Public service notes and society officers for Park Commissioner Lambert
In Society a report highlights the public service of Park Commissioner Ray Lambert and lists newly elected officers: Mrs Wiliam B. McMillan as chairman, Mrs William Kleberg as vice chairman, Mrs H R Wofford as secretary, Mrs T M Dechman as treasurer, with Mesdames Wheeler Pet tus Joseph Getzwiler and M D Perine as directors. The article also notes plans for a banquet honoring Dr Anna Howard Shaw on April 4 and local social events including a New York visitor's remarks on park systems, a flower show postponement, and an Epworth League program with musical and reading acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lambert
Wiliam B. McMillan
William Kleberg
H. R. Wofford
T. M. Dechman
Mesdames Wheeler Pettus
Joseph Getzwiler
M. D. Perine
Anna Howard Shaw
Hallie M. Dunklin
New York
Club Womer
Edward Balbach
SOCIAD CALENDAR Hears Music and Meeting Notes
Thursday night South Alamo Epworth League provides a musical and literary entertainment. Friday Robert Lee Mothers’ Club meets at 3 30 p m. Herff School Mothers’ Club holds an all day sewing meeting at Mrs Louis Saur’s home 821 Essex Street for Carnival fish pond. Duchesses meet at noon at 218 Avenue E for rehearsal. Fiesta Fete children meet at 218 Avenue E baby ballet at 3 30 p m Butterflies at 4 and older children at 4 30. Highland Park Mothers’ Club meets Johnson School Mothers’ Club meets. Woman’s Club hosts an art exhibit in Carnegie Hall.
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Herff School Mothers’ Club
Avenue E
Baby Ballet
Terrells Visit Dallas and Terrell for Several Days
Mr and Mrs J O Terrell and Miss Mattie Terrell have gone to Dallas and Terrell for a stay of several days City Parks was the subject for discussion at the meeting of the civil department of the Woman s Club Wednesday afternoon with Mrs Wheeler Pettus in charge Mrs A Gachs read a paper on the subject which was interesting and resulted in the department s endorsement of
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Civil Department
The
Woman's Club
Wheeler Pettus
A. ‘Gachs
M rs C W Massey and Miles Cavanaugh Hostesses at Club Meet
The Robert E Lee Mothers Club will meet Friday afternoon with Mrs C W Massey and Mrs Miles Cavanaugh as hostesses. W F Bonner hosted a box party at the Majestic with supper at the St Anthony. Guests included Miss Amy Lee Prentiss Miss Laurette Prentiss Miss Margaret Hull Lieut Fairchild and Capt John A Rives.
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Phant
C. W. Massey
Miles Cavanaugh
Robert E. Lee Mothers’ Club
W. F. Bonner
Majestic
St. Anthony
Amy Lee Prentiss
Laurette Prentiss
Margaret Hull
Washington
Fairchild
John A. Rives
Richter Zizelmann Wedding Ties Hondo Couple
The marriage of Carl Xavier Richter of Hondo and Pauline Zizelmann was solemnized Wednesday at St John’s Lutheran Church. Clergyman Rev. August Wolff officiated with music by C Albert Lundeen. The couple will reside in Hondo after a Galveston honeymoon.
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Carl Xavier Richter
Hondo
Pauline Zizelmann
Mary Zizelmann
St. John’s’ Lutheran Church
August Wolff
C. Albert Lundeen
Gus Rothe
Max Friedrich
Oscar Wurzbach
Frank Beitel
Hall announces daughter Hazel Leona wedding to John Forney
Mr and Mrs N W Hall of 401 South Cibolo Street announce the marriage of their daughter Hazel Leona to John Albert Forney of New York City. The wedding occurred in New Orleans and the couple are visiting the St Anthony before returning to their New York home.
Three sea lions for 700 due Thursday
Three sea lions gifted to San Antonio's municipal zoo by Albert Steves Sr. are due to arrive from the Pacific coast Thursday night and will be taken to Brackenridge Park. Commissioner Lambert will oversee a boned fish meal as they begin their new housing.
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Albert Steves Sr
San Antonio
Pacific Coast
Brackenridge Park
Lambert
Steves
Mr. Steves
San Francisco
Zoo
Max J. Gruene
Gruene, Tex
Charles Gravis
Adkins
Tex
Max Klaus
Unite Air Corps urged to merge Army and Navy air services
A Washington board of Army and Navy officers recommends consolidating the air services for joint development and operation, arguing no exact line should separate them in war. Meanwhile manufacturers propose the government select up to five airplane models to standardize output, amid thirty models in production.
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Washington, D. C
Army and
Navy Air Services
Army and Navy
War, Navy
Post Office Department
Texas Guards to Go Corpus Christi Residents Learn Departure Dates
TEXAS GUARDS TO GO CORPUS CHRISTI Tex March 22 Dates for the departure of Tex as guardsmen for their home stations announced today are as follows Second infantry March 23 for Laredo Austin San Antonio Taylor Waco Brenham and Hillsboro Battery A artillery March 24 for Dallas and the field hospital for Fort Worth Third infantry March 26 for Bay City Houston Port Arthur Lieaumont Teague Timpson Athens Orange and Marlin.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Texas
Second
Laredo
Austin
San Antonio
Taylor
Waco
Brenham
Hillsboro
Dallas
Fort Worth
Third Infantry
Bay City
Houston
Port Arthur
Lieaumont
Teague
Timpson
Athens
Orange
Marlin
Overton’s Body Home As Large Crowd Attends Train
Between 3000 and 4000 people met the funeral train at Huntsville station bringing the body of David D. Overton who was shot by a sheriff’s posse after escaping Birmingham county jail. Widow, son, daughter, and two brothers accompanied the casket. Funeral planned at Mrs. R. J. Lloyd’s residence later today.
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Huntsville
Ala
David D. Overton
Birmingham
Overton
R. J. Lloyd
Danderine Promises Beautiful Hair At Low Price
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine for 25 cents to beautify hair within minutes, claim it stops dandruff, cleanses the scalp, and promises new hair growth after weeks of use. It urges trying a cloth application to quickly double hair beauty.
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Knowlton
Pine E Ae
New Governor of California William D Stephens
William D Stephens of Los Angeles, a former congressman, becomes California governor after Hiram Johnson resigns to join the United States Senate.
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William D. Stephens
Los Angeles
Hiram Johnson
California
Johnson
United States Senate
German war message predicts joint attack on England
A neutral correspondent in Berne reports in the Solo Thurner Zeitung on rising German anti British sentiment and a planned blitz with U boats air fleets and new submarines. He cites massive shipyards at Hamburg Bremen and Kiel and claims 150 air cruisers are ready for an assault to strike terror in Britain.
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Berne
Solothurner Zeitung
Germany
England
Hamburg
Bremen
Zeppelin
Fredrichshafen
Empire
Schuette-Lanz
Mannheim
Bay of
Kiel
High Seas
British Losses Reported in Week Ended March 18
A British official communication reports for the week ending March 18 that sixteen ships over 1600 tons and eight ships under 1600 tons were sunk, with twenty one fishing vessels lost. It lists arrivals and sailings from UK ports: 2528 arrivals and 2554 sailings for vessels over 109 tons, excluding fishing and local craft. British merchantmen unsuccessfully attacked numbered nineteen. seventeen sailors died among fishing vessel losses.
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London
United Kingdom
The Stove Heist Plot In A Lawyer’s Gloomy Deal
A young lawyer counsels a jailed client accused of stealing a stove. The exchange reveals cynicism and a bent toward a crooked bargain as the lawyer proposes to get him released in return for sending the stove to the office. A German doctor introduces a pulp fiction table for revival devices.
Miraculous recovery of Italian soldier from 120 shell splinters
Milan correspondent reports Italian soldier Fontero survived after a hand grenade blast on the Carso Plateau. He endured extensive injuries including loss of right eye and ear, nine teeth, part of the jaw, multiple finger and toe losses, and fractures in both arms and feet, yet is able to move and near discharge in Modena.
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Zurich
Milan
Neue Zuericher Zeitung
Fontero
Modena
Carso
Ambulance Corps
The Morning Cold Bath by the Jester
A light essay criticizes the fad of cold baths for women, arguing they are unwise and uncomfortable. The author ridicules early morning plunges and prefers a warm bath after waking, valuing comfort over supposed health benefits and dismissing the craze as impractical.
French destroyer sinks submarine at Marseilles
Overseas News Agency reports a French destroyer near Marseilles sank what was believed to be a German submarine last month. The incident highlights ongoing naval action in the region.
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Berlin
Sayville
Marseilles
Overseas News Agency
Not Like Him A Remark About Sargent
A party tale features the famed portrait artist Sir John Singer Sargent. A pretty guest kissing a painting claims it resembled him, prompting Sargent to reply with dry humor about the painting not kissing back.
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Mr. Sargent
Arist
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