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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 21, 1917

Page

7

Army Officers Granted Leave Early War Relations

First Lieutenant Stanley G Warren is granted leave two months and six days. First Lieutenant Clarence E Quinan is granted leave twenty five days. First Lieutenant Charles M Strotz is granted leave of three weeks. Each officer will accompany troops to the point nearest his home. First Lieutenant Homer Lewis, Medical Reserve, is granted a cave of three weeks to accompany troops to the point nearest his home. Relieved Southern Department.

Stanley G. Warren

Sugar Cane War Threat Shrinks Cuban Output

Early estimates by sugar planters predict a 30 percent drop in Cuba’s sugar output this year as rebels threaten to burn cane fields, destroy mills, and block railways. General Rigoberto Fernandez vows to burn every cane field reached, while government forces warn of rapid counteraction. Report notes labor shortages and transport cuts worsen the shortage plus 696,067 gallons of rum and 2,021,116 gallons of alcohol were produced in 1915.

Santiago DE Cuba Menocal Rigoberto Fernandez Liberal Army Santiago State Department

Prisoner Nab Dubinski Freed After Russian Revolution

Isaac Dubinski, held for a decade by the Russian regime for political activity, is freed as the Romanoff dynasty falls. A cable from San Antonio says he was jailed since 1903, subjected to hard labor, escaped in 1907, re-arrested in 1908, and confined at Vladimir before liberation.

Issaac Dubinski Romanoff Dynasty Leo Dubinski San Antonio United States Dubinski Odessa Siberia China Europe Russia Cause of Freedom Vladimir Moscow el Paso

San Antonio Auto Show Runs March 31 to April 7

The San Antonio Automobile Show is scheduled from March 31 through April 7 at the Sole Dad Auditorium and Temporary Annex with advertising noted.

San Antonio Soledad Auditorium

Curtiss Employes 200 Striking at Buffalo Plant

Two hundred Curtiss Aeroplane Company workers in the metal parts division walked out of the Buffalo plant today. The strike affects orders for the army and navy projects.

Buffalo N. Y Curtiss Aeroplane Company Navy

Red Cross to Launch City-wide Membership Drive in San Antonio

A San Antonio chapter executive meeting at the Travis Club formed a city-wide Red Cross membership campaign with Mrs. Malone Duggan as chair and committees to work with officers. William M. Baxter, Red Cross field agent, outlined national goals and a plan modeled on Denver to recruit large memberships and organize base hospitals, first aid, nursing instruction, and sanitary detachments.

American Red Cross San Antonio Travis Club Malone Duggan Carlos Bee J. J. Stevens Red Cross Col M. W. Treland Fort Sam Houston Base Hospital Baxter Congress War Department United States The Japanese Red Cross Denver Gas and Electric Companies Telephone and Telegraph Companies San Antonio Society Venable A. B. Weakley Wolff & Marx William Aubrey L. B. Clegg Gunter Hotel

Obituary for Perry W Clarkson of San Antonio area

Perry W Clarkson aged 42 died at 38:30 o clock Wednesday morning at his home seven miles northeast of San Antonio. He was a Memphis native who lived in Bexar County ten years. Survived by two sisters Mrs Charley Duntze of Memphis and Mrs Percy Cunningham of Sewanee and a brother J E Clarkson of Marianna Ark. Funeral 11 o clock Thursday from Sloan and Hagg chapel conducted by Rev E Y Barber with interment at Confederate Cemetery. Pallbearers J D Pulliam Charles Voeste Louis Degen M C Judson Frank Sommers J T Crisp.

Perry W. Clarkson San Antonio Clarkson Memphis Tenn Bexar County Charley Duntze Percy Cunningham Sewanee J. E. Clarkson Marianna Ark Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company E. Y. Barber Confederate Cemetery J. D. Pulliam Charles Voeste Louis Degen M. C. Judson Frank Sommers J. T. Crisp

Child Allee Jr. Dies in Crystal City

Alonza W. Allee Jr., 3, son of Mr and Mrs A W Allee Sr of Crystal City, died at 5 15 am Wednesday in a local hospital after four days of treatment. Body to be taken by Sloan Hagy Undertaking Co to Crystal City for interment with relatives.

Alonza W. Allee Jr A. W. Allee Sr Crystal City Sloan & Hagy Undertaking Company Crystal Tity

Mrs Amelia Mesch Dies Pioneer San Antonio Resident

Mrs. Amelia Mesch 86 died at 8 50 Tuesday night at the home of her granddaughter Mrs E Zercher 315 Omaha Street She came to San Antonio in 1843 and was born in Germany Surviving are three sons Fred C Theodore and Henry Mesch and two daughters Mrs Emma Sparkus Chickasaw Okla and Mrs Josie Turner Dallas The funeral will be at 5 o clock Wednesday from Mrs Zerchers home Rev A Wolff to conduct the services with interment in Cemetery No 1.

Amelia Mesch E. Zercher Omaha Street Germany Mesch San Antonio Fred C Theodore Henry Mesch Emma Sparkus Chickasaw Okla Josie Turner Dallas

Death of Dr John P Rote Former San Antonio Resident

Dr John P Rote formerly of San Antonio died in Chicago on Monday morning March 19 He was born January 7 1864 in High Bridge New York son of Prof W C Rote longtime San Antonio public schools superintendent His education spanned San Antonio the University of Kansas and the University of Pennsylvania where he earned an M D with honors Lately Dr Rote made an invention.

John P. Rote San Antonio Chicago Rote High Bridge New York W. C. Rote University of Kansas University of Pennsylvania

Local Man Passes Away. Rote Family Remains Continue

An obituary notes that the deceased married Effie Smith years ago and is survived by his wife, Effie, and a brother William P. Rote of San Antonio. The body will be brought here Wednesday night and laid to rest beside his father in Dignowity Cemetery. Funeral from William P. Rote's home at 116 East Cypress Street will be held Thursday at 10 o'clock.

Effie Smith William P. Rote San Antonio Dignowity Cemetery East Cypress Street

Mrs Julia Annia Oldmanns Oltmanns Dies in Local Sanitarium

Mrs. Julia Annia Oltmanns aged 48 died at 8 20 Tuesday night in a local sanitarium. A native of Texas she is survived by husband H G Oltmanns three sons Harry Herbert and Verner her mother Mrs Sophie Lenert of Brenham and three sisters Mrs Lucie Cordes Mrs Fannie Adrichs and Mrs Antoinette Teiman of Warrenton Tex The body was sent to LaGrange for interment by Pearce Robinson Undertaking Company.

Julia Annia Oldmanns Julia Annia Oltmanns Oltmanns Texas H. G. Oltmanns Harry Herbert Verner Sophie Lenert Brenham Lucie Cordes Fannie Adrichs Antoinette Teiman Warrenton Tex

General Cyrus S Roberts Dies in Long Beach Cal

Brig Gen Cyrus S Roberts retired dies Monday at Long Beach California at his daughter Mrs Tilman Campbell's home In San Antonio he was stationed at Fort Sam Houston and served under Gen MeK Ribbins as adjutant general and judge advocate general in the army

C. S. Roberts Cyruss. Roberts Long Beach Cal Duval West Sr General Roberts Tilman Campbell Tillman Campbell Roberts San Antonio Fort Sam Houston Mek Ribbins

Pape's Diapepsin Promises Quick Relief From Indigestion

An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest and safest stomach antacid, claiming it neutralizes acid fermentation, relieves gas and sour stomach in minutes, and is a must have for home use. A fifty cent case is advertised as valuable for upset stomachs day or night.

Pape

Burial set for advocate at Arlington Cemetery

The obituary notes the burial of an advocate at Arlington Cemetery in Washington D C with services planned nearby. The record mentions the deceased's advocacy work and honors, reflecting the public figure's contributions.

Advocate Arlington Cemetery Washington, D. C

Shelley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment

Shelley Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment and related services with contact by phone 971 for inquiries and orders.

Shelley-Loring Undertaking Co

Microra uiography Reveals Hidden internal Structures

A microscopy method uses X rays to rapidly inspect internal structures of small opaque objects. It can distinguish similar specimens into different species and shows bones and fossils in minute detail.

Is your wife economical

Short joke caption referencing a Detroit Free Press quip about a wife who makes her husband wear homemade clothes. The line uses humor to suggest thriftiness in domestic fashion.

Detroit Free Press

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