banner opens the session and a banquet is planned for Wednesday night.
The San Antonio School Board calls a special meeting for March 27 to set the date of the annual school board election and to finalize the election officials list. President Walton Hood will revise the list, and Thomas Fentiman will not seek re election as both pursue municipal offices. Superintendent Meek reports a $5000 library offer from George W. Brackenridge for Main Avenue High School, accepted with thanks, with Brackenridge assisting in book selection. The board notes a $316,304 drop in assessed school property values, now $108,927,304. A state notice says districts should be ready to assist in a school census at any time. A delegation from the Douglas School for Negroes appeared before the board.
The board approved introducing Spanish in the curriculum and installing a physics laboratory. The vote authorizes the two requested enhancements to the school.
In Austin on March 21 the Nichols Sunday law bill to permit Sunday sales was defeated in the Senate by Senator Lattimore who invoked the constitutional rule. The motion to suspend the rule failed 14 to 14, requiring a two thirds majority. The Senate then adopted a prior motion to appoint a new nominations committee for the governor.
San Benito Texas launched the Daily Light with five columns this afternoon led by publisher A. E. Stephenson owner of the Weekly Light. The paper will expand to six columns within days as local population growth and merchant prosperity drive demand.
A mother reports relief for her Constipation in her baby using Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. The ad touts a mild non narcotic laxative containing herbs and pepsin with a fifty cent price and a free trial offer from Monticello Illinois.
Through Laredo Texas the German exodus to Mexico continues with 18 549 entering Mexico and 16 550 leaving in the week ending March 17. The international bridge hours have been extended from 7 am to 7 pm to handle the traffic. German agents in Mexico receive daily wireless bulletins from Berlin via an Atlantic relay. Reports acknowledge powerful radio stations across Mexico and wireless messages reaching as far north as Monterey.
The Junior Naval School at Beach Hotel Corpus Christi opens April 1 for a 60 day term. Eligible boys of good character can enroll with no cost except a uniform. Board lodging and tuition are provided by the financing association. Major Willis J Physioe will command the school. The program aims to educate boys on the U.S. Navy and merchant marine.
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