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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1916

Page

9

Fifty Years of Ed Steves & Sons Built San Antonio

A banquet at the Menger Hotel celebrated Ed Steves Sr. founding the first lumber yard in 1866 and the continued growth of Ed Steves & Sons. Speakers traced the city’s rise from a village to a metropolis as railroads and lumber shipments fueled expansion, with tributes to Johanna Steves and notes on family leadership and local industry.

Ed Steves Sr San Antonio Menger Hotel Texas Roy Beltel Steves Albert Ernest Steves Ed Steves Ed Steves & Sons Great Lumber Company United States America Johanna Steves T. W Griffiths Dallas Texas Lumbermen’'s Association Griffiths Steves Company George C. Vaughan The Vaughan Lumber Company Ellis Albaugh Albert Beitel Roy Beitel Tom T. Campbell George A. Dascomb Arthur Dascomb A. Deutsch J. W. Fisher G. Gahwiler F. L. Hillyer John J Tonio Blum and Bonham Streets Bastrop Tex Knowles Walnut Creek Indianola Pensacola Fla Ed Steves & Hart Alamo Plaza Grand Opera House Florida Commerce Street Alamo Street Joske Galveston, Harrisburg Ed Steves Jr Albert Steves Ernest Frank Beitel Gauss & Johns Meerscheidt & Steirin Fold Rock Hole Beach Max Baetz International & Great Northern Alfred Giles L. P. Boettler St. Louis Steves Lumber Company J. C. Dionne Houston Lumbermen's Association S. B. Pfeiffer New Braunfels Albert Steves Jr Steves Sash and Door Company Hillyer Leo M. J. Dielmann Carl Seuter Walter Lehr Gus Zalmanzig Rodney E. Brown New York G. M. Duncan Portland Ore Snell & Ray Chicago Bob Judge Louisville Platt & Thornburg Paint Company J. Louis Frank N. Yochem Cleveland Ohio W. A. Menger Austin I. L. Kaufmann Mildred Lucille Wiseman Wilson Lenore the Majestic

Beauty Lies in Health Not Cosmetics, Says Ad

An advertisement argues true beauty stems from health, blaming constipation for headaches fatigue and dull skin. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild laxative suitable for women and families, noting a free trial bottle and sales at drug stores for fifty cents. It lists Mrs Gertrude Jordan of Indianapolis as a user.

Amusements Howe's Pictures Close Tonight

Lyman H. Howe presents Glacier National Park scenery and an Indian study at the Grand in Northwestern Montana, plus the Strangest of all bridges and scenes from Switzerland Madeira and France. Also showing Sweethearts at Majestic with Jane and Erwin Connelley, and Wilson and Lenore in A Theatrical Croquette with Walter C. Kelley. The Guatemala Marimba Band, Dainty Different Doings, Garcinette Brothers, the Six Schovanis, and other acts complete the program.

Glacier National Park Firth of Forth Scotland Switzerland Molland Madeira France Majestic Gilbert Parker the Majestic Jane Erwin Connelley Connelleys Wilson Lenore Walter C. Kelley Virginia Guatemala Mabelle Lewis Paul McCarthy Garcinette Brothers Schovanis

Judges and Clerks for All Candidates

City council approves lists of election judges and clerks named by candidates with the mayor opposing a broader plan. A resolution allows campaign committees to substitute names if those chosen cannot serve, amid questions of eligibility and party representation.

Brown Robert F. Uhr W. G. Tobin Wright Charles Fincham Council Gillette Joseph Ryan

Charters Issued in Texas for Several Firms

Charters issued include Trueba Zozaya Seggerman Incorporated of El Paso with 50 000 capital stock. Incorporators are J C Zozaya H Seggerman D Trueba T Trueba and F J Padilla for mercantile trade. Also Southern Theater Equipment Company of Dallas with 10 000 capital stock and incorporators N E Depinet C B Peterson and William Oldknow. The Model Dry Goods Company of Thorndale with 10 000 capital stock and incorporators Jacob Isaac M E Lincoln and J F Smith. United Oil Gas Company of Houston with 20 000 capital stock. In

Austin Tex Trueba-Zozaya-Seggerman Incorporated el Paso Capital Stock J. C. Zozaya H. Seggerman D. Trueba T. Trueba F. J. Padilla Southern Theater Equipment Company of Dallas Incorporators N. E. Depinet C. B. Peterson William Oldknow The Model Dry Goods Company Thorndale Jacob Isaac M. E. Lincoln J. F. Smith United Oil & Gas Company of Houston

Body of Mexican on Track Found Near Cotulla

The mangled body of a Mexican man was found on the I and G N track between Cotulla and Gardendale. Identification was not possible due to severe injuries. Authorities believe the victim was struck by the Bollweevil train around 3:45 am.

Cotulla Tex Here Gardendale

Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey Cold Remedy Ad

An old time advertisement touts Dr Bell Pine Tar Honey as an antiseptic healing cold remedy. It claims two fold action killing germs and soothing inflamed parts while aiding nature’s functions to build tissue, urging readers to keep a bottle on hand for colds. Price 25 cents.

Dr. Bell

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Lambert W. B. Caldwell Washington St Monticello Gertrude Jordan al Olina Plan Balbmo Staacke Bros Exide Battery Distributors Np Teat Wolff & Marx Company Wolff & Marx Co Cretonnes Crash Hats Bangkoks Panamas Milan Bakst Corporators W. W. Dedman J. M. Bowden J. M. Wilder Pastime Athletic Association of T. G. Sacks T. A. Mills Mike Greenburg Hondo Oil & Gag Company Hondo J. W. Kemp Lee Lyman C. C. Johnson Rio Grande Cattle Loan Company of First State Bank of Dimmitt Ballinger Cotton Oil Company Ballinger Sherman Overall Manufacturing Company Shereman Dallas Paving Company
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